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• 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Working 

Group 7, GPS/Antennas, ARINC & A4A 

Room, Afternoon, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., 

SAPT Presentation, MacIntosh-NBAA 

Room and Colson Board Room. 

October 11—MacIntosh-NBAA Room 

and Colson Board Room 

• Chairman’s Introductory Remarks. 

• Approval of Summary of the 

Ninetieth Meeting held March 15, 2013, 

RTCA Paper No. 197–13/SC159–1009. 

• Review Working Group (WG) 

Progress and Identify Issues for 

Resolution. 

• GPS/3nd Civil Frequency (WG–1) 

• GPS/WAAS (WG–2) 

• GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A) 

• GPS/Inertial (WG–2C) 

• GPS/Precision Landing Guidance 

(WG–4) 

• GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance 

(WG–5) 

• GPS/Interference (WG–6) 

• GPS/Antennas (WG–7) 

• Review of EUROCAE Activities. 

• Briefing—DOT’s GPS Adjacent 

Band Compatibility Plan 

• Assignment/Review of Future Work 

• Other Business. 

• Date 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 September 

10, 2013. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22859 Filed 9–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Program Management 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Program 

Management Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Program Management Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 8, 2013 from 8:30 a.m.–1:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at 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., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a Program Management 

Committee meeting. The agenda will 

include the following: 

October 8, 2013 

• Welcome and Introductions. 

• Review/Approve Meeting 

Summary. 

• August 12, 2013, RTCA Paper no. 

203–13/PMC–1129. 

• Publication Consideration/ 

Approval. 

• Final Draft, New Document, 

Aeronautical Mobile Airport 

Communications System (AeroMACS) 

Profile, RTCA Paper No. 199–13/PMC– 

1125, prepared by SC–223 

• Final Draft, New Document, 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards (MOPS) for the Aeronautical 

Mobile Airport Communication System 

(AeroMACS), RTCA Paper No. 200–13/ 

PMC–1126, prepared by SC–223. 

• Final Draft, Revised Document, 

DO–230C—Integrated Security System 

Standard for Airport Access Control, 

RTCA Paper No. 204–13/PMC–1130, 

prepared by SC–224. 

• Final Draft, New Document, 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Small and Medium Sized 

Rechargeable Lithium Batteries and 

Battery Systems, RTCA Paper No. 202– 

13/PMC–1127, prepared by SC–225. 

• Integration and Coordination 

Committee (ICC). 

• Action Item Review. 

• SC–228—Minimum Performance 

Standards for Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems—Discussion—Revised Terms 

of Reference. 

• PMC Ad Hoc—Standards Overlap 

and Alignment—Discussion—Status. 

• PMC Ad Hoc—Part 23 ARC 

Report—Areas/Recommendations for 

RTCA Support—Discussion—Status. 

• RTCA Policy on Propriety 

Information—Discussion. 

• Discussion. 

• SC–206—Aeronautical Information 

Services (AIS) and Meteorological Data 

Link Services—Discussion—Revised 

Terms of Reference. 

• SC–222—Inmarsat AMS(R)S— 

Discussion—Revised Terms of 

Reference. 

• NAC—Status Update. 

• FAA Actions Taken on Previously 

Published Documents—Report. 

• Special Committees—Chairmen’s 

Reports and Active Inter-Special 

Committee Requirements Agreements 

(ISRA)—Review. 

• European/EUROCAE 

Coordination—Status Update. 

• Other Business. 

• Schedule for Committee 

Deliverables and Next Meeting Date. 

• 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 September 

11, 2013. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22861 Filed 9–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Eighth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 226, Audio Systems and 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 226, Audio Systems and 

Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the eighth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

226, Audio Systems and Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 8–10, 2012 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. In addition, 

Sophie Bouquet may be contacted 


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57674 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 182 / Thursday, September 19, 2013 / Notices 

1 78 FR 28280, 28281 (May 14, 2013). 

2The FAA is granting the waiver until the end of 

the scheduling season rather than only for the 

September 20–30 runway closure. It may not be 

practical for carriers to resume some suspended 

flights in October. 

directly at (202) 330–0663, email: 

sbousquet@rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 226. The agenda will include 

the following: 

• Welcome and Administrative 

Remarks 

• Introductions 

• Agenda Overview 

• Review FRAC comment 

• Solicit proposals for further changes 

to DO–214 per FRAC comment 

• Incorporate all changes into DO– 

214 draft 

• Final review of DO–214 and draft 

updates/changes 

• Committee to approve final 

document for release to the PMC 

• 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 September 

10, 2013. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22855 Filed 9–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0221] 

Order Limiting Operations at Newark 

Liberty International Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limited waiver of the 

slot usage requirement. 

SUMMARY: This action grants with 

conditions a limited waiver of the slot 

usage requirement for operating 

authorizations (slots) at Newark Liberty 

International Airport (EWR) due to 

construction at the airport during the 

summer 2014 scheduling season. This 

waiver applies only to EWR slots for the 

following days and local times: (1) 

March 30 through June 15 for 0600– 

2259 slots; (2) Mondays through 

Saturdays from June 16 through 

September 19 for 0600–0629 slots; (3) 

Sundays from June 22 through 

September 14 for 0600–0859 slots; and 

(4) September 20 through October 25 for 

0600–2259 slots. 

DATES: Effective upon publication. The 

deadlines for temporary slot returns 

under this waiver are January 15, 2014, 

for slots from March 30 through July 31, 

2014, and July 1, 2014, for slots from 

August 1 through October 25, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Hawks, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–7143; email: 

rob.hawks@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Port Authority of New York and 

New Jersey (Port Authority) will 

resurface EWR runway 4L/22R in 2014. 

This will require closing the runway 

from April 1 through June 1 and from 

September 20 through September 30, 

2014. Runway 11/29 will close June 1 

through 15 for construction on the 

intersection with runway 4L/22R. 

Runway 4L/22R will be open during 

that period with reduced runway length. 

Night and weekend closures of runway 

4L/22R are planned until late 2014. 

The FAA, Port Authority, and airport 

stakeholders have been meeting for 

several months to review the 

construction plans and schedules, 

assess the potential operational impacts, 

and identify mitigation options. 

FAA Analysis 

Under the Order limiting operations 

at EWR, slots must be used at least 80 

percent of the time. This rule is 

expected to accommodate routine 

weather and other cancellations under 

all but the most unusual circumstances. 

Slots not meeting the minimum usage 

requirement will not receive historical 

precedence for the following 

corresponding scheduling season.1 The 

FAA may grant a waiver from the slot 

usage requirement in highly unusual 

and unpredictable conditions that are 

beyond a carrier’s control and affect a 

carrier’s operations for a period of five 

or more consecutive days. However, the 

FAA does not routinely grant general 

waivers to the usage requirement except 

under the most unusual circumstances. 

The FAA has determined that the 

projected operational, congestion, and 

delay impacts of the 2014 EWR runway 

construction meet the requirements for 

a temporary waiver of the slot usage 

requirement. Considering the 

throughput impacts during 

construction, reducing operations to 

minimize congestion and delays is in 

the public interest. Carriers that 

temporarily reduce flights and elect to 

temporarily return slots to the FAA 

rather than transfer them for another 

carrier’s use should not be penalized by 

permanently losing the authority to 

operate. 

FAA Decision 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

FAA has determined to issue a limited 

slot usage waiver for the summer 2014 

scheduling season. This waiver applies 

only to EWR slots for the following days 

and local times: (1) March 30 through 

June 15 for 0600–2259 slots; (2) 

Mondays through Saturdays from June 

16 through September 19 for 0600–0629 

slots; (3) Sundays from June 22 through 

September 14 for 0600–0859 slots; and 

(4) September 20 through October 25 for 

0600–2259 slots.2 To obtain a waiver for 

a specific slot held, a carrier must 

temporarily return to the FAA slots that 

it will not operate during the waiver 

period. The carrier will retain historical 

precedence for these temporarily 

returned slots. These temporary slot 

returns permit the FAA to plan for days 

on which construction closures and 

resulting operational impacts occur. If 

the closure dates change due to weather, 

the FAA will apply the waiver, 

including retroactively, if a carrier 

notifies the FAA that the temporarily 

returned slots will not be operated on 

any new closure dates. 

The FAA recognizes that some 

carriers may need additional time to 

finalize fall schedules or may make 

adjustments in fall schedules based on 

experiences during the spring 

construction. Accordingly, the FAA will 

allow an additional slot return date to 

allow for better planning by carriers. For 

slots from March 30 through July 31, 

2014, the temporary slot return deadline 

is Wednesday, January 15, 2014. For 

slots from August 1 through October 25, 

2014, the temporary slot return deadline 

is Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Temporary slot 

returns should be submitted to the Slot 

Administration Office by email at 7- 

awa-slotadmin@faa.gov. These return 

notifications should indicate they are 

subject to this waiver. 


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