[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30986-30987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12325]


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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: 

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otice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA will hold an informal public meeting to seek input 
from a specific, focused group of aviation weather users. Details: June 
16, 2004; 1575 ``I'' Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; 9 a.m. to 4 
p.m. The objective of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for a 
specific group of aviation weather users to provide input on FAA's 
plans for implementing new weather products.

DATES: The meeting will be held at 1575 ``I'' Street, NW., Washington, 
DC. 20005; Times: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 16, 2004.

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; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    In 1999, the Federal Aviation administration (FAA) established an 
Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT) Board to manage the orderly 
transfer of weather capabilities and products from research and 
development (R&D) into operational use. The board is composed of mid-
level managers from FAA and National Weather Service (NWS) and meet 
semi-annually or as needed. The Board is responsible to determine the 
readiness of weather R&D products for experimental use, full 
operational use for meteorologists or full operational use for end 
users. The board's determinations are based upon criteria such as users 
needs, costs and benefits, risks, product readiness and budget.
    FAA has the sole responsibility and authority to make decisions 
intended to provide a safe, secure, and efficient U.S. national 
airspace system. However, it behooves FAA to make decisions in a 
vacuum. Therefore, FAA seeks input from the user community at quarterly 
meetings before decisions are finalized. Two such meetings were held in 
January and April 2004.
    At the quarterly meetings, industry users are invited to provide 
input for development of concepts of use (ConUse) for individual 
aviation weather products approaching specific AWTT board decision 
points. Meetings are announced in the Federal Register and open to all 
interested parties.
    This meeting is an additional user input meeting intended to 
acquire input for an aviation weather roadmap from three specific user 
groups: Airline pilots, airline dispatchers and weather information 
providers to commercial airline users. All interested users in other 
categories may attend and observe, however only certain, focus 
information will be sought from the three specific groups.

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 provide a meeting site with sufficient 
seating capacity for the expected participation. There will be neither 
admission fee nor other charge to attend and participate.
    (c) Attendees must present themselves to the security guard at the 
Society for Association Executives, 1575 ``I'' Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20005. Attendees will be directed to the FAA offices on the 8th 
floor where they will adhere to security instructions (including 
presenting of picture identification cards) and directed to the 9th 
floor conference room.
    (d) FAA personnel will lead a session intended to refine an 
aviation weather roadmap. Comments from the specific user groups will 
be used to complete and/or verify a decision-making matrix regarding 
specific types of weather phenomena. Comments/Feedback on the proposed 
documents will be captured through discussion between FAA personnel and 
those focused users attending the meeting.
    (e) FAA will not take any action items from this meeting nor make 
any commitments to accept specific user suggestions. 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 or minutes of the informal 
meeting will not be made. However, a list of the attendees and a 
completed matrices 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 is also solicited and may be submitted to FAA 
personnel for the period June 17-30, 2004.

Agenda

    (a) Opening Remarks and Discussion of Meeting Procedures.
    (b) Review of AWTT user input process.
    (c) Focused Input Session.
    (d) Closing Comments.
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    Issued in Washington, DC on May 26, 2004.
Richard J. Heuwinkel,
Acting Staff Director, Office of Aerospace Weather Policy and 
Standards.
[FR Doc. 04-12325 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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