[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4220-4221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1536]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Performance and Handling 
Qualities Requirements Working Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the Performance and Handling 
Qualities Requirements Working Group.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of the establishment of the Performance and 
Handling Qualities Requirements Working Group and new tasks assigned to 
the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs 
the public of the activities of the ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Mark Schilling, Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Staff, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth Texas, telephone number (817) 222-5110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
has established an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) (56 FR 
2190, January 22, 1991; and 58 FR 9230, February 19, 1993). One area 
the ARAC deals with is rotorcraft issues. These issues involve the 
airworthiness standards for normal and transport category rotorcraft in 
parts 27 and 29 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, which are the 
responsibility of the Director, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA.

Task

    The Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements Working Group 
is charged with recommending to ARAC new or revised standards for 
flight test procedures and requirements. The products of this exercise 
are intended to be harmonized standards, acceptable to both the FAA and 
the Joint Aviation Authorities.
    Specifically, the task is as follows:
    Review Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 27 and Appendix B 
and part 29 and Appendix B, and supporting policy and guidance material 
for the purpose of determining the course of action to be taken for 
rulemaking and/or policy relative to the issue of harmonizing 
performance and handling qualities requirements.
    ARAC recommendations to the FAA should be accompanied by 
appropriate documents. Recommendations for rulemaking should be 
accompanied by a complete draft of the notice(s) of proposed 
rulemaking, including the benefit/cost analysis and other required 
analyses. Recommendations for the issuance of guidance material should 
be accompanied by a complete advisory circular.
    ARAC has formed the Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements 
Working Group to analyze and recommend to it solutions to issues 
contained in the assigned tasks. If ARAC accepts the working group's 
recommendations, it forwards them to the FAA.
    ARAC working groups are comprised of technical experts on the 
subject matter. A working group member need not necessarily be a 
representative of one of the member organizations of ARAC. An 
individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to become 
a member of the working group should write the person listed under the 
caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing the desire, 
describing his or her interest in the task, and the expertise he or she 
would bring to the working group. The request will be reviewed by the 
assistant chair and working group leader, and the individual will be 
advised whether or not the request can be accommodated.

Working Group Reports

    Each working group formed to consider ARAC tasks is expected to 
comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC and given to the working 
group chair. As part of the procedures, the working group is expected 
to:
    A. Recommend time line(s) for completion of the task, including 
rationale, for consideration at the meeting of the ARAC to consider 
rotorcraft issues held following publication of this notice.
    B. Give a detailed conceptual presentation on the task to the ARAC 
before proceeding with the work stated under item C 
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    C. Give a status report on the task at each meeting of ARAC held to 
consider rotorcraft issues.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation 
and use of the ARAC are necessary 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 except as authorized by section 10(d) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meeting of the Performance and 
Handling Qualities Requirements 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 January 13, 1995.
Chris A. Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-1536 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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