[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67158-67160]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28087]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC12-1-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725F); Comment
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006),
(Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the proposed
information collection described below.

DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due December 30, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed either electronically (eFiled) or in
paper format, and should refer to Docket No. IC12-1-000. Documents must
be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in compliance with
Commission submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling instructions are available at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. First-time users must follow
eRegister instructions at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregistration.asp, to establish a user name and password before
eFiling. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the
sender's email address upon receipt of eFiled comments. Commenters
making an eFiling should not make a paper filing. Commenters that are
not able to file electronically must send an original of their comments
to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in
this docket may do so through eSubscription at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. All comments and FERC issuances may be
viewed, printed or downloaded remotely through FERC's eLibrary at:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp, by searching on Docket
No. IC12-1. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email
at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by phone at:<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll-
free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> for TTY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>telephone at:<PHONE_NUMBER>, and fax at: (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected by the FERC-725F,
``Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination'' (OMB Control No. 1902-0249), is required to implement
the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
(16 U.S.C. 824o). On August 8, 2005, the Electricity Modernization Act
of 2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into law.\1\ EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the FPA, which required a Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject to Commission review and
approval. Once approved, the Reliability Standards may be enforced by
the ERO subject to Commission oversight, or the

Commission can independently enforce Reliability Standards.\2\
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    \1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, Title XII,
Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 824o.
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
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    On February 3, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 672,
implementing section 215 of the FPA.\3\ Pursuant to Order No. 672, the
Commission certified one organization, North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC), as the ERO. The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by the Commission apply to users,
owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System, as set forth in each
Reliability Standard.
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    \3\ Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,204, order on reh'g, Order No. 672-A, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,212 (2006).
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    On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its petition for FERC approval of
the Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Reliability Standard,
designated NUC-001-1. In Order No. 716, issued October 16, 2008, the
Commission approved the standard while also directing certain
revisions.\4\ Revised Reliability Standard, NUC-001-2, was filed with
the Commission by NERC in August 2009 and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.\5\
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    \4\ Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination, Order No. 716, 125 FERC ] 61,065, at P 189 & n.90
(2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 716-A, 126 FERC ] 61,122 (2009).
    \5\ North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 130 FERC ]
61,051 (2010). When the revised Reliability Standard was approved
the Commission did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed that
the changes made did not substantively affect the information
collection and therefore a formal submission to OMB was not needed.
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    The purpose of Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 is to require
``coordination between nuclear plant generator operators and
transmission entities for the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant safe
operation and shutdown.'' \6\ The Nuclear Reliability Standard applies
to nuclear plant generator operators (generally nuclear power plant
owners and operators, including licensees) and ``transmission
entities,'' defined in the Reliability Standard as including a nuclear
plant's suppliers of off-site power and related transmission and
distribution services. To account for the variations in nuclear plant
design and grid interconnection characteristics, the Reliability
Standard defines transmission entities as ``all entities that are
responsible for providing services related to Nuclear Plant Interface
Requirements (NPIRs),'' and lists eleven types of functional entities
(heretofore described as ``transmission entities'') that could provide
services related to NPIRs.\7\
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    \6\ See Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 at http://www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-2.pdf.
    \7\ The list of functional entities consists of transmission
operators, transmission owners, transmission planners, transmission
service providers, balancing authorities, reliability coordinators,
planning authorities, distribution providers, load-serving entities,
generator owners and generator operators.
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    Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 requires a nuclear power plant
operator and its suppliers of back-up power and related transmission
and distribution services to coordinate concerning nuclear licensing
requirements for safe nuclear plant operation and shutdown and system
operating limits. Information collection requirements include
establishing and maintaining interface agreements, including record
retention requirements.
    ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
FERC-725F reporting requirements, with no changes to the requirements.

Burden Statement \8\
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    \8\ The burden estimates for this renewal have been generated
based on actual FERC staff experience in developing and modifying
agreements pursuant to NUC-001-2. The Commission considers this
burden estimate more accurate than was previously approved by OMB.
    \9\ This figure of 130 transmission entities is based on the
assumption that each agreement will be between 1 nuclear plant and 2
transmission entities (65 times 2 = 130). However, there is some
double counting in this figure because some transmission entities
may be party to multiple agreements with multiple nuclear plants.
The double counting does not affect the burden estimate and the
correct number of unique respondents will be reported to OMB.
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    The Commission estimates that the total universe of respondents for
this collection is 143 unique entities. This includes 26 unique owners
of nuclear facilities and 117 transmission entities that provide
services related to NPIRs. FERC also estimated that there are 65 unique
nuclear plant sites involved in this collection. In order to estimate
the burden the Commission considered two categories: Establishing new
agreements; and making modifications to existing agreements.
    The Commission assumes there may be as many as 10 new agreements
established each year. Because applicable entities should already be in
compliance with NUC-001-2 (meaning that all nuclear sites should
already have agreements in place), new agreements would only come about
due to company mergers or new interconnections between nuclear plant
sites and other entities. FERC further assumes that each agreement
involves one nuclear plant site and an average of two transmission
entities.
    For modifications to existing agreements the Commission assumes
that each nuclear plant site will be required to make up to two
modifications a year to existing agreements. Because the Commission
assumes that each agreement involves an average of two transmission
entities, the burden for this category also includes two transmission
entities per nuclear plant site (or 130 in total). FERC estimates that
some of these transmission entities are involved in multiple agreements
(as stated above, the number of unique transmission entities is
estimated at 117).
    The burden information is summarized in the following table.

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                                       Number of           Number of        Average burden       Total annual
         Data collection              respondents          responses      hours per response  burden hours (1) x
                                     annually (1)       (documents) (2)           (3)              (2) x (3)
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FERC-725F:
    New agreements..............  10 nuclear          1.................  Reporting: 1,080..  Reporting: 32,400.
                                   operators + 20                         Recordkeeping: 108  Recordkeeping:
                                   transmission                                                3,240.
                                   entities.
    Modifications to agreements.  65 nuclear plants   2.................  Reporting: 67       Reporting: 26,000.
                                   + 130                                   (rounded).         Recordkeeping:
                                   transmission                           Recordkeeping: 7     2,600.
                                   entities.\9\                            (rounded).
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        Total...................  Not applicable      Not applicable....  Not applicable....  64,240.
                                   (see text for
                                   discussion).
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    The average annualized cost is estimated to be the total annual
hours

(Reporting) \10\--58,400 hours times $120/hour = $7,008,000, plus the
total annual hours (Recordkeeping) \11\--5,840 times $28/hour =
$163,520, plus the record storage cost \12\--143 entities times $15.25
per year per entity = $2,181 (rounded), which is $7,173,701.
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    \10\ The $120/hour figure is a combined average of legal,
technical and administrative staff.
    \11\ The $28/hour figure is based on a FERC staff study that
included estimating public utility recordkeeping costs.
    \12\ This is based on the estimated cost to service and store 1
GB of data (based on the aggregated cost of an IBM advanced data
protection server).
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    The Commission believes that this estimate is conservative because
multiple plants are located on certain sites, and one entity may
operate multiple plants, providing for potential economies in updating,
drafting and executing the interface agreements.
    The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and (7) transmitting or otherwise disclosing the
information.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology (e.g. permitting electronic submission of
responses).

    Dated: October 25, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61040-61041]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24720]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30804; Amdt. No. 3445]

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 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 October 3, 2011. 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 October 3, 2011.

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
http://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: 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:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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
Sec.  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).

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 16, 2011.
Ray Towles,
Deputy 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

0
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.

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2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

Sec. Sec.  97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33 and
97.35  [Amended]

    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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20-Oct-11............  NJ             Readington..........  Solberg-Hunterdon...       1/0833       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig
20-Oct-11............  NJ             Readington..........  Solberg-Hunterdon...       1/0834       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig
20-Oct-11............  NJ             Readington..........  Solberg-Hunterdon...       1/0835       9/1/11  VOR RWY 4, Amdt 1
20-Oct-11............  NJ             Readington..........  Solberg-Hunterdon...       1/0836       9/1/11  VOR A, Amdt 9
20-Oct-11............  TX             Brownsville.........  Brownsville/South          1/1141       9/8/11  VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 35, Amdt 3
                                                             Padre Island Intl.
20-Oct-11............  TX             Brownsville.........  Brownsville/South          1/1142       9/8/11  VOR OR TACAN OR GPS A, Amdt 1A
                                                             Padre Island Intl.
20-Oct-11............  TX             Brownsville.........  Brownsville/South          1/1143       9/8/11  LOC BC RWY 31L, Amdt 11B
                                                             Padre Island Intl.
20-Oct-11............  AL             Bay Minette.........  Bay Minette Muni....       1/1453       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 26, Orig-B
20-Oct-11............  IL             Marion..............  Williamson County          1/2688       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 2, Orig
                                                             Rgnl.
20-Oct-11............  IL             Marion..............  Williamson County          1/2689       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 20, Orig
                                                             Rgnl.
20-Oct-11............  IL             Marion..............  Williamson County          1/2690       9/1/11  VOR RWY 2, Amdt 13
                                                             Rgnl.
20-Oct-11............  IL             Marion..............  Williamson County          1/2691       9/1/11  NDB RWY 20, Amdt 10
                                                             Rgnl.
20-Oct-11............  IL             Marion..............  Williamson County          1/2692       9/1/11  VOR RWY 20, Amdt 17
                                                             Rgnl.
20-Oct-11............  NY             Albany..............  Albany Intl.........       1/3420       9/1/11  ILS OR LOC RWY 1, Amdt 11 ; ILS RWY 1 (SA
                                                                                CAT II), Amdt 11
20-Oct-11............  FL             Tallahassee.........  Tallahassee Rgnl....       1/3426       9/1/11  RADAR-1, Amdt 5A
20-Oct-11............  MA             Nantucket...........  Nantucket Memorial..       1/4378       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 24, Orig
20-Oct-11............  MA             Nantucket...........  Nantucket Memorial..       1/4379       9/1/11  ILS OR LOC RWY 6, Amdt 1
20-Oct-11............  MA             Nantucket...........  Nantucket Memorial..       1/4380       9/1/11  ILS OR LOC RWY 24, Amdt 15E
20-Oct-11............  MA             Nantucket...........  Nantucket Memorial..       1/4381       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 6, Orig
20-Oct-11............  MA             Nantucket...........  Nantucket Memorial..       1/4382       9/1/11  VOR RWY 24, Amdt 14
20-Oct-11............  WI             Milwaukee...........  Milwaukee/Lawrence         1/4409       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 4L, Orig
                                                             J. Timmerman.
20-Oct-11............  WI             Milwaukee...........  Milwaukee/Lawrence         1/4410       9/1/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 22R, Orig
                                                             J. Timmerman.
20-Oct-11............  IN             Gary................  Gary/Chicago Intl...       1/4565       9/8/11  NDB OR GPS RWY 30, Amdt 7B
20-Oct-11............  NY             New York............  La Guardia..........       1/5043       9/1/11  ILS OR LOC RWY 22, Amdt 20; ILS RWY 22 (SA
                                                                                CAT I), Amdt 20; ILS RWY 22 (SA CAT II),
                                                                                Amdt 20
20-Oct-11............  IL             Mount Vernon........  Mount Vernon........       1/7201       9/8/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 5, Orig
20-Oct-11............  IL             Mount Vernon........  Mount Vernon........       1/7202       9/8/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Orig
20-Oct-11............  IL             Mount Vernon........  Mount Vernon........       1/7233       9/8/11  VOR RWY 5, Amdt 16B
20-Oct-11............  IL             Mount Vernon........  Mount Vernon........       1/7270       9/8/11  VOR RWY 23, Amdt 16
20-Oct-11............  IA             Pocahontas..........  Pocahontas Muni.....       1/7324       9/8/11  RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig
20-Oct-11............  IA             Pocahontas..........  Pocahontas Muni.....       1/7325       9/8/11  NDB RWY 12, Amdt 5
20-Oct-11............  TX             Dallas..............  Dallas Executive....       1/8190      8/25/11  ILS OR LOC RWY 31, Amdt 8A
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