[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 226 (Friday, November 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 70694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27539]



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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 date, format, and agenda for the 
meeting.
    Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC will hold a meeting on December 
1st, 2008. The meeting will be conducted as a telephone conference 
call. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Standard 
Time on December 1st. This NPOAG meeting will be open to the public. 
Interested persons may listen in on the conference call (see Public 
Participation at the Meeting).

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 December 1, 2008, NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the 
following: review of a Strategic Plan for the NPOAG, review and 
approval of the meeting minutes from the September 3-4, 2008 NPOAG 
meeting in Port Angeles, WA; update on ongoing Air Tour Management Plan 
(ATMP) program projects; discussion of the Aviation Environmental 
Design Tool (AEDT) model, and highlights from the Human Response to 
Aviation Noise workshop held at Volpe Center in October 2008.

Public Participation for the Meeting

    This NPOAG meeting will be conducted as a telephone conference 
call. Members of the public will be able to listen in on the 
proceedings. Information regarding how the public may access this 
conference call in a ``listen mode'' will be posted on the FAA's ATMP 
Web site (http://www.atmp.faa.gov) by November 20, 2008. Other 
supplementary meeting information may also be posted on the ATMP Web 
site.

Record of the Meeting

    If you are unable to participate in this NPOAG meeting conference 
call, a summary record of the meeting will be made available under the 
NPOAG section of the FAA's 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 90009-207, 
telephone (310) 725-3800.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA on November 13, 2008.
Barry S. Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Office, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-27539 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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