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Coast Guard seeks grantees to conduct a

National study on boating safety

concerns and specific interventions for

Special Needs Groups. Applicants

would provide recommendations to

improve the aquatic safety/boating

safety for those segments of the

population that are mentally and/or

physically impaired. Point of Contact:

CWO2 Tim Duff, 202–267–1263.

8. State/Federal/Boating

Organizations Cooperative Partnering

Efforts. The Coast Guard seeks grantees

to provide programs to encourage

greater participation and uniformity in

boating safety efforts. Applicants would

provide a forum to encourage greater

uniformity of boating laws and

regulations, reciprocity among

jurisdictions, and closer cooperation

and assistance in developing,

administering, and enforcing Federal

and state laws and regulations

pertaining to boating safety. Point of

Contact: Ms. Sandy Brown, 202–267–

6010.

9. Develop and Conduct Technical

Seminars on Boating Safety Standards

and Compliance. The Coast Guard seeks

a grantee to develop, provide

instructional materials for, and conduct

training courses nationwide for

compliance with recreational boating

Federal safety standards. Point of

Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer, 202–267–

0986.

10. Investigate Deficiencies of

Recreational Boat Flotation Foam. The

Coast Guard seeks a grantee to study

deficiencies in flotation foams used for

recreational boats. In particular, grantee

should explore new foam spraying

agents and techniques in light of recent

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

regulations governing

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Point of

Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer, 202–267–

0986.

11. Develop and Conduct Boating

Accident Seminars. The Coast Guard

seeks a grantee to develop, provide

instructional material, and conduct

training courses nationwide for boating

accident investigators, including three

courses at the Coast Guard Reserve

Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia.

Point of Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer,

202–267–0986.

12. National Estimate of Personal

Flotation Devices (PFDs) Wear Rate. The

Coast Guard seeks a grantee to develop

a statistically valid, empirically

developed national estimate of wear

rates of PFDs by recreational boaters.

This will provide the Coast Guard with

a baseline against which to measure the

effectiveness of its public relations and

boating education efforts, and will assist

in PFD wearability improvement efforts.

Point of Contact: LCDR Rick Sparacino,

202–267–0976.

13. Conduct a Research Study on

Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

Conspicuity. The Coast Guard seeks a

grantee to identify and investigate past

and current research into factors that

contribute to the conspicuity of objects

in the water with the goal of increasing

the conspicuity of personal flotation

devices when the wearer is in the water.

Point of Contact: Mr. Rick Gipe, 202–

267–0985.

14. Voluntary Standards Development

Support. The Coast Guard seeks a

grantee to carry out a program to

encourage active public participation in

the development of technically sound

voluntary boating safety standards.

Point of Contact: Mr. Peter Eikenberry,

202–267–6984.

15. Improvement of Navigation Light

Visibility and Glare Minization. The

Coast Guard seeks a grantee to

investigate the safety aspects of

navigation light lens size for lights

constructed in accordance with the

Navigation Rule specifications. Grantee

shall determine the minimum lens size

necessary to effect a safe level of

navigation light discernment when

viewed, especially at close range,

against a background of lights and

inclement weather. Point of Contact;

Mr. Randolph J. Doubt, 202–267–6810.

16. Recreational Boating Electronic

Accident Reporting System. The Coast

Guard seeks a grantee to develop an

electronic means of submitting

recreational boating accident report data

from the public. Point of Contact: Mr.

Phil Cappel, 202–267–0988.

17. Human Factors and Risk

Management in Recreational Boating

Applications. The Coast Guard seeks a

grantee to identify and characterize the

human factors and risk involved with

the recreational boating experience,

including operator controlled factors,

boat characteristics, safety equipment,

operating environment, and operator

safety awareness. Grantee shall identify

resources/interventions to eliminate/

mitigate risk factors. Grantee shall

specifically identify the risk involved

with recreational boat characteristics of

speed, accelerations (both lateral and

vertical), and stability, and develop/

validate risk matrices identifying

appropriate interventions to reduce/

eliminate risk. Point of Contact: Mr. Phil

Cappel, 202–267–0988.

18. Off-Throttle Steering of Jet-pump

Propelled Craft. The Coast Guard seeks

a grantee to identify available and

emerging technology/methodology in

the area of off-throttle steering of jetpump propelled craft and conduct

testing on those items/methods that are

determined to be the most effective.

Point of Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer,

202–267–0986.

19. Development and Validation of

Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

Computer Simulation Model. The Coast

Guard seeks a grantee to work with the

Coast Guard Research and Development

Program in the further development of

an articulated total body mannequin

and the use of the mannequin to

validate a computer simulation model

for rough water testing of PFDs. Point of

Contact: Mr. Rick Gipe, 202–267–0985.

The above list includes items of

specific interest to the Coast Guard,

however, potential applicants should

not be constrained by the list. Any

initiative which can help to reduce

deaths, injuries or damage among

recreational boaters is welcomed. One

area you should focus on is

PARTNERSHIP. Explore other sources,

linkages, in-kind contributions, cost

sharing, and partnering with other

organizations or corporations. A more

detailed discussion of specific projects

of interest to the Coast Guard may be

obtained by contacting the Coast Guard

Infoline at 800–368–5647 and

requesting a copy of a specific proposal.

Proposals addressing other boating

safety concerns are encouraged. The

Boating Safety Financial Assistance

Program is listed in section 20.005 of

the Federal Domestic Assistance

Catalog.

Dated: October 1, 1997.

James D. Hull,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of

Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–26420 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Aircraft Certification

Procedures Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignments

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of two new

harmonization tasks 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:

Brian A. Yanez, Aircraft Certification

Service (AIR–110), Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence
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Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

phone (202) 267–9588.

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 its trading partners in

Europe and Canada.

One area ARAC deals with its Aircraft

Certification Procedures Issues. These

issues involve the regulatory standards

and procedures for aircraft certification

found in 14 CFR parts 21, 39, and 183

and Special Federal Aviation Regulation

No. 36.

The Tasks

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization tasks:

Task 1. Review the public comments

received on Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NPRM) 97–7, which

proposes to amend the procedural

Federal Aviation Regulations for the

certification of changes to type

certificated products, and develop

recommendations regarding the

disposition of those comments. The

review and recommendations must take

into account the public comments

received by the Joint Aviation

Authorities (JAA) regarding JAA Notice

of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 21.7.

Prepare a recommended final rule for

NPRM 97–7 that the JAA could adopt as

its rule and that is harmonized with the

FAA’s rule. Forward the final

recommendations to the FAA.

Task 2. Develop a training syllabus for

a common training course between the

FAA and JAA and assist the FAA and

JAA training personnel with the training

program material.

The FAA expects ARAC to complete

these tasks by March 2, 1998.

The FAA has asked that ARAC

prepare the necessary documents,

including economic analysis, to justify

and carry out its recommendations.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

ARAC has accepted the tasks and has

chosen to assign them to the existing

International Certification Procedures

Working Group. The working group

serves 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 International Certification

Procedures 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 Aircraft Certification

Procedures Issues held following

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

Aircraft Certification Procedures Issues

Participation in the Working Group

The International Certification

Procedures 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.

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

International Certification Procedures

Working Group will not be open to the

public, except to the extent that

individuals with an interest and

expertise have been selected to

participate. No public announcement of

working group meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

29, 1997.

Brian A. Yanez,

Assistant Executive Director for Aircraft

Certification Procedures Issues Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–26380 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc. Joint Special Committee

182; Minimum Operational

Performance Standards (MOPS) for an

Avionics Computer Resource

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for Special Committee

(SC)–182 meeting to be held October

22–24, 1997, starting at 9:00 a.m. The

meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140

Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1020,

Washington, DC 20036.

The agenda will include: (1)

Chairman’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Review and Approval of Meeting

Reports: a. Previous Joint Meeting; b.

Working Group 48 Meeting; (3) SC–182

Work Program and Schedule: a. Is the

need for an ACR MOPS real? b. Are

equipment manufacturers committed to

the concept? c. Development of a

schedule to complete the MOPS not

later than December 1998, if interest

prevails. (4) Comments to MOPS Draft

1.0 (Web Site: http://

forums.americas.digital.com/avf/

RTCA.SC182/dispatch.cgi): Document

Forums; Minimum Operational

Performance Standards Draft Version of

MOPS; MOPS 1.0 (Reformatted); (5)

Discussion papers: a. Operation Goals

and Applications (Web Site: Same as

Above); Discussion forums;

Certification/ Qualification Issues #3

Operational Goals and Applications; b.

ARINC 653 APEX Partition Testing

(Web Site: Same as Above); Discussion

Forums; Architecture/System Services

#7 Apex Partition Testing; (6) Status

Report: a. Architecture/ System Services

Working Group; b. Capacity and

Performance Working Group; (7)

Working Group Sessions; (8) working

Group Reports; (9) Other Business; (10)

Date and Place of Next Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interest

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 RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, DC,