99-15294. Notice of Public Meeting; Satellite-Based Navigation User Forum

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32297-32298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15294]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Public Meeting; Satellite-Based Navigation User Forum

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of System Architecture 
and Investment Analysis.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of System 
Architecture and Investment Analysis (ASD) will hold a forum to present 
findings and obtain information from the aviation user community as 
part of the investment analysis process as we transition to a 
satellite-based navigation (Sat/Nav) infrastructure.

DATES: The (Sat/Nav) user forum public meeting will be held on July 7, 
1999, at the Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC, in the third-floor auditorium from 9:00 a.m. to 12 
Noon, followed by a question and answer session. In addition, time will 
be made

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available for specific follow-on meetings as needed. Contact the Sat/
Nav Investment Analysis Team Lead for this purpose.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Millie Butler-Harris, CNS Facility 
Investment Analysis, ASD-410, at [phone] and via e:mail at 
[e-mail] or Dr. Robert Rovinsky, the SatNav 
Investment Analysis Team Lead, ASD-410, at [phone] and via 
e:mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration is 
reviewing its plan to transition to a totally satellite-based 
navigation (Sat/Nav) infrastructure. A Sat/Nav public meeting is 
planned to obtain input from the aviation community as the FAA 
considers the analysis and develops the alternatives for a particular 
approach to navigation within the Nation's airspace.
    At this meeting, the FAA will review the economic information that 
the team has already received along with the cost, benefits the risk 
findings. The team will also discuss its overall findings including the 
alternatives analysis. This is the last in a series of three public 
meetings prior to the investment analysis team's presentation before 
the FAA's Joint Resources Council with its recommended baseline for 
Sat/Nav.
    The public is invited to attend the meeting as observers and/or to 
provide comment. Requests to attend this meeting and to obtain 
information should be directed to the contact persons listed above. 
Additional information will be posted on the Internet at www.faa.gov/
asd.

    Issued in Washington, DC., on June 9, 1999.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 99-15294 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]
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