Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices 2669

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority of October 19,

1999, I hereby determine that the objects

to be included in the exhibition ‘‘The

Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of

the Sultans,’’ imported from abroad for

the temporary exhibition without profit

within the United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to loan agreements with

foreign lenders. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Corcoran Gallery of Art,

the San Diego Museum of Art and the

Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art from on

or about March 1, 2000, to on or about

October 15, 2001, is in the national

interest. Public Notice of these

Determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

exhibit objects, contact Carol Epstein,

Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal

Adviser, U.S. Department of State

(telephone: 202–619–6981). The address

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44;

301–4th Street, S.W., Room 700,

Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

Dated: January 9, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

[FR Doc. 00–1076 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3187]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea

and Associated Bodies Working Group

on Stability and Load Lines and on

Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of

Meeting

The Working Group on Stability and

Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels

Safety of the Subcommittee on Safety of

Life at Sea will conduct an open

meeting at 9 a.m. on Monday, January

31, 2000, in Room 6103, at U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593–

0001. This meeting will discuss the

upcoming 43RD Session of the

Subcommittee on Stability and Load

Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety

(SLF) and associated bodies of the

International Maritime Organization

(IMO) which will be held on September

11–15, 2000, at the IMO Headquarters in

London, England.

Items of discussion will include the

following:

a. Review of results from last SLF

meeting (SLF 42),

b. Harmonization of damage stability

provisions in the IMO instruments,

c. Revision of technical regulations of

the 1966 International Load Line

Convention,

d. Revision of the High Speed Craft

Code,

e. Development of the damage

consequence diagrams for inclusion in

damage control plan guidelines, and

f. Revisions to the Fishing Vessel

Safety Code and Voluntary Guidelines

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing: Mr. Paul

Cojeen, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Commandant (G–MSE–2), Room 1308,

2100 Second Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20593–0001 or by calling (202) 267–

2988.

Dated: January 5, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–984 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Use the Revenue From a Passenger

Facility Charge (PFC) at Hector

International Airport, Fargo, North

Dakota

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on

Application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to use the revenue from a

PFC at Hector International 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).

DATES: Comments must be received or

before February 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Bismarck Airports

District Office, 2000 University Drive,

Bismarck, North Dakota 58504.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Shawn

Dobberstein, Executive Director, of the

Municipal Airport Authority, Fargo,

North Dakota at the following address:

Municipal Airport Authority, P.O. Box

2845, Fargo, North Dakota 58108.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Municipal

Airport Authority, Fargo, North Dakota

under § 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Irene R. Porter, Manager, Bismarck

Airports District Office, 2000 University

Drive, Bismarck, North Dakota 58504,

(701) 250–4385. The application may be

reviewed in person at this same

location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invite public

comment on the application to use the

revenue from a PFC at Hector

International 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 December 29, 1999, the FAA

determined that the application to use

the revenue from a PFC submitted by

the Municipal Airport Authority, Fargo,

North Dakota was substantially

complete within the requirements of

§ 158.25 of part 158. The FAA will

approve or disapprove the application,

in whole or in part, no later than March

29, 2000.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC application number: 00–04–U–

00–FAR.

Level of the PFC: $3.00.

Actual charge effective date: January

1, 1997.

Estimated charge expiration date:

February 1, 2000.

Total approved net PFC revenue:

$1,720,410.00.

Brief description of proposed project:

Install a box culvert in Cass County

Drain 10.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/

Commercial Operator (ATCO) Class

Carriers filing FAA Form 1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Municipal

Airport Authority, Fargo, North

Dakota—Executive Directors offices at

the Hector International Airport.

2670 Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on January

5, 2000.

Benito De Leon,

Manager, Planning and Programming Branch,

Airport Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 00–1054 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement;

Jefferson Parish, LA

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Withdrawal of Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that the

Notice of Intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the proposed highway project in

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana has been

withdrawn. The Louisiana DOTD is not

planning to pursue the project as

proposed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William C. Farr, Program Operations

Manager, Federal Highway

Administration, 5304 Flanders Drive,

Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808

or Ms. Michele Deshotels,

Environmental Impact Program

Manager, Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development,

Section 28, P.O. Box 94245, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana 70804–9245,

Telephone: (225) 929–9190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent was published (Federal

Register, Vol. 47, No. 229) to prepare

and environmental impact statement

(EIS) on a proposal to extend LA–3134

from its terminus at the south end of

Wagner’s Ferry Bridge southwesterly

through the town of Jean Lafitte crossing

Bayou Barataria and terminating at LA–

301 in Barataria. The proposed facility

would have been a two-lane highway

between 2.4 miles and 3.6 miles in

length, depending upon the location.

The proposed highway would have

provided improved access to and from

Jean Lafitte and Barataria.

Alternatives considered were: (1) No

build; (2) a controlled access facility on

structure; (3) a controlled access facility

on embankment; and (4) upgrading LA–

45 and a new bridge across Bayou

Barataria between Jean Lafitte and

Barataria.

There were no plans to hold a formal

scoping meeting for the proposed

actions. A public hearing would have

been held at a convenient time and

place for persons in the project area

after the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement had been circulated. The

hearing would have been announced

through the local news media.

Comments and suggestions

concerning the proposed action and the

EIS were invited to be directed to the

FHWA or Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,

Planning and Construction The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: January 5, 2000.

William A. Sussmann,

Division Administrator, FHWA, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana.

[FR Doc. 00–1110 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 20]

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (‘‘RSAC’’) meeting.

SUMMARY: FRA announces the next

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal

Advisory Committee that develops

railroad safety regulations through a

consensus process. The meeting will

address a wide range of topics,

including possible adoption of specific

recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4 p.m. on Friday, January

28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at The Wyndham

Washington DC Hotel, 1400 M Street

NW, Washington, DC, (202) 429–1700.

The meeting is open to the public on a

first-come, first-served basis and is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Sign language interpreters

can be made available for individuals

with hearing impediments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicky McCully, RSAC Coordinator,

FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop

25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–

6305 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate

Administrator for Safety Standards and

Program Development, FRA, 1120

Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25,

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting

of the Railroad Safety Advisory

Committee (‘‘RSAC’’). The meeting is

scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4 p.m. on Wednesday,

September 8, 1999. The meeting will be

held at The Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC. All times

noted are Eastern Standard Time.

RSAC was established to provide

advice and recommendations to the

FRA on railroad safety matters. The

Committee consists of 48 individual

representatives, drawn from among 27

organizations representing various rail

industry perspectives, and 2 associate

non-voting representatives from the

agencies with railroad safety regulatory

responsibility in Canada and Mexico.

Staff of the National Transportation

Safety Board and Federal Transit

Administration also participate in an

advisory capacity.

During this meeting, FRA may request

the RSAC to accept tasks addressing

safety issues related to rail operations

on the Northeast Corridor and revising

the regulations governing the protection

of employees engaged in the inspection,

testing, repair and servicing of rolling

equipment (49 CFR part 218, subpart B).

FRA intends to present a Planning Task

examining the issue of qualification and

certification of safety-critical employees

to the RSAC for consideration and

acceptance.

The RSAC will be briefed on the

current status of activities of RSAC

working groups and task forces

responsible for carrying out tasks the

RSAC has accepted involving

locomotive cab working conditions,

positive train control, the definition of

reportable ‘‘train accident’’,

incorporation of provision for gage

restraint measurement within the Track

Safety Standards, and locomotive

crashworthiness. The Committee may be

asked to authorize mail ballot approval

of one or more proposed rule documents

involving these topics.

Informational briefings on general

safety-related issues including Safety

Assurance and Compliance Program

initiatives, the findings and

recommendations of the Switching

Operations Fatality Analysis Working

Group, Department of Transportation

proposals for changes to alcohol and

drug testing procedures, a recent

National Transportation Safety Board

recommendation on crew resource

management training programs, and the

proposed requirement concerning train

horns at public highway-rail grade

crossings, will be provided.