[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49297-49298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20146]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the bi-annual meeting of the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) Aeronautical Charting Forum (ACF) to
discuss informational content and design of aeronautical charts and
related products, as well as instrument flight procedures development
policy and design criteria.
DATES: The ACF is separated into two distinct groups. The Instrument
Procedures Group (IPG) will meet October 27, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. The Charting Group will meet October 28 and 29, 2015 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Geological
Survey (USGS) Headquarters at 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA
20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information relating to the
Instrument Procedures Group, contact Thomas E. Schneider, FAA, Flight
Procedures Standards Branch, AFS-420, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., P.O.
Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone: (405) 954-5852.
For information relating to the Charting Group, contact Valerie S.
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Watson, FAA, Aeronautical Information Services, Governance & Standards,
AJV-553, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Station 3409, Silver Spring, MD
20910; telephone: (301) 427-5155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sec. 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the FAA Aeronautical Charting Forum to be
held from October 27 through October 29, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at USGS Headquarters at 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA
20192, in the Auditorium (Room 1C111).
The Instrument Procedures Group agenda will include briefings and
discussions on recommendations regarding pilot procedures for
instrument flight, as well as criteria, design, and developmental
policy for instrument approach and departure procedures.
The Charting Group agenda will include briefings and discussions on
recommendations regarding aeronautical charting specifications, flight
information products, and new aeronautical charting and air traffic
control initiatives. Attendance is open to the interested public, but
will be limited to the space available.
Please note the following special security requirements for access
to the USGS Headquarters. All visitors must enter at the Visitors
Entrance and pass through security screening process. All packages,
briefcases, handbags, etc. will be scanned. Visitors must sign in and
present a picture I.D., such as a State's driver's license. The guard
will then issue a visitor's badge which must be worn at all times.
All foreign national participants are required to have a passport.
Additionally, not later than October 15, 2015, foreign national
attendees must provide their name, country of citizenship, company/
organization representing, passport number, passport expiration date,
issuing country of passport, and country of the company/organization.
Send the information to: Lance Christian via Email to:
[email protected]. Foreign nationals who do not provide the
required information will not be allowed entrance--NO EXCEPTIONS.
Attendees bringing laptop computers for use at during the
conference are required to register their laptop when registering to
enter the USGS facility. Attendees are to write the word ``laptop'' and
the serial number on the sign-in beneath their printed name.
The public must make arrangements by October 8, 2015, to present
oral statements at the meeting. The public may present written
statements and/or new agenda items to the forum by providing a copy to
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section not
later than October 8, 2015. Public statements will only be considered
if time permits.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2015.
Valerie S. Watson,
Co-Chair, Aeronautical Charting Forum.
[FR Doc. 2015-20146 Filed 8-14-15; 8:45 am]
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