82 FR 42717 - Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)

The 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42717]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19189]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory 
Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The 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 October 18 and October 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the FAA's Regional Office, 
6th Floor Executive Conference Room, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Lawndale, CA 90261. The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2017, and from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 
Thursday, October 19, 2017. Although this is not a public meeting, this 
NPOAG meeting will be open to the public. Because seating is limited, 
members of the public wishing to attend will need to contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by September 29, 2017, to 
ensure sufficient meeting space is available to accommodate all 
attendees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, AWP-1SP, Special Programs 
Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region 
Headquarters, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, telephone: 
(310) 725-3808, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), 
enacted on April 5, 2000, 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 October 18-19, 2017 NPOAG Meetings

    The agenda for the meetings will include, but is not limited to, an 
update on ongoing park specific air tour planning projects, commercial 
air tour reporting, and the Grand Canyon quiet technology seasonal 
relief incentive.

Attendance at the Meeting and Submission of Written Comments

    Although this is not a public meeting, interested persons may 
attend. Because seating is limited, please contact Keith Lusk (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for phone number or email) by September 29, 
2017, to ensure sufficient meeting space is available to accommodate 
all attendees.
    Written comments regarding the meeting will be accepted directly 
from attendees or may be sent to Keith Lusk (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT for address and email.

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 
Web site 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, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, telephone: (310) 
725-3808.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 31, 2017.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-19189 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am]
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