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Fundraising airlifts in May 2001, for

compensation or hire, without

complying with certain anti-drug and

alcohol misuse prevention requirements

of part 135.

Grant, 05/08/2001, Exemption No. 7527.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9555.

Petitioner: Wings of Denver Flying

Club, Aspen Flying Club, Key Lime

Flights, and Barnstomers Aero Services.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and

appendixes I and J to part 121.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit WDFC, AFC,

KLF, ahd BAS to conduct local

sightseeing flights at Centennial Airport

for Centennial Annual Open House on

May 12, 2001, for compensation or hire,

without complying with certain antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention

requirements of part 135.

Grant, 05/08/2001, Exemption No. 7526.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8338.

Petitioner: Tatonduk Outfitters,

Limited dba Tatonduk Flying Service

dba Air Cargo Express.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

121.345(c)(2) and 135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit ACE to operate

certain aircraft under part 121 and part

135 without a TSO–C112 (Mode S)

transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 05/07/2001, Exemption No.

7403A.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9160

(previously Docket No. 24187).

Petitioner: Florida Department of Law

Enforcement.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

91.209(a)(1) and (b), and (2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit FDLE to conduct

operations in support of drug law

enforcement and drug traffic

interdiction without complying with the

visual flight rules cruising altitude

requirements or without lighted aircraft

position and anticollision lights while

operating between sunset and sunrise.

Grant, 05/04/2001, Exemption No.

3596G.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9163

(previously Docket No. 27143).

Petitioner: Columbia Helicopters, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit CHI to operate

certain aircraft under part 135 without

a TSO–C112 (Mode S) transponder

installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 05/07/2001, Exemption No.

6905A.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9593.

Petitioner: TNT Leasing Company,

Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit TNT to operate

certain aircraft under part 135 without

a TSO–C112 (Mode S) transponder

installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 05/07/2001, Exemption No. 7525.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9594.

Petitioner: Edwards & Associates, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Edwards to

operate certain aircraft under part 135

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S)

transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 05/07/2001, Exemption No. 7524.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9492.

Petitioner: Arctic Circle Air Service,

Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit ACAS to operate

certain aircraft under part 135 without

a TSO–C112 (Mode S) transponder

installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 05/07/2001, Exemption No. 7523.

[FR Doc. 01–13442 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new taskings for the

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the new

taskings assigned to and accepted by the

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee. This notice

informs the public of the activities of

the Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Huber, Manager, Program

Management Branch, ANM–114,

Executive Director of ATSRAC, Federal

Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW, Renton, WA 98055;

telephone (425) 227–2589 or fax (425)

227–1320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In response to the White House

Commission on Aviation Safety and

Security, the FAA formed the Aging

Non-Structural Systems Study Team,

which developed the FAA’s approach to

improving the management of aging

wire systems. To assist in fulfilling the

actions specified in the Aging NonStructural Systems Plan, we have

established an Aging Transport Systems

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ATSRAC) to provide advice and

recommendations to the FAA

Administrator, through the Associate

Administrator for Regulation and

Certification, on airplane system safety

issues like aging wire systems. The

ATSRAC was initially tasked in 1998

with five tasks, which encompassed

collecting data on aging wiring systems

through airplane inspections, reviewing

airplane manufacturer’s service

information, reviewing operators

maintenance programs, and providing

the FAA with recommendations to

enhance the safety of these systems.

It should be noted that the results and

recommendations from the initial

taskings indicate that problems

associated with systems on aging

airplanes are not completely related to

the degradation over time of wire

systems. Inadequate installation and

maintenance practices can lead to what

is commonly referred to as an ‘‘aging

system’’ problem. As such, the scope of

the Committee is not limited solely to

age-related issues, but includes

improving the continued airworthiness

of airplane systems, and in particular

wire systems.

This notice informs the public of four

new tasks assigned to and accepted by

ATSRAC. These new tasks are intended

to facilitate implementation of earlier

recommendations of ATSRAC. The

ATSRAC has chosen to establish

harmonization working groups (HWG)

to provide technical support in

developing its recommendations to the

Federal Aviation Administration. The

HWG’s will establish working methods

to ensure coordination among the four

groups and coordination with working

groups established by the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. This

coordination is required to ensure

efficient use of resources, continuity in

related decisions, and to reduce

duplication of efforts. The new tasks

and harmonization working groups

follow:

I. Wire System Certification

Requirements Harmonization Working

Group

This group should be comprised of

representatives and experts from type

certificate and supplemental type

certificate holders, operators, and

regulatory authorities.

• Review all 14 CFR part 25 and JAR

25 requirements and ATSRAC and

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ARAC recommendations related to

wiring systems.

• Submit recommendations

consolidating existing paragraphs and

creating a new section dedicated to wire

system requirements.

• Identify design and certification

requirements for a new wire system rule

that would account for aging effects.

• Identify requirements to conduct

wire system safety assessments. Review

§ 25.1309, AC 25.1309–1A (or latest

revision), corresponding JAR–25

material, and related ARAC

recommendations and recommend, if

appropriate, particular methods of

compliance with § 25.1309 that should

be mandated in a new wire system rule.

• Review existing FAA and JAA

guidance, related ATSRAC and ARAC

recommendations, and industry

documentation and guidance for wire

separation requirements.

• Recommend, if appropriate, a

comprehensive wire separation

regulation (in addition to 25.1353).

• Recommend requirements for

special identification of wire and/or

wire bundles based on the airplane level

of effect of failures of systems contained

in a wire bundle.

• Review and revise, as appropriate,

existing advisory material, guidance and

policies and related ARAC

recommendations on design and

installation of wiring systems, in

consideration of aging effects on wiring

noted in previous recommendations

submitted by ATSRAC.

II. Standard Wire Practice Manual

(SWPM) Harmonization Working Group

The composition of this working

group should include technical

representatives from the Air Transport

Association, operators [specify type, i.e.

repair station, air carrier, etc.], aircraft

and component manufacturers, and

regulatory authorities.

• Define the standard format and

content of an SWPM in consideration of

ATSRAC recommendations on the

SWPM.

• Recommend, as appropriate,

changes to existing SWPM’s required by

airline and repair station programs.

III. Enhanced Training Program for Wire

Systems Harmonization Working Group

The composition of this working

group should include technical

expertise from air carrier operators,

repair stations, other operators of

transport category aircraft, regulatory

authorities. Specific expertise is needed

in the areas of training program

development, wiring, and avionics

maintenance.

• Develop and recommend a wire

system training program that could be

incorporated into an FAA advisory

circular and JAA advisory material. The

recommendation must consider training

requirements that address all specific

issues contained in ATSRAC’s

recommendation concerning Enhanced

Maintenance Criteria for Systems.

• Identify and recommend SWPM

minimum recurrent training

requirements for maintenance

technicians with particular focus on

aging and degradation of wiring

systems.

IV. Enhanced Maintenance Criteria for

Systems Harmonization Working Group

The composition of this working

group should include technical

expertise in wiring/avionics

maintenance, maintenance program

development, and use of Instructions for

Continued Airworthiness.

• Develop recommendations for

enhanced maintenance criteria for

systems in consideration of the elements

of previous recommendations in the

ATSRAC, including the enhanced zonal

analysis program. The recommended

program must consider related

conclusions and recommendations from

ATSRAC’s Intrusive Inspection Report.

The recommendations will form the

basis for an FAA advisory circular and

JAA Advisory Circular Joint (ACJ)

directed toward part 25 transport

category aircraft currently being used in

part(s) 91, 121, 125, and 129 operations.

• Review recommendations from

ATSRAC’s report concerning

Maintenance Practices, particularly the

‘‘zonal analysis procedure’’

methodology.

• Provide certain information that

will allow development of regulatory

text for a Special Federal Aviation

regulation (SFAR) for Performance of

the Enhanced Zonal Analysis Procedure

(EZAP) applicable to type certificate

holders and supplemental type

certificate holders who install wire

bundles or significantly affect the

installation of existing wiring.

Recommendations should include

timelines for aircraft type design holders

to complete their application for the

EZAP logic for each aircraft.

• Recommend wire system data for

inclusion in Appendix H to part 25,

Instructions for Continued

Airworthiness.

ATSRAC Acceptance of Taskings

ATSRAC has accepted these four

taskings and has agreed to provide the

FAA with its final recommendations by

August 2002. The tasking statements in

this notice are a summary of the four

taskings that ATSRAC accepted at the

April 25, 2001 ATSRAC meeting in

Washington, DC. The Committee has

chosen to assign the tasks to four

separate harmonization working groups.

These working groups will serve as staff

to the ATSRAC to assist the Committee

in writing technical reports that will

allow the FAA to complete its

development of associated rulemaking

language and advisory material.

Working group documents will be

reviewed, deliberated, and approved by

ATSRAC. If ATSRAC accepts the

working groups’ documents, they will

be forwarded to the FAA as ATSRAC

recommendations.

The working groups should

coordinate with other working groups,

organizations, and specialists as

appropriate. The working groups will

identify to ATSRAC the need for

additional new working groups when

existing groups do not have the

appropriate expertise to address certain

tasks.

Working Group Activity

The working groups are expected to

comply with the procedures adopted by

ATSRAC. As part of the procedures,

each working group is expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the task, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration by the ATSRAC following

the establishment and selection of the

working group.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of proposed

recommendations prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. Draft a report and/or any other

collateral documents the working group

determines to be appropriate and submit

them to the ATSRAC for review and

approval by July 2002.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of the ATSRAC.

Participation in the Working Group

Each of the working groups will be

composed of experts having an interest

in the assigned task. Participants of the

working groups should be prepared to

devote a significant portion of their time

to the ATSRAC task through August

2002. A working group member need

not be a representative or a member of

the ATSRAC.

An individual who has expertise in

the subject matter and wishes to become

a member of one of the working groups

should contact: Charles Huber (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section),

expressing that desire, describing his or

her interest in the tasks, and stating the

expertise he or she would bring to the

working group. All requests to

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participate must be received no later

than June 28, 2001. The requests will be

reviewed by the ATSRAC Chair, the

Executive Director, and the working

group Chair, and the individuals will be

advised whether or not requests can be

accommodated.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ATSRAC are necessary and in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of the ATSRAC will be open

to the public. Meetings of the individual

working groups will not be open to the

public, except to the extent that

individuals with an interest and

expertise are selected to participate. No

public announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23,

2001.

Anthony F. Fazio,

Director, Office of Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 01–13438 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Air Carrier and

General Aviation Maintenance Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) is issuing this

notice to advise the public of a meeting

of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee to discuss Air

Carrier and General Aviation

Maintenance Issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June

21, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Arrange

for presentations by June 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Federal Aviation Administration,

800 Independence Ave. SW., room 813,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolina E. Forrester, Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of Rulemaking

(ARM–206), 800 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone

(202) 267–9690; fax (202) 267–5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to § 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C.

App II), notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee to be held on June

21, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Ave. SW., room 813,

Washington, DC 20591. The agenda will

include:

1. Opening remarks;

2. Committee Administration;

3. General Aviation Maintenance

Working Group presentation of

working group’s technical report and

Advisory Circular;

4. Clarification of Major/Minor Repairs

or Alterations Working Group

presentation of working group’s

technical report and Advisory

Circular;

5. Discussion of Working Groups

continued activities; and

6. A discussion of future meeting dates,

locations, activities, and plans.

Attendance is open to the interested

public, but will be limited to the space

available. The FAA will arrange

teleconference capability for individuals

wishing to participate by teleconference

if we receive notification before June 8,

2001. Arrangements to participate by

teleconference can be made by

contacting the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Callers outside the Washington

metropolitan area will be responsible for

paying long distance charges.

The public must make arrangements

by May 25, 2001, to present oral

statements at the meeting. The public

may present written statements to the

committee at any time by providing 25

copies to the Assistant Executive

Director, or by bringing the copies to the

meeting. In addition, sign and oral

interpretation can be made available at

the meeting, as well as an assistive

listening device, if requested 10

calendar days before the meeting.

Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 22,

2001.

Angela Elgee,

Assistant Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–13315 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

01–05–C00–OTH To Impose and Use

the Revenue From a Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) at North Bend Municipal

Airport, Submitted by the City of North

Bend, North Bend Municipal Airport,

North Bend, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on

Application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use PFC

revenue at North Bend Municipal

Airport under the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 28, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Mr. J. Wade Bryant, Manager,;

Seattle Airports District Office, SEA–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Gary

LeTellier, Airport Manager, at the

following address: City of North Bend/

Port Of Coos Bay, 2348 Colorado

Avenue, North Bend, Oregon 97459.

Air Carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to North Bend

Municipal Airport, under section 158.23

of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Suzanne Lee-Pang, (425) 227–2654,

Seattle Airports District Office (SEA–

ADO); Federal Aviation Administration;

1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056. The

application may be reviewed in person

at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application 01–05–C–

00–OTH to impose and use PFC revenue

at North Bend Municipal Airport, under

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and

Part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On May 21, 2001, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by City of North Bend, North

Bend Municipal Airport, North Bend,

Oregon, was substantially complete

within the requirements of section