[Federal Register: April 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 74)]
[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
Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notices (See 72 FR 61202; October 29, 2007
and 73 FR 3510; January 18, 2008) the National Park Service (NPS) and
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to
apply to fill vacant positions on the National Parks Overflights
Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). These
previous notices invited interested persons to apply to fill two
vacancies representing environmental concerns, due to the two incumbent
members completing their respective three-year term appointment on May
30, 2008. This notice informs the public of the persons selected to
fill the vacancies on the NPOAG ARC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. The Act required the
establishment of the advisory group within 1 year after its enactment.
The NPOAG was established in March 2001.
The advisory group is comprised of 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.
In accordance with the Act, the advisory group provides ``advice,
information, and recommendations to the Administrator and the
Director--
(1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the
amendments made by this title;
(2) On commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands,
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour
management plan;
(3) On other measures that might be taken to accommodate the
interests of visitors to national parks; and
(4) At the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety,
environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour
operations over a national park or tribal lands.''
Membership
The current NPOAG ARC is made up of one member representing general
aviation, three members representing the commercial air tour industry,
four members representing environmental concerns, and two members
representing Native American interests. Current members of the NPOAG
ARC are as follows:
Heidi Williams representing general aviation; Alan Stephen, Elling
Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro representing commercial air tour
operations; Chip Dennerlein, Greg Miller, Mark Peterson, and Don Barger
representing environmental concerns; and Rory Majenty and Richard
Deertrack representing Native American tribes. The terms of Mark
Peterson and Don Barger expire on May 30, 2008.
Selection
Selected to fill these two vacancies, are Kristen Brengel for a new
term, and returning member Don Barger. Their terms begin on May 31,
2008. The term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA on March 10, 2008.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-8059 Filed 4-15-08; 8:45 am]
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