[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8987-8988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02913]


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

DATES: The NPOAG will meet on March 8-9, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Room C210 located in the 
Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd. NW, 
Atlanta, GA 30313. The meeting will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
on March 8 and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 9, 2023. This 
NPOAG meeting will be open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandi Fox, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Environment and 
Energy, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Suite 900W, Washington, DC 20591, 
telephone: (202) 267-0928, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.

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Agenda for the March 8-9, 2023 NPOAG Meeting

    The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, an 
update on ongoing park specific air tour management plans or voluntary 
agreements, status of agency implementation of court approved plan/
schedule, update on environmental review process and special purpose 
law consultations, and public comment review process.

Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, if you plan to attend please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no 
later than February 22, 2023 so that meeting space may be made to 
accommodate all attendees. Written comments regarding the meeting will 
be accepted directly from attendees or may be sent to the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Record of the Meeting

    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 
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 Office of Environment and Energy, 800 
Independence Ave. SW, Suite 900W, Washington, DC 20591, telephone: 
(202) 267-0928.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2023.
Sandra Fox,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-02913 Filed 2-9-23; 8:45 am]
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