[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15390]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport
Airplane and Engine Issues
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and
engine (TAE) issues.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for June 29 and 30, 1999, beginning at
8:30 a.m. on June 29. Arrange for oral presentations by June 22.
ADDRESSES: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue, N.,
Building 10-16, Renton, WA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking,
ARM-209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,
Telephone (202) 267-7626, FAX (202) 267-5075.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is
given of an ARAC meeting to be held June 29-30, 1999, at the Boeing
Commercial Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue, N., Building 10-16,
Renton, WA.
The agenda will include:
Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Opening Remarks
FAA/Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) Harmonization Meeting
Report
FAA Report
JAA Report
Transport Canada Report
Harmonization Program Plan Update
Seat Test Harmonization Working Group (HWG) Report
Flight Test HWG Report and Approval of Work Plan
Ice Protection HWG Report
Engine HWG Report and Vote
Airworthiness Assurance Working Group Report and Vote
Powerplant Installation HWG
System Design and Analysis HWG
Flight Guidance System HWG Report
Wednesday, June 30
Aging Systems Update
General Structures HWG Report and Vote
Electromagnetic Effects HWG Report and Vote
Loads and Dynamics HWG Report and Approval of Work Plan
Flight Control HWG Report
Electrical Systems HWG Report
Mechanical Systems HWG Report
Review Action Items
Both the Flight Test HWG and the Load and Dynamics HWG plan to seek
approval of work plans. The Airworthiness Assurance Working Group plans
to request a vote to submit to the FAA a final report entitled
``Recommendations for Regulatory Action to Prevent Widespread Fatigue
Damage in the Commercial Airplane Fleet.''
Three working groups plan to request a vote for formal FAA legal
and economic reviews:
The Engine HWG plans to present a proposed notice
addressing aircraft engine standards overtorque limits;
The Electromagnetic Effects HWG plans to present a
proposed notice and advisory circular addressing lightning protection;
and
The General Structures HWG plans to present proposed
notices and advisory circulars addressing casting factors and fuel tank
access doors. The working group also plans to present, for legal review
only, an advisory circular addressing windshields and windows.
Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the space
available. The public must make arrangements by June 22 to present oral
statements at the meeting. Written statements may be presented to the
Committee at any time by providing 25 copies to the Assistant Executive
Director for Transport Airplane and Engine issues or by providing
copies at the meeting. Copies of the documents to be voted upon may be
made available by contacting the person listed under the heading FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, sign and oral interpretation
as well as a listening device, can be made available if requested 10
calendar days before the meeting.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 11, 1999.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-15390 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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