[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20129]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Maintenance 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:
Frederick J. Leonelli, Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier/
General Aviation Maintenance Issues, Flight Standards Service (AFS-
300), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone: 
(202) 267-3546; fax: (202) 267-5230.

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 air carrier/general aviation 
maintenance issues. These issues involve mechanic certification and 
approved training schools outlined in parts 65 and 147 and the 
maintenance standards for parts 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35 
aircraft, engines, propellers, and their component parts and parallel 
provisions in parts 21, 43, 91, 121, 125, 127, 129, 133, 135, and 137 
of the Federal Aviation Regulations, which are the responsibility of 
the FAA Director, Flight Standards Service.

The Task

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

    Review Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I: 
Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, 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 requirements for maintenance and 
preventive maintenance training programs, specifically as they 
pertain to Sections 121.375 and 135.433 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations.

The FAA also has asked that ARAC determine if rulemaking action (e.g., 
NPRM) should be taken, or advisory material should be issued. If so, 
ARAC has been asked to prepare the necessary documents, including 
economic analysis, to justify and carry out its recommendation(s).

ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to establish a new 
Maintenance Training Program Working Group. The working group will 
serve as staff to ARAC to assist the 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 Maintenance Training Program 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 task, including the 
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of 
ARAC to consider air carrier/general aviation maintenance 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. Provide a status report at each meeting of ARAC held to consider 
air carrier/general aviation maintenance issues.

Participation in the Working Group

    The Maintenance Training Program Working Group will be composed of 
experts 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 task, 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 
Maintenance Training Program 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 9, 1995.
Frederick J. Leonelli,
Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier/General Aviation 
Maintenance Issues, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-20129 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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