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200(a) under the Act 16 where such
definition of short sales may be found.
Further, Rule 4.5(f) exempts OTP
Holders and OTP Firms from reporting
short positions if such a position
resulted from a sale specified in clause
(9) of paragraph (e) of Rule 10a–1 under
the Act. Since clause (9) has been
removed from Rule 10a–1(e) under the
Act, the exemption to OTP Holders and
OTP Firms is no longer applicable, and
shall be removed as a reference with
NYSE Arca Rule 4.5(f).
Additionally, the Exchange proposes
to increase the frequency of periodic
reports that OTP Holders and OTP
Firms must submit to the Exchange
concerning short positions in securities,
as prescribed by NYSE Arca Rule 4.5(f),
from monthly to twice per month. This
increase in the frequency of such reports
is consistent with similar changes
recently approved by the Commission
for the NASD, NYSE, and the Amex.17
The Exchange shall implement the
new periodic reporting requirements for
short positions of OTP Holders and OTP
Firms in September 2007 to be
consistent with the increased reporting
requirements of other self-regulatory
organizations.18
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule changes are consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act 19 in general and further
the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) 20 in
particular in that they are designed to
prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with
persons engaged in facilitating
transactions in securities, and to remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
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The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed rule changes will impose
any burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act.
16 See
17 CFR 240.200(a).
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34–
55406 (March 6, 2007), 72 FR 11071 (March 12,
2007) (SR–NASD–2006–131; SR–NYSE–2006–111;
SR–Amex–2007–05).
18 See supra note 10.
19 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
20 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
17 See
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Changes Received From
Members, Participants or Others
Written comments on the proposed
rule changes were neither solicited nor
received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Changes and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
changes do not (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest, (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition, or (iii) become
operative within 30 days after the date
of the filing, they have become effective
upon filing pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 21 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(6) 22 thereunder.
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule changes, the
Commission may summarily abrogate
such rule changes if it appears to the
Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.23
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
changes are consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
No. SR–NYSEArca–2007–48 or SR–
NYSEArca–2007–49 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File No.
SR–NYSEArca–2007–48 or SR–
NYSEArca–2007–49. This file number
should be included on the subject line
if e-mail is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
21 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
CFR 19b–4(f)(6).
23 See 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(C).
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
changes that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule changes between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for inspection and copying in
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room. Copies of such filing also will be
available for inspection and copying at
the principal offices of the Exchange.
All comments received will be posted
without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying
information from submissions. You
should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File No.
SR–NYSEArca–2007–48 or SR–
NYSEArca–2007–49 and should be
submitted on or before July 3, 2007.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.24
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee—New Task
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment
for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee a new task to: Review and
recommend revisions to certain
requirements for operation of aviation
maintenance technician schools. This
notice is to inform the public of this
ARAC activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ferrin Moore, Aircraft Maintenance
Division, AFS–301, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267–3809, e-mail
ferrin.c.moore@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
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The FAA established the Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s
rulemaking activities with respect to
aviation-related issues. This includes
obtaining advice and recommendations
on 14 CFR Part 147—Aviation
Maintenance Technician Schools.
In order to develop such advice and
recommendations, the ARAC may
choose to establish working groups to
which specific tasks are assigned. Such
working groups are comprised of
experts from those organizations having
an interest in the assigned tasks. A
working group member need not be
representative of the full committee.
The Aviation Maintenance Technician
Schools Curriculum and Operating
Requirements Working Group is a new
working group that is being established
by the ARAC.
A review of General Accounting
Office Report GAO–03–317, dated
March 2003, indicates a need to update
the curriculum requirements for
aviation mechanics. Currently, FAA
certificated Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools must offer a
curriculum that addresses each of the
subject areas described in 14 CFR, Part
147, Appendices B, C, and D. Each
subject area must be taught to the level
prescribed, and as defined in 14 CFR,
Part 147, Appendix A. In addition,
§ 147.21(b) of Part 147 mandates the
number of teaching hours devoted to
each group of subject areas (General,
Airframe, and Powerplant). These hours
are: General—400, Airframe—750,
Powerplant—750. A total of 1,900 hours
is needed for a combined Airframe and
Powerplant curriculum. In addition, the
FAA has issued exemptions to aviation
maintenance technician schools
enabling the schools to substitute
experience required in § 65.77 for
subject hours. Section 65.75(a)
prescribes, in pertinent part, that
applicants must pass a written test after
meeting the experience requirements of
§ 65. 77. Section 65.77 also requires
applicants to complete training and
present an appropriate graduation
certificate or certificate of completion
from a certificated aviation maintenance
technician school before being eligible
to take the written test for a certificate
or rating.
Task
(1) The working group is tasked to
evaluate §§ 147.21 and 147.31 and
appendices A through D of 14 CFR Part
147, and make recommendations to
ARAC that would enable the AMT
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schools to meet the needs of their
clientele more effectively. The working
group is tasked to recommend revisions
to 14 CFR Part 147 to contain some
basic, consistent, requirements. The
objective is to provide an easier means
to keep current training curricula,
training criteria, and hours of training,
while remaining within the minimum
requirements outlined in §§ 147.21 and
147.31, and appendices A through D of
14 CFR Part 147.
As part of its task, the working group
will review available information about
general curriculum requirements and
specific operating rules for attendance
and enrollment, tests, and credit for
prior instruction or experience that
could be applicable to meeting the
requirements of §§ 147.21 and 147.31
and appendices A through D of 14 CFR
Part 147.
(2) In addition, the working group is
tasked to evaluate and incorporate, as
appropriate, revisions granted by
exemption to §§ 65.75(a) and 65.77 of 14
CFR Part 65. The working group should
consider the appropriateness of
modifying § 65.75(a) to allow students
enrolled in Part 147 Aviation
Maintenance Technician Schools to take
the Aviation Mechanic written tests
after completing the corresponding
portion of the curriculum, but before
meeting the experience requirements of
§ 65.77. Section 65.77 prescribes, in
pertinent part, that each applicant for a
mechanic certificate or rating must
present either an appropriate graduation
certificate or a certificate of completion
from a certificated aviation maintenance
technician school or documented
evidence, satisfactory to the
Administrator before certification. The
FAA has issued grants of exemption to
allow students to take equivalency tests
for the aviation maintenance airframe
and aviation maintenance powerplant
ratings certification. The FAA agreed
with the petitioners that testing
immediately after completing a course is
academically sound. ARAC will make
recommendations to the FAA, as
appropriate, for revising these
requirements and associated guidance
material.
Schedule: Required completion is no
later than 9 months after the first
working group meeting or June 30, 2008,
whichever occurs first.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC accepted the task and assigned
the task to the Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working
Group, which is being formed and will
be managed by the Executive Committee
of ARAC. The working group serves as
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staff to ARAC and assists in the analysis
of assigned tasks. ARAC must review
and approve the working group’s
recommendations. If ARAC accepts the
working group’s recommendations, it
will forward them to the FAA. The FAA
will submit the recommendations it
receives to the agency’s Rulemaking
Management Council to address the
availability of resources and priority
within its rulemaking program.
Working Group Activity
The Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group
must comply with the procedures
adopted by ARAC. As part of the
procedures, the working group must:
1. Recommend a work plan for
completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan for
consideration at the next Executive
Committee meeting of ARAC held
following publication of this notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual
presentation of the proposed
recommendations before proceeding
with the work stated in item 3 below.
3. If proposed rule changes are
recommended, provide supporting
economic and other required analyses. If
new or revised requirements or
compliance methods are not
recommended, a draft report stating the
rationale for not making such
recommendations; and
4. Provide a status report at each
Executive Committee meeting of the
ARAC.
Participation in the Working Group
The Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group
will be composed of technical experts
having an interest in the assigned task.
A working group member need not be
a representative or a member of the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee. Membership of the working
group will have broad experience in
developing curriculum and operating
requirements for maintenance
technician schools. The working group
may organize, oversee, guide and
monitor activities and progress of
subject matter experts as needed to
accomplish the task assigned. The
working group chair and the FAA
representative will select the
membership for the working group, with
concurrence of the Executive Committee
of ARAC and the FAA. Subject matter
experts will address individual issues
and will be invited to present their
views and positions for consideration by
the working group. This allows for an
optimum working group size with
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appropriate representation to achieve
informed consensus and foster
successful completion of the task. This
may also allow the participation of a
large number of cross-functional subject
matter experts. The working group
members should have the appropriate
subject matter knowledge, broad
maintenance curriculum development
experience and responsibility within
their organization and authority to
represent their respective part of the
aviation community.
If you have expertise in the subject
matter and wish to become a member of
the working group, write to the person
listed under the caption FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that
desire. Describe your interest in the task
and state the expertise you would bring
to the working group. We must receive
all requests by July 17, 2007. The
Executive Committee and the FAA will
review the requests and advise you
whether or not your request is
approved.
If you are chosen for membership on
the working group, you must represent
your aviation community segment and
actively participate in the working
group by attending all meetings, and
providing written comments when
requested to do so. You must devote the
resources necessary to support the
working group in meeting any assigned
deadlines. You must keep your
management chain and those you may
represent advised of working group
activities and decisions to ensure that
the proposed technical solutions don’t
conflict with your sponsoring
organization’s position when the subject
is presented to the Executive Committee
for approval. Once the working group
has begun deliberations, members will
not be added or substituted without the
approval of the Executive Committee,
FAA and the working group chair.
The Secretary of Transportation
determined that the formation and use
of the ARAC is necessary and in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
FAA by law.
Meetings of the Executive Committee
of ARAC are open to the public.
Meetings of the Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group
will not be open to the public, except
to the extent individuals with an
interest and expertise are selected to
participate. The FAA will make no
public announcement of working group
meetings.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2007.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. E7–11260 Filed 6–11–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2007–28430, Notice 1]
Mosler Automotive; Receipt of
Application for a Temporary
Exemption From the Advanced Air Bag
Requirements of FMVSS No. 208
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for
temporary exemption from provisions of
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) No. 208, Occupant Crash
Protection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
procedures in 49 CFR Part 555, Mosler
Automotive has petitioned the agency
for a temporary exemption from certain
advanced air bag requirements of
FMVSS No. 208. The basis for the
application is that compliance would
cause substantial economic hardship to
a manufacturer that has tried in good
faith to comply with the standard.1
This notice of receipt of an
application for temporary exemption is
published in accordance with the
statutory provisions of 49 U.S.C.
30113(b)(2). NHTSA has made no
judgment on the merits of the
application.
You should submit your
comments not later than July 12, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ed Glancy or Ms. Rebecca Schade,
Office of the Chief Counsel, NCC–112,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building 4th Floor,
Room W41–326, Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax: (202)
366–3820.
Comments: We invite you to submit
comments on the application described
above. You may submit comments
identified by docket number at the
heading of this notice by any of the
following methods:
• Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
DATES:
1 To
view the application, go to: https://
dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm and
enter the docket number set forth in the heading of
this document.
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comments on the DOT electronic docket
site by clicking on ‘‘Help and
Information’’ or ‘‘Help/Info.’’
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Identification
Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. For
detailed instructions on submitting
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
Public Participation heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://dms.dot.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act discussion under the
Public Participation heading.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time or to 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Telephone:
(202) 366–9826.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
We shall consider all comments
received before the close of business on
the comment closing date indicated
above. To the extent possible, we shall
also consider comments filed after the
closing date.
I. Advanced Air Bag Requirements and
Small Volume Manufacturers
In 2000, NHTSA upgraded the
requirements for air bags in passenger
cars and light trucks, requiring what are
commonly known as ‘‘advanced air
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee--New Task
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee a
new task to: Review and recommend revisions to certain requirements for
operation of aviation maintenance technician schools. This notice is to
inform the public of this ARAC activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ferrin Moore, Aircraft Maintenance
Division, AFS-301, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3809, e-mail
ferrin.c.moore@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The FAA established the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to
provide advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator on the
FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-related issues.
This includes obtaining advice and recommendations on 14 CFR Part 147--
Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools.
In order to develop such advice and recommendations, the ARAC may
choose to establish working groups to which specific tasks are
assigned. Such working groups are comprised of experts from those
organizations having an interest in the assigned tasks. A working group
member need not be representative of the full committee. The Aviation
Maintenance Technician Schools Curriculum and Operating Requirements
Working Group is a new working group that is being established by the
ARAC.
A review of General Accounting Office Report GAO-03-317, dated
March 2003, indicates a need to update the curriculum requirements for
aviation mechanics. Currently, FAA certificated Aviation Maintenance
Technician Schools must offer a curriculum that addresses each of the
subject areas described in 14 CFR, Part 147, Appendices B, C, and D.
Each subject area must be taught to the level prescribed, and as
defined in 14 CFR, Part 147, Appendix A. In addition, Sec. 147.21(b)
of Part 147 mandates the number of teaching hours devoted to each group
of subject areas (General, Airframe, and Powerplant). These hours are:
General--400, Airframe--750, Powerplant--750. A total of 1,900 hours is
needed for a combined Airframe and Powerplant curriculum. In addition,
the FAA has issued exemptions to aviation maintenance technician
schools enabling the schools to substitute experience required in Sec.
65.77 for subject hours. Section 65.75(a) prescribes, in pertinent
part, that applicants must pass a written test after meeting the
experience requirements of Sec. 65. 77. Section 65.77 also requires
applicants to complete training and present an appropriate graduation
certificate or certificate of completion from a certificated aviation
maintenance technician school before being eligible to take the written
test for a certificate or rating.
Task
(1) The working group is tasked to evaluate Sec. Sec. 147.21 and
147.31 and appendices A through D of 14 CFR Part 147, and make
recommendations to ARAC that would enable the AMT schools to meet the
needs of their clientele more effectively. The working group is tasked
to recommend revisions to 14 CFR Part 147 to contain some basic,
consistent, requirements. The objective is to provide an easier means
to keep current training curricula, training criteria, and hours of
training, while remaining within the minimum requirements outlined in
Sec. Sec. 147.21 and 147.31, and appendices A through D of 14 CFR Part
147.
As part of its task, the working group will review available
information about general curriculum requirements and specific
operating rules for attendance and enrollment, tests, and credit for
prior instruction or experience that could be applicable to meeting the
requirements of Sec. Sec. 147.21 and 147.31 and appendices A through D
of 14 CFR Part 147.
(2) In addition, the working group is tasked to evaluate and
incorporate, as appropriate, revisions granted by exemption to
Sec. Sec. 65.75(a) and 65.77 of 14 CFR Part 65. The working group
should consider the appropriateness of modifying Sec. 65.75(a) to
allow students enrolled in Part 147 Aviation Maintenance Technician
Schools to take the Aviation Mechanic written tests after completing
the corresponding portion of the curriculum, but before meeting the
experience requirements of Sec. 65.77. Section 65.77 prescribes, in
pertinent part, that each applicant for a mechanic certificate or
rating must present either an appropriate graduation certificate or a
certificate of completion from a certificated aviation maintenance
technician school or documented evidence, satisfactory to the
Administrator before certification. The FAA has issued grants of
exemption to allow students to take equivalency tests for the aviation
maintenance airframe and aviation maintenance powerplant ratings
certification. The FAA agreed with the petitioners that testing
immediately after completing a course is academically sound. ARAC will
make recommendations to the FAA, as appropriate, for revising these
requirements and associated guidance material.
Schedule: Required completion is no later than 9 months after the
first working group meeting or June 30, 2008, whichever occurs first.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the Aviation
Maintenance Technician Schools Curriculum and Operating Requirements
Working Group, which is being formed and will be managed by the
Executive Committee of ARAC. The working group serves as staff to ARAC
and assists in the analysis of assigned tasks. ARAC must review and
approve the working group's recommendations. If ARAC accepts the
working group's recommendations, it will forward them to the FAA. The
FAA will submit the recommendations it receives to the agency's
Rulemaking Management Council to address the availability of resources
and priority within its rulemaking program.
Working Group Activity
The Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group must comply with the procedures
adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the working group must:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan for consideration at the next
Executive Committee meeting of ARAC held following publication of this
notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
recommendations before proceeding with the work stated in item 3 below.
3. If proposed rule changes are recommended, provide supporting
economic and other required analyses. If new or revised requirements or
compliance methods are not recommended, a draft report stating the
rationale for not making such recommendations; and
4. Provide a status report at each Executive Committee meeting of
the ARAC.
Participation in the Working Group
The Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group will be composed of technical
experts having an interest in the assigned task. A working group member
need not be a representative or a member of the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee. Membership of the working group will have broad
experience in developing curriculum and operating requirements for
maintenance technician schools. The working group may organize,
oversee, guide and monitor activities and progress of subject matter
experts as needed to accomplish the task assigned. The working group
chair and the FAA representative will select the membership for the
working group, with concurrence of the Executive Committee of ARAC and
the FAA. Subject matter experts will address individual issues and will
be invited to present their views and positions for consideration by
the working group. This allows for an optimum working group size with
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appropriate representation to achieve informed consensus and foster
successful completion of the task. This may also allow the
participation of a large number of cross-functional subject matter
experts. The working group members should have the appropriate subject
matter knowledge, broad maintenance curriculum development experience
and responsibility within their organization and authority to represent
their respective part of the aviation community.
If you have expertise in the subject matter and wish to become a
member of the working group, write to the person listed under the
caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that desire.
Describe your interest in the task and state the expertise you would
bring to the working group. We must receive all requests by July 17,
2007. The Executive Committee and the FAA will review the requests and
advise you whether or not your request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on the working group, you must
represent your aviation community segment and actively participate in
the working group by attending all meetings, and providing written
comments when requested to do so. You must devote the resources
necessary to support the working group in meeting any assigned
deadlines. You must keep your management chain and those you may
represent advised of working group activities and decisions to ensure
that the proposed technical solutions don't conflict with your
sponsoring organization's position when the subject is presented to the
Executive Committee for approval. Once the working group has begun
deliberations, members will not be added or substituted without the
approval of the Executive Committee, FAA and the working group chair.
The Secretary of Transportation determined that the formation and
use of the ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
Meetings of the Executive Committee of ARAC are open to the public.
Meetings of the Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools Curriculum and
Operating Requirements Working Group will not be open to the public,
except to the extent individuals with an interest and expertise are
selected to participate. The FAA will make no public announcement of
working group meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2007.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. E7-11260 Filed 6-11-07; 8:45 am]
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