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1The facility’s productivity factor is determined 

by dividing the annual RAA service count by 

16,000. The productivity factor is compared to the 

number of employees used to provide the service 

and must be equal 

to or greater than the number of employees 

needed to provide the service. Normally about 2.5 

employees are factored annually to provide 10 

hours of service per day. 

2OIG Report Number AV–2002–064, ‘‘Automated 

Flight Service Stations: Significant Benefits Could 

Be Realized by Consolidating AFSS Sites in 

Conjunction With Deployment of OASIS,’’ 

December 7, 2001. IG reports and testimonies are 

available on our Web site: www.oig.dot.gov. 

3On September 6, 2006 the FAA sought public 

comment regarding Notice concerning Airport 

Advisory Service at Certain Airports in the 

Continental United States, Excluding Alaska (71 FR 

52602). This notice requested comment concerning 

the necessity, availability, importance, and use of 

the AA service. The FAA received 95 comments in 

response to the 2006 notice. When comment was 

solicited in 2006 users still regularly used AA 

services, and because providing the service was 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifth Meeting: Tiger Team 011 (TG 011) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Seventh Meeting Notice of Tiger 

Team 011. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the seventh 

meeting of the Tiger Team 011. 

DATES: The meeting will be held July 

27th–30th from 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, 

Washington, DC 20036, Tel: (202) 330– 

0663. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org or Sophie Bousquet, 

Program Director, RTCA, Inc., 

sbousquet@rtca.org, 202–330–0663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

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

given for a meeting of the Tiger Team 

011. The agenda will include the 

following: 

July 27–30, 2015 

1. Introduction 

2. Agenda Overview 

3. Review of FRAC comments and 

proposed comment resolutions— 

Document under FRAC from June 22 

to July 20, 2015 

4. Approval of Final document for the 

PMC 

5. 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 June 24, 

2015. 

Latasha Robinson, 

Management & Program Analyst, NextGen, 

Program Oversight and Administration, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16056 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2015–1006] 

Discontinuation of Airport Advisory 

Service in the Contiguous United 

States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is proposing to 

revise its policy concerning the 

provision of Airport Advisory services. 

Under the proposal, Airport Advisory 

services would be discontinued in the 

contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, 

and Hawaii. The policy would continue 

to apply to the state of Alaska only. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2015–1006 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Wilkes, Manager, Flight Service 

NAS Initiative Operations/

Implementation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone 202–267–7771; Fax (202) 

267–6310; email Alan.Wilkes@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The criteria for providing Airport 

Advisory (AA) services at Flight Service 

Stations (FSS) is provided in FAA Order 

7210.3, Facility Operation and 

Administration; specifically, paragraph 

13–4–5, addresses Local Airport 

Advisory (LAA), Remote Airport 

Advisory (RAA) and Remote Airport 

Information Service (RAIS). Section (b) 

of that paragraph requires, in part, that 

Flight Service Stations provide RAA 

when the employee productivity factor 

is high enough to justify the cost of 

providing the service.1

In 2005, Lockheed Martin took over 

flight service operations at 58 locations 

as part of a 5-year contract covering the 

Contiguous United States (CONUS), 

Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. Lockheed 

Martin subsequently consolidated 

operations, reducing the number of 

facilities from 58 to 18 to the current 

number of 5. Consolidation had 

previously been recommended by 

stakeholders, including both the FAA 

and the Office of Inspector General 

(OIG), to reduce cost and improve 

operational efficiency, regardless of 

whether those services continued to be 

provided by the FAA, or a contractor.2

As part of Lockheed Martin’s 

consolidation, AA services transitioned 

from Local Airport Advisory (LAA) 

services, located at the airport where the 

service is provided, to Remote Airport 

Advisory (RAA) services, not located at 

the airport where the service is 

provided.3 Additionally, FAA exercised 


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written into the contract with Lockheed Martin the 

FAA did not propose to discontinue the service. 

4Lockheed Martin contact history daily averages, 

July 12–26 and October 1–15, 2014. 

the option to extend the contract by an 

additional 3 years, followed by another 

2 years. 

Today and where available, RAA 

service is provided upon request by FSS 

personnel via ground-to-air 

communication on the common traffic 

advisory frequency (CTAF) at certain 

airports without an operating control 

tower that have certified automated 

weather reporting via voice capability. 

The service provides information to 

pilots as needed, such as, wind 

direction and speed, favored or 

designated runway, altimeter setting, 

information about observed or reported 

traffic, weather, and appropriate Notice 

to Airman (NOTAM) information. 

Currently, Lockheed Martin provides 

RAA services at 19 locations. The 

requirements of the FAA flight service 

contract with Lockheed Martin have 

been under review in preparation for the 

upcoming contract renewal. As part of 

the FAA review process, the Flight 

Services Quality Assurance Evaluation 

Group found low usage at the locations 

still receiving the service. At 18 of the 

19 remaining locations, a sample of 

historical data reflects that pilots 

contact the RAA service an average of 

less than 1 time per day. At Millville 

Municipal Airport in Millville, NJ, 

pilots contact the RAA service an 

average of 14 times per day.4 The 

frequency of RAA service no longer 

justifies the continuation of the service 

due to the lack of productivity. 

Additionally, pilots are using other 

information resources, such as, 

Automated Surface Observing Systems 

(ASOS), Automated Weather Sensors 

System (AWSS), Automated Weather 

Observing System (AWOS), Unicom, 

and other commercial aviation 

information services. The combined 

resources provide the pilot the same or 

higher level of flight information as 

RAA service and the service has become 

redundant. 

The FAA proposes to discontinue the 

requirement for FSSs to provide AA 

services in the Contiguous United 

States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii effective 

October 1, 2015, which would result in 

the service no longer being available at 

the remaining 19 locations. The AA 

services in the state of Alaska would not 

be affected by this proposed change. 

Alaska depends on aviation because of 

the unique challenges presented by the 

remote mountainous terrain and 

weather conditions across the state. By 

soliciting comment to this notice, the 

FAA seeks to address public concerns 

and will consider any comments in 

determining whether to change the 

policy. 

Applicability 

The FAA proposes to revise the 

criteria set forth in FAA Order 7110.10, 

Chapter 4, Section 4; and FAA Order 

7210.3, paragraph 13–4–5 to only be 

applicable to the State of Alaska. The 

policy would be discontinued at 

locations within the CONUS, Puerto 

Rico, and Hawaii. If adopted, RAA 

service would no longer be provided at 

the following airports: 

Altoona-Blair County Airport (AOO), 

Altoona, Pennsylvania; 

Columbia Regional Airport (COU), 

Columbia, Missouri; 

Elkins-Randolph Airport (EKN), Elkins, 

West Virginia; 

Huron Regional Airport (HON), Huron, 

South Dakota; 

Jackson-McKellar-Sipes Regional 

Airport (MKL), Jackson, Tennessee; 

Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), 

Jonesboro, Arkansas; 

Macon-Middle Georgia Regional Airport 

(MCN), Macon, Georgia; 

Anderson Regional Airport (AND), 

Anderson, South Carolina; 

Anniston Metropolitan Airport (ANB), 

Anniston, Alabama; 

Casper-Natrona County International 

Airport (CPR), Casper, Wyoming; 

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), 

Gainesville, Florida; 

Grand Forks International Airport 

(GFK), Grand Forks, North Dakota; 

Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO), 

Greenwood, Mississippi; 

Louisville-Bowman Field Airport 

(LOU), Louisville, Kentucky; 

Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), 

Millville, New Jersey; 

Prescott-Ernest A. Love Field Airport 

(PRC), Prescott, Arizona; 

St. Louis-Spirit of St. Louis Airport 

(SUS), St. Louis, Missouri; 

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International 

Airport (PIE), St. Petersburg, Florida; 

and 

Miami-Kendall-Tamiami Executive 

Airport (TMB), Miami, Florida. 

II. Additional Information 

A. Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate in this notice by submitting 

written comments, data, or views. The 

agency also invites comments relating to 

the economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the notice in this 

document. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

notice, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

The FAA will file in the docket all 

comments it receives, as well as a report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerning 

this action. Before acting on this notice, 

the FAA will consider all comments it 

receives on or before the closing date for 

comments. The FAA will consider 

comments filed after the comment 

period has closed if it is possible to do 

so without incurring expense or delay. 

The agency may change this notice in 

light of the comments it receives. 

Proprietary or Confidential Business 

Information: Do not file proprietary or 

confidential business information in the 

docket. Such information must be sent 

or delivered directly to the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document, and marked as proprietary or 

confidential. If submitting information 

on a disk or CD–ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD–ROM, and identify 

electronically within the disk or CD– 

ROM the specific information that is 

proprietary or confidential. 

Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), if the FAA is 

aware of proprietary information filed 

with a comment, the agency does not 

place it in the docket. It is held in a 

separate file to which the public does 

not have access, and the FAA places a 

note in the docket that it has received 

it. If the FAA receives a request to 

examine or copy this information, it 

treats it as any other request under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). The FAA processes such a request 

under Department of Transportation 

procedures found in 49 CFR part 7. 

B. Availability of Documents 

An electronic copy of rulemaking 

documents may be obtained from the 

Internet by— 

1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (http://www.regulations.gov); 

2. Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies Web page at http://

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or 

3. Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. 

Copies may also be obtained by 

sending a request to the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, ARM–1, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or 

by calling (202) 267–9680. Commenters 

must identify the docket or amendment 

number of this notice. 


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All documents the FAA considered in 

developing this notice, including 

economic analyses and technical 

reports, may be accessed from the 

Internet through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal referenced in item 

(1) above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 23, 

2015. 

Jeanne Giering, 

Director of Flight Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–15949 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifteenth Meeting: Subcommittee 227 

(SC 227) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Fifteenth meeting notice of 

Subcommittee 227. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the fifteenth 

meeting of the Subcommittee 227. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 14th–18th from 9:00 a.m.– 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, 

Tel: (202) 330–0663. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org or Sophie Bousquet, 

Program Director, RTCA, Inc., 

sbousquet@rtca.org, 202–330–0663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

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

given for a meeting of the Subcommittee 

227. The agenda will include the 

following: 

Monday, September 14–18, 2015 

1. Welcome and Administrative 

Remarks 

2. Introductions 

3. Agenda Overview 

4. Approval of Meeting #14 Minutes 

5. Overview of Planned Work Program 

for the Week 

6. FRAC Resolution for DO–283A 

Update 

7. Plenary Review/Discussion 

8. Planned Work Schedule 

9. Review of FRAC comments/

worksheet, and committee 

resolution of comments 

10. Approval of the document to go to 

the PMC 

11. 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day (start 

and end times may be adjusted after 

opening plenary session) 

12. Other Business 

13. 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 June 24, 

2015. 

Latasha Robinson, 

Management & Program Analyst, NextGen, 

Program Oversight and Administration, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16053 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Twenty Ninth Meeting: Special 

Committee 213 (SC 213) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Twenty ninth meeting notice of 

Special Committee 213. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the twenty ninth 

meeting of the Special Committee 213. 

DATES: The meeting will be held July 

21st–23rd from 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Boeing 2–122 Building, Conference 

Room 102L2, North End of Boeing Field, 

7755 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 

98108, Tel: (202) 330–0662. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org or Jennifer Iversen, RTCA, 

Inc., jiversen@rtca.org, (202) 330–0662. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

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

given for a meeting of the Special 

Committee 213. The agenda will include 

the following: 

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 

1. Plenary discussion (sign-in at 08:00 

a.m.) 

2. Introductions and administrative 

items 

3. Review and approve minutes from 

last full plenary meeting 

4. Review of terms of reference (if 

needed) 

5. WG1, WG2 and WG3 status updates 

6. Industry updates 

7. SVGS Draft AC Discussion 

8. WG2 Draft Document 

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 

1. Plenary discussion 

2. WG2 Draft Document 

3. WG3 Draft Document 

4. WG1 Discussion 

Thursday, July 23 

1. Plenary discussion 

2. WG2 Draft Document 

3. Administrative items (new meeting 

location/dates, action items etc.) 

4. Introductions 

5. Agenda Overview 

6. Approval of Meeting #14 Minutes 

7. Overview of Planned Work Program 

for the Week 

8. FRAC Resolution for DO–283A 

Update 

9. Plenary Review/Discussion 

10. Planned Work Schedule 

11. Review of FRAC comments/

worksheet, and committee 

resolution of comments 

12. Approval of the document to go to 

the PMC 

13. 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day (start 

and end times may be adjusted after 

opening plenary session) 

14. Other Business 

15. 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 June 24, 

2015. 

Latasha Robinson, 

Management & Program Analyst, NextGen, 

Program Oversight and Administration, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16054 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] 

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