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textual ODP amendments may have 

been issued previously by the FAA in a 

Flight Data Center (FDC) Notice to 

Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency 

action of immediate flight safety relating 

directly to published aeronautical 

charts. The circumstances which 

created the need for some SIAP and 

Takeoff Minimums and ODP 

amendments may require making them 

effective in less than 30 days. For the 

remaining SIAPs and Takeoff 

Minimums and ODPs, an effective date 

at least 30 days after publication is 

provided. 

Further, the SIAPs and Takeoff 

Minimums and ODPs contained in this 

amendment are based on the criteria 

contained in the U.S. Standard for 

Terminal Instrument Procedures 

(TERPS). In developing these SIAPs and 

Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, the 

TERPS criteria were applied to the 

conditions existing or anticipated at the 

affected airports. 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 procedures before 

adopting these SIAPs, Takeoff 

Minimums and ODPs are impracticable 

and contrary to the public interest and, 

where applicable, that good cause exists 

for making some 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 January 17, 

2014. 

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 

establishing, amending, suspending, or 

revoking Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures and/or Takeoff Minimums 

and/or Obstacle Departure Procedures 

effective at 0902 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: 

Effective 6 MARCH 2014 

Bishop, CA, Eastern Sierra Rgnl, RNAV 

(GPS) Y RWY 12, Orig-A 

Bishop, CA, Eastern Sierra Rgnl, RNAV 

(GPS) Z RWY 12, Orig-A 

Riverside, CA, Riverside Muni, VOR–B, 

ORIG–A, CANCELED 

Reno, NV, Reno/Tahoe Intl, RNAV 

(RNP) Y RWY 16R, Amdt 1A 

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2 

Albany, TX, Albany Muni, RNAV (GPS) 

RWY 17, Amdt 1 

Albany, TX, Albany Muni, RNAV (GPS) 

RWY 35, Amdt 1 

Effective 3 APRIL 2014 

Klawock, AK, Klawock, RNAV (GPS) 

RWY 2, Orig-B 

Murrieta/Temecula, CA, French Valley, 

RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 2 

Plains, GA, Peterson Field, VOR/DME 

OR GPS–B, Amdt 1A, CANCELED 

Estherville, IA, Estherville Muni, VOR 

RWY 16, Amdt 4B, CANCELED 

Estherville, IA, Estherville Muni, VOR 

RWY 34, Amdt 6B, CANCELED 

Washington, IA, Washington Muni, 

VOR/DME RWY 36, Amdt 1 

Chicago/Rockford, IL, Chicago/Rockford 

Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY 19, Amdt 2 

Springfield, IL, Abraham Lincoln 

Capital, VOR/DME RWY 31, Amdt 1 

Sidney, NY, Sidney Muni, RNAV (GPS) 

RWY 7, Orig-C 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 97 

[Docket No. 30942; Amdt. No. 3576] 

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 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 March 3, 

2014. 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 March 3, 

2014. 

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 

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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 § 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, Navigation 

(air). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17, 

2014. 

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, 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 

3/6/2014 ....... OK Tulsa .......................... Tulsa Intl ............................. 3/0440 01/14/14 ILS OR LOC RWY 36R, Amdt 

29C. 

3/6/2014 ....... IL Chicago ..................... Chicago O’Hare Intl ............ 3/0892 01/14/14 ILS OR LOC RWY 9L, ILS RWY 

9L (SA CAT I), ILS RWY 9L 

(CAT II), ILS RWY 9L (CAT 

III), Amdt 2A. 

3/6/2014 ....... OH Youngstown ............... Youngstown Elser Metro .... 3/0947 01/14/14 RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, Orig. 

3/6/2014 ....... OH Youngstown ............... Youngstown Elser Metro .... 3/0948 01/14/14 RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, Orig. 

3/6/2014 ....... OH Youngstown ............... Youngstown Elser Metro .... 3/0956 01/14/14 VOR C, Amdt 2. 

3/6/2014 ....... NE Scribner ..................... Scribner State .................... 3/5321 01/14/14 VOR RWY 35, Amdt 2A. 

3/6/2014 ....... IN Angola ....................... Tri-State Steuben County .. 3/6067 01/14/14 RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig. 

3/6/2014 ....... MI Travese City .............. Cherry Capital .................... 3/6068 01/14/14 ILS OR LOC RWY 28, Amdt 14. 

3/6/2014 ....... UT Blanding .................... Blanding Muni .................... 3/6365 01/14/14 RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 2. 

3/6/2014 ....... SD Martin ........................ Martin Muni ........................ 3/8803 01/14/14 GPS RWY 32, Orig-A. 

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1MAGI is defined in 42 USC 1395r(i)(4). The 

threshold amount is defined in 42 USC 1395r(i)(2). 

2Public Law 111–148. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

20 CFR Parts 404 and 418 

[Docket No. SSA–2012–0011] 

RIN 0960–AH47 

Medicare Determinations and IncomeRelated Monthly Adjustment Amounts 

to Medicare Part B Premiums; 

Conforming Changes to Regulations 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule adopts, 

without change, the interim final rule 

with request for comments we 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 18, 2013. The interim final 

rule modified our rules regarding 

Medicare Part B income-related monthly 

adjustment amounts to conform to 

changes made to the Social Security Act 

(Act) and Internal Revenue Code by the 

Affordable Care Act. We also removed 

provisions that phased in incomerelated monthly adjustment amounts 

between 2007 and 2009 and updated a 

citation to reflect the transfer of 

authority for hearing appeals under title 

XVIII of the Act from the Social Security 

Administration to the Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

DATES: The interim final rule with 

request for comments published on 

September 18, 2013, at 78 FR 57257, is 

confirmed as final, effective March 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Streett, Office of Income Security 

Programs, Social Security 

Administration, 2–R–24 Robert M. Ball 

Federal Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 965–9793. For information on 

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our 

national toll-free number, 1–800–772– 

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

our Internet site, Social Security Online, 

at www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Medicare 

Part B is a voluntary medical insurance 

program that provides coverage for 

services such as physician’s care, 

diagnostic services, and medical 

supplies. A beneficiary enrolled in 

Medicare Part B pays monthly 

premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance associated with covered 

services. The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) issues rules 

and regulations about the Medicare 

program, including the standard 

monthly premium. We determine and 

deduct the amount of certain Medicare 

Part B premiums from beneficiaries’ 

Social Security benefits and make rules 

and regulations necessary to carry out 

these functions. 

The Federal Government subsidizes 

the cost of Medicare Part B coverage. 

However, beneficiaries with modified 

adjusted gross incomes (MAGI) above a 

specified threshold must pay a higher 

percentage of the average cost of 

coverage than those with MAGI below 

the threshold.1 We refer to this subsidy 

reduction as an income-related monthly 

adjustment amounts (IRMAA). 

CMS determines and publishes the 

annual MAGI threshold and ranges. The 

Internal Revenue Service provides us 

with beneficiaries’ MAGI information 

for the applicable tax year. We use this 

information to determine IRMAAs using 

the CMS-determined annual MAGI 

threshold. 

In March 2010, Congress passed the 

Affordable Care Act.2 The Affordable 

Care Act temporarily freezes the MAGI 

threshold above which beneficiaries 

must pay a higher percentage of the 

costs of their coverage. It also revised 

the Internal Revenue Code to allow us 

to disclose tax return information to the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to the extent necessary 

to resolve administrative appeals of 

IRMAA determinations. We have 

updated our regulations to reflect these 

changes. The regulations now freeze the 

MAGI threshold and ranges from 2011 

through 2019 and no longer require that 

beneficiaries consent to our release of 

Internal Revenue Service information to 

HHS to allow HHS to adjudicate an 

appeal of a determination applying an 

IRMAA to the Part B premium subsidy. 

We also removed provisions that phased 

in IRMAA between 2007 and 2009 

because they are no longer necessary 

and corrected an outdated citation to 

HHS regulations, which reflects the 

transfer of authority for hearing appeals 

under title XVIII of the Social Security 

Act from the Social Security 

Administration to HHS. 

Public Comments 

On September 18, 2013, we published 

an interim final rule with request for 

comments in the Federal Register, at 78 

FR 57257. We provided a 60-day public 

comment period. We received no 

comments from the public. As a result, 

we are adopting the interim final rule as 

a final rule without change. 

Regulatory Procedures 

Executive Order 12866 as 

Supplemented by Executive Order 

13563 

We consulted with the Office of 

Management and Budget and 

determined that this final rule does not 

meet the criteria for a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866, as supplemented by Executive 

Order 13563. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

We certify that this final rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

because it only affects individuals. 

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility 

analysis is not required under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule imposes no reporting 

or recordkeeping requirements subject 

to OMB clearance. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.774 Medicare 

Supplementary Medical Insurance; 96.002 

Social Security—Retirement Insurance.) 

List of Subjects 

20 CFR Part 404 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Aged, Alimony, Blind, 

Disability benefits, Government 

employees, Income taxes, Insurance, 

Investigations, Old-age, Survivors and 

disability insurance, Penalties, Railroad 

retirement, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Social Security, Travel 

and transportation expenses, Treaties, 

Veterans, Vocational rehabilitation. 

20 CFR Part 418 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Aged, Blind, Disability 

benefits, Public assistance programs, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI), Medicare subsidies. 

Dated: February 21, 2014. 

Carolyn W. Colvin, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security. 

Accordingly, the interim final rule 

amending 20 CFR chapter III, part 404, 

subpart J and 20 CFR chapter III, part 

418, subpart B that was published at 78 

FR 57257 on September 18, 2013 is 

adopted as a final rule without change. 

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