80_FR_52524 80 FR 52357 - Meeting: RTCA Program Management Committee (PMC)

80 FR 52357 - Meeting: RTCA Program Management Committee (PMC)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 167 (August 28, 2015)

Page Range52357-52358
FR Document2015-21418

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a RTCA Program Management Committee meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-21418]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Meeting: RTCA Program Management Committee (PMC)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Program Management Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a RTCA 
Program Management Committee meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held September 22nd from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th 
Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, Tel: (202) 330-0680.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street 
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833-
9339, fax at (202) 833-9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org or 
Karan Hofmann, Program Director, RTCA, Inc., [email protected], (202) 
330-0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is 
hereby given for a meeting of the RTCA Program Management Committee. 
The agenda will include the following:

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
2. REVIEW/APPROVE

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    a. Meeting Summary June 18, 2015, RTCA Paper No. 181-15/PMC-1362
    b. Administrative SC TOR Revisions
    i. SC-224--Airport Security Access Control Systems--New Co-Chair
    ii. SC-235--Non-Rechargeable Lithium Batteries--New Chair
3. PUBLICATION CONSIDERATION/APPROVAL
    a. Final Draft, Revised Document, DO-328--Safety, Performance and 
Interoperability Requirements Document for Airborne Spacing--Flight-
deck Interval Management (ASPA-FIM), prepared by SC-186
    b. Final Draft, New Document, MOPS for Flight-deck Interval 
Management (FIM), prepared by SC-186
    c. Final Draft, Revised Document, DO-272C--User Requirements for 
Aerodrome Mapping Information, prepared by SC-217
    d. Final Draft, Revised Document, DO-276B--User Requirements for 
Terrain and Obstacle Data, prepared by SC-217
    e. Final Draft, Revised Document, DO-291B--Interchange Standards 
for Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome Mapping Data, prepared by SC-217
    f. Final Draft, White Paper, Standards Development Activities for 
using Near Real-Time Aircraft-Derived Data in Future Applications, 
prepared by Wake Vortex Tiger Team
4. INTEGRATION and COORDINATION COMMITTEE (ICC)
    a. ICC Membership--Update/Approval--Discussion
5. ACTION ITEM REVIEW
    a. Workshop--Integrated Cockpit--Integrated Standards: Cross-
Cutting Committee--Update
    b. PMC Ad-Hoc to provide SC-225 perceived shortfalls in DO-311 
revision--Update
    c. PMC Ad-Hoc MASPS vs. guidance ``discontinuity'' between RTCA and 
EUROCAE documentation--Discussion
    d. Response to Lockheed Martin's input to speed up MOPS in SC-159 
TOR--Discussion
    e. Follow up discussion with FAA on cybersecurity concerns to be 
included in SC-159 TOR--Discussion
    f. Industry Interest in Runway Overrun Alerting--possible new 
Special Committee (SC)--Discussion
    g. UPS GPS issue--Update
6. DISCUSSION
    a. SC-147--MOPS for Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems 
Airborne Equipment--Discussion--Revised TOR
    b. SC-217--Aeronautical Databases--Discussion--Revised TOR
    c. SC-223--Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication System--
Discussion--Revised TOR
    d. SC-228--Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for 
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, initial release, MOPS for Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems (UAS) Command and Control (C2)--Discussion
    e. SC-228--MOPS for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, initial release, 
MOPS for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detect and Avoid (DAA) 
Systems--Discussion
    f. SC-228--MOPS for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, initial release, 
MOPS for Air-to-Air Radar for Detect and Avoid--Discussion
    g. SC-230--Airborne Weather Detection Systems--Discussion--Revised 
TOR
    h. SC-234--Portable Electronic Devices--Discussion--Status Update
    i. Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware--
Status--Possible New Special Committee to Update RTCA DO-254
    j. NAC--Status Update
    k. TOC--Status Update
    l. FAA Actions Taken on Previously Published Documents--Report
    m. Special Committees--Chairmen's Reports and Active Inter-Special 
Committee Requirements Agreements (ISRA)--Review
    n. European/EUROCAE Coordination--Status Update
    o. Planning Forward--Discussion
7. OTHER BUSINESS
8. SCHEDULE for COMMITTEE DELIVERABLES and NEXT MEETING DATE
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2015.
Latasha Robinson,
Management & Program Analyst, Next Generation, Enterprise Support 
Services Division, Federal Aviation Administration.
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                                             subject line if email is used. To help the                in the summary is intended to affect the                 Description of Relief Sought: Chevron
                                             Commission process and review your                        legal status of the petition or its final             Aircraft Operations (Chevron) requests
                                             comments more efficiently, please use                     disposition.                                          relief from § 91.9(a), which states that
                                             only one method. The Commission will                      DATES: Comments on this petition must                 no person may operate a civil aircraft
                                             post all comments on the Commission’s                     identify the petition docket number and               without complying with the operating
                                             Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                    must be received on or before                         limitations specified in the approved
                                             rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                           September 17, 2015.                                   Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual,
                                             submission, all subsequent                                                                                      markings, and placards, or as otherwise
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
                                             amendments, all written statements                                                                              prescribed by the certificating authority
                                                                                                       by docket number FAA–2014–1111                        of the country of registry. In a letter
                                             with respect to the proposed rule
                                                                                                       using any of the following methods:                   dated June 24, 2015, Chevron clarified
                                             change that are filed with the                              • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
                                             Commission, and all written                                                                                     that the specific limitation that it seeks
                                                                                                       http://www.regulations.gov and follow
                                             communications relating to the                                                                                  to not comply with is the Agusta
                                                                                                       the online instructions for sending your
                                             proposed rule change between the                                                                                Westland AW–139 Rotorcraft Flight
                                                                                                       comments electronically.
                                             Commission and any person, other than                       • Mail: Send comments to Docket                     Manual, Supplements 12 and 50. These
                                             those that may be withheld from the                       Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of                  supplements prescribe, in part, a
                                             public in accordance with the                             Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey                 heliport or helideck minimum size
                                             provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                       Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West                        limitation of 50 feet by 50 feet or 50 foot
                                             available for Web site viewing and                        Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC                 diameter. Chevron wishes to operate the
                                             printing in the Commission’s Public                       20590–0001.                                           AW139 using Category A procedures
                                             Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                           • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take                    from a helideck that is smaller than 50
                                             Washington, DC 20549 on official                          comments to Docket Operations in                      feet by 50 feet or 50 foot diameter for its
                                             business days between the hours of                        Room W12–140 of the West Building                     offshore operations.
                                             10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                    Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey                       [FR Doc. 2015–21308 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                             filing also will be available for                         Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9                 BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                             inspection and copying at the principal                   a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
                                             office of the MSRB. All comments                          Friday, except Federal holidays.
                                             received will be posted without change;                     • Fax: Fax comments to Docket                       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                             the Commission does not edit personal                     Operations at 202–493–2251.
                                             identifying information from                                Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.                Federal Aviation Administration
                                             submissions. You should submit only                       553(c), DOT solicits comments from the                Meeting: RTCA Program Management
                                             information that you wish to make                         public to better inform its rulemaking                Committee (PMC)
                                             available publicly. All submissions                       process. DOT posts these comments,
                                             should refer to File Number SR–MSRB–                      without edit, including any personal                  AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                             2015–08 and should be submitted on or                     information the commenter provides, to                Administration (FAA), U.S. Department
                                             before September 18, 2015.                                http://www.regulations.gov, as                        of Transportation (DOT).
                                               For the Commission, pursuant to delegated               described in the system of records                    ACTION: Notice of RTCA Program
                                             authority.25                                              notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can                   Management Committee Meeting.
                                             Robert W. Errett,                                         be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
                                                                                                       privacy.                                              SUMMARY:   The FAA is issuing this notice
                                             Deputy Secretary.                                                                                               to advise the public of a RTCA Program
                                                                                                         Docket: Background documents or
                                             [FR Doc. 2015–21296 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am]                                                                     Management Committee meeting.
                                                                                                       comments received may be read at
                                             BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                       http://www.regulations.gov at any time.               DATES: The meeting will be held
                                                                                                       Follow the online instructions for                    September 22nd from 8:30 a.m.–4:30
                                                                                                       accessing the docket or go to the Docket              p.m.
                                             DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                              Operations in Room W12–140 of the                     ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
                                                                                                       West Building Ground Floor at 1200                    RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street
                                             Federal Aviation Administration
                                                                                                       New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,                    NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036,
                                             [Summary Notice No. PE–2015–50]                           DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday                 Tel: (202) 330–0680.
                                                                                                       through Friday, except Federal holidays.              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
                                             Petition for Exemption; Summary of                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                             Petition Received; Chevron Aircraft                                                                             RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW.,
                                                                                                       Keira Jones (202) 267–4025, Office of                 Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by
                                             Operations                                                Rulemaking, Federal Aviation                          telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202)
                                             AGENCY: Federal Aviation                                  Administration, 800 Independence                      833–9434, or Web site at http://
                                             Administration (FAA), DOT.                                Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.                     www.rtca.org or Karan Hofmann,
                                             ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                         This notice is published pursuant to                Program Director, RTCA, Inc.,
                                                                                                       14 CFR 11.85.                                         khofmann@rtca.org, (202) 330–0680.
                                             SUMMARY:   This notice contains a                           Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25,             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
                                             summary of a petition seeking relief                      2015.                                                 to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal
                                             from specified requirements of title 14                   Lirio Liu,                                            Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
                                             of the Code of Federal Regulations. The                   Director, Office of Rulemaking.                       463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby
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                                             purpose of this notice is to improve the                                                                        given for a meeting of the RTCA
                                             public’s awareness of, and participation                  Petition For Exemption
                                                                                                                                                             Program Management Committee. The
                                             in, the FAA’s exemption process.                            Docket No.: FAA–2014–1111.                          agenda will include the following:
                                             Neither publication of this notice nor                      Petitioner: Chevron Aircraft
                                             the inclusion or omission of information                  Operations.                                           Tuesday, September 22, 2015
                                                                                                         Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:                      1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
                                               25 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            § 91.9(a).                                            2. REVIEW/APPROVE


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                                                a. Meeting Summary June 18, 2015,                          Revised TOR                                     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                   RTCA Paper No. 181–15/PMC–1362                       b. SC–217—Aeronautical Databases—
                                                b. Administrative SC TOR Revisions                         Discussion—Revised TOR                          Federal Aviation Administration
                                                i. SC–224—Airport Security Access                       c. SC–223—Aeronautical Mobile
                                                   Control Systems—New Co-Chair                                                                            Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                           Airport Communication System—
                                                ii. SC–235—Non-Rechargeable                                                                                Activities: Emergency Clearance:
                                                                                                           Discussion—Revised TOR
                                                   Lithium Batteries—New Chair                                                                             Public Information Collection
                                                                                                        d. SC–228—Minimum Operational                      Requirements Submitted to the Office
                                             3. PUBLICATION CONSIDERATION/
                                                                                                           Performance Standards (MOPS) for                of Management and Budget (OMB):
                                                   APPROVAL
                                                                                                           Unmanned Aircraft Systems, initial              B4UFLY Smartphone App
                                                a. Final Draft, Revised Document,
                                                                                                           release, MOPS for Unmanned
                                                   DO–328—Safety, Performance and                                                                          AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                                                                                           Aircraft Systems (UAS) Command
                                                   Interoperability Requirements                                                                           Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                                                                                           and Control (C2)—Discussion
                                                   Document for Airborne Spacing—
                                                                                                        e. SC–228—MOPS for Unmanned                        ACTION: Notice.
                                                   Flight-deck Interval Management
                                                   (ASPA–FIM), prepared by SC–186                          Aircraft Systems, initial release,
                                                                                                           MOPS for Unmanned Aircraft                      SUMMARY:    The Federal Aviation
                                                b. Final Draft, New Document, MOPS                                                                         Administration (FAA) is announcing an
                                                   for Flight-deck Interval                                Systems (UAS) Detect and Avoid
                                                                                                           (DAA) Systems—Discussion                        opportunity for the public to comment
                                                   Management (FIM), prepared by                                                                           on FAA’s intention to collect
                                                   SC–186                                               f. SC–228—MOPS for Unmanned
                                                                                                                                                           information from the public. In
                                                c. Final Draft, Revised Document,                          Aircraft Systems, initial release,
                                                                                                                                                           accordance with the Paperwork
                                                   DO–272C—User Requirements for                           MOPS for Air-to-Air Radar for
                                                                                                                                                           Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites
                                                   Aerodrome Mapping Information,                          Detect and Avoid—Discussion
                                                                                                                                                           public comments about our request to
                                                   prepared by SC–217                                   g. SC–230—Airborne Weather                         the Office of Management and Budget
                                                d. Final Draft, Revised Document,                          Detection Systems—Discussion—                   (OMB) for approval for an information
                                                   DO–276B—User Requirements for                           Revised TOR                                     collection. We are requesting an
                                                   Terrain and Obstacle Data, prepared                  h. SC–234—Portable Electronic                      emergency review under 5 CFR part
                                                   by SC–217                                               Devices—Discussion—Status                       1320(a)(2)(i) because public harm is
                                                e. Final Draft, Revised Document,                          Update                                          reasonably likely to result if the normal
                                                   DO–291B—Interchange Standards                        i. Design Assurance Guidance for                   clearance procedures are followed. In
                                                   for Terrain, Obstacle and                               Airborne Electronic Hardware—                   compliance with the requirement of
                                                   Aerodrome Mapping Data, prepared                        Status—Possible New Special                     section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
                                                   by SC–217                                               Committee to Update RTCA DO–                    Reduction Act of 1995, we have
                                                f. Final Draft, White Paper, Standards                     254                                             submitted to the Office of Management
                                                   Development Activities for using                     j. NAC—Status Update                               and Budget (OMB) the following
                                                   Near Real-Time Aircraft-Derived                                                                         requirements for emergency review.
                                                                                                        k. TOC—Status Update
                                                   Data in Future Applications,                                                                               The FAA has documented over 675
                                                   prepared by Wake Vortex Tiger                        l. FAA Actions Taken on Previously
                                                                                                           Published Documents—Report                      pilot and law enforcement reports of
                                                   Team                                                                                                    unmanned aircraft ‘events’ in 2015. In
                                             4. INTEGRATION and COORDINATION                            m. Special Committees—Chairmen’s
                                                                                                           Reports and Active Inter-Special                comparison, the FAA received 238 of
                                                   COMMITTEE (ICC)                                                                                         these reports in the entirety of 2014.
                                                a. ICC Membership—Update/                                  Committee Requirements
                                                                                                           Agreements (ISRA)—Review                        This increase in reports, particularly in
                                                   Approval—Discussion                                                                                     close proximity to airports, suggests that
                                             5. ACTION ITEM REVIEW                                      n. European/EUROCAE
                                                                                                                                                           many unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
                                                a. Workshop—Integrated Cockpit—                            Coordination—Status Update
                                                                                                                                                           operators are unaware of safety
                                                   Integrated Standards: Cross-Cutting                  o. Planning Forward—Discussion                     guidelines and policies and are unaware
                                                   Committee—Update                                  7. OTHER BUSINESS                                     of the potential hazards these operations
                                                b. PMC Ad-Hoc to provide SC–225                      8. SCHEDULE for COMMITTEE                             may pose to manned aircraft operations.
                                                   perceived shortfalls in DO–311                          DELIVERABLES and NEXT                           The FAA’s B4UFLY smartphone app
                                                   revision—Update                                         MEETING DATE
                                                c. PMC Ad-Hoc MASPS vs. guidance                                                                           will provide situational awareness of
                                                                                                        Attendance is open to the interested               flight restrictions—including locations
                                                   ‘‘discontinuity’’ between RTCA and                public but limited to space availability.
                                                   EUROCAE documentation—                                                                                  of airports, restricted airspace, special
                                                                                                     With the approval of the chairman,                    use airspaces, and temporary flight
                                                   Discussion                                        members of the public may present oral
                                                d. Response to Lockheed Martin’s                                                                           restrictions—based on a user’s current
                                                                                                     statements at the meeting. Persons                    or planned flight location. The risk
                                                   input to speed up MOPS in SC–159                  wishing to present statements or obtain
                                                   TOR—Discussion                                                                                          posed to the National Airspace System
                                                                                                     information should contact the person                 (NAS) by increasingly unsafe UAS
                                                e. Follow up discussion with FAA on
                                                                                                     listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                 operations makes the immediate release
                                                   cybersecurity concerns to be
                                                                                                     CONTACT section. Members of the public                of this app vital.
                                                   included in SC–159 TOR—
                                                                                                     may present a written statement to the                DATES: Written comments should be
                                                   Discussion
                                                                                                     committee at any time.                                submitted by September 28, 2015.
                                                f. Industry Interest in Runway
                                                   Overrun Alerting—possible new                       Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25,             ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
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                                                   Special Committee (SC)—                           2015.                                                 invited to submit written comments on
                                                   Discussion                                        Latasha Robinson,                                     the proposed information collection to
                                                g. UPS GPS issue—Update                              Management & Program Analyst, Next                    the Office of Information and Regulatory
                                             6. DISCUSSION                                           Generation, Enterprise Support Services               Affairs, Office of Management and
                                                a. SC–147—MOPS for Traffic Alert                     Division, Federal Aviation Administration.            Budget. Comments should be addressed
                                                   and Collision Avoidance Systems                   [FR Doc. 2015–21418 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am]           to the attention of the Desk Officer,
                                                   Airborne Equipment—Discussion—                    BILLING CODE 4910–13–P                                Department of Transportation/FAA, and


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of RTCA Program Management Committee Meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held September 22nd from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
ContactThe RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833- 9339, fax at (202) 833-9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org or Karan Hofmann, Program Director, RTCA, Inc., [email protected], (202) 330-0680.
FR Citation80 FR 52357 

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