[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52818-52819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20728]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


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

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation.

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, as amended, 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.
    Date and Location: The NPOAG ARC will hold a meeting on September 
19, 2013. The meeting will be conducted as a telephone conference call. 
The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight 
Time. 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: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, Special Programs 
Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: 
(310) 725-3808, email: [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;

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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 19, 2013, NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the 
following: Review of the new air tour reporting requirements, status on 
current voluntary agreement efforts, and review and approval of the 
meeting minutes from the May 16, 2012 NPOAG meeting in Rapid City, SD.

Public Participation at 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 at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/ by September 12, 2013. Other 
supplementary meeting information may also be posted on the ATMP Web 
site. You may also find out how to access the call by contacting Mr. 
Keith Lusk (contact information is provided above in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT).

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 at a later 
date under the NPOAG section of the FAA's ATMP Web site at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/ or through the Special Programs Staff, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 92007, Los 
Angeles, CA 90009-207, telephone (310) 725-3808.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 20, 2013.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Office, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-20728 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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