
[Federal Register: September 30, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 189)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[DOT Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0074]

 
The Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness and Viability; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation, announces the fourth meeting of the FAAC 
Subcommittee on Competitiveness and Viability, which will be held in 
Denver, Colorado. This notice provides details on the date, time, and 
location of the meeting, which will be open to the public. The purpose 
of the FAAC is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
of Transportation to ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. aviation 
industry and its capability to manage effectively the evolving 
transportation needs, challenges, and opportunities of the global 
economy. The Subcommittee on Competitiveness and Viability is charged 
with examining changes in the operating and competitive structures of 
the U.S. airline industry; considering innovative strategies to open up 
new international markets and expand commercial opportunities in 
existing markets; investigating strategies to encourage the development 
of cost-effective, cutting-edge technologies and equipment that are 
critical for a competitive industry coping with increasing economic and 
environmental challenges; and examining the adequacy of current Federal 
programs to address the availability of intermodal transportation 
options and alternatives, small and rural community access to the 
aviation transportation system, the role of State and local governments 
in contributing to such access, and how the changing competitive 
structure of the U.S. airline industry is likely to transform travel 
habits of small and rural communities.

DATES: The Subcommittee on Competitiveness and Viability meeting will 
be held on October 15, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain 
Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the New Press Room, Denver 
International Airport, 8500 Pe[ntilde]a Boulevard, Main Terminal, Level 
6, Denver, Colorado 80249.
    Public Access: The meeting is open to the public. (See below for 
registration instructions.)
    Public Comments: Persons wishing to offer written comments and 
suggestions concerning the activities of the advisory committee or 
subcommittee should file comments in the Public Docket (Docket Number 
DOT-OST-2010-0074 at www.regulations.gov) or alternatively through e-
mail at FAAC@dot.gov. If comments and suggestions are intended 
specifically for the Subcommittee on Competitiveness and Viability, the 
term ``Competition'' should be listed in the subject line of the 
message. To ensure such comments can be considered by the subcommittee 
before its October 15, 2010, meeting, public comments must be filed by 
5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Thursday, October 7, 2010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    Under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 2), we are giving notice of a meeting of the Subcommittee 
on Competitiveness and Viability of the Future of Aviation Advisory 
Committee taking place on October 15, 2010, at 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 
Mountain Daylight Time, in the New Press Room, Denver International 
Airport, 8500 Pe[ntilde]a Boulevard, Main Terminal, Level 6, Denver, 
Colorado 80249. The agenda includes--
    1. Discussion of topics offered by subcommittee teams for referral 
to the FAAC on the subject of competitiveness and viability of the 
aviation industry,
    2. Establishment of a plan and timeline for further work, and
    3. Identification of priority issues for the next subcommittee 
meeting.

Registration

    The meeting room can accommodate up to 35 members of the public. 
Persons desiring to attend must pre-register by October 7, 2010, 
through e-mail to FAAC@dot.gov. The term ``Registration: Competition'' 
should be listed in the subject line of the message, and admission will 
be limited to the first 35 persons to pre-register and receive a 
confirmation of their pre-registration. No arrangements are being made 
for audio or video transmission or for oral statements or questions 
from the public at the meeting. Minutes of the meeting will be taken 
and will be made available to the public.

Request for Special Accommodations

    The DOT is committed to providing equal access to this meeting for 
all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because 
of a disability, please send a request to FAAC@dot.gov with the term 
``Special Accommodations'' listed in the subject line of the message by 
close of business Thursday, October 7, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Homan, Director, Office of 
Aviation Analysis, U.S. Department of Transportation; Room 86W-312, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-5903.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Designated Federal Official, Future of Aviation Advisory Committee.
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