[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5242-5243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01381]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
Aviation Rulemaking Committee
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice (See 77 FR 27835-27836, May 11,
2012 and 77 FR 48201, August 13, 2012) the National Park Service (NPS)
and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited interested
persons to apply to fill one upcoming opening on the National Parks
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
The notice invited interested persons to apply to fill a vacancy
representing environmental concerns due to the incumbent member's
completion of a three-year term appointment on October 9, 2012. Since
the previous notices did not draw enough responses from individuals for
the open environmental vacancy, NPS and FAA are using this notice to
invite other interested individuals to apply for the environmental
opening. If you responded to either of the initial notices for the
environmental opening, you will still be under consideration and need
not re-apply. This notice also informs the public of another upcoming
opening to represent commercial air tour operator interests due to an
incumbent member's completion of a three-year term appointment on May
19, 2013.
DATES: Persons interested in applying for the NPOAG openings
representing environmental concerns and commercial air tour operator
interests need to apply by February 22, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff,
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters,
P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3808,
email: Keith.Lusk@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. The Act required the
establishment of the advisory group within 1 year after its enactment.
The NPOAG was established in March 2001. The advisory group is
comprised of 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 chairman of the advisory group.
In accordance with the Act, the advisory group provides ``advice,
information, and recommendations to the Administrator and the
Director--
(1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the
amendments made by this title;
(2) On commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands,
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour
management plan;
(3) On other measures that might be taken to accommodate the
interests of visitors to national parks; and
(4) At the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety,
environmental,
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and other issues related to commercial air tour operations over a
national park or tribal lands.''
Membership
The current NPOAG ARC is made up of one member representing general
aviation, three members representing the commercial air tour industry,
four members representing environmental concerns, and two members
representing Native American interests. Current members of the NPOAG
ARC are as follows:
Heidi Williams representing general aviation; Alan Stephen, Elling
Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro representing commercial air tour
operators; Greg Miller, Kristen Brengel, and Dick Hingson representing
environmental interests with one open seat; and Rory Majenty and Martin
Begaye representing Native American tribes.
Selection
The member selected to represent environmental concerns will be
filling a currently open seat. The member selected to represent
commercial air tour operator interests will be filling incumbent Elling
Halvorson's seat which expires on May 19, 2013. Current members may
apply for another term. The term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3
years.
Additional Openings
In order to retain balance within the NPOAG ARC with these two
openings, the FAA and NPS invite persons interested in representing
environmental concerns and commercial air tour operator interests on
the ARC to contact Mr. Keith Lusk (contact information is written above
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Requests to serve on the ARC must be made to Mr. Lusk in writing
and postmarked or emailed on or before February 22, 2013. The request
should indicate whether or not you are a member of an association or
group related to environmental issues or commercial air tour operator
interests or have another affiliation with issues relating to aircraft
flights over national parks. The request should also state what
expertise you would bring to the NPOAG ARC as related to these issues
and concerns. The term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on January 8, 2013.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-01381 Filed 1-23-13; 8:45 am]
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