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Working Group Activity

The Stall Characteristics

harmonization 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 task, including the

rationale supporting such a plan for

consideration at the next meeting of the

ARAC on general aviation certification

and operations 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. Draft the appropriate documents

and required analyses and/or any other

related materials or documents.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of the ARAC held to consider

general aviation certification and

operations issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The Stall Characteristics

Harmonization Working Group will be

composed of technical experts having

an interest in the assigned task. A

working group member need not be a

representative or 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. All

requests to participate must be received

no later than June 29, 2001. The

requests will be reviewed by the coassistant chairs, the co-assistant

executive directors, and the working

group co-chairs. Individuals will be

advised whether or not their request can

be accommodated.

Individuals chosen for membership

on the working group will be expected

to represent their aviation community

segment and actively participate in the

working group (e.g., attend all meetings,

provide written comments when

requested to do so, etc.). They also will

be expected to devote the resources

necessary to support the working group

in meeting any assigned deadlines.

Members are expected to keep their

management chain and those they may

represent advised of working group

activities and decisions to ensure that

the proposed technical solutions do not

conflict with their sponsoring

organization’s position when the subject

being negotiated is presented to ARAC

for approval.

Once the working group has begun

deliberations, members will not be

added or substituted without the

approval of the co-assistant chairs, the

co-assistant executive directors, and the

working group co-chairs.

The Secretary of Transportation

determined that 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.

Meetings of the ARAC will be open to

the public. Meetings of the Stall

Characteristics Harmonization Working

Group will not be open to the public,

except to the extent that 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 June 1, 2001.

Anthony F. Fazio,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–14234 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; General Aviation

Certification and Operations Issues—

New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee a new task to evaluate

changing the requirements in Section

23.177 for demonstrating positive

dihedral effect in all land gear and flap

positions. This notice is to inform the

public of this ARAC activity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Dahl, Federal Aviation

Administration, Central Region

Headquarters, 901 Locust, Kansas City,

Missouri, 64106, (816) 329–4110.

mike.dahl@faa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA established the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s

rulemaking activities with respect to

aviation-related issues. This includes

obtaining advice and recommendations

on the FAA’s commitments to

harmonize Title 14 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) with its

partners in Europe and Canada.

The Task

1. Review § 23.177 and JAR 23 and

recommend harmonized changes to

§ 23.177 for demonstrating positive

dihedral effect in all landing gear and

flap positions. (Extending the flaps often

decreases the dihedral effect to zero. An

aileron rudder interconnect is often

installed to correct the problem when

dihedral effect in the landing flap

configuration is not wanted.)

2. Prepare a draft Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NPRM) incorporating the

recommendations. The NPRM should

include the preamble and rule language

along with any supporting legal

analysis.

Schedule: This task is to be

accomplished no later than December

10, 2001.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC accepted the task and assigned

the task to the newly formed Static

Directional and Lateral Stability

Harmonization Working Group, General

Aviation Certification and Operations

Issues. The working group will serve as

staff to ARAC and assist in the analysis

of the assigned task. ARAC must review

and approve the working group’s

recommendations. If ARAC accepts the

working group’s recommendations, it

will forward them to the FAA.

Recommendations that are received

from ARAC will be submitted to the

agency’s Rulemaking Management

Council to address the availability of

resources and prioritization.

Working Group Activity

The Static Directional and Lateral

Stability Harmonization 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 task, including the

rationale supporting such a plan for

consideration at the next meeting of the

ARAC on general aviation certification

and operations 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. Draft the appropriate documents

and required analyses and/or any other

related materials or documents.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of the ARAC held to consider

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general aviation certification and

operations issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The Static Directional and Lateral

Stability Harmonization Working Group

will be composed of technical experts

having an interest in the assigned task.

A working group member need not be

a representative or 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. All

requests to participate must be received

no later than June 29, 2001. The

requests will be reviewed by the coassistant chairs, the co-assistant

executive directors, and the working

group co-chairs. Individuals will be

advised whether or not their request can

be accommodated.

Individuals chosen for membership

on the working group will be expected

to represent their aviation community

segment and actively participate in the

working group (e.g., attend all meetings,

provide written comments when

requested to do so, etc.). They also will

be expected to devote the resources

necessary to support the working group

in meeting any assigned deadlines.

Members are expected to keep their

management chain and those they may

represent advised of working group

activities and decisions to ensure that

the proposed technical solutions do not

conflict with their sponsoring

organization’s position when the subject

being negotiated is presented to ARAC

for approval.

Once the working group has begun

deliberations, members will not be

added or substituted without the

approval of the co-assistant chairs, the

co-assistant executive directors, and the

working group co-chairs.

The Secretary of Transportation

determined that 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.

Meetings of the ARAC will be open to

the public. Meetings of the Static

Directional and Lateral Stability

Harmonization Working Group will not

be open to the public, except to the

extent that 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 June 1, 2001.

Anthony F. Fazio,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–14235 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA–2000–8033]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review: OMB

Control No. 2126–0010 (Motor Carrier

Safety Assistance Program)

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

described in this notice has been sent to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval. The

FMCSA is requesting OMB’s continued

approval of the information that is

required for the Motor Carrier Safety

Assistance Program. The ICR describes

the information collection and its

expected cost and burden. The Federal

Register notice allowing for a 60-day

comment period on this information

collection was published on November

1, 2000 (65 FR 65372). We are required

to send ICRs to OMB under the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Please submit comments by July

6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James D. McCauley, (202) 366–0133,

Office of Safety Programs, Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration, 400

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC

20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

ADDRESS: Send comments to the Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

Seventeenth Street NW., Washington,

DC 20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer.

We particularly request your comments

on whether the collection of information

is necessary for the FMCSA to meet its

goal of reducing truck crashes,

including whether the information is

useful to this goal; the accuracy of the

estimate of the burden of the

information collection; ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information collected; and ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. OMB wants to receive

comments within 30 days of publication

of this notice in order to act on the ICR

quickly.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Motor Carrier Safety Assistance

Program (MCSAP).

OMB Approval Number: 2126–0010.

Background: Sections 401–404 of the

Surface Transportation Assistance Act

of 1982 (STAA) established a program of

financial assistance to States for the

purpose of implementing programs to

enforce (a) Federal rules, regulations,

standards, and orders applicable to

commercial motor vehicle safety; and

(b) compatible State rules, regulations,

standards, and orders. This grant-in-aid

program is known as the Motor Carrier

Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP).

The Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) added

programs, such as drug interdiction,

traffic enforcement, and size and weight

activities to the core program

established by the STAA.

The Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (TEA–21) further revised

the MCSAP by broadening its purpose

beyond enforcement activities and

programs by requiring participating

States to assume greater responsibility

for improving motor carrier safety. The

TEA–21 required States to develop

performance-based plans reflecting

national priorities and performance

goals, revised the MCSAP funding

distribution formula, and created a new

incentive funding program. As a result,

States are given greater flexibility in

designing programs to address national

and State goals for reducing the number

and severity of commercial motor

vehicle (CMV) accidents. The

implementing regulations were

published in a final rule in the March

21, 2000, Federal Register at 65 FR

15092.

In order to qualify for a grant,

participating States must submit a

Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP).

After the grant is awarded, States must

submit inspection data and quarterly

reports explaining work activities and

accomplishments. The FMCSA monitors

and evaluates a State’s progress under

its approved CVSP. The agency also

determines whether a change in the

State’s level of effort is required to meet

the intended objectives of the CVSP. If

a State fails to operate within the

guidelines of the approved CVSP or

does not remedy any identified

deficiencies or incompatibilities in a

timely manner, the FMCSA may cease

participation in that State’s CVSP. This

information collection provides the