[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6146]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2012-0255]


Public Meeting: U.S. Registration of Aircraft in the Name of 
Owner Trustees

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday, June 6, 
2012, on the Notice of Proposed Policy Clarification Regarding the 
Registration of Aircraft to U.S. Citizen Trustees in Situations 
Involving Non-U.S. Citizen Trustors and Beneficiaries. During the 
meeting, the FAA will be seeking further views from the public with 
respect to the use of owner trusts to register aircraft for the benefit 
of beneficiaries that are neither U.S. citizens nor resident aliens. 
The comment period for the policy clarification notice is extended 
until July 6, 2012.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, beginning 
at 9 a.m. Central Time and ending no later than 5 p.m. Central Time. 
Written public comments regarding this FAA proposed policy should be 
submitted by July 6, 2012, via email to [email protected].

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Renaissance 
Convention Center Hotel, 10 North Broadway Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 
73102. Phone 1-405-228-8000 or 1-800-466-8351.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaDeana Peden at 405-954-3296, Office 
of Aeronautical Center Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Sign 
Language Resource Service (SLRS), Inc. at: 1-888-842-9460 or 405-721-
0800 or http://www.SLRSinc.com.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Incident to the first public meeting in 
Oklahoma City, OK on June 1, 2011, FAA considered written and 
transcribed verbal comments by the public concerning issues relating to 
aircraft registration in the name of owner trustees for the benefit of 
non-U.S. citizen beneficiaries. FAA then followed up with a notice 
published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2012, proposing to 
clarify its policy and allowing written public comment on the proposed 
policy clarification until March 31, 2012. [Notice of Proposed Policy 
Clarification Regarding the Registration of Aircraft to U.S. Citizen 
Trustees in Situations Involving Non-U.S. Citizen Trustors and 
Beneficiaries.]
    As a result of continuing public interest and as requested on 
behalf of the Aviation Working Group, FAA has decided to hold another 
public meeting and to extend the deadline for public comment from March 
31, 2012 until July 6, 2012. Notwithstanding the extension of the 
deadline for comments, the FAA would welcome receiving written comments 
prior to the public meeting in order to frame the discussion at the 
meeting. The FAA expects that the comments received in response to the 
February 9 notice and during the public meeting will enable it to 
develop a final policy clarification shortly thereafter.

    Issued in Washington DC on March 9, 2012.
Kathryn B. Thomson,
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-6146 Filed 3-13-12; 8:45 am]
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