Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 38 / Friday, February 26, 2010 / Notices 9017 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

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 February 22, 

2010. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4027 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Program Management 

Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Program 

Management Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

RTCA Program Management Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

17, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 

805, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 850, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 RTCA Program 

Management Committee meeting. The 

agenda will include: 

• Opening Plenary (Welcome and 

Introductions). 

• Review/Approve Summary of 

December 2, 2009 PMC meeting, RTCA 

Paper No. 009–10/PMC–772. 

• Publication Consideration/ 

Approval. 

• Final Draft, New Document, Safety, 

Performance and Interoperability 

Requirements Document for Enhanced 

Traffic Situational Awareness During 

Flight Operations (ATSA–AIRB), RTCA 

Paper No. 018–10/PMC–773, prepared 

by SC–186. 

• Integration and Coordination 

Committee (ICC)—Report. 

• SC–213 Coordination with other 

Special Committees—Recommendation 

• SC–186/214 Coordination—Interval 

Management—Recommendation. 

• Special Committee Interface 

Matrix—Review. 

• Action Item Review. 

• SC–147—Standards for Air Traffic 

Data Communications Services— 

Discussion—Review/Approve Revised 

Terms of Reference. 

• SC–203—Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems (UAS)—Discussion—Review 

Status. 

• SC–214—Standards for Air Traffic 

Data Communications Services— 

Discussion—Review/Approve Revised 

Terms of Reference. 

• SC–218—Future ADS–B/TCAS 

Relationships—Discussion—Review 

Status. 

• Discussion. 

• SC–186—Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance—Broadcast—Discussion— 

Review/Approve Revised Terms of 

Reference. 

• SC–213—Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems, 

(EFVS/SVS)—Discussion—Review/ 

Approve Revised Terms of Reference. 

• Web Workplace—Discussion. 

• ICAO—Discussion. 

• Special Committees—Chairmen’s 

Reports. 

• Closing Plenary (Other Business, 

Document Production and PMC Meeting 

Schedule Meeting, Adjourned). 

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 February 22, 

2010. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4024 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Orders Limiting Scheduled Operations 

at John F. Kennedy International 

Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark 

Liberty International Airport; High 

Density Rule at Reagan National 

Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limited waiver of the 

slot usage requirement. 

SUMMARY: This action announces a 

limited waiver of the requirements to 

use slots at Washington’s Reagan 

National Airport (DCA) and Operating 

Authorizations (slots) at John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 

LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and Newark 

Liberty International Airport (EWR). 

This policy is effective from February 5, 

2010 through February 15, 2010. 

DATES: Effective upon publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Hawks, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Regulations Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenues, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 

267–7143; e-mail: rob.hawks@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Multiple snowstorms in the 

northeastern and mid-Atlantic United 

States beginning February 5, 2010, 

severely disrupted aviation and other 

modes of transportation. Substantial 

amounts of snow from these storms 

resulted in numerous airport closures. 

Airports’ capacity was also significantly 

reduced due to weather, snow removal 

operations, and aircraft deicing 

programs. Air carriers responded by 

cancelling flights and combining 

operations, and the FAA used traffic 

management programs as needed to 

manage traffic with available airspace 

and airport capacity. Carriers instituted 

network operational recovery plans 

during this time to position aircraft and 

crews needed to resume scheduled 

operations. 

The degree of disruption and 

cancellations varied by airport and by 

day, but DCA, JFK, LGA, and EWR all 

were affected by the storms. However, 

the flight disruptions were not limited 

to the slot-controlled airports. 

Operations at other airports in the 

Washington, DC, area and throughout 

the eastern United States were likewise 

impacted. Recovery of normal 

operations took several days after the 

initial storms and was exacerbated by 

subsequent adverse weather conditions. 

Operations at all airports appeared to 

return to normal by February 16. 

Under the FAA’s High Density Rule 

and orders limiting scheduled 

operations at the airports, slots must be 

used at least 80 percent of the time. 

Slots not meeting the minimum usage 

rules will be withdrawn or not receive 

historic precedence for the following 

scheduling season, depending on the 


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