[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40385-40386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17460]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group

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). This notification provides the 
date, location, and agenda for the meeting.
    Date and Location: The NPOAG will meet on September 18, 2018. The 
meeting will take place in the Mohave Room of the Las Vegas Hilton 
Garden Inn, located at 1340 West Warm Springs Road, Henderson, NV 
89014. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 
September 18, 2018. This NPOAG meeting will be open to the public. 
Because seating is limited, members of the public wishing to attend 
will need to contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT by September 3, 2018 to ensure sufficient meeting space is 
available to accommodate all attendees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, Special Programs 
Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, CA 
92045, telephone: (424) 405-7017, 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 chairperson 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 18, 2018 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, an 
update on ongoing park specific air tour planning projects, commercial 
air tour reporting, and the Grand Canyon quiet technology seasonal 
relief incentive.

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Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that 
meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees. Written 
comments regarding the meeting will be accepted directly from attendees 
or may be sent to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

Record of the Meeting

    If you cannot attend the NPOAG meeting, a summary record of the 
meeting will be made available under the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP 
website at:http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or through the Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific 
Region, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, CA 90245, 
telephone: (424) 405-7017.

    Issued in El Segundo, CA on August 7, 2018.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-17460 Filed 8-13-18; 8:45 am]
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