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[FR Doc No: 94-18384]
[Federal Register: July 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
RTCA, Inc.; RTCA Special Committee 183; Standards for Airport
Security/Access Control Systems
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I), notice is hereby given for the
formation of a new Special Committee (183), Standards for Airport
Security/Access Control Systems. The notice and the Terms of Reference
are as follows:
Subject: Invitation to participate in the work of Special Committee
183, Standards for Airport Security/Access Control Systems.
At its meeting held on April 19, 1994, the RTCA Technical
Management Committee established SC-183 to develop Standards for
Airport Security/Access Control Systems that:
comply with FAR Part 107.4
recognize the range of user needs
are suitable for use throughout the airports system
Mr. Karl Shurm of the Federal Aviation Administration, Civil
Aviation Security Division, and Ms. Paula Bline of the Airport
Consultants Council, were appointed to the Technical Management
Committee to serve as Co-Chairs.
The work of this committee will be of particular interest to
airlines, airport operators, manufacturers, suppliers, installers and
users.
The Terms of Reference for the committee, RTCA Paper No. 221-94/
SC183-2 are enclosed for your reference. All interested individuals are
invited to participate in this activity and are encouraged to attend
the first meeting to be held on September 13-14, 1994 at the RTCA
Conference Room 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington,
DC.
Terms of Reference
Standards for Airport Security/Access Control Systems
Special Committee 183 shall prepare a minimum performance standard
for access control systems that complies with FAR Part 107.14,
recognizes the range of user needs, and is suitable for use throughout
the airports system.
Guidance
The Special Committee should:
1. Review and incorporate, to the maximum extent practical,
information and knowledge gained form the design, test, and
implementation of the Universal Access System (UAS) prototype.
2. Review the present security/access control systems from a
representative sample of each airport category. To manage this process,
an inventory/survey of present systems would have to be conducted.
3. Identify near-term approaches to improvement of maintainability,
and easing the difficulties of hardware/software modification.
4. Establish a plan for the progression of existing systems, toward
a functionally standard system. This would include, but not be limited
to, the development of guidance on function, performance, hardware,
software, and communications standards for airport security/access
control systems.
5. Establish a standard communications protocol/process and access
media.
6. These characteristics, for both hardware and software, would be
developed to achieve commonality to save life cycle costs and to
stimulate competition to the degree possible, they should promote
upgrading of existing systems to the standards.
7. The Special Committee needs to complete its work 9 months from
delivery of the initial UAS prototype results.
Issued in Washington, DC., on July 22, 1994.
Steve Zaidman,
Acting Designated Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-18384 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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