[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59231-59232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25952]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Civil Supersonic Aircraft Technical Workshop

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
technical workshop on civil supersonic aircraft. This workshop will 
allow subject matter experts to discuss recent research data and 
findings which might impact future rulemaking on supersonic flight over 
land.

DATES: The workshop will be on November 13, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Workshop location: The workshop will be at Centra, 4121 Wilson 
Boulevard, Suite 800, Arlington, Virginia (one block from the Ballston 
metro shop).
    Registration: Attendance is open to the interested public but space 
availability is limited. If you wish to attend the workshop, please 
register by faxing your name, address, phone number, e-mail, fax 
number, and organization to the contact person found in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurette Fisher, Office of Environment 
and Energy (AEE-100), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; facsimile (202) 267-5594, telephone 
(202) 267-3561.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
called for technical information on the latest research and development 
directed at mitigating the environmental

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impacts from supersonic aircraft by notice in the Federal Register (68 
FR 28181, May 23, 2003). The comment period ended September 30, 2003. 
Also in the May 23 notice the FAA stated that it was planning to 
conduct a technical workshop in the next six months and the FAA will 
publish a notice announcing the date and place of the workshop. The May 
23 notice is available at http://www.aee.faa.gov/noise/SST.htm.
    This notice announces the date and place of the Civil Supersonic 
Aircraft Workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to allow subject 
matter experts to discuss recent research data and findings on 
mitigating the environmental impacts from supersonic aircraft. The 
workshop is scheduled to be on: Thursday, November 13, 2003, Centra, 
4121 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800, Arlington, Virginia.
    You may submit a written statement at the workshop and it will be 
placed in Docket No. FAA-2003-15230. You may review the public docket 
containing comments to the May 23 notice and the workshop in person at 
the Docket Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office is on the plaza level at the 
NASSIF Building at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Information 
presented in a workshop setting is not considered proprietary.
    Look for any updates on this workshop at http://www.aee.faa.gov/noise/SST.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2003.
Carl Burleson,
Director of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 03-25952 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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