00-32733. RTCA Special Committee 196; Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Appliances & Equipment

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is hereby given for Special Committee (SC)-196 meeting to be held January 8-10, starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. The meeting will held at RTCA, Inc., 1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20036.

The agenda will include: (1) Welcome and Introductory Remarks; (2) Agenda Overview; (3) Review/Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes; (4) Action Item Status Review; (5) Overview of SC-196 Working Group (WG) Activities: (a) WG-1, Operational Concept/Requirements; (b) WG-2, Night Vision Goggles Minimum Operational Performance Standards; (c) WG-3, Night Vision Imaging System Lighting; (d) WG-4, Maintenance/Serviceability; (e) WG-5, Training Guidelines/Considerations; (6) WG-1 Comments Review; (7) Operational Concept/Requirements PMC Comment Process; (8) Open Issue List Review; (9) Other Business; (10) Establish Agenda for Next Meeting; (11) Date and Location of Next Meeting; (12) Working Group Chairperson meeting; (13) Closing.

Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the RTCA Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC, 20036; [phone] (phone); [phone] (fax); or http://www.rtca.org (web site). Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2000.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.