3510 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 13 / Friday, January 18, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership Availability in the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee—

Representatives of Environmental 

Concerns 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), as required by 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000, established 

the National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) in March 2001. The 

NPOAG was formed to provide 

continuing advice and counsel with 

respect to commercial air tour 

operations over and near national parks. 

This notice informs the public of two 

vacancies (due to completion of 

membership on May 30, 2008), on the 

NPOAG (now the NPOAG Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC)) for 

representatives of environmental 

concerns and invites interested persons 

to apply to fill the vacancies. A previous 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on October 29, 2007, but only 

drew a limited response. This notice is 

being re-published to identify additional 

qualified candidates. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer in writing and postmarked 

or e-mailed on or before February 15, 

2008. If you had previously submitted a 

request to be considered for these two 

NPOAG ARC positions in response to 

the October 29, 2007 notice, you do not 

need to re-submit your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3800, e-mail: 

Barry.Brayer@faa.gov or Karen Trevino, 

National Park Service, Natural Sounds 

Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, 

Fort Collins, CO, 80525, telephone (970) 

225–3563, e-mail: 

Karen_Trevino@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181. The Act required the 

establishment of the advisory group 

within 1 year after its enactment. The 

advisory group is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator of the FAA and the 

Director of NPS (or their designees) 

serve as ex officio members of the 

group. Representatives of the 

Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

The advisory group provides ‘‘advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator and the Director—

(1) On the implementation of this title 

[the Act] and the amendments made by 

this title; 

(2) On commonly accepted quiet 

aircraft technology for use in 

commercial air tour operations over a 

national park or tribal lands, which will 

receive preferential treatment in a given 

air tour management plan; 

(3) On other measures that might be 

taken to accommodate the interests of 

visitors to national parks; and 

(4) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, safety, environmental, 

and other issues related to commercial 

air tour operations over a national park 

or tribal lands.’’

Members of the advisory group may 

be allowed certain travel expenses as 

authorized by section 5703 of Title 5, 

United States Code, for intermittent 

Government service. 

By FAA Order No. 1110–138, signed 

by the FAA Administrator on October 

10, 2003, the NPOAG became an 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

FAA Order No. 1110–138, was amended 

and became effective as FAA Order No. 

1110–138A, on January 20, 2006. 

The current NPOAG ARC is made up 

of one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the air tour industry, four members 

representing environmental concerns, 

and two members representing Native 

American interests. Current members of 

the NPOAG ARC are: Heidi Williams, 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 

Alan Stephen, fixed-winged air tour 

operator representative; Elling 

Halvorson, Papillon Airways, Inc.; 

Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopters 

Association International; Chip 

Dennerlein, Siskiyou Project; Greg 

Miller, American Hiking Society; Mark 

Peterson, National Audubon Society; 

Don Barger, National Parks 

Conservation Association; Rory 

Majenty, Hualapai Nation; and Richard 

Deertrack, Taos Pueblo. 

Public Participation in the NPOAG 

ARC 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent environmental 

concerns, to contact Mr. Barry Brayer 

(contact information is written above in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.) 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Bryer in writing and 

postmarked or e-mailed on or before 

February 15, 2008. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association or group 

related to environmental issues or 

concerns or have another affiliation 

with issues relating to aircraft flights 

over national parks. The request should 

also state what expertise you would 

bring to the NPOAG ARC as related to 

environmental concerns. The term of 

service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 

years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA on January 3, 

2008. 

William C. Withycombe, 

Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 08–163 Filed 1–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket FAA–2007–29320] 

Operating Limitations at John F. 

Kennedy International Airport; Order 

Limiting Scheduled Operations at John 

F. Kennedy International Airport 

I. Introduction 

This Order establishes a temporary 

limitation on the number of scheduled 

operations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport (JFK). The Acting 

Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing this 

Order as a result of a persistent number 

of flights above capacity at JFK during 

the peak operating hours. We intend 

this Order to relieve the substantial 

inconvenience to the traveling public 

caused by excessive congestion-related 

flight delays at the airport, which 

magnify as they spread through the 

National Airspace System. Among other 

things, this Order will reduce the 

average length of delays and provide for 

a more efficient use of the nation’s 

airspace. This Order takes effect at 6 

a.m., Eastern Time, on March 30, 2008, 

and will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern 

Time, on October 24, 2009. 

The FAA previously determined that 

a limit on scheduled operations is 

necessary to address the increased level 

of flights over the past two years and, 

in particular, flights added during the 

peak afternoon and evening hours. 

These additional flights resulted in 


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