[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49756-49757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4231]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National 
Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour 
Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks 
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 
This notification provides the dates, location, and agenda for the 
meetings.

DATES AND LOCATION: The NPOAG ARC will meet on September 25-26, 2007. 
The meetings will take place in the 3rd floor conference room at the 
National Park Service's Natural Resource Program Center which is 
located at 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525, phone 
number (970) 267-2107. The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. on September 25th and 26th. Although these are not public 
meetings, members of the public can attend the meetings. A short time 
will be provided for public comment at the meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the NPOAG meeting contact Barry 
Brayer, AWP-1SP, Special Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, 
Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3800, e-mail: 
[email protected], or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural 
Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525,

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telephone: (970) 225-3563, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), 
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181, required the 
establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act 
requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of 
general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental 
concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and 
the Director of NPS (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 advisory group.
    The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and 
recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on: 
Implementation of Public Law 106-181; quiet aircraft technology; other 
measures that might accommodate interests to visitors to national 
parks; and at the request of he Administrator and the Director, on 
safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour 
operations over national parks or tribal lands.

Agenda for the September 25-26, 2007 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the 
following: Review and approval of previous meeting minutes; update on 
ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects; proposed legislative 
changes to NPATMA; and NPOAG subgroup assignments.

Attendance at the Meetings

    Although these are not public meetings, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, if you play to attend please 
contact one of the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
so that meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees.

Record of the Meetings

    If you cannot attend the NPOAG meeting, a summary record of the 
meeting will be made available under the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP 
Web site at http://www.atmp.faa.gov or through the Special Programs 
Staff, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 
Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3800.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 21, 2007.
William C. Withycombe,
Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4231 Filed 8-28-07; 8:45 am]
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