[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11918]



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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: June 11, 2003; Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC; 9 a.m. to 
12 p.m. in Conference Room 8A. 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 in Conference Room 8A at the Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence, Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20591. Times: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on June 11, 2003.

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; e-mail: [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, 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 Climate, Water and Weather 
Services, OS and the Office of Science and Technology, OST in the 
National Weather Service.
    The AWTT Board meets 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 industry review session intended to receive 
feedback on a weather R&D product that will be presented for 
consideration at the July 2003 AWTT Board meeting. The products to be 
considered are the Forecast Inflight Icing Potential (FIP) and the 
Graphic Area Forecast (GFA).

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 provided a meeting site with sufficient 
seating capacity for the expected participation. There will be neither 
admission fee nor other charge to attend and participate. Any person 
attending must present picture identification to the building security 
guards for admission. Person with government-issued identification 
cards will be directed to conference room 8A. Persons without 
government-issued identification cards will be admitted but must be 
escorted by FAA personnel while within the building.
    (c) FAA headquarters personnel will conduct an overview 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 personnsel will clarify any part of the process 
that is not clear.
    (d) FAA personnel, will present a briefing on the specific products 
to be review at the July 2003 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 presentations to ensure that each 
respondent's comments are noted accurately.
    (f) An official verbatim transcript of 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
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    Issued in Washington, DC on May 5, 2003.
David Whatley,
Staff Director, Aerospace Weather Policy Standard Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-11918 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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