[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45074-45075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21509]


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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), Department of 
Transportation (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: September 18, 2001; Ernest N. Morial 
Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana; 
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in room 291. 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 at 1:00-5:00 PM, on September 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 291 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Bacon, Aerospace Weather Policy 
Division, ARS-100, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone number (202) 385-7705; Fax: 
(202) 385-7701; email: [email protected]. Internet address: 
http:\\www.[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    In 1999, the FAA 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 Director of the Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards 
Staff, ARS-20, chairs the AWTT Board. The Board 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 (R&D) products for 
experimental use, full operational use for meteorologists or full 
operational use for end users. 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 second industry review session and is intended 
to receive feedback on weather R&D products that will be presented for 
consideration at the November 2001 AWTT Board meeting. The products to 
be considered are the Integrated Icing Diagnosis Algorithm (IIDA) and 
the Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm k(IIFA).

Meeting Procedures

    (a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by 
representatives of the FAA Headquarters.
    (b) The meeting 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 at no charge.
    (c) FAA personnel present will conduct a briefing on how the AWTT 
system works and changes to the process made in the last year. 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 the specific products 
to be reviewed at the November 2001 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.

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    (e) Any person present may give feedback on the products to be 
presented. Feedback on the proposed products 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) Briefing on Weather Products
(d) Request for User Input
(e) Closing Comments

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2001.
Frances Sherertz,
Deputy Director, Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-21509 Filed 8-24-01; 8:45 am]
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