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

Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)

Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)

Rules and Regulations

Pages 3073-3075

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2014-00525

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

Docket No. 30937; Amdt. No. 3572

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 establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes 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 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 17, 2014. 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 17, 2014.

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

For Examination--

1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;

2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected airport is located;

3. The National Flight Procedures Office, 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, call 202-741-

   6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

   Availability_All SIAPs are available online free of charge. Visit nfdc.faa.gov

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   to register. Additionally, individual SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP copies may be obtained from:

1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; or

2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected airport is located.

   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Dunham III, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AFS-420) Flight Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) 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 (FDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (P-NOTAM), and is incorporated by reference in the amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

   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 in FAA form documents is unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and specifies the types of SIAP and the corresponding effective dates. This amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the procedure and the amendment number.

   The Rule

   This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of each separate SIAP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only specific changes contained for each SIAP as modified by FDC/P-NOTAMs.

   The SIAPs, as modified by FDC P-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, 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 which created the need for all these SIAP amendments requires making them effective in less than 30 days.

   Because of the close and immediate relationship between these SIAPs and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure before adopting these SIAPs are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where applicable, that good cause exists for making these SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

   Conclusion

   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, and Navigation (air).

   Issued in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2013.

   John Duncan,

   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, 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(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:

   Sec. Sec. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35 Amended

   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:

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   AIRAC Date State City Airport FDC No. FDC Date Subject

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   2/6/2014................ WA Tacoma............. Tacoma Narrows..... 3/0075 11/05/13 ILS RWY 17, Amdt 8A.

   2/6/2014................ WA Tacoma............. Tacoma Narrows..... 3/0076 11/04/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ AK Soldotna........... Soldotna........... 3/0685 12/16/13 NDB RWY 25, Amdt 3A.

   2/6/2014................ AK Soldotna........... Soldotna........... 3/0694 12/16/13 NDB RWY 7, Amdt 2B.

   2/6/2014................ AK Soldotna........... Soldotna........... 3/0695 12/16/13 VOR/DME A, Amdt 7D.

   2/6/2014................ AK Soldotna........... Soldotna........... 3/0697 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig-B.

   2/6/2014................ WY Gillette........... Gillette-Campbell 3/1371 11/04/13 Takeoff Minimums and

   County. (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 4A.

   2/6/2014................ OR Baker City......... Baker City Muni.... 3/1923 12/12/13 VOR/DME RWY 13, Amdt 11C.

   2/6/2014................ OR Baker City......... Baker City Muni.... 3/1925 12/12/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Amdt 1A.

   2/6/2014................ NC Charlotte.......... Charlotte/Douglas 3/2244 12/12/13 ILS OR LOC RWY 36R, ILS RWY 36R (CAT II &

   Intl. III), Amdt 11A.

   2/6/2014................ WA Seattle............ Seattle-Tacoma Intl 3/3025 12/11/13 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 34C, Amdt 2.

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   2/6/2014................ AK Yakutat............ Yakutat............ 3/3345 12/13/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Amdt 4.

   2/6/2014................ AK Yakutat............ Yakutat............ 3/3348 12/13/13 LOC/DME BC RWY 29, Amdt 7.

   2/6/2014................ AK Yakutat............ Yakutat............ 3/3349 12/13/13 VOR/DME RWY 29, Amdt 4.

   2/6/2014................ CA San Andreas........ Calaveras Co-Maury 3/3586 11/04/13 Takeoff Minimums and

   Rasmussen Field. (Obstacle) DP, Orig-A.

   2/6/2014................ GA Thomaston.......... Thomaston-Upson 3/3988 12/16/13 ILS OR LOC RWY 30, Amdt 2.

   County.

   2/6/2014................ CA Monterey........... Monterey Rgnl...... 3/4047 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 28L, Orig-A.

   2/6/2014................ CA Monterey........... Monterey Rgnl...... 3/4050 12/16/13 LOC/DME RWY 28L, Amdt 3G.

   2/6/2014................ CA Visalia............ Visalia Muni....... 3/4052 11/04/13 VOR RWY 12, Amdt 6.

   2/6/2014................ CA Visalia............ Visalia Muni....... 3/4055 10/15/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1.

   2/6/2014................ CA Burbank............ Bob Hope........... 3/4078 12/13/13 VOR RWY 8, Amdt 11.

   2/6/2014................ CA Burbank............ Bob Hope........... 3/4082 12/13/13 GPS A, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ WA Renton............. Renton Muni........ 3/4269 10/15/13 NDB RWY 16, Amdt 7.

   2/6/2014................ AK Savoonga........... Savoonga........... 3/4287 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1B.

   2/6/2014................ AK Savoonga........... Savoonga........... 3/4289 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Amdt 1A.

   2/6/2014................ AK Juneau............. Juneau Intl........ 3/4315 12/13/13 LDA X RWY 8, Amdt 12.

   2/6/2014................ CA Stockton........... Stockton 3/4773 10/15/13 VOR RWY 29R, Amdt 18C.

   Metropolitan.

   2/6/2014................ UT Brigham City....... Brigham City....... 3/4775 11/04/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 2.

   2/6/2014................ OR John Day........... Grant Co Rgnl/ 3/4783 12/13/13 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 9, Orig-B.

   Ogilvie Field.

   2/6/2014................ OR John Day........... Grant Co Rgnl/ 3/4784 12/13/13 RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 9, Orig-B.

   Ogilvie Field.

   2/6/2014................ AK Klawock............ Klawock............ 3/5260 11/04/13 NDB/DME RWY 2, Amdt 1.

   2/6/2014................ MT Baker.............. Baker Muni......... 3/5837 12/16/13 Takeoff Minimums and

   (Obstacle) DP, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ WA Pasco.............. Tri-Cities......... 3/6570 11/04/13 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 30, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ WA Pasco.............. Tri-Cities......... 3/6571 10/16/13 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 3L, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ WA Pasco.............. Tri-Cities......... 3/6573 11/01/13 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 3L, Amdt 1A.

   2/6/2014................ WA Moses Lake......... Grant Co Intl...... 3/7293 12/13/13 ILS OR LOC RWY 32R, Amdt 20B.

   2/6/2014................ WY Sheridan........... Sheridan County.... 3/7385 12/16/13 VOR RWY 14, Amdt 1.

   2/6/2014................ WY Sheridan........... Sheridan County.... 3/7386 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ WY Sheridan........... Sheridan County.... 3/7387 12/16/13 ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 32, Amdt 1.

   2/6/2014................ WY Sheridan........... Sheridan County.... 3/7388 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig.

   2/6/2014................ AK Huslia............. Huslia............. 3/7468 11/04/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Amdt 2A.

   2/6/2014................ AK Huslia............. Huslia............. 3/7473 10/16/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Amdt 2.

   2/6/2014................ AK Huslia............. Huslia............. 3/7474 10/15/13 VOR/DME RWY 3, Orig-A.

   2/6/2014................ AK Dillingham......... Dillingham......... 3/8753 11/04/13 RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Amdt 2A.

   2/6/2014................ CA Oakland............ Metropolitan 3/9118 12/16/13 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 12, Amdt 2.

   Oakland Intl.

   2/6/2014................ CA Oakland............ Metropolitan 3/9122 12/16/13 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 12, Amdt 1.

   Oakland Intl.

   2/6/2014................ WA Ellensburg......... Bowers Field....... 3/9337 11/01/13 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 2.

   2/6/2014................ AK Gustavus........... Gustavus........... 3/9892 12/13/13 VOR/DME RWY 29, Amdt 2.

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