Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2004 / Notices 6371

VI. Use of Other Airport Revenue To 

Finance Airport Ground Access 

Transportation Projects 

Eligibility for funding of airport 

ground access transportation projects 

with airport revenues is different than 

that for PFC or AIP funds. Guidance for 

use of such airport revenues on airport 

ground access transportation projects is 

provided in ‘‘Policies and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport 

Revenue,’’ Section V.A.9 (64 FR 7718–

7719, February 16, 1999).

Issued in Washington, DC on February 3, 

2004. 

Catherine M. Lang, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Airports.

[FR Doc. 04–2884 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–16999] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2002–

2004 Aston Martin Vanquish 

Passenger Cars Are Eligible for 

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 2002–2004 

Aston Martin Vanquish passenger cars 

are eligible for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 2002–2004 

Aston Martin Vanquish passenger cars 

that were not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards are 

eligible for importation into the United 

States because (1) they are substantially 

similar to vehicles that were originally 

manufactured for importation into and 

sale in the United States and that were 

certified by their manufacturer as 

complying with the safety standards, 

and (2) they are capable of being readily 

altered to conform to the standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is March 11, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and notice number, 

and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh St. SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Docket hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 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 http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202) 366–3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 

manufactured to conform to all 

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards shall be refused admission 

into the United States unless NHTSA 

has decided that the motor vehicle is 

substantially similar to a motor vehicle 

originally manufactured for importation 

into and sale in the United States, 

certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of 

the same model year as the model of the 

motor vehicle to be compared, and is 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to all applicable Federal motor 

vehicle safety standards. 

Petitions for eligibility decisions may 

be submitted by either manufacturers or 

importers who have registered with 

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR part 592. As 

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA 

publishes notice in the Federal Register

of each petition that it receives, and 

affords interested persons an 

opportunity to comment on the petition. 

At the close of the comment period, 

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 

petition and any comments that it has 

received, whether the vehicle is eligible 

for importation. The agency then 

publishes this decision in the Federal 

Register. 

Webautoworld.com Corp. of Pampano 

Beach, Florida (‘‘Webautoworld’’) 

(Registered Importer 02–295) has 

petitioned NHTSA to decide whether 

2002–2004 Aston Martin Vanquish 

passenger cars are eligible for 

importation into the United States. The 

vehicles which Webautoworld believes 

are substantially similar are 2002–2004 

Aston Martin Vanquish passenger cars 

that were manufactured for importation 

into, and sale in, the United States and 

certified by their manufacturer as 

conforming to all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards. 

The petitioner claims that it carefully 

compared non-U.S. certified 2002–2004 

Aston Martin Vanquish passenger cars 

to their U.S.-certified counterparts, and 

found the vehicles to be substantially 

similar with respect to compliance with 

most Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards. 

Webautoworld submitted information 

with its petition intended to 

demonstrate that non-U.S. certified 

2002–2004 Aston Martin Vanquish 

passenger cars, as originally 

manufactured, conform to many Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards in the 

same manner as their U.S. certified 

counterparts, or are capable of being 

readily altered to conform to those 

standards.

Specifically, the petitioner claims that 

non-U.S. certified 2002–2004 Aston 

Martin Vanquish passenger cars are 

identical to their U.S. certified 

counterparts with respect to compliance 

with Standard Nos. 101 Controls and 

Displays, 102 Transmission Shift Lever 

Sequence, 103 Defrosting and Defogging 

Systems, 104 Windshield Wiping and 

Washing Systems, 105 Hydraulic Brake 

Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 109 New 

Pneumatic Tires, 113 Hood Latch 

Systems, 116 Brake Fluid, 118 Power 

Window Systems, 124 Accelerator 

Control Systems, 135 Passenger Car 

Brake Systems, 201 Occupant Protection 

in Interior Impact, 202 Head Restraints,

204 Steering Control Rearward 

Displacement, 205 Glazing Materials,

206 Door Locks and Door Retention 

Components, 207 Seating Systems, 209 

Seat Belt Assemblies, 210 Seat Belt 

Assembly Anchorages, 212 Windshield 

Mounting, 214 Side Impact Protection,

216 Roof Crush Resistance, 219 

Windshield Zone Intrusion, 225 Child 

Restraint Anchorage Systems, 301 Fuel 

System Integrity, 302 Flammability of 

Interior Materials, and 401 Interior 

Trunk Release.

The petitioner claims that the vehicles 

also comply with the Bumper Standard 

found in 49 CFR part 581. 

The petitioner also contends that the 

vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated: 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: (a) 

Installation of U.S.-model headlamp 

assemblies and sidemarker lights with 

reflectors; (b) installation of U.S.-model 

tail light assemblies and sidemarker 

lights with reflectors. 

Standard No. 110 Tire Selection and 

Rims: Installation of a tire information 

placard. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirror:

Replacement of the passenger side 

rearview mirror with a U.S.-model 

component or inscription of the 

required warning statement on the 

mirror’s face. 

Standard No. 114 Theft Protection:

Programming of the vehicle’s computer 

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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date.

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,100. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25).

3HCRRA has requested that the Board make 

certain determinations regarding the imposition of 

public use and trail use conditions here. The 

Board’s Class Exemption process, which HCRRA 

has invoked, does not provide for such 

determinations in issuing a notice of exemption, 

and it is not clear that these determinations are 

necessary in this proceeding. While no one has 

made a proper filing for either a public use or trail 

use condition, should a party wish to proceed 

under the Board’s public use or trail use 

procedures, such party should make the appropriate 

filings within the time frames set forth above, as 

provided in the Board’s rules at 49 CFR 1152.28 

(Public use procedures) and at 49 CFR 1152.29 

(Prospective use of right-of-way for interim trail use 

and rail banking, respectively).

to activate the key warning buzzer and 

the belt warning buzzer. 

Standard No. 208 Occupant Crash 

Protection: Reprogramming of the 

vehicle’s computer to activate the seat 

belt warning system. The petitioner 

states that the vehicles should be 

equipped at the front and rear outboard 

seating positions with combination lap 

and shoulder belts that are selftensioning and that release by means of 

a single red pushbutton. The petitioner 

further states that the vehicles are 

equipped with driver’s and passenger’s 

airbags, and with a seat belt warning 

lamp that is identical to the lamp 

installed on U.S.-certified models. 

The petitioner also states that a 

vehicle identification plate must be 

affixed to the vehicles near the left 

windshield post and a reference and 

certification label must be affixed in the 

area of the left front door post to meet 

the requirements of 49 CFR part 565. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on the petition 

described above. Comments should refer 

to the docket number and be submitted 

to: Docket Management, Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh St. SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Docket hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. It is requested but not required 

that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: February 4, 2004. 

Kenneth N. Weinstein, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 04–2740 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–864X] 

Hennepin County Regional Railroad 

Authority-Abandonment Exemption-in 

McLeod, Carver and Hennepin 

Counties, MN 

Hennepin County Regional Railroad 

Authority (HCRRA) has filed a notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

43.9+/-mile line of railroad, between 

milepost 24.6+/-near Wayzata and 

milepost 68.5+/-in Hutchinson, in 

McLeod, Carver and Hennepin 

Counties, MN. In its notice, HCRRA 

indicates that the right to conduct 

freight rail operations on the line is 

pursuant to a freight rail operations 

easement in its favor. HCRRA further 

indicates that the underlying property 

located in McLeod County is owned by 

McLeod County Regional Railroad 

Authority (MCRRA), in Carver County is 

owned by the Carver County Regional 

Railroad Authority (CCRRA), and in 

Hennepin County is owned by HCRRA, 

and that MCRRA, CCRRA and HCRRA 

are all political subdivisions of the State 

of Minnesota. HCRRA has filed this 

notice to terminate its common carrier 

obligation on the line and, upon the 

effective date of the proposed 

abandonment exemption, it has agreed 

to release the freight rail operations 

easement in its favor for that portion of 

the line located in Carver County to 

CCRRA, and for that portion of the line 

located in McLeod County to MCRRA, 

and HCRRA will retain its portion of the 

line located in Hennepin County, all for 

the purposes of preserving the line for 

future rail transportation use and other 

compatible transportation uses. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 55323, 55350, 55354, 55356, 

55360, 55361, 55364, 55367, 55375, 

55381, 55384, 55387, and 55391. 

HCRRA has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line; (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on March 

11, 2004, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by February 

20, 2004. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by March 1, 2004, 

with: Surface Transportation Board, 

1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001.3

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to HCRRA’s 

representative: Marilyn J. Maloney, 

Assistant County Attorney, 2000A 

Government Center, Minneapolis, MN 

55487. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

HCRRA has filed an environmental 

report which addresses the 

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by February 13, 2004. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1539. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days