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information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23, 

2010. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Stanislaus County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for a proposed highway project in 

Stanislaus County, California. 

DATES: Public scoping meetings to be 

held Wednesday, September 8, 2010 

and Monday, September 13, 2010. All 

written scoping comments must be 

received by September 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The Wednesday, September 

8, 2010 meeting will occur at the 

Oakdale Community Center, 110 South 

Second Avenue, Oakdale, California 

95361. The Monday, September 13, 

2010 meeting will occur at the Salida 

Regional Library, 4835 Sisk Road, 

Salida, California 95368. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

Miller, Senior Environmental Planner, 

Central Sierra Environmental Analysis 

Branch, California Department of 

Transportation, 2015 East Shields 

Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, California 

93726, (559) 243–8274 or (209) 948– 

3646, gail_miller@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, FHWA assigned, and 

Caltrans assumed, environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Caltrans as the 

delegated National Environmental 

Policy Act agency, in cooperation with 

the North County Corridor 

Transportation Expressway Authority, 

will prepare an EIS on a proposal for the 

North County Corridor highway project 

in Stanislaus County, California. The 

North County Corridor project begins 

from State Route 99 in the vicinity of 

Kiernan Avenue/the Salida community, 

and extends east approximately 25 

miles to State Route 108/120, east of the 

city of Oakdale. The North County 

Corridor project is proposed to relocate 

State Route 108 with a freeway/ 

expressway and is considered necessary 

to accommodate anticipated traffic 

growth in northern Stanislaus County, 

alleviate traffic on parallel roadways, 

accommodate multi-modal travel, 

provide interregional connectivity, and 

to provide for economic growth. Total 

funding for the future 25 mile relocation 

of State Route 108 has not been 

identified. As a result, Caltrans is 

planning a phased approach as 

additional funds become available for 

the construction of the future 25 mile 

freeway/expressway facility with 

interchanges, grade-separated railroad 

crossings, at-grade intersections, 

frontage roads, and street alignments. 

Current alternatives under 

consideration at this time include, but 

not necessarily limited to, (1) taking no 

action and (2) consideration of at least 

three different alignments for the 

potential relocation of State Route 108. 

It is anticipated that the proposed 

project may require the following 

federal permits and approvals: A 

Biological Opinion from the United 

States Fish & Wildlife Service, approval 

of a PM10–PM2.5 Hot Spot Analysis by 

the Inter-Agency Consultation 

Committee, an Air Quality Conformity 

determination from the FHWA, Section 

401, 402 and 404 permits under the 

Clean Water Act and a Farmland 

Conversion Impact Rating For Corridor 

Type Projects from the United States 

Soil Conservation Service. The EIS for 

this initial phase of the proposed project 

would authorize preservation of the 

corridor from McHenry to State Route 

99 and construction and operation of 

the first constructible phase from 

McHenry to State Route 108/120. 

Subsequent funded project phases will 

require either re-evaluation and/or 

subsequent environmental 

documentation for project-specific 

impacts. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, Participating 

and Cooperating Agencies, and local 

agencies, and to private organizations 

and citizens who have previously 

expressed or are known to have interest 

in this proposal. Letters will be sent to 

the following tribal groups: Tule River 

Indian Tribe, Southern Sierra Miwuk 

Nation, and North Valley Yokuts Tribe. 

The environmental scoping process 

begins with the publication of this 

Notice of Intent. Public scoping 

meetings will be held in the Oakdale 

Community Center, 110 South Second 

Avenue, Oakdale, California 95361 on 

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 from 

6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., and in the Salida 

Regional Library, 4835 Sisk Road, 

Salida, California 95368 on Monday, 

September 13, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 

8 p.m. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to Caltrans at the address 

provided above. All written scoping 

comments must be received by 

September 30, 2010. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: August 23, 2010. 

Cindy Vigue, 

Director, State Programs Federal Highway 

Administration Sacramento, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Funding Availability 

Application Procedure and Deadlines 

for the Truck Parking Facilities 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of 

applications. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits 

applications for the truck parking 

facilities initiative for which funding is 

available under section 1305 of Public 

Law 109–59, 119 Stat. 1214–15, the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). The SAFETEA– 

LU directed the Secretary to establish a 

pilot program to address the shortage of 

long-term parking for commercial motor 

vehicles (CMV) on the National 

Highway System. States, metropolitan 

planning organizations (MPOs) and 

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local governments are eligible for the 

funding available for fiscal years (FY) 

2006–2009. Section 411 of Title IV of 

Public Law 111–147, the Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2010, 

124 Stat. 78, extended funding for the 

Truck Parking Facilities program for FY 

2010 and the first quarter of FY 2011 

(through December 31, 2010). The 

SAFETEA–LU section 1305 authorizes a 

wide range of eligible projects and 

activities, ranging from construction of 

commercial motor vehicle spaces and 

other capital improvements that 

facilitate CMV parking including the use 

of intelligent transportation systems 

(ITS) technology to increase information 

on the availability of both public and 

private CMV parking spaces. For 

purposes of this program, long-term 

parking is defined as parking available 

for 10 or more consecutive hours. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by the FHWA no later than October 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The FHWA Office of Freight 

Management and Operations mailing 

address is FHWA–HOFM, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE.; MS E84–402, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tom Kearney, Office of Freight 

Management and Operations, (518) 431– 

4125 ext. 218, tom.kearney@dot.gov; for 

legal questions, Mr. Robert Black, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1359, 

robert.black@dot.gov; Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this notice may 

be downloaded from the Office of the 

Federal Register’s home page at http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s Web site at http://www.

access.gpo.gov. 

I. Background 

The Truck Parking Facilities Program 

furthers the goals of the DOT in 

addressing congestion and safety 

concerns on the Nation’s highways. By 

creating a program that provides funds 

to address long-term truck parking on 

the National Highway System (NHS), 

the DOT anticipates that commercial 

motor vehicles will be better able to 

plan rest stops and better time their 

transit or loading/unloading within 

urban areas, thereby reducing the urban 

area’s congestion and supporting safe 

highway operations. 

The shortage of long-term truck 

parking on the NHS is a problem that 

needs to be addressed. Several States 

have completed truck parking needs 

analyses recently and have found that 

severe and pervasive shortages exist. 

Their recommendations include 

expansion or improvement of public 

rest areas; expansion or improvement of 

commercial truck stops and travel 

plazas; use of public-private 

partnerships; and educating or 

informing drivers about available 

spaces. This lack of available parking 

not only adds to congestion in urban 

areas, but also may affect safety by 

reducing the opportunities for drivers to 

obtain rest needed to comply with the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations, Hours of Service of Drivers 

(49 CFR 395.3(a)(1)). Further, parking 

areas are often designed or maintained 

for short-term parking only. Section 

1305 of SAFETEA–LU directed the 

Secretary of Transportation to establish 

a pilot program to address the long-term 

parking shortages along the NHS. 

Eligible projects under section 1305 

include projects that: 

1. Promote the real-time 

dissemination of publicly or privately 

provided commercial motor vehicle 

parking availability on the NHS using 

ITS and other technology based 

solutions; 

2. Open non-traditional facilities to 

commercial motor vehicle parking, 

including inspection and weigh 

stations, and park and ride facilities; 

3. Make capital improvements to 

public commercial motor vehicle 

parking facilities currently closed on a 

seasonal basis to allow the facilities to 

remain open year round; 

4. Construct turnouts or connectors 

along the NHS (which must comply 

with appropriate design standards) to 

facilitate commercial motor vehicle 

access to parking facilities, and/or 

improve the geometric design of 

interchanges to improve access to 

commercial motor vehicle parking 

facilities. This should include 

improvements to the local street 

network or access to the proposed 

parking site. Applicable references, 

including standards, recommended 

industry practices, and references that 

provide technical guidance to assist 

State and local agencies in addressing 

truck parking issues, are listed below: 

AASHTO (http:// 

www.transportation.org) 

A Policy on Geometric Design of 

Highways and Streets, 2004 (Green 

Book) 

A Policy on Design Standards 

Interstate System, January 2005 

Guide to Park and Ride Facilities, 

2004 

Guide for Development of Rest Areas 

on Major Arterials and Freeways, 

Third Edition 

Transportation Research Board (http:// 

trb.org) 

Access Management Manual 

Institute of Transportation Engineers 

(http://www.ite.org) 

Transportation Impact Analysis for 

Site Development: An ITE Proposed 

Recommended Practice, 2006 

5. Construct commercial motor 

vehicle parking facilities adjacent to 

commercial truck stops and travel 

plazas; and 

6. Construct safety rest areas that 

include parking for commercial motor 

vehicles. 

In FY 2008, FHWA awarded funding 

to two projects designed to disseminate 

information on the availability and/or 

location of public or private long-term 

parking spaces to provide the greatest 

opportunity to maximize the 

effectiveness of this pilot program. 

These projects, being developed on the 

I–95 Corridor in the Northeast and the 

I–5 Corridor in California, employ a 

program based on improving the truck 

operator’s awareness of truck parking 

opportunities. In June 2010, five 

additional awards were made by the 

DOT to projects in Utah, Mississippi, 

Oregon, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. 

Work to be completed by these projects 

include expanding current truck parking 

facilities, converting a weigh station to 

a truck parking facility, and 

disseminating truck parking 

opportunities to drivers by using ITS 

and 511 traveler information systems. 

The Secretary is authorized to provide 

Federal grant assistance for the Truck 

Parking Facilities pilot program on a 

discretionary basis. The FHWA will 

make recommendations to the Secretary 

toward projects that should be 

considered for funding. Accordingly, 

FHWA will give priority consideration 

to applications for Truck Parking 

projects from those States, MPO’s, and 

local governments that have measurable 

safety, congestion reduction and air 

quality benefits. The FHWA seeks 

solutions at a corridor level and 

encourages multi-State cooperation in 

proposals for this program. 

The candidate projects must meet the 

eligibility criteria for the Truck Parking 

Facilities Program and will be evaluated 

on the selection criteria established for 

the program along with the safety and 

congestion criteria described below. 

Although funding for the Truck Parking 

Facilities Program is limited, large-scale 

corridor focused projects are encouraged 

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to apply for Truck Parking Facilities 

Program funding. 

Highway safety continues to remain a 

focus and priority for FHWA. Targeting 

discretionary funding, in a resultsoriented comprehensive approach to 

safety, is a means of directing limited 

discretionary funding to those projects 

that will yield tangible transportation 

and safety benefits. With respect to 

safety, applicants should describe the 

safety benefits associated with the 

project or activity for which funding is 

sought, including whether the project, 

activity, or improvement: 

• Will result in a measurable 

reduction in the loss of property, injury, 

or life; 

• Incorporates innovative safety 

design techniques that support safe 

highway operations and advance the 

‘‘state-of-the practice’’ in delivering 

highway safety projects focusing on 

commercial vehicle operations or other 

operational techniques; 

• Incorporates innovative 

construction work zone strategies to 

improve safety; 

• Is located on a rural road that is in 

need of priority attention based on 

analysis of safety experience; and/or 

• Is located in an urban area of high 

injury or fatality, and is an initiative to 

improve the design, operation or other 

aspect of the existing facility that will 

result in a measurable safety 

improvement. 

Increasing national mobility and 

productivity while reducing congestion 

is also a priority for FHWA. In support 

of a high-velocity, global supply chain 

that supports competitiveness in the 

global economy, safe and efficient 

commercial vehicle operations are 

essential. Reliability of travel times and 

the sustainability of benefits generated 

through investments in the U.S. 

highway system are key objectives that 

FHWA is striving to achieve to support 

national economic competitiveness. The 

application of discretionary funding to 

improve mobility and reduce congestion 

will yield tangible transportation and 

economic benefits that should far 

exceed the limited amount of 

discretionary funding provided to the 

project. In furtherance of measuring the 

congestion reduction and mobility 

benefits associated with a project that 

qualifies for funding under the Truck 

Parking Facilities Program, within the 

application, the applicant should 

describe how the project, activity or 

improvement: 

• Relieves congestion in an urban 

area or along a major transportation 

corridor; 

• Employs operational and 

technological improvements that 

promote safety and congestion relief, 

and/or addresses major freight 

bottlenecks. 

Appropriate quantitative data should 

be provided to support the safety and 

congestion relief discussion. 

II. Funding Information 

The FHWA expects that 

approximately $7.3 million will be 

available to award under this 

solicitation for projects. Projects funded 

under this section shall be treated as 

projects on a Federal-aid System under 

Chapter 1 of Title 23, United States 

Code (U.S.C.). 

Grants may be funded at an 80 to 100 

percent funding level based on the 

criteria specified in sections 120(b) and 

120(c) of Title 23, U.S.C. 

III. Application Submission 

This notice will also be posted on the 

FHWA Office of Freight Management 

and Operations Web site, http://www.

ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight. Electronic 

versions of project applications in .pdf 

file format should be attached to an email and submitted to 

truckparking10@dot.gov. Alternatively, 

hard copies of project applications may 

be submitted; in that case, an original 

and 10 copies of each application can be 

submitted. Please note electronic 

submissions in .pdf file format are 

encouraged in place of hard copy 

submissions. Awarded projects will be 

administered by the applicable State 

Department of Transportation as a 

Federal-aid grant. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, we have received 

clearance from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for this 

action (OMB Control number 2125– 

0610, April 30, 2013). 

IV. Proposal Content 

All proposals should include the 

following: 

1. A detailed project description, 

which would include a description of 

the severity and extent of the long-term 

truck parking shortage in the corridor to 

be addressed, along with contact 

information for the project’s primary 

point of contact, and whether funds are 

being requested under 23 U.S.C. 120(b) 

or 120(c). Data helping to define the 

shortage may include truck volume 

(Average Daily Truck Traffic—ADTT) in 

the corridor to be addressed, current 

number of long-term commercial motor 

vehicle parking spaces, use of current 

long-term parking spaces, driver 

surveys, observational field studies, 

proximity to freight loading/unloading 

facilities, and proximity to the NHS. 

2. The rationale for the project should 

include an analysis and demonstration 

of how the proposed project will 

positively affect truck parking, safety, 

economic competitiveness and 

sustainability, traffic congestion, or air 

quality in the identified corridor. 

3. The scope of work should include 

a complete listing of activities to be 

funded by the request, including 

technology development, information 

processing, information integration 

activities, developmental phase 

activities (planning, feasibility analysis, 

environmental review, engineering or 

design work, and other activities), 

construction, reconstruction, acquisition 

of real property (including land related 

to the project and improvements to 

land), environmental mitigation, 

construction contingencies, acquisition 

of equipment, and operational 

improvements. 

4. Stakeholder identification should 

include evidence of prior consultation 

and/or partnership with affected MPOs, 

local governments, community groups, 

private providers of commercial motor 

vehicle parking, and motorist and 

trucking organizations. Also include a 

listing of all public and private partners, 

and the role each will play in the 

execution of the project. Commitment/ 

consultation examples may include: 

Memorandums of Agreement, 

Memorandums of Understanding, 

contracts, meeting minutes, letters of 

support/commitment, and 

documentation in a metropolitan 

transportation improvement program 

(TIP) or statewide transportation 

improvement program (STIP). 

5. A detailed quantification of eligible 

project costs by activity, an 

identification of all funding sources that 

will supplement the grant and be 

necessary to fully fund the project, and 

the anticipated dates on which the 

additional funds are to be made 

available. Public and private sources of 

funds (non-Federal commitment) will be 

considered by the FHWA as an in-kind 

match contributing to the project. 

Matching funds will be required for 

projects eligible under 23 U.S.C. 120(b). 

6. Applicants should provide a 

timeline that includes work to be 

completed and anticipated funding 

cycles. Gantt charts are preferred. 

7. Include a timeline for complying 

with National Environmental Policy Act 

requirements and the type of clearance 

received or anticipated. 

8. Include a project map that consists 

of a schematic illustration depicting the 

project and connecting transportation 

infrastructure. Digital maps should 

accompany all submissions, either hard 

copy or electronic submissions made in 

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.pdf file format. Please reference in the 

proposal if the maps are available. 

9. Describe a measurement plan to 

determine whether or not the project 

achieved its intended results. The 

measurement plan should continue for 

3 years beyond the completion date of 

the project. After the 3-year period, a 

final report quantifying the results of the 

project should be submitted to the 

FHWA. 

10. Proposals should not exceed 20 

pages in length. 

Special Note: A description of the project 

management approach that will guide 

advancement of the project must be included 

for project applications proposing ITS or 

other technology based truck parking 

solutions. The FHWA encourages in the 

project management approach a minimum of 

a communications plan, a risk management 

plan and a work breakdown structure. 

V. Application Review Information 

Grant applications that contain the 

elements detailed in this notice will be 

scored competitively according to the 

soundness of their methodology and 

subject to the criteria listed below. Subfactors listed under each factor are of 

equal importance unless otherwise 

noted. 

A. Scoring Criteria 

1. Demonstration of severe shortage 

(number of spaces, access to existing 

spaces or information/knowledge of 

space availability) of commercial motor 

vehicle parking capacity/utilization in 

the corridor. (Multi-State highway 

corridors are the focus of these projects. 

Consider the business requirements of 

getting the goods to market, while also 

considering the government regulations 

associated with hours of service.) (20 

percent) 

Examples used to demonstrate severe 

shortage may include: 

Æ ADTT in proposal area. 

Æ Average daily shortfall of truck 

parking in proposal area. 

Æ Ratio of ADTT to average daily 

shortfall of truck parking in proposal 

area. 

Æ Proximity to NHS. 

2. The extent to which the proposed 

solution resolves the described shortage. 

(35 percent) 

Examples should include: 

Æ Number of truck parking spaces per 

day that will be used as a result of the 

proposed solution. 

Æ The effect on highway safety, 

economic competitiveness and 

sustainability, traffic congestion, and/or 

air quality. 

3. Cost effectiveness of proposal. (25 

percent) 

Examples should include: 

Æ How many truck parking spaces 

will be used per day per dollar 

expended. 

Æ Total cost of project, including all 

non-Federal funds that will be 

contributed to the project. 

4. Scope of proposal. (20 percent) 

Examples should include: 

Æ Evidence of a wide range of input 

from affected parties, including State 

and local governments, community 

groups, private providers of commercial 

motor vehicle parking, and motorist and 

trucking organizations. 

Æ For projects that are ITS-based, the 

project management plan presented in 

the application should demonstrate the 

project will successfully be delivered. 

Æ Whether the principles outlined in 

the proposal can be applied to other 

locations/projects and possibly serve as 

a model for other locations. 

B. Review Standards 

1. All applications for grants should 

be submitted to the e-mail address or 

mailing address provided in this Notice 

by the date specified in this notice. 

2. Applicants should ensure that the 

project proposal is compatible with or 

documented on their planning 

documents (TIP and STIP). They should 

also validate, to the extent they can, any 

analytic data. 

3. Each application will be reviewed 

for conformance with the provisions in 

this notice. 

4. Applications lacking any of the 

mandatory elements or arriving after the 

deadline for submission will not be 

considered. To assure full 

consideration, proposals should not 

exceed 20 pages in length. 

5. Applicants may be contacted for 

additional information or clarification. 

6. Applications complying with the 

requirements outlined in this notice will 

be evaluated competitively by a review 

panel, and will be scored as described 

in the scoring criteria. 

7. If the FHWA determines that the 

project is technically or financially 

unfeasible, FHWA will notify the 

applicant, in writing. 

8. The FHWA reserves the right to 

partially fund or request modification of 

projects. 

9. All information described in the 

submitter’s proposal elements should be 

quantifiable and sourced. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

The Secretary recognizes that each 

funded project is unique, and therefore 

may attach conditions to project award 

documents. The FHWA will send an 

award letter with a grant agreement that 

contains all the terms and conditions for 

the grant. These successful applicants 

must execute and return the grant 

agreement, accompanied by any 

additional items required by the grant 

agreement. 

Authority: Section 1305, Pub. L. 109–59, 

119 Stat. 1214, Aug. 10, 2005; Section 411, 

Pub. L. 111–147, 124 Stat. 78. 

Issued on: August 17, 2010. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee; Transport Airplane and 

Engine 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 review and 

submit recommendations in response to 

the Federal Aviation Administration’s 

approach to update, reorganize and 

improve the level of safety of 

requirements for flammability of 

materials. This notice is to inform the 

public of this ARAC activity. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gardlin, Airframe/Cabin Safety Branch, 

ANM–115, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW., Renton, Washington 98057, 

telephone (425) 227–2194, facsimile 

(425) 227–1149; e-mail jeff.gardlin@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 flammability requirements for 

interior materials on transport category 

airplanes. The committee will address 

the task under ARAC’s Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues and has 

established a new Materials 

Flammability Working Group to support 

this task. 

The flammability requirements for 

interior materials on transport category 

airplanes have evolved significantly 

over the years, and have become more 

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