[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18874-18875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9153]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; General Aviation and 
Business Airplane Issues--New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee (ARAC).

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task assigned to and accepted by the 
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the 
public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. John Colomy, Assistant Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee, FAA Small Airplane Directorate, 601 East 12th 
Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone (816) 426-6930.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The FAA has established an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee 
to provide 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. This includes obtaining advice and 
recommendations on the FAA's commitment to harmonize its Federal 
Aviation Regulations (FAR) and practices with its trading partners in 
Europe and Canada.
    One area ARAC deals with is general aviation and business airplane 
issues. These issues involve the airworthiness standards for small and 
commuter category airplanes in 14 CFR part 23 and parallel provisions 
in 14 CFR parts 91 and 135.

The Task

    This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to 
provide advise and recommendation on the following harmonization task:

    Recommend disposition of comments made to Notices of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) Nos. 94-19, 94-20, and 94-22, which propose to 
harmonize 14 CFR part 23 with the Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 
23. If ARAC determines rulemaking documents or advisory circulars 
are appropriate to dispose of these comments, those documents should 
be developed by ARAC along with the proper justification and any 
legal and economic analysis. Harmonize any resulting Federal 
Aviation Regulations with the Joint Aviation Requirements.
ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to assign it to the 
existing JAR/FAR 23 Harmonization Working Group. As a result of the new 
task assigned to the working group, membership is being reopened. The 
working group will serve as staff to ARAC to assist ARAC in the 
analysis of the assigned task. Working group recommendations must be 
reviewed and approved by ARAC. If ARAC accepts the working group's 
recommendations, if forwards them to the FAA as ARAC recommendations.

Working Group Activity

    The JAR/FAR 23 Harmonization Working Group is expected to comply 
with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the 
working group is expected to:
    1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the tasks, including the 
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of 
ARAC to consider general aviation and business airplane issues held 
following publication of this notice.
    2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed 
recommendations, prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3 
below.
    3. For each task, draft appropriate regulatory documents 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.
    4. A status report at each meeting of ARAC held to consider general 
aviation and business airplane issues.

Participation in the Working Group

    The JAR/FAR 23 Harmonization Working Group is composed of experts 
from those organizations having an interest in the assigned task. A 
working group member need not be a representative of a member of the 
full committee.
    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 tasks, and stating the 
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. The request will 
be reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant executive director, 
and the 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 ARAC are necessary and 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. Meetings of the 
JAR/FAR 23 Harmonization 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 April 10, 1995.
Chris A. Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-9153 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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