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ii. National Security and Foreign Policy 

Implications 

This waiver does not have an impact 

on any national security or foreign 

policy interests of the United States. 

Scaled’s launch operations will take 

place within the United States and 

within a specifically defined area that is 

used for military operations. 

iii. Public Interest 

The FAA finds that granting this 

waiver is in the public interest. The 

Commercial Space Launch Act provides 

that the United States should encourage 

private sector launches, reentries, and 

associated services. Additionally, 

Congress established Chapter 509 to 

promote economic growth and 

entrepreneurial activity through use of 

the space environment for peaceful 

purposes. 

This waiver is consistent with the 

public interest goals of Chapter 509. The 

SS2 test flights will stimulate economic 

growth, spur technological 

developments and create aerospace 

business opportunities such as carrying 

scientific payloads and space tourists on 

trips to the edge of space and back. The 

FAA finds that granting this waiver is in 

the public interest because the SS2 

flights further the purposes Congress 

articulated for Chapter 509. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 9, 2013. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership Availability in the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee 

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 on the NPOAG [now the 

NPOAG Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC)] for members 

representing commercial air tour 

operators (one vacancy) and 

environmental concerns (one vacancy) 

and invites interested persons to apply 

to fill the vacancies. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Keith Lusk in writing and postmarked 

or emailed on or before August 16, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lusk, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3808, email: Keith.Lusk@faa.

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 chairman 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) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, 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 

representing general aviation; Alan 

Stephen, and Mark Francis representing 

commercial air tour concerns; Michael 

Sutton, Gregory Miller, and Dick 

Hingson representing environmental 

interests; Rory Majenty and Martin 

Begaye, representing Native American 

tribes. 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent commercial air tour 

operators and environmental concerns 

to contact Mr. Keith Lusk (contact 

information is written above in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Lusk in writing and 

postmarked or emailed on or before 

August 16, 2013. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association or group 

representing commercial air tours or 

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. 

On June 18, 2010, President Obama 

signed a Presidential Memorandum 

directing agencies in the Executive 

Branch not to appoint or re-appoint 

federally registered lobbyists to advisory 

committees and other boards and 

commissions. Therefore, before 

appointing an applicant to serve on the 

NPOAG, the FAA and NPS will require 

the prospective candidate to certify that 

they are not a federally registered 

lobbyist. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on July 11, 2013. 

Keith Lusk, 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17254 Filed 7–17–13; 8:45 am] 

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