
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69154-69155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28312]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee

ACTION: 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.
    Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC will meet on November 30, 2010 
and December 1, 2010. The meeting will take place at the Hilton Garden 
Inn, 7830 South Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89123. The phone number 
is (702) 453-7830. The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
on November 30th and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on December 1st. This 
NPOAG meeting will be open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, AWP-1SP, Special 
Programs Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los

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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 to visitors of 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 November 30-December 1, 2010 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, 
final adoption of a Strategic Plan, update on ongoing Air Tour 
Management Program projects; and a discussion on the competitive 
bidding process.

Attendance at the Meetings

    Although these are not public meetings, 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 NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP 
Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or through the Special Programs Staff, Western-
Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: 
(310) 725-3808.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA on November 1, 2010.
Barry Brayer,
Manager, Special Programs, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-28312 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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