[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13503-13504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5872]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Airbus Industrie Proposal To Establish a Maximum Passenger
Capacity for the Model A321 Airplane Without Conduct of a Full-Scale
Evacuation Demonstration; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting which is being held by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of soliciting
and reviewing information from the public on a proposal by Airbus
Industrie to establish a maximum passenger capacity for the model A321
airplane without conduct of a full-scale evacuation demonstration.
Interested parties are invited to make presentations or submit material
for the record.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 14, 1995. On-
site registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., and the public meeting will
begin at 8:30 a.m.
REGISTRATION: Persons planning to attend the public meeting should
preregister by contacting the person identified later in this notice as
the contact for further information. Arrangements for oral
presentations must be made by March 25, 1995.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, SeaTac
International Airport, 17338 International Blvd., Seattle, Washington
98188.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeff Gardlin, FAA, Transport Standards Staff, Transport Airplane
Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056; telephone
(206) 227-2136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is
given of a public meeting to be held on April 14, 1995 at the Holiday
Inn, SeaTac International Airport in Seattle, Washington. The purpose
of this meeting is to hear comments from the general public regarding a
proposal by Airbus Industrie to establish the maximum passenger
capacity for the A321 airplane, without conduct of a full-scale
evacuation demonstration. This proposal includes utilization of
previous full-scale evacuation data from a similar airplane model, in
combination with partial evacuation testing and analysis. This approach
would represent a departure from previous FAA-approval methods for new
airplane models, although the European Joint Aviation Authorities have
already approved the airplane using this method. The A321 is a
derivative of the A320 airplane, and includes replacement of the two
Type III overwing exits with two pairs of improved Type I exits. While
this subject is being addressed by the Emergency Evacuation Issues
Group of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC), that group
has not yet reached a consensus on the procedures to follow in such a
case. In the absence of a formal recommendation from ARAC, the FAA is
inviting the interested public to comment on the Airbus proposal. The
FAA will consider information presented at the public meeting in the
course of making its decision on the acceptability of the Airbus
proposal.
The agenda for the meeting will include:
Regulatory Background
Certification Test Procedures
Airbus Presentation of Proposed Compliance Method
Presentations from the Public
Attendance is open to the interested public, but will be limited to
the space available.
Requests To Be Heard
Persons planning to present data or comments at the public meeting
are requested to provide the FAA an abstract of their presentation by
March 25, 1995. The abstract should include an estimate of the time
needed to make the presentation, and should be mailed to the person
identified earlier in this notice as the contact for further
information. Following each presentation, a discussion period will be
allowed and all persons will be given the opportunity to open
discussions on the presentation. [[Page 13504]]
Public Meeting Procedures
Hotel room reservations should be made in advance. A block of rooms
has been reserved at the Holiday Inn, SeaTac at a single room rate of
$74.00 plus tax. Persons wishing to attend the public meeting are
encouraged to make reservations by March 23, 1995, by contacting the
Hotel direct at 206-248-1000. Be sure to identify yourself as an FAA
public meeting attendee to receive this special rate.
Persons who plan to attend the public meeting should be aware of
the following procedures which are established to facilitate the
workings of the meeting.
1. The meeting will be open on a space available basis to all
persons registered. If practicable, the meeting will be accelerated to
enable adjournment in less than the time scheduled.
2. The meeting will be recorded by a court reporter. Anyone
interested in purchasing the transcript should contact the court
reporter directly. A copy of the court reporter's transcribe will be
docketed.
3. The FAA will consider all materials presented at the meeting by
participants. Position papers and other handout material may be
accepted at the discretion of the chairperson. Enough copies should be
provided for distribution to all conference participants.
4. Statements made by FAA participants at the meeting will not be
taken as expressing final FAA positions.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 3, 1995.
Darrell M. Pederson,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, ANM-100.
[FR Doc. 95-5872 Filed 3-10-95; 8:45 am]
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