Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss rotorcraft issues.

DATES:

The meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 27, 2006, at 10:15 a.m. central standard time (cst).

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the Dallas Convention Center, room D171, 650 South Griffin Street, Dallas, Texas 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caren Waddell, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-200, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-8199, or e-mail caren.waddell@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The referenced meeting is announced pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. II).

The agenda will include:

• Opening Remarks.
• Working Group Status Report—Damage Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Composite Rotorcraft Structure.
• FAA Status Report—Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements for Rotorcraft, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
• FAA Status Report—Fatigue Tolerance Evaluation of Metallic Structure, NPRM and Advisory Circular package.
• Other Business.
• Future Meetings.

Attendance is open to the interested public but will be limited to the space available. Persons participating by telephone can call (817) 222-4871; the pass code is 5359#. Anyone participating by telephone will be responsible for paying long-distance charges.

The public must make arrangements 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 providing copies at the meeting.

If you are in need of assistance or require a reasonable accommodation for the meeting, 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.