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

CourtFederal Aviation Administration
Citation85 FR 44470
Record Number2020-15879
SectionRules and Regulations
Published date23 July 2020
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 44470-44472]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-15879]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Aviation Administration
                14 CFR Part 97
                [Docket No. 31322; Amdt. No. 3914]
                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 July 23, 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 July 23, 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.
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                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.
                 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 July 10, 2020.
                Robert C. Carty,
                Executive Deputy 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.
                Sec. Sec. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35 [Amended]
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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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                13-Aug-20............ NC Elizabeth City.. Elizabeth City 0/1429 6/22/20 NDB RWY 10,
                 CG Air Station/ Orig-G.
                 Rgnl.
                13-Aug-20............ NC Elizabeth City.. Elizabeth City 0/1430 6/22/20 VOR/DME RWY 10,
                 CG Air Station/ Orig-E.
                 Rgnl.
                13-Aug-20............ NC Elizabeth City.. Elizabeth City 0/1431 6/22/20 VOR/DME RWY 19,
                 CG Air Station/ Amdt 10G.
                 Rgnl.
                13-Aug-20............ NC Elizabeth City.. Elizabeth City 0/1432 6/22/20 VOR/DME RWY 28,
                 CG Air Station/ Amdt 1C.
                 Rgnl.
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                13-Aug-20............ OH Mansfield....... Mansfield Lahm 0/3109 6/25/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rgnl. 14, Amdt 1A.
                13-Aug-20............ OH Mansfield....... Mansfield Lahm 0/3111 6/25/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rgnl. 32, Orig-E.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Springfield..... Abraham Lincoln 0/3118 6/25/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Capital. 13, Amdt 1B.
                13-Aug-20............ NE Aurora.......... Aurora Muni--Al 0/3124 6/25/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Potter Field. 16, Amdt 1A.
                13-Aug-20............ NE Aurora.......... Aurora Muni--Al 0/3125 6/25/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Potter Field. 34, Orig.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Hampton......... Hampton Muni... 0/3128 6/29/20 VOR/DME RWY 35,
                 Amdt 1E.
                13-Aug-20............ WA Ellensburg...... Bowers Field... 0/3352 6/26/20 VOR-B, Amdt 3C.
                13-Aug-20............ NJ Andover......... Aeroflex- 0/3353 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Andover. 3, Amdt 1B.
                13-Aug-20............ NJ Andover......... Aeroflex- 0/3354 6/29/20 VOR-A, Amdt 8A.
                 Andover.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Chicago/Rockford Chicago/ 0/3355 6/29/20 ILS OR LOC RWY
                 Rockford Intl. 7, ILS RWY 7
                 (SA CAT I),
                 ILS RWY 7 (CAT
                 II & III),
                 Amdt 1E.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Chicago/Rockford Chicago/ 0/3356 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rockford Intl. 1, Amdt 1C.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Chicago/Rockford Chicago/ 0/3357 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rockford Intl. 19, Amdt 2B.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Chicago/Rockford Chicago/ 0/3358 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rockford Intl. 25, Amdt 1B.
                13-Aug-20............ IL Chicago/Rockford Chicago/ 0/3361 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 Rockford Intl. 7, Amdt 1C.
                13-Aug-20............ NV Fallon.......... Fallon Muni.... 0/3503 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS)-C,
                 Orig-A.
                13-Aug-20............ NV Fallon.......... Fallon Muni.... 0/3504 6/29/20 VOR-B, Amdt 4A.
                13-Aug-20............ WA Seattle......... Boeing Field/ 0/3506 6/29/20 ILS OR LOC RWY
                 King County 32L, Amdt 1C.
                 Intl.
                13-Aug-20............ OK Grove........... Grove Muni..... 0/3526 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 18, Amdt 1.
                13-Aug-20............ OK Grove........... Grove Muni..... 0/3527 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 36, Orig.
                13-Aug-20............ OK Grove........... Grove Muni..... 0/3528 6/29/20 VOR/DME-A, Amdt
                 1.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Clinton......... Clinton Muni... 0/3930 6/29/20 ILS OR LOC RWY
                 3, Amdt 5A.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Clinton......... Clinton Muni... 0/3931 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 3, Orig-A.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Clinton......... Clinton Muni... 0/3932 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 14, Amdt 1A.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Clinton......... Clinton Muni... 0/3933 6/29/20 RNAV (GPS) RWY
                 21, Amdt 1A.
                13-Aug-20............ IA Clinton......... Clinton Muni... 0/3934 6/29/20 VOR/DME RWY 21,
                 Amdt 9B.
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                [FR Doc. 2020-15879 Filed 7-22-20; 8:45 am]
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