[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55315-55316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23185]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


User Input to the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT) 
Board

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA will hold an informal public meeting to seek aviation 
weather user input. Details: October 10, 2000; Ernest N. Morial 
Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana; 
1 pm to 5 pm in room 244. The objective of this meeting is to provide 
an opportunity for interested aviation weather users to provide input 
on FAA;'s plans for implementing new weather products.

DATES: The meeting will be held in Room 244 at the Ernest N. Morial 
Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70130 
in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. 
(NBAA) annual convention. Times: 1 5 pm, on October 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Bacon, Aviation Weather Policy 
Division, ARW 100, Federal Aviation Administration, 400 7th St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20590; telephone number (2020) 366 1040; fax: (202) 366 
5549; email: [email protected]. Internet address: http:[email protected]">//www.[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    The FAA has established an Aviation Weather Technology Transfer 
(AWTT) Board to manage the orderly transfer of weather capabilities and 
products from research and development into operations. The AWTT Board 
is chaired by the head of the Aviation Weather Directorate, ARW-1 and 
is composed of stakeholders in Air Traffic Services, ATS; Regulation 
and Certification, AVR; and Research and Acquisitions, ARA in the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Meteorology in the 
National Weather Service.
    The AWTT Board will meet semi-annually or as needed, to determine 
the readiness of weather research and development products for 
experimental use or for full operational use. The Board's 
determinations will be based upon criteria in the following areas: 
users' needs; benefits; costs; risks; technical readiness; operational 
readiness and budget requirements.
    The user interface process is designed to allow FAA to both report 
progress and receive feedback from industry users. Each AWTT Board 
meeting will be preceded by a half-day industry review session 
approximately one month prior to each Board meeting. These industry 
review sessions will be announced in the Federal Register and open to 
all interested parties.
    This meeting is the first industry review session and is intended 
to receive feedback for the November 2000 AWTT Board meeting.

Meeting Procedures

    (a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by

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representatives of the FAA Headquarters.
    (b) The meeting will be open to all persons on a space-available 
basis. Every effort was made to provide a meeting site with sufficient 
seating capacity for the expected participation. There will be neither 
admission fee nor other charge to attend and participate. This meeting 
is being held in conjunction with the NBAA annual conference. There is 
a charge to attend the NBAA conference, however any person attending 
this informal meeting only, will be admitted by NBAA conference 
officials to this meeting only.
    (c) FAA personnel present will conduct a briefing on how the new 
AWTT system works. Any person will be allowed to ask questions during 
the presentation and FAA personnel will clarify any part of the process 
that is not clear.
    (d) FAA personnel will present a briefing on a specific product 
that will be reviewed at the November 2000 AWTT Board Meeting. Any 
person will be allowed to ask questions during the presentation and FAA 
personnel will clarify any part of the presentation that is not clear.
    (e) Any person present may give feedback on the product to be 
presented. Feedback on the proposed product will be captured through 
discussion between FAA personnel and any persons attending the meeting. 
The meeting will not be formally recorded. However, informal tape 
recordings may be made of the presentations to ensure that each 
respondent's comments are noted accurately.
    (f) An official verbatim transcript or minutes of the informal 
meeting will not be made. However, a list of the attendees, a digest of 
discussions during the meeting and an action item list will be 
produced. Any person attending may receive a copy of the written 
information upon request to the information contact, above.
    (g) Every reasonable effort will be made to hear each person's 
feedback consistent with a reasonable closing time for the meeting. 
Written feedback may also be submitted to FAA personnel for up to seven 
(7) days after the close of the meeting.

Agenda

(a) Opening Remarks and Discussion of Meeting Procedures
(b) Briefing on AWTT Process
(c) Request for User Input
(d) Closing Comments

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2000.
David Whatley,
Program Director, Aviation Weather Directorate.
[FR Doc. 00-23185 Filed 9-12-00; 8:45 am]
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