[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51718-51719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25089]


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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: November 14, 2001; TRW, 475 School Street, 
Washington, D.C., 20024; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in Conference Room B. 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. This meeting was originally scheduled for 
September 18, 2001 in New Orleans, LA, was subsequently cancelled, and 
is now being re-scheduled for the new date.

DATES: The meeting will be held at TRW, 475 School Street, Washington, 
D.C., 20024 in Conference Room B, Washington, D.C. on November 14, 
2001. Times: 1:00-4:00 PM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Bacon, Aerospace Weather Policy 
Division, ARS09100, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone number (202) 385097705; 
Fax: (202) 385097701; email: [email protected]. Internet address: 
http:[email protected]">//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, ARS0920, 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 experts or full operational 
use for end users. The Board's determinations will be based upon 
criteria in the following areas: users needs; benefits;

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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 December 2001 AWTT Board meeting. The products to 
be considered are the Integrated Icing Diagnosis Algorithm (IIDA) and 
the Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm (IIFA).

Meeting Procedures

    (a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by 
representatives of the FAA Headquarters.
    (b) The meeting will 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.
    (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 December 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.
    (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 presentation 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 
discussion 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 October 3, 2001.
Frances Sherertz,
Deputy Director, Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-25089 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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