[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49519-49520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24067]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Air Traffic Issues--New
Task
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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SUMMARY: Notice is given of new task assigned to and accepted by the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the
public of the activities of ARAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reginald C. Matthews, Assistant Executive Director for Air Traffic
Issues, Airspace and Rules Division (ATA-400), 800 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone: (202) 267-8783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA has established an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
to provide advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator, through
the Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, on the
full range of the FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-
related issues. This includes obtaining advice and recommendations on
the FAA's commitment to harmonize its Federal Aviation Regulations
(FAR) and practices with its trading partners in Europe and Canada.
One area ARAC deals with is air traffic issues. These issues
involve the basic visual flight rules (VFR) weather
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minimums and special visual flight rules (SVFR) in 14 CFR part 91.
The Task
This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to
provide advice and recommendation on the following task:
--VFR/SVFR Weather Minimums: Review the existing language in 14 CFR
91.155 and 14 CFR 91.157 to create language that would be more
easily understood.
The FAA also has asked that ARAC determine if rulemaking action
(e.g., NPRM, supplemental NPRM, final rule, withdrawal) should be
taken, or advisory material should be issued. If so, ARAC has been
asked to prepare the necessary documents, including economic analysis,
to justify and carry out its recommendation(s).
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to establish a new SVFR
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 recommendations, it forwards them to the FAA as
ARAC recommendations.
Working Group Activity
The SVFR 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 tasks, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of
ARAC to consider air traffic issues held following publication of this
notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
recommendations, prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3
below.
3. For each task, draft appropriate regulatory documents with
supporting economic and other required analyses, and/or any other
related guidance material or collateral documents the working group
determines to be appropriate; or, if new or revised requirements or
compliance methods are not recommended, a draft report stating the
rationale for not making such recommendations.
4. Provide a status report at each meeting of ARAC held to consider
air traffic issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The SVFR Working Group is composed of experts having an interest in
the assigned task. A working group member need not be a representative
of a member of the full committee.
An individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to
become a member of the working group should write to the person listed
under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that
desire, describing his or her interest in the tasks, and stating the
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. The request will
be reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant executive director,
and the working group chair, and the individual will be advised whether
or not the request can be accommodated.
The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation
and use of ARAC are necessary and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
Meetings of ARAC will be open to the public, except as authorized
by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meetings of the
VFR/SVFR 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 September 13, 1996.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Assistant Executive Director for Air Traffic Issues, Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-24067 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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