Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 169 / Thursday, August 31, 2006 / Notices 51885 

0199), Intended Effective Date: 1 

October 2006. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 06–7323 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

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 B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending August 11, 

2006 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 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–2006–25577. 

Date Filed: August 8, 2006. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: August 29, 2006. 

Description: Application of Taga Air 

Charter Service, Inc. requesting 

authority to engage in scheduled 

passenger operations between the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, 

Tinian and Rota, eventually expanding 

to include service to Guam as a 

commuter air carrier. 

Docket Number: OST–2006–25616. 

Date Filed: August 11, 2006. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: September 1, 2006. 

Description: Application of ELYSAIR 

SAS d/b/a ELYSAIR requesting a foreign 

air carrier permit to engage in (i) 

Scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property and mail between any 

point or points in France and points in 

the United States coextensive with the 

rights provided under the bilateral 

agreement, and (ii) charter foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail pursuant to the U.S.-France Air 

Transport Agreement and Part 212. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 06–7309 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation 

Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. I), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence 

Seaway Development Corporation 

(SLSDC), to be held from 1 p.m. to 2:30 

p.m. on Monday, September 25, 2006, at 

the Corporation’s Administration 

Headquarters, Room 5424, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC, via 

conference call. The agenda for this 

meeting will be as follows: Opening 

Remarks; Consideration of Minutes of 

Past Meeting; Quarterly Report; Old and 

New Business; Closing Discussion; 

Adjournment. 

Attendance at the meeting is open to 

the interested public but limited to the 

space available. With the approval of 

the Acting Administrator, members of 

the public may present oral statements 

at the meeting. Persons wishing further 

information should contact, not later 

than September 20, 2006, Anita K. 

Blackman, Chief of Staff, Saint 

Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590; 202–366–0091. 

Any member of the public may 

present a written statement to the 

Advisory Board at any time. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 28, 

2006. 

Craig H. Middlebrook, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 06–7363 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–61–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34914] 

DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC—

Petition for Declaratory Order 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Institution of declaratory order 

proceeding; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In response to a petition filed 

by DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC 

(DesertXpress), the Board is instituting a 

declaratory order proceeding under 5 

U.S.C. 554(e) and 49 U.S.C. 721 to 

determine whether the Board’s 

jurisdiction preempts state and local 

environmental review, land use 

restrictions, and other discretionary 

permitting requirements that might 

otherwise apply to DesertXpress’

proposed construction of an interstate 

high speed passenger rail system 

between Victorville, CA, and Las Vegas, 

NV. No responses to the petition have 

been filed. The Board seeks public 

comment on this issue. 

DATES: Comments are due October 16, 

2006. Replies are due November 6, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of any comments, referring to 

STB Finance Docket No. 34914, to: 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, send one copy of 

comments to DesertXpress’

representative, Linda Morgan, 

Covington & Burling LLP, 1201 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004–2401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565–1609. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 1–

800–877–8339]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

DesertXpress’ petition for declaratory 

order concerns its proposed project to 

construct an approximately 200-mile 

interstate high speed passenger rail 

system between Victorville and Las 

Vegas. Petitioner states that the project 

will involve the construction of 

significant lengths of new track and 

ancillary facilities, including two 

passenger stations and a 50-acre train 

maintenance and storage facility and 

operations center. DesertXpress states 

that the proposed route is planned 

alongside or within the median of 

Interstate 15 and will provide an 

alternative to automobile travel on that 

interstate. Petitioner anticipates that the 

project will utilize European high-speed 

trains which, traveling at speeds up to 

125 miles per hour, will travel between 

the two termini in under 105 minutes. 

According to petitioner, it has already 

initiated the Federal environmental 

review process, met with the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) about 

the project, coordinated with the Board 

and FRA in the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement, and 

entered into a Memorandum of 

Understanding with FRA and the Board. 


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