[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15390]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport 
Airplane and Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and 
engine (TAE) issues.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for June 29 and 30, 1999, beginning at 
8:30 a.m. on June 29. Arrange for oral presentations by June 22.

ADDRESSES: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue, N., 
Building 10-16, Renton, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking, 
ARM-209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
Telephone (202) 267-7626, FAX (202) 267-5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is 
given of an ARAC meeting to be held June 29-30, 1999, at the Boeing 
Commercial Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue, N., Building 10-16, 
Renton, WA.
    The agenda will include:

Tuesday, June 29, 1999

     Opening Remarks
     FAA/Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) Harmonization Meeting 
Report
     FAA Report
     JAA Report
     Transport Canada Report
     Harmonization Program Plan Update
     Seat Test Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report
     Flight Test HWG Report and Approval of Work Plan
     Ice Protection HWG Report
     Engine HWG Report and Vote
     Airworthiness Assurance Working Group Report and Vote
     Powerplant Installation HWG
     System Design and Analysis HWG
     Flight Guidance System HWG Report

Wednesday, June 30

     Aging Systems Update
     General Structures HWG Report and Vote
     Electromagnetic Effects HWG Report and Vote
     Loads and Dynamics HWG Report and Approval of Work Plan
     Flight Control HWG Report
     Electrical Systems HWG Report
     Mechanical Systems HWG Report
     Review Action Items

    Both the Flight Test HWG and the Load and Dynamics HWG plan to seek 
approval of work plans. The Airworthiness Assurance Working Group plans 
to request a vote to submit to the FAA a final report entitled 
``Recommendations for Regulatory Action to Prevent Widespread Fatigue 
Damage in the Commercial Airplane Fleet.''
    Three working groups plan to request a vote for formal FAA legal 
and economic reviews:
     The Engine HWG plans to present a proposed notice 
addressing aircraft engine standards overtorque limits;
     The Electromagnetic Effects HWG plans to present a 
proposed notice and advisory circular addressing lightning protection; 
and
     The General Structures HWG plans to present proposed 
notices and advisory circulars addressing casting factors and fuel tank 
access doors. The working group also plans to present, for legal review 
only, an advisory circular addressing windshields and windows.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the space 
available. The public must make arrangements by June 22 to present oral 
statements at the meeting. Written statements may be presented to the 
Committee at any time by providing 25 copies to the Assistant Executive 
Director for Transport Airplane and Engine issues or by providing 
copies at the meeting. Copies of the documents to be voted upon may be 
made available by contacting the person listed under the heading FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, sign and oral interpretation 
as well as a listening device, can be made available if requested 10 
calendar days before the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 11, 1999.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-15390 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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