[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15725]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 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. Chris Christie, Director, Office of Rulemaking, FAA, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-9677.

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.

The Task

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

    Review National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Safety 
Recommendations 95-25, 95-26, and 95-27, pursuant to Flight Data 
Recorder (FDR) parameters and amendments to 14 CFR 121.343, 125.225, 
and 135.152, and recommend disposition of the NTSB recommendations. 
The ARAC recommendation should be in the form of a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

    The FAA has asked that ARAC provide a final document, including 
background and economic analysis, to justify and carry out its 
recommendation.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to establish a Flight 
Data Recorder Working Group. 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, it forwards them to the FAA as 
ARAC recommendations.

Working Group Activity

    The Flight Data Recorder 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 Executive 
Committee meeting 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. 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. Provide a status report at each Executive Committee meeting.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation 
and use of ARAC is 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 
Flight Data Recorder 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 June 12, 1995.
Chris A. Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-15725 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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