[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 57505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25051]


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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 October 15-16, 2003, beginning at 9 
a.m. on October 15. Arrange for oral presentations by October 10.

ADDRESSES: Aerospace Industries Association, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, 
Suite 1700, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking, 
ARM-209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
Telephone (202) 267-7626, FAX (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 October 15-16, 2002, in Arlington, 
VA.
    The agenda will include:

Wednesday, October 15

    [sbull] Opening Remarks
    [sbull] FAA Report
    [sbull] European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)/Joint Aviation 
Authorities (JAA) Report
    [sbull] Transport Canada Report
    [sbull] ARAC Tasking Priorities Discussion/Moratorium
    [sbull] Avionics Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report
    [sbull] Ice Protection HWG Report
    [sbull] Powerplant Installation HWG Report
    [sbull] Human Factors HWG Report
    [sbull] Mechanical Systems HWG Report and Approval
    [sbull] Airworthiness Assurance Report and Approval
    [sbull] Discussion of tasking on equipment, systems, and 
installations on transport category airplanes

Thursday, October 16

    [sbull] General Structures HWG Report and Approval
    [sbull] 2004 meeting schedule
    [sbull] Written reports and statuses may be provided for the 
following HWGs--Engine, Electromagnetic Effects, Flight Test, Seat 
Test, Flight Control, Flight Guidance, System Design and Analysis, 
Electrical Systems, Loads and Dynamics, and Design for Security--and 
the Continued Airworthiness Working Group.
    Three working groups will be seeking approval of reports/documents:
    1. The Mechanical Systems HWG on ventilation and cabin 
pressurization;
    2. The Airworthiness Assurance Working Group on widespread fatigue 
damage; and
    3. The General Structures HWG on materials, birdstrike, and fatigue 
and damage tolerance.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the 
availability of meeting room space. Please confirm your attendance with 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no 
later than October 10. Please provide the following information: Full 
legal name, country of citizenship, and name of your industry 
association, or applicable affiliation. If you are attending as a 
public citizen, please indicate so.
    The telephone number for participating in the teleconference will 
be available after October 6 by contacting the person listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section or by going to the ARAC calendar at 
http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/araccal.htm. Callers outside the Washington 
metropolitan area will be responsible for paying long distance charges.
    The public must make arrangements by October 10 to present oral 
statements 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 
and 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 September 26, 2003.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 03-25051 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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