72144 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 19, 2016 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee Meeting on Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ARAC) Transport Airplane and Engine 

(TAE) Subcommittee to discuss TAE 

issues. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, starting at 

9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. 

Arrange for oral presentations by 

November 1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: 1601 Lind Ave SW., Renton, 

WA 98057. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralen Gao, Office of Rulemaking, ARM– 

209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3168, Fax (202) 267–5075, or 

email at ralen.gao@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of 

an ARAC meeting to be held on 

November 8, 2016. 

The agenda for the meeting is as 

follows: 

• Opening Remarks, Review Agenda 

and Minutes 

• FAA Report 

• ARAC Report 

• Transport Canada Report 

• EASA Report 

• Engine Harmonization Working 

Group Report 

• Flight Test Harmonization Working 

Group Report 

• Airworthiness Assurance Working 

Group Report 

• Metallic and Composite Structures 

Working Group Report 

• Crashworthiness and Ditching 

Working Group Report 

• Any Other Business 

• Action Item Review 

Participation is open to the public, 

but will be limited to the availability of 

teleconference lines. 

To participate, please contact the 

person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION by email or phone for the 

teleconference call-in number and 

passcode. Please provide the following 

information: Full legal name, country of 

citizenship, and name of your industry 

association, or applicable affiliation. If 

you are participating as a public citizen, 

please indicate so. Participants are 

responsible for any telephone, data 

usage or other similar expenses related 

to this meeting. 

The public must make arrangements 

by November 1, 2016, to present oral or 

written statements at the meeting. 

Written statements may be presented to 

the Subcommittee by providing a copy 

to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Copies of 

the documents to be presented to the 

Subcommittee may be made available 

by contacting the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

If you need assistance or require a 

reasonable accommodation for the 

meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 13, 

2016. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Acting Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Twelfth RTCA SC–228 Minimum 

Performance Standards (MPS) for UAS 

Focused-Topic Plenary 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Twelfth RTCA SC–228 

Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) 

for UAS Focused-Topic Plenary. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

Twelfth RTCA SC–228 Minimum 

Performance Standards (MPS) for UAS 

Focused-Topic Plenary. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

virtually November 14, 2016, 12:30 

p.m.–01:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Virtual meeting ONLY. Join at the 

following link: https://rtca.webex.com/ 

rtca/j.php?MTID=m0be5cd6a8d8d86fc

024338aca4569302. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Secen at asecen@rtca.org or 202–330– 

0647, or The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at 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., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Twelfth RTCA 

SC–228 Minimum Performance 

Standards (MPS) for UAS FocusedTopic Plenary. The agenda will include 

the following: 

Monday, November 14, 2016, 12:30 

p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

1. Welcome/Introductions/ 

Administrative Remarks/SC–228 

Participation Guidelines 

a. Reading of the Public 

Announcement by the DFO 

b. Reading of the RTCA Proprietary 

References Policy 

2. Agenda Overview 

3. Determine approval of WG–1 DAA 

MOPS 

a. DAA MOPS Document Approval 

b. Air-to-Air Radar MOPS Document 

Approval 

4. Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public. 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 October 13, 

2016. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management & Program Analyst, Partnership 

Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, 

Procurement Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifth RTCA SC–235 Non Rechargeable 

Lithium Batteries Plenary Session 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Fifth RTCA SC–235 Non 

Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Plenary 

Session. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of Fifth 

RTCA SC–235 Non Rechargeable 

Lithium Batteries Plenary Session. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 15–16, 2016 09:00 a.m.–05:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. 


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1Available online at http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

airport_safety/wildlife/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org 

or 202–330–0680, or The RTCA 

Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at 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., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Fifth RTCA 

SC–235 Non Rechargeable Lithium 

Batteries Plenary Session. The agenda 

will include the following: 

Tuesday, November 15, 2016—9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

1. Welcome and Administrative 

Remarks 

2. Introductions 

3. Agenda Review 

4. Meeting-Minutes Review 

5. FAA Tech Center Testing Update 

6. Status Discussion of Internal 

Comment Review 

7. Review of program schedule 

8. Action Item Review 

9. Any other Business 

10. Date and Place of Next Meeting 

11. Adjourn 

Wednesday, November 16, 2016—9:00 

a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Session 

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 October 13, 

2016. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management & Program Analyst, Partnership 

Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, 

Procurement Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–25186 Filed 10–18–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–9284] 

Applicability of National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) to Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Review of Airport 

Wildlife Hazard Management Plans 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Office of Airports 

is clarifying a program guidance letter 

issued in 2006 concerning how federal 

environmental laws apply to FAA 

approval of a new or updated airport 

Wildlife Hazard Management Plan 

(WHMP). Recent issues and questions 

have arisen that make it necessary to 

update and clarify the guidance. The 

clarified policy includes circumstances 

where the FAA would approve WHMPs, 

and delineate which individual 

measures in a plan the airport may 

implement based upon a categorical 

exclusion without further 

environmental review or coordination. 

In contrast, other measures might be 

subject to a higher level of review and 

interagency coordination prior to 

approval. The FAA is publishing this for 

notice and comment prior to 

implementation. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 18, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2016–9284 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Elliott Black, Director, Office of Airport 

Planning and Programming. Mailing 

address: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: 

(202) 267–8775. Email address: 

Elliott.Black@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority. 49 United States Code 

(U.S.C.) § 44706 (‘‘Airport operating 

certificates) and 14 CFR part 139.337 

(‘‘Wildlife Hazard Management’’); and 

42 United States Code [U.S.C.] §§ 4321– 

4335 National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

Title 14 CFR part 139 § 139.337 

(‘‘Wildlife hazard management’’) 

requires in part that when the FAA 

determines that a wildlife hazard 

management plan is needed, the 

certificate holder must formulate and 

implement a plan using the wildlife 

hazard assessment as a basis. The plan 

must provide measures to reduce or 

eliminate wildlife hazards to air carrier 

operations, and be submitted to (and 

approved by) the FAA prior to 

implementation. 

In 2006, the FAA’s Office of Airports 

issued Program and Policy Guidance 

Letter 92 (‘‘Policy 92’’) to address 

questions about the applicability of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) to FAA approval of WHMPs, 

and the certificate holder’s 

implementation of those plans.1 That 

policy referred in part to Section 209 of 

FAA Order 5050.4B, ‘‘National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Implementing Instructions for Airport 

Actions’’ (April 28, 2006), which 

addressed the applicability of NEPA to 


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