
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 27489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10751]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


2016 Meetings of the Equip 2020 Plenary and Working Groups

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the 2016 meetings of the Equip 2020 
Plenary and Working Groups. Equip 2020 is a joint FAA and Industry 
group tasked with moving forward significantly on ADS-B Out 
implementation. Formed as a result of the Call to Action held October 
28, 2014, Equip 2020 was given 32 tasks, reflecting barriers to 
implementation, which forms the basis of our agendas and discussions.

DATES: Meeting 1 will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 8:30 
a.m.; meeting 2 will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at 8:30 
a.m.; and meeting 3 will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at 8:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting 1 will be held at RTCA, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 
910, Washington, DC 20036. Meetings 2 and 3 will be held at Helicopter 
Association International, 1920 Ballenger Ave., Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elisabeth Auld, Program Support--FAA 
AVS Safety Technical Support Services Flight Technologies and 
Procedures Division; Email: Elisabeth.ctr.auld@faa.gov, Phone: 202-267-
4976.
    More information on ADS-B Out can be found at https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Procedures

    (a) Meeting attendance is by invitation only, and is generally 
limited to those that have participated in previous meetings or are a 
proxy from their organization.
    (b) All meetings start at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 
3:30 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each meeting.
    (c) Equip 2020 meetings generally start with 2 hours of Plenary 
briefings/discussion, 2-3 hours of working group meetings and 1-2 hours 
of Plenary for working group out briefs. Working groups are currently: 
Air Carrier Equipage, General Aviation Equipage and Engagement, 
Benefits and ADS-B In and Installation and Approvals.
    (d) Contact Elisabeth Auld (elisabeth.ctr.auld@faa.gov) to request 
an invitation. There are no plans for telecon/webex access to these 
meetings.
    (e) The meetings will not be formally recorded. However, minutes 
are posted approximately 2-3 weeks after the meeting on the Equip 2020 
SharePoint site https://avssp.faa.gov/avs/afs400/EQUIP2020/SitePages/Equip2020.aspx.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9665, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2nd, 2016.
Mark Steinbicker,
Assistant Manager, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-10751 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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