[Federal Register: October 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 191)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
User Input to the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer Board
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The FAA will hold an informal public meeting to seek aviation
weather user input to the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT)
Board. Details: October 22, 2002; Hilton Palm Springs Resort, 400 East
Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Horizon Room. The objective of this meeting is to provide an
opportunity for interested aviation weather users to provide input on
FAA's plans for implementing new weather products.
DATES: The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on October 22,
2002.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Horizon Room at the Hilton
Palm Springs Resort, 400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs,
California 92262 in conjunction with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
(AOPA) Expo '02.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Bacon, Aerospace Weather Policy
Division, ARS-100, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone number (202) 385-7705; Fax:
(202) 385-7701; email: debi.bacon@faa.gov. Internet address:
http:\\www.debi.bacon@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History
In 1999, the FAA established an Aviation Weather Technology
Transfer (AWTT) Board to manage the orderly transfer of weather
capabilities and products from research and development into
operations. The Director of the Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards
Staff, ARS-20, chairs the AWTT Board. The board is composed of
stakeholders in Air Traffic Services, ATS; Regulation and
Certification, AVR; and Research and Acquisitions, ARA in the Federal
Aviation Administration and the Office of Climate, Water and Weather
Services, OS and the Office of Science and Technology, OST in the
National Weather Service.
The AWTT Board meets semi-annually or as needed, to determine the
readiness of weather research and development (R&D) products for
experimental use, full operational use for meteorologists or full
operational use for end users. The board's determinations will be based
upon criteria in the following areas: users needs; benefits; costs;
risks; technical readiness; operational readiness and budget
requirements.
The user interface process is designed to allow FAA to both report
progress and receive feedback from industry users. Each AWTT board
meeting will be preceded by a half-day industry review session
approximately one month prior to each board meeting. These industry
review sessions will be announced in the Federal Register and open to
all interested parties.
This meeting is the industry review session intended to receive
feedback on a weather R&D product that will be presented for
consideration at the November 2002 AWTT Board meeting. The product to
be considered is the Integrated Turbulence Forecast Algorithm (ITFA).
Meeting Procedures
(a) The meeting will be informal in nature and will be conducted by
representatives of the FAA Headquarters.
(b) The meeting will be open to all persons on a space-available
basis. Every effort was made to provide a meeting site with sufficient
seating capacity for the expected participation. There will be neither
admission fee nor other charge to attend and participate. This meeting
is being held in conjunction with the AOPA Expo '02. There is a charge
to attend the AOPA Expo '02; however, any person attending this
informal meeting only will be admitted by AOPA conference officials, to
this meeting only, at no charge.
(c) FAA personnel present will conduct a briefing on how the AWTT
system works and changes to the process made in the last year. Any
person will be allowed to ask questions during the presentation and FAA
personnel will clarify any part of the process that is not clear.
(d) FAA personnel will present a briefing on the specific product
to be reviewed at the November 2002 AWTT Board Meeting. Any person will
be allowed to ask questions during the presentation and FAA personnel
will clarify any part of the presentation that is not clear.
(e) Any person present may give feedback on the product to be
presented. Feedback on the proposed product will be captured through
discussion between FAA personnel and any persons attending the meeting.
The meeting will not be formally recorded. However, informal tape
recordings may be made of the presentations to ensure that each
respondent's comments are noted accurately.
(f) An official verbatim transcript or minutes of the informal
meeting will not be made. However, a list of the attendees, a digest of
discussions during the meeting and an action item list will be
produced. Any person attending may receive a copy of the written
information upon request to the information contact, above.
(g) Every reasonable effort will be made to hear each person's
feedback consistent with a reasonable closing time for the meeting.
Written feedback may also be submitted to FAA personnel for up to seven
(7) days after the close of the meeting.
Agenda
(a) Opening Remarks and Discussion of Meeting Procedures.
(b) Briefing on AWTT Process.
(c) Briefing on Weather Products.
(d) Request for User Input.
(e) Closing Comments.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2002.
Anthony W. Johnson,
Acting Deputy Director, Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-24670 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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