[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10072]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Route Structures Over the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP); 
Meeting

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) announce that a meeting of interested parties will 
take place on April 28-29 in Flagstaff, Arizona to discuss route 
structures over the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP). This meeting 
will be open to the public. This notice serves to inform the public of 
the meeting dates.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: Interested parties will meet on April 28, 1998, 
beginning at 10 a.m., in conference rooms in the LaQuinta Inn and 
Suites, 2015 South Beulah, Flagstaff, Arizona, telephone: (520) 556-
8666. The starting time for the meeting on April 29 will be announced 
at the April 28 meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Mattix, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240, telephone: (202) 208-7957, or 
Linda Williams, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Ave., Washington, DC 20591, telephone: (202) 267-9685.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The purpose of the Flagstaff meeting is to discuss the commercial 
air tour route structure for GCNP and provide a forum for interested 
parties to consider a tentative route through the Sanup Flight-free 
Zone that has been identified by NPS as a viable air tour route.
    The FAA is requesting by letter, the attendance of designated 
representatives of various groups, including air tour operators, local 
government, Native Americans, and environmentalists. Each group's 
designated representative will be asked to sit on a panel to discuss 
the proposed route structures.

Meeting Protocol

    The April 28-29 meeting will be open to the public. However, the 
following rules apply:
    Only designated representatives will be seated on the panel, and be 
allowed to participate in the discussion. However, any representative 
may call upon another individual to elaborate on a relevant point, and 
the NPS and FAA advisors to the panel have the full right to the floor 
and may raise and address appropriate points. Any other person 
attending the meeting may address the panel if time permits and may 
file statements with the panel for its consideration.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 10, 1998.
Joseph A. Hawkins,
Director Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 98-10072 Filed 4-15-98; 8:45 am]
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