[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45895-45896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22999]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and
Engine Issues--New Tasks
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignments for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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SUMMARY: Notice is given of new tasks assigned to and accepted by the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the
public of the activities of ARAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stewart R. Miller, Transport Standards
Staff (ANM-110), Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue,
SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056; phone (425) 227-1255; fax (425) 227-1320.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA has established an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
to provide advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator, through
the Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, on the
full range of the FAA's rulemaking activities with response to
aviation-related issues. This includes obtaining advice and
recommendations on the FAA's commitment to harmonize its Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) and practices with its trading partners in
Europe and Canada.
One area ARAC deals with is Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.
These issues involve the airworthiness standards for transport category
airplanes and engines in 14 CFR parts 25, 33, and 35 and parallel
provisions in 14 CFR parts 121 and 135.
The Tasks
This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to
provide advice and recommendation on the following harmonization tasks:
Task 15: Structural Integrity of Fuel Tanks for Emergency Landing
Conditions and Landing Gear
Review the current standards of Secs. 25.721, 25.963 and 25.994 as
they pertain to the strength of fuel tanks and protection from rupture
during emergency landing conditions including landing gear break-away.
Review also any related FAA and JAA advisory material. In the light of
this review, recommend changes to harmonize these sections and the
corresponding JAR paragraphs, recommend new harmonized standards, and
develop related advisory material as necessary.
The FAA expects ARAC to submit its recommendation(s) resulting from
this task by July 31, 1999.
Task 16: Fire Protection of Structure
Review the current standards of Sec. 25.865 and those for
corresponding JAR 25.865 as they pertain to the protection of Loads and
Dynamics and structures from fires in designated fire zones. Review
also FAA issue papers issued for engine support structures made of
materials other than steel, and any related JAA advisory material. In
the light of this review, recommend changes to harmonize this section
and the corresponding JAR paragraph, recommend new harmonized
standards, and develop related advisory material as necessary.
The FAA expects ARAC to submit its recommendation(s) resulting from
this task by March 31, 2001.
The FAA requests that ARAC draft appropriate regulatory documents
with supporting economic and other required analyses, and any other
related guidance material or collateral documents to support its
recommendations. If the resulting recommendation(s) are one or more
notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published by the FAA, the FAA may
ask ARAC to recommend disposition of any substantive comments the FAA
receives.
Working Group Activity
The Loads and Dynamics Harmonization Working Group is expected to
comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures,
the working group is expected to:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the tasks, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of
ARAC to consider transport airplane and engine issues held following
publication of this notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
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recommendations, prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3
below.
3. Draft appropriate regulatory documents with supporting economic
and other required analyses, and/or any other related guidance material
or collateral documents the working group determines to be appropriate;
or, if new or revised requirements or compliance methods are not
recommended, a draft report stating the rationale for not making such
recommendations. If the resulting recommendation is one or more notices
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published by the FAA, the FAA may ask
ARAC to recommend disposition of any substantive comments the FAA
receives.
4. Provide a status report at each meeting of ARAC held to consider
transport airplane and engine issues.
The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation
and use of ARAC are necessary and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
Meetings of ARAC will be open to the public. Meetings of the Loads
and Dynamics Harmonization Working Group will not be open to the
public, except to the extent that individuals with an interest and
expertise are selected to participate. No public announcement of
working group meetings will be made.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 20, 1998.
Joseph A. Hawkins,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-22999 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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