[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4582-4584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00889]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 31293; Amdt. No. 3888]


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and 
Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and 
Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These 
regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised 
criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National Airspace 
System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, 
adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements. These 
changes are designed to provide for the safe and efficient use of the 
navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under 
instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATES: This rule is effective January 27, 2020. The compliance date for 
each SIAP, associated Takeoff Minimums, and ODP is specified in the 
amendatory provisions. The incorporation by reference of certain 
publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of 
the Federal Register as of January 27, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matter incorporated by reference in the 
amendment is as follows:

For Examination

    1. U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Ops-M30, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, West Bldg., Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001;
    2. The FAA Air Traffic Organization Service Area in which the 
affected airport is located;
    3. The office of Aeronautical Navigation Products, 6500 South 
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169 or,
    4. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this material at NARA, email 
[email protected] or go to: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

Availability

    All SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs are available online free 
of charge. Visit the National Flight Data Center online at nfdc.faa.gov 
to register. Additionally, individual SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP 
copies may be obtained from the FAA Air Traffic Organization Service 
Area in which the affected airport is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Nichols, Flight Procedures 
and Airspace Group, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, Flight 
Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration. Mailing Address: 
FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Flight Procedures and Airspace 
Group, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Registry Bldg 29 Room 104, Oklahoma 
City, OK 73169. Telephone: (405) 954-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule amends Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) by amending the referenced SIAPs. 
The complete regulatory description of each SIAP is listed on the 
appropriate FAA Form 8260, as modified by the National Flight Data 
Center (NFDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (P-NOTAM), and is incorporated 
by reference under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 CFR 97.20. 
The large number of SIAPs, their complex nature, and the need for a 
special format make their verbatim publication in the Federal Register 
expensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use the regulatory 
text of the SIAPs, but refer to their graphic depiction on charts 
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages 
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the 
complete description of each SIAP contained on FAA form documents is 
unnecessary.
    This amendment provides the affected CFR sections, and specifies 
the SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs with their applicable effective 
dates. This amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the 
procedure and the amendment number.

Availability and Summary of Material Incorporated by Reference

    The material incorporated by reference is publicly available as 
listed in the ADDRESSES section.
    The material incorporated by reference describes SIAPs, Takeoff 
Minimums and ODPs as identified in the amendatory language for part 97 
of this final rule.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of 
each separate SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP as amended in the 
transmittal. For safety and timeliness of change considerations, this 
amendment incorporates only specific changes contained for each SIAP 
and Takeoff Minimums and ODP as modified by FDC permanent NOTAMs.
    The SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, as modified by FDC 
permanent NOTAM, and contained in this amendment are based on the 
criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument 
Procedures (TERPS). In developing these changes to SIAPs and Takeoff 
Minimums and ODPs, the TERPS criteria were applied only to specific 
conditions existing at the affected airports. All SIAP amendments in 
this rule have been previously issued by the FAA in a FDC NOTAM as an 
emergency action of immediate flight safety relating directly to 
published aeronautical charts.
    The circumstances that created the need for these SIAP and Takeoff 
Minimums and ODP amendments require making them effective in less than 
30 days.
    Because of the close and immediate relationship between these 
SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, and safety in air commerce, I find 
that notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are 
impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where 
applicable, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d), good cause exists for making these 
SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

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    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA 
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 97

    Air Traffic Control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, 
Navigation (Air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 10, 2020.
Rick Domingo,
Executive Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97, (14 CFR part 97), is amended by 
amending Standard Instrument Approach Procedures and Takeoff Minimums 
and ODPs, effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

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 1. The authority citation for part 97 continues to read as follows:

     Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 
40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721-44722.


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2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    By amending: Sec.  97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec.  97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec.  
97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; Sec.  97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec.  97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec.  97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec.  97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, Identified as follows:

* * * Effective Upon Publication

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     AIRAC date         State           City             Airport         FDC No.      FDC date                           Subject
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27-Feb-20..........  WY          Lander...........  Hunt Field.......       0/0409       1/6/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig.
27-Feb-20..........  MN          Montevideo.......  Montevideo-             0/0419       1/3/20  VOR RWY 14, Amdt 5A.
                                                     Chippewa County.
27-Feb-20..........  NE          Seward...........  Seward Muni......       0/0426       1/3/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 34, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  VA          Front Royal......  Front Royal-            0/0432       1/6/20  RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig-B.
                                                     Warren County.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Union............  Union County,           0/0816       1/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig-B.
                                                     Troy Shelton
                                                     Field.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Union............  Union County,           0/0820       1/7/20  NDB RWY 5, Orig-B.
                                                     Troy Shelton
                                                     Field.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Union............  Union County,           0/0832       1/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig-B.
                                                     Troy Shelton
                                                     Field.
27-Feb-20..........  NC          Concord..........  Concord-Padgett         0/0858       1/7/20  ILS OR LOC RWY 20, Amdt 2A.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  NC          Concord..........  Concord-Padgett         0/0861       1/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Orig-A.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  MI          Mackinac Island..  Mackinac Island..       9/0092     12/26/19  VOR/DME-A , Amdt 9A.
27-Feb-20..........  MT          Twin Bridges.....  Twin Bridges.....       9/0156       1/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MT          Twin Bridges.....  Twin Bridges.....       9/0157       1/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MN          Moose Lake.......  Moose Lake              9/0223     12/26/19  NDB RWY 4, Amdt 1A.
                                                     Carlton County.
27-Feb-20..........  AL          Prattville.......  Prattville--Groub       9/1016     12/27/19  VOR/DME-A, Amdt 3B.
                                                     y Field.
27-Feb-20..........  AL          Gadsden..........  Northeast Alabama       9/1018     12/27/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1B.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  AL          Gadsden..........  Northeast Alabama       9/1019     12/27/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1B.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  AL          Gadsden..........  Northeast Alabama       9/1020     12/27/19  ILS OR LOC RWY 24, Orig-B.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  NH          Manchester.......  Manchester.......       9/2101     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 2B.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Anderson.........  Anderson Rgnl....       9/2104     12/26/19  ILS OR LOC RWY 5, Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Anderson.........  Anderson Rgnl....       9/2105     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5 , Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  SC          Anderson.........  Anderson Rgnl....       9/2106     12/26/19  VOR RWY 5, Amdt 10A.
27-Feb-20..........  OK          Shawnee..........  Shawnee Rgnl.....       9/2731     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 1.
27-Feb-20..........  OK          Shawnee..........  Shawnee Rgnl.....       9/2733     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig-B.
27-Feb-20..........  GA          Athens...........  Athens/Ben Epps..       9/4202     12/26/19  VOR RWY 2, Amdt 11C.
27-Feb-20..........  KY          Frankfort........  Capital City.....       9/4203     12/26/19  LOC RWY 25, Amdt 3C.
27-Feb-20..........  KY          Somerset.........  Lake Cumberland         9/4204     12/26/19  ILS OR LOC/DME RWY, 5, Orig-E.
                                                     Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  MS          Tupelo...........  Tupelo Rgnl......       9/5852     12/26/19  ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 36, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MS          Tupelo...........  Tupelo Rgnl......       9/5855     12/26/19  NDB RWY 36, Amdt 5B.
27-Feb-20..........  MS          Tupelo...........  Tupelo Rgnl......       9/5856     12/26/19  COPTER VOR 023, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MN          Olivia...........  Olivia Rgnl......       9/8446     12/26/19  VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 2A.
27-Feb-20..........  MN          Olivia...........  Olivia Rgnl......       9/8447     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  NV          Eureka...........  Eureka...........       9/8448     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MO          Bolivar..........  Bolivar Muni.....       9/8449     12/26/19  VOR/DME RWY 36, Orig.
27-Feb-20..........  UT          Duchesne.........  Duchesne Muni....       9/8450     12/26/19  VOR/DME-A, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  MI          Detroit..........  Willow Run.......       9/8822     12/26/19  VOR-A, Amdt 1A.
27-Feb-20..........  IL          Chicago..........  Chicago O'Hare          9/8839     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4R, Amdt 1B.
                                                     Intl.
27-Feb-20..........  IL          Chicago..........  Chicago O'Hare          9/8840     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22R, Amdt 2B.
                                                     Intl.
27-Feb-20..........  WI          Baraboo..........  Baraboo-Wisconsin       9/8845     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 1C.
                                                     Dells Rgnl.
27-Feb-20..........  CA          La Verne.........  Brackett Field...       9/8879     12/26/19  VOR OR GPS-A, Amdt 5D.
27-Feb-20..........  CA          Carlsbad.........  Mc Clellan-             9/8980     12/26/19  VOR-A, Amdt 8.
                                                     Palomar.

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27-Feb-20..........  NC          Salisbury........  Mid-Carolina Rgnl       9/9048     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  NC          Salisbury........  Mid-Carolina Rgnl       9/9055     12/26/19  NDB RWY 20, Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  NC          Salisbury........  Mid-Carolina Rgnl       9/9056     12/26/19  ILS OR LOC RWY 20, Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  NM          Deming...........  Deming Muni......       9/9062       1/3/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1A.
27-Feb-20..........  NM          Deming...........  Deming Muni......       9/9063       1/3/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  NM          Deming...........  Deming Muni......       9/9065       1/3/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  KY          Murray...........  Kyle-Oakley Field       9/9167     12/26/19  LOC RWY 23, Amdt 2B.
27-Feb-20..........  OH          Youngstown.......  Youngstown Elser        9/9168     12/26/19  VOR-C, Amdt 2B.
                                                     Metro.
27-Feb-20..........  KY          Springfield......  Lebanon                 9/9177     12/26/19  VOR/DME RWY 11, Amdt 4C.
                                                     Springfield-
                                                     George Hoerter
                                                     Field.
27-Feb-20..........  NV          Reno.............  Reno/Stead.......       9/9181     12/26/19  ILS OR LOC RWY 32, Orig-A.
27-Feb-20..........  NV          Reno.............  Reno/Stead.......       9/9183     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 1B.
27-Feb-20..........  IN          Angola...........  Tri-State Steuben       9/9187     12/26/19  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig-E.
                                                     County.
27-Feb-20..........  KY          Williamsburg.....  Williamsburg-           9/9658     12/26/19  LOC RWY 20, Orig-C.
                                                     Whitley County.
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