[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81948-81949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32955]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Transport Airplane and 
Engine Issues--New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee (ARAC).

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task assigned to and accepted by the 
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the 
public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McGraw, 1601 Lind Ave., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056, 425-227-1171, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    The FAA has established an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee 
to provide advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator, through 
the Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, on the 
full range of the FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-
related issues.

The Task

    This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to 
provide advice and recommendations on the following task:
    Task: Review the comments received the response to the Notice of 
Availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC 39.XX), titled 
``Continued Airworthiness Assessments of Powerplant and Auxiliary Power 
Unit Installation on Transport Category Airplanes.'' Provide advice and 
recommendations on the task, recommend disposition of the comments that 
are inappropriate for incorporation in the proposed AC, and provide 
recommended revised language, in paragraph form, to address those 
comments that have merit and warrant incorporation in the proposed AC.
    Schedule: The recommendations should be forwarded to the FAA by 
September 1, 2001.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

    ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to assign the tasks to 
the newly formed Continued Airworthiness Assessments Working Group, 
Transport Airplane and Engine Issues. The working group will serve as 
staff to ARAC and assist in the analysis of the assigned task. Working 
group recommendations must be reviewed and approved by ARAC. If ARAC 
accepts the working group's recommendations, it forwards them to the 
FAA as ARAC recommendations.

Working Group Activity

    The Continued Airworthiness Assessments Working Group is expected 
to comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the 
procedures, the working group is expected to:
    1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the 
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of 
the ARAC Transport Airplane and Engine Issues held following 
publication of this notice.
    2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed 
recommendations.
    3. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to 
consider Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.

Participation in the working Group

    The newly formed Continued Airworthiness Assessment Working Group 
will be composed of technical experts having an interest in the 
assigned task. A working group member need not be a representative of a 
member of the full committee.
    An individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to 
become a member of the working group should write to the person listed 
under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 
desire, describing his or her interest in the task and stating the 
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. All requests to 
participate must be received no later than January 20, 2001. The 
requests will be reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant 
executive director, and the working group chair, and the individuals 
will be advised whether or not the request can be accommodated.
    Individuals chosen for membership on the working group will be 
expected to represent their aviation community segment and participate 
actively in the working group (e.g., attend all meetings, provide 
written comments when requested to do so, etc.). They also will be 
expected to devote the resources necessary to support the ability of 
the working group in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members are 
expected to keep their management chain and those they may represent 
advised of working group activities and decisions to ensure that the 
agreed technical solutions do not conflict with their sponsoring 
organization's position when the subject being negotiated is presented 
to ARAC for approval.
    Once the working group has begun deliberations, members will not be 
added or substituted without the approval of the assistant chair, the 
assistant executive director, and the working group chair.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation 
and use of the ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
    Meetings of the ARAC will be open to the public. Meetings of the 
Continued Airworthiness Assessments Working Group will not be open to 
the public, except to the extent that individuals with an interest and 
expertise are selected to participate. No public announcement of 
working group meetings will be made.

    Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2000.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 00-32955 Filed 12-21-00; 4:43 pm]
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