[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55336-55337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22037]
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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, Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice (See 78 FR 42997, July 18, 2013)
the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill two upcoming openings
on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation
Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The notice invited interested persons to
apply to fill one vacancy representing commercial air tour operators
and one vacancy representing environmental concerns. This notice
informs the public of the person selected to fill the vacancy for the
commercial air tour operator seat. No selection has been made for the
vacancy representing environmental concerns.
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: [email protected].
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, 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 and Mark
Francis representing commercial air tour operators with one open seat;
Greg Miller, Michael Sutton, and Dick Hingson representing
environmental interests with one open seat; and Rory Majenty and Martin
Begaye representing Native American tribes.
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Selection
The member selected to fill the open seat representing commercial
air tour operator interests is Matthew Zuccaro. Mr. Zuccaro's term
begins on the day of this Federal Register notice publication. The term
of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on September 4, 2013.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-22037 Filed 9-9-13; 8:45 am]
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