Rules and Regulations. Final rule

Agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT
Action: Final rule
Citation: FR Doc. 2015-22011 · Docket No. 31034; Amdt. No. 3658 · 14 CFR 97

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 September 1, 2015. 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 September 1, 2015.

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 August 14, 2015. 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 and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as follows: PART 97—STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES 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. 2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows: By amending: § 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or TACAN; § 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; § 97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; § 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; § 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; § 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and § 97.35 COPTER SIAPs, Identified as follows: * * * Effective Upon Publication AIRAC date State City Airport FDC No. FDC date Subject 17-Sep-15 NC Wilmington Wilmington Intl 5/0168 07/27/15 ILS Z RWY 24, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0562 07/28/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0563 07/28/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 25, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0565 07/28/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0566 07/28/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 7, Orig-C. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0567 07/28/15 VOR RWY 25, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 NH Lebanon Lebanon Muni 5/0570 07/28/15 VOR/DME RWY 7, Amdt 1C. 17-Sep-15 WI Middleton Middleton Muni—Morey Field 5/0778 08/03/15 VOR RWY 28, Orig. 17-Sep-15 WI Middleton Middleton Muni—Morey Field 5/0779 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Amdt 2. 17-Sep-15 FL Jacksonville Jacksonville Intl 5/1388 08/04/15 RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 26, Amdt 2A. 17-Sep-15 AR Lake Village Lake Village Muni 5/1683 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 AR Lake Village Lake Village Muni 5/1684 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 AR Lake Village Lake Village Muni 5/1685 08/03/15 VOR-A, Amdt 8A. 17-Sep-15 AR Lake Village Lake Village Muni 5/1686 08/03/15 VOR/DME-B, Amdt 6A. 17-Sep-15 WI Madison Dane County Rgnl-Truax Field 5/2008 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Amdt 2C. 17-Sep-15 WI Madison Dane County Rgnl-Truax Field 5/2009 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 2C. 17-Sep-15 WI Madison Dane County Rgnl-Truax Field 5/2010 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 32, Amdt 2C. 17-Sep-15 WI Madison Dane County Rgnl-Truax Field 5/2011 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 2B. 17-Sep-15 SD Martin Martin Muni 5/2018 08/03/15 GPS RWY 32, Orig-B. 17-Sep-15 MN New Ulm New Ulm Muni 5/2101 08/03/15 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig. 17-Sep-15 TX Waco Waco Rgnl 5/2105 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 1B. 17-Sep-15 IN Terre Haute Terre Haute Intl-Hulman Field 5/2162 08/03/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 5, Amdt 23. 17-Sep-15 IN Brazil Brazil Clay County 5/2188 07/28/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig. 17-Sep-15 WI Madison Dane County Rgnl-Truax Field 5/2190 07/28/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 21, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NY Schenectady Schenectady County 5/2346 07/29/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-B. 17-Sep-15 NY Poughkeepsie Dutchess County 5/2660 07/30/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig-B. 17-Sep-15 NY Poughkeepsie Dutchess County 5/2661 07/30/15 VOR/DME RWY 6, Amdt 7A. 17-Sep-15 NY Poughkeepsie Dutchess County 5/2662 07/30/15 VOR/DME RWY 24, Amdt 4C. 17-Sep-15 NY Poughkeepsie Dutchess County 5/2663 07/30/15 VOR A, Amdt 11B. 17-Sep-15 NY Poughkeepsie Dutchess County 5/2664 07/30/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig-B. 17-Sep-15 PA Ebensburg Ebensburg 5/3210 08/03/15 VOR-A, Amdt 7. 17-Sep-15 PA Ebensburg Ebensburg 5/3211 08/03/15 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 2. 17-Sep-15 MS Meridian Key Field 5/4237 08/04/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 19, Amdt 1B. 17-Sep-15 FL Plant City Plant City 5/4253 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig. 17-Sep-15 FL Tallahassee Tallahassee Intl 5/4488 08/03/15 ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 36, Amdt 25A. 17-Sep-15 FL Tallahassee Tallahassee Intl 5/4623 08/03/15 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1. 17-Sep-15 NY Hudson Columbia County 5/5214 08/04/15 NDB-A, Amdt 4A. 17-Sep-15 NY Hudson Columbia County 5/5216 08/04/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NY Hudson Columbia County 5/5217 08/04/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 IA Creston Creston Muni 5/5547 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, Amdt 1B. 17-Sep-15 GA Rome Richard B Russell Regional—J H Towers Field 5/5576 07/29/15 ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 1, Orig-B. 17-Sep-15 MS Grenada Grenada Muni 5/6313 07/30/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Amdt 1. 17-Sep-15 MS Grenada Grenada Muni 5/6314 07/30/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Amdt 1. 17-Sep-15 MS Grenada Grenada Muni 5/6315 07/30/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Amdt 1. 17-Sep-15 KY Covington Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl 5/6647 08/04/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 18L, Amdt 7A. 17-Sep-15 MA Stow Minute Man Air Field 5/6658 08/04/15 VOR/DME RWY 21, Amdt 3C. 17-Sep-15 NY New York John F Kennedy Intl 5/7203 07/27/15 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 22L, Amdt 1. 17-Sep-15 MI Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 5/7474 07/27/15 ILS PRM Y RWY 4L, Orig-D. 17-Sep-15 LA Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field 5/7557 08/03/15 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 SD Sturgis Sturgis Muni 5/8224 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 SD Sturgis Sturgis Muni 5/8225 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8307 07/27/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 10R, Amdt 3B. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8308 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 10L, Amdt 1B. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8313 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 10R, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8314 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 28L, Amdt 2A. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8315 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 28R, Amdt 2C. 17-Sep-15 MN Minneapolis Flying Cloud 5/8316 07/27/15 VOR RWY 10R, Amdt 9A. 17-Sep-15 NE Creighton Creighton Muni 5/8346 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NE Creighton Creighton Muni 5/8351 07/27/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig-A. 17-Sep-15 NE Creighton Creighton Muni 5/8356 07/27/15 Takeoff Minimums and (Obstacle) DP, Orig. 17-Sep-15 TN Nashville Nashville Intl 5/8382 08/05/15 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 2C, Amdt 2. 17-Sep-15 TN Nashville Nashville Intl 5/8383 08/05/15 RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 2L, Amdt 2. 17-Sep-15 TN Nashville Nashville Intl 5/8386 08/05/15 RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 2R, Amdt 2A. 17-Sep-15 GA Thomasville Thomasville Rgnl 5/8603 07/29/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig. 17-Sep-15 TN Rogersville Hawkins County 5/8608 07/29/15 NDB RWY 7, Amdt 2. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9354 08/03/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 15, Amdt 6. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9355 08/03/15 VOR/DME RWY 15, Amdt 3. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9356 08/03/15 NDB RWY 15, Amdt 6. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9363 08/03/15 COPTER VOR RWY 33, Amdt 2A. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9364 08/03/15 VOR-A, Amdt 2A. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9365 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9366 08/03/15 RNAV (GPS) RWY 15, Amdt 1A. 17-Sep-15 TX Fort Hood/Killeen Robert Gray AAF 5/9367 08/03/15 ILS OR LOC RWY 33, Amdt 1A. [FR Doc. 2015-22011 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]