[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 18 (Friday, January 29, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7496-7498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01764]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 31351; Amdt. No. 3940]


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 29, 2021. 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 29, 2021.

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 
fedreg.legal@nara.gov 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 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.

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    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 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 January 8, 2021.
Wade Terrell,
Aviation Safety, Manager, Flight Procedures & Airspace Group, Flight 
Technologies and Procedures Division.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 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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25-Feb-21.............  MI            Flint............  Bishop Intl......   0/0813    12/8/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 18, Amdt 1B.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1937   11/20/20  ILS OR LOC RWY
                                                                                                 5, Amdt 23C.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1943   11/20/20  RADAR 1, Amdt
                                                                                                 5B.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1945   11/20/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 5, Orig-E.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1947   11/20/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 14, Orig-D.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1950   11/20/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 32, Orig-D.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1952   11/20/20  VOR RWY 5, Amdt
                                                                                                 18.
25-Feb-21.............  IN            Terre Haute......  Terre Haute Rgnl.   0/1954   11/20/20  VOR RWY 23, Amdt
                                                                                                 21.
25-Feb-21.............  MN            Marshall.........  Southwest           0/2066   11/24/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                          Minnesota Rgnl                         12, Amdt 1A.
                                                          Marshall/Ryan
                                                          Fld.
25-Feb-21.............  NH            Claremont........  Claremont Muni...   0/2324   11/24/20  NDB-A, Amdt 1B.
25-Feb-21.............  ME            Augusta..........  Augusta State....   0/2741   11/27/20  VOR RWY 35, Amdt
                                                                                                 6B.
25-Feb-21.............  OH            Washington Court   Fayette County...   0/3503   11/27/20  NDB RWY 23, Amdt
                                       House.                                                    5B.
25-Feb-21.............  OK            Weatherford......  Thomas P.           0/5580    12/7/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                          Stafford.                              35, Amdt 3.
25-Feb-21.............  FL            Naples...........  Naples Muni......   0/5866   12/16/20  VOR RWY 5, Amdt
                                                                                                 5B.
25-Feb-21.............  MI            Saginaw..........  Saginaw County H.   0/6063   11/27/20  ILS OR LOC RWY
                                                          W. Browne.                             28, Amdt 1.
25-Feb-21.............  AR            Warren...........  Warren Muni......   0/6197   11/27/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 21, Orig-B.
25-Feb-21.............  MN            Walker...........  Walker Muni......   0/6953   11/27/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 15, Amdt 2.
25-Feb-21.............  TX            Georgetown.......  Georgetown Muni..   0/6984   11/27/20  RNAV (GPS) RWY
                                                                                                 11, Amdt 1A.
25-Feb-21.............  WY            Guernsey.........  Camp Guernsey....   0/8066     1/4/21  Takeoff Minimums
                                                                                                 and Obstacle
                                                                                                 DP, Amdt 1.

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25-Feb-21.............  TN            Morristown.......  Moore-Murrell....   0/8891   12/30/20  Takeoff Minimums
                                                                                                 and Obstacle
                                                                                                 DP, Amdt 6.
25-Feb-21.............  VT            Barre/Montpelier.  Edward F. Knapp     0/9161     1/4/21  ILS OR LOC RWY
                                                          State.                                 17, Amdt 7A.
25-Feb-21.............  CO            Pueblo...........  Pueblo Memorial..   0/9867   11/17/20  ILS OR LOC RWY
                                                                                                 8R, Amdt 1B.
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[FR Doc. 2021-01764 Filed 1-28-21; 8:45 am]
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