Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2010 / Notices 68023 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership Availability in the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee To 

Represent Environmental Concerns 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), as required by 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000, established 

the National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) in March 2001. The 

NPOAG was formed to provide 

continuing advice and counsel with 

respect to commercial air tour 

operations over and near national parks. 

This notice informs the public of two 

vacancies (due to completion of 

membership on May 30, 2011) on the 

NPOAG (now the NPOAG Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC) for a 

member representing environmental 

concerns and invites interested persons 

to apply to fill the vacancy. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer at the mailing or e-mail 

address below in writing on or before 

December 20, 2010. 

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 

Program, 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 (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 

advisory group was established in 

March 2001, and 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 chairperson 

of the advisory group. 

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) On safety, environmental, and 

other issues related to commercial air 

tour operations over a national park or 

tribal lands.’’ 

Members of the advisory group may 

be allowed certain travel expenses as 

authorized by section 5703 of Title 5, 

United States Code, for intermittent 

Government service. 

By FAA Order No. 1110–138, signed 

by the FAA Administrator on October 

10, 2003, the NPOAG became an 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

FAA Order No. 1110–138, was amended 

and became effective as FAA Order No. 

1110–138A, on January 20, 2006. 

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 Tribal 

concerns. Current members of the 

NPOAG ARC are: Heidi Williams, 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 

Alan Stephen, fixed-winged air tour 

operator representative; Elling 

Halvorson, Papillon Airways, Inc.; 

Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopter 

Association International; Chip 

Dennerlein, Siskiyou Project; Gregory 

Miller, American Hiking Society; 

Kristen Brengel, National Parks 

Conservation Association; Bryan 

Faehner, National Parks Conservation 

Association; Rory Majenty, Hualapai 

Nation; and Ray Russell, Navajo Parks 

and Recreation. Members with expiring 

terms are Kristen Brengel and Bryan 

Faehner from the National Parks 

Conservation Association representing 

environmental concerns. 

Public Participation in the NPOAG 

ARC 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent environmental 

concerns, to contact Mr. Barry Brayer 

(contact information is written above in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Brayer in writing and 

postmarked or e-mailed on or before 

December 20, 2010. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association or group 

representing environmental concerns, or 

have another affiliation with issues 

relating to aircraft flights over national 

parks. The request should also state 

what expertise you would bring to the 

NPOAG ARC as related to the vacancy 

you are seeking to fill (e.g., 

environmental concerns). The term of 

service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 

years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on October 27, 

2010. 

Barry Brayer, 

NPOAG Chairman, Manager, Special 

Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27833 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2010 0095] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

BARCODE. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2010– 

0095 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

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