[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48586-48587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23209]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of a 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 (ARM-1), Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20591; phone (202) 267-9677; fax (202) 267-5075.

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.

The Task

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

    Digital Information and Use: Review 14 CFR Parts 43, 121, 125, 
129, 135, and 145, the corresponding sections of the European Joint 
Aviation Requirements (JAR), and supporting policy and guidance 
material, and recommend to the FAA appropriate revisions for 
harmonization, including advisory material, relative to the issue of 
regulations that prohibit or discourage the access or use of 
information, guidance material or performance data that is in 
digital or electronic form in order to permit the use of the other 
digital media.

    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

    The ARAC Executive Committee has accepted the task and has chosen 
to establish a new Digital Information Working Group. The working group 
will serve as staff to the ARAC Executive Committee to assist it in the 
analysis of the assigned task. Working group recommendations must be 
reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee. If the Executive 
Committee accepts the working group's recommendations, it forwards them 
to the FAA as ARAC recommendations.

Working Group Activity

    The Digital Information Working Group is expected to comply with 
the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the working 
group is expected to:

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    1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the 
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of 
the ARAC Executive Committee 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 the 
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 the ARAC Executive 
Committee.

Participation in the Working Group

    The Digital Information 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 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 chair, the 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 the ARAC Executive Committee will be open to the 
public, except as authorized by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. Meetings of the Digital Information 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 September 13, 1995.
Chris Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-23209 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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