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members to ensure all aspects of the 

tasks are considered in development of 

the recommendations. The provisions of 

the August 13, 2014, Office of 

Management and Budget guidance, 

‘‘Revised Guidance on Appointment of 

Lobbyists to Federal Advisory 

Committees, Boards, and Commissions’’ 

(79 FR 47482), continues the ban on 

registered lobbyists participating on 

Agency Boards and Commissions if 

participating in their ‘‘individual 

capacity.’’ The revised guidance now 

allows registered lobbyists to participate 

on Agency Boards and Commissions in 

a ‘‘representative capacity’’ for the 

‘‘express purpose of providing a 

committee with the views of a 

nongovernmental entity, a recognizable 

group of persons or nongovernmental 

entities (an industry, sector, labor 

unions, or environmental groups, etc.) 

or state or local government.’’ (For 

further information see Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) as 

amended, 2 U.S.C 1603, 1604, and 

1605.) 

If you wish to become a member of 

the Air Traffic Controller Basic 

Qualification Training Working Group, 

write the person listed under the 

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire. Describe 

your interest in the task and state the 

expertise you would bring to the 

Working Group. The FAA must receive 

all requests by October 19, 2015. The 

ARAC and the FAA will review the 

requests and advise you whether or not 

your request is approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the Working Group, you must actively 

participate in the Working Group, 

attend all meetings, and provide written 

comments when requested. You must 

devote the resources necessary to 

support the Working Group in meeting 

any assigned deadlines. You must keep 

your management and those you may 

represent advised of working group 

activities and decisions to ensure the 

proposed technical solutions do not 

conflict with the position of those you 

represent. Once the Working Group has 

begun deliberations, members will not 

be added or substituted without the 

approval of the ARAC Chair, the FAA, 

including the Designated Federal 

Officer, and the Working Group Chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of the 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

The ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, meetings of the Air 

Traffic Controller Basic Qualification 

Training Working Group are not open to 

the public, except to the extent 

individuals with an interest and 

expertise are selected to participate. The 

FAA will make no public 

announcement of Working Group 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

14, 2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2015–23433 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee; Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

meeting will take place on Tuesday, 

October 20, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., and Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the 

National Transportation Safety Board 

Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW., Washington, DC 20594. This will 

be the 61st meeting of the COMSTAC. 

The proposed schedule for the 

COMSTAC working group meetings on 

October 20 is below: 

—International Space Policy (8:00 a.m.– 

10:00 a.m.) 

—Business/Legal (10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.) 

—Standards (1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.) 

—Operations (3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.) 

The full Committee will meet on 

October 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The proposed agenda for that meeting 

features speakers relevant to the 

commercial space transportation 

industry; and reports and 

recommendations from the working 

groups. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC members to consider 

under the advisory process. Statements 

may concern the issues and agenda 

items mentioned above and/or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact Larry Scott, 

COMSTAC Designated Federal Officer, 

(the Contact Person listed below) in 

writing (mail or email) by October 9, 

2015, so that the information can be 

made available to COMSTAC members 

for their review and consideration 

before the October 20–21 meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

in the following formats: One hard copy 

with original signature and/or one 

electronic copy via email. 

A portion of the October 21 meeting 

will be unavailable to the public 

(starting at approximately 4:00 p.m.). 

An agenda will be posted on the FAA 

Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast. For 

specific information concerning the 

times and locations of the COMSTAC 

working group meetings, contact the 

Contact Person listed below. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the Contact Persons listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Scott, telephone (202) 267–7982; 

email larry.scott@faa.gov, FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

(AST–3), 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591. 

Complete information regarding 

COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web 

site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_

org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_

committee/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 11, 

2015. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–23512 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2015–0108] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

MYSTIQUE; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 


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