[Federal Register: August 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 167)]
[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
Notice of Meting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National
Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour
Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
This notification provides the dates, location, and agenda for the
meetings.
DATES AND LOCATION: The NPOAG ARC will meet on September 25-26, 2007.
The meetings will take place in the 3rd floor conference room at the
National Park Service's Natural Resource Program Center which is
located at 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525, phone
number (970) 267-2107. The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. on September 25th and 26th. Although these are not public
meetings, members of the public can attend the meetings. A short time
will be provided for public comment at the meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the NPOAG meeting contact Barry
Brayer, AWP-1SP, Special Programs Staff, Federal Aviation
Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007,
Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3800, e-mail:
Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural
Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525,
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telephone: (970) 225-3563, e-mail: Karen_Trevino@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA),
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181, required the
establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act
requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of
general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental
concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and
the Director of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of
the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve
alternating 1-year terms as chairman of the advisory group.
The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and
recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on:
Implementation of Public Law 106-181; quiet aircraft technology; other
measures that might accommodate interests to visitors to national
parks; and at the request of he Administrator and the Director, on
safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour
operations over national parks or tribal lands.
Agenda for the September 25-26, 2007 NPOAG Meeting
The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the
following: Review and approval of previous meeting minutes; update on
ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects; proposed legislative
changes to NPATMA; and NPOAG subgroup assignments.
Attendance at the Meetings
Although these are not public meetings, interested persons may
attend. Because seating is limited, if you play to attend please
contact one of the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
so that meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees.
Record of the Meetings
If you cannot attend the NPOAG meeting, a summary record of the
meeting will be made available under the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP
Web site at http://www.atmp.faa.gov or through the Special Programs
Staff, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O.
Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3800.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 21, 2007.
William C. Withycombe,
Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4231 Filed 8-28-07; 8:45 am]
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