21294 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 2015 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 10, 

2015. 

Mark W. Bury, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08927 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership in the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) and the National 

Park Service (NPS) are inviting 

interested persons to apply to fill three 

upcoming openings on the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

(NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC). The openings will 

represent general aviation concerns, air 

tour operator concerns, and Native 

American interests, respectively. 

Selected members will each serve 3-year 

terms. 

DATES: Persons interested in applying 

for the NPOAG openings need to apply 

by May 29, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 

90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3808, 

email: Keith.Lusk@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181. The Act required the 

establishment of the advisory group 

within 1 year after its enactment. The 

NPOAG was established in March 2001. 

The advisory group is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator of the FAA and the 

Director of NPS (or their designees) 

serve as ex officio members of the 

group. Representatives of the 

Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

In accordance with the Act, the 

advisory group provides ‘‘advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator and the Director— 

(1) On the implementation of this title 

[the Act] and the amendments made by 

this title; 

(2) On commonly accepted quiet 

aircraft technology for use in 

commercial air tour operations over a 

national park or tribal lands, which will 

receive preferential treatment in a given 

air tour management plan; 

(3) On other measures that might be 

taken to accommodate the interests of 

visitors to national parks; and 

(4) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, safety, environmental, 

and other issues related to commercial 

air tour operations over a national park 

or tribal lands.’’ 

Membership 

The NPOAG ARC is made up of one 

member representing general aviation, 

three members representing the 

commercial air tour industry, four 

members representing environmental 

concerns, and two members 

representing Native American interests. 

Current members of the NPOAG ARC 

are as follows: 

The current NPOAG consists of Heidi 

Williams representing general aviation; 

Alan Stephen, Mark Francis, and 

Matthew Zuccaro representing 

commercial air tour operators; Michael 

Sutton, Mark Belles, Nicholas Miller, 

and Dick Hingson representing 

environmental interests; and Leigh 

Kuwanwisiwma and Martin Begaye 

representing Native American interests. 

The 3-year membership terms of Ms. 

Williams, Mr. Stephen, and Mr. Begaye 

expire on October 9, 2015. 

Selection 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS are 

seeking candidates interested in filling 

the three soon to be expiring seats. The 

three seats to be filled will represent 

general aviation concerns, air tour 

operator concerns, and Native American 

interests, respectively. The FAA and 

NPS invite persons interested in serving 

on the ARC to contact Mr. Keith Lusk 

(contact information is written above in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Lusk in writing and 

postmarked or emailed on or before May 

29, 2015. The request should indicate 

whether or not you are a member of an 

association or group related to general 

aviation or air tour operations or a 

member of a Native American tribe or 

have another affiliation with issues 

relating to aircraft flights over national 

parks. The request should also state 

what expertise you would bring to the 

NPOAG ARC as related to these issues 

and concerns. The term of service for 

NPOAG ARC members is 3 years. 

Current members may re-apply for 

another term. 

On June 18, 2010, President Obama 

signed a Presidential Memorandum 

directing agencies in the Executive 

Branch not to appoint or re-appoint 

federally registered lobbyists to advisory 

committees and other boards and 

commissions. Therefore, before 

appointing an applicant to serve on the 

NPOAG, the FAA and NPS will require 

the prospective candidate to certify that 

they are not a federally registered 

lobbyist. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on April 9, 2015. 

Keith Lusk, 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08767 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0111] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Application for an 

Exemption From Ford Motor Company 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA requests public 

comment on an application for 

exemption from Ford Motor Company 

(Ford) to allow motor carriers to operate 

Ford’s Transit commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) that do not meet the 

exhaust system location requirements in 

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (FMCSR). The FMCSRs 

require (1) the exhaust system of a bus 

powered by a gasoline engine to 

discharge to the atmosphere at or within 

6 inches forward of the rearmost part of 

the bus and (2) the exhaust system of 

every truck and truck tractor to 

discharge to the atmosphere at a 

location to the rear of the cab or, if the 

exhaust projects above the cab, at a 

location near the rear of the cab. Based 

on the results of performance-based 

tests it has conducted to measure the 

concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) 

in the occupant compartment of the 

Transit-based CMVs, Ford believes that 

the location of the exhaust system on 

these vehicles, as currently designed, 

will maintain a level of safety that is 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

of safety achieved without the 


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