37814 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 117 / Friday, June 16, 2000 / Notices

1. Provides administrative support to

the Associate Commissioner, OCO; and

the OCO Assistant Associate

Commissioners in such areas as:

Amend as follows:

—Labor-Management and Employee

Relations.

• Maintain responsibility for all

aspects of the mid-term and impact and

implementation bargaining process that

pertain only to OCO.

• Process grievances through all steps

of the grievance procedure.

• Represent OCO managers at all

stages of the arbitration process,

including the preparation of position

papers and briefs.

• Process all aspects of systems

violations in accordance with guidance

issued by the Office of Human

Resources and the Deputy

Commissioner for Operations.

—Performance Management and

Recognition.

—Resource Planning and Management.

—Budget Development and

Management.

—Management Information and

Analysis.

Establish:

e. The Center for Human Resources

(S2RC5):

1. Exercises appointing authorities in

accordance with law and Office of

Personnel Management (OPM)

regulations, policies and procedures.

2. Administers the merit promotion

process for bargaining and nonbargaining unit employees.

3. Recruits and examines new hires.

4. Effects personnel actions in the

Department of the Interior Federal

Personnel and Payroll System.

5. Maintains applicant supply files.

6. Establishes and maintains Official

Personnel Folders.

7. Conducts entry-on-duty processing

for new employees.

8. Administers Federal Group Life

Insurance and Thrift Savings Plan

programs.

9. Reviews for accuracy and

compliance, approvals of recruitment

and relocation bonuses.

10. Investigates and prepares

responses to administrative backpay

claims and waivers of overpayments.

11. Processes workers’ compensation

claims.

12. Organization planning.

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Paul D. Barnes,

Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources.

[FR Doc. 00–15205 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice #3327]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea;

Working Group on Safety of

Navigation; Notice of Meeting

The Working Group on Safety of

Navigation of the Subcommittee on

Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will

conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM on

Thursday, June 22, 2000, in room 6103,

U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

The purpose of the meeting is to

prepare for the 46th session of the

Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation

(NAV) of the International Maritime

Organization (IMO) which is scheduled

for July 10–14, 2000, at the IMO

Headquarters in London.

Items of principal interest on the

agenda are:

—Routing of ships, ship reporting and

related matters

—Amendments to the International

Regulations for Prevention of

Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS)

—Integrated bridge systems (IBS)

operational aspects

—Guidelines on ergonomic criteria for

bridge equipment and layout

—Navigational aids and related matters

—International Telecommunication

Union (ITU) matters, including

Radiocommunication ITU–R Study

Group 8

—IMO Standard Marine

Communication Phrases

—Guidelines relating to SOLAS chapter

V

—Comprehensive review of chapter 13

of the High Speed Craft (HSC) Code

—Development of guidelines for ships

operating in ice-covered waters

Members of the public may attend

these meetings up to the seating

capacity of the room. Interested persons

may seek information by writing: Mr.

Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard

(G–MWV–3), Room 1407, 2100 Second

Street SW, Washington, DC 20593–0001

or by calling: (202) 267–0416.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–15313 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–07–U

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice #3328]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea

and Associated Bodies, Working

Group on Stability and Load Lines and

on Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of

Meeting

The Working Group on Stability and

Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels

Safety of the Subcommittee on Safety of

Life at Sea will conduct an open

meeting at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 26,

2000, in Room 6303, at U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This

meeting will discuss the upcoming

43RD Session of the Subcommittee on

Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing

Vessels Safety (SLF) and associated

bodies of the International Maritime

Organization (IMO) which will be held

on September 11–15, 2000, at the IMO

Headquarters in London, England.

Items of discussion will include the

following:

a. Review of results from SLF 42,

b. Harmonization of damage stability

provisions in the IMO instruments,

c. Revision of technical regulations of

the 1966 International Load Line

Convention,

d. Development of the damage

consequence diagrams for inclusion in

damage control plan guidelines, and

e. Revisions to the Fishing Vessel

Safety Code and Voluntary Guidelines

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing: Mr. Paul

Cojeen, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Commandant (G–MSE–2), Room 1308,

2100 Second Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20593–0001 or by calling (202) 267–

2988.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–15314 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Coast Guard

[USCG–2000–6981]

Deepwater Port License Amendments

AGENCY: The Office of the Secretary

(OST) and the United States Coast

Guard (USCG), DOT.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 117 / Friday, June 16, 2000 / Notices 37815

ACTION: Notice of change.

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the

issuance, effective June 7, 2000, of an

amended and updated license to own,

construct and operate the deepwater

port known as LOOP (the Louisiana

Offshore Oil Port, LLC) and of LOOP’s

operations manual addendum. The

amended license and operating manual

addendum respond to LOOP’s April 29,

1998 petition to the Commandant for

review and amendment of its license

issued on January 17, 1977. The

amendments and changes conform to

legislative changes enacted over the past

20 years and more accurately reflect

current operating conditions at the

deepwater port.

The amended license and operations

manual addendum and remarks by the

Commandant and Office of the Secretary

explaining the amendments may be

viewed electronically through the Web

Site for the Docket Management System

at http://dms.dot.gov. and will be

available for inspection or copying at

room PL–401 on the Plaza Level of the

Nassif Building at 400 Seventh Street

SW, Washington, DC 20590 between 9

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lieutenant Commander Russ Proctor,

Ports & Facilities Compliance Division

(G–MOC–3), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001, telephone

202–267–0499, fax 202–267–0506, or

Nancy R. Kessler, Senior AttorneyAdvisor, Office of the Secretary, Office

of Environmental, Civil Rights, and

General Law (OST–C–10), U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, telephone 202–366–9301, fax

202–366–9170. For questions on

viewing the license and operations

manual addendum, call Dorothy Y.

Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of

Transportation, telephone 202–366–

5149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

The Deepwater Port Act (33 U.S.C.

1501 et seq.) (Act), as amended by the

Deepwater Port Act Amendments of

1984 (Pub. Law 98–419) and the

Deepwater Port Modernization Act of

1996 (Pub. Law 104–324), authorizes the

Secretary of Transportation to amend a

deepwater port license on petition of a

licensee. The Act directs the Secretary

to review any condition of a deepwater

port license to determine if the

condition is uniform with conditions of

other deepwater port licenses and

whether it is reasonable and necessary

to meet the objectives of the Act. The

Act further directs the Secretary to

amend or rescind any condition no

longer necessary or otherwise required

by any federal agency under the Act.

The Deepwater Port Act of 1974

established a comprehensive regulatory

structure for the location, construction,

and operation of deepwater ports to

respond to environmental and safety

concerns over the growing use of

supertankers navigating coastal ports.

On January 17, 1977, then Secretary of

Transportation William T. Coleman, Jr.

issued to LOOP a 20-year term license

to own, construct and operate the

deepwater port off the shores of

southern Louisiana, pursuant to the

Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’)

(Pub. L. 93–627, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).

On August 1, 1977, then Secretary of

Transportation Brock Adams received

LOOP’s acceptance of the license. LOOP

has since constructed and operated the

nation’s only deepwater port.

Since the passage of the 1974 Act,

other methods of delivering oil to the

United States, such as offshore

lightering activities have provided

significant market competition for

LOOP. The Deepwater Port Act

Amendments of 1984 (1984

Amendments) and the Deepwater Port

Modernization Act of 1996 (1996

Modernization Act) responded to the

competitive environment and removed

unnecessary and burdensome

requirements that hindered LOOP’s

economic viability.

The 1984 Amendments, for example,

(1) simplified procedures for

amendment, transfer, and reinstatement

of a deepwater port license; (2) extended

the term of a deepwater port license

from 20 years to an indefinite period

covering the life of the facility; and (3)

relieved deepwater ports of economic

regulation by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (while reserving

future regulatory authority if

appropriate competitive conditions no

longer exist). The 1996 Modernization

Act encouraged greater use of deepwater

ports, particularly for Outer Continental

Shelf oil; streamlined the deepwater

port regulatory structure; and

eliminated requirements for advance

antitrust review (by the Department of

Justice and Federal Trade Commission).

We have processed the license

amendment through an informal,

simplified administrative process,

consistent with the changes made by the

1984 Amendments. The 1984

Amendments require only a ‘‘petition’’

for a license amendment, as

distinguished from a formal,

comprehensive ‘‘application’’ for license

issuance. 33 U.S.C. 1502(4); 1503(b). We

examined LOOP’s license in light of the

statutory direction that we review

deepwater port license conditions to

determine whether they are reasonable

and necessary to meet the Act’s

objectives. 33 U.S.C. 1503(e)(1). Our

changes, in response to LOOP’s petition

to amend its license, conform to the

statutory requirement that we ‘‘amend

or rescind any condition that is no

longer necessary or otherwise required

by any Federal department or agency’’

under the Act. 33 U.S.C. 1503(e)(1).

The Commandant, pursuant to

delegated authority, processed LOOP’s

April 29, 1998, application for

amendment of its license to construct

and operate a deepwater port. 49 CFR

part 1.46(s). I have the reserved

authority to issue the amended license.

49 CFR part 1.44(o).

The license amendments eliminate:

(1) The license term; (2) references to

the original, outdated application; and

(3) economic requirements

(nondiscrimination, access for

shipments, tariffs, required expansion)

arising from the outdated common

carrier obligation and from antitrust

review that has been repealed. The

amendments also: update the license to

recognize completion of certain port

construction; permit more flexible Coast

Guard review of off-shore facilities; and

transfer some operating procedures to

the Operations Manual without

eliminating any environmental

protection provisions.

We have determined that the license

amendments do not eliminate any

environmental protection provisions.

Certain conditions of the original

license have been transferred verbatim

to the addendum to LOOP’s Operations

Manual and the license conditions also

require LOOP to operate the port in

accordance with an approved

Operations Manual. Both documents are

binding sources of legal authority, and

the environmental protections and

enforcement procedures therefore have

not changed. These changes conform to

the 1996 Modernization Act

requirement that, to the extent

practicable, the deepwater port’s

operating procedures should be stated

in an operations manual, approved by

the Coast Guard, rather than in detailed

and specific license conditions. 33

U.S.C. 1503(e)(1).

Accordingly, I have directed the

Federal Register publication of the

amended License to Own, Construct and

Operate a Deepwater Port issued to

LOOP LLC.

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Dated: June 1, 2000.

Rodney E. Slater,

Secretary of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 00–15282 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P; 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Receipt of Noise Compatibility

Program and Request for Review for

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport,

Burbank, California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces that it

is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for the Burbank-GlendalePasadena Airport under the provisions

of Title I of the Aviation Safety and

Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Public

Law 96–193) (hereinafter referred to as

‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150 by the

city of Burbank, California. This

program was submitted subsequent to a

determination by the FAA that the

associated noise exposure maps

submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport

were in compliance with applicable

requirements effective January 31, 2000.

The proposed noise compatibility

program will be approved or

disapproved on or before November 27,

2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

start of FAA’s review of the noise

compatibility program is May 31, 2000.

The public comment period ends on

July 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David B. Kessler, AICP, Environmental

Protection Specialist, AWP–611.2,

Planning Section, Western-Pacific

Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, P.O. Box 92007,

Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles,

California 90009–2007, Telephone 310/

725–3615 Street Address: 15000

Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne,

California 90261. Comments on the

proposed noise compatibility program

should also be submitted to the above

office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA is

reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program for BurbankGlendale-Pasadena Airport, which will

be approved or disapproved on or before

November 27, 2000. This notice also

announces the availability of this

program for public review and

comment.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by FAA to be in compliance with

the requirements of Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The FAA has formally received the

noise compatibility program for

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport,

effective on May 31, 2000. It was

requested that the FAA review this

material and that the noise mitigation

measures, to be implemented jointly by

the airport and surrounding

communities, be approved as a noise

compatibility program under section

104(b) of the Act. Preliminary review of

the submitted material indicates that it

conforms to the requirements for the

submittal of noise compatibility

programs, but that further review will be

necessary prior to approval or

disapproval of the program. The formal

review period, limited by law to a

maximum of 180 days, will be

completed on or before November 27,

2000.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

conducted under the provisions of 14

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The

primary considerations in the

evaluation process are whether the

proposed measures may reduce the level

of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commence, or be reasonably consistent

with obtaining the goal of reducing

existing noncompatible land uses and

preventing the introduction of

additional noncompatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed program with

specific reference to these factors. All

comments, other than those properly

addressed to local land use authorities,

will be considered by the FAA to the

extent practicable. Copies of the noise

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of

the maps, and the proposed noise

compatibility program are available for

examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

National Headquarters, Community

and Environmental Needs Division,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Room 621, Washington, D.C. 20591.

Federal Aviation Administration,

Western-Pacific Region Office 15000

Aviation Boulevard, Room 3012,

Hawthorne, California 90261.

Mr. Dios Marrero, Executive Director,

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport

Authority, 2627 Hollywood Way,

Burbank, California 90505

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on May

31, 2000.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific

Region, AWP–600.

[FR Doc. 00–15214 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Receipt of Noise Compatibility

Program and Request for Review for

Lanai Airport, Lanai City, Lanai, Hawaii

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces that it

is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for Lanai Airport under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Public Law 96–193) (hereinafter

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR

part 150, by the state of Hawaii,

Department of Transportation. This

program was submitted subsequent to a

determination by the FAA that the

associated noise exposure maps

submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for

Lanai Airport were in compliance with

applicable requirements effective

December 23, 1999. The proposed noise

compatibility program will be approved

or disapproved on or before November

27, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

start of FAA’s review of the noise

compatibility program is May 31, 2000.

The public comment period ends on

July 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Welhouse, Airport Planner,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Honolulu Airports District Office, P.O.

Box 50244, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850–

0001, Telephone 808/541–1243, Street

Address: Federal Building, 300 Ala

Moana Boulevard, Room 7–128,

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. Comments on

the proposed noise compatibility

program should also be submitted to the

above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA is