Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2005 / Notices 137

calling the USTR Reading Room at (202) 

395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is 

open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 

noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday.

Bruce R. Hirsh, 

Acting Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for Monitoring and 

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 04–28674 Filed 12–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W5–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

during the Week Ending December 3, 

2004 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: OST–1999–5868. 

Date Filed: November 30, 2004. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: December 21, 2004. 

Description: Application of 

Continental Airlines, Inc. requesting 

renewal of its active Route 561 U.S.-

Mexico certificate authority and to 

amend Route 561 to award Continental 

authority to engage in scheduled air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail between Houston and Manzanillo 

and Morelia and between New York/

Newark and Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta 

and San Jose del Cabo.

Docket Number: OST–1999–6275. 

Date Filed: November 30, 2004. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: December 21, 2004. 

Description: Application of Delta Air 

Lines, Inc. requesting renewal and 

amendment of its certificate of public 

convenience and necessity for Route 

562, authorizing Delta to continue to 

engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and 

mail on the U.S. Mexico routes.

Docket Number: OST–1999–6319. 

Date Filed: November 30, 2004. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: December 21, 2004. 

Description: Application of Northwest 

Airlines, Inc., requesting renewal of its 

experimental certificate of public 

convenience and necessity for Route 

564 (U.S.–Mexico), and amendment of 

its Route 564 certificate authority to 

include U.S.–Mexico city-pairs 

Northwest currently is authorized to 

serve under exemption authority. 

Northwest also asks for renewed 

authority to integrate Route 564 

certificate authority with its existing 

certificate and exemption authority.

Docket Number: OST–1999–6276. 

Date Filed: December 1, 2004. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: December 22, 2004. 

Description: Application of Alaska 

Airlines, Inc. requesting renewal of its 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity for Route 559 permitting 

Alaska to engage in scheduled foreign 

air transportation of persons, property 

and mail on the United States-Mexico 

routes. Alaska Airlines, Inc. also 

requests amendment of its certificate to 

include various routes held by Alaska 

currently through exemption authority.

Docket Number: OST–1999–6671. 

Date Filed: December 1, 2004. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: December 22, 2004. 

Description: Application of ATA 

Airlines, Inc., requesting renewal and 

amendment of its certificate of public 

convenience and necessity for Route 

653 permitting ATA to continue to 

engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and 

mail between Indianapolis, IN and 

Cancun, Mexico. ATA also request that 

its certificate be amended and reissued 

in the name of ATA Airlines, Inc.

Renee Wright, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Alternate 

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 04–28010 Filed 12–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Municipality of Anchorage & 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Alaska 

Department of Transportation and 

Public Facilities (ADOT&PF).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed bridge 

across Knik Arm between the 

Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) and 

the Matanuska-Susitna (MatSu) Borough 

in Alaska. Scoping meetings for the 

proposed Knik Arm Crossing project 

will be held in Anchorage and Wasilla, 

Alaska during the Winter/Spring of 

2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edrie Vinson, Environmental Project 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, 

Alaska 99802, (907) 586–7464, or Henry 

Springer, Project Manager, Alaska 

Department of Transportation and 

Public Facilities, 550 West Seventh 

Avenue, Suite 1850, Anchorage, Alaska 

99501, (907) 269–6698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Alaska 

Department of Transportation and 

Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) and the 

Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority 

(KABATA), will prepare an EIS for a 

proposed cost affordable, vehicular toll 

bridge across the Knik Arm between the 

MOA and Mat-Su connecting the Port of 

Anchorage area and existing access 

roads in the MOA with the Port 

MacKenzie area and existing access road 

in the Mat-Su. The proposed bridge is 

considered necessary to improve 

transportation network connectivity 

efficiently linking the two ports’

operations and infrastructure, support 

military logistics and deployment, 

provide an alternate north-south 

emergency response and disaster 

evacuation route, establish 

transportation infrastructure for existing 

and projected population and economic 

growth, and to implement the Alaska 

legislative mandate to construct the 

Knik Arm bridge. 

A reasonable range of alternatives has 

yet to be developed for the proposed 

project but will include various crossing 

types and design variations. All 

proposed bridge-crossing alternatives 

will meet the reasonable needs of 

navigation for Knik Arm. The No-Build 

alternative will remain a viable 

alternative throughout the EIS process. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State and local 

agencies, and to private organizations 

and citizens who have previously 

expressed or are known to have interest 

in the proposal. Formal agency scoping