[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56729-56730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28120]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and 
Engine 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 review the acceptable design precautions for showing 
compliance with 25.903(d)(1), 23.903(b)(1), and 25.905 as described in 
AC 20-128A/ACJ25.903 and develop additional design precautions to 
mitigate shortfalls previously identified by ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Kaszycki, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Northwest Mountain Region Headquarters, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington, 98055, [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

     Review the acceptable design precautions for showing 
compliance with 25.903(d)(1), 23.903(b)(1), and 25.905 as described in 
AC 20-128A/ACJ 25.903, and develop additional design precautions to 
mitigate shortfalls previously identified by ARAC.
     Develop a report that recommends the requirements for 
minimizing the hazards from uncontained engine, auxiliary power unit 
(APU) and propeller debris. This report should describe how to develop 
methods to determine ``practicability'' of controversial design 
precautions, recommend the location of these requirements within the 
rule or interpretive materials, and provide cost estimates using a 
format to be prescribed by the FAA.
     Recommend the necessary revisions to AC 20-128A and any 
further development of advisory materials necessary to address issues 
that may arise as a result of changes to the regulations.
     If as a result of the recommendations, FAA publishes an 
NPRM and/or notice of availability of proposed advisory circular for 
public comment, FAA may ask ARAC to review all comments and provide the 
agency a recommendation for the disposition of those comments.
    Schedule: Required completion is no later than November 7, 2003.

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ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the Powerplant 
Installation Harmonization Working Group, Transport Airplane and Engine 
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.

Working Group Activity

    The Powerplant Installation Harmonization Working Group must comply 
with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the 
working group must:
    1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the 
rational supporting such a plan for consideration at the next meeting 
of the ARAC on transport airplane and engine 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 Powerplant Installation 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. The individual should describe his or her interest in the task, 
and state the expertise he or she would bring to the working group. We 
must receive all request by December 7, 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 must 
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.). The must devote the resources necessary 
to support the working group in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members 
must keep their management chain and those they may represent advised 
of working group 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 
Powerplant Installation 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 November 2, 2001.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-28120 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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