[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70375-70376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29917]


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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 December 5-6, 2000, beginning at 
8:30 a.m. on December 5. Arrange for oral presentations by December 1.

ADDRESSES: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Suite 1200, 
1250 I Street, NW., 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, or e-mail at 
[email protected].

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 5-6, 2000, in Washington, 
DC.
    The agenda will include:

December 5

 Opening Remarks
 FAA Report
 Joint Aviation Authorities Report
 Transport Canada Report
 Harmonization Management Team Report
 Executive Committee Report
 Human Factors Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report
 Seat Test HWG Report
 Design for Security HWG Report
 Flight Guidance System HWG Report
 System Design and Analysis HWG Report
 Engine HWG Report
 Ice Protection HWG Report
 Powerplant Installation HWG Report
 Mechanical Systems HWG Report

December 6

 General Structures HWG Report

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 Airworthiness Assurance Working Group Report
 Extended Range with Two-Engine Aircraft (ETOPS) Tasking Update
 Flight Test HWG Report
 Electromagnetic Effects HWG Report
 Loads & Dynamics HWG Report
 Flight Controls HWG Report
 Avionics Systems HWG Report
 Electrical Systems HWG Report

    Four HWGs--Powerplant Installation, Mechanical Systems, Loads & 
Dynamics, and Flight Control--plan to request ARAC approval of 
technical reports drafted under the Fast Track Process. The EHWG plans 
to seek approval to forward to the FAA for economic and legal reviews a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and advisory circular (AC) 
addressing electrical and electronic engine control systems. The 
Airworthiness Assurance Working Group plans to seek approval to forward 
to the FAA an NPRM and AC addressing widespread fatigue damage.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the 
availability of meeting room space and telephone lines. Details for 
participating in the teleconference will be available after November 27 
by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section. Callers outside the Washington metropolitan area will be 
responsible for paying long distance charges.
    The public must make arrangements by December 1 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 presented to ARAC 
for decision or as recommendations to the FAA 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 15, 2000.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 00-29917 Filed 11-21-00; 8:45 am]
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