[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64621-64623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32034]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and
Engine Issues; New Tasks
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 new tasks 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:
Stewart R. Miller, Manager, Transport Standards Staff, ANM-110, FAA,
Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601
Lind Ave. SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056, telephone (425) 227-2190, fax
(425) 227-1320.
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 Transport Airplane and Engine issues.
These issues involve the airworthiness standards for transport category
airplanes in 14 CFR parts 25, 33, and 35 and parallel provisions in 14
CFR parts 121 and 135. The corresponding European airworthiness
standards for transport category airplanes are contained in Joint
Aviation Requirements (JAR)-25, JAR-E, and JAR-P, respectively. The
corresponding Canadian Standards are contained in Chapters 525, 533,
and 535 respectively.
The Tasks
This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to
provide advice and recommendation on the following harmonization tasks:
Task 1. As a short-term project, consider the need for a regulation
that requires installation of ice detectors, aerodynamic performance
monitors, or another acceptable means to warn
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flightcrews of ice accumulation on critical surfaces requiring crew
action (regardless of whether the icing conditions are inside or
outside of Appendix C of 14 CFR Part 25). Also consider the need for a
Technical Standard Order for design and/or minimum performance
specifications for an ice detector and aerodynamic performance
monitors. Develop the appropriate regulation and applicable standards
and advisory material if a consensus on the need for such devices is
reached. (Schedule: September 1998, Reach agreement on proposed rule;
January 1999, NPRM package delivered to FAA from ARAC; March 1999,
Publish NPRM; March 2000, Publish Final Rule.)
As long-term projects:
Task 2. Review National Transportation Safety Board recommendations
A-96-54, A-96-56, and A-96-58, and advances in ice protection state-of-
the-art. In light of this review, define an icing environment that
includes supercooled large droplets (SLD), and devise requirements to
assess the ability of aircraft to safely operate either for the period
of time to exit or to operate without restriction in SLD aloft, in SLD
at or near the surface, and in mixed phase conditions if such
conditions are determined to be more hazardous than the liquid phase
icing environment containing supercooled water droplets. Consider the
effects of icing requirement changes on 14 CFR part 23 and part 25 and
revise the regulations if necessary. In addition, consider the need for
a regulation that requires installation of a means to discriminate
between conditions within and outside the certification envelope.
(Schedule: September 1999, Reach technical agreement; January 2000,
NPRM package delivered to FAA from ARAC; March 2000, Publish NPRM;
March 2001, Publish Final Rule.)
Task 3. Propose changes to make the requirements of 14 CFR 23.1419
and 25.1419 the same (Schedule: September 1999, Reach technical
agreement; January 2000, NPRM package delivered to FAA from ARAC; March
2000, Publish NPRM; March 2001, Publish Final Rule)
Task 4. Harmonize 14 CFR Secs. 23.1419, 25.1419, 25.929, and
25.1093 and JAR 23.1419, 25.1419, 25.929, and 25.1093. (Schedule:
September 1999, Reach technical agreement; January 2000, NPRM package
delivered to FAA from ARAC; March 2000, Publish NPRM; March 2001,
Publish Final Rule)
Task 5. Consider the effects icing requirement changes may have on
14 CFR Secs. 25.773(b)(1)(ii), 25.1323(e), 25.1325(b) and revise the
regulations if necessary. (Schedule: September 1999, Reach technical
agreement; January 2000, NPRM Package delivered to FAA from ARAC; March
2000, Publish NPRM; March 2001, Publish Final Rule (if necessary)).
Task 6. Consider the need for a regulation on ice protection of
angle of attack probes (Schedule: September 1999, Reach technical
agreement; January 2000, NPRM package delivered to FAA from ARAC; March
2000, Publish NPRM; March 2001, Publish Final Rule (if necessary)).
Task 7. Develop or update advisory material pertinent to items 2
through 6 above. (Schedule: October 2000, Advisory material package
delivered to FAA from ARAC; March 2001, Publish advisory material).
If ARAC determines rulemaking action (e.g., NPRM, supplemental
NPRM, final rule, withdrawal) should be taken, or advisory material
should be issued or revised, it has been asked to prepare the necessary
documents, including economic analysis, to justify and carry out its
recommendation(s).
ARAC Acceptance of Tasks
ARAC has accepted these tasks and has chosen to assign them to a
new Ice Protection Harmonization Working Group (IPHWG) under the
Transport Airplane and Engine issue. The new working group will serve
as staff to ARAC to assist ARAC in the analysis of the assigned tasks.
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.
The IPHWG will coordinate with the Flight Test Harmonization
Working Group, other harmonization working groups, organizations, and
specialists as appropriate. Other affected groups, organizations, and
specialists may include but not be limited to the Powerplant
Installation Harmonization Working Group, Engine Harmonization Working
Group, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), human factors
specialists, and meteorologists. Coordination with the Flight Test
Harmonization Working Group will be necessary to ensure that the IPHWG
does not initiate work on issues already being addressed by the Flight
Test group. Coordination with GAMA will be necessary to ensure that the
proposed NASA Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiment project is
considered throughout the process of accomplishing the short and long
term projects. The IPHWG will request ARAC assignment of tasks to
existing working groups if necessary. The IPHWG will identify to ARAC
the need for additional new working groups when existing groups do not
have the appropriate expertise to address certain tasks.
Working Group Activity
The Ice Protection Harmonization 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 meeting of
ARAC to consider Transport Airplane and Engine 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
Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The Ice Protection Harmonization Working Group will be composed of
experts having an interest in the assigned tasks. 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 tasks, 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. Meetings of the Ice
Protection Harmonization Working Group will not
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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 November 24, 1997.
Joseph A. Hawkins,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-32034 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
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