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Estimated Average Burden Per 

Response: Approximately 12 minutes 

per response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 360 hours annually. 

Abstract: FOQA is a voluntary 

program for the routine collection and 

analysis of digital flight data from 

airplane operations. The purpose is to 

enable early corrective action for 

potential threats to safety. 14 CFR 

13.401 codifies protection from punitive 

enforcement action based on FOQA 

information and required operators with 

FAA approved FOQA programs to 

provide aggregate FOQA data to the 

FAA. Aggregate FOQA information 

provided to the FAA is protected from 

public release under 14 CFR part 193. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimates of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, 

2006. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Information Systems and Technology 

Services Staff, ABA–20. 

[FR Doc. 06–8616 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

User Input to the Aviation Weather 

Technology Transfer (AWTT) Board 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA will hold an 

informal public meeting to seek aviation 

weather user input on convective 

weather products. Details: October 17, 

2006; Orlando Orange County 

Convention Center, 9800 International 

Drive, Room N210A, Orlando, Florida 

32819, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The objective of 

this meeting is to provide an 

opportunity for interested Government 

and commercial sector representatives 

who use Government-provided aviation 

weather information in operational 

decision-making to provide input on 

FAA’s plans for implementing new 

weather products. 

DATES: The meeting will be held at the 

Orlando Orange Country Convention 

Center, 9800 International Drive, Room 

N210A, Orlando, Florida 32819; Times: 

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on October 17, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi 

Bacon, Air Traffic Organization, 

Operations Planning, NAS Weather 

Policy and Requirements, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone number (202) 385–

7705; Fax: (202) 385–7701; E-mail: 

debi.bacon@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

In 1999, the FAA established an 

Aviation Weather Technology Transfer 

(AWTT) Board to manage the orderly 

transfer of weather capabilities and 

products from research and 

development (R&D) into operations. The 

Director, Systems Engineering, 

Operations Planning, Air Traffic 

Organization chairs the AWTT Board. 

The board is composed of stakeholders 

in the Air Traffic and Aviation Safety 

organizations in the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the Office of 

Climate, Water and Weather Services, 

the Office of Science and Technology, 

and the National Center for 

Environmental Predictions (NCEP) in 

the National Weather Service. 

The AWTT Board meets semiannually or as needed, to determine the 

readiness of weather R&D products for 

experimental use or full operational use 

for meteorologists or for end users. The 

board makes the determination based on 

technical and operational readiness, 

cost and benefits, user needs and budget 

considerations. 

FAA has the sole responsibility and 

authority to make decisions intended to 

provide a safe, secure, and efficient U.S. 

national airspace system. However, it 

behooves FAA to not make decisions in 

a vacuum. Rather, FAA is seeking 

inputs from the user community before 

decisions are finalized. 

Industry users are invited to 

participate in one-day meetings two or 

three times per year to give specific 

feedback to the Government. Meetings 

are often focused on a specific domain 

(e.g. terminal, enroute) or specific 

weather phenomena (e.g. turbulence, 

convection) but may also focus on 

specific weather products ready for 

operational decisions. Meetings will 

include a time for users to provide input 

on specific weather products and to 

surface issues on concerns with those 

products. The industry review sessions 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register and open to all interested 

parties. 

This meeting is the industry session 

focused on convective weather 

products, roadmaps and research 

activities. 

Meeting Procedures 

(a) The meeting will be informal in 

nature and will be conducted by 

representatives of the FAA 

Headquarters. 

(b) The meeting will be open to all 

persons on a space-available basis. 

Every effort was made to provide a 

meeting site with sufficient seating 

capacity for the expected participation. 

There will be neither admission fee nor 

other charge to attend and participate. 

This meeting is being held in 

conjunction with the NBAA Convention 

2006. There is a charge to attend the 

NBAA convention; however, any person 

desiring to attend this informal meeting 

will be admitted to NBAA convention 

officials to this meeting only, at no 

charge. 

(c) FAA personnel will conduct 

overview briefings on aviation weather 

products, the status of on-going 

research, the implementation of the 

Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) 

product and the newly developed safety 

risk assessment process. Questions may 

be asked during the presentation and 

FAA personnel will clarify any part of 

the process that is not clear. 

(d) Any person present may offer 

comment or feedback in the session. 

Comments and feedback will be 

captured through discussion between 

FAA personnel and those persons 

attending the meeting. 

(e) FAA will not take any action items 

from this meeting nor make any 

commitments to accept specific user 

suggestions. An official verbatim 

transcript of the meeting will not be 

made. However, a list of the attendees 

and a digest of discussions during the 

meeting will be produced and posted on 

a Web site. Instructions to access the 

Web site will be provided to all persons 

attending the meeting and provided to 

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(f) Every reasonable effort will be 

made to hear each person’s feedback 

consistent with a reasonable closing 

time for the meeting. Written feedback 

is also solicited and may be submitted 

to FAA personnel for the period October 

18–November 17, 2006. 

Agenda 

(a) Opening Remarks. 

(b) Review of AWTT weather 

products and research efforts. 

(c) Overview of the Safety Risk 

Assessment process. 

(d) Review of implementation of the 

Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) 

product and solicitation of user 

feedback. 

(e) Closing Comments. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 4, 

2006. 

Richard J. Heuwinkel, 

Manager, NAS Weather Policy and 

Requirements. 

[FR Doc. 06–8614 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Public Hearing and 

Availability of a Draft Environmental 

Assessment (DEA) for the Proposed 

Runway 22R/4L Offset ILS at Detroit 

Metropolitan Wayne County Airport 

(DTW) Located in Romulus, Detroit 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice to Hold a Public Hearing 

and of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Runway 22R/4L Offset ILS at 

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 

Airport. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) has prepared and 

is making available the Draft 

Environmental Assessment (DEA) for 

the following proposed actions at the 

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 

Airport: the development and use of the 

offset ILS approach procedures for 

Runways 22R and 4L, the installation of 

two (2) offset localizers, the 

construction of localizer buildings and 

associated equipment, the construction 

of an access road, the installation of 

multilateration equipment including 32 

precision runway monitors (Precision 

Runway Monitors), the installation of 

Airport Surveillance Detection 

Equipment (ASDE), the installation of 

the four Aerobahn multilateration 

subsystem components on airport 

property, the reissuance of aeronautical 

charts with the 22R/4L offset ILS 

approach information, the issuance of 

National Airspace System (NAS) Change 

Proposal (NCP) waivers associated with 

design and installation of the preceding, 

the development, issuance, and 

implementation of Air Traffic 

procedures, flight check and testing of 

proposed equipment, and funding for 

development and implementation of the 

proposed action. 

The Draft EA is being prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, FAA Orders 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ and FAA Order 505.4B, 

‘‘NEPA Implementing Instructions for 

Airport Actions’’. The proposed 

development action is consistent with 

the National Airspace System Plan 

prepared by the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA). 

A Draft Environmental Assessment 

will be available for public review 30 

days prior to the Public Hearing during 

normal business hours at the following 

locations: 

(1) Romulus Public Library, 11121 

Wayne Rd., Romulus, MI 48174, (734) 

942–7589. 

(2) Wayne City Public Library, 3737 S. 

Wayne Rd., Wayne, MI 48184, (734) 

721–7832. 

(3) Taylor Community Library, 12303 

Pardee Rd., Taylor, MI 48180, (734) 

287–4840. 

(4) Inkster Public Library, 2005 

Inkster Rd., Inkster, MI 48141, (313) 

563–2822. 

(5) Wayne County Library, 30555 

Michigan Ave., Westland, MI 48186, 

(734) 727–7310. 

DATES, TIMES AND PLACE: Oral or written 

comments may also be given at a Public 

Hearing that will be held on Thursday, 

November 16, 2006, from 3 p.m. to 7 

p.m. at the Detroit Metropolitan Hotel, 

31500 Wick Road, Romulus, Michigan 

48174. Telephone number: 734–467–

8000. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments are 

encouraged from persons or interested 

parties unable to attend the public 

hearing or who do not wish to make 

public statements. Written comments 

concerning the Draft EA will be 

accepted until 5 p.m. CST, Wednesday, 

November 22, 2006. Written comments 

may be sent to: Ms. Virginia Marcks, 

Environmental Engineer, ANI–430, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 2300 

East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 

60018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Virginia Marcks, Environmental 

Engineer, ANI–430, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 2300 East Devon 

Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. 

Telephone number; 847–294–7494. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA proposes to provide for an 

offset to the DTW Runway 22R/4L 

Instrument Landing System (ILS) 

approach that would be used to reduce 

traffic delays at DTW by eliminating the 

need to stagger aircraft during inclement 

weather conditions thereby improving 

the Airport Acceptance Rate (AAR) 

during Instrument Meteorological 

Conditions (IMC). During Visual 

Meteorological Conditions (VMC) and 

times when triple simultaneous 

independent approaches during IMC are 

not necessary the airport would 

continue to operate as it does today with 

straight in approaches. 

The lateral distance from Runway 

22R/4L to its nearest parallel runway, 

Runway 22L/4R, at DTW is not 

sufficient to safely conduct triple 

dependent/independent ILS approaches 

other than in visual flight conditions. 

During IMC, air traffic separation 

standards require greater distance 

between aircraft, this reduces the 

number of arrivals an airports is capable 

of accepting each hour. 

When weather conditions do not 

permit simultaneous visual approaches, 

increased air traffic delays could occur 

at DTW which could result in delays at 

other airports and significant costs to 

the airline industry. 

Precision runway monitoring is a 

function that supports Air Traffic in 

monitoring simultaneous closely spaced 

approaches to parallel runways 

separated by less than 4,300 feet. When 

used with the appropriate air traffic 

procedures precision runway 

monitoring enables operations in which 

aircraft are allowed to fly shorter 

separation distances than otherwise 

permitted during IMC. This reduction in 

separation during IMC would reduce 

delays at DTW by allowing Air Traffic 

to conduct triple independent 

simultaneous straight-in ILS approaches 

to Runways 22L/22R/21L using 

precision runway monitoring capability, 

and offset localizer approaches to 

Runway 22R/4L. This entails 

compliance with a combination of rules 

of FAA Order 7110.6P, Air Traffic 

Control. 

The DEA includes an assessment of 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed ILS offset 

at DTW and reasonable alternatives 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act. The analysis in the DEA 

disclosed that there would be a total of 


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