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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 97 

[Docket No. 31375; Amdt. No. 3961] 

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 removes Standard 

Instrument Approach Procedures 

(SIAPS) and associated Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle Departure 

procedures (ODPs) 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 July 1, 

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 July 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters 

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 

Information Services, 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 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 establishing, 

amending, suspending, or removes 

SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and/or 

ODPS. The complete regulatory 

description of each SIAP and its 

associated Takeoff Minimums or ODP 

for an identified airport is listed on FAA 

form documents which are incorporated 

by reference in this amendment under 5 

U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 

CFR part 97.20. The applicable FAA 

Forms 8260–3, 8260–4, 8260–5, 8260– 

15A, 8260–15B, when required by an 

entry on 8260–15A, and 8260–15C. 

The large number of SIAPs, Takeoff 

Minimums and ODPs, their complex 

nature, and the need for a special format 

make publication in the Federal 

Register expensive and impractical. 

Further, airmen do not use the 

regulatory text of the SIAPs, Takeoff 

Minimums or ODPs, but instead refer to 

their graphic depiction on charts 

printed by publishers or aeronautical 

materials. Thus, the advantages of 

incorporation by reference are realized 

and publication of the complete 

description of each SIAP, Takeoff 

Minimums and ODP listed on FAA form 

documents is unnecessary. This 

amendment provides the affected CFR 

sections and specifies the typed of 

SIAPS, 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/or 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, Takeoff Minimums and 

ODP as amended in the transmittal. 

Some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and 

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 flights safety 

relating directly to published 

aeronautical charts. 

The circumstances that 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 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 some 

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. 


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34942 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 124 / Thursday, July 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97 

Air traffic control, Airports, 

Incorporation by reference, Navigation 

(air). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 

2021. 

Wade E.K. Terrell, 

Aviation Safety, Flight Standards Service, 

Manager (A), Flight Technologies and 

Procedures Division. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me, Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 

CRF part 97) is amended by 

establishing, amending, suspending, or 

removing Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures and/or Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle Departure 

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(f), 106(g), 40103, 

40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 

44701, 44719, 44721–44722. 

■ 2. Part 97 is amended to read as 

follows: 

Effective 12 August 2021 

Atlanta, GA, Dekalb-Peachtree, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 3A 

Atlanta, GA, KCVC, RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, 

Amdt 2 

Atlanta, GA, KCVC, RNAV (GPS) RWY 28, 

Amdt 2 

Atlanta, GA, KCVC, VOR/DME RWY 10, 

Amdt 5B, CANCELLED 

Evansville, IN, KEVV, RADAR–1, Amdt 7B 

Norwood, MA, Norwood Meml, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 8 

Mora, MN, Mora Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 

35, Orig-D 

Hillsboro, ND, 3H4, RNAV (GPS) RWY 16, 

Amdt 2A 

Lincoln Park, NJ, Lincoln Park, Takeoff 

Minimums and Obstacle DP, Amdt 2 

Middlefield, OH, 7G8, RNAV (GPS) RWY 11, 

Orig-C 

Middlefield, OH, 7G8, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29, 

Orig-C 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

20 CFR Part 295 

RIN 3220—AB69 

Payments Pursuant to Court Decree or 

Court-Approved Property Settlement 

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Railroad Retirement 

Board (Board) amends its regulations 

addressing who may receive a portion of 

an employee annuity due to a former 

spouse of a railroad annuitant under a 

court decree of divorce or courtapproved property settlement, but 

which was unpaid at the time of the 

former spouse’s death. The current 

regulation states that the Board will 

follow the priority order provided for 

employee annuities unpaid at death in 

the Board’s regulations. This 

amendment is necessary to insert a 

correct reference to the proper section of 

the Board’s regulations pertaining to 

employee annuities due but unpaid at 

death. 

DATES: This rule is effective July 1, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Hillyard, 

Secretary to the Board, Railroad 

Retirement Board, 844 N Rush Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60611–1275. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marguerite P. Dadabo, Assistant General 

Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, 

844 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 

60611–1275, (312) 751–4945, TTD (312) 

751–4701. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background Information 

The Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) 

provides monthly annuities for railroad 

employees based on age and years of 

service in the railroad industry. Section 

14(b)(2) of the RRA [45 U.S.C. 

231m(b)(2)] provides that portions of an 

employee annuity calculated under 

sections 2(b), 3(b), 3(f), and 3(h) of the 

RRA [45 U.S.C. 231a(b), 231b(b), 

231b(f), and 231b(h)] may be 

characterized as community property 

and subject to distribution in 

accordance with a court decree of 

divorce, annulment, or legal separation 

or the terms of any court-approved 

property settlement incident to any such 

court decree. The current version of 

Board regulations at 20 CFR 295.1 

through 295.7 implement this provision. 

The current version of section 

295.5(d) of the Board’s regulations 

explains that payments to a spouse or 

former spouse pursuant to a court order 

will not be made to the heirs, legatees, 

creditors, or assignees of a deceased 

spouse or former spouse. Any annuity 

amounts due to the spouse or former 

spouse but unpaid at the time of the 

spouse or former spouse’s death will be 

made in accordance with the Board’s 

regulations governing payments of 

employee annuities due but unpaid at 

the death of the employee. At the time 

§ 295.5(d) was published in the Federal 

Register, the Board’s regulations 

governing employee annuities due but 

unpaid at death were found in § 234.1 

of the Board’s regulations. Part 234 of 

the Board’s regulations has since been 

amended and the section governing 

employee annuities due but unpaid at 

death is now designated as § 234.31 of 

the Board’s regulations. 

Final Rule 

We are amending § 295.5(d) of the 

Board’s regulations to provide the 

correct cross-reference to the section of 

the Board’s regulations governing 

employee annuities due but unpaid at 

death. This change is not intended to be 

substantive. 

This change was published as a 

proposed rule on December 9, 2016, and 

comments were invited to be submitted 

by February 7, 2017. See 81 FR 89014 

(December 9, 2016). No comments were 

submitted, and the final rule is the same 

as the proposed rule. Because this final 

rule is not a substantive change, but is 

merely a correction of a citation, it 

becomes effective on the date this notice 

of rulemaking is published in the 

Federal Register. 

Regulatory Procedures 

Executive Order 12866, as Amended 

The Office of Management and Budget 

has determined that this is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. Therefore, no 

regulatory impact analysis is required. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Board certifies that this final rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities because it affects individuals 

only. 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. 

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 295 

Railroad retirement. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Railroad Retirement 

Board amends 20 CFR part 295 as 

follows: 

PART 295—PAYMENTS PURSUANT 

TO COURT DECREE OR COURTAPPROVED SETTLEMENT 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 295 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f; 45 U.S.C. 231m. 


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