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FIGURE 1.—407 AIRSPEED LIMITATIONS—KNOTS—IAS

[AD 99–06–15]

OAT Pressure altitude FX × 1000

C° 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 16 16 18 20

52 ........................................................................... 98 93 88

40 ........................................................................... 100 95 91 86 81 76

20 ........................................................................... 100 100 95 90 85 80 76 71 66 61

0 ............................................................................. 100 100 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60

¥20 ........................................................................ 100 100 100 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65

¥40 ........................................................................ 97 93 88 83 79 74 70 65 61

Maximum Autorotation VNE 100 KIAS

(4) Install a redline at a Vne of 100 KIAS

on all airspeed indicators. Remove or obscure

any previously installed lines or arcs above

100 KIAS. If the redline is installed on the

instrument glass, also install a slippage mark

on the glass and on the instrument case.

(5) Add the following statement to the

Limitations section of the Rotorcraft Flight

Manual (RFM):

When operating at an airspeed of 60 to 100

KIAS, maintain yaw trim within one ball

diameter of the centered position of the turn

and bank (slip) indicator, and avoid sudden

or large directional control inputs in flight.

(6) Mark the airspeed limitations placard in

Figure 1–3 in the RFM to indicate that it has

been superseded by this AD, and insert a

copy of this AD into the RFM. Also, mark the

airspeed indicator in Figure 1–5 of the RFM

to indicate a Vne of 100 KIAS.

(7) This AD revises the limitations section

of BHTC Model 407 RFM by replacing sheet

1 of Figure 1–3 in the RFM with Figure 1 of

this AD, revising sheet 3 of Figure 1–5 of the

RFM, and adding an operational limitation

for allowable yaw trim and directional

control input.

(8) Report any uncommanded right yaw,

uncommanded movement of the pedals

during flight, or tail rotor blade contact with

the tailboom within 24 hours of the

occurrence to the Manager, Regulations

Group, telephone (817) 222–5111. Reporting

requirements have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget and

assigned OMB control number 2120–0056.

(b) Before further flight after January 31,

2001:

(1) Remove and replace the existing tail

rotor with tail rotor installation, P/N 407–

012–100–109, in accordance with Part II of

Bell Helicopter Textron Technical Bulletin

407–99–17, dated April 15, 1999.

(2) Modify the vertical fin and horizontal

stabilizer in accordance with Bell Helicopter

Textron Technical Bulletin No. 407–96–2,

Revision A, dated March 11, 1997.

(3) Install the tail rotor airspeed-actuated

pedal stop kit, install the new airspeed

limitation decals, and remove the temporary

instrument markings and RFM changes in

accordance with the Accomplishment

Instructions in Parts I, II, and III of Bell

Helicopter Textron Alert Service Bulletin

407–99–33, Revision A, dated March 10,

2000.

(c) Accomplishing the requirements of

paragraph (b) of this AD is terminating action

for the requirements of this AD.

(d) An alternative method of compliance or

adjustment of the compliance time that

provides an acceptable level of safety may be

used if approved by the Manager, Regulations

Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA.

Operators shall submit their requests through

an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector,

who may concur or comment and then send

it to the Manager, Regulations Group.

Note 2: Information concerning the

existence of approved alternative methods of

compliance with this AD, if any, may be

obtained from the Regulations Group.

(e) Special flight permits may be issued in

accordance with §§ 21.197 and 21.199 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197

and 21.199) to operate the helicopter to a

location where the requirements of this AD

can be accomplished.

Note 3: The subject of this AD is addressed

in Transport Canada (Canada) AD CF–98–

36R7, dated February 1, 2000.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 5,

2000.

Eric Bries,

Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate,,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 00–12357 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD01–00–009]

RIN 2115–AA97

Safety Zone: OPSAIL 2000 Fireworks

Displays and Search and Rescue

Demonstrations, Port of New York/New

Jersey

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to

establish four temporary safety zones for

fireworks displays located on New York

Harbor, the East River, and Hudson

River, and one temporary safety zone for

Search and Rescue demonstrations on

the Hudson River. This action is

necessary to provide for the safety of life

on navigable waters during the events.

This action is intended to restrict vessel

traffic in portions of New York Harbor,

the East River, and the Hudson River.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Coast Guard on or before

May 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments

and related material to Waterways

Oversight Branch (CGD01–00–009),

Coast Guard Activities New York, 212

Coast Guard Drive, room 205, Staten

Island, New York 10305. The

Waterways Oversight Branch of Coast

Guard Activities New York maintains

the public docket for this rulemaking.

Comments and material received from

the public, as well as documents

indicated in this preamble as being

available in the docket, will become part

of this docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room 205,

Coast Guard Activities New York,

between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lieutenant M. Day, Waterways

Oversight Branch, Coast Guard

Activities New York (718) 354–4012.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this rulemaking by submitting

comments and related material. If you

do so, please include your name and

address, identify the docket number for

this rulemaking (CGD01–00–009),

indicate the specific section of this

document to which each comment

applies, and give the reason for each

comment. Please submit all comments

and related material in an unbound

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,

suitable for copying. If you would like

to know they reached us, please enclose

a stamped, self-addressed postcard or

envelope. We will consider all

comments and material received during

the comment period. We may change

this proposed rule in view of them.

The Coast Guard is limiting the

comment period for this NPRM to 14

days because the Coast Guard did not

know about the final event plans until

May 1, 2000. Further, these proposed

zones are in effect in New York Harbor

only and they are for four or six hour

events. Finally, there is not sufficient

time to publish a Temporary final rule

30 days before the events and provide

a longer comment period than 14 days.

Public Meeting

We do not now plan to hold a public

meeting. But you may submit a request

for a meeting by writing to the

Waterways Oversight Branch at the

address under ADDRESSES explaining

why one would be beneficial. If we

determine that one would aid this

rulemaking, we will hold one at a time

and place announced by a later notice

in the Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

The Coast Guard proposes to establish

four temporary safety zones for

fireworks displays, and one temporary

safety zone for Search and Rescue

demonstrations being held in

conjunction with OPSAIL 2000.

Macy’s/OPSAIL 2000 Fireworks

The Coast Guard proposes to establish

four temporary safety zones for the

Macy’s/OPSAIL 2000 fireworks display

in New York Harbor, the East River, and

Hudson River, on July 4, 2000. The first

proposed safety zone includes all waters

of the East River east of a line drawn

from the Fireboat Station Pier, Battery

Park City, in approximate position

40°42′15.5′′N 074°01′07′′W (NAD 1983)

to Governors Island Light (2) (LLNR

35010), in approximate position

40°41′34.5′′N 074°01′11′′W (NAD 1983);

north of a line drawn from Governors

Island, in approximate position

40°41′25.3′′N 074°00′42.5′′W (NAD

1983) to the southwest corner of Pier

9A, Brooklyn; south of a line drawn

through the southern point of Roosevelt

Island from East 47th Street, Manhattan

to 46 Road, Brooklyn, and all waters of

Newtown Creek west of the Pulaski

Bascule Bridge.

Vessels equal to or greater than 20

meters (65.6 feet) in length, carrying

persons for the purpose of viewing the

fireworks, may take position in an area

inside the safety zone at least 200 yards

off the bulkhead on the west bank and

just off the pierhead faces on the east

bank of the East River between the

Williamsburg Bridge and a line drawn

through the East River Main Channel

Lighted Buoy 18 (LLNR 27335), to a

point on the Brooklyn shore at North

9th Street. All vessels must be in this

location by 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July 4,

2000.

Once in position within the zone, all

vessels must remain in position until

released by the Captain of the Port, New

York. On-scene-patrol personnel will

monitor the number of designated

vessels taking position in the viewing

area of the zone. If it becomes apparent

that any additional spectator vessels in

the viewing area will create a safety

hazard, the patrol commander may

prevent additional vessels from entering

it. After the event has concluded and

the fireworks barges have safely

relocated outside of the main channel,

vessels will be allowed to depart the

viewing area as directed by the patrol

commander.

We created the viewing area within

this safety zone in order to reduce

significant safety hazards in this area of

the East River, due in great part, to the

extremely strong currents. Based on

experience from similar events in this

area of the East River, we are concerned

that smaller spectator craft located in

between the two fireworks barge sites

could drift into the fallout zone of either

barge site. Additionally, experience

from previous events has also shown

that having large and small craft located

in a confined area presents safety

hazards for both sized vessels due to

vessel wake, anchor swing radii, and

restricted visibility of larger vessels in a

confined area.

One safety zone is required for this

large section of the East River because

the Coast Guard has a limited amount of

assets available to patrol this event of

national significance. If we made this

zone into two zones, we could not

adequately enforce the boundaries of

both zones, and the safety of the port

and the mariners would be

unacceptably compromised because of

the two nearby fireworks barge locations

in a confined waterway with significant

currents.

The Staten Island Ferries may

continue services to their ferry slip at

Whitehall Street, The Battery,

Manhattan, New York. Continuing ferry

services in the southwestern portion of

the safety zone will not create a hazard

nor be threatened by the fireworks

display because Vessel Traffic Services

New York will monitor and control the

transits of these ferries. Failure to allow

these continued ferry services will have

a negative impact on residents of Staten

Island, New York, and those persons

traveling to and from Manhattan at the

end of the holiday weekend.

The second proposed safety zone

includes all waters of the Hudson River

north of a line drawn from the

southwest corner of Pier 94, Manhattan,

to 40°46′31.3′′N, 074°00′37.9′′W (NAD

1983) onshore in Weehawken, NJ, and

south of a line drawn from the northeast

corner of Pier D, Weehawken, NJ, to the

northwest corner of the northern pier of

the West 30th Street Heliport in

Manhattan.

The third proposed safety zone

includes all waters of Upper New York

Bay, east of Liberty Island, bound by the

following points: 40°41′33.2′′N

074°02′24.4′′W; 40°41′11.3′′N

074°02′44.4′′W; 40°41′02.1′′N

074°02′25.1′′W; 40°41′09.1′′N

074°02′10.2′′W; 40°41′25.6′′N

074°02′09.6′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

The fourth proposed safety zone

includes all waters of Anchorage

Channel, Upper New York Bay, bound

by the following points: 40°38′12.4′′N

074°03′05.6′′W; 40°38′01.5′′N

074°03′00.7′′W; 40°37′21.0′′N

074°02′50.0′′W; 40°37′15.6′′N

074°03′16.6′′W; 40°38′08.3′′N

074°03′37.4′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

The proposed safety zones are

effective from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) until

11:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July 4, 2000. If the

event is cancelled due to inclement

weather, then this section is effective

from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t) until 11:30 p.m.

(e.s.t.) on July 5, 2000. The proposed

safety zones prevent vessels from

transiting these portions of Upper New

York Bay, the East River and the

Hudson River, and is needed to protect

boaters from the hazards associated with

fireworks launched from 13 separate

barges in the area. No vessel may enter

the safety zones without permission of

the Captain of the Port, New York.

These safety zones cover the

minimum area needed and impose the

minimum restrictions necessary to

ensure the protection of all vessels and

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the fireworks handlers aboard the

barges.

Public notifications will be made

prior to the event via Local Notice to

Mariners, marine information

broadcasts, facsimile, OPSAIL Inc.’s

website, and Macy’s waterways

telephone ‘‘hotline’’ at 212–494–5247,

which is scheduled to be activated

approximately June 1, 2000.

Search and Rescue Demonstrations

The Coast Guard also proposes to

establish a temporary safety zone for the

OPSAIL Search and Rescue

demonstrations held on and over the

Hudson River between Piers 83 and 90.

This proposed safety zone includes all

waters of the Hudson River bound by

the following points: from the southeast

corner of Pier 90, Manhattan, where it

intersects the seawall, west to

approximate position 40°46′10′′ N,

074°00′113′′1 W (NAD 1983), south to

approximate position 40°45′154′′1 N,

074°00′125′′1 W (NAD 1983), then east

to the northeast corner of Pier 83 where

it intersects the seawall. This proposed

safety zone is effective from 12 p.m.

(e.s.t.) until 6 p.m. (e.s.t.), Thursday,

July 6, through Saturday, July 8, 2000.

It is needed to protect boaters and

demonstration participants from the

hazards associated with United States

Military personnel demonstrating the

capabilities of aircraft and watercraft in

a confined area of the Hudson River.

This safety zone prevents vessels from

transiting only a portion of the Hudson

River. Marine traffic will still be able to

transit through the western 600 yards of

the 950-yard wide Hudson River during

the Search and Rescue demonstrations.

Vessels moored at piers within the

safety zone; however, will not be

allowed to transit from their moorings

without permission from the Captain of

the Port, New York, during the effective

periods of the safety zone. The Captain

of the Port does not anticipate any

negative impact on recreational or

commercial vessel traffic due to this

safety zone.

Public notifications will be made

prior to the Search and Rescue

Demonstrations via Local Notice to

Mariners, marine information

broadcasts, facsimile, and OPSAIL Inc.’s

website.

Discussion of Proposed Rule

The proposed sizes of the fireworks

safety zones were determined using

National Fire Protection Association

and New York City Fire Department

standards for 10–12 inch mortars fired

from a barge, combined with the Coast

Guard’s knowledge of tide and current

conditions in these areas. These events

are being held in conjunction with

OPSAIL 2000. A NPRM was published

for OPSAIL 2000 in the Federal Register

on February 7, 2000 (65 FR 5833), a

correction to this NPRM was published

on February 14, 2000 (65 FR 7333). This

proposed regulation would establish

five safety zones. The regulations will

be in effect at various times in the Port

of New York/New Jersey during the

period July 4—8, 2000. This proposed

rulemaking is necessary to ensure the

safety of life on the navigable waters of

the United States and to give the marine

community the opportunity to comment

on these events.

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Regulatory Evaluation

This proposed rule is not a

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866

and does not require an assessment of

potential costs and benefits under

section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office

of Management and Budget has not

reviewed it under that Order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040,

February 26, 1979).

We expect the economic impact of

this proposed rule to be so minimal that

a full Regulatory Evaluation under

paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies

and procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

Although this regulation prevents

traffic from transiting a portion of New

York Harbor, the Hudson River, and

East River, the effect of this regulation

will not be significant for the following

reasons: the limited duration that the

regulated areas will be in effect and the

extensive advance notifications that will

be made to the maritime community via

the Local Notice to Mariners, facsimile,

marine information broadcasts, the

sponsor’s website and phone hotline,

New York Harbor Operations Committee

meetings, public meetings for maritime

groups, and New York area newspapers,

so mariners can adjust their plans

accordingly. At no time will commercial

shipping access to Port Newark/Port

Elizabeth facilities be prohibited. Access

to those areas may be accomplished

using Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill, Kill Van

Kull, and Newark Bay as an alternate

route. This will allow the majority of the

maritime industrial activity in the Port

of New York/New Jersey to continue,

relatively unaffected. Similar regulated

areas were established for the 1986 and

1992 OPSAIL events, the annual Macy’s

July 4th fireworks display, and the

annual Fleet Week Sea and Air

demonstrations. Based upon the Coast

Guard’s experiences learned from these

previous events of a similar magnitude,

these proposed regulations have been

narrowly tailored to impose the least

impact on maritime interests yet

provide the level of safety deemed

necessary.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we considered

whether this proposed rule would have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises

small businesses, not-for-profit

organizations that are independently

owned and operated and are not

dominant in their fields, and

governmental jurisdictions with

populations of less than 50,000.

The Coast Guard certifies under 5

U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed rule

would not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities.

For the reasons discussed in the

Regulatory Evaluation section above, the

Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C.

605(b) that this proposed rule would not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

This proposed rule would affect the

following entities, some of which might

be small entities: the owners or

operators of vessels intending to transit

or anchor in portions of Lower and

Upper New York Bay, the Hudson River,

and East River during various times

from July 4–8, 2000. These regulations

would not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities for the following reasons.

Although these regulations would apply

to a substantial portion of the Port of

New York/New Jersey, designated areas

for viewing the Fourth of July Fireworks

are being established to allow for

maximum use of the waterways by

commercial tour boats that usually

operate in the affected areas. Maritime

traffic would also be able to transit

around the areas where the Search and

Rescue demonstrations are being held.

Before the effective period, the Coast

Guard would make notifications to the

public via mailings, facsimiles, the

Local Notice to Mariners and use of the

sponsors Internet site. The Coast Guard

is also holding public meetings with

maritime groups to explain the schedule

of events and approved spectator craft

viewing areas. In addition, the

sponsoring organization, OPSAIL Inc., is

planning to publish information of the

event in local newspapers, pamphlets,

and television and radio broadcasts.

If you think that your business,

organization, or governmental

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity

and that this rule would have a

significant economic impact on it,

please submit a comment (see

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it

qualifies and how and to what degree

this rule would economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

Under section 213(a) of the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121),

we want to assist small entities in

understanding this proposed rule so that

they can better evaluate its effects on

them and participate in the rulemaking.

If the rule would affect your small

business, organization, or governmental

jurisdiction and you have questions

concerning its provisions or options for

compliance, please contact Lieutenant

M. Day, Waterways Oversight Branch,

Coast Guard Activities New York (718)

354–4012.

Collection of Information

This proposed rule would call for no

new collection of information under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520.).

Federalism

We have analyzed this proposed rule

under E.O. 13132 and have determined

that this rule does not have implications

for federalism under that Order.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) governs

the issuance of Federal regulations that

require unfunded mandates. An

unfunded mandate is a regulation that

requires a State, local, or tribal

government or the private sector to

incur direct costs without the Federal

Government’s having first provided the

funds to pay those costs. This proposed

rule would not impose an unfunded

mandate.

Taking of Private Property

This proposed rule would not effect a

taking of private property or otherwise

have taking implications under E.O.

12630, Governmental Actions and

Interference with Constitutionally

Protected Property Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

This proposed rule meets applicable

standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of

E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to

minimize litigation, eliminate

ambiguity, and reduce burden.

Protection of Children

We have analyzed this proposed rule

under E.O. 13045, Protection of

Children from Environmental Health

Risks and Safety Risks. This rule is not

an economically significant rule and

does not concern an environmental risk

to health or risk to safety that may

disproportionately affect children.

Environment

We considered the environmental

impact of this proposed rule and

concluded that, under figure 2–1,

paragraph 34(g), of Commandant

Instruction M16475.1C, this proposed

rule is categorically excluded from

further environmental documentation.

This proposed rule fits paragraph 34(g)

as it establishes five safety zones. A

‘‘Categorical Exclusion Determination’’

is available in the docket where

indicated under ADDRESSES.

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List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Security measures,

Waterways.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows:

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

1. The authority citation for Part 165

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191;

33 CFR 1.05–1(g), 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5; 49

CFR 1.46.

2. Add temporary § 165.T01–009 to

read as follows:

§ 165.T01–009 Safety Zones: OPSAIL 2000

Fireworks Displays, and Search and Rescue

Demonstrations, Port of New York/New

Jersey.

(a) Safety Zones Locations and

Enforcement Periods.

(1) East River Fireworks Safety Zone:

All waters of the East River east of a line

drawn from the Fireboat Station Pier,

Battery Park City, in approximate

position 40°42′15.5′′N 074°01′07′′ W

(NAD 1983) to Governors Island Light

(2) (LLNR 35010), in approximate

position 40°41′34.5′′N 074°01′11′′ W

(NAD 1983); north of a line drawn from

Governors Island, in approximate

position 40°41′25.3′′N 074°00′42.5′′W

(NAD 1983) to the southwest corner of

Pier 9A, Brooklyn; south of a line drawn

through the southern point of Roosevelt

Island from East 47th street, Manhattan

to 46 Road, Brooklyn, and all waters of

Newtown Creek west of the Pulaski

Bascule Bridge.

(2) Hudson River Fireworks Safety

Zone. All waters of the Hudson River

north of a line drawn from the

southwest corner of Pier 94, Manhattan,

to 40°46′31.3′′N, 074°00′37.9′′W (NAD

1983) onshore in Weehawken, NJ, and

south of a line drawn from the northeast

corner of Pier D, Weehawken, NJ, to the

northwest corner of the northern pier of

the West 30th Street Heliport in

Manhattan.

(3) Liberty Island Fireworks Safety

Zone. All waters of Upper New York

Bay, east of Liberty Island, bound by the

following points: 40°41′33.2′′N

074°02′24.4′′W; 40°41′11.3′′N

074°02′44.4′′W; 40°41′02.1′′N

074°02′25.1′′W; 40°41′09.1′′N

074°02′10.2′′W; 40°41′25.6′′N

074°02′09.6′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

(4) Anchorage Channel Fireworks

Safety Zone. All waters of Anchorage

Channel, Upper New York Bay, bound

by the following points: 40°38′12.4′′N

074°03′05.6′′W; 40°38′01.5′′N

074°03′00.7′′W; 40°37′21.0′′N

074°02′50.0′′W; 40°37′15.6′′N

074°03′16.6′′W; 40°38′08.3′′N

074°03′37.4′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

(5) Search and Rescue

Demonstrations Safety Zone: All waters

of Hudson River bound by the following

points: from the southeast corner of Pier

90, Manhattan, where it intersects the

seawall, west to approximate position

40°46′10′′ N, 074°00′13′′ W (NAD 1983),

south to approximate position 40°45′54′′

N, 074°00′25′′ W (NAD 1983), then east

to the northeast corner of Pier 83 where

it intersects the seawall.

(6) Enforcement period. Paragraphs

(a)(1) through (a)(4) are effective from

6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) until 11:30 p.m. (e.s.t.)

on Tuesday, July 4, 2000. If the event is

cancelled due to inclement weather,

then paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) are

effective from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) to 11:30

p.m. (e.s.t.) on Wednesday, July 5, 2000.

(7) Enforcement period. Paragraph

(a)(5) is effective daily from 12 p.m.

(e.s.t.) until 6 p.m. (e.s.t.) from

Thursday, July 6, through Saturday, July

8, 2000.

(b) Effective period. This section is

effective from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July

4, 2000, until 6 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July 8,

2000.

(c) Regulations. (1) The general

regulations contained in 33 CFR 165.23

apply.

(2) No vessels will be allowed to

transit the safety zone without the

permission of the Captain of the Port,

New York.

(3) All persons and vessels shall

comply with the instructions of the

Coast Guard Captain of the Port or the

designated on-scene-patrol personnel.

These personnel comprise

commissioned, warrant, and petty

officers of the Coast Guard. Upon being

hailed by a U. S. Coast Guard vessel by

siren, radio, flashing light, or other

means, the operator of a vessel shall

proceed as directed.

(4) Vessels may remain in the safety

zone described in paragraph (a)(1) for

the purpose of viewing the event in

accordance with the following preestablished viewing area: Vessels equal

to or greater than 20 meters (65.6 feet)

in length, carrying persons for the

purpose of viewing the fireworks, may

take position in an area at least 200

yards off the bulkhead on the west bank

and just off the pierhead faces on the

east bank of the East River between the

Williamsburg Bridge and a line drawn

through the East River Main Channel

Lighted Buoy 18 (LLNR 27335), to a

point on the Brooklyn shore at North

9th Street. All vessels must be

positioned in this viewing area within

the safety zone by 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on

July 4, 2000.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

R.E. Bennis,

Captain, U. S. Coast Guard,, Captain of the

Port, New York.

[FR Doc. 00–12415 Filed 5–12–00; 5:05 pm]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 226–0186b; FRL–6606–4]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision,

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to

the California State Implementation

Plan (SIP) for the Antelope Valley Air

Pollution Control District (AVAPCD).

There are six revisions: three rule

recissions with accompanying negative

declarations for source categories that

emit volatile organic compounds (VOC);

two negative declarations for source

categories that emit oxides of nitrogen

(NOX), and one rule recission for a

source category that emits oxides of

sulfur (SOX). The intended effect of this

action is to bring the AVAPCD SIP up

to date in accordance with the

requirements of the Clean Air Act, as

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). EPA

is finalizing the approval of these

recissions from the California SIP under

provisions of the CAA regarding EPA

action on SIP submittals, SIPs for

national primary and secondary ambient

air quality standards and plan

requirements for nonattainment areas.

EPA is approving these revisions in

accordance with the requirements of the

Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990

(CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules

section of this Federal Register, the EPA

is approving the state’s SIP submittal as

a direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial revision and

anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for this approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received, no

further activity is contemplated. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all