[Federal Register: March 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 48)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; General Aviation
Certification and Operations 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 develop recommendations to update certification
requirements for airplanes in the normal, utility, acrobatic, and
commuter categories to reflect the use of new technologies and improve
the safety of these airplanes. This notice is to inform the public of
this ARAC activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Griffith, 901 Locust, Kansas
City, Missouri 64106, (816) 329-4134, randy.griffith@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA has 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 part 23 standards and recommend rulemaking in the form of a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to address criteria for propulsion
technologies being used more commonly on part 23 airplanes and
requirements that would improve the safety of part 23 airplanes. The
NPRM should include the preamble and rule language, along with any
supporting legal analysis.
Items to be addressed in the ARAC evaluation include:
Turbofan/jet installations,
Single level power controls,
Electronic engine controls,
Fuel quantity calibration and low-fuel warning for
reciprocating engines,
New technology reciprocating engines (for example, diesel
engines),
New technology powerplant displays, and
Various miscellaneous updates to part 23 powerplant
requirements.
Schedule: ARAC should forward its recommendations to the FAA within
1 year of task assignment.
ARAC Acceptance of Tasks
ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the newly formed
Propulsion Systems Harmonization Working Group, General Aviation
Certification and Operations Issues. The working group will serve as
staff to ARAC and assist in the analysis of the assigned task. ARAC
must review and approve working group recommendations. If ARAC accepts
the working group's recommendations, it forwards them to the FAA as
ARAC recommendations. The agency seeks ARAC's advice and
recommendations on this important safety issue. Recommendations that
are received from ARAC will be submitted to the agency's Rulemaking
Management Council to address the availability of resources and
prioritization.
Working Group Activity
The Propulsion Systems Harmonization Working Group is expected to
comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures,
the working group is expected to:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan for consideration at the meeting of
the ARAC General Aviation Certification and Operations 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 General Aviation Certification and Operations Issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The Propulsion Systems Harmonization Working Group will be 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, describing his or her interest in the task and stating the
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. All requests to
participate must be received no later than March 30, 2001. The requests
will be reviewed by the co-assistant chairs, the co-assistant executive
directors, and the working group chair. The individuals will be advised
whether or not their request can be accommodated.
Individuals chosen for membership on the working group will be
expected to 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.). they also will be
expected to devote the resources necessary to support the working group
in meeting any assigned deadlines. Members are expected to 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 co-assistant chairs,
the co-assistant executive directors, and the working group chair.
The Secretary of Transportation has 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
Propulsion Systems 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 March 1, 2001.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-6096 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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