70 FR 103 pgs. 30993-30994 - Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee
Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 103Pages: 30993 - 30994
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-10685 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
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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.
SUMMARY:
The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee (NPOAG ARC). This notice informs the public of the date, location, and agenda for the meeting.
DATES:
The NPOAG ARC will meet June 21-23, at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, 505 North Fifth Street, Rapid City, SD 57701. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barry Brayer, Manager, Executive Resource Staff, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250, telephone: (310) 725-3800, or Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 350, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563, or Karen_Trevino@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181 (Pub. L. 106-181), required the establishment of a National Parks Overflights Advisory Group within 1 year after its enactment. The NPOAG was to be a balanced group representative of general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and Indian tribes. The duties of the NPOAG included providing advice, information, and recommendations to the Director, NPS, and to the Administrator, FAA, on the implementation of Public Law 106-181, on quiet aircraft technology, on other measures that might accommodate interests to visitors to national parks, and, at the request of the Director and Administrator, on safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands.
On March 12, 2001, the FAA and NPS announced the establishment of the NPOAG (48 FR 14429). The advisory group has held six meetings: August 28-29, 2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada; October 4-5, 2002, in Tusayan, Arizona; October 20-21, 2003 in Jackson, Wyoming; March 18-19, 2004, in Boulder City, NV; September 9-10, 2004, in Washington, DC and February 23-25, 2005 in Gatlinburg, TN.
On October 10, 2003, the Administrator signed Order No. 1110-138 establishing the NPOAG as an aviation rulemaking committee. The current members of the NPOAG ARC are Heidi Williams (general aviation), Richard Larew, Elling Halverson, and Alan Stephen (commercial air tour operations), Don Barger, Chip Dennerlein, Charles Maynard, and Mark Peterson (environmental interests), and Germaine White and Richard Deertrack (Indian tribes).
Agenda for the June 21-23, 2005 Meeting
The NPOAG ARC will review various aspects of the Air Tour Management Plan schedule, environmental impact analysis procedures, interim operating authority, acoustic modeling, implementation plan, and other matters related to the Act.
Attendance at the Meeting
Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend, please contact one of the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that meeting space may accommodate your attendance.
Record of the Meeting
If you cannot attend the meeting, a summary record of the meeting will be made available through the National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 350, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 18, 2005.
William C. Withycombe,
Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-10685 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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