[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81948-81949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32955]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Transport Airplane and
Engine 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 a 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: John McGraw, 1601 Lind Ave., Renton,
Washington 98055-4056, 425-227-1171, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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.
The Task
This notice is to inform the public that the FAA has asked ARAC to
provide advice and recommendations on the following task:
Task: Review the comments received the response to the Notice of
Availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC 39.XX), titled
``Continued Airworthiness Assessments of Powerplant and Auxiliary Power
Unit Installation on Transport Category Airplanes.'' Provide advice and
recommendations on the task, recommend disposition of the comments that
are inappropriate for incorporation in the proposed AC, and provide
recommended revised language, in paragraph form, to address those
comments that have merit and warrant incorporation in the proposed AC.
Schedule: The recommendations should be forwarded to the FAA by
September 1, 2001.
ARAC Acceptance of Tasks
ARAC has accepted the task and has chosen to assign the tasks to
the newly formed Continued Airworthiness Assessments Working Group,
Transport Airplane and Engine Issues. The working group will serve as
staff to ARAC and assist 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 Continued Airworthiness Assessments 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 task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the meeting of
the ARAC Transport Airplane and Engine Issues held following
publication of this notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
recommendations.
3. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to
consider Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.
Participation in the working Group
The newly formed Continued Airworthiness Assessment Working Group
will be composed of technical 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 task and stating the
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. All requests to
participate must be received no later than January 20, 2001. The
requests will be reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant
executive director, and the working group chair, and the individuals
will be advised whether or not the request can be accommodated.
Individuals chosen for membership on the working group will be
expected to represent their aviation community segment and participate
actively in the working group (e.g., attend all meetings, provide
written comments when requested to do so, etc.). They also will be
expected to devote the resources necessary to support the ability of
the working group in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members are
expected to keep their management chain and those they may represent
advised of working group activities and decisions to ensure that the
agreed technical solutions do not conflict with their sponsoring
organization's position when the subject being negotiated is presented
to ARAC for approval.
Once the working group has begun deliberations, members will not be
added or substituted without the approval of the assistant chair, the
assistant executive director, and the working group chair.
The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation
and use of the ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in
connection with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
Meetings of the ARAC will be open to the public. Meetings of the
Continued Airworthiness Assessments 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.
Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2000.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 00-32955 Filed 12-21-00; 4:43 pm]
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