Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-1118
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum
Posted Date: 2016-02-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9578-9579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03977]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the bi-annual meeting of the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) Aeronautical Charting Forum (ACF) to 
discuss informational content and design of aeronautical charts and 
related products, as well as instrument flight procedures development 
policy and design criteria.

DATES: The ACF is separated into two distinct groups. The Instrument 
Procedures Group (IPG) will meet April 26, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. The Charting Group will meet April 27 and 28, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be hosted by Air Line Pilots Association 
(ALPA) located at 535 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information relating to the 
Instrument Procedures Group, contact Thomas E. Schneider, FAA, Flight 
Procedures Standards Branch, AFS-420, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., P.O. 
Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone: (405) 954-5852.
    For information relating to the Charting Group, contact Valerie S. 
Watson, FAA, Aeronautical Information Services, Governance & Standards, 
AJV-553, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Station 3409, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; telephone: (301) 427-5155.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sec.  10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is 
hereby given of a meeting of the FAA Aeronautical Charting Forum to be 
held from April 26 through April 28, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
at Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), at their offices located at 535 
Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170.
    The Instrument Procedures Group agenda will include briefings and 
discussions on recommendations regarding pilot procedures for 
instrument flight, as well as criteria, design, and developmental 
policy for instrument approach and departure procedures.
    The Charting Group agenda will include briefings and discussions on 
recommendations regarding aeronautical charting specifications, flight 
information products, and new aeronautical charting and air traffic 
control initiatives. Attendance is open to the interested public, but 
will be limited to the space available.
    The public must make arrangements by April 7, 2016, to present oral 
statements at the meeting. The public may present written statements 
and/or new agenda items to the committee by providing a copy to the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section not later than 
April 7, 2016. Public statements will only be considered if time 
permits.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 18, 2016.
Valerie S. Watson,
Co-Chair, Aeronautical Charting Forum.
[FR Doc. 2016-03977 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am]
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