01-21509. User Input to the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT) Board

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

The FAA will hold an informal public meeting to seek aviation weather user input. Details: September 18, 2001; Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in room 291. The objective of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for interested aviation weather users to provide input on FAA's plans for implementing new weather products.

DATES:

The meeting will be held at 1:00-5:00 PM, on September 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held in Room 291 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130 in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA) annual convention.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debi Bacon, Aerospace Weather Policy Division, ARS-100, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone number [phone]; Fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail]. Internet address: http:\\[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

In 1999, the FAA established an Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT) Board to manage the orderly transfer of weather capabilities and products from research and development into operations. The Director of the Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff, ARS-20, chairs the AWTT Board. The Board is composed of stakeholders in Air Traffic Services, ATS; Regulation and Certification, AVR; and Research and Acquisitions, ARA in the Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Meteorology in the National Weather Service.

The AWTT Board will meet semi-annually or as needed, to determine the readiness of weather research and development (R&D) products for experimental use, full operational use for meteorologists or full operational use for end users. The Board's determinations will be based upon criteria in the following areas: users needs; benefits; costs; risks; technical readiness; operational readiness and budget requirements.

The user interface process is designed to allow FAA to both report progress and receive feedback from industry users. Each AWTT Board meeting will be preceded by a half-day industry review session approximately one month prior to each Board meeting. These industry review sessions will be announced in the Federal Register and open to all interested parties.

This meeting is the second industry review session and is intended to receive feedback on weather R&D products that will be presented for consideration at the November 2001 AWTT Board meeting. The products to be considered are the Integrated Icing Diagnosis Algorithm (IIDA) and the Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm k(IIFA).

Meeting Procedures

(a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by representatives of the FAA Headquarters.

(b) The meeting be open to all persons on a space-available basis. Every effort was made to provide a meeting site with sufficient seating capacity for the expected participation. There will be neither admission fee nor other charge to attend and participate. This meeting is being held in conjunction with the NBAA annual conference. There is a charge to attend the NBAA conference; however, any person attending this informal meeting only will be admitted by NBAA conference officials to this meeting only at no charge.

(c) FAA personnel present will conduct a briefing on how the AWTT system works and changes to the process made in the last year. Any person will be allowed to ask questions during the presentation and FAA personnel will clarify any part of the process that is not clear.

(d) FAA personnel will present a briefing on the specific products to be reviewed at the November 2001 AWTT Board Meeting. Any person will be allowed to ask questions during the presentation and FAA personnel will clarify any part of the presentation that is not clear.

(e) Any person present may give feedback on the products to be presented. Feedback on the proposed products will be captured through discussion between FAA personnel and any persons attending the meeting. The meeting will not be formally recorded. However, informal tape recordings may be made of the presentations to ensure that each respondent's comments are noted accurately.

(f) An official verbatim transcript or minutes of the informal meeting will not be made. However, a list of the attendees, a digest of discussions during the meeting and an action item list will be produced. Any person attending may receive a copy of the written information upon request to the information contact, above.

(g) Every reasonable effort will be made to hear each person's feedback consistent with a reasonable closing time for the meeting. Written feedback may also be submitted to FAA personnel for up to seven (7) days after the close of the meeting.

Agenda

(a) Opening Remarks and Discussion of meeting Procedures

(b) Briefing on AWTT Process

(c) Briefing on Weather Products

(d) Request for User Input

(e) Closing Comments

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2001.

Frances Sherertz,

Deputy Director, Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff.