[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10521]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory
Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National
Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour
Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
This notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the
meeting.
Date and Location: The NPOAG ARC will meet on May 16, 2012. The meeting
will take place in the Garden Pavilion C room at the Hilton Garden Inn
located on 815 E. Mall Drive in Rapid City, SD 57701. The phone number
is 605-791-9000. The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on May 16, 2012. This NPOAG meeting will be open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, AWP-1SP, Special
Programs Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region
Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone:
(310) 725-3800, email: Barry.Brayer@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA),
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181, required the
establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act
requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of
general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental
concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and
the Director of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of
the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve
alternating 1-year terms as chairperson of the advisory group.
The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and
recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on;
implementation of Public Law 106-181; quiet aircraft technology; other
measures that might accommodate interests to visitors of national
parks; and at the request of the Administrator and the Director, on
safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour
operations over national parks or tribal lands.
Agenda for the May 16, 2012 NPOAG Meeting
The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, an
update on ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects and discussion
on implementing the new amendments to NPATMA that were included in the
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.
Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments
Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that
meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees. Written
comments regarding the meeting will be accepted directly from attendees
or may be sent to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Record of the Meeting
If you cannot attend the NPOAG meeting, a summary record of the
meeting will be made available under the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP
web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or through the Special Programs Staff, Western-
Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone:
(310) 725-3808.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on April 23, 2012.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Air Tour Management Program, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-10521 Filed 5-1-12; 8:45 am]
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