[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 5612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01947]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory
Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (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) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
This notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the
meeting.
Date and Location: The NPOAG ARC will meet on March 5, 2015. The
meeting will take place in Room S230DE in the South Concourse of the
Orange County Convention Center at 9899 International Drive Orlando, FL
32819. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 5,
2015. This NPOAG meeting will be open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, 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 (NPATMA),
enacted on April 5, 2000, as 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 March 5, 2015 NPOAG Meeting
The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, an
update on ongoing park specific air tour planning projects, commercial
air tour reporting, and agency research on effects of aircraft noise on
park visitors.
Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments
Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that
meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees. Written
comments regarding the meeting will be accepted directly from attendees
or may be sent to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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 January 27, 2015.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-01947 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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