Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 87 / Thursday, May 4, 2000 / Notices 25975

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier

Permits were filed under Subpart Q of

the Department of Transportation’s

Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR

302.1701 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–2000–7141.

Date Filed: March 27, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: April 24, 2000.

Description: Application of Florida

West International Airways, Inc.

(‘‘FWIA’’) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section

41102 and Part 201 and Subpart Q,

requests issuance of a new certificate of

public convenience and necessity, or an

amendment to its existing international

certificate, authorizing FWIA to engage

in scheduled foreign air transportation

of property and mail between any point

or points in the United States, via

intermediate points, in both directions,

to a point or points in Colombia, and

beyond Colombia to points, in the

Western Hemisphere. FWIA also

requests authority to integrate this

certificate authority with all services

FWIA is otherwise authorized to

conduct pursuant to its exemption and

certificate authority and consistent with

applicable agreements between the U.S.

and foreign countries.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7143.

Date Filed: March 27, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: April 17, 2000.

Description: Application of

Continental Micronesia, Inc. pursuant to

49 U.S.C. Section 41102 and Subpart B,

applies to renew its Segment 9 Saipan/

Guam-Sapporo/Sendai, Japan) and

Segment 13 (Honolulu-Tokyo, Japan)

Route 171 certificate authority for a

period of no less than five Years.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7152.

Date Filed: March 28, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: April 18, 2000.

Description: Application of Farwest

Airlines, LLC (‘‘Far-west’’) pursuant to

49 U.S.C. Section 41738 and Subpart B,

requests authority to operate scheduled

passenger service as a commuter air

carrier.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7168.

Date Filed: March 31, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: April 21, 2000.

Description: Application of Tie

Aviation, Inc. d/b/a Trans International

Express (‘‘Tie’’) pursuant to 49 U.S.C

Section 41102, Part 201 and Subpart Q,

requests that the Department issue it a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity to authorize foreign charter air

transportation of property and mail.

Andrea M. Jenkins,

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–11158 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 21]

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 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May

19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at The Madison Hotel, 1177

Fifteenth Street NW, Washington, DC,

(202) 862–1600. The meeting is open to

the public on a first-come, first-served

basis and is accessible to individuals

with disabilities. Sign and oral

interpretation can be made available if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trish Paolella, RSAC Coordinator, FRA,

1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25,

Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 493–6212

or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate

Administrator for Safety Standards and

Program Development, FRA, 1120

Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25,

Washington, D.C. 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 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May

19, 2000. The meeting of the RSAC will

be held at The Madison Hotel, 1177

Fifteenth Street NW, Washington, DC,

(202) 862–1600. 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.

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’’, roadway

maintenance equipment safety

standards, and incorporation of a

provision for gage restraint

measurement within the Track Safety

Standards.

An informational briefing concerning

a technical conference about remote

control locomotives will be presented.

Please refer to the notice published in

the Federal Register on March 11, 1996

(61 FR 9740) for more information about

the RSAC.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 1, 2000.

George Gavalla,

Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 00–11105 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–99–6632; Notice 2]

Ford Motor Company, Grant of

Application for Decision of

Inconsequential Noncompliance

Ford Motor Company (Ford) has

determined that certain 2000 model year

Ford Focus vehicles it produced are not

in full compliance with 49 CFR 571.135,

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard

(FMVSS) No. 135, ‘‘Light Vehicle Brake

Systems,’’ and has filed an appropriate

report pursuant to 49 CFR part 573,