[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10085-10086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3938]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group 
Aviation Rulemaking Committee

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice (See 75 FR 68023; November 4, 2010) 
the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill two vacant positions 
on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation 
Rulemaking Committee (ARC). These notices invited interested persons to 
apply to fill two vacancies representing environmental concerns due to 
the incumbent member's completion of their three-year term appointments 
on May 30, 2011. This notice informs the public of the persons selected 
to fill the vacancies on the NPOAG ARC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. The Act required the 
establishment of the advisory group within 1 year after its enactment. 
The NPOAG was established in March 2001. The advisory group is 
comprised of 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.
    In accordance with the Act, the advisory group provides ``advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Administrator and the 
Director--
    (1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the 
amendments made by this title;
    (2) On commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in 
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands, 
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour 
management plan;
    (3) On other measures that might be taken to accommodate the 
interests of visitors to national parks; and
    (4) At the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety, 
environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour 
operations over a national park or tribal lands.''

 Membership

    The current NPOAG ARC is made up of one member representing general 
aviation, three members representing the commercial air tour industry, 
four members representing environmental concerns, and two members 
representing Native American interests. Current members of the NPOAG 
ARC are as follows:
    Heidi Williams representing general aviation; Alan Stephen, Elling

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Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro representing commercial air tour 
operations; Chip Dennerlein, Greg Miller, Kristen Brengel, and Bryan 
Faehner representing environmental interests; and Rory Majenty and Ray 
Russell representing Native American tribes.

Selection

    Selected to fill one of the vacancies for environmental concerns, 
for an additional term, is returning member Bryan Faehner. Selected to 
fill the other vacancy for environmental concerns is Dick Hingson, who 
will replace Kristen Brengel. Both these terms begin on May 31, 2011. 
The term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on February 10, 2011.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-3938 Filed 2-22-11; 8:45 am]
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