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working group member need not be a 

representative or a member of the full 

committee. 

If you have expertise in the subject 

matter and wish to become a member of 

the working group, write to the person 

listed under the caption FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 

desire. Describe your interest in the task 

and state the expertise you would bring 

to the working group. We must receive 

all requests by March 17, 2011 for the 

meeting scheduled to start from March 

15 to 17, 2011, located at the Cessna 

Conference Center, 6711 West 31st 

Street South, Wichita, Kansas 67215. 

The assistant chair, the assistant 

executive director, and the working 

group co-chairs will review the requests 

and advise you whether or not your 

request is approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the working group, you must represent 

your aviation community segment and 

actively participate in the working 

group by attending all meetings and 

providing written comments when 

requested to do so. You must devote the 

resources necessary to support the 

working group in meeting any assigned 

deadlines. You must keep your 

management chain and those you may 

represent advised of working group 

activities and decisions to ensure that 

the proposed technical solutions do not 

conflict with your 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 co-chairs. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

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 are 

open to the public. Meetings of the 

Avionics Systems Harmonization 

Working Group will not be open to the 

public, except to the extent individuals 

with an interest and expertise are 

selected to participate. The FAA will 

make no public announcement of 

working group meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 28, 

2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4761 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0146] 

Notice of Intent To Review Structure of 

the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is considering 

restructuring the Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee (ARAC). This 

notice is to inform the public of FAA’s 

intent and invites the public to provide 

any ideas or thoughts it may have on 

this matter. 

DATES: Send your comments on or 

before April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–0146 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) was established in 

February 1991 to provide FAA’s 

Administrator with industry and public 

input in the form of information, advice, 

and recommendations to be considered 

in the full range of FAA rulemaking 

activities. These factors are consistent 

with the dictates of the Administrative 

Procedures Act (APA). The exchange of 

ideas that occurs through the ARAC 

process affords the FAA additional 

opportunities to obtain firsthand 

information and insight from those 

parties who are most affected by 

existing and proposed regulations. 

ARAC consists of approximately 55 

member organizations selected by the 

FAA as most representative of the 

various viewpoints of those impacted by 

FAA regulations. The organizations 

provide a membership fairly balanced in 

terms of points of view of those 

represented and the functions to be 

performed by the committee. The 

committee is composed of organizations 

representing air carriers, airports, flight 

attendants, manufacturers, pilots, public 

interest and advocacy groups, repair 

stations, and consumer groups. 

Members serve in a representative 

capacity. In addition, an Executive 

Committee (ExCom) was formed to 

provide overall administrative oversight 

for committee activities. The ExCom 

consists of the ARAC Chair and Vice 

Chair, who serve as chairperson and 

vice chairperson, respectively for 

ExCom; assistant chairpersons 

representing aeronautical technical 

subject areas (presently, air carrier 

operations, maintenance, occupant 

safety, general aviation certification and 

operations, noise, aircraft certification, 

airport certification, transport airplane 

and engine, rotorcraft, and training and 

qualifications) with active projects only 

in transport airplane and engine, and air 

carrier operations. 

The goal of ARAC is to assemble the 

strongest expertise possible to address 

particular issues facing the aviation 

industry and traveling public. The 

committee conducts its business in open 

deliberations in the form of public 

meetings (working groups are 

exempted). As an advisory body, ARAC 

has consistently exercised its 

independence and freedom to provide 

the FAA recommendations that are not 

influenced or predetermined by the 

government. Since 1998, ARAC has 

submitted more than 110 documented 

recommendations or products to the 


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FAA that have contributed significantly 

to the agency’s ability to meet its 

regulatory obligations. 

In recent years, the level of effort in 

ARAC has been reduced to the point 

that the FAA believes it may be 

appropriate to reorganize the committee 

in order to align the structure more 

closely with its current level of effort 

while maintaining its effectiveness. The 

FAA is considering reconstituting a new 

ARAC that reduces the over-arching 

layer of 55 members to a maximum of 

25, eliminates the Executive Committee, 

while continuing to achieve balance 

across the broad spectrum of aviation 

stakeholders and interests. The FAA 

invites interested persons to participate 

in this request for comments by 

submitting written comments, data, or 

views. The most helpful comments 

clearly explain the reason for any 

position. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Butner, Office of Rulemaking, 

ARM–24, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–5093, facsimile 

(202) 267–5075; e-mail 

Renee.Butner@faa.gov. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 28, 

2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4749 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Seventy-second Meeting: RTCA 

Special Committee 147: Minimum 

Operational Performance Standards 

for Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 147 meeting: Minimum 

Operational Performance Standards for 

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance 

Systems Airborne Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 147: 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment Agenda for the 72nd 

meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

24, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 

805, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036, 

telephone (202) 833–9339, fax (202) 

833–9434, Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., and Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given for a Special Committee 

147, Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment Agenda for the 72nd 

meeting: 

Agenda 

March 24, 2011 

• Open Plenary Session. 

• SC–147 Co-Chairmen’s Opening 

Remarks. 

• Introductions. 

• Approval of Agenda and 

Summary from 71st meeting of SC–147. 

• EUROCAE WG–75: Status of 

Current Events. 

• TCAS Program Office Activities. 

• Monitoring Efforts/TRAMS/ 

TOPA. 

• AVS and other FAA Activities. 

• TSOs, etc. 

• ASIAS/CAST/CAS Steering 

Committee. 

• JPDO Safety Working Group 

Activities. 

• Working Group Status Reports. 

• Requirement Working Group. 

• Surveillance Working Group. 

• Other Business. 

• Action Items. 

• Date, Time, and Place of Next 

meeting. 

• Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25, 

2011. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4815 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

24th Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 

Plenary: AIS and MET Data Link 

Services 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 

Plenary: AIS and MET Data Link 

Services meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 206: 

EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary: AIS and 

MET Data Link Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

21–25, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix (DV), 

21111 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 

85027–2704. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a RTCA Special 

Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 

Plenary: AIS and MET Data Link 

Services meeting. The agenda will 

include: 

March 21—Monday 

• 9 a.m.—Opening Plenary. 

• Chairmen’s remarks and Host’s 

comments. 

• Introductions. 

• Approval of previous meeting 

minutes. 

• Review and approve meeting 

agenda. 

• Schedule for this week. 

• Action Item Review. 

• Working Group 1, Work Plan— 

WG1 Chairmen. 

• Working Group 2, Work Plan— 

WG2 Chairmen. 

• Working Group 3, 

Recommendations—WG3 Chairmen. 

• Current status and deliverables of 

SESAR JU Project 08.03.03 (Identify and 

Develop Aeronautical (and 

Meteorological) ATM Information 

Services)—Roger Li. 

• 1 p.m.—WG1, WG2, and WG3 

Meetings. 


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