[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18014-18015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7645]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice (See 75 FR 1834-1835; January 13,
2010) the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill a
vacant position on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
(NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). That previous notice
invited interested persons to apply to fill the vacancy representing
commercial air tour concerns due to the incumbent member's completion
of a three-year term appointment on May 19, 2010.
This notice informs the public of the person selected to fill the
vacancy on the NPOAG ARC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, Special Programs Staff,
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters,
P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA
[[Page 18015]]
90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3800, e-mail: [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, Elling
Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro representing commercial air tour
concerns; Chip Dennerlein, Greg Miller, Kristen Brengel, and Bryan
Faehner representing environmental interests; and Rory Majenty and Ray
Russell representing Native American tribes.
Selection
Selected to fill this vacancy, for an additional term, is returning
member Elling Halvorson. Mr. Halvorson's term begins on May 20, 2010.
The term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on March 30, 2010.
Barry Brayer,
Manager Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-7645 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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