Document ID: DOT-OST-2010-0074-0058
Agency: dot
Document Type: Rule
Title: Meetings: Future of Aviation Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Environment
Posted Date: 2010-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 116)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[DOT Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0074]

 
The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) Subcommittee on 
Environment; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation.

ACTION: The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) Environment 
Subcommittee; notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation, announces a meeting of the FAAC 
Environment Subcommittee, which will be held at the office of The 
Boeing Company in Arlington, Virginia. This notice announces the date, 
time, and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public. 
The purpose of the FAAC is to provide advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Transportation to ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. 
aviation industry and its capability to manage effectively the evolving 
transportation needs, challenges, and opportunities of the global 
economy. The Environment Subcommittee is charged with examining steps 
and strategies that can be taken by aviation-sector stakeholders and 
the Federal Government to reduce aviation's environmental footprint and 
foster sustainability gains in cost-effective ways. This includes 
consideration of potential approaches to promote effective 
international actions through the International Civil Aviation 
Organization.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 30, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 12 
p.m., Eastern Daylight time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209, in Room 816. The meeting 
location is close to the Rosslyn Metro Station, on the Orange and Blue 
Lines.
    Public Access: The meeting is open to the public. (See below for 
registration instructions.)
    Public Comments: Persons wishing to offer written comments and 
suggestions concerning the activities of the advisory committee or 
environment subcommittee should file comments in the Public Docket 
(Docket Number DOT-OST-2010-0074 at http://www.Regulations.Gov) or 
alternatively through the FAAC@dot.gov e-mail. If comments and 
suggestions are intended specifically for the Environment Subcommittee, 
the term ``Environment'' should be listed in the subject line of the 
message. In order to ensure that such comments can be considered by the 
Subcommittee before its June 30, 2010, meeting, public comments must be 
filed by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight time on Monday, June 21, 2010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 2), we are giving notice of a meeting of the Environment 
Subcommittee of the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee taking place 
on June 30, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at The Boeing Company, 1200 
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209, in Room 816. The agenda 
includes--
    1. Discussion of topics offered by subcommittee members for 
referral to the full Committee on the subject of meeting the 
environmental and energy challenges needed to accommodate increases in 
the demand for air transportation.
    2. Establishment of a plan and timeline for further work.
    3. Identification of priority issues for the second subcommittee 
meeting.

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Registration

    The meeting room can accommodate up to 18 members of the public. 
Persons desiring to attend must pre-register through e-mail to 
FAAC@dot.gov. The term ``Registration: Environment'' should be listed 
in the subject line of the message and admission will be limited to the 
first 18 persons to pre-register and receive a confirmation of their 
pre-registration. All foreign visitors must provide their nationality 
when registering.
    Arrangements to attend by teleconference can be made by contacting 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by 5 
p.m. Monday, June 21, 2010. Callers outside the Washington metropolitan 
area are responsible for paying long-distance charges. Minutes of the 
meeting will be taken and will be made available to the public.

Requests for Special Accommodation

    The DOT is committed to providing equal access to this meeting for 
all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because 
of a disability, please send a request to FAAC@dot.gov with the term 
``Special Accommodations'' listed in the subject line of the message by 
close of business Monday, June 21, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Pickard, Deputy Director, Office 
of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-
3577; fax (202) 267-5594; Lynne.Pickard@faa.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Designated Federal Official, Future of Aviation Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2010-14567 Filed 6-16-10; 8:45 am]
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