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such proceeding and, for each such 

proceeding listed, the name and country 

of incorporation of such party. 

13. A short statement of qualifications 

and availability for service on Chapter 

19 panels, including information 

relevant to the applicant’s familiarity 

with international trade law and 

willingness and ability to make time 

commitments necessary for service on 

panels. 

14. On a separate page, the names, 

addresses, telephone and fax numbers of 

three individuals willing to provide 

information concerning the applicant’s 

qualifications for service, including the 

applicant’s character, reputation, 

reliability, judgment, and familiarity 

with international trade law. 

Current Roster Members and Prior 

Applicants 

Current members of the Chapter 19 

roster who remain interested in 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster must 

submit updated applications. 

Individuals who have previously 

applied but have not been selected may 

reapply. If an applicant, including a 

current or former roster member, has 

previously submitted materials referred 

to in item 9, such materials need not be 

resubmitted.

Public Disclosure 

Applications normally will be subject 

to public disclosure. An applicant who 

wishes to exempt information from 

public disclosure should follow the 

procedures set forth in 15 CFR 2003.6. 

False Statements 

Pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the 

NAFTA Implementation Act, false 

statements by applicants regarding their 

personal or professional qualifications, 

or financial or other relevant interests 

that bear on the applicants’ suitability 

for placement on the chapter 19 roster 

or for appointment to binational panels, 

are subject to criminal sanctions under 

18 U.S.C. 1001. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notice contains a collection of 

information provision subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) that 

has been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to 

nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA unless that 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB number. This 

notice’s collection of information 

burden is only for those persons who 

wish voluntarily to apply for 

nomination to the NAFTA chapter 19 

roster. It is expected that the collection 

of information burden will be under 3 

hours. This collection of information 

contains no annual reporting or record 

keeping burden. This collection of 

information was approved by OMB 

under OMB Control Number 0350–0009. 

Please send comments regarding the 

collection of information burden or any 

other aspect of the information 

collection to USTR at the above e-mail 

address or fax number. 

Privacy Act 

The following statements are made in 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The 

authority for requesting information to 

be furnished is section 402 of the 

NAFTA Implementation Act. Provision 

of the information requested above is 

voluntary; however, failure to provide 

the information will preclude your 

consideration as a candidate for the 

NAFTA Chapter 19 roster. This 

information is maintained in a system of 

records entitled ‘‘Dispute Settlement 

Panelists Roster.’’ Notice regarding this 

system of records was published in the 

Federal Register on November 30, 2001. 

The information provided is needed, 

and will be used by USTR, other federal 

government trade policy officials 

concerned with NAFTA dispute 

settlement, and officials of the other 

NAFTA Parties to select well-qualified 

individuals for inclusion on the chapter 

19 roster and for service on chapter 19 

binational panels.

Daniel E. Brinza, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 04–25457 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W5–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

High Density Airports; Notice of 

Reagan National Airport Lottery 

Allocation Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of lottery and allocation 

procedures for slots at Washington 

Reagan National Airport. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

lottery to allocate a limited number of 

commuter slots at Washington’s Reagan 

National Airport in accordance with 

Title 14 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations § 93.225, Lottery of 

available slots.

DATE/LOCATION OF LOTTERY: The lottery 

will be held in the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Conference Room 9 

ABC, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591 on December 3, 

2004, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Carriers 

that wish to participate in the lottery 

must notify, in writing, the FAA Slot 

Administration Office, Attention: AGC–

220, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, or by facsimile 

to (202) 267–7277. Notification must be 

received no later than 5 p.m. e.d.t. on 

November 18, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lorelei Peter, Operations and Air Traffic 

Law Branch, Regulations Division, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

number (202) 267–3134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The High Density Traffic Airports 

Rule, or ‘‘High Density Rule,’’ 14 CFR 

part 93, subpart K, was promulgated in 

1968 to reduce delays at five congested 

airports: John F. Kennedy International 

Airport (JFK), LaGuardia, O’Hare 

International Airport (O’Hare), Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport 

(Reagan National) and Newark 

International Airport (33 FR 17896; 

December 3, 1968). The regulation 

limits the number of instrument flight 

rule (IFR) operations at each airport, 

during certain hours of the day. It 

provides for the allocation to carriers of 

operational authority, in the form of a 

‘‘slot’’ for each IFR takeoff or landing 

during a specific 30- or 60-minute 

period. The restrictions at Newark were 

lifted in the early 1970s. The restrictions 

at O’Hare were lifted in July 2002. 

Slots during peak hours and not 

required for Essential Air Service are 

allocated by lottery. (See CFR 93.225.) 

the FAA will follow the lottery 

procedures of 14 CFR § 93.225 and 

certain special procedures described 

further in this notice will also apply. 

A limited incumbent carrier is now 

defined as a carrier with fewer than 20 

slots and slot exemptions. (49 U.S.C. 

41714(h)(5)(A)) (The regulatory 

definition of a limited incumbent carrier 

was amended by the above statutory 

provision.) Also, section 426 of Vision 

100—Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act amended the 

definition of commuter aircraft in 14 

CFR 93.123(c)(2), as applied to aircraft 

operations at Washington’s Reagan 

National Airport, to mean aircraft 

operations using aircraft having a

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certificated maximum seating capacity 

of 76 or less. 

The commuter slots available during 

the lottery previously were allocated to 

carriers to provide Essential Air Service 

and subsequently withdrawn by the 

FAA for nonuse. (Under 14 CFR 93.227, 

if slots are not used 80 percent of the 

time over a two-month reporting period, 

the slots will be withdrawn.) 

A total of six daily commuter slots are 

available during this lottery. One 

commuter slot is available in each the 

0700 and 0900 hours and two commuter 

slots are available in each the 1400 and 

1900 hours. 

Special Procedures 

By Order 2004–9–22 issued 

September 23, 2004, the Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation directed the 

FAA to hold a slot lottery for six 

available commuter slots at Reagan 

National that had been reserved for 

Essential Air Service for Clarksburg, 

Morgantown, and/ or Lewisburg, West 

Virginia, subject to the conditions 

described in the order. In summary, the 

Order provides that the slots may be 

used to provide service to points other 

than the above West Virginia 

communities unless a carrier 

subsequently requests slots to serve the 

Reagan National-Clarksburg, 

Morgantown, and/or Lewisburg markets 

with specific dates a viable proposal. 

Under that scenario, the Office of the 

Secretary would review the proposal 

and then direct the FAA to recall the 

reserved Essential Air Service slots that 

had been allocated by this lottery. The 

complete text of the Order is available 

via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov in 

Docket OST–2003–15886.

Issued on November 10, 2004 in 

Washington, DC. 

James Whitlow, 

Deputy Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–25451 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2001–9852] 

High Density Traffic Airports; 

Allocation Procedures for Slot 

Exemptions at LaGuardia Airport

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition to modify the 

lottery allocation procedures at 

LaGuardia Airport. 

SUMMARY: Northwest Airlines, Inc. 

(Northwest) has petitioned the FAA to 

amend the adopted allocation 

procedures for allocating AIR–21 slot 

exemptions at LaGuardia. Specifically, 

Northwest requests to participate in the 

allocation of available AIR–21 slot 

exemptions at LaGuardia for service to 

small hub/nonhub airports with aircraft 

with fewer than 71 seats. A copy of 

Northwest’s request has been placed in 

the docket.

DATES: Comments must be received 

December 7, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

should be mailed or delivered in 

duplicate to: U.S. Department of 

Transportation Dockets, Docket No. 

FAA–2001–9852, 400 Seventh Street 

SW., Room Plaza 4001, Washington, DC 

20590. Comments may also be sent 

electronically to the following Internet 

address: http://DMS.dot.gov. Comments 

may be filed and/or examined in Room 

Plaza 401 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

weekdays except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lorelei Peter, (202) 267–3073, 

Operations and Air Traffic Law Branch, 

Regulations Division, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment by submitting such written 

data, views, or arguments as they may 

desire. Comments that provide the 

factual basis supporting the views and 

suggestions presented are particularly 

helpful in developing reasoned 

decisions. Communications should 

identify the docket number and be 

submitted in duplicate to the abovespecified address. All communications 

and a report summarizing any 

substantive public contact with FAA 

personnel on this notice will be filed in 

the docket. The docket is available for 

public inspection both before and after 

the closing date for receiving comments. 

Before taking any final action on this 

petition, the Administrator will 

consider all comments made on or 

before the closing date for comments. 

The FAA will acknowledge receipt of 

a comment if the commenter includes a 

self-addressed, stamped postcard with 

the comment. The postcard should be 

marked ‘‘Comments to Docket No. FAA–

2001–9852.’’ When the FAA receives 

the comment, the postcard will be 

dated, time stamped, and returned to 

the commenter.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

10, 2004. 

James Whitlow, 

Deputy Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–25452 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2004–18783] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Information 

Collection; Freight Operations FollowUp

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under Supplementary Information. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FHWA–2004–18783 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

dms.dot.gov at any time or to 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Strawhorn, 202–366–4415, Office of 

Freight Management and Operations, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC