2582 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 12 / Friday, January 19, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership Availability in the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee To 

Represent Commercial Air Tour 

Interests 

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 one 

vacancy (due to completion of 

membership on May 19, 2007), on the 

NPOAG (now the NPOAG Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC)) for a 

member representing commercial air 

tour operators, and invites interested 

persons to apply to fill the vacancy. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer in writing and postmarked 

or e-mailed on or before March 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, Executive Resource Staff, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 

90250, telephone: (310) 725–3800, email: Barry.Brayer@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 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 

on one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the air tour industry, four members 

representing environmental concerns, 

and two members representing Native 

American interests. Current members of 

the NPOAG ARC are: Heidi Williams, 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 

Alan Stephen, fixed-winged air tour 

operator representative; Elling 

Halvorson, Papillon Airways, Inc.; 

Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopters 

Association International; Chip 

Dennerlein, Siskiyou Project; Greg 

Miller, American Hiking Society; Mark 

Peterson, National Audubon Society; 

Don Barger, National Parks 

Conservation Association; Rory 

Majenty, Hualapai Nation; and Richard 

Deertrack, Taos Pueblo. 

Public Participation in the NPOAG 

ARC 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent the commercial air 

tour industry, to contact Mr. Barry 

Brayer (contact information is written 

above in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) Requests to serve on the ARC 

must be made to Mr. Brayer in writing 

and postmarked or e-mailed on or before 

March 1, 2007. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association representing 

commercial air tours 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 environmental interests. The 

term of service NPOAG ARC members is 

3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA on January 11, 

2007. 

Barry Brayer, 

Manager, Executive Resource Staff, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–186 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Mecklenburg and Union Counties, NC 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed project 

in Mecklenburg and Union Counties, 

North Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Hoops, Major Projects Engineer, 

Federal Highway Administration, 310 

New Bern Avenue, Suite 410, Raleigh, 

North Carolina 27601–1418, Telephone: 

(919) 856–4350 extension 104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, 

Part 771, Environmental Impact and 

Related Procedures, the FHWA, in 

cooperation with the North Carolina 

Turnpike Authority (NCTA) and the 

North Carolina Department of 

Transportation (NCDOT), will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) addressing proposed 

improvements in the US 74 corridor 

from I–485 in Mecklenburg County to 

the vicinity of the Town of Marshville, 

which is east of the City of Monroe (the 

County seat) in Union County. The 

proposed project study extends from I–

485 in the west to the vicinity of the 

Town of Marshville in the east and 

extends north and south of US 74. The 

proposed action is included in the long 

range transportation plan approved by 

the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan 

Planning Organization (MUMPO). 

This study is a combination of two 

projects previously analyzed by 

NCDOT, the Monroe Bypass (NCDOT 

Transportation Improvement Program 

[TIP] Project R–2559) and the Monroe 

Connector (NCDOT TIP Project R–3329). 

The Monroe Bypass study addressed in 

the US 74 corridor from just west of the 

City of Monroe to just west of the Town 

of Marshville. An Environmental 

Assessment for this project was 

approved in March 1996, and a Finding 


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