51666 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 162 / Monday, August 23, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 

Waco, TX, Waco Rgnl, Takeoff Minimums 

and Obstacle DP, Orig 

Leesburg, VA, Leesburg Executive, LOC RWY 

17, Amdt 3 

Leesburg, VA, Leesburg Executive, RNAV 

(GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 2 

Leesburg, VA, Leesburg Executive, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2 

Leesburg, VA, Leesburg Executive, VOR OR 

GPS–A, Amdt 1B, CANCELLED 

Spokane, WA, Spokane Intl, ILS OR LOC/ 

DME RWY 21, ILS RWY 21 (CAT II), ILS 

RWY 21 (CAT III), Amdt 22 

Spokane, WA, Spokane Intl, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 6 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

14 CFR Part 97 

[Docket No. 30739; Amdt. No. 3387] 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums 

and Obstacle Departure Procedures; 

Miscellaneous Amendments 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

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 August 23, 

2010. 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 August 23, 

2010. 

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: 

Harry J. Hodges, 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 § 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). 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 162 / Monday, August 23, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 51667 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2010. 

John M. Allen, 

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 

■ 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: 

§§ 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 

97.35 [AMENDED] 

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 

23–Sep–10 ... OK .... Sand Springs .................. William R Pogue Muni ......................... 0/0508 7/15/10 NDB Rwy 35, Amdt 2E. 

23–Sep–10 ... OK .... Sand Springs .................. William R Pogue Muni ......................... 0/1461 7/15/10 VOR/DME A, Amdt 3. 

23–Sep–10 ... AL ..... Clanton ........................... Chilton County ..................................... 0/1946 5/27/10 Takeoff Minimums and 

(Obstacle) Departure 

Procedures Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... NH .... Lebanon .......................... Lebanon Muni ...................................... 0/2536 7/19/10 VOR/DME Rwy 7, Amdt 

1. 

23–Sep–10 ... NH .... Lebanon .......................... Lebanon Muni ...................................... 0/2537 7/19/10 ILS Or LOC Rwy 18, 

Amdt 5A. 

23–Sep–10 ... NH .... Berlin ............................... Berlin RGNL ........................................ 0/2958 7/21/10 VOR B, Amdt 2A. 

23–Sep–10 ... VT ..... Highgate ......................... Franklin County State .......................... 0/2999 7/21/10 VOR/DME Rwy 19, Amdt 

4. 

23–Sep–10 ... VT ..... Highgate ......................... Franklin County State .......................... 0/3000 7/21/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 19, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... VT ..... Highgate ......................... Franklin County State .......................... 0/3001 7/21/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 1, 

Amdt 2. 

23–Sep–10 ... NC .... Raleigh/Durham .............. Raleigh-Durham Intl ............................ 0/4050 8/4/10 ILS Or LOC Rwy 23R, 

Amdt 11; ILS Rwy 23R 

(CAT II), Amdt 11; ILS 

Rwy 23R (CAT III), 

Amdt 11. 

23–Sep–10 ... CA .... Hanford ........................... Hanford Muni ....................................... 0/4457 7/29/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 32, 

Amdt 1. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/5074 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 27, 

Orig-A. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/5075 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 32, 

Orig-A. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/5076 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 22L, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/5081 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 33L, 

Orig-B. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/5082 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 15R, 

Orig-B. 

23–Sep–10 ... ME .... Pittsfield .......................... Pittsfield Muni ...................................... 0/5401 7/7/10 NDB Rwy 36, Amdt 4. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Galena ............................ Edward G. Pitka, Sr ............................ 0/5799 7/15/10 VOR/DME Rwy 25, Amdt 

10. 

23–Sep–10 ... CQ .... Saipan ............................. Saipan/Francisco C. Ada/Saipan Intl .. 0/5800 6/10/10 GPS Rwy 25, Amdt 1B. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Galena ............................ Edward G. Pitka, Sr ............................ 0/5801 7/15/10 VOR/DME Rwy 7, Amdt 

7. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6640 6/22/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 3, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6641 6/22/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 10, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6642 6/22/10 NDB/DME Rwy 3, Amdt 

2. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6643 6/22/10 NDB A, Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6644 6/22/10 VOR Rwy 28, Amdt 2. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Nome .............................. Nome ................................................... 0/6645 6/22/10 VOR/DME Rwy 10, Amdt 

2. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Clarks Point .................... Clarks Point ......................................... 0/6649 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Clarks Point .................... Clarks Point ......................................... 0/6652 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 36, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Quinhagak ...................... Quinhagak ........................................... 0/7691 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 12, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... AK ..... Quinhagak ...................... Quinhagak ........................................... 0/7692 7/15/10 RNAV (GPS) Rwy 30, 

Orig. 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/8349 7/15/10 ILS Or LOC Rwy 4R, 

Amdt 9B. 


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AIRAC Date State City Airport FDC No. FDC Date Subject 

23–Sep–10 ... MA .... Boston ............................. Gen Edward Lawrence Logan Intl ...... 0/8350 7/15/10 ILS Or LOC Rwy 33L, 

Amdt 3. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Optional Mail Preparation Standards 

for Flat-Size Mailpieces in FSS Zones 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal ServiceTM is 

revising the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM®) to provide 

optional mail preparation standards for 

flat-size Standard Mail, Periodicals, and 

Bound Printed Matter mailpieces 

prepared for delivery within ZIP® Codes 

served by Flats Sequencing System 

(FSS) processing. 

DATES: Effective January 2, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Hawes at 202–268–8980 or Kevin 

Gunther at 202–268–7208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal 

Service is revising the DMM to provide 

optional standards for bundle and pallet 

preparation of flat-size Standard Mail, 

Periodicals and Bound Printed Matter 

mailpieces prepared for delivery within 

the ZIP Codes served by Flats 

Sequencing System (FSS) processing. 

FSS is a critical element in the Postal 

Service’s strategic operations plan and 

will allow the Postal Service to improve 

delivery efficiency and control costs. 

In the 1990s the Postal Service, in an 

effort to control costs and limit postage 

prices, adopted technological changes 

designed to reduce the time carriers 

spent in the office preparing mail for 

delivery. The most notable of these 

changes was the implementation of 

Delivery Point Sequencing (DPS). 

Today, the Postal Service is now placing 

nearly 92 percent of all letter-size 

mailpieces into delivery sequence. 

Similar to DPS processing for letters, 

FSS automates the sequencing of flatsize mailpieces into delivery order, 

eliminating labor-intensive manual 

sortation by carriers. 

One essential change to the methods 

that mailers use to prepare flat-size mail 

involves the modification of bundling 

standards when mailing to delivery 

areas with FSS-processing capability. 

The Postal Service, as it begins to 

determine the best practices for 

optimizing FSS implementation and 

operation, encourages mailers to prepare 

bundles of flat-size mail to facilitate the 

efficient loading of this mail into the 

FSS machines. Efficient induction of 

mailpieces into FSS requires bundles of 

flats to be of equal height, in order to 

facilitate their placement into the 

standard containers that feed into the 

FSS induction mechanism. Preparing 

bundles which can be placed easily into 

these containers improves efficiency in 

loading containers and ensures stability 

and ease of transport of mailer-prepared 

containers. 

The Postal Service developed these 

optional preparation standards working 

with members of the mailing industry, 

representing a wide spectrum of flat 

mail owners and preparers. The group 

determined that the preparation of 

bundles and pallets specifically for FSS 

processing could lead to greater 

efficiencies and cost savings for both the 

USPS® and mailing industry. Industry 

members agreed that the production of 

uniform bundle heights could reduce 

the costs associated with preparing 

bundles, and that more stable pallet 

construction would improve mailer 

transport of the mail to drop shipment 

locations. In addition, preparing FSS 

scheme pallets allows for the creation of 

larger pallets, permitting the mail to 

move directly to the FSS mail prep area. 

The Postal Service is also providing 

advance notice that FSS-based mail 

preparation requirements will become 

mandatory in the future; however we 

are currently not proposing a timeline 

for their implementation. 

With this revision, mailers will have 

the option to prepare separate mailings 

of Standard Mail®, Periodicals, and 

Bound Printed Matter barcoded flats, 

including some barcoded 

nonmachinable Periodicals flats capable 

of being processed by FSS, into one or 

more of the following pallet-level 

separations: 

1. A 5-digit FSS-scheme ZIP Code 

combination (including one or more 

5-digit ZIP Codes); 

2. FSS facility sort (all 5-digit FSSscheme ZIP Code combinations 

processed within the same facility); or 

3. A sectional center facility (SCF) 

with FSS capability, when combined on 

pallets with flat-size mailpieces not 

intended for FSS processing. 

Mailers choosing to prepare flats for 

delivery to FSS zones, using this option, 

will place qualifying mailpieces from all 

price categories into a separate 

combined pool for each individual 5- 

digit FSS-scheme combination. Mailers 

will then prepare bundles of uniform 

size from the pieces in the pool. 

Bundles must be identified as a 5-digit 

scheme presort with an optional 

endorsement line (OEL) under 708.7.0. 

OELs used under this option may be 

applied to the top piece of each bundle, 

unless otherwise required to be placed 

on each piece by other standards. All 

pieces for each combined mailpiece 

pool must be prepared in bundles of 

similar height (3 inches minimum to 6.5 

inches maximum), secured according to 

current bundling standards. Except for 

one overflow bundle that may be under 

the minimum height, all bundles within 

each mailpiece pool must be of uniform 

size. Though we will allow overflow 

bundles, we encourage ‘‘leveling’’ 

(adjusting bundle heights within a 

presort destination to avoid overflow 

bundles) of the bundles within each 

mailpiece pool. The counter-stacking 

(rotating groups of mailpieces within a 

bundle 180 degrees from the preceding 

and succeeding group) of mailpieces 

within bundles is not being addressed 

as a part of these optional standards, 

and mailers may continue this practice 

in accordance with current standards. In 

the future, the Postal Service may 

require that mailpieces not be counterstacked within bundles when being 

prepared for FSS processing, but no 

decision on this potential requirement 

has been made. 

Bundles must be placed on pallets to 

form layers of consistent thickness; and 

bundles of nonuniform thickness must 

be counter-stacked on pallets in 

accordance with current standards. 

Pallets must be prepared and labeled as 

described in DMM 705.8.0, with a pallet 

placard bearing an Intelligent Mail 

container barcode as described in 

708.6.6.0. 

Mailpieces that meet the current 

eligibility standards for basic and high 

density carrier route prices will 

continue to be eligible for these prices 

when prepared in accordance with the 

FSS optional preparation standards. 

Saturation price Standard Mail and 

Periodicals carrier route flats are not 

eligible for preparation under this 

option. The sequencing of mailpieces 

within carrier route bundles is not 

required or recommended when 


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