82_FR_42891 82 FR 42717 - Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

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)

Page Range42717-42717
FR Document2017-19189

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 Issue 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017) 
[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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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 174 / Monday, September 11, 2017 / Notices 42717 www.stb.gov. Copies of the decision may enactment. The Act requires that the Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on August 31, be purchased by contacting the Office of NPOAG be a balanced group of 2017. Public Assistance, Governmental representatives of general aviation, Keith Lusk, Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245– commercial air tour operations, Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 0238. environmental concerns, and Native Western-Pacific Region. Decided: September 5, 2017. American tribes. The Administrator of [FR Doc. 2017–19189 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] By the Board, Board Members Begeman, the FAA and the Director of NPS (or BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Elliott, and Miller. their designees) serve as ex officio Jeffrey Herzig, members of the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2017–19100 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] alternating 1-year terms as chairperson Maritime Administration BILLING CODE 4915–01–P of the advisory group. The duties of the NPOAG include [Docket No. DOT–MARAD–2017–0167] providing advice, information, and Request for Comments on the Renewal DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION recommendations to the FAA of a Previously Approved Information Administrator and the NPS Director on: Collection: Request for Waiver of Federal Aviation Administration Implementation of Public Law 106–181; Service Obligation, Request for Notice of Meeting of the National Parks quiet aircraft technology; other Deferment of Service Obligation, and Overflights Advisory Group measures that might accommodate Application for Review interests to visitors of national parks; AGENCY: Federal Aviation and at the request of the Administrator AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Administration, (FAA), DOT. and the Director, on safety, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of meeting. environmental, and other issues related ACTION: Notice and request for to commercial air tour operations over comments. SUMMARY: The FAA and the National national parks or tribal lands. Park Service (NPS), in accordance with SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration the National Parks Air Tour Agenda for the October 18–19, 2017 (MARAD) invites public comments on Management Act of 2000, announce the NPOAG Meetings our intention to request the Office of next meeting of the National Parks Management and Budget (OMB) Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). The agenda for the meetings will approval to renew an information This notification provides the date, include, but is not limited to, an update collection. The information collection is location, and agenda for the meeting. on ongoing park specific air tour for midshipmen or graduates of the DATES: The NPOAG will meet on planning projects, commercial air tour United States Merchant Marine October 18 and October 19, 2017. reporting, and the Grand Canyon quiet Academy (USMMA) or cadets or ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place technology seasonal relief incentive. graduates of a State Maritime Academy in the FAA’s Regional Office, 6th Floor (SMA) who received Student Incentive Attendance at the Meeting and Payment (SIP) Program payments to Executive Conference Room, 15000 Submission of Written Comments Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA determine if: (1) A waiver should be 90261. The meeting will be held from Although this is not a public meeting, granted of all or a portion of the service 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, interested persons may attend. Because obligation contract in cases where there October 18, 2017, and from 8:00 a.m. to seating is limited, please contact Keith would be undue hardship or 11:30 a.m. Thursday, October 19, 2017. impossibility of performance due to Lusk (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Although this is not a public meeting, accident, illness or other justifiable CONTACT for phone number or email) by this NPOAG meeting will be open to the reasons; (2) a deferment of all or a September 29, 2017, to ensure sufficient public. Because seating is limited, portion of the service obligation should meeting space is available to be granted for the purpose of entering a members of the public wishing to attend accommodate all attendees. will need to contact the person listed marine or maritime-related graduate under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Written comments regarding the course of study; or (3) an original CONTACT by September 29, 2017, to meeting will be accepted directly from decision of items 1 or 2 should be ensure sufficient meeting space is attendees or may be sent to Keith Lusk overturned based on a student or available to accommodate all attendees. (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT graduate’s appeal. Their service FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for address and email. obligation is required by law. We are Keith Lusk, AWP–1SP, Special required to publish this notice in the Record of the Meeting Federal Register by the Paperwork Programs Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region If you cannot attend the NPOAG Reduction Act of 1995. Headquarters, 15000 Aviation meeting, a summary record of the DATES: Comments must be submitted on Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, meeting will be made available under or before November 13, 2017. telephone: (310) 725–3808, email: the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP ADDRESSES: You may submit comments asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Keith.Lusk@faa.gov. Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/ [identified by Docket No. DOT– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/ MARAD–2017–0167] through one of the programs/air_tour_management_plan/ following methods: Background • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or The National Parks Air Tour through the Special Programs Staff, www.regulations.gov. Search using the Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, above DOT docket number and follow enacted on April 5, 2000, Public Law Los Angeles, CA 90009–2007, the online instructions for submitting 106–181, required the establishment of telephone: (310) 725–3808. comments. the NPOAG within one year after its • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:34 Sep 08, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11SEN1.SGM 11SEN1


Document Created: 2017-09-09 00:04:02
Document Modified: 2017-09-09 00:04:02
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe NPOAG will meet on October 18 and October 19, 2017.
ContactKeith 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]
FR Citation82 FR 42717 
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