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2. We grant the motion for leave to file an

otherwise unauthorized document by the

Regional Airline Association in Docket

49184; and

3. We will publish a copy of this order in

the Federal Register and serve a copy on the

Regional Airline Association.

Patrick V. Murphy,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and

International Affairs.

Nonhubs for Which a 45-Day Notice Is

Required

Ashland, Kentucky/Huntington, West

Virginia

Bismarck/Mandan, North Dakota

Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City, Tennessee

Bozeman, Montana

Butte, Montana

Caspar, Wyoming

Charleston/Dunbar, West Virginia

Evansville, Indiana

Fargo, North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Grand Junction, Colorado

Great Falls, Montana

Helena, Montana

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Kalispell, Montana

Lincoln, Nebraska

Minot, North Dakota

Missoula, Montana

Monroe, Louisiana

Montgomery, Alabama

Peoria, Illinois

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rochester, Minnesota

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, Michigan

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

[FR Doc. 95–10760 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Airworthiness Standards; Fiscal Year

1998, Small Airplane Directorate’s

Research, Engineering and

Development Initiatives, Program

Identification

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for small airplane

directorate’s research, engineering and

development program proposals.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

request for proposals that will define the

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

Aircraft Certification Service, Small

Airplane Directorate, Research,

Engineering and Development (R,E&D)

initiatives for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 by

defining and documenting specific,

potential R,E&D program proposals. The

request for proposals will focus on

Aircraft Certification R,E&D programs

related to the Small Airplane

Directorate’s activities. The Small

Airplane Directorate is responsible for

airworthiness areas related to the

normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter

category airplanes, gliders, balloons,

and airships. Other FAA requirements

such as flight standards, air traffic, or

airway facilities will not be addressed.

The FAA is soliciting the public sector

to ensure that the proposed Small

Airplane Directorate’s R,E&D

requirements will have relevant,

practical applications and will be cost

effective.

DATES: The request for proposals will be

open until close of business May 31,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in

triplicate to: Ervin E. Dvorak, Standards

Staff (ACE–110), Small Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification

Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 601 East 12th Street,

Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ervin E. Dovorak, Aerospace Engineer,

Standards Staff (ACE–110), Small

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, Federal Aviation

Administration; telephone number (816)

426–6941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each FY

the FAA prepares an R,E&D program

plan that include new (and amended)

R,E&D proposals. The Aircraft

Certification Service’s Small Airplane

Directorate is responsible for preparing

its part of the overall FAA submittal.

The philosophy of the R,E&D process

is to create an atmosphere that will

promote the identification of

requirements by any person or

organization in the government or

private sector. This makes the R,E&D

process more responsive to public sector

needs. Within the Aircraft Certification

Service’s Small Airplane Directorate,

the R,E&D process places increased

emphasis on outside participation in

identifying new requirements and in

sponsoring and monitoring the resulting

R,E&D projects. Therefore, as part of the

overall FAA and Aircraft Certification

initiatives, the FAA’s Small Airplane

Directorate is undertaking a directlyrelated initiative specifically for

airworthiness areas related to the

normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter

category airplanes, gliders, balloons,

and airships. Requirements should

support issues critical to our regulatory

and policy development. Also, the

requirements could support certification

issues for new and innovative designs

and technology, and/or support

correcting deficiencies in continued

airworthiness. It has the same basic

mission, goals, and procedures as the

agency-wide initiative.

The Small Airplane Directorate will

implement its segment of the FY–98

submittal by identifying, describing,

evaluating, and cataloguing potential

R,E&D requirements (i.e., proposals) for

potential sponsorship and incorporation

into the overall FAA FY–98 R,E&D

submittal. This will result in a

coordinated FY–98 requirements

package that will be assigned to the

appropriate FAA R,E&D provider

organizations when approved and when

funds are allocated by the budget

process.

It should be stressed that the

proposals that are evaluated as a result

of this notice, if accepted, will not be

funded until the overall FAA FY–98

R,E&D submittal is funded, (i.e., at least

two years after their original submittal

on October 15, 1995) and that

reprogramming of limited R,E&D

resources before than is highly unlikely.

Also, the accepted proposals will have

to complete for resources with other

requirements identified for R,E&D by

other FAA activities. Nonetheless, the

need clearly exists to identify Small

Airplane Directorate’s Certification

R,E&D needs to complete for the

agency’s R,E&D resources.

As a matter of information, there are

four primary FAA R,E&D supplier

organizations: (1) the FAA Technical

Center (FAATC) in Atlantic City, New

Jersey; (2) the Research and

Development Service (ARD) in

Washington, D.C.; (3) the Office of

Environment and Energy (AEE) in

Washington, D.C.; and (4) the Civil

Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of the Office

of Aviation Medicine (AAM). These

organizations perform the R,E&D on

programs that are approved and funded

through the process.

Although not mandatory, the format

of Figure 1 for R,E&D proposals is

preferred:

Figure 1—FY–98 Small Airplane

Director’s R,E&D Program Description

Form I.D. No. (FAA will fill in)

Originator

(Insert Name, Address, Phone Number,

and Fax Number)

Proposed R,E&D Program Description &

Objectives

(Insert Brief Description of the proposal

program and its major goals and

objectives)

Note: A more detailed description may be

attached in addition to this summary but is

not mandatory at this time.
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How Would You Accomplish This

Program?

(Insert Brief Description of your

recommended method of

accomplishing the proposed R,E&D

program)

Justification/History

(If appropriate, furnish data such as a

concise accident/incident history and

any other relevant statistics or

information that would show that the

proposed research is needed, costeffective, and applicable to

developing a solution to the proposed

R,E&D project. This history/

justification input data will be used to

aid in assessing the relative value of

the proposed R,E&D project.)

Anticipated Benefits/Products and

Beneficiaries

(Insert Brief Description of anticipated

benefits/products, who would benefit,

and how)

If an R,E&D proposal has been

submitted previously, then (unless a

major change or update has been made)

it is on file and need not be resubmitted.

Copies of this notice are being mailed

to all known interested parties. Any

interested party who desires but has not

received a copy of this notice by May

19, 1995, should request a copy from

Terre Flynn, Standards Staff (ACE–110),

Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 601 East 12th Street,

Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone

number (816) 426–6941.

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April

25, 1995.

Henry A. Armstrong,

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 95–10769 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Airport Certification

Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert E. David, Assistant Executive

Director for Airport Certification Issues,

Office of Airport and Safety Standards

(AAS–300), 800 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone

(202) 267–3085; fax (202) 267–5383.

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 is Airport

Certification issues. These issues

involve the certification and operation

of airports that service air carriers in 14

CFR part 139.

The Task

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendations

on the following task.

Review Title 14, Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) part 139 and develop

recommendations concerning what

requirements are applicable to airports that

have scheduled service with aircraft having

a seating capacity of 10 to 30 seats. In

developing these recommendations,

consideration should be given to accepted

industry practices regarding airport safety,

personnel available at these airports, costs

associated with meeting these requirements

(e.g., capital, operating, and maintenance

costs) and the types of accidents/incidents

that occur at these airports. Where it appears

that it is not reasonable to apply a part 139

requirement at these airports, the ARAC shall

examine alternatives to the requirement to

determine if there is another means to assure

a comparable level of safety.

In conducting this review, ARAC should

(1) Consider categorizing the requirements

applicable to these airports by the size of the

airport, or some other means to achieve

specific safety objectives, while minimizing

the operational burden; (2) consider

alternatives to providing aircraft rescue and

firefighting services for operations at these

airports; (3) consider conducting a survey of

the airports that would be affected by this

rule; and (4) recommend applicable

requirements, including a reasonable

compliance period, taking into account

economic and operational factors.

The recommendations from ARAC could

serve as the basis for a notice of proposed

rulemaking, if the FAA is granted the

legislative authority to certificate these

airports.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC has accepted the task and has

chosen to establish a new Commuter

Airport Certification Working Group.

The working group will serve 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 Commuter Airport Certification

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 airport certification 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. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

airport certification issues. Participation

in the Working Group.

The Commuter Airport Certification

Working Group will be 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.

An individual who has expertise in

the subject matter and wishes to become

a member of the working group should

write to the person listed under the

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire,

describing his or her interest in the task,

and stating the expertise he or she

would bring to the working group. The

request will be reviewed by the assistant

chair, the assistant executive director,

and the working group chair, and the

individual will be advised whether or

not the request can be accommodated.

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

Commuter Airport Certification

Working Group will not be open to the

public, except to the extent that

individuals with an interest and

expertise are selected to participate. No