[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19189]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory
Group
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The 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).
This notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the
meeting.
DATES: The NPOAG will meet on October 18 and October 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the FAA's Regional Office,
6th Floor Executive Conference Room, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Lawndale, CA 90261. The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2017, and from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, October 19, 2017. Although this is not a public meeting, this
NPOAG meeting will be open to the public. Because seating is limited,
members of the public wishing to attend will need to contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by September 29, 2017, to
ensure sufficient meeting space is available to accommodate all
attendees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, Special Programs
Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region
Headquarters, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, telephone:
(310) 725-3808, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA),
enacted on April 5, 2000, 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 October 18-19, 2017 NPOAG Meetings
The agenda for the meetings will include, but is not limited to, an
update on ongoing park specific air tour planning projects, commercial
air tour reporting, and the Grand Canyon quiet technology seasonal
relief incentive.
Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments
Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may
attend. Because seating is limited, please contact Keith Lusk (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for phone number or email) by September 29,
2017, to ensure sufficient meeting space is available to accommodate
all attendees.
Written comments regarding the meeting will be accepted directly
from attendees or may be sent to Keith Lusk (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT for address and email.
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 August 31, 2017.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-19189 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am]
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