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certification and operational regulations

and guidance material for ETOPS

approvals up to 180 minutes.

2. Develop comprehensive ETOPS

airworthiness standards for 14 CFR

parts 25, 33, 121, and 135, as

appropriate, to codify the existing

policies and practices.

3. Develop ETOPS requirements for

operations and excess of 180 minutes up

to whatever extent that may be justified.

Develop those requirements such that

incremental approvals up to a maximum

may be approved.

4. Develop standardized requirements

for extended range operations for all

airplanes, regardless of the number of

engines, including all turbojet and

turbopropeller commercial twin-engine

airplanes (business jets), excluding

reciprocating engine powered

commercial airplanes. This effort should

establish criteria for diversion times up

to 180 minutes that is consistent with

existing ETOPS policy and procedures.

It should also develop criteria for

diversion times beyond 180 minutes

that is consistent with the ETOPS

criteria developed by the working

group.

5. Develop additional guidance and/or

advisory material as the ARAC finds

appropriate.

6. Harmonize such standardized

requirements across national boundaries

and regulatory bodies.

7. Any proposal to increase the safety

requirements for existing ETOPS

approvals up to 207 minutes must

contain data defining the unsafe

conditions that would warrant the safety

requirements.

8. The working group will provide

briefings to the Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues group.

9. The recommendations should

consider the comments received as a

result of the April 27, 1999 and January

21, 2000 Federal Register notices.

10. Within one year of publication of

the ARAC task in the Federal Register,

submit recommendations to the FAA in

the form of a proposed rule.

Working Group Activity

The ETOPS Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the tasks, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

consider air carrier operations issues

held following publication of this

notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations, prior to a proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. Draft an appropriate report.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider air

carrier operations issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The ETOPS Working Group is

composed of experts having an interest

in the assigned task. A working group

member need not be a representative of

a member of the full committee.

A person who has expertise in the

subject matter and wishes to become a

member of the working group should

contact Mark Lawyer, Federal Aviation

Administration (ARM–107), 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; phone (202)

493–4531; fax (202) 267–5075; email

mark_lawyer@faa.gov. The person

should describe his or her interest in the

tasks and state the expertise he or she

would bring to the working group. The

request will be reviewed by the assistant

chair, the assistant executive director,

and the working group chair. The

person will be advised whether or not

the request can be accommodated.

Requests to participate on the ETOPS

Working Group should be submitted no

later than June 26, 2000. To the extent

possible, the composition of the

working group will be balanced among

the aviation interests selected to

participate.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public. Meetings of the ETOPS Working

Group will not be open to the public,

except to the extent that individuals

with an interest and expertise are

selected to participate. No public

announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2000.

Gregory L. Michael,

Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier

Operations Issues, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–14911 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Emergency

Evacuation Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss emergency

evacuation (EE) issues.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

June 29, 2000, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Arrange for oral presentations by June

22.

ADDRESSES: Boeing Commercial

Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue,

N., Building 10–16, Renton, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie

M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking,

ARM–209, FAA, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

Telephone (202) 267–7626, FAX (202)

267–5075, or e-mail at

effie.upshaw@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of

an ARAC meeting to be held June 29 in

Renton, WA.

The agenda will include:

• Opening Remarks.

• FAA Report.

• Joint Aviation Authorities Report.

• Cabin Safety Harmonization

Working Group Report.

• Performance Standards Working

Group Report.

• Emergency Evacuation Charter

Update Proposal.

Attendance is open to the public, but

will be limited to the space available.

Visitor badges are required to gain

entrance to the building in which the

meeting is being held. Please confirm

your attendance with Norm Turner,

(425) 234–3312, or by e-mail,

norman.g.turner@Boeing.com. Please

provide the following information: Full

legal name, country of citizenship, and

name of your company, if applicable.

The public must make arrangements

by June 22 to present oral statements at

the meeting. Written statements may be

presented to the committee at any time

by providing 25 copies to the Assistant

Executive Director for Emergency

Evacuation issues or by providing

copies at the meeting. Copies of the

documents to be voted upon may be

made available by contacting the person

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listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

If you are in need of assistance or

require a reasonable accommodation for

the meeting or meeting documents,

please contact the person listed under

the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Sign and oral interpretation, as

well as a listening device, can be made

available if requested 10 calendar days

before the meeting.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 8, 2000.

Florence L. Hamn,

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 00–14912 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Transport

Airplane and Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss transport airplane

and engine (TAE) issues.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

June 27–28, 2000, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

on June 27. Arrange for oral

presentations by June 22.

ADDRESSES: Boeing Commercial

Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue,

N., Building 10–16, Renton, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie

M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking,

ARM–209, FAA, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

Telephone (202) 267–7626, FAX (202)

267–5075, or e-mail at

effie.upshaw@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of

an ARAC meeting to be held June 27–

28, in Renton, WA.

The agenda will include:

June 27

• Opening Remarks

• FAA Report

• Joint Aviation Authorities Report

• Transport Canada Report

• Executive Committee Meeting

Report

• Harmonization Management Team

Report

• Engine Harmonization Working

Group (HWG) Report

• Avionics Systems HWG Report and

Vote

• Flight Guidance System HWG

Report and Vote

• Systems Design and Analysis HWG

Report

• Ice Protection HWG Report

• Powerplant Installation HWG

Report and Vote

• Seat Test HWG Report

• Design for Security HWG Report

and Vote

June 28

• Braking System HWG Report and

vote

• General Structures HWG Report and

Vote

• Airworthiness Assurance HWG

Report

• Flight Test HWG Report and Vote

• Electromagnetic Effects HWG

Report

• Loads & Dynamics HWG Report and

Vote

• Flight Controls HWG Report and

Vote

• Mechanical Systems HWG Report

and Vote

• Electrical Systems HWG Report and

Vote

Nine HWGs-Avionics Systems, Flight

Guidance System, Powerplant

Installation, General Structures, Flight

Test, Loads & Dynamics, Flight

Controls, Mechanical Systems, and

Electrical Systems—plan to request

approval of technical reports drafted

under the Fast Track process. The

Design for Security HWG plans to seek

approval of its phase 1 report.

The Braking Systems HWG plans to

request a vote to submit a proposed

disposition of comments to the FAA.

The disposition of comments relate to a

proposed rule on brakes and braking

systems certification tests and analysis

that was published in the Federal

Register on August 10, 1999; the

comment period closed November 8,

1999 (64 FR 43570).

Attendance is open to the public, but

will be limited to the space available.

Visitor badges are required to gain

entrance to the building in which the

meeting is being held. Please confirm

your attendance with Norm Turner,

(425) 234–3312, or by e-mail,

norman.g.turner@Boeing.com. Please

provide the following information: full

legal name, country of citizenship, and

name of your company, if applicable.

The public must make arrangements

by June 22 to present oral statements at

the meeting. Written statements may be

presented to the committee at any time

by providing 25 copies to the Assistant

Executive Director for Transport

Airplane and Engine issues or by

providing copies at the meeting. Copies

of the documents to be voted upon may

be made available by contacting the

person listed under the heading FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

If you are in need of assistance or

require a reasonable accommodation for

the meeting or meeting documents,

please contact the person listed under

the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Sign and oral interpretational,

as well as a listening device, can be

made available if requested 10 calendar

days before the meeting.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 8, 2000.

Florence L. Hamn,

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 00–14913 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement Number ACE–00–

23.561.01]

Proposed Issuance of Policy

Memorandum, Methods of Approval of

Retrofit Shoulder Harness Installations

in Small Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of policy statement,

request for comments.

SUMMARY: This document announces an

FAA proposed general statement of

policy applicable to the modification of

small airplanes. This document advises

the public, in particular, small airplane

owners and modifiers, of additional

information related to acceptable

methods of approval of retrofit shoulder

harness installations. This notice is

necessary to advise the public of FAA

policy and give all interested persons an

opportunity to present their views on

the policy statement.

DATES: Comments submitted must be

received no later than July 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on this

policy statement to the individual

identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT at Federal

Aviation Administration Small Airplane

Directorate, ACE–111, Room 301, 901

Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Reyer, Federal Aviation

Administration, Small Airplane

Directorate, ACE–111, Room 301, 901

Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106,

telephone (816) 329–4131; fax 816–329–

4090; e-mail; michael.reyer@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: