[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55075-55076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24139]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


National Park Service

    Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour 
Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks 
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). The meeting will take place October 
21, 2003, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This notice informs the public of 
the dates, location, and agenda for the meeting.

DATES: The NPOAG will meet October 2003, at the Wort Hotel, 50 N. 
Glenwood Street, Jackson, Wyoming, 83001 (telephone 1-800-250-1623).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, Manager, Executive 
Resource Staff, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 1500 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250, telephone: 
(310) 725-3800 or [email protected], or Howie Thompson, National 
Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Denver, 
CO 80225, telephone: (303) 969-2461, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, enacted on 
April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181 (Pub. L. 106-181), required the 
establishment of a National Parks Overflights Advisory Group within 1 
year after its enactment. The NPOAG was to be a balanced group 
representative of general aviation, commercial air tour operations, 
environmental concerns, and Indian tribes. The duties of the NPOAG 
included providing advice, information,

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and recommendations to the Director, NPS, and to the Administrator, 
FAA, on the implementation of Public Law 106-181, on quiet aircraft 
technology, on other measures that might accommodate interests to 
visitors to national parks, and, at the request of the Director and 
Administrator, on safety, environmental, and other issues related to 
commercial air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands.
    On March 12, 2001, the FAA and NPS announced the establishment of 
the NPOAG (48 FR 14429). Current members of the NPOAG are Heidi 
Williams (general aviation), David Kennedy, Richard Larew, and Alan 
Stephens (commercial air tour operations), Chip Dennerlein, Charles 
Maynard, Steve Bosak, and Susan Gunn (environmental interests), and 
Germaine White and Richard Deertrack (Indian tribes).
    The first meeting of the advisory group was held August 28-29, 
2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada; the second meeting was held October 4-5, 
2002, in Tusayan, Arizona.

Agenda for the October 2003 Meeting

    As a tentative agenda, the NPOAG will review the status of the AMTP 
process to date, the data acquisition and analysis process (Hawaii 
Volcanoes National Park and Zion studies), receive an update on quiet 
technology, and discuss the status of interim operating authority for 
air tour operators. A final agenda will be available the day of the 
meeting.

Attendance at the Meeting

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend, please 
contact one of the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
so that meeting space may accommodate your attendance.

Record of the Meeting

    If you cannot attend the meeting, a summary record of the meeting 
will be made available by the Office of Rulemaking (ARM), 800 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591. Contact is Linda Williams 
(202) 267-9683, or [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2003.
David E. Cann,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 03-24139 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm]
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