[Federal Register: November 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 218)]
[Notices]
[Page 56729-56730]
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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).
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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee a
new task to review the acceptable design precautions for showing
compliance with 25.903(d)(1), 23.903(b)(1), and 25.905 as described in
AC 20-128A/ACJ25.903 and develop additional design precautions to
mitigate shortfalls previously identified by ARAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Kaszycki, Federal Aviation
Administration, Northwest Mountain Region Headquarters, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington, 98055, mike.kaszycki@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 the FAA's
commitments to harmonize Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) with its partners in Europe and Canada.
The Task
Review the acceptable design precautions for showing
compliance with 25.903(d)(1), 23.903(b)(1), and 25.905 as described in
AC 20-128A/ACJ 25.903, and develop additional design precautions to
mitigate shortfalls previously identified by ARAC.
Develop a report that recommends the requirements for
minimizing the hazards from uncontained engine, auxiliary power unit
(APU) and propeller debris. This report should describe how to develop
methods to determine ``practicability'' of controversial design
precautions, recommend the location of these requirements within the
rule or interpretive materials, and provide cost estimates using a
format to be prescribed by the FAA.
Recommend the necessary revisions to AC 20-128A and any
further development of advisory materials necessary to address issues
that may arise as a result of changes to the regulations.
If as a result of the recommendations, FAA publishes an
NPRM and/or notice of availability of proposed advisory circular for
public comment, FAA may ask ARAC to review all comments and provide the
agency a recommendation for the disposition of those comments.
Schedule: Required completion is no later than November 7, 2003.
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ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the Powerplant
Installation Harmonization Working Group, Transport Airplane and Engine
Issues. The working group serves as staff to ARAC and assists in the
analysis of assigned tasks. ARAC must review and approve the working
group's recommendations. If ARAC accepts the working group's
recommendations, it will forward them to the FAA.
Working Group Activity
The Powerplant Installation Harmonization Working Group must comply
with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the
working group must:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rational supporting such a plan for consideration at the next meeting
of the ARAC on transport airplane and engine issues held following
publication of this notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
recommendations prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3
below.
3. Draft the appropriate documents and required analyses and/or any
other related materials or documents.
4. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to
consider transport airplane and engine issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The Powerplant Installation Harmonization Working Group is composed
of technical experts having an interest in the assigned task. A working
group member need not be a representative or a member of the full
committee.
An individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to
become a member of the working group should write to the person listed
under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that
desire. The individual should describe his or her interest in the task,
and state the expertise he or she would bring to the working group. We
must receive all request by December 7, 2001. The requests will be
reviewed by the assistant chair, the assistant executive director, and
the working group co-chairs. Individuals will be advised whether or not
their request can be accommodated.
Individuals chosen for membership on the working group must
represent their aviation community segment and actively participate in
the working group (e.g., attend all meetings, provide written comments
when requested to do so, etc.). The must devote the resources necessary
to support the working group in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members
must keep their management chain and those they may represent advised
of working group activities and decisions to ensure that the proposed
technical solutions do not conflict with their sponsoring
organization's position when the subject being negotiated is presented
to ARAC for approval. Once the working group has begun deliberations,
members will not be added or substituted without the approval of the
assistant chair, the assistant executive director, and the working
group co-chairs.
The Secretary of Transportation determined that the formation and
use of the ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
Meetings of the ARAC will be open to the public. Meetings of the
Powerplant Installation Harmonization Working Group will not be open to
the public, except to the extent that individuals with an interest and
expertise are selected to participate. The FAA will make no public
announcement of working group meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2001.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-28120 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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