[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2336]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; Open 
Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security 
will hold its final meeting to discuss aviation safety and security 
issues. Part of the meeting is open to the public and part is not. The 
meeting was originally scheduled for January 28, 1997, but a new date 
has been set.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997, from 9:00 
am-12:00 noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Commerce Department 
Auditorium, 14th Street, between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, 
NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard K. Pemberton, Administrative 
Officer, Room 6210, GSA Headquarters, 18th & F Streets, NW, Washington, 
DC 20405; telephone 202.501.3863; telecopier 202.501.6160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 USC Appendix), DOT gives notice of a meeting of the White House 
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (``Commission''). The 
Commission was established by the President to develop advice and 
recommendations on ways to improve the level of civil aviation safety 
and security, both domestically and internationally. The principal 
purpose of the meeting on February 11, which was postponed from its 
original date of January 28, is to formulate the Commission's final 
recommendations to the President.
    The portion of the meeting from 9:00 am-12:00 noon, during which 
the Commissioners will formulate their recommendations on measures to 
improve aviation security, will be closed to the public pursuant to the 
following exemptions in the Government in the Sunshine Act, which apply 
to public meetings under the Federal Advisory Committee Act:
    Exemption 1: Classified information. In order properly to formulate 
their recommendations, the Commissioners may need to discuss or refer 
to information properly classified in the interest of national 
security, which may not be done in public.
    Exemption 3: Information exempted from public disclosure by some 
other statute. Under 49 USC 40119(b), the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) may prohibit public disclosure of certain 
categories of information relating to aviation security, if disclosure 
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, reveal 
company confidential information, or create a risk to the safety of 
individuals traveling in inter-or intra-state air transportation. These 
categories are described at 14 CFR Part 191. Such information will be 
discussed or referred to at the meeting.
    Exemption 4: Company confidential information. There is competition 
in the aviation industry in many forms: among carriers, among equipment 
manufacturers, and among software manufacturers, among others. Public 
discussion of some of these matters could violate 18 USC 1905, which 
makes it a crime to reveal improperly company confidential information 
that has come into the possession of the Government.
    Exemption 9: Premature disclosure would lead to frustration of 
proposed agency action. The final recommendations of the Commission 
have not been formulated; it is possible, however, that public 
knowledge of some of the security recommendations may frustrate their 
acceptance and implementation by the FAA and other agencies. The 
Commission is authorized to protect against this possibility.
    Limited seating for the public portion of the meeting is available 
on a first- come, first-served basis. The public may submit written 
comments to the Commission at any time; comments should be sent to Mr. 
Pemberton at the address and telecopier number shown above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24, 1997.
Nancy E. McFadden,
General Counsel, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-2336 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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