[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 50233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18488]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee

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 Aviation Rulemaking Committee (NPOAG ARC). 
The meeting will take place on September 9 and 10, 2004, at the 
Wilderness Society, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC. This notice 
informs the public of the date, location, and agenda for the meeting.

DATES AND LOCATION: The NPOAG ARC will meet September 9-10, 2004, at 
the Wilderness Society, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting 
will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, Manager, Executive 
Resource Staff, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250, telephone: 
(310) 725-3800, or [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, 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, 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). The advisory group has held four meetings: 
August 28-29, 2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada; October 4-5, 2002, in 
Tusayan, Arizona; October 20-21, 2003 in Jackson, Wyoming; and March 
18-19, 2004, in Boulder City, NV.
    On October 10, 2003, the Administrator signed Order No. 1110-138 
establishing the NPOAG as an aviation rulemaking committee. The current 
members of the NPOAG ARC 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).

Agenda for the September 9-10, 2004 Meeting

    The NPOAG ARC will review tribal issues, prevention and mitigation 
of significant adverse environmental impacts, modifications to interim 
operating authority, new entrant operators and increased operations of 
existing operators, and quiet technology. 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) 267-9685, or [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2004.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 04-18488 Filed 8-12-04; 8:45 am]
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