[Federal Register: October 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 197)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
User Input to the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT)
Board
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The FAA will hold an informal public meeting to seek aviation
weather user input on convective weather products. Details: October 17,
2006; Orlando Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International
Drive, Room N210A, Orlando, Florida 32819, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The
objective of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for interested
Government and commercial sector representatives who use Government-
provided aviation weather information in operational decision-making to
provide input on FAA's plans for implementing new weather products.
DATES: The meeting will be held at the Orlando Orange Country
Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Room N210A, Orlando,
Florida 32819; Times: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on October 17, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Bacon, Air Traffic Organization,
Operations Planning, NAS Weather Policy and Requirements, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20591; telephone number (202) 385-7705; Fax: (202) 385-7701; E-mail:
debi.bacon@faa.gov.
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 (R&D) into
operations. The Director, Systems Engineering, Operations Planning, Air
Traffic Organization chairs the AWTT Board. The board is composed of
stakeholders in the Air Traffic and Aviation Safety organizations in
the Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Climate, Water
and Weather Services, the Office of Science and Technology, and the
National Center for Environmental Predictions (NCEP) in the National
Weather Service.
The AWTT Board meets semi-annually or as needed, to determine the
readiness of weather R&D products for experimental use or full
operational use for meteorologists or for end users. The board makes
the determination based on technical and operational readiness, cost
and benefits, user needs and budget considerations.
FAA has the sole responsibility and authority to make decisions
intended to provide a safe, secure, and efficient U.S. national
airspace system. However, it behooves FAA to not make decisions in a
vacuum. Rather, FAA is seeking inputs from the user community before
decisions are finalized.
Industry users are invited to participate in one-day meetings two
or three times per year to give specific feedback to the Government.
Meetings are often focused on a specific domain (e.g. terminal,
enroute) or specific weather phenomena (e.g. turbulence, convection)
but may also focus on specific weather products ready for operational
decisions. Meetings will include a time for users to provide input on
specific weather products and to surface issues on concerns with those
products. The industry review sessions will be announced in the Federal
Register and open to all interested parties.
This meeting is the industry session focused on convective weather
products, roadmaps and research activities.
Meeting Procedures
(a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by
representatives of the FAA Headquarters.
(b) The meeting will 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 Convention 2006. There is a
charge to attend the NBAA convention; however, any person desiring to
attend this informal meeting will be admitted to NBAA convention
officials to this meeting only, at no charge.
(c) FAA personnel will conduct overview briefings on aviation
weather products, the status of on-going research, the implementation
of the Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) product and the newly
developed safety risk assessment process. Questions may be asked during
the presentation and FAA personnel will clarify any part of the process
that is not clear.
(d) Any person present may offer comment or feedback in the
session. Comments and feedback will be captured through discussion
between FAA personnel and those persons attending the meeting.
(e) FAA will not take any action items from this meeting nor make
any commitments to accept specific user suggestions. An official
verbatim transcript of the meeting will not be made. However, a list of
the attendees and a digest of discussions during the meeting will be
produced and posted on a Web site. Instructions to access the Web site
will be provided to all persons attending the meeting and provided to
any who desire it.
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(f) Every reasonable effort will be made to hear each person's
feedback consistent with a reasonable closing time for the meeting.
Written feedback is also solicited and may be submitted to FAA
personnel for the period October 18-November 17, 2006.
Agenda
(a) Opening Remarks.
(b) Review of AWTT weather products and research efforts.
(c) Overview of the Safety Risk Assessment process.
(d) Review of implementation of the Graphical Turbulence Guidance
(GTG) product and solicitation of user feedback.
(e) Closing Comments.
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Issued in Washington, DC on October 4, 2006.
Richard J. Heuwinkel,
Manager, NAS Weather Policy and Requirements.
[FR Doc. 06-8614 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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