[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3582-3583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1600]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport 
Airplane and Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and 
engine (TAE) issues.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for February 4-5, 2003, beginning at 9 
am on February 4. Arrange for oral presentations by January 31.

ADDRESSES: The Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson Boulevard, Room 234, 
Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking, 
ARM-209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
Telephone (202) 267-5075, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is 
given of an ARAC meeting to be held February 4-5 in Arlington, VA.
    The agenda will include:

February 4

    [sbull] Opening Remarks.
    [sbull] FAA Report.
    [sbull] Joint Aviation Authorities Report.
    [sbull] Transport Canada Report.
    [sbull] Executive Committee Report.
    [sbull] Harmonization Management Team Report.
    [sbull] ARAC Tasking Priorities and Cost-Benefit Analysis Methods 
Discussions.
    [sbull] Engine Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report and 
Approval.
    [sbull] Loads and Dynamics HWG Report and Approval.
    [sbull] Human Factors HWG Report.
    [sbull] Mechanical Systems HWG Report.
    [sbull] Ice Protection HWG Report.
    [sbull] Design for Security HWG Report and Approval.

February 5

    [sbull] General Structures HWG Report.
    [sbull] Airworthiness Assurance Working Group Report.
    [sbull] Powerplant Installations HWG Report.
    [sbull] Written or verbal reports, as required, may be provided for 
the Continued Airworthiness Working Group and the following HWGs: 
Electromagnetic Effects, Flight Test, Avionics, Seat Test, Flight 
Control, Flight Guidance, System Design and Analysis, and Electrical 
Systems.
    Three HWGs (Engine, Loads and Dynamics, and Design for Security) 
will be submitting final documents for approval:
    1. The Engine HWG will seek approval of documents addressing engine 
critical parts integrity requirements;
    2. The Loads and Dynamics HWG will seek approval of documents 
addressing ground load, landing loads conditions, and towing loads; and
    3. The Design for Security HWG will seek approval of documents 
addressing aircraft features and protetions for the cabin, flight deck, 
and cargo compartments from the effects of an explosive device, 
including fire, smoke, and noxious vapors.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the 
availability of meeting room space and telephone lines. Visitor badges 
are required to gain entrance to the Boeing building where the meeting 
is being held. Please confirm your attention with the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than January 31. 
Please provide the following information: full legal name, country of 
citizenship, and name of your company, if applicable.
    For those participating by telephone, the call-in number is (206) 
655-0054, Passcode 923071. Details are also available on the 
ARAC calendar at http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/araccal/htm. To ensure that 
sufficient telephone lines are available, please notify the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of your intent by 
January 31. Callers outside the Washington metropolitan area will be 
responsible for paying long distance charges.
    The public must make arrangements by January 31 to present oral 
statements

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at the meeting. Written statements may be presented to the committee at 
any time by providing 25 copies to the Assistant Executive Director for 
Transport Airplane and Engine issues or by providing copies at the 
meeting. Copies of the documents to be presented to ARAC for decision 
or as recommendations to the FAA may be made available by contacting 
the person listed under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    If you are in need of assistance or require a reasonable 
accommodation for the meeting or meeting documents, please contact the 
person listed under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Sign 
or oral interpretation, as well as a listening device, can be made 
available if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 17, 2003.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 03-1600 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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