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17°42′N.,long. 68°00′W.; to the point of

beginning; excluding that airspace within

Warning Area W–371; and that airspace

extending upward from 2,700 feet above the

surface of the earth beginning at lat. 18°33′N.,

long. 64°22′W.; to lat. 18°25′23′′N., long.

62°52′W.; to lat. 17°47′N., long. 62°23′W.; to

lat 17°22′N., long. 62°59′W.; to lat. 16°58′N.,

long. 63°00′W.; to lat. 17°20′N., long.

64°22′W.; to the point of beginning; and that

airspace extending upward from 2,700 feet

above the surface of the earth beginning at

lat. 18°45′23′′N., long. 66°54′58′′W.; to lat.

19°00′N., long. 5°45′W.; to lat. 18°45′N., long.

64°22′W.; to lat. 18°33′N., long. 64°22′W.; to

the point of beginning.

* * * * *

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on January

6, 2000.

Nancy B. Shelton,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division Southern

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–1052 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 99–AEA–16.FR]

Amendment to Class E Airspace:

Brownsville, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class

E airspace extending upward from 700

feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at

Brownsville Hospital Heliport,

Brownsville, PA. Development of a

Standard Instrument Approach

Procedure (SIAP), 294 Helicopter Point

in Space approach has made this action

necessary. Controlled airspace

extending upward from 700 Feet Above

Ground Level (AGL) is needed to

accommodate the SIAP at the heliport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC February 8,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Francis Jordan, Airspace Specialist,

Airspace Branch, AEA–520, Air Traffic

Division, Eastern Region, Federal

Aviation Administration, Federal

Building #111, John F. Kennedy

International Airport, Jamaica, New

York 11430, telephone: (718) 553–4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On November 23, 1999, a notice

proposing to amend Part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

Part 71) by establishing Class E airspace

extending upward from 700 feet above

the surface at Brownsville Hospital

Heliport, Brownsville, PA was

published in the Federal Register (64

FR 65668). Interested parties were

invited to participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments to the proposal were

received. The rule is adopted as

proposed.

The coordinates for the airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. Class E airspace areas

designations for airspace extending

upward from 700 feet AGL are

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9G, dated September 10,

1999 and effective September 16, 1999,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace

designation listed in this document will

be amended in the order.

The Rule

This amendment to Part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

71) provides controlled Class E airspace

extending upward from 700 feet AGL for

aircraft executing an SIAP at

Brownsville Hospital Heliport.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routing amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, this regulation: (1) Is

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) Is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

Does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation it

is certified that this rule will not have

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The aurhority citation for 14 CFR

Part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; EO 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

The incorporation by reference in 14

CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1999, and effective

September 16, 1999, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

That airspace extending upward from

700 feet above the surface within a 6

mile radius of Brownsville Hospital

Heliport.

Issued in Jamaica, New York on January

10, 2000.

Franklin D. Hatfield,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–1053 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD13–99–008]

RIN 2115 AE47

Drawbridge Operations Regulations;

Willamette River, OR

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is changing

the operating regulations for all the

Multnomah County drawbridges and the

Union Pacific drawbridge across the

Willamette River at Portland, Oregon.

The draws will open on signal except

from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday,

except for certain holidays. This rule

adds a requirement for one-hour or twohour notices for lifts of the upper deck

of the Steel Bridge at certain times each

day, consistent with the notice

requirements for the Burnside and

Morrison Bridges immediately

upstream. The hours for the one hour

notice requirement are changed to

accord with the new hours for the above

closed periods.

DATES: This final rule is effective on

February 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and material

received from the public, as well as

documents as indicated in this preamble

as being available in the docket, are part

of docket CGD13–99–008 and are

available for inspection or photocopying

at the office of the Commander (oan),

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Thirteenth Coast Guard District, 915

Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98174–1067 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

E. Mikesell, Chief, Plans and Programs

Section, Aids to Navigation and

Waterways Management Branch,

Telephone (206) 220–7272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory Information

On May 25, 1999, we published a

notice of proposed rulemaking entitled

Drawbridge Operation Regulations;

Willamette River, Oregon, in the

Federal Register {64 FR 28125}. We

received one letter commenting on the

proposed rule. No public hearing was

requested and none was held.

Background

The purpose of this rulemaking is to

extend by one half-hour the daily

Monday through Friday periods during

which the draws need not open for the

passage of vessels. By moderately

changing the closed periods Monday

through Friday by one hour per day, the

Coast Guard intends to assist traffic flow

in the city of Portland without

unreasonably hindering navigation on

the Willamette River. These closed

periods for the drawspans will coincide

better with the actual periods of peak

road traffic.

The Willamette River bears

commercial navigation including tour

boats, tug and tows, derrick barges, as

well as recreational craft. No one has

objected to the proposed rule. The

changes are not great enough to have a

significant impact on waterway use.

Discussion of Comments and Changes

The Coast Guard received one letter in

response to the notice of proposed

rulemaking. The Oregon Department of

Transportation (ODOT), operator of the

upper deck of the Steel Bridge,

requested the Coast Guard to apply the

advance notice for opening

requirements that are in effect for the

Morrison and Burnside Bridges to the

upper deck of the Steel Bridge.

The notice requirement for the upper

deck of the Steel Bridge was not

published in the notice of proposed

rulemaking. However, the notice

requirement for the upper deck of the

Steel Bridge would be consistent with

the notice requirements for the Burnside

and Morrison Bridges of Multnomah

County, which are nearby, upstream of

the Steel Bridge. In order to uphold

consistency within 33 CFR 117.897, the

notice requirement for the upper deck of

the Steel Bridge is added in this final

rule. This minor aspect of the final rule

will not unreasonably hinder

navigation. Almost all vessels that

would require the upper deck of the

Steel Bridge to lift would also need the

draws of the Morrison and Burnside to

open for their passage as well. This

notice requirement is not applied to the

lower deck because it is usually in the

raised position except for the passage of

trains.

In addition, the hours for the one hour

notice are changed to coincide in a

reasonable way with the new times for

the closed periods. This was not

mentioned in the proposed rule but will

have no significant effect on navigation.

The hours for one hour notice were 8

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and are now 8 a.m. to

5 p.m.

The Steel Bridge, owned by the Union

Pacific Railroad, is an unusual vertical

lift structure. The bridge, including the

drawspan, has two decks, one over the

other. The lower deck bears rail traffic

while the upper deck supports light

commuter rail and automotive traffic.

The upper deck is operated by ODOT.

Many vessels are able to pass the Steel

Bridge when only the lower deck is

lifted. This is done by telescoping its

steel uprights into the vertical elements

of the upper truss. Lifts of the upper

deck with lower deck telescoped are

needed far less often than those of the

lower deck. The lower deck, when

down, provides only about 26 feet of

vertical clearance at ordinary low water

level. At the same river level, 72 feet is

provided with the lower deck lifted and

161 feet with both decks fully raised.

Regulatory Evaluation

This final rule is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under 3(f) of

Executive Order 12866 and does not

require an assessment of potential costs

and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that

Order. The Office of Management and

Budget has not reviewed it under that

Order. It is not ‘‘significant’’ under the

regulatory policies and procedures of

the Department of Transportation (DOT)

(44 FR 11040, February 26, 1979). The

Coast Guard expects the economic

impact of this rule to be so minimal that

a full regulatory evaluation under

paragraph 10(e) of the regulatory

policies and procedures of DOT is

unnecessary. The final rule should

improve commuter traffic flow by

minimally increasing the times when

commercial navigation cannot pass

through the open draw spans.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we considered

whether this final rule, would have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

‘‘Small entities’’ include small

businesses, not-for-profit organizations

that are independently owned and

operated and are not dominant in their

fields, and governmental jurisdictions

with populations less than 50,000. This

rule will effect the following entities,

some of which may be small entities:

the owners or operators of vessels

intending to transit through the portion

of the Willamette over which the subject

bridges pass. The changes to the

regulations are minimal. The effects

may be mitigated by planning passages

of the Willamette according to the

operating schedule of the drawbridges.

Furthermore, many of the small entities

would not require these bridges to open

for their passage. The Coast Guard

certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this

rule will not have a significant impact

on a substantial number of small

entities.

Collection of Information

This final rule calls for no new

collection of information under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520).

Federalism

We have analyzed this final rule in

accordance with the principles and

criteria contained in Executive Order

13132, and have determined that this

final rule does not have implications for

federalism under that Order.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) governs

the issuance of federal regulations that

require unfunded mandates. An

unfunded mandate is a regulation that

requires a State, local, or tribal

government or the private sector to

incur direct costs without the federal

government’s having first provided the

funds to pay those unfunded mandate

costs. This rule will not impose an

unfunded mandate.

Taking of Private Property

This rule will not effect a taking of

private property or otherwise have

taking implications under E.O. 12630,

Governmental Actions and Interference

with Constitutionally Protected Property

Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

This rule meets applicable standards

in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of E.O.

12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize

litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and

reduce burden.

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Protection of Children

We have analyzed this rule under E.O.

13045, Protection of Children from

Environmental Health Risks and Safety

Risks. This rule is not an economically

significant rule and does not concern an

environmental risk to health or risk to

safety that may disproportionately affect

children.

Environment

The Coast Guard considered the

environmental impact of this rule and

concluded that, under Section 2.B.2.,

Figure 2–1, paragraph 32(e) of

Commandant Instruction M16475.1C,

this rule is categorically excluded from

further environmental documentation

because promulgation of changes to

drawbridge regulations have been found

not to have a significant effect on the

environment. A written ‘‘Categorical

Exclusion Determination’’ is not

required.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117

Bridges.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33

CFR part 117, as follows:

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE

OPERATION REGULATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 117

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 49 CFR 1.46; 33

CFR 1.05–1(g); section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106

Stat. 5039.

2. Revise § 117.897(a)(1), introductory

text, to read as follows:

§ 117.897 Willamette River.

(a) * * *

(1) The draws shall open on signal

except that from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4

p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday

the draws of the Broadway, Steel (upper

deck only), Burnside, Morrison, and

Hawthorne Bridges need not open for

the passage of vessels. These closed

periods are not effective on New Year’s

Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,

Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and

Christmas Day. At least one hour’s

notice shall be given for openings of the

Steel Bridge (upper deck only),

Burnside Bridge and Morrison Bridge,

Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to

5 p.m. At all other times at least two

hours notice shall be given. Notice shall

be given by marine radio, telephone, or

other means to the drawtender at the

Broadway Bridge for vessels bound

upstream and to the drawtender at the

Hawthorne Bridge for vessels bound

downstream. During Rose Festival Week

or when the water elevation reaches and

remains above +12 feet, the draws will

open on signal without advance notice,

except during the normal closed periods

identified in this paragraph (a)(1).

Opening signals are as follows:

* * * * *

Dated: December 21, 1999.

Paul M. Blayney,

Rear Admiral, Coast Guard, Commander,

Thirteenth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 00–1030 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01–00–001]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations:

Chelsea River, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation

from regulations.

SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast

Guard District, has issued a temporary

deviation from the drawbridge operation

regulations for the P.J. McArdle Bridge,

mile 0.3, across the Chelsea River

between Chelsea and East Boston,

Massachusetts. This deviation from the

regulations allows the bridge owner to

keep the bridge in the closed position

from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday;

except that, if high tide occurs during

the closed period, the bridge must open

promptly and fully for the passage of

vessels when a request to open is given.

This action is necessary to facilitate

vehicular and pedestrian traffic during

emergency repairs to the electrical

system at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective

January 6, 2000, through March 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

McDonald, Project Officer, First Coast

Guard District, at (617) 223–8364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The P.J.

McArdle Bridge, mile 0.3, across the

Chelsea River between Chelsea and East

Boston, Massachusetts, has a vertical

clearance of 21 feet at mean high water,

and 30 feet at mean low water in the

closed position. The existing operating

regulations in 33 CFR 117.593 require

the bridge to open on signal at all times.

The bridge owner, the City of Boston,

requested a temporary deviation from

the operating regulations to facilitate

vehicular and pedestrian traffic during

electrical repairs at the bridge. The

submarine electrical cable for the bridge

was damaged during harbor dredging

operations requiring emergency repairs

to be implemented in order to restore

bridge operation and facilitate marine

traffic.

A temporary auxiliary operating

system has been installed to open the

bridge; however, it operates very slowly.

Bridge openings may exceed an hour

and a half which will create significant

traffic delays until the bridge repairs are

completed. This deviation is expected to

help facilitate vehicular and pedestrian

traffic during the week day rush hour

periods.

This deviation to the operating

regulations allows the City of Boston to

keep the bridge in the closed position

from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday;

except that, if high tide occurs during

the closed period, the bridge must open

promptly and fully for the passage of

vessels when a request to open is given.

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c),

this work will be performed with all due

speed in order to return the bridge to

normal operation as soon as possible.

This deviation from the operating

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR

117.35.

Dated: January 7, 2000.

Robert F. Duncan,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting

Commander, First Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 00–1029 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 301–51

[FTR Interim Rule 8]

RIN 3090–AG92

Federal Travel Regulation; Mandatory

Use of the Travel Charge Card;

Correction

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide

Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Interim rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document makes

corrections to FTR Interim Rule 8

appearing in the Federal Register of

Friday, July 16, 1999 (64 FR 38528),

which amends the Federal Travel

Regulation (FTR) provisions pertaining

to payment by the Government of

expenses connected with official

Government travel.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Harte, Travel and Transportation

Management Policy Division, telephone

(202) 501–1538.