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The Task 

The EHWG is to review and assess the 

standards and advisory material for 14 

CFR 33.87, engine endurance test 

requirements as follows: 

1. Develop an alternate endurance test 

that would allow an engine to be tested 

in the configuration representative of its 

type design, and 

a. Maintain compliance with the 

intent, as well as the basic elements 

currently in § 33.87, including the 

ratings, operating limitations, and 

engine configuration. 

b. The alternate test is to be 

equivalent to the test currently in 

§ 33.87 with regards to demonstrating 

engine operability and durability, and is 

validated with engine data. The engine 

data must include experience, 

certification, and additional component 

and engine tests. 

2. Develop and document 

recommended: 

a. Methods of compliance, and 

b. Rule changes, if considered 

necessary. 

3. Review the current foreign 

requirements for engine endurance test 

and determine the need for harmonizing 

any new methodologies. 

4. Provide initial qualitative and 

quantitative estimates of costs and 

benefits for any new methodologies. 

5. Develop a report containing the 

recommendations for rulemaking or 

guidance material, or both, and explain 

the rationale and safety benefits for each 

proposed change. 

6. The working group may be 

reinstated to assist the ARAC by 

responding to the FAA’s questions or 

concerns after the recommendation 

report has been submitted. 

The final ARAC recommendation 

report should include a summary of the 

overall work scope, conclusions, and 

rationale for all recommendations 

related to the above tasks. It should 

document both majority and minority 

positions on the findings, and the 

rationale for each position and reasons 

for any disagreement. Any 

disagreements should be documented, 

including the rationale for each position 

and the reasons for the disagreement. 

Schedule 

The recommendation report must be 

submitted to the FAA for review and 

acceptance no later than December 31, 

2015. 

Working Group Activity 

The EHWG must comply with the 

procedures adopted by the ARAC. As 

part of the procedures, the working 

group must: 

1. Conduct a review and analysis of 

the assigned tasks, including any related 

materials or documents. 

2. Draft and submit a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan for 

TAE Subcommittee consideration. 

3. Provide a status report at each TAE 

Subcommittee public meeting. 

4. Draft and submit the 

recommendation report based on the 

review and analysis of the assigned 

tasks and any related materials or 

documents. 

5. Present the recommendation at a 

TAE Subcommittee public meeting. 

6. The TAE Subcommittee Chair will 

provide a status report at each ARAC 

public meeting and present the final 

recommendation to ARAC for review 

and approval. ARAC will forward the 

recommendation to the FAA. 

Participation in the Working Group 

The EHWG will be composed of 

technical experts having an interest in 

the assigned task. A working group 

member does not need to be a member 

representative of the ARAC. The FAA 

would like a wide range of members on 

the working group to ensure all aspects 

of the tasks are considered in 

development of the recommendations. 

However, the June 18, 2010 

memorandum, ‘‘Lobbyists on Agency 

Boards and Commissions,’’ states that a 

member must not be a federally 

registered lobbyist who is subject to the 

registration and reporting requirements 

of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

(LDA) as amended, 2 U.S.C 1603, 1604, 

and 1605, at the time of appointment or 

reappointment to an advisory 

committee, and has not served in such 

a role for a two-year period prior to 

appointment. Therefore, the FAA will 

not select any person that is a registered 

lobbyist. For further information see the 

Office of Management and Budget final 

guidance on appointment of lobbyists to 

federal boards and commissions (76 FR 

61756, October 5, 2011). 

If you have expertise in the subject 

matter and wish to become a member of 

the working group, write to the person 

listed under the caption FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 

desire. Describe your interest in the task 

and state the expertise you would bring 

to the working group. The FAA must 

receive all requests by February 11, 

2014. The ARAC and the FAA will 

review the requests and advise you if 

they approve or disapprove your 

request. 

If you are chosen as a member on the 

working group, you must represent your 

aviation community segment and 

actively participate in the working 

group by attending all meetings and 

providing written comments when 

requested to do so. You must devote the 

resources necessary to support the 

working group in meeting any assigned 

deadlines. You must keep your 

management, and those you may 

represent, advised of the working group 

activities and decisions to ensure that 

the proposed technical solutions do not 

conflict with the position of those you 

represent when the proposed 

recommendations are presented to the 

subcommittee and ARAC for approval. 

Once the working group has begun 

deliberations, they will not add or 

substitute members without the 

approval of the TAE Subcommittee 

Chair, FAA Representatives, including 

the Designated Federal Officer, and the 

working group. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined that the ARAC formation 

and use is necessary, and in the public 

interest, in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. Meetings held by the EHWG will 

not be open to the public, except to 

individuals selected to participate based 

on interest and expertise. We will make 

no public announcement of working 

group meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 8, 

2014. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01125 Filed 1–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Thirteenth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Battery and Battery Systems—Small 

and Medium Size 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Battery and Battery Systems—Small and 

Medium Size. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the fourteenth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

225, Rechargeable Lithium Battery and 

Battery Systems—Small and Medium 

Size 

DATES: The meeting will be held Feb 4– 

6, 2014 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 


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ADDRESSES: On Oct 1st, the meeting will 

be held at the Boeing Facility, 95–82 

Building, 1200 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22209 and on Oct 2–3rd, 

the meeting will be held at RTCA 

Headquarters, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0662/(202) 833– 

9339, fax (202) 833–9434, or Web site at 

http://www.rtca.org. In addition, 

Jennifer Iversen may be contacted 

directly at email: jiversen@rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 225. The agenda will include 

the following: 

Tuesday, February 4 

• Introductions and administrative 

items. 

• Review agenda. 

• Review and approval of summary 

from last Plenary meeting. 

• Li-ion Current Events. 

• Update TOR. 

• Create plan for updating DO–311A, 

including working group meetings. 

• Adjourn to Working Group to 

review/revise DO–311A. 

• Review action items. 

Wednesday, February 5 

• Review agenda, other actions. 

• Adjourn to Working Group to 

review/revise DO–311A. 

• Review action items. 

Thursday, February 6 

• Review agenda, other actions. 

• Review schedule for upcoming 

Plenaries (as needed), working group 

meetings. 

• Establish agenda for the next 

Plenary. 

• Adjourn to Working Group to 

review/revise DO–311A. 

• Review action items. 

• Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 

2014. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01165 Filed 1–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Availability of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Chicago Rockford 

International Airport, Rockford, Illinois 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the updated noise 

exposure maps submitted by the Greater 

Rockford Airport Authority for the 

Chicago Rockford International Airport 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

DATES: This notice is effective January 

22, 2014, and applicable January 13, 

2014. The public comment period ends 

February 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Hanson, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, CHI–603, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Chicago Airport District 

Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018. Telephone number: 

847–294–7354. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the updated noise exposure maps 

submitted for Chicago Rockford 

International Airport are in compliance 

with applicable requirements of Title 14 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

150. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Act’’), an airport operator may submit to 

the FAA noise exposure maps which 

meet applicable regulations and which 

depict non-compatible land uses as of 

the date of submission of such maps, a 

description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of 14 CFR part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the updated noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by Greater Rockford Airport 

Authority. The documentation that 

constitutes the ‘‘noise exposure maps’’ 

as defined in § 150.7 includes: Exhibit 

NEM–1, Existing (2013) Noise Exposure 

Map; Exhibit NEM–2, Future (2018) 

Noise Exposure Map; Table 2, 

Distribution of Average Daily 

Operations by Aircraft Type Existing 

(2013) Conditions; Exhibit 2, INM Jet 

Departure Flight Tracks; Exhibit 3, INM 

Jet Arrival Flight Tracks; Exhibit 4, INM 

Prop Departure Flight Tracks; Exhibit 5, 

INM Prop Departure Flight Tracks; 

Exhibit 6, INM Touch-and-Go Flight 

Tracks; Exhibit 8, Existing (2013) Noise 

Exposure Contour Compared to 

(Previous) Future 2008 NEM/NCP (from 

2003 Study); Exhibit 11, Existing (2013) 

Noise Exposure Contour compared to 

Future (2018) Noise Exposure Contour; 

Table 14, Population, Housing, and 

Noise-Sensitive Facilities Exposed to 

Various Noise Levels 2018 Noise 

Exposure; Table 15, Supplemental Grid 

Analysis Report-Existing (2013) NEM 

Compared to Future (2018) NEM, and; 

Exhibit F–1, Existing Noise-Sensitive 

Facilities and Historic Properties. 

The FAA has determined that these 

updated noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on January 13, 2014. FAA’s 

determination on an airport operator’s 

noise exposure maps is limited to a 

finding that the maps were developed in 

accordance with the procedures 

contained in appendix A of 14 CFR Part 

150. Such determination does not 

constitute approval of the applicant’s 

data, information or plans, or a 

commitment to approve a noise 

compatibility program or to fund the 

implementation of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

depicted on a noise exposure map 

submitted under section 47503 of the 

Act, it should be noted that the FAA is 

not involved in any way in determining 

the relative locations of specific 

properties with regard to the depicted 

noise contours, or in interpreting the 

noise exposure maps to resolve 


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