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###### Department of Transportation

###### Federal Aviation Administration 

# ACTION:

Notice of meeting. 

# SUMMARY:

The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee (NPOAG ARC. This notice informs the public of the date, location, and agenda for the meeting. 

*Dates and Location:*                         The NPOAG ARC will meet November 8-9, 2005, at the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, 333 Wonderview Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8, 2005.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Barry Brayer, Manager, Executive Resource Staff, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250, telephone: (310) 725-3800, or                         *Barry.Brayer@faa.gov*, or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 350,                               ( print page 57923)                            Ft. Collins, CO, 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563, or                         *Karen_Trevino@nps.gov*.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Background 

The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181 (Pub. L. 106-181), required the establishment of a National Parks Overflights Advisory Group within 1 year after its enactment. The NPOAG was to be a balanced group representative of general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and Indian tribes. The duties of the NPOAG included providing advice, information, and recommendations to the Director, NPS, and to the Administrator, FAA, on the implementation of Public Law 106-181, on quiet aircraft technology, on other measures that might accommodate interests to visitors to national parks, and, at the request of the Director and Administrator, on safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands. 

On March 12, 2001, the FAA and NPS announced the establishment of the NPOAG (48 FR 14429). The advisory group has held five meetings: August 28-29, 2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada; October 4-5, 2002, in Tusayan, Arizona; October 20-21, 2003 in Jackson, Wyoming; March 18-19, 2004, in Boulder City, NV; and September 9-10, 2004, in Washington, DC. 

On October 10, 2003, the Administrator signed Order No. 1110-138 establishing the NPOAG as an aviation rulemaking committee. The current members of the NPOAG ARC are Heidi Williams (general aviation), Richard Larew, Elling Halverson, and Alan Stephen (commercial air tour operations), Chip Dennerlein and Charles Maynard (environmental interests), and Germaine White and Richard Deertrack (Indian tribes). The FAA and NPS are soliciting two additional members to represent environmental interests. 

## Agenda for the November 7-8, 2005 Meeting 

The NPOAG ARC will review tribal issues, prevention and mitigation of significant adverse environmental impacts, modifications to interim operating authority, new entrant operators and increased operations of existing operators, and quiet technology. A final agenda will be available the day of the meeting. 

## Attendance at the Meeting 

                    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend, please contact one of the persons listed under                     **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**                     so that meeting space may accommodate your attendance.                 

## Record of the Meeting 

If you cannot attend the meeting, a summary record of the meeting will be made available through the National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 350, Ft. Collins, CO, 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563. 

Issued in on September 23, 2005. 

Barry Brayer, 

Manager, Executive Resource Staff, Western Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 05-19785 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am] 

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