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101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Ms. Lori Ledebohm, PFC 

Contact, Harrisburg Airports District 

Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, 

Camp Hill, PA 17011. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Thomas C. 

Frungillo, Airport Manager of the 

Bradford Regional Airport Authority at 

the following address: Bradford 

Regional Airport, 212 Airport Road, 

Suite E, Lewis Run, Pennsylvania 16738

Air carriers and foreign air carriers 

may submit copies of written comments 

previously provided to the Bradford 

Regional Airport Authority under 

section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lori Ledebohm, PFC Contact, Harrisburg 

Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale 

Dr. Suite 508, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 

17011, (717) 730–2835. The application 

may be reviewed in person at this same 

location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 

comment on the application to use the 

revenue from a PFC at Bradford 

Regional Airport under the provisions of 

the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Public Law 101–508) and Part 

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 

(14 CFR Part 158).

On August 9, 2004, the FAA 

determined that the application to use 

the revenue from a PFC submitted by 

Bradford Regional Airport Authority 

was substantially complete within the 

requirements of section 158.25 of Part 

158. The FAA will approve or 

disapprove the application, in whole or 

in part, no later than December 7, 2004. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the application. 

PFC Application No.: 04–03–U–00–

AVP. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. 

Proposed charge effective date: May 1, 

2003. 

Proposed charge expiration date:

December 1, 2009. 

Total estimated PFC revenue: $7,996. 

Brief description of proposed 

project(s): Deicing Equipment. 

Class or classes of air carriers which 

the public agency has requested not be 

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/

Commercial Operations filing FAA 

Form 1800–31. 

Any person may inspect the 

application in person at the FAA office 

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA 

regional airports office located at: 

Eastern Region, Airports Division, AEA–

610, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New 

York 11434. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

application in person at the Bradford 

Regional Airport.

Issued in Camp Hill, PA, on September 10, 

2004. 

Lori Ledebohm, 

PFC Contact, Harrisburg Airports District 

Office, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 04–23074 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Policy Statement No. ANM112–05–001] 

Process for Developing Instructions 

for Maintenance and Inspection of Fuel 

Tank Systems Required by SFAR 88

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of final policy.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces the 

availability of final policy on the 

process used by design approval holders 

to develop instructions for maintenance 

and inspection of the fuel tank systems 

of certain transport category airplanes, 

as required by Special Federal Aviation 

Regulation Number 88 (SFAR 88).

DATES: This final policy was issued by 

the Transport Airplane Directorate on 

October 6, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Collins, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Transport Standards Staff, 

Safety Management Branch, ANM–112, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98055–4056; telephone (425) 227–2689; 

fax (425) 227–1149; e-mail: 

michael.collins@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Disposition of Comments 

A notice of proposed policy was 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 28, 2004 as Policy Statement No. 

PS–AMN100–04–10029. Seven 

commenters responded to the request 

for comments. 

Background 

This policy provides guidance for 

complying with the requirements in 

Special Federal Aviation Regulation 

Number 88 (SFAR 88) for the 

preparation of instructions for 

maintenance and inspection of fuel tank 

systems in certain transport category 

airplanes. Paragraph 2(a) of SFAR 88 

requires certain holders of Type 

Certificates (TCs) and Supplemental 

Type Certificates (STCs) of large 

transport airplanes to conduct a safety 

review of the fuel tank systems. The 

purpose of the safety review is to 

identify design features which may 

provide ignition sources in the fuel tank 

systems. Corrective actions, such as 

design changes, operational procedures, 

or maintenance may be necessary to 

eliminate those ignition sources. 

The policy relates to Paragraphs 2(b) 

and 2(c)(2) of SFAR 88 which require 

that, based upon the safety review, the 

TC and STC holders develop 

instructions for maintenance and 

inspection of the fuel tank systems in 

order to maintain design features which 

preclude the existence or the 

development of an ignition source. The 

FAA intends that operators use those 

instructions to propose changes in their 

maintenance programs in order to 

maintain those design features for the 

operational life of the airplane. 

The final policy is available on the 

Internet at the following address:

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl. If you do 

not have access to the Internet, you can 

obtain a copy of the policy by contacting 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 

6, 2004. 

Kalene C. Yanamura, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 04–23069 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 seq.), this notice announces 

that the Information Collection 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The 

nature of the information collection is 

described as well as its expected 

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burden. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on July 19, 

2004. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Ferris, Maritime 

Administration, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–2324; FAX: 202–366–9580; or 

e-mail: michael.ferris@marad.dot.gov.

Copies of this collection also can be 

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Subsidy Voucher—Operating 

Differential Subsidy (Bulk and Line 

Cargo Vessels). 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0024. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Operators of bulk and 

liner vessels. 

Forms: MA–790 and supporting 

schedules. 

Abstract: The Merchant Marine Act 

1936, authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation to provide financial aid 

in the operation of contract vessels for 

bulk or liner cargo carrying services that 

help promote, develop, expand and 

maintain the foreign commerce of the 

United States. Vessel owners must 

submit documentation requesting the 

financial assistance to the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: Two 

hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication.

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 

2004. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–23043 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–18765] 

Frontal New Car Assessment Program 

(NCAP)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice, request for comments.

SUMMARY: The primary purpose of the 

New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is 

to provide consumers with a measure of 

the relative safety of vehicles to aid 

them in their purchasing decisions. 

Since 1978, the testing procedures used 

for the frontal program have remained 

relatively unchanged. The frontal NCAP 

test procedure has been almost identical 

to the frontal barrier test procedure used 

in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, except 

vehicles in frontal NCAP tests are tested 

at a speed 5 mph (8 km/h) faster than 

the belted test speed in FMVSS No. 208. 

The higher test speed allows us to 

observe differences in frontal 

crashworthiness performance more 

readily. However, recent amendments to 

FMVSS No. 208 will require vehicles 

manufactured after September 1, 2007, 

to meet the injury criteria of that 

standard at an increased test speed of 35 

mph (56 km/h) for the belted 50th 

percentile male dummy, the same test 

speed as the current frontal NCAP test. 

Because the NCAP test would no longer 

be a higher test speed than the FMVSS 

test, the agency has been considering 

possible changes to NCAP. This 

document introduces and requests 

comments on some alternatives to the 

future of the frontal NCAP.

DATES: You should submit your 

comments early enough to ensure that 

Docket Management receives them not 

later than December 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and be submitted by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Web Site: <http://dms.dot.gov>.

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. Please note, if you are submitting 

petitions electronically as a PDF 

(Adobe) file, we ask that the documents 

submitted be scanned using an Optical 

Character Recognition (OCR) process, 

thus allowing the agency to search and 

copy certain portions of your 

submissions. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Comment heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to <http://dms.dot.gov>, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all petitions 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

petition (or signing the petition, 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 <http://dms.dot.gov>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical issues surrounding the 

information in this document, please 

contact Mr. Nathaniel Beuse at (202) 

366–1740. For legal issues surrounding 

this document, please contact Mr. 

Stephen Wood at (202) 366–4992. Both 

of these individuals may be reached by 

mail at the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh St. 

SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

A. History of the Frontal New Car 

Assessment Program 

B. Motivation To Revisit the Frontal NCAP 

II. Worldwide Frontal New Car Assessment 

Program Test Procedures 

A. European New Car Assessment Program 

B. Japanese New Car Assessment Program 

C. Australian New Car Assessment 

Program 

D. Korean New Car Assessment Program 

E. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 

III. Discussion of Options 

A. Maintain Current Program 

B. Changes to the Test Procedure 

1. Increase Test Speed