26872 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 9, 2000 / Notices

use the information on the engine trend

monitoring system to ensure engine

reliability by analyzing the trend

indicators and performing inspections

or replacing engine parts as indicated.

The respondents are an estimated 1800

part 135 operators. The estimated

annual recordkeeping burden is 10,800

hours.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2000.

Steve Hopkins,

Manager, Standards and Information

Division, APF–100.

[FR Doc. 00–11492 Filed 5–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Notice of Availability and Public

Hearing of the Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement on

the Buffalo Inner Harbor Project, New

York

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public

hearing of the draft supplemental

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit

Administration (FTA) is issuing this

notice to advise the public and

interested agencies that a Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (Draft SEIS) will be available

on the Buffalo Inner Harbor Project.

This Draft SEIS is in response to a court

order and is limited in scope to the

issue of historic preservation. The Draft

SEIS will address events and

information that became available

subsequent to the Final EIS (FEIS),

which was issued February 12, 1999.

The Draft SEIS was prepared pursuant

to an order filed in a civil action filed

by Preservation Coalition on October 6,

1999, in the United States District Court

for the Western District of New York

under civil action number 99-CV–745S

against FTA, NFTA, the New York State

Thruway Authority, Empire State

Development Corporation (ESDC), and

the New York State Office of Parks,

Recreation, and Historic Preservation.

The Preservation Coalition challenged

the Buffalo Inner Harbor Project on

environmental and historic preservation

grounds. On March 31, 2000, District

Court Judge William M. Skretny ordered

that a SEIS be prepared to consider the

information learned during

archaeological investigations conducted

after the FEIS.

The court established a compressed

timetable for the public comment period

on the Draft SEIS. In accordance with

the order, the Draft SEIS will be

available for public comment between

May 10, 2000, and May 31, 2000.

Written comments must be received by

5:00 PM on May 31, 2000. A public

hearing on the project will be held on

May 24, 2000, from 7 to 9:00 p.m.

DATES: Comment due date/time: May 31,

2000, 5:00 PM. Public hearing date/

time: May 24, 2000, 7–9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be

sent to Ruta Dzenis, AICP, Project

Director, Empire State Development

Corporation, 420 Main Street, Suite 717

Liberty Building, Buffalo, NY 14202.

The address of the public hearing is Erie

County Community College, Downtown

Campus, Main Auditorium, Buffalo, NY

14203. The Auditorium entrance is

along the Clinton Street side of the

building and is accessible to the

disabled. If there is a need for a

translator for the hearing impaired or

other special accommodations please

notify Ms. Mary Coleman, Empire State

Development Corporation, at (716) 856–

8111 by Tuesday, May 16, 2000. Copies

of the Draft SEIS are available by

contacting Ms. Coleman. Copies of the

draft SEIS are also available for review

at the Buffalo and Erie County Public

Library, Central Branch, Lafayette

Square, Buffalo, NY 14202; the Niagara

Falls Public Library, 1425 Main Street,

Niagara Falls, NY 14305; and the

University of Buffalo School of

Architecture and Planning Library,

Hayes Hall, South Campus, Buffalo NY

14216.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony G. Carr, FTA Region II, One

Bowling Green, Room 429; New York,

NY 10004. Telephone (212) 668–2170.

Following the public comment

period, a Final SEIS that responds to the

comments will be prepared and made

available to the public.

Issued on: May 3, 2000.

Letitia Thompson,

Regional Administrator, Federal Transit

Administration, Region II.

[FR Doc. 00–11484 Filed 5–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–2000–7111]

Notice of Receipt of Petition for

Decision That all Nonconforming

1992–1994 Mercedes-Benz SE and SEL

Passenger Car Models Are Eligible for

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for

decision that all nonconforming 1992–

1994 Mercedes-Benz SE and SEL

passenger car models are eligible for

importation.

SUMMARY: This document announces

receipt by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a

petition for a decision that all 1992–

1994 Mercedes-Benz SE and SEL

passenger car models 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 June 8, 2000.

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 am to

5 pm].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

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