51640 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 165 / Thursday, August 24, 2000 / Notices Expansion of Apron and Construct Energy, Federal Aviation basis and is accessible to individuals Taxiway to Runway 10 Administration, 800 Independence with disabilities. Sign and oral North Central State Airport Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; interpretation can be made available if Rehabilitation of Apron telephone (202) 267±8933; facsimile, requested 10 calendar days before the Quonset State Airport (202) 267±5594. meeting. Rehabilitation of Apron SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Westerly State Airport FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rehabilitation of Apron and Taxiways Comments Invited Trish Paolella, RSAC Coordinator, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, B and C On July 14, the FAA published a Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493±6212 Class or classes of air carriers which notice in the Federal Register (65 FR or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate the public agency has requested to be 43802) requesting comments on the Administrator for Safety Standards and required to collect PFCs: On demand proposed policy document, Aviation Program Development, FRA, 1120 Air Taxi/Commercial Operators (ATCO). Noise Abatement Policy 2000. This Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Any person may inspect the proposed FAA policy document Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493±6302. application in person at the FAA office reaffirms and incorporates the major listed above under FOR FURTHER tenets of the 1976 Aviation Noise SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant INFORMATION CONTACT. Abatement Policy and includes to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal In addition, any person may, upon subsequent developments. Several Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92± request, inspect the application, notice commenters requested additional time 463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting and other documents germane to the to respond to this policy, so the FAA is of the Railroad Safety Advisory application in person at the Rhode extending the opportunity for pubic Committee (``RSAC''). The meeting is Island Airport Corporation. comment from August 28 to October 23. scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on This extension allows for a total conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 14, 2000. comment period of 101 days so that September 14, 2000. The meeting of the Vincent A. Scarano, interested persons can have sufficient RSAC will be held at the Association of Manager, Airports Division, New England time to express their concerns and American Railroads' Conference Center, Region. contribute their suggestions to the 50 F Street, NW Washington, DC, (202) [FR Doc. 00±21640 Filed 8±23±00; 8:45 am] policy. 639±2565. All times noted are Eastern Standard Time. BILLING CODE 4910±13±M Issued in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2000. RSAC was established to provide Paul R. Dykeman, advice and recommendations to the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FRA on railroad safety matters. The Deputy Director of Environment and Energy. Committee consists of 48 individual Federal Aviation Administration [FR Doc. 00±21638 Filed 8±23±00; 8:45 am] representatives, drawn from among 29 BILLING CODE 4910±13±M [Docket No. 30109] organizations representing various rail industry perspectives, and 2 associate Aviation Noise Abatement Policy 2000 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION non-voting representatives from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory AGENCY: Federal Aviation Federal Railroad Administration responsibility in Canada and Mexico. Administration, DOT. Staff of the National Transportation ACTION: Notice, extend comment period. [Docket No. RSAC±96±1, Notice No. 22] Safety Board and Federal Transit Administration also participate in an SUMMARY: This notice is announcing an Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; advisory capacity. extension to the comment period on a Notice of Meeting recent notice regarding the proposed The RSAC will be briefed on the AGENCY: Federal Railroad policy document, Aviation Noise current status of activities of RSAC Administration (FRA), Department of Abatement Policy 2000. The recent working groups and task forces Transportation (DOT). notice was published in the Federal responsible for carrying out tasks the Register on July 14, 2000 with a ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety RSAC has accepted involving blue comment period ending August 28, Advisory Committee (``RSAC'') meeting. signal protection, event recorders, the definition of reportable ``train accident'', 2000. This notice extends that comment SUMMARY: FRA announces the next period. roadway maintenance equipment safety meeting of the RSAC, a Federal standards, and incorporation of a DATES: Comments must be received on Advisory Committee that develops provision for gage restraint or before October 23, 2000. railroad safety regulations through a measurement within the Track Safety ADDRESSES: Comments should be consensus process. The meeting will Standards. mailed in triplicate to: Federal Aviation address a wide range of topics, There will be discussion about the Administration (FAA), Office of the including possible adoption of specific possible tasking of the Training and Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket recommendations for regulatory action. Qualification of Safety Critical (AGC±200), Docket No. 30109, 800 DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is personnel and a vote to approve the Independence Avenue, SW., scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Washington, DC 20591. Comments may conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, (NPRM) on Standards for Processor be examined in the Rules Docket in September 14, 2000. Based Signal and Train Control Room 915G on weekdays between 8:30 ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC Systems. Also, if the draft Notice of a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except on Federal will be held at the Association of Proposed Rulemaking for Cab Working holidays. American Railroads' Conference Center, Conditions is approved by the Working FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 50 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, Group, the full committee may be Thomas L. Connor, Noise Division, (202) 639±2565. The meeting is open to requested to consider recommendations AEE±100, Office of Environment and the public on a first-come, first-served for FRA action on that issue. VerDate 11<MAY>2000 13:17 Aug 23, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM pfrm01 PsN: 24AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 165 / Thursday, August 24, 2000 / Notices 51641 Informational status briefings at the above address between 10 am and the area. Existing operators are concerning the Switching Operations 5 pm, ET, Monday through Friday, primarily offering whale watch charters Fatality Analysis task force efforts and except federal holidays. An electronic while we will be doing sailing the Grade Crossing Technical Working version of this document and all excursions of varying lengths, from a Group will be presented. documents entered into this docket is few hours to several days. There are a Please refer to the notice published in available on the World Wide Web at few sailboats offering skippered the Federal Register on March 11, 1996 http://dms.dot.gov. charters, however they are mostly for (61 FR 9740) for more information about FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: week-long charters in the San Juan and the RSAC. Gordon Angell, Department of Gulf Islands while we will primarily Issued in Washington, DC on August 18, Transportation, Maritime focus on afternoon luncheon charters 2000. Administration, MAR±832 Room 7201, with an occasional longer term charter. George Gavalla, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, (6) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on U.S. shipyards: Associate Administrator for Safety. DC 20590. Telephone 202±366±5129. According to the applicant: There [FR Doc. 00±21677 Filed 8±23±00; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of should be no effect on U.S. shipyards by BILLING CODE 4910±06±P Public Law 105±383 provides authority the granting of this waiver. to the Secretary of Transportation to administratively waive the U.S.-build Dated: August 21, 2000. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION requirements of the Jones Act, and other By Order of the Maritime Administrator. statutes, for small commercial passenger Joel C. Richard, Maritime Administration vessels (no more than 12 passengers). Secretary, Maritime Administration. Docket Number: [MARAD±2000±7832] This authority has been delegated to the [FR Doc. 00±21684 Filed 8±24±00; 8:45 am] Maritime Administration per 49 CFR BILLING CODE 4910±81±P Requested Administrative Waiver of 1.66, Delegations to the Maritime the Coastwise Trade Laws Administrator, as amended. By this notice, MARAD is publishing DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AGENCY: Maritime Administration, information on a vessel for which a Department of Transportation. request for a U.S.-build waiver has been Maritime Administration ACTION: Invitation for public comments received, and for which MARAD Docket Number: [MARAD±2000±7831] on a requested administrative waiver of requests comments from interested the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel parties. Comments should refer to the Requested Administrative Waiver of INTEGRITY. docket number of this notice and the the Coastwise Trade Laws SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law vessel name in order for MARAD to properly consider the comments. AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 105±383, the Secretary of Department of Transportation. Transportation, as represented by the Comments should also state the commenter's interest in the waiver ACTION: