Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 33 / Thursday, February 17, 2011 / Notices 9401 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Meeting of the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

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 meeting. 

Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC 

will meet on March 9–10, 2011. The 

meeting will take place in Salon #5 at 

the Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 

International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. 

The phone number is (888) 800–2174. 

The meetings will be held from 8 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. on March 9–10, 2011. This 

NPOAG meeting will be open to the 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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 

and Night Skies Division, 1201 Oakridge 

Dr., Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525, 

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 of national parks; 

and at the request of the 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 March 9–10, 2011 

NPOAG Meeting 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include, but is not limited to, an update 

on ongoing Air Tour Management 

Program projects; an update on the 

safety assessments process; a discussion 

of roles and responsibilities; a 

discussion of the competitive bidding 

process, and a review of quiet 

technology incentives. 

Attendance at the Meetings and 

Submission of Written Comments 

Although these are not public 

meetings, interested persons may 

attend. Because seating is limited, if you 

plan 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. Written comments regarding 

the meeting will be accepted directly 

from attendees or may be sent to the 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/ 

programs/air_tour_management_plan/ 

parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or 

through the Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, 

Los Angeles, CA 90009–2007, 

telephone: (310) 725–3808. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA on February 8, 

2011. 

Barry Brayer, 

Manager, Special Programs, Western-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3558 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0145] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company; 

Notice of Public Hearing and Extension 

of Public Comment Period 

On October 22, 2010, the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 65399) announcing the 

Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP) 

request for a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 232, 

Brake System Safety Standards. 

Specifically, UP has petitioned FRA for 

a determination that the engineering 

principles used in its design of its 

Continuous Speed Control Yard located 

at Roseville, California, are a sufficient 

primary retarder to prevent equipment 

rollouts and act as an acceptable form of 

alternate securement under 49 CFR 

232.103(n)(1) (Securement of 

unattended equipment). 

FRA has determined upon 

investigation that the facts of this 

proceeding warrant a public hearing. 

Accordingly, a hearing is hereby 

scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on March 

17, 2011, at the Hilton Garden Inn 

Roseville, 1951 Taylor Road, Roseville, 

California, USA 95661. Interested 

parties are invited to present oral 

statements at this hearing. For 

information on facilities or services for 

persons with disabilities or to request 

special assistance at the hearing, contact 

FRA’s Docket Clerk, Michelle Silva, by 

telephone, e-mail, or in writing, at least 

five business days before the date of the 

hearing. Ms. Silva’s contact information 

is as follows: FRA, Office of Chief 

Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

telephone 202–493–6030; e-mail 

michelle.silva@dot.gov. 

The informal hearing will be 

conducted by a representative 

designated by FRA in accordance with 

FRA’s Rules of Practice (see particularly 

49 CFR 211.25). FRA’s representative 

will make an opening statement 

outlining the scope of the hearing, as 

well as any additional procedures for 

the conduct of the hearing. The hearing 

will be a non-adversarial proceeding in 

which all interested parties will be 

given the opportunity to express their 

views regarding the waiver petition 

without cross-examination. After all 

initial statements have been completed, 

those individuals wishing to make brief 

rebuttal statements will be given an 

opportunity to do so. 

In addition, FRA is hereby extending 

the comment period to April 17, 2011. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0145) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 


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