[Federal Register: August 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 156)]
[Notices]
[Page 42581-42582]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory
Group
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park
Service announce a meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory
Group for August 28-29, 2001. The Advisory Group was established on
April 5, 2001, by the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000,
to provide continuing advice and counsel with respect to commercial air
tour operations over and near national parks. This notice advises the
public of an initial, administrative meeting of the advisory group.
DATES: The meeting will be held on August 28 and 29, 2001, at the
Flamingo Hilton Hotel, 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, 89109.
Meeting times are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you wish to attend the meeting, or
have questions on the meeting, contact Howard Nesbitt, Flight Standards
Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone
(202) 493-4981; email: howard.nesbitt@faa.gov or Marvin Jensen,
Soundscapes Office, National Park Service, 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite
200, Ft. Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 225-3563, email:marin
jensen@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Air Tour Management Act of 2000 was enacted on April
5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. Section 805 of that Act requires the
establishment of an advisory group to ``provide continuing advice and
counsel with respect to commercial air tour operations over and near
national parks.'' To fulfill this mandate, on March 12, 2001, in a
Federal Register notice, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
National Park Sservice (NPS) invited members of the public who were
interested in serving on the advisory group to contact the agencies.
Subsequently, the FAA and NPSs selected members from those nominated to
serve on the advisory group. Those members were announced in the
Federal Register on June 19, 2001: Andy Cebula, Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association; Joseph Corrao, Helicopter Association
International; Charles Maynard, Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain
National Park; Boyd Evison, former National Park Superintendent and
Regional Director; and Germaine White, Confederated Salish and Kootani.
The purpose of this initial meeting of the advisory group is to
establish administrative procedures: protocol, recordkeeping, and other
process matters. Because the rulemaking to codify the Act is not yet
complete and the air tour management plan process is not in place, the
advisory group has no policy issues to consider.
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Public Participation
This meeting of the advisory committee is open to the public, but
is not a public meeting. That is, accommodation for additional
attendees will be provided on an `as needed' and space available basis.
Therefore, it is very important that you contact one of the persons
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you wish to attend the
meeting. In addition, a record of the meeting will be kept, and this
record will be available to the public through the persons listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 2, 2001.
Nicholas A. Sabatini,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 01-19862 Filed 8-10-01; 8:45 am]
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