[Federal Register: August 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 162)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Meeting of the Grand Canyon Working Group
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National
Park Service (NPS) are announcing the next meeting of the Grand Canyon
Working Group (GCWG). The GCWG is a self-contained group within the
National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) that was established
pursuant to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000. This
notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the meeting.
Date and Location: The GCWG will be meeting on September 20, 2007. The
meeting will take place in the Mojave Room at the Chaparral Suites
Resort, 5001 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250, phone
number (480) 949-1414. The meeting will be conducted from 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. The public can attend the open session meeting on Thursday,
September 20, 2007. The GCWG will also be meeting in closed session on
the preceding day, September 19, 2007. The September 19, 2007 closed
session meeting is not open to the general public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucy Moore, 5 Seton Place, Santa Fe,
NM 87508, telephone: (505) 820-2166, e-mail: lucymoore@nets.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA and NPS established the GCWG within the NPOAG to provide
advice and recommendations regarding the implementation of the National
Parks Overflights Act of 1987 with respect to the Grand Canyon. The
GCWG is comprised of 20 members to assure a representative and balanced
group of agency, tribal, environmental, recreation, and aviation
interests. The Working Group is co-chaired by a representative of the
NPS and a representative of the FAA, and is facilitated by Lucy Moore
Associates, a third-party neutral contracted through the U.S. Institute
for Environmental Conflict Resolution. The Working Group has specific
responsibilities for Grand Canyon overflight matters, including but not
limited to: Review of the overflights noise analysis; and
recommendations for a final overflights plan that provides for the
substantial restoration of natural quiet and experience of the Grand
Canyon National Park, including routes or corridors for commercial air
tour operations that employ quiet aircraft technology.
Agenda for the September 20, 2007 Grand Canyon Working Group Meeting
An agenda will be distributed to Working Group members and posted
on the FAA Grand Canyon Overflights Web site (http://overflights.faa.gov
).
Attendance at the September 20, 2007 Meeting
Interested persons may attend the open session meeting on September
20, 2007. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that
meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees.
Record of the Meeting
A meeting summary for the GCWG open session meeting will be posted
under the related documents section of the FAA Grand Canyon Overflights
Web site at http://overflights.faa.gov.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA on August 13, 2007.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4104 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
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