[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 44311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17390]


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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 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 
meeting.
    Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC will meet on September 3-4, 2008. 
The meeting will take place at the Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles, WA. 
The hotel is located at 221 North Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA 
98362. The hotel phone number is (360) 452-9215. The meetings will be 
held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 3 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 
September 4th. This NPOAG meeting will be conducted in closed session 
and is not open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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, 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 of national 
parks; and at the request of the 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 3-4, 2008 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the 
following: Development of a Strategic Plan, review and approval of the 
meeting minutes from the September 25-26, 2007 NPOAG meeting in Fort 
Collins, CO; update on ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects; 
and NPOAG subgroup assignments.

Attendance at the Meetings

    This NPOAG meeting will be conducted in closed session and will not 
be open to the public.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on July 23, 2008.
Barry S. Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Office, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-17390 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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