[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27538-27539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11302]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee--Continuing a Task
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of continuing a task assignment for the Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
(ARAC) a continuing task to provide advice and recommendations to the
FAA about implementing a process for prioritizing rulemaking projects.
This task addresses, in part, one of the Department of Transportation's
Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) recommendations. This
notice informs the public of a continuing ARAC activity and does not
solicit membership for the existing Rulemaking Prioritization Working
Group (RPWG).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Haley, Office of Rulemaking,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-493-5708, facsimile: 202-267-5075;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA established ARAC to provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA's rulemaking activities. ARAC's
objectives are to improve the development of the FAA's regulations by
providing information, advice, and recommendations related to aviation
issues.
In April 2011, the FAA tasked ARAC to provide advice and
recommendations on developing a framework and methodologies to assist
the FAA in assessing and sequencing potential rulemaking projects.\1\
The FAA provided the RPWG with a set of issues to test the framework
and methodologies. The RPWG conducted its task from June to December
2011 and submitted recommendations to ARAC on December 14, 2011. ARAC
accepted the recommendations on December 16, 2011 and forwarded them to
the FAA. The entire recommendation report can be found at: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/committees/arac/.
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\1\ FAA, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC)--New Task
(76 FR 21936).
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The March 2012 ARAC Executive Committee meeting included a
discussion of continuing the task to further test the RPWG's
methodology. This notice advises the public that the FAA has assigned,
and the ARAC Executive Committee has accepted, the task to test the
methodology and to develop a report including recommendations
explaining the results.
The Task
The FAA has tasked the RPWG to provide advice and recommendations
to further test the recommended methodology.
The RPWG is expected to develop a report containing recommended
changes to the methodology. This report should document both majority
and minority positions on the findings and the rationale for each
position. Any disagreements should be documented, including the
rationale for each position and the reasons for the disagreement.
In developing its recommendations, the RPWG shall:
1. Review the RPWG Phase I Recommendation Report.
2. Test the methodology and the tools using a subset of completed
rulemakings provided by the FAA.
3. Develop measurable scoring evaluation to evaluate projects
against each other.
4. Evaluate the results of the test and refine the process and the
tools accordingly.
Schedule: The recommendations must be forwarded to the ARAC
Executive Committee for review and approval no later than September
2012. The RPWG may be asked to clarify the report between September and
December 2012.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
The ARAC Executive Committee has accepted the continuing task using
members of the existing RPWG. The RPWG serves as staff to ARAC and
assists in the analysis of the assigned task. ARAC must review and
approve the RPWG's recommendations. If ARAC accepts the working group's
recommendations, it will send them to the FAA.
Working Group Activity
The RPWG must comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part
of the procedures, the RPWG must:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the next ARAC
Executive Committee meeting held following publication of this notice.
2. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC Executive
Committee.
3. Draft the recommendation report and required analyses and/or any
other related materials or documents.
4. Present the final recommendations to the ARAC Executive
Committee for review and approval.
Participation in the Working Group
The existing RPWG is comprised of technical experts having an
interest in the assigned task. A working group member need not be a
representative or a member of the full committee.
All existing RPWG members who choose to participate in this task
must actively participate by attending all meetings, and providing
written comments when requested to do so. Each member must devote the
resources necessary to support the working group in meeting any
assigned deadlines. Each member must keep their management chain, and
those they may represent, advised of working group activities and
decisions to ensure the proposed technical solutions do not conflict
with their sponsoring organization's position when the subject is
presented to ARAC for approval. Once the RPWG has begun deliberations,
members will not be added or substituted without the
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approval of the FAA and the Working Group Chair.
The Secretary of Transportation determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
ARAC meetings are open to the public. However, RPWG meetings are
not open to the public, except to the extent individuals with an
interest and expertise are selected to participate. The FAA will make
no public announcement of the RPWG meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2012.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2012-11302 Filed 5-9-12; 8:45 am]
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