Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 1997 / Notices 45691

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC has accepted this task and will

assign it to a working group. The

working group will serve as staff to

ARAC to assist ARAC in the analysis of

the assigned task. Working group

recommendations must be reviewed and

approved by ARAC. If ARAC accepts the

working group’s recommendations, it

forwards them to the FAA as ARAC

recommendations.

Working Group Activity

The working group is expected to

comply with the procedures adopted by

ARAC. As part of the procedures, the

working group is expected to:

1. Recommend a plan for completion

of the task, including rationale, for

FAA/JAA approval within six months of

publication of this notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations, prior to proceeding

with its work.

3. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The working group will be composed

of experts having an interest in the

assigned task. A working group member

need not be a representative of a

member of the full committee.

An individual who has expertise in

the subject matter and wishes to become

a member of the working group should

write to the person listed under the

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire,

describing his or her interest in the task,

and stating the expertise he or she

would bring to the working group. The

request will be reviewed by the assistant

chair, the assistant executive director,

and the working group chair, and the

individual will be advised whether or

not the request can be accommodated.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public, except as authorized by section

10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. Meetings of the working

group will not be open to the public,

except to the extent that individuals

with an interest and expertise are

selected to participate. No public

announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 21,

1997.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–22922 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of a new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stewart R. Miller, Manager, Transport

Standards Staff, ANM–110, FAA,

Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Ave.

SW., Renton, WA 98055–4056,

telephone (425) 227–2190, fax (425)

227–1320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA has established an Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator, through the

Associate Administrator for Regulation

and Certification, on the full range of

the FAA’s rulemaking activities with

respect to aviation-related issues. This

includes obtaining advice and

recommendations on the FAA’s

commitment to harmonize its Federal

Aviation Regulations (FAR) and

practices with the aviation authorities in

Europe and Canada.

One area ARAC deals with is

Transport Airplane and Engine issues.

These issues involve the airworthiness

standards for transport category

airplanes in 14 CFR parts 25, 33, and 35

and parallel provisions in 14 CFR parts

121 and 135. The corresponding

European airworthiness standards for

transport category airplanes are

contained in Joint Aviation

Requirements (JAR)–25, JAR–E and

JAR–P, respectively. The corresponding

Canadian Standards are contained in

Chapters 525, 533 and 535 respectively.

The Task

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization task:

25.1329/25.1335 Automatic Flight

Control and Guidance System

Requirements Harmonization and

Technology Update

1. Review §§ 25.1329/1335, JAR

paragraphs 25.1329/1335 plus that

material contained in NPA 25F–243 in

addition to § 121.579 and the associated

Advisory Circular 25.1329–1 and ACJ

25.1329. Update and harmonize the Part

25 sections and the associated guidance

material, in the light of the review of

regulatory materials, current

certification experience, and changes in

technology and system design. Address

needed changes in requirements for

automatic flight control and guidance

functions (including speed/thrust

controls), performance, safety, failure

and envelope protection functions,

warnings, and annunciations.

Harmonize acceptable methods of

demonstrating compliance with these

requirements and propose relevant

language for the next revision of the

flight test guide AC 25–7–X.

2. Review recommendations that stem

from recent transport aviation events

and relate to crew error, cockpit

automation and in particular, automatic

flight control/guidance, made by the

NTSB, the FAA Human Factors Team,

and the JAA Human Factors Steering

Group. Make any proposed amendments

to §§ 25.1329/25.1335 and advisory

materials that are needed to resolve

these recommendations consistent with

the entire body of proposed

amendments.

The task should be completed within

18 months of tasking.

The FAA has also asked that ARAC

determine if rulemaking action (e.g.,

NPRM, supplemental NPRM, final rule,

withdrawal) should be taken, or

advisory material should be issued or

revised. If so, ARAC has been asked to

prepare the necessary documents,

including economic analysis, to justify

and carry out its recommendation(s).

ARAC Acceptance Task

ARAC has accepted this task and has

chosen to assign it to a new Flight/

Guidance System Harmonization

Working Group. The working group will

serve as staff to ARAC to assist ARAC

in the analysis of the assigned task.

Working group recommendations must

be reviewed and approved by ARAC. If

ARAC accepts the working group’s

recommendations, it forwards them to

the FAA as ARAC recommendations.
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Working Group Activity

The Flight/Guidance System

Harmonization Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the tasks, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

consider Transport Airplane and Engine

Issues held following the publication of

this notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations, prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. For each task, draft appropriate

regulatory documents with supporting

economic and other required analyses,

and/or any other related guidance

material or collateral documents the

working group determines to be

appropriate; or, if new or revised

requirements or compliance methods

are not recommended, a draft report

stating the rationale for not making such

recommendations.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.

In addition, the working group is

expected to:

1. Coordinate with All Weather

Operations Harmonization Working

Group (AWOHWG) on changes to

operational concepts, requirements,

rules, and advisory materials that would

affect airworthiness requirements to

ensure consistency between proposed

changes to part 25 rules and advisory

materials. Inform the AWOHWG of

potential operational implications to

proposed part 25 amendments.

2. Coordinate with other working

groups to harmonize requirements

related to the effects of automatic flight

control systems on the loads and

dynamics of the airplane.

Participation in the Working Group

The Flight/Guidance System

Harmonization Working Group is

composed of experts having an interest

in the assigned task. A working group

member need not be a representative of

a member of the full committee.

An individual who has expertise in

the subject matter and wishes to become

a member of the working group should

write to the person listed under the

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire,

describing his or her interest in the

tasks, and stating the expertise he or she

would bring to the working group. The

request will be reviewed by the assistant

chair, the assistant executive director,

and the working group chair, and the

individual will be advised whether or

not the request can be accommodated.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public, except as authorized by section

10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. Meetings of the Flight/

Guidance System Harmonization

Working Group will not be open to the

public, except to the extent that

individuals with an interest and

expertise are selected to participate. No

public announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 21,

1997.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–22923 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–45]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemptions (14 CFR Part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I),

dispositions of certain petitions

previously received, and corrections.

The purpose of this notice is to improve

the public’s awareness of, and

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s

regulatory activities. Neither publication

of this notice nor the inclusion or

omission of information in the summary

is intended to affect the legal status of

any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before September 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. ll, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9–NPRM–CMNTS@faa.dot.gov.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heather Thorson (202) 267–7470 or

Angela Anderson (202) 267–9681 Office

of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

Part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Part 11).

Issued in Washington, DC on August 21,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions For Exemption

Docket No.: 28997.

Petitioner: IAI Commercial Aircraft

Group, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.813(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow

encroachment into the required exit

passageway by the crew observers seat.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28913.

Petitioner: Condor Aircraft

Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.35 and 145.37.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To enable Condor to apply

for an amendment to its repair station

certificate to perform heavy

maintenance operations on Boeing B–

707, B–727, and B–737, and McDonnell

Douglas DC–8 and DC–9 aircraft without

complying with all of the permanent

housing and facility requirements of

§§ 145.35 and 145.37. Denial, August 4,

1997, Exemption No. 6664.

Docket No.: 28880.

Petitioner: R. Mark Grady.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

45.29.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

display 3-inch registration number

markings on the vertical stabilizer of his