[Federal Register: September 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 172)]
[Notices]
[Page 51688-51689]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2007-0108]
National Task Force To Develop Model Contingency Plans To Deal
With Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Task Force to
Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board
Ground Delays.
DATES: The Task Force meeting is scheduled for September 22, 2008, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting will be held at the U.S. Department
of Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, in the Oklahoma City Conference Room on the lobby level of the West
Building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING THE
TASK FORCE: Livaughn Chapman, Jr., or Kathleen Blank-Riether, Office of
the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Ave., SE., W-96-429, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone: (202) 366-9342;
Fax: (202) 366-7152; e-mail: Livaughn.Chapman@dot.gov, or
Kathleen.Blankriether@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services
Administration regulations covering management of Federal advisory
committees, 41 CFR part 102-3, this notice announces a meeting of the
National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with
Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The meeting will be held on
September 22, 2008, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the U.S. Department
of Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, in the Oklahoma City Conference Room on the lobby level of the West
Building.
DOT's Office of Inspector General recommended, in its audit report,
entitled ``Actions Needed to Minimize Long, On-Board Flight Delays,''
issued on September 25, 2007, that the Secretary of Transportation
establish a national task force of airlines, airports, and the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) to coordinate and develop contingency
plans to deal with lengthy delays, such as working with carriers and
airports to share facilities and make gates available in an emergency.
To effectuate this recommendation, on January 3, 2008, the Department,
consistent with the requirements of the FACA, established the National
Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy
Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The first meeting of the Task Force
took place on February 26, 2008. The September 22, 2008, meeting will
be the sixth meeting of the task force.
The agenda topics for the September 22, 2008, meeting will include
a continuation of the final review and discussion of the draft model
contingency planning document for dealing with lengthy tarmac delays
that was developed by the Contingency Plan Working Group, the working
group that is tasked with reviewing existing airline and airport
contingency plans for extended tarmac delays for best practices and
developing a model contingency plan.
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Attendance is open to the public, and time will be provided for
comments by members of the public. Since access to the U.S. DOT
headquarters building is controlled for security purposes, any member
of the general public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the
Department contact noted above no later than ten (10) calendar days
prior to the meeting. Attendance will be necessarily limited by the
size of the meeting room.
Members of the public may present written comments at any time and,
at the discretion of the Chairman and time permitting, oral comments at
the meeting. Any oral comments permitted must be limited to agenda
items and will be limited to five (5) minutes per person. Members of
the public who wish to present oral comments must notify the Department
contact noted above via e-mail at least ten (10) calendar days prior to
the meeting that they wish to attend and present oral comments. For the
September 22, 2008, meeting, no more than one hour will be set aside
for oral comments. Although written material may be filed in the docket
at any time, comments regarding upcoming meeting topics should be sent
to the Task Force docket, (10) calendar days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public may also contact the Department contact noted
above to be placed on the Task Force mailing list.
Persons with a disability requiring special accommodations, such as
an interpreter for the hearing impaired, should get in touch with the
Department contact noted above at least seven (7) calendar days prior
to the meeting.
Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the FACA and
the General Service Administration regulations covering management of
Federal advisory committees.
Issued on: August 27, 2008.
Samuel Podberesky,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. E8-20485 Filed 9-3-08; 8:45 am]
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