[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2336]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; Open
Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security
will hold its final meeting to discuss aviation safety and security
issues. Part of the meeting is open to the public and part is not. The
meeting was originally scheduled for January 28, 1997, but a new date
has been set.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997, from 9:00
am-12:00 noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Commerce Department
Auditorium, 14th Street, between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,
NW, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard K. Pemberton, Administrative
Officer, Room 6210, GSA Headquarters, 18th & F Streets, NW, Washington,
DC 20405; telephone 202.501.3863; telecopier 202.501.6160.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 USC Appendix), DOT gives notice of a meeting of the White House
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (``Commission''). The
Commission was established by the President to develop advice and
recommendations on ways to improve the level of civil aviation safety
and security, both domestically and internationally. The principal
purpose of the meeting on February 11, which was postponed from its
original date of January 28, is to formulate the Commission's final
recommendations to the President.
The portion of the meeting from 9:00 am-12:00 noon, during which
the Commissioners will formulate their recommendations on measures to
improve aviation security, will be closed to the public pursuant to the
following exemptions in the Government in the Sunshine Act, which apply
to public meetings under the Federal Advisory Committee Act:
Exemption 1: Classified information. In order properly to formulate
their recommendations, the Commissioners may need to discuss or refer
to information properly classified in the interest of national
security, which may not be done in public.
Exemption 3: Information exempted from public disclosure by some
other statute. Under 49 USC 40119(b), the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) may prohibit public disclosure of certain
categories of information relating to aviation security, if disclosure
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, reveal
company confidential information, or create a risk to the safety of
individuals traveling in inter-or intra-state air transportation. These
categories are described at 14 CFR Part 191. Such information will be
discussed or referred to at the meeting.
Exemption 4: Company confidential information. There is competition
in the aviation industry in many forms: among carriers, among equipment
manufacturers, and among software manufacturers, among others. Public
discussion of some of these matters could violate 18 USC 1905, which
makes it a crime to reveal improperly company confidential information
that has come into the possession of the Government.
Exemption 9: Premature disclosure would lead to frustration of
proposed agency action. The final recommendations of the Commission
have not been formulated; it is possible, however, that public
knowledge of some of the security recommendations may frustrate their
acceptance and implementation by the FAA and other agencies. The
Commission is authorized to protect against this possibility.
Limited seating for the public portion of the meeting is available
on a first- come, first-served basis. The public may submit written
comments to the Commission at any time; comments should be sent to Mr.
Pemberton at the address and telecopier number shown above.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24, 1997.
Nancy E. McFadden,
General Counsel, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-2336 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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