[Federal Register: June 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 107)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport 
Airplane and Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and 
engine (TAE) issues.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for June 18-19, 2002, beginning at 8:30 
a.m. Arrange for oral presentations by June 14.

ADDRESSES: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, 535 Garden Avenue North, 
Building 10-16, Room 12-C4, Renton, WA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie M. Upshaw, Office of Rulemaking, 
ARM-209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
Telephone (202) 267-7626, FAX (202) 267-5075, or e-mail at 
effie.upshaw@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is 
given of an ARAC meeting to be held June 18-19 in Seattle Washington.
    The agenda will include:

June 18, 2002

     Opening remarks
     FAA/Joint Aviation Authorities Conference report
     FAA report
     JAA report, including status of Single Worldwide 
Certification Code and establishment of European Aviation Safety Agency
     Transport Canada report
     Executive Committee report
     Harmonization Management Team report
     ARAC tasking priorities discussion
     Design for Security Harmonization Working Group (HWG) 
report and approval

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     Flight Controls HWG report and approval
     Loads &Dynamics HWG report and approval
     Human Factors Harmonization Working Group (HWG) report
     System Design and Analysis HWG report
     Electrical Systems HWG report and update on Aging 
Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee activity

June 19

     General Structures HWG report and approval
     Airworthiness Assurance Working Group report
     Powerplant Installation HWG report and approval
     Ice Protection HWG report
     Written reports, as required, from the following HWGs: 
Electromagnetic Effects, Flight Test, Engine, Mechanical Systems, 
Avionics, Seat Test, Flight Control, and Flight Guidance
     Extended Range with Two-Engine Aircraft tasking update
    Five working groups will be seeking approval of working group 
reports:
    1. The Design for Security HWG for a report addressing the 
following areas in Amendment 97 to Annex 8 to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation: survivability of systems, fire 
suppression, cabin smoke extraction, direction of smoke from the 
cockpit, least risk bomb location (identification), and least risk bomb 
location (design);
    2. The Flight Controls HWG for a report addressing flight control 
system failures or jamming;
    3. The Loads and Dynamics HWG for a report addressing flight loads 
validation;
    4. The General Structures HWG for a report addressing damage-
tolerance and fatigue evaluation of structures; and
    5. The Powerplant Installation HWG for a report addressing the 
automatic takeoff thrust control system.
    Attendance is open to the public, but will be limited to the 
availability of meeting room space and telephone lines. Visitor badges 
are required to gain entrance to the Boeing building where the meeting 
is being held. Please confirm your attendance with the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than June 14. 
Please provide the following information: full legal name, country of 
citizenship, and name of your company, if applicable.
    For those participating by telephone, the call-in number is (206) 
655-4990, Passcode 6975. Details are also available on the 
ARAC calendar at http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/araccal/htm. To insure that 
sufficient telephone lines are available, please notify the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of your intent by 
June 14. Anyone participating by telephone will be responsible for 
paying long-distance charges.
    The public must make arrangements by June 14 to present oral 
statements at the meeting. Written statements may be presented to the 
committee at any time by providing 25 copies to the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section or by provding copies at 
the meeting. Copies of the documents to be presented to ARAC for 
decision or as recommendations to the FAA may be made available by 
contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.
    If you are in need of assistance or require a reasonable 
accommodation for the meeting or meeting documents, please contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Sign and 
oral interpretation, as well as a listening device, can be made 
available if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 29, 2002.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 02-13966 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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