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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 cochairs. Individuals will be advised

whether or not their request can be

accommodated.

Individuals chose 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 deadline.

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 assistant chair, the

assistant executive director, 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 General

Structures 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 5, 2001.

Brenda D. Courtney,

Acting Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–14659 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Transport Airplane and

Engines 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 develop

recommendations harmonizing changes

to the airworthiness standards for pilot

compartment doors to include resistant

to intrusion. This notice is to inform the

public of this ARAC activity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

McGraw, Federal Aviation

Administration, Northwest Mountain

Region Headquarters, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW., Renton Washington 98055

(425) 227–2111, john.mcgraw@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

As part of a current task assigned to

the Design for Security Harmonization

Working Group (64 FR 57921, 10/27/

99), ARAC should recommend

harmonized changes to the

airworthiness standards for pilot

compartment doors to include

resistance to intrusion.

Schedule: This new task is to be

completed along with the original task

and is due no later than December 31,

2001.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC accepted the task and assigned

the task to the existing Design for

Security Harmonization Working Group,

Transport Airplane and Engines Issues.

The working group serves as staff to

ARAC and assists in the analysis of

assigned tasks. 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 Design for Security

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 transport airplane and engines

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

transport airplane and engine issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The Design for Security

Harmonization Working Group is

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

assistant chair, the assistant executive

director, and the working group cochairs. 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

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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 assistant chair, the

assistant executive director, 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 Design for

Security 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 5, 2001.

Brenda D. Courtney,

Acting Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–14658 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Security Advisory Committee;

Meeting

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Aviation Security

Advisory Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held June

21, 2001, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Federal Aviation Administration,

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 10th

floor, MacCracken Room, Washington,

DC 20591, telephone 202–267–7622.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. 11), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Aviation

Security Advisory Committee to be held

June 21, 2001, at the Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., 10th floor, MacCracken

Room, Washington, DC. The agenda for

the meeting will include: Review of

Rulemaking Activities, Update on the

Status of the Verification Card Program

Pilot, RTCA Committee on Access

Control Standards and the FAA/ACC

Airport Terminal Workshop Series,

Weapons of Mass Destruction/BioChemical, A Common Strategy, and

Aviation Security Contingency Plan

Working Group. The meeting is open to

the public but attendance is limited to

space available. Members of the public

may address the committee only with

the written permission of the chair,

which should be arranged in advance.

The chair may entertain public

comment if, in its judgment, doing so

will not disrupt the orderly progress of

the meeting and will not be unfair to

any other person. Members of the public

are welcome to present written material

to the committee at any time. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the Office of

the Associate Administrator for Civil

Aviation Security, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

telephone 202–267–7622.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 6,

2001.

Lynne A. Osmus,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Civil

Aviation Security.

[FR Doc. 01–14660 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA–2001–9270]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance;

Extension of Comment Period

On April 6, 2001, the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) published in the

Federal Register (66 FR 18351) notice of

the petition of Wabtec Railway

Electronics (Wabtec) in which Wabtec

seeks a permanent waiver of compliance

from a provision of the ‘‘Railroad Power

Brake and Drawbars’’ regulations

regarding two-way end-of-train devices

(49 CFR 232.23(f)(2)).

FRA invited interested parties to

participate in this proceeding by

submitting comments to the DOT

Central Docket Management Facility by

May 11, 2001. It has come to our

attention that due to an administrative

error on the part of the agency, an

incomplete copy of Wabtec’s petition

was filed in the public docket (Docket

No. FRA–2001–9270). That error has

been corrected and a complete copy of

Wabtec’s submission is now filed in the

docket as Document No. 5.

Inasmuch as interested parties may

have had incomplete information on

which to base comments in this

proceeding, FRA is extending the

comment period to July 11, 2001.

Comments and other communications

concerning this proceeding should be

submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT

Central Docket Management Facility,

Room PL–401, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001. Comments received by that

date will be considered by FRA before

final action is taken in this proceeding.

All written communications concerning

this proceeding are available for

examination during regular business

hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the DOT Central

Docket Management Facility, Room PL–

401, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. All documents in the public

docket are also available for inspection

and copying at the docket facility’s web

site at http://dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 6, 2001.

Michael T. Haley,

Acting Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–14604 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Research and Development Programs

Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting at which NHTSA will

describe and discuss specific research

and development projects. Further, the

notice requests suggestions for topics to

be presented by the agency.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration will hold

a public meeting devoted primarily to

presentations of specific research and

development projects on Thursday, July

26, 2001, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and

ending at approximately 5 p.m. The

deadline for interested parties to suggest

agenda topics is 5 p.m. on Monday, July

2, 2001. Questions may be submitted in

advance regarding the agency’s research

and development projects. They must be

submitted in writing by Friday, July 6,

2001, to the address given below. If

sufficient time is available, questions

received after the July 6 date will be

answered at the meeting during the

discussion period. The individual,

group, or company asking a question

does not have to be present for the

question to be answered. A consolidated

list of answers to questions submitted

by July 6 will be available at the meeting

and will be mailed to requesters after

the meeting.