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7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

(ii) as to which the self-regulatory 

organization consents, the Commission 

will: 

(A) by order approve such proposed 

rule change; or 

(B) institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

No. SR–OCC–2006–12 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–OCC–2006–12. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Section, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, 

DC 20549. Copies of such filing also will 

be available for inspection and copying 

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publications/rules/proposed_changes/ 

proposed_changes.jsp. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

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submissions. You should submit only 

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12 and should be submitted on or before 

November 3, 2006. 

For the Commission by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16948 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5565] 

Arms Control and Nonproliferation 

Advisory Board (ACNAB) Meeting 

Notice 

Closed Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. app 2 § 10(a)(2), the Department 

of State announces a meeting of the 

Arms Control and Nonproliferation 

Advisory Board (ACNAB) to take place 

on November 6, 2006, at the Department 

of State, Washington, DC. 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. app 2 § 10(d) and 5 U.S.C. 552b 

(c)(1), it has been determined that this 

Board meeting will be closed to the 

public in the interest of national defense 

and foreign policy because the Board 

will be reviewing and discussing 

matters classified in accordance with 

Executive Order 12958. 

The purpose of the ACNAB is to 

provide the Department with a 

continuing source of independent 

advice on all aspects of arms control, 

disarmament and international security, 

and related aspects of public diplomacy. 

The agenda for this meeting includes 

classified discussions related to the 

Board’s on-going studies on current U.S. 

policy and issues regarding the National 

Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass 

Destruction, Counter-Terrorism, and 

Space Policy. 

For more information, contact 

Matthew Zartman, Deputy Executive 

Director of the Arms Control and 

Nonproliferation Advisory Board, 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520, telephone: (202) 736–4244. 

Dated: September 29, 2006. 

George W. Look, 

Executive Director of the Arms Control and 

Nonproliferation Advisory Board, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E6–17022 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) 

during the Week Ending September 29, 

2006 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: OST–2006–25982. 

Date Filed: September 28, 2006. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: October 19, 2006. 

Description: Application of Avior 

Airlines, C.A. requesting a foreign air 

carrier permit in order to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property and mail between 

Venezuela and the United States. 

Renee V. Wright 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E6–16993 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2004–16944] 

Operating Limitations at Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport; Notice of 

Order 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Order. 

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2006, the 

FAA issued an order to show cause, 

which solicited written views on 

modifying the August 2004 Order 

temporarily limiting scheduled 

operations at O’Hare International 

Airport (O’Hare) to allow carriers to 

trade and transfer scheduled arrivals for 

consideration for the remaining 

duration of the Order. The FAA is 


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issuing a final modification to the Order 

based on the proposal. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Komal Jain, Office of the Chief Counsel, 

Regulations Division, AGC–240, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–3073. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Order To Show Cause 

Under the August 2004 Order, as 

amended, (the Order), the FAA may 

modify or withdraw any provision in 

the Order on its own or on application 

by any air carrier for good cause shown. 

On September 22, 2006, the FAA issued 

an order to show cause (71 FR 56213, 

September 26, 2006), which solicited 

written views on modifying the Order 

temporarily limiting scheduled 

operations at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport (O’Hare). The 

order to show cause proposed to 

eliminate the August 2004 Order’s 

prohibition on trading or transferring 

Arrival Authorizations during the 

duration of the order. 

The August 2004 Order made 

effective a series of schedule 

adjustments that the air carriers 

individually agreed to during a 

scheduling reduction meeting convened 

under 49 U.S.C. 41722. These 

agreements, in general, resulted in a 

voluntary O’Hare peak-hour arrival rate 

of eighty-eight scheduled flights, with 

the exception of the 8 p.m. hour—the 

final peak hour of the day—when the 

rate would not exceed ninety-eight 

scheduled arrivals. The Order followed 

a period during which O’Hare operated 

without any regulatory constraint on the 

number of aircraft operations, and 

O’Hare experienced significant 

congestion-related delay. The Order 

took effect November 1, 2004, and was 

subsequently extended three times. It 

terminates at 9 p.m., Central Time, 

October 28, 2006. 

The Order was intended to establish 

a short-term regime limiting O’Hare 

flights while the FAA developed a 

longer-term solution through a 

rulemaking. The FAA is allowing the 

Order to terminate an October 28 

because the FAA has adopted a final 

rule regulating arrivals rights at O’Hare. 

That rule, the August 29, 2006, Final 

Rule, Congestion and Delay Reduction 

at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, 

becomes effective on October 29, 2006 

(Final Rule). 71 FR 51382. 

The FAA has decided to amend the 

Order as proposed, with one change. We 

have decided to specify in the Order 

that transactions permitted by this 

modification to the August 2004 Order 

must be completed prior to the October 

28, 2006 expiration of this Order and 

that the air carrier acquiring the arrival 

must commit to commencing operations 

resulting from the sale, lease, trade or 

transfer no later than January 27, 2007. 

We had proposed such operations begin 

no later than December 31, 2006 in the 

order to show cause and received no 

objection to that proposal. However, the 

FAA recognizes that placing the 

restriction in the Order could arguably 

permit the Order to continue after it has 

expired. As discussed below, a carrier 

acquiring an Arrival Authorization will 

be required to commit to the FAA that 

it will conduct operations using the 

arrival authorization no later than 

January 27, 2007. Additionally, we are 

amending the Final Rule to specify that 

initial allocations under the rule require 

operations to commence no later than 

January 27. 

We have expanded the contemplated 

time period to commence operations 

because the agency does not require a 

carrier to actually begin operations 

under the Final Rule until 90 days after 

it has acquired an Arrival Authorization 

by lottery or sale. This requirement is 

based on a recognition that some 

reasonable period of time must be 

provided to begin actually providing 

scheduled service. The proposed 

December 31 date is inconsistent with 

the FAA’s assessment of the time 

necessary to begin operations 

articulated in the Final Rule. Although 

leases are not covered by a start-up 

waiver in the Final Rule, the short-term 

nature of the amended Order supports 

the same consideration. 

The FAA also reviewed the August 

2004 Order in regard to new entrants 

and other air carriers initiating 

scheduled service to O’Hare while this 

Order remains in effect. The FAA 

recognizes that carriers not currently 

serving the airport have a number of 

actions to complete prior to actual 

operation at an airport. In addition to 

obtaining operating authorizations at a 

capacity-constrained airport, such a 

carrier must obtain access to facilities, 

gates and terminal space; must establish 

check-in and baggage procedures, 

aircraft ground handling operations, and 

station staffing; develop flight 

schedules; and begin offering services to 

the public. The Order does not specify 

the steps an air carrier must accomplish 

prior to actually being granted authority 

to conduct scheduled arrivals during the 

peak hours. The FAA expects that new 

entrant/limited incumbent carriers 

requesting scheduled arrivals to 

‘‘initiate’’ scheduled services under the 

Order must demonstrate an actual 

intention to conduct services at O’Hare 

even if the actual operation does not 

commence by the expiration of the 

Order. At a minimum, prior to the 

expiration of the Order, an air carrier 

must demonstrate that it is offering 

scheduled services to the public in the 

United States in accordance with 

applicable Department of 

Transportation and FAA rules and may 

be required by the FAA to provide 

evidence of additional actions it is 

taking to start operations. An air carrier 

must begin actual scheduled flight 

operations utilizing the assigned Arrival 

Authorizations no later than January 27, 

2007, or they will be withdrawn. 

Discussion of Written Submissions: 

Proposed Allowance of Trades and 

Transfers for Consideration 

The order to show cause specifically 

requested written views on the FAA’s 

tentative decision to eliminate, for the 

remainder of the Order, the prohibition 

on trading or transferring (buying, 

selling, or leasing) arrival authorizations 

for consideration. The FAA reached this 

tentative decision because it recognized 

that the limitation on trades and 

transfers under the Order could hamper 

the efficient transition from the Order to 

the Final Rule. 

Five respondents filed written views 

on the FAA’s proposed modification of 

the Order. The respondents included 

two air carriers (American Airlines and 

United Air Lines), one air carrier 

organization (The Regional Airline 

Association (RAA)), the City of Chicago, 

and Independence Air. American also 

filed a motion to leave to file and 

answer in response to Independence 

Air, which we grant. None of the 

respondents opposed the modification 

of the Order. American Airlines, RAA 

and the City of Chicago expressed full 

support, favoring a free and open 

secondary market for scheduled arrivals 

at O’Hare. 

For the reasons set forth in the showcause order, and in light of the 

commenters’ support for the proposal, 

the FAA is amending the Order as 

proposed to allow trades and transfers 

of Arrival Authorizations. Two 

commenters—United Air Lines and 

Independence Air—have asked us to 

clarify or amend our proposal in some 

respects. We discuss their requests next. 

Discussion of Written Submissions: 

United’s Requests for Clarification and 

Technical Amendments 

United Air Lines sought clarification 

with respect to leases entered into 

during the effective period of the Order. 

First, as requested by United Air Lines, 

the FAA confirms that a lease entered 


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1While there is no minimum use requirement 

under the Order, no air carrier is required to 

surrender its unused arrival authorizations to the 

FAA. Independence Air’s assertion that it failed to 

do so provides it with a right to now claim the 

authorizations is therefore without merit. The Order 

did not contain a minimum use requirement 

because it did not create a means whereby other 

carriers could obtain unused Arrival Authorizations 

did not mean that a carrier not using its rights could 

nonetheless keep them for the duration of the 

Order. 

into between two air carriers prior to the 

termination of the Order on October 28 

can extend into the future during the 

effective period of the Final Rule. Under 

this modification to the Order, two 

parties can enter into a long-term lease 

agreement as long as the terms of the 

lease have been approved by the FAA. 

When approving a lease arrangement, 

the FAA will require the written 

consent of each party as to the specific 

authorization(s) at issue, the scheduled 

arrival time, the frequency, and the start 

and end dates of the lease. Similar 

information must be provided for sales 

or other uneven trades or transfers. 

Under this amendment to the Order, the 

FAA will approve a sale, lease, or trade 

involving consideration if the 

transaction is completed prior to 

expiration of the Order on October 28, 

and the air carrier acquiring the 

allocation commits to commencing 

operations resulting from the trade or 

transfer no later than January 27, 2007. 

United Air Lines also asked the FAA 

to clarify that when the term of a lease 

expires (or otherwise terminates in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

lease), the Arrival Authorization will 

revert to the lessor-carrier without the 

need for any further approval or action 

by the FAA, as long as the lessor 

provides notice to the FAA of such 

expiration or termination. United Air 

Lines’ assumption is correct. When a 

lease expires in accordance with the 

agreed upon end date, no further 

approval or action is required by the 

FAA, and the Arrival Authorization will 

revert back to the holder (lessor) of the 

authorization. If the lease is terminated 

prior to the scheduled end date (e.g., 

because of a breach or a recall provision 

in the lease agreement), the FAA will 

require consent from both parties before 

transferring the Arrival Authorization 

back to the holder. 

Lastly, United Air Lines points out 

that in modifying the Order, the FAA 

also must amend 14 CFR 93.25 

regarding the initial assignment of 

Arrival Authorizations under the Final 

Rule. Under this section, Arrival 

Authorizations subject to the Final Rule 

to O’Hare are assigned (1) based on 

published scheduled service during the 

7-day period of November 1 through 7, 

2004 or (2) if the carrier did not publish 

a scheduled service during the 7-day 

period of November 1 through 7, 2004, 

the scheduled service the carrier is 

entitled to publish under the August 

2004 Order, as long as the carrier is 

conducting scheduled service at O’Hare 

on the effective date of the Final Rule. 

We recognize § 93.25 raises questions 

of proper implementation in light of the 

potential adjustments that carriers may 

make under this Order, as amended. 

The FAA will recognize the transfer of 

holder status among air carriers that 

may now occur under the Order. The 

FAA expects this to resolve issues of 

initial assignment under the rule, and 

furthermore, if necessary, the FAA 

could invoke paragraph (e) of § 93.25 to 

resolve any conflicts that may arise in 

the assignment of arrivals by carrier at 

the termination of the Order. Because 

§ 93.25 anticipates a carrier will actually 

be conducting scheduled operations at 

O’Hare on October 29, we are amending 

the final rule to clarify that operations 

need not begin prior to January 27, 2007 

as long as the FAA has approved a 

transaction under the Order, as 

amended, prior to expiration of the 

Order. This change is necessary to fully 

effectuate the amended Order. 

Similarly, because of the amendment 

to the Order and the ability of carriers 

to change their holder status of 

scheduled arrivals prior to the effective 

date of the rule, the FAA also must 

clarify that in applying the definitions 

of ‘‘new entrant,’’ ‘‘limited incumbent’’

and ‘‘incumbent,’’ the FAA will look to 

any authorizations held or operated by 

an air carrier during the duration of the 

Order. Thus, for example, if a carrier 

held ten scheduled arrivals on October 

1, 2006 and sold or transferred four of 

those arrivals to another carrier on 

October 15, 2006, the FAA will view 

that carrier has an incumbent, not as a 

limited incumbent, because, at one time, 

the carrier held more than eight 

authorizations to arrive at O’Hare. 

Discussion of Written Submissions: 

Independence Air’s Request To Reclaim 

Arrival Rights 

Independence Air, while supporting 

the proposed modification of the Order, 

asked that the FAA revise its proposed 

language in paragraph 6 of the Order to 

permit any person previously allocated 

arrivals at O’Hare to enter into 

transactions with air carriers operating 

at O’Hare to sell, trade or lease such 

authorizations. Independence Air held 

ten Arrival Authorizations under the 

Order. Because Independence Air 

ceased all airline operations on January 

5, 2006, it has not been using the Arrival 

Authorizations. The firm is now being 

liquidated. Independence Air claims 

that because the FAA has neither 

withdrawn its O’Hare authorizations nor 

reallocated them to another carrier, 

Independence Air’s estate is entitled to 

the scheduled arrivals allocated to 

Independence Air in August 2004, and 

if the FAA were to adopt its proposed 

amendment of this Order’s paragraph 6, 

the estate could transfer the scheduled 

arrivals for consideration. American 

Airlines, in a late filing to the docket, 

submitted an answer to Independence 

Air’s request which opposes the change 

proposed by Independence Air. 

The change sought by Independence 

Air is not legally required and would be 

contrary to the public interest. 

Independence Air has been unable to 

use the arrival rights itself, and the 

Order barred Independence Air from 

selling or leasing them to any air carrier. 

As a result, Independence Air’s interest 

in the rights long ago ceased to have any 

value.1 Furthermore, in the March 31, 

2006 order extending the Order, the 

FAA indicated that Independence Air’s 

Arrival Authorizations could be 

reassigned to other carriers if the FAA 

found that doing so was in the public 

interest. Independence Air did not 

object to that determination. 

The FAA additionally explained in 

the March 31, 2006 order that it would 

not reallocate Independence Air’s 

Arrival Authorizations because they did 

not represent capacity available for use 

by other carriers without injuring 

O’Hare passengers and airlines. The 

FAA found it necessary to require 

Independence Air’s Arrival 

Authorizations to remain dormant in 

order to mitigate congestion that 

occurred in the overscheduled peak 

afternoon hours. As we stated under the 

order to show cause, our primary 

purpose in proposing to lift the 

restrictions on transfers and sales of 

scheduled arrivals for the remaining 

duration of the Order is to facilitate the 

most efficient transition from the Order 

to the Final Rule. Because the 

Independence Air arrival authorizations 

were permanently withdrawn from the 

available pool of Arrival Authorizations 

over six months ago, the FAA again 

finds that reallocation of these retired 

authorizations would, in fact, be 

detrimental to efficiency. In any event, 

the Order applies only to air carriers 

conducting or initiating scheduled 

operations at O’Hare. Non-carriers are 

not permitted to hold authorizations 

under either the Order or the Final Rule. 

Independence Air ceased operations on 

January 5, 2006, and is no longer a 

certificated air carrier. 

We therefore reject Independence 

Air’s suggestion that the proposed 


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2We additionally reject Independence Air’s 

arguments for the following reasons. First, we do 

not view the Arrival Authorizations created in the 

August 2004 Order to be ‘‘property’’ within the 

definition of the Bankruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C. 541(a). 

These Arrival Authorizations did not provide the 

opportunity to receive value through a purchase, 

sale or lease and without a market, had no value. 

In re Gull Air, 890 F. 2d 1255 (1st Cir. 1989). They 

were merely restrictions on the use of property—

airplanes, not property in themselves. In re Braniff 

Airways, 700 F. 2d 935 (5th Cir. 1983). 

language for paragraph 6 should be 

further revised.2

JetBlue Request 

JetBlue has filed a request for Arrival 

Authorizations as a new entrant under 

the Order. United Air Lines has opposed 

that request. The FAA will address 

JetBlue’s request in a later order. 

Conclusion 

The FAA proposed to modify the 

August 2004 Order temporarily limiting 

scheduled operations at O’Hare to allow 

carriers to trade and transfer scheduled 

arrivals for consideration for the 

remaining duration of the Order based 

on our tentative determination that 

there is merit to allowing carriers to 

modify their schedules for competitive 

or operational reasons through various 

market mechanisms prior to the 

effective date of the August 29, 2006 

Final Rule regulating scheduled arrivals 

at O’Hare. After considering the 

responses, the FAA has determined to 

make this finding final. 

Accordingly, with respect to 

scheduled flight operations at O’Hare 

under the August 2004 Order, as 

amended, it is ordered that paragraph 

6 be amended to state: 

6. An air carrier who is currently 

operating or has committed prior to the 

expiration of this Order to operate at 

O’Hare by January 27, 2007, may buy, 

sell, lease or otherwise transfer or trade 

any scheduled arrival from 7 a.m. 

through 8:59 p.m. to or from any other 

air carrier who is currently operating or 

has committed prior to the expiration of 

this Order to operate at O’Hare by 

January 27, 2007. Transactions 

permitted by this paragraph must be 

completed prior to the October 28, 2006 

expiration of this Order. Each air carrier 

must receive advance written approval 

of the Administrator, or her delegate, of 

the trade or transfer. All requests to 

trade or transfer a scheduled arrival 

must be submitted in writing to the FAA 

Slot Administration Office, facsimile 

(202) 267–7277 or e-mail 7–AWASlotadmin@faa.gov, and must come 

from a designated representative of the 

air carrier. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2006. 

Marion C. Blakey, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership in the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice 

(See 71 FR 16610; April 3, 2006), the 

National Park Service (NPS) and the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

asked interested persons to apply to fill 

six vacant positions on the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

(NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC). The vacancies 

represent general aviation (one 

vacancy), commercial air tour operators 

(two vacancies), environmental 

concerns (two vacancies) and Native 

American tribes (one vacancy), and 

invited interested persons to apply to 

fill the vacancies due to completion 

(October 9, 2006) of a three-year term 

appointment. This notice informs the 

public of the persons selected to fill the 

vacancies on the NPOAG ARC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, Executive Resource Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 

90250, telephone: (310) 725–3800, email: Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen 

Trevino, National Park Service, Natural 

Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., 

Suite 350, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, 

telephone (970) 225–3563, or 

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 

NPOAG was established in March 2001. 

The advisory group is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator and the Director (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.’’

Changes in Membership 

Current members of the NPOAG ARC 

are as follows: 

Heidi Williams representing general 

aviation. 

Richard Larew, Alan Stephen, and 

Elling Halvorson representing 

commercial air tour operations. 

Chip Dennerlein, Don Barger, Charles 

Maynard, and Mark Peterson 

representing environmental interests. 

Rory Majenty and Richard Deertrack 

representing Native American tribes. 

To maintain the balanced 

representation of the group, the FAA 

and the NPS recently published a notice 

in the Federal Register (See 71 FR 

16610; April 3, 2006) asking interested 

persons to apply to fill the following 

vacancies on the NPOAG as follows: 

General aviation (one vacancy) 

Commercial air tour operators (two 

vacancies) 

Environmental interests (two vacancies) 

Native American tribes (one vacancy) 

New members beginning October 10, 

2006, are Matthew Zuccaro and Dr. 

Gregory A. Miller, vice Richard Larew 

and Charles Maynard respectively; 

returning members selected to fill the 

vacancies for additional terms are Heidi 

Williams, Richard Deertrack, Chip 

Dennerlein, and Alan Stephen. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on 

October 4, 2006. 

Lynore C. Brekke, 

Acting Regional Administrator, WesternPacific Region. 

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