[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43487-43488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20683]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Maintenance Issues--New 
Task; Meeting

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:

Recommend disposition of comments made to Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking No. 94-27, which proposes to amend the Federal Aviation 
Regulations that prescribe the certification and training 
requirements for mechanics and repairmen.

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    The FAA also has asked the ARAC determine if rulemaking action 
(e.g., final rule, withdrawal) 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 assign it to the 
existing Part 65 Working Group. The working group serves 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 Part 65 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 Part 65 Working Group is 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 the 
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 Aviation Committee Act. Meetings of the 
Part 65 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 14, 1995.
Frederick J. Leonelli,
Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier/General Aviation 
Maintenance Issues, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-20683 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
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