
[Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Supplemental Notice for the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee Meeting

ACTION: Revised notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National 
Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour 
Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks 
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 
This notification provides the dates, location, and agenda for the 
meeting. This notification revises Federal Register notice published on 
August 19, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 161, Page 48427-48428) to indicate a 
change in the time of meetings and that interested persons may attend 
the meeting.

DATES AND LOCATION:  The NPOAG ARC will meet on September 3-4, 2008. 
The meeting will take place in a commercial office building at 826 East 
Front Street, Port Angeles, WA, leased by the NPS. The office phone 
number at this facility is (360)-565-1320. The meetings will be held 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. Although this is not a public 
meeting, interested persons may attend the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, AWP-1SP, Special 
Programs Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: 
(310) 725-3800,  e-mail: Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, 
National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 
100, Fort Collins, CO, 80525, telephone: (970) 225-3563, e-mail: 
Karen_Trevino@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), 
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181, required the 
establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act 
requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of 
general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental 
concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and 
the Director of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of 
the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve 
alternating 1-year terms as chairman of the advisory group.
    The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and 
recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on: 
Implementation of Public Law 106-181; quiet aircraft technology; other 
measures that might accommodate interests of visitors to national 
parks; and at the request of the Administrator and the Director, on 
safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour 
operations over national parks or tribal lands.

Agenda for the September 3-4, 2008 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the 
following: Development of a Strategic Plan, review and approval of the 
meeting minutes from the September 25-26, 2007 NPOAG meeting in Fort 
Collins, CO; update on ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects; 
and NPOAG subgroup assignments.

Attendance at the Meetings

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please 
contact one of the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
so that meeting space may be made to accommodate all attendees.

Record of the Meetings

    If you cannot attend the NPOAG meeting, a summary record of the 
meeting will be made available under the program information section of 
the FAA ATMP Web site at http://www.atmp.faa.gov or through the Special 
Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, P. O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone 
(310) 725-3800.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 25, 2008.
Barry S. Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs Office, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-20148 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]

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