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received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commentor’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested: Name of

vessel: TA MANA Owner: Helmut

‘‘Bernard’’ Quante.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel: According to the Applicant ‘‘The

vessel measures 36′ (LOA) and weighs

8.25 tons (weight according to ship

builder’s plaque inside of vessel—7,340

Kg).’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘The intended use for the vessel would

be carrying up to six passengers for

touring the San Francisco Bay and the

Gulf of the Farrallones. The boat is of a

very seakindly design, some sister ships

sailed around Cape Horn.’’

(4) Date and place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1981, place of

construction: Fecamp, Normandy,

France.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘The home port and

intended area of operation is San

Francisco, the most visited city in the

whole United States, perhaps the world.

There are a number of large operators

that tour the Bay with ferry-size vessels

and some larger sailing vessels that can

take up to 49 passengers. They all seem

to do brisk business. I am planning to

target French and German speaking

tourist, offering a hands-on sailing

experience where the guests participate

in handling the boat. I believe that the

presence of my operation will have a

minute impact on the overall picture.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘My boat is

constructed of aluminum. Very few

shipyards do build equivalent boats, if

any. However I have been given local

shipyards a fair amount of business

from regular haul outs for maintenance

and bottom painting to welding and

paint jobs, installation of a new engine,

etc. Ship chandlers and sail makers

profited from outfitting my boat with

brand new electronics, a galley and new

sails. The interior became a near rebuilt.

I sailed the vessel to the Hawaiian

Islands four times under the Ocean

Racers Rules. Consequently, the safety

equipment on board exceeds U.S. Coast

Guard requirement.’’

Dated: May 2, 2000.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–11316 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2000–

7266]

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on

proposed collection of information.

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can

collect certain information from the

public, it must receive approval from

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). Under procedures established

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, before seeking OMB approval,

Federal agencies must solicit public

comment on proposed collections of

information, including extensions and

reinstatement of previously approved

collections.

This document describes one

collection of information for which

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the

docket notice numbers cited at the

beginning of this notice and be

submitted to Docket Management, Room

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify

the proposed collection of information

for which a comment is provided, by

referencing its OMB clearance Number.

It is requested, but not required, that 2

copies of the comment be provided. The

Docket Section is open on weekdays

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Complete copies of each request for

collection of information may be

obtained at no charge from Ms. Kim

Jackson, NHTSA 400 Seventh Street,

SW, Room 5238, NSC–01,Washington,

DC 20590. Ms. Jackson’s telephone

number is (202) 366–2588. Her fax

number is (202) 493–2833 Please

identify the relevant collection of

information by referring to its OMB

Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

before an agency submits a proposed

collection of information to OMB for

approval, it must first publish a

document in the Federal Register

providing a 60-day comment period and

otherwise consult with members of the

public and affected agencies concerning

each proposed collection of information.

The OMB has promulgated regulations

describing what must be included in

such a document. Under OMB’s

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), an

agency must ask for public comment on

the following:

(i) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(iii) How to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected;

(iv) How to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g. permitting

electronic submission of responses.

In compliance with these

requirements, NHTSA asks for public

comments on the following proposed

collections of information:

(1) Title: Air Bag Deactivation.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0588.

Affected Public: Private individuals,

fleet owners and lessees, motor vehicle

dealers, repair business.

Abstract: If a private individual or

lessee wants to install an air bag on-off

switch to turn-off either or both frontal

air bags, they must complete Form OMB

2127–0588 to certify certain statements

regarding use of the switch. The dealer

or business must, in turn, submit the

completed forms to NHTSA within

seven days. The submission of the

completed forms by the dealers and

repair business to NHTSA, as required,

will serve the agency several purposes.

They will aid the agency in monitoring

the number of authorization requests

submitted and the pattern in claims of

risk groups membership. The completed

forms will enable the agency to

determine whether the dealers and

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1PMCL, JID, and CCL operate primarily in

Canada, but hold federally issued authority in

Docket Nos. MC–139953, MC–11143, and MC–

172751, respectively, authorizing them to provide

special and charter operations in the United States.

2Laidlaw states that PMCL’s contacts are with

community organizations, schools, and other

institutions in central Ontario, Canada, and JID’s

and CCL’s contacts are in southwestern Ontario.

repair business are complying with the

terms of the exemption, which include

a requirement that the dealers and

repair businesses accept only fully

completed forms. Finally, submission of

the completed forms to the agency will

promote honesty and accuracy in the

filling out of the forms by vehicle

owners. The air bag on-off switches are

installed only in vehicles in which the

risk of harm needs to be minimized on

a case-by-case basis.

Estimated Annual Burden: 7,500

hours.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

15,000.

Issued on: May 1, 2000.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–11253 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. MC–F–20967]

Laidlaw Inc., et al.—Control and

Merger—Penetang-Midland Coach

Lines Limited, J. I. DeNure (Chatham)

Limited, d/b/a Chatham Coach Lines,

and Chatham Coach Lines, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice tentatively approving

finance application.

SUMMARY: In an application filed under

49 U.S.C. 14303, Laidlaw Inc. (Laidlaw),

a noncarrier, seeks to acquire indirect

control, through its subsidiary, Laidlaw

Transit Ltd. (Transit Ltd.), of PenetangMidland Coach Lines Limited (PMCL)

and J. I. DeNure (Chatham) Limited, d/

b/a Chatham Coach Lines (JID), motor

passenger carriers, and subsequently to

merge PMCL and JID into Transit Ltd.

Laidlaw also seeks to acquire indirect

control, through its subsidiary, Laidlaw

Transit, Inc. (Transit, Inc.), of Chatham

Coach Lines, Inc. (CCL), a motor

passenger carrier, and subsequently to

merge CCL into Transit, Inc. Persons

wishing to oppose the application must

follow the rules under 49 CFR 1182.5

and 1182.8. The Board has tentatively

approved the transaction, and, if no

opposing comments are timely filed,

this notice will be the final Board

action.

DATES: Comments must be filed by June

19, 2000. Applicants may file a reply by

July 5, 2000. If no comments are filed

by June 19, 2000, this notice is effective

on that date.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of any comments referring to STB

Docket No. MC–F–20967 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, send one copy of

comments to applicants’ representative:

Fritz R. Kahn, 1920 N Street (8th Floor),

NW., Washington, DC 20036–1601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1600. [TDD for

the hearing impaired:1–800–877–8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicants submit that, pursuant to an

agreement, dated June 4, 1998, Transit

Ltd. acquired a minority shareholder’s

interest in PMCL on June 23, 1998, and,

upon approval by the Board of the

proposed transaction, Transit Ltd.

proposes to acquire the remainder of

PMCL’s issued and outstanding stock as

of June 23, 2000. Applicants also submit

that, by agreements dated February 3,

2000, Transit Ltd. and Transit, Inc.

agreed to acquire all of the issued and

outstanding shares of JID and CCL,

respectively, and the shares

simultaneously were placed in voting

trusts by their former owners.1

Laidlaw currently controls motor

passenger carriers, which include

Transit Ltd. (MC–102189) and Transit,

Inc. (MC–161299). These carriers’

operations in the United States, with the

exception of Greyhound Lines, Inc.

(Greyhound), are largely limited to

charter and special operations.

Greyhound holds federally issued

operating authority in Docket No. MC–

1515 and provides mainly nationwide,

scheduled regular-route operations.

Although Greyhound performs some

special and charter operations,

according to applicants, Greyhound

does not have the same contacts as those

established by PMCL, JID, and CCL.2

Applicants assert that the addition of

PMCL, JID, and CCL will contribute

significantly to the breadth of services

that Greyhound and the other Laidlaw

affiliates are able to provide to the

traveling public within the United

States.

Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), we must

approve and authorize a transaction we

find consistent with the public interest,

taking into consideration at least: (1)

The effect of the transaction on the

adequacy of transportation to the public;

(2) the total fixed charges that result;

and (3) the interest of affected carrier

employees.

Applicants have submitted the

information required by 49 CFR 1182.2,

including information to demonstrate

that the proposed transaction is

consistent with the public interest

under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b). Specifically,

applicants have shown that the

proposed transaction will have a

positive effect on the adequacy of

transportation to the public and will

result in no increase in fixed charges

and no changes in employment. See 49

CFR 1182.2(a)(7). Additional

information may be obtained from

applicants’ representative.

On the basis of the application, we

find that the proposed transaction is

consistent with the public interest and

should be authorized. If any opposing

comments are timely filed, this finding

will be deemed vacated and, unless a

final decision can be made on the record

as developed, a procedural schedule

will be adopted to reconsider the

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6(c). If no

opposing comments are filed by the

expiration of the comment period, this

decision will take effect automatically

and will be the final Board action.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at:

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

This decision will not significantly

affect the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

It is Ordered:

1. The proposed control and merger is

approved and authorized, subject to the

filing of opposing comments.

2. If timely opposing comments are

filed, the findings made in this decision

will be deemed as having been vacated.

3. This decision will be effective on

June 19, 2000, unless timely opposing

comments are filed.

4. A copy of this notice will be served

on: (1) The U.S. Department of

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration—HMCE–20, 400

Virginia Avenue, SW., Suite 600,

Washington, DC 20024; (2) the U.S.

Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530;

and (3) the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Office of the General

Counsel, 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

Decided: April 27, 2000.