[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 28976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11301]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice published on March 11, 2004, the 
National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA), asked interested persons to apply to fill a vacant position 
representing aviation interests on the National Parks Overflights 
Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). This notice 
informs the public of the person selected to fill that vacancy on the 
NPOAG ARC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, Executive Resource 
Staff, Western Pacific Region Headquarters, 15000 Aviation Blvd., 
Hawthorne, CA 90250, telephone: (310) 725-3800, E-mail: 
[email protected], or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural 
Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 350, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, 
telephone (970) 225-3563, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. The Act required the 
establishment of the advisory group within 1 year after its enactment. 
The NPOAG was established in March 2001. The advisory group is 
comprised of a balanced group of representatives of general aviation, 
commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and Native 
American tribes. The Administrator and the Director (or their 
designees) serve as ex officio members of the group. Representatives of 
the Administrator and Director serve alternating 1-year terms as 
chairman of the NPOAG ARC.
    The NPOAG ARC provides ``advice, information, and recommendations 
to the Administrator and the Director--
    (1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the 
amendments made by this title;
    (2) on commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in 
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands, 
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour 
management plan;
    (3) on other measures that might be taken to accommodate the 
interests of visitors to national parks; and
    (4) at the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety, 
environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour 
operations over a national park or tribal lands.''

Changes in Membership

    To maintain the balanced representation of the group, the FAA and 
the NPS recently published a notice in the Federal Register asking 
interested persons to apply to fill a vacancy representing aviation 
interests on the NPOAG ARC. The person selected to fill that position 
is Mr. Elling Halverson, Papillon Airways, Inc. The current members of 
the NPOAG ARC now are Heidi Williams (general aviation), Richard Larew, 
Elling Halverson, and Alan Stephen (commercial air tour operations), 
Chip Dennerlein, Charles Maynard, Steve Bosak, and Susan Gunn 
(environmental interests), and Germaine White and Richard Deertrack 
(Indian tribes).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2004.
Steven W. Douglas,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 04-11301 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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