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

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)

Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)

Rules and Regulations

Pages 66536-66539

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

FR Doc No: 2012-26825

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

Docket No. 30867; Amdt. No. 3502

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.

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DATES: This rule is effective November 6, 2012. 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 November 6, 2012.

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 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 October 12, 2012.

   Ray Towles,

   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, 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.

   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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   15-Nov-12............... AK St Paul Island..... St Paul Island.... 2/0145 09/25/12 LOC/DME BC RWY 18, Amdt 4A

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   15-Nov-12............... WI Portage............ Portage Muni...... 2/0300 09/25/12 VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 17, Amdt 4

   15-Nov-12............... AR Fort Smith......... Fort Smith Rgnl... 2/0387 09/26/12 RADAR-1, Amdt 8B

   15-Nov-12............... MI Saginaw............ MBS Intl.......... 2/0437 09/25/12 VOR RWY 14, Amdt 13B

   15-Nov-12............... AL Muscle Shoals...... Northwest Alabama 2/0580 09/25/12 VOR/DME RWY 11, Amdt 6

   Rgnl.

   15-Nov-12............... AL Muscle Shoals...... Northwest Alabama 2/0586 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig

   Rgnl.

   15-Nov-12............... AL Muscle Shoals...... Northwest Alabama 2/0587 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig-A

   Rgnl.

   15-Nov-12............... KS Pittsburg.......... Atkinson Muni..... 2/0645 09/25/12 VOR/DME RWY 4, Amdt 3B

   15-Nov-12............... MI Mackinac Island.... Mackinac Island... 2/1097 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... MO Branson............ M. Graham Clark 2/1101 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... MO Branson............ M. Graham Clark 2/1103 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/1123 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 15, Orig-A

   15-Nov-12............... NY New York........... John F Kennedy 2/1321 09/25/12 VOR OR GPS RWY 13L/13R, Amdt 18B

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... CA Fullerton.......... Fullerton Muni.... 2/1328 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... MO Fredericktown...... A. Paul Vance 2/1909 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig-B

   Fredericktown

   Rgnl.

   15-Nov-12............... MO Fredericktown...... A. Paul Vance 2/1910 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig-B

   Fredericktown

   Rgnl.

   15-Nov-12............... IL Morris............. Morris Muni-James 2/2119 09/25/12 VOR-A, Orig-B

   R. Washburn Field.

   15-Nov-12............... OK Muskogee........... Davis Field....... 2/2507 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1A

   15-Nov-12............... OK Muskogee........... Davis Field....... 2/2508 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... OK Muskogee........... Davis Field....... 2/2509 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... OK Muskogee........... Davis Field....... 2/2510 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... WI Milwaukee.......... General Mitchell 2/3463 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1L, Amdt 1

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NY Ticonderoga........ Ticonderoga Muni.. 2/3747 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 2, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... NY Ticonderoga........ Ticonderoga Muni.. 2/3749 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4029 10/03/12 VOR RWY 1, Amdt 11E

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4031 10/03/12 ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 33, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4032 10/03/12 ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 15, Amdt 23C

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4033 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig-A

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4039 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 33, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4045 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 15, Orig-C

   15-Nov-12............... VT Burlington......... Burlington Intl... 2/4047 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 33, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... NH Manchester......... Manchester........ 2/4212 09/25/12 VOR/DME RWY 17, Orig-D

   15-Nov-12............... AZ Payson............. Payson............ 2/5187 09/25/12 TAKEOFF MINIMUMS AND (OBSTACLE) DP, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... SC Greenville......... Greenville 2/5731 09/26/12 NDB RWY 1, Amdt 22

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... SC Greenville......... Greenville 2/5732 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... SC Greenville......... Greenville 2/5733 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5734 10/03/12 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 4R, Orig-B

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5735 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4L, Amdt 2

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... SC Greenville......... Greenville 2/5736 09/26/12 ILS OR LOC RWY 1, Amdt 29

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... SC Greenville......... Greenville 2/5737 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig

   Downtown.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5738 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22R, Amdt 1B

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5740 10/03/12 RNAV (RNP) Y RWY 22L, Orig-F

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5742 10/03/12 RNAV (RNP) Y RWY 29, Amdt 1

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5745 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 22L, Amdt 1D

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5747 10/03/12 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 29, Orig-C

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... NJ Newark............. Newark Liberty 2/5748 10/03/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Orig-C

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... TX Tyler.............. Tyler Pounds Rgnl. 2/6150 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 2

   15-Nov-12............... MO St Louis........... Lambert-St Louis 2/6872 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Amdt 1

   Intl.

   15-Nov-12............... AR Marianna........... Marianna/Lee 2/7417 09/06/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig

   County-Steve

   Edwards Field.

   15-Nov-12............... AR Marianna........... Marianna/Lee 2/7419 09/06/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig

   County-Steve

   Edwards Field.

   15-Nov-12............... OH Chillicothe........ Ross County....... 2/7420 09/06/12 VOR RWY 23, Amdt 3C

   15-Nov-12............... NM Hobbs.............. Lea County Rgnl... 2/7421 09/06/12 TAKEOFF MINIMUMS AND (OBSTACLE) DP, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... NE Gordon............. Gordon Muni....... 2/7422 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... FL Sebastian.......... Sebastian Muni.... 2/7940 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig

   15-Nov-12............... WV Martinsburg........ Eastern WV Rgnl/ 2/8018 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig

   Shepherd Fld.

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   15-Nov-12............... WV Martinsburg........ Eastern WV Rgnl/ 2/8019 09/26/12 ILS OR LOC RWY 26, Amdt 8

   Shepherd Fld.

   15-Nov-12............... WV Martinsburg........ Eastern WV Rgnl/ 2/8020 09/26/12 VOR-A, Amdt 9A

   Shepherd Fld.

   15-Nov-12............... WV Martinsburg........ Eastern WV Rgnl/ 2/8021 09/26/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig

   Shepherd Fld.

   15-Nov-12............... IL Moline............. Quad City Intl.... 2/8601 09/25/12 TAKEOFF MINIMUMS AND (OBSTACLE) DP, Amdt 1

   15-Nov-12............... IL Morris............. Morris Muni-James 2/9013 09/25/12 RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt-1

   R. Washburn Field.

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