
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 9502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03558]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group 
Aviation Rulemaking Committee

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice (See 79 FR 77594-77595, December 
24, 2014) the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill two 
existing openings and one upcoming opening on the National Parks 
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 
The notice invited interested persons to apply to fill two currently 
vacant seats representing environmental concerns and one future opening 
to represent Native American interests. This notice informs the public 
of the persons selected to fill these current and future vacancies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 
P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 725-3808, 
email: Keith.Lusk@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, and subsequently 
amended in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. 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:
    Heidi Williams representing general aviation; Alan Stephen, Matt 
Zuccaro, and Mark Francis representing commercial air tour operators; 
Michael Sutton and Dick Hingson representing environmental interests 
with two open seats; and Rory Majenty and Martin Begaye representing 
Native American tribes. Rory Majenty's seat expires on April 2, 2015.

Selection

    The persons selected to fill the two open seats representing 
environmental concerns are Nicholas Miller and Mark Belles. Their 3-
year terms will begin on the day of this Federal Register notice 
publication. The person selected to fill the upcoming open seat 
representing Native American concerns is Leigh Kuwanwisiwma. Mr. 
Kuwanwisiwma's 3-year term will begin on April 3, 2015.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA on February 11, 2015.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-03558 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]
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