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[FR Doc No: 94-18384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA, Inc.; RTCA Special Committee 183; Standards for Airport 
Security/Access Control Systems

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I), notice is hereby given for the 
formation of a new Special Committee (183), Standards for Airport 
Security/Access Control Systems. The notice and the Terms of Reference 
are as follows:
    Subject: Invitation to participate in the work of Special Committee 
183, Standards for Airport Security/Access Control Systems.
    At its meeting held on April 19, 1994, the RTCA Technical 
Management Committee established SC-183 to develop Standards for 
Airport Security/Access Control Systems that:
     comply with FAR Part 107.4
     recognize the range of user needs
     are suitable for use throughout the airports system
    Mr. Karl Shurm of the Federal Aviation Administration, Civil 
Aviation Security Division, and Ms. Paula Bline of the Airport 
Consultants Council, were appointed to the Technical Management 
Committee to serve as Co-Chairs.
    The work of this committee will be of particular interest to 
airlines, airport operators, manufacturers, suppliers, installers and 
users.
    The Terms of Reference for the committee, RTCA Paper No. 221-94/
SC183-2 are enclosed for your reference. All interested individuals are 
invited to participate in this activity and are encouraged to attend 
the first meeting to be held on September 13-14, 1994 at the RTCA 
Conference Room 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington, 
DC.

Terms of Reference

Standards for Airport Security/Access Control Systems

    Special Committee 183 shall prepare a minimum performance standard 
for access control systems that complies with FAR Part 107.14, 
recognizes the range of user needs, and is suitable for use throughout 
the airports system.

Guidance

    The Special Committee should:
    1. Review and incorporate, to the maximum extent practical, 
information and knowledge gained form the design, test, and 
implementation of the Universal Access System (UAS) prototype.
    2. Review the present security/access control systems from a 
representative sample of each airport category. To manage this process, 
an inventory/survey of present systems would have to be conducted.
    3. Identify near-term approaches to improvement of maintainability, 
and easing the difficulties of hardware/software modification.
    4. Establish a plan for the progression of existing systems, toward 
a functionally standard system. This would include, but not be limited 
to, the development of guidance on function, performance, hardware, 
software, and communications standards for airport security/access 
control systems.
    5. Establish a standard communications protocol/process and access 
media.
    6. These characteristics, for both hardware and software, would be 
developed to achieve commonality to save life cycle costs and to 
stimulate competition to the degree possible, they should promote 
upgrading of existing systems to the standards.
    7. The Special Committee needs to complete its work 9 months from 
delivery of the initial UAS prototype results.

    Issued in Washington, DC., on July 22, 1994.
Steve Zaidman,
Acting Designated Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-18384 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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