Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Notices 52177

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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,
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20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

26, 1997.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–26378 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc. Special Committee 147;

Minimum Operational Performance

Standards for Traffic Alert and

Collision Avoidance Systems Airborne

Equipment

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

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

is hereby given for a Special Committee

(SC)–147 meeting to be held November

4–5, starting at 9:00 a.m. The meeting

will be held at the MITRE Corporation,

Wilson Building, Room 1B02, 7798 Old

Springhouse Road, McLean, VA.

The agenda will be as follows: (1)

Chairman’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Review and Approval of Minutes of the

Previous Meeting; (3) FAA Program

Office Report; (4) Requirements

Working Group Report; (5) Verification

and Validation Presentations; (6)

Review and Consideration of Proposed

Changes to TCAS II MOPS, v. 7.0 (DO–

185A); (7) Special Committee (SC)–186

Report: SC–186 Revised Terms of

Reference; (8) FAA Program Office

Report on the Use of ADS–B in TCAS;

(9) Discussion of Future Work Plan for

SC–147; (10) Date and Place of Next

Meeting.

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 RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, D.C.

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on September

26, 1997.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–26379 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 96–073; No. 2]

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for public comment on

proposed collections of information.

SUMMARY: This document describes

three collections of information for

which NHTSA intends to seek OMB

approval. Under new procedures

established by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, before seeking OMB

approval to collect information from the

public, Federal agencies must solicit

public comment on proposed

collections of information, including

extensions and reinstatements of

previously approved collections. Each

of the collections for which this

document requests comment has been

previously approved.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the

docket and notice numbers cited at the

beginning of this notice and be

submitted to NHTSA’s new Docket

Management Facility, located on the

Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the

U.S. Department of Transportation,

Room PL–01, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Please

identify the proposed collection of

information for which a comment is

provided, by referencing its OMB

Clearance Number. The DOT Docket is

open to the public from 10 am to 5 pm,

Mondays through Fridays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Complete copies of each request for

collection of information may be

obtained at no charge from Mr. Ed

Kosek, NHTSA Information Collection

Clearance Officer, NHTSA, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Room 6123, Washington, DC

20590. Mr. Kosek’s telephone number is

(202) 366–2589. Please identify the

relevant collection of information by

referring to its OMB Clearance Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

before an agency submits a proposed

collection of information to OMB for

approval, it must publish a document in

the Federal Register providing a 60-day

comment period and otherwise consult

with members of the public and affected

agencies concerning each proposed

collection of information. The OMB has

promulgated regulations describing

what must be included in such a

document. Under OMB’s regulations (at

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask

for public comment on the following:

(i) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(iii) How to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(iv) How to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

In compliance with these

requirements, NHTSA asks public

comment on the following proposed

collections of information:

Names and Addresses of First

Purchasers of Motor Vehicles, 49 U.S.C.

30117(b)

Type of request—Reinstatement of

clearance.

OMB Clearance Number—2127–0044.

Form Number—This collection of

information uses no standard forms.

Requested Expiration Date of

Approval—Three years after date of

expiration of existing clearance.

Summary of the Collection of

Information—By statute (49 U.S.C.

30117 (b) Maintaining Purchaser

Records and Procedures), motor vehicle

manufacturers are required to collect

and retain the names and addresses of

first purchasers of new motor vehicles,

so that the manufacturer can directly

notify those persons in the event the

vehicle is recalled.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Proposed Use of the

Information—If there is a safety-related

recall of the motor vehicle, the vehicle

manufacturer needs to identify the first

purchaser of the motor vehicle. Thus,

the vehicle manufacturers will use the

names and addresses to inform the first

purchaser of the recall, and to explain

what actions the purchaser should take.

Description of the Likely Respondents

(Including Estimated Number and

Proposed Frequency of Response to the

Collection of Information)—The

respondents are vehicle dealers which

collect the information, and vehicle

manufacturers which store the

information. Since this practice of