Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 118 / Monday, June 19, 2000 / Notices 38025

Issued in Orlando, Florida June 5, 2000.

John W. Reynolds Jr.,

Assistant Manager, Orlando Airport District

Office.

[FR Doc. 00–15414 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

to Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport,

Baton Rouge, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on

Application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use the

revenue from a PFC at Baton Rouge

Metropolitan Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate copies to the FAA at the

following address: Mr. G. Thomas

Wade, Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Branch,

ASW–611, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–

0611.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Anthony

Marino, Manager of Baton Rouge

Metropolitan Airport at the following

address: Anthony Marino, Director of

Aviation, Greater Baton Rouge Airport

District, Suite 212, Ryan Terminal

Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70807.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of the written

comments previously provided to the

Airport under Section 158.23 of Part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

G. Thomas Wade, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Airports Division, Planning and

Programming Branch, ASW–611, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0610, (817) 222–

5613.

The application may be reviewed in

person at this same location

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at Baton

Rouge Metropolitan Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On June 2, 2000 the FAA determined

that the application to impose and use

the revenue from a PFC submitted by

the Airport was substantially complete

within the requirements of § 158.25 of

Part 158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than September 29,

2000.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

August 1, 2016.

Proposed charge expiration date:

January 1, 2022.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$6,504,390.

PFC application number: 00–05–C–

00–BTR.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

Projects To Impose and Use PFC’s

1. Construct and Realign Airport

Access Road

2. Acquire six (6) Aircraft Loading

Bridges

Proposed class or classes of air

carriers to be exempted from collecting

PFC’s: FAR Part 135 on demand Air

Taxi/Commercial Operator (ATCO)

reporting on FAA Form 1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

regional airports office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Branch,

ASW–610, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort

Worth, Texas 76137–4298.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at Baton Rouge

Metropolitan Airport.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on June 5,

2000.

Naomi L. Saunders,

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 00–15415 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

Indexing the Annual Operating

Revenues of Railroads

This Notice sets forth the annual

inflation adjusting index numbers

which are used to adjust gross annual

operating revenues of railroads for

classification purposes. This indexing

methodology will insure that regulated

carriers are classified based on real

business expansion and not from the

effects of inflation. Classification is

important because it determines the

extent of reporting for each carrier.

The railroad’s inflation factors are

based on the annual average Railroad’s

Freight Price Index. This index is

developed by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS). This index will be used

to deflate revenues for comparison with

established revenue thresholds.

The base year for railroads is 1991.

The inflation index factors are presented

as follows:

Railroad freight index

Index Deflator

percent

1991 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 409.5 1 100.00

1992 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 411.8 99.45

1993 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 415.5 98.55

1994 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 418.8 97.70

1995 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 418.17 97.85

1996 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 417.46 98.02

1997 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 419.67 97.50

1998 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 424.54 96.38

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Railroad freight index

Index Deflator

percent

1999 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 423.01 96.72

1Ex Parte No. 492, Montana Rail Link, Inc., and Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition For Rulemaking With Respect To 49 CFR 1201, 8

I.C.C. 2d 625 (1992), raised the revenue classification level for Class I railroads from $50 million to $250 million (1991 dollars), effective for the

reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II threshold was also revised to reflect a rebasing from $10 million (1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars).

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Decker (202)–565–1531. (TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695).

Decided: June 13, 2000.

By the Board: Vernon A. Williams,

Vernon A. Williams.

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15386 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

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