[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 163-164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24699]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA Special Committee 202: Portable Electronic Devices

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special Committee 202 Meeting: Portable 
Electronic Devices.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting of RTCA Special Committee 202: Portable Electronic Devices.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 30-31, February 1-3, 2006, 
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Conference Rooms, 1828 L Street, 
NW., Suite 805, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 
Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036-5133; telephone (202) 833-9339; fax 
(202) 833-9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 
hereby given for a Special Committee 202 Portable Electronic Devices 
meeting. The agenda will include:

 January 30:
     Working Groups (WG) 1 through 4 meet.
     WG-1, PED Characterization, Garmin Room
     WG-2, Aircraft Path Loss and Test, with WG-3, Aircraft 
Susceptibility, MacIntosh-NBAA-Hilton/ATA Room
     WG-4, Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Process, Colson 
Board Room
 January 31 and February 2:
     Opening Plenary Session (Welcome and Introductory Remarks, 
Review Agenda, Review/Approve previous Common Plenary Summary, Review 
Open Action Items)
     Update from Regulatory Agencies (FAA, UK-CAA, Canadian 
TSB, FCC or other)
     Update from CEA PEDs Working Group by Doug Johnson of CEA
     Update on CTIA Task Force on cell phones on airborne 
aircraft by Paul Guckian of QUALCOMM
     Report on updates to GPS Sensitivity data of Table 6 by 
Robert Erlandson of OST Global
     Report on cell phone demonstration on the 777-200LR 
Worldliner flight by Peter Tuggey of Aeromobile
     Considerations to develop recommendation on Guidance for 
Airplane Design and Certification in support of Phase 2 TOR 
requirements by Dave Walen FAA CSTA EMI and Grey Dunn FAA ANM-111
     Overview of comments received to proposed changes for 
Interim DO-294 update

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     Plenary consensus on process to complete interim DO-294 
document update, Working Groups comment disposition validation, action 
items to Working Groups, etc.
     Break-out sessions for Working Groups:
     Working Groups (WG) 1 through 5 meet.
     WG-1, PED Characterization, Garmin Room
     WG-2, Aircraft Path Loss and Test, with WG-3, Aircraft 
Susceptibility, MacIntosh-NBAA Hilton/ATA Room
     WG-4, Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Process, Colson 
Board Room
     WG-5, Airplane Design and Certification Guidance, ARINC 
Conference Room
     Chairmen's strategy session with Work Group Leaders, 
MacIntosh-NBAA and Hilton-ATA Rooms Process check and readiness review 
for DO-294 document update
     February 2:
     Opening Remarks and Process Check
     Working Groups Report out on (Disposition of FRAC comments 
to DO-294 Interim document update; Issues identified, with 
recommendation to Plenary for consensus on closure of issues; 
Recommendations for Plenary consensus on document update final version; 
Schedule and TOR compliance assessment; Phase 2 work remaining: work 
plan and schedule)
     WG-1 (PEDs characterization, test and evaluation)
     WG-2 (Aircraft test and analysis)
     WG-3 (Aircraft systems susceptibility)
     Proposal for assessing aircraft systems susceptibility to 
Phase 2 technologies.
     WG-4 (Risk Assessment, Practical application, and final 
documentation)
     Collaboration with EUROCAE WG58
     WG-5 (Recommended Guidance for Airplane Design and 
Certification)
     Plenary consensus on Interim DO-294 update document 
recommendation to publish
     Updates to Phase 2 work statement, committee structure, 
work plan and schedule, including: Plan for access to material and 
organization of data in appendix CD for Phase 2 document Working 
Groups' teleconference and meeting schedule, plan for Phase 2 work 
completion
     Closing Session (Other Business, Date and Place of Next 
Meeting (April 4-6, 2006, Fourteenth Plenary at RTCA; July 10-14, 2006, 
Fifteenth Plenary at RTCA; October 16-20, 2006, Sixteenth and final 
Plenary at RTCA, Closing Remarks, Adjourn)
     Working Groups to complete action items and complete 
interim update DO-294 for recommendation to PMC to publish

    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairmen, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 23, 2005.
Natalie Ogletree,
FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory Committee
[FR Doc. 05-24699 Filed 12-30-05; 8:45 am]
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