
[Federal Register: March 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 59)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group 
Aviation Rulemaking Committee

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notices (See 73 FR 61447; October 16, 2008 
and 73 FR 77102, December 18, 2008) the National Park Service (NPS) and 
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to 
apply to fill a vacant position on the National Parks Overflights 
Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). This notice 
invited interested persons to apply to fill the vacancy representing 
Native American tribal concerns due to the incumbent member's 
completion of a three-year term appointment on April 2, 2009. This 
notice informs the public of the person selected to fill the vacancy on 
the NPOAG ARC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181. The Act required the 
establishment of the advisory group within 1 year after its enactment. 
The NPOAG was established in March 2001. The advisory group is 
comprised of 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.
    In accordance with the Act, the advisory group provides ``advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Administrator and the 
Director--
    (1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the 
amendments made by this title;
    (2) On commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in 
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands, 
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour 
management plan;
    (3) On other measures that might be taken to accommodate the 
interests of visitors to national parks; and
    (4) At the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety, 
environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour 
operations over a national park or tribal lands.''

Membership

    The current NPOAG ARC is made up of one member representing general 
aviation, three members representing the commercial air tour industry, 
four members representing environmental concerns, and two members 
representing Native American interests.
    Current members of the NPOAG ARC are as follows: Randy Kenagy 
representing general aviation; Alan Stephen, Elling Halvorson, and 
Matthew Zuccaro representing commercial air tour operations; Chip 
Dennerlein, Greg Miller, Mark Peterson, and Don Barger representing 
environmental interests; and Rory Majenty and Richard Deertrack 
representing Native American tribes.

Selection

    Selected to fill this vacancy, for an additional term, is returning 
member Rory Majenty. Mr. Majenty's term begins on April 3, 2009. The 
term of service for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA on March 9, 2009.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Progams Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E9-5667 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]

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