30182 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 10, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Applications for Certificates

of Public Convenience and Necessity

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed

Under Subpart Q During the Week

Ending April 14, 2000

The following Applications for

Certificates of Public Convenience and

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–2000–7231.

Date Filed: April 11, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: May 2, 2000.

Description: Application of Air-Serv,

Inc. d/b/a AirServ (‘‘AirServ’’) pursuant

to 49 U.S.C. Section 41102, Parts 201,

204 and Subpart B, applies for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity to authorize it to engage in

foreign charter air transportation of

persons, property and mail.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7232.

Date Filed: April 11, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: May 2, 2000.

Description: Application of Air-Serv,

Inc. d/b/a AirServ (‘‘AirServ’’) pursuant

to 49 U.S.C. Section 41102, Parts 201,

204 and Subpart B, applies for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity to engage in interstate charter

air transportation of persons, property

and mail.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7251.

Date Filed: April 13, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: May 4, 2000.

Description: Application of C.A.L.

Cargo Air Lines Ltd. (‘‘C.A.L.’’) pursuant

to 49 U.S.C. Section 41302, Part 211.20

and Subpart B, applies for an initial

foreign air carrier permit to provide

foreign air transportation of property

and mail between Tel Aviv and New

York (JFK)/Chicago (O’Hare) via

Luxembourg and Gander,

Newfoundland and to provide all cargo

foreign air transportation under charter

pursuant to the provisions of 14 CFR

Part 212.

Andrea M. Jenkins,

Federal Register Liaison.

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BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Transit Administration

Office of the Secretary of

Transportation

Applications for TIFIA Credit

Assistance

AGENCIES: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal

Transit Administration (FTA), Office of

the Secretary of Transportation (OST),

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

inviting applications for credit

assistance for major surface

transportation projects.

SUMMARY: The Transportation Equity

Act for the 21st Century (TEA–21)

created the Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation

Act of 1998 (TIFIA). The TIFIA

authorizes the Department of

Transportation (DOT) to provide credit

assistance in the form of secured (direct)

loans, lines of credit, and loan

guarantees to public and private

sponsors of eligible surface

transportation projects. The TIFIA

regulations (49 CFR part 80, as

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

64, No. 105, on Wednesday, June 2,

1999) provide specific guidance on the

program requirements.

Although the DOT is currently

contemplating revisions to the

regulations, the Final Rule as published

in the Federal Register on June 2, 1999

remains applicable to this notice.

Funding for this program is limited,

and projects requesting assistance will

be evaluated and selected by the DOT

on a competitive basis. Following

selections, term sheets will be issued

and credit agreements will be developed

through negotiations between the

project sponsors and the DOT. The DOT

expects that approximately $81 million

in net budget authority will be available

in fiscal year 2000 to fund the subsidy

costs of up to approximately $1.673

billion in Federal credit assistance.

DATES: For consideration in this

application cycle, letters of interest

must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. EDT on

Wednesday, May 31, 2000. The deadline

for receipt of the completed application

and the non-refundable $5,000

application fee is 4:30 p.m. EDT on

Wednesday, July 5, 2000. Applications

received in the offices of the DOT after

that date and time will not be

considered. Applications sent to the

DOT electronically or by facsimile will

not be accepted. Applicants should refer

to the TIFIA Application for Federal

Credit Assistance, which specifies the

number of hard copies (plus original)

required for each section of the

application as well as those sections of

the application requiring electronic

versions.

ADDRESSES: Both the letters of interest

and completed applications should be

submitted to the attention of Ms.

Stephanie Kaufman, Office of Budget

and Program Performance, Department

of Transportation, Room 10105, B–10,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

FHWA: Mr. Max Inman, Office of

Budget and Finance, Federal-Aid

Financial Management Division, (202)

366–0673; FRA: Ms. JoAnne McGowan,

Office of Passenger and Freight Services,

Freight Program Division, (202) 493–

6390; FTA: Mr. Paul Marx, Office of

Policy Development, (202) 366–1734;

OST: Ms. Stephanie Kaufman, Office of

Budget and Program Performance, (202)

366–9649; Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Hearingand speech-impaired persons may use

TTY by calling the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339.

Additional information, including the

TIFIA program guide and application

materials, can be obtained from the

TIFIA web site at http://

tifia.fhwa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Types of Credit Assistance Available

The DOT may provide credit

assistance in the form of secured (direct)

loans, loan guarantees, and lines of

credit. These types of credit assistance

are defined in 23 U.S.C. 181 and 49 CFR

80.3.

Program Funding and Limitations on

Assistance

The TIFIA provides annual funding

levels for both total credit amounts (i.e.,

the total principal amounts that may be

committed in the form of direct loans,

loan guarantees, or lines of credit) and

subsidy amounts (i.e., the amounts of