33736 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2001 / Notices

Members of the general public may

attend these meetings. Directions to

meeting locations and actual room

assignments may be determined by

calling the Secretariat at 202 647–0965/

2592.

Attendees may join in the

discussions, subject to the instructions

of the Chair. Admission of members will

be limited to seating available.

Dated: June 19, 2001.

Doreen McGirr,

Multilateral Affairs, Communication &

Information Policy, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01–16001 Filed 6–21–01; 3:38 pm]

BILLING CODE 4710–45–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement No. ANM–01–111–159]

All-Electrical Attitude, Altitude,

Direction, and Airspeed Systems Using

Battery Standby Power

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy

statement; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces the

availability of a proposed policy

statement that clarifies current FAA

certification policy with respect to allelectrical attitude, altitude, direction,

and airspeed systems using battery

standby power.

DATES: Send your comments on or

before July 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address your comments to

the individual identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale

Dunford, Federal Aviation

Administration, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Transport Standards Staff,

Airplane and Flight Crew Interface

Branch, ANM–111, 1601 Lind Avenue

SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056.;

telephone (425) 227–2239; fax (425)

227–1100; e-mail:

dale.dunford@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

The proposed policy statement is

available on the Internet at the following

address: http://www.faa.gov/avr/air/

anm/draftpolicy/interim.htm. If you do

not have access to the Internet, you can

obtain a copy of the policy statement by

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The FAA invites your comments on

this proposed policy statement. We will

accept your comments, data, views, or

arguments by letter, fax, or e-mail. Send

your comments to the person indicated

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Mark your comments, ‘‘Comments to

Policy Statement ANM–01–111–159.’’

Use the following format when

preparing your comments:

• Organize your comments issue-byissue.

• For each issue, state what specific

change you are requesting to the

proposed general statement of policy.

• Include justification, reasons, or

data for each change you are requesting.

We also welcome comments in

support of the proposed policy.

We will consider all communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments. We may change the

proposed policy because of the

comments received.

Background

With the advent of highly reliable,

low power, liquid crystal display (LCD)

electrical indicators, applicants for

certification of transport category

airplanes and their components are

replacing previous pneumatic indicators

with electric ones, resulting in an allelectric attitude, altitude, direction, or

airspeed configuration. Many of these

installations rely on time-limited

batteries to power the instruments in the

event of loss of generator power on the

airplane. Such all-electric

configurations must be designed to

ensure continued safe flight and landing

after any failure or combination of

failures not shown to be extremely

improbable, including the loss of

generated electrical power.

The proposed policy statement

provides guidelines that should be used

for the certification of flight instrument

installations in which

• All displays of any of the essential

flight information (e.g., altitude,

attitude, airspeed, or direction) require

electrical power,

• The failure of normal electrical

power is not extremely improbable, and

• The back-up source of electrical

power is a time-limited battery.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 19,

2001.

Ali Bahrami,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15898 Filed 6–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement No. ANM–01–115–32]

Use of Industry Standards in Seat

Certification

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy

statement; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces the

availability of a proposed policy for the

use of industry standards to address

certain certification issues for transport

airplane seats. This policy is specifically

relevant to certification of seats with an

in-arm video system feature.

DATES: Send your comments on or

before July 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address your comments to

the individual identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff

Gardlin, Federal Aviation

Administration, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Transport Standards Staff,

Airframe/Cabin Safety Branch, ANM–

115, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton,

WA 98055-4056.; telephone (425) 227–

2136; fax (425) 227–1100; e-mail:

jeff.gardlin@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

The proposed policy statement is

available on the Internet at the following

address: http://www.faa.gov/avr/air/

anm/draftpolicy/interim.htm. If you do

not have access to the Internet, you can

obtain a copy of the policy statement by

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The FAA invites your comments on

this proposed policy statement. We will

accept your comments, data, views, or

arguments by letter, fax, or e-mail. Send

your comments to the person indicated

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Mark your comments, ‘‘Comments to

Policy Statement ANM–01–115–32.’’

Use the following format when

preparing your comments:

• Organize your comments issue-byissue.

• For each issue, state what specific

change you are requesting to the

proposed general statement of policy.

• Include justification, reasons, or

data for each change you are requesting.

We also welcome comments in

support of the proposed policy.

We will consider all communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments. We may change the