[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54057-54058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26920]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA Special Committee 199: Airport Security Access Control 
Systems

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special Committee 199 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting of RTCA Special Committee 199: Airport Security Access Control 
Systems.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 8, 2001 starting at 9:00 
am.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW, 
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW, 
Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; telephone (202) 833-9339; fax (202) 
833-9434; web site http://www.ftca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 
hereby given for a Special Committee 199 meeting. The agenda will 
include:
     November 8:
     Opening Session (Welcome, Introductory and Administrative 
Remarks, Agenda Overview, Review Minutes of Previous Meeting)
     Workgroups Reports and Discussions on Submitted Changes 
and Edits (Sections 1-4)
     Industry Presentations
     Other Action Items
     Closing Session (Establish Agenda for Next Meeting, Date 
and Place of Next Meeting)

    Note: SC-199 is seeking to review vendor presentations of their 
products at this meeting. Each vendor seeking to present a short (10 
to 15 min.) presentation should provide a briefing package to Mr. 
Paul S. Ruwaldt ([email protected]) by November 1, 2001, 
outlining the following:
     How their product(s) would be utilized in an automated 
access control systems suitable under Federal Aviation Regulation 
(FAR) Parts 107 & 108,
     How their product(s) would provide for (or enhance) the 
security objectives of the airport and airline, and
     How their product(s) would be integrated into the 
airline and airport comprehensive security system.
    It is strongly suggested that the vendors requesting 
presentation time be fully cognizant of the airline and airport 
operational requirements as they apply to automated access control 
systems, as well as the performance requirements such a system will 
impose on the discrete components of the automated access control 
systems. Further, it is suggested that the vendor be

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fully aware of how these operational and performance conditions will 
affect their product(s) and the access control procedures.
    The vendor presentation must strictly be pertinent to their 
product(s) and the FAR Part 107 & 108 requirements for automated 
access control systems. The vendor must demonstrate their product's 
suitability to airline and airport operational access control 
conditions and illustrate how their product(s) would be deployed in 
an automated access control systems and/or how their product(s) can 
be integrated into the automated access control systems.
    The committee emphasizes that this RTCA standard pertains only 
to access control systems, although there may be opportunities for 
future integration with other airport information and/or 
communication technologies. Further, the committee is interested in 
proven and available Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technologies, 
not untested developmental concepts or proprietary systems.

    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairmen, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2001.
Janice L. Peters,
FAA Special Assistant, RTCA Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-26920 Filed 10-24-01; 8:45 am]
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