[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66687-66688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30885]


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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.


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DATES: The meeting is scheduled for December 7-8, 1999, beginning at 
8:30 a.m. on December 7. Arrange for oral presentations by December 2.

ADDRESSES: Aerospace Industries Association of America, 1250 I Street, 
NW, Suite 1200, Goddard Room, Washington, DC.

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 December 7-8, 1999, at Aerospace 
Industries Association of America, 1250 I Street, NW, Suite 1200, 
Goddard Room, Washington, DC.
    The agenda will include:

Tuesday, December 7, 1999

     Open Remarks
     FAA Report
     Joint Aviation Authorities Report
     Transport Canada Report
     Executive Committee Report
     Harmonization Management Team Report
     Engine Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report and Vote
     Flight Guidance System HWG Report
     Ice Protection HWG Report
     Powerplant Installation HWG Report and Vote
     Seat Test HWG Report
     Avionics Systems HWG Report and Vote

Thursday, September 8, 1999

     Human Factors HWG Report
     General Structures HWG Report and Vote
     Airworthiness Assurance WG Report
     Flight Test HWG Report and Vote
     Electromagnetics Effects HWG Report
     Loads and Dynamics HWG Report and Vote
     Flight Control HWG Report
     Mechanical Systems HWG Report and Vote
     Electrical Systems HWG Report and Vote
     Review Action Items
    Six harmonization working groups--Powerplant Installation, Avionics 
Systems, General Structures, Flight Test, Mechanical Systems, and 
Electrical Systems--plan to request TAE agreement on reports completed 
to address tasking statements.
    The Engine HWG plans to request a vote for formal FAA legal and 
economic reviews for proposed rules addressing fatigue pressure test/
safety analysis and 30-second and 2-minute one-engine out ratings, and 
rotor integrity for engine components. The working group also plans to 
request a vote to submit its disposition of comments addressing bird 
ingestion to the FAA. The Loads and Dynamics HWG plans to request 
approval of a proposed rule addressing interaction of systems and 
structures.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the space 
available. The public must make arrangements by December 2 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.
    If you are in need of assistance or require a reasonable 
accommodation for the meeting or meeting documents, please contact the 
person listed under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 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 November 22, 1999.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-30885 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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