[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38187-38188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18668]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and
Engine Issues--New Task
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task assigned to the Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC), Transport Airplane and Engine
Issues, to recommend disposition of public comments made to Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking No. 96-6. This notice informs the public of the
activities of ARAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stewart R. Miller, Manager, Transport Standards Staff, ANM-110, FAA,
Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601
Lind Ave. SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056, telephone (206) 227-2190, fax
(206) 227-1320.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has established an
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to provide advice and
recommendations to the FAA Administrator, through the Associate
Administrator for Regulations and Certification, on the full range of
the FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-related
issues. This includes obtaining advice and recommendations of the FAA's
commitment to harmonize its Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and
practices with its trading partners in Europe and Canada.
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One area the ARAC deals with is Transport Airplane and Engine
Issues. These issues involve the airworthiness standards for transport
category airplanes in 14 CFR Parts 25, 33, and 35 and parallel
provisions in 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135.
The Task
This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to
provide advice and recommendation on the following harmonization task:
Within six (6) months of publication of this notice, recommend
disposition of public comments made to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
No. 96-6, which proposes to amend the airworthiness standards for
transport category airplanes to harmonize hydraulic systems design and
test requirements with standards proposed for the European Joint
Aviation Requirements, and to proposed Advisory Circular 25.1435-1.
Contrary to the usual practice, the FAA has not asked ARAC as part
of this task to develop a final draft of the next action (i.e.,
supplemental notice, final rule, or withdrawal); rather, ARAC should
provide a document setting forth the rationale for the recommended
disposition of each of the comments.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to assign it to the
Hydraulic Systems Harmonization Working Group. The working group will
serve as staff to ARAC to assist ARAC in the analysis of the assigned
task. Working group recommendations must be reviewed and approved by
ARAC. If ARAC accepts the working group's recommendation, it forwards
them to the FAA as ARAC recommendations.
Working Group Reports to ARAC
The Hydraulic Systems Harmonization Working Group is expected to
comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures,
the working group is expected to:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including
rationale, for consideration at the meeting of the ARAC to consider
Transport Airplane and Engine Issues held following publication of this
notice.
2. Provide a status report at each meeting of ARAC held to consider
transport airplane and engine issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The Hydraulic Systems Harmonization Working Group is composed of
experts from those organizations having an interest in the assigned
task. A working group member need not be a representative of a member
of the full committee.
The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation
and use of the ARAC are necessary in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law. Meetings of
the ARAC will be open to the public except as authorized by section
10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Meetings of the working group will not be open to the public,
except to the extent that individuals with an interest and expertise
are selected to participate. No public announcement of working group
meetings will be made.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 1997.
Joseph A. Hawkins,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-18668 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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