[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 245 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83140-83141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28035]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group

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

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Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks 
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). This notification provides the 
date, format, and agenda for the meeting.

DATES: The NPOAG will meet on January 22, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 
p.m. Pacific Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted virtually. Prior to the 
meeting, information about how the public can view the meeting will be 
posted on the NPOAG website (https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, Special Programs 
Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, CA 
90245, telephone: (424) 405-7017, email: Keith.Lusk@faa.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 chairperson 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 January 22, 2021 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will be posted on the NPOAG website 
(https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/) one week 
prior to the meeting and focus primarily on current FAA and NPS work to 
prepare air tour management plans at 23 parks nationwide as a result of 
a recent court order.

Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Comments

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend virtually and can view the meeting and listen to the 
proceedings. Information about how the public can view the meeting will 
be posted on the NPOAG website (https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/parks_overflights_group/) prior to the meeting. To submit written 
comments regarding the meeting or to sign up for verbal public comment, 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Verbal 
comment time will be limited to 3 minutes each and the number of 
commenters may be capped. Written comments will not be limited or 
capped and will be included in the meeting notes.

Record of the Meeting

    If you cannot attend the virtual NPOAG meeting, a summary record of 
the meeting will be made available under the NPOAG section of the FAA 
ATMP website 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 
Headquarters, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, CA 
90245, telephone: (424) 405-7017.

    Issued in El Segundo, CA on December 15, 2020.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2020-28035 Filed 12-18-20; 8:45 am]
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