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[FR Doc No: 94-20151]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC); Engine 
Harmonization Working Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignments for the Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of new task assignments for the Engine 
Harmonization Working Group of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the public of the activities of 
the ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Michael Borfitz, Assistant Executive Director for Transport 
Airplane and Engine Issues, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, FAA 
Engine & Propeller Directorate, 12 New England Executive Park, 
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803; telephone (617) 238-7110, fax (617) 
238-7199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 1991 (56 FR 2190), the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) established the Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). The committee provides 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 respect to aviation-related 
issues.

    In order to develop such advice and recommendations, the ARAC may 
choose to establish working groups to which specific tasks are 
assigned. Such working groups are comprised of experts from those 
organizations having an interest in the assigned tasks. A working group 
member need not be a representative of a member of the full committee. 
One of the working groups established by the ARAC is the Engine 
Harmonization Working Group.
    The FAA announced at the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)--Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) Harmonization Conference in Toronto, 
Canada, (June 2-5, 1992), that it would consolidate within the ARAC 
structure an ongoing objective to ``harmonize'' the Joint Aviation 
Requirements (JAR) and the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

Tasks

    The Engine Harmonization Working Group new tasks are as follows:
    Task 1, Fire Pervention--Review FAR and JAR requirements and create 
one set of common requirements (FAR 33.17; JAR-E-530).
    Task 2, FAR 35--Conduct a comparison of FAR Park 35 and JAR-P 
requirements and advisory material and identify significant 
differences. This comparison should clarify and redefine existing 
requirements to include new standards to reflect recent advancements in 
design and construction of composite material propellers, propeller 
control systems (such as dual acting control systems) and electronic 
controls.

Reports

    For each task listed, the Engine Harmonization Working Group should 
develop and present to the ARAC:
    1. A recommended work plan for completion of the tasks, including 
the rationale supporting such as a plan, for consideration at the 
meeting of the ARAC to consider transport airplane and engine issues 
held following publication of this notice;
    2. A detailed conceptual presentation on the proposed 
recommendation(s), prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3. 
below;
    3. A draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 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; and
    4. A status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to consider 
transport airplane and engine issues.

Participation in Working Group Task

    An individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to 
become a member of the working group should write to the person listed 
under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 
desire, describing his or her interest in the task(s), and stating the 
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. The request will 
be reviewed with the assistant chair and working group chair, and the 
individual will be advised whether or not the request can be 
accommodated.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation 
and use of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee are necessary in 
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed on the FAA by law.
    Meetings of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee will be open 
to the public, except as authorized by section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. Meetings of the 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 10, 1994.
Chris A. Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-20151 Filed 8-6-94; 8:45 am]
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