[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31273-31274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14658]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and 
Engines 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: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee a 
new task to develop recommendations harmonizing changes to the 
airworthiness standards for pilot compartment doors to include 
resistant to intrusion. This notice is to inform the public of this 
ARAC activity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McGraw, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Northwest Mountain Region Headquarters, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton Washington 98055 (425) 227-2111, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA established the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to 
provide advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator on the 
FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-related issues. 
This includes obtaining advice and recommendations on the FAA's 
commitments to harmonize Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(14 CFR) with its partners in Europe and Canada.

The Task

    As part of a current task assigned to the Design for Security 
Harmonization Working Group (64 FR 57921, 10/27/99), ARAC should 
recommend harmonized changes to the airworthiness standards for pilot 
compartment doors to include resistance to intrusion.
    Schedule: This new task is to be completed along with the original 
task and is due no later than December 31, 2001.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the existing Design 
for Security Harmonization Working Group, Transport Airplane and 
Engines Issues. The working group serves as staff to ARAC and assists 
in the analysis of assigned tasks. ARAC must review and approve the 
working group's recommendations. If ARAC accepts the working group's 
recommendations, it will forward them to the FAA. Recommendations that 
are received from ARAC will be submitted to the agency's Rulemaking 
Management Council to address the availability of resources and 
prioritization.

Working Group Activity

    The Design for Security Harmonization 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 next meeting 
of the ARAC on transport airplane and engines issues held following 
publication of this notice.
    2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed 
recommendations prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3 
below.
    3. Draft the appropriate documents and required analyses and/or any 
other related materials or documents.
    4. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to 
consider transport airplane and engine issues.

Participation in the Working Group

    The Design for Security Harmonization Working Group is composed of 
technical experts having an interest in the assigned task. A working 
group member need not be a representative or 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 June 29, 2001. The requests 
will be reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant executive 
director, and the working group co-chairs. Individuals will be advised 
whether or not their request can be accommodated.
    Individuals chosen for membership on the working group will be 
expected to represent their aviation community segment and actively 
participate 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 working group 
in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members are expected to keep their 
management chain and those they may represent advised of working group

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activities and decisions to ensure that the proposed 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 co-chairs.
    The Secretary of Transportation 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 
Design for Security Harmonization Working Group will not be open to the 
public, except to the extent that individuals with an interest and 
expertise are selected to participate. The FAA will make no public 
announcement of working group meetings.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2001.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-14658 Filed 6-8-01; 8:45 am]
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