[Federal Register: August 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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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 evaluate miscellaneous systems and recommend rulemaking to
address system safety that would improve the safety of part 23
airplanes. This notice is to inform the public of this ARAC activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Taylor, Aerospace Engineer,
Federal Aviation Administration, Central Region Headquarters, 901
Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, (816) 329-4134,
leslie.taylor@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
Evaluate the requirements for systems in the sections below and
recommend rulemaking changes, in the form of an NPRM, to address
systems safety which would improve the safety of part 23 airplanes--
Revise Sec. 23.735 to clarify the requirement for
operation of brakes after a single failure in the braking system in
commuter category airplanes.
Revise Sec. 23.1301 by deleting paragraph (d), and revise
Sec. 23.1309 to include warning requirements, probability values, and
failure conditions applicable to powerplant systems; and make warning
requirements compatible with other regulations; and delete paragraph
(c) and (d).
Add a new Sec. 23.1310, Power Source Capacity and
Distribution from existing paragraphs 23.1309 (c) and (d).
Revise Sec. 23.1311 to address redundancy requirements for
primary flight instruments; define ``indicator'', the sensory cue
requirements in paragraph (a)(6), and delete the redundancy requirement
in paragraph (b).
Review and revise Secs. 23.1326(b)(1) and 23.1322
requiring the amber light to be illuminated when the pitot tube heater
is ``off''.
Review and revise Sec. 23.1311 to call out required flight
instruments as indicated in Secs. 23.1303 and 91.205.
Schedule: The draft NPRM is to be submitted no later than December
31, 2002.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the newly formed
Part 23 Electrical Systems Harmonization Working Group, General
Aviation Certification and Operations Issues. The working group serves
as staff to ARAC and assists in the analysis of the 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. 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 part 23 Electrical Systems Harmonization Working Group is
expected to comply with the procedures
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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 next meeting
of the ARAC on 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, required analyses, and 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 part 23 Electrical 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. We must receive
all requests by September 7, 2001. The co-assistant chairs, the co-
assistant executive directors, and the working group chairs will review
the requests. We will advise individuals whether or not we can
accommodate their request.
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.). We also expect them to
devote the resources necessary to support the working group in meeting
any assigned deadlines. Members must keep their management chain and
those they 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 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 are open to the public. Meetings of the part
23 Electrical Systems Harmonization Working Group are not open to the
public, except to the extent that individuals with an interest and
expertise are selected to participate. The FAA makes no public
announcement of working group meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 16, 2001.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-21172 Filed 8-21-01; 8:45 am]
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