[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 47120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4104]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the Grand Canyon Working Group

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National 
Park Service (NPS) are announcing the next meeting of the Grand Canyon 
Working Group (GCWG). The GCWG is a self-contained group within the 
National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) that was established 
pursuant to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000. This 
notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the meeting.

Date and Location: The GCWG will be meeting on September 20, 2007. The 
meeting will take place in the Mojave Room at the Chaparral Suites 
Resort, 5001 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250, phone 
number (480) 949-1414. The meeting will be conducted from 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m. The public can attend the open session meeting on Thursday, 
September 20, 2007. The GCWG will also be meeting in closed session on 
the preceding day, September 19, 2007. The September 19, 2007 closed 
session meeting is not open to the general public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucy Moore, 5 Seton Place, Santa Fe, 
NM 87508, telephone: (505) 820-2166, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA and NPS established the GCWG within the NPOAG to provide 
advice and recommendations regarding the implementation of the National 
Parks Overflights Act of 1987 with respect to the Grand Canyon. The 
GCWG is comprised of 20 members to assure a representative and balanced 
group of agency, tribal, environmental, recreation, and aviation 
interests. The Working Group is co-chaired by a representative of the 
NPS and a representative of the FAA, and is facilitated by Lucy Moore 
Associates, a third-party neutral contracted through the U.S. Institute 
for Environmental Conflict Resolution. The Working Group has specific 
responsibilities for Grand Canyon overflight matters, including but not 
limited to: Review of the overflights noise analysis; and 
recommendations for a final overflights plan that provides for the 
substantial restoration of natural quiet and experience of the Grand 
Canyon National Park, including routes or corridors for commercial air 
tour operations that employ quiet aircraft technology.

Agenda for the September 20, 2007 Grand Canyon Working Group Meeting

    An agenda will be distributed to Working Group members and posted 
on the FAA Grand Canyon Overflights Web site (http://overflights.faa.gov).

Attendance at the September 20, 2007 Meeting

    Interested persons may attend the open session meeting on September 
20, 2007. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that 
meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees.

Record of the Meeting

    A meeting summary for the GCWG open session meeting will be posted 
under the related documents section of the FAA Grand Canyon Overflights 
Web site at http://overflights.faa.gov.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA on August 13, 2007.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4104 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
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