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Purpose of This Notice. This notice amends Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, Paragraph 5-9-9, Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA), by incorporating specially designed instrument approach procedures at airports currently conducting SOIA. This change allows air traffic control personnel to conduct simultaneous offset instrument approaches to parallel runways with centerlines separated by less than 3,000 feet where approach charts specifically authorize simultaneous operations with adjacent runways. This change deletes reference to ILS/MLS/LDA approaches and changes localizer/azimuth course to final approach course. This change also introduces reference to "Lead Straight-In" and "Trailing Offset" aircraft and/or approaches.