[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42581-42582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19862]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park 
Service announce a meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group for August 28-29, 2001. The Advisory Group was established on 
April 5, 2001, by the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, 
to provide continuing advice and counsel with respect to commercial air 
tour operations over and near national parks. This notice advises the 
public of an initial, administrative meeting of the advisory group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 28 and 29, 2001, at the 
Flamingo Hilton Hotel, 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, 89109. 
Meeting times are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you wish to attend the meeting, or 
have questions on the meeting, contact Howard Nesbitt, Flight Standards 
Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone 
(202) 493-4981; email: [email protected] or Marvin Jensen, 
Soundscapes Office, National Park Service, 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 
200, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563, email:marin 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Air Tour Management Act of 2000 was enacted on April 
5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. Section 805 of that Act requires the 
establishment of an advisory group to ``provide continuing advice and 
counsel with respect to commercial air tour operations over and near 
national parks.'' To fulfill this mandate, on March 12, 2001, in a 
Federal Register notice, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and 
National Park Sservice (NPS) invited members of the public who were 
interested in serving on the advisory group to contact the agencies. 
Subsequently, the FAA and NPSs selected members from those nominated to 
serve on the advisory group. Those members were announced in the 
Federal Register on June 19, 2001: Andy Cebula, Aircraft Owners and 
Pilots Association; Joseph Corrao, Helicopter Association 
International; Charles Maynard, Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain 
National Park; Boyd Evison, former National Park Superintendent and 
Regional Director; and Germaine White, Confederated Salish and Kootani.
    The purpose of this initial meeting of the advisory group is to 
establish administrative procedures: protocol, recordkeeping, and other 
process matters. Because the rulemaking to codify the Act is not yet 
complete and the air tour management plan process is not in place, the 
advisory group has no policy issues to consider.

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Public Participation

    This meeting of the advisory committee is open to the public, but 
is not a public meeting. That is, accommodation for additional 
attendees will be provided on an `as needed' and space available basis. 
Therefore, it is very important that you contact one of the persons 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you wish to attend the 
meeting. In addition, a record of the meeting will be kept, and this 
record will be available to the public through the persons listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 2, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 01-19862 Filed 8-10-01; 8:45 am]
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