71236 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 2006 / Notices 

• Are likely to be successfully 

implemented; 

• Affect the most daily surface 

transportation travelers; 

• Produce the greatest potential 

reduction in overall traffic congestion; 

• Provide the greatest congestionreduction benefits per dollar of Federal 

support; 

• Provide the most cost-effective 

means of reducing traffic congestion; 

and 

• Demonstrate innovative and 

potentially far-reaching technology 

applications. 

This Notice is not the sole means by 

which the Department is soliciting 

candidates for UPAs. The Department 

reserves the right to solicit, and is 

actively soliciting, by means other than 

this Notice, certain metropolitan areas 

that the Department has determined, on 

a preliminary basis, to be candidates for 

UPAs. Neither the procedures nor the 

criteria set forth in this Notice shall be 

binding on the Department. 

Issued On: November 7, 2006. 

Maria Cino, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–20924 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of Draft Advisory 

Circulars, Other Policy Documents and 

Proposed Technical Standard Orders 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: This is a recurring Notice of 

Availability, and request for comments, 

on draft advisory circulars (ACs), other 

policy documents, and proposed 

technical standard orders (TSOs) 

currently offered by Aviation Safety. 

SUMMARY: The FAA’s Aviation Safety, 

an organization responsible for the 

certification, production approval, and 

continued airworthiness of aircraft, and 

certification of pilots, mechanics, and 

others in safety related positions, 

publishes proposed non-regulatory 

documents that are available for public 

comment on the Internet at http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/. 

DATES: We must receive comments on or 

before the due date for each document 

as specified on the Web site. 

ADDRESSES: Sent comments on proposed 

documents to the Federal Aviation 

Administration at the address specified 

on the Web site for the document being 

commented on, to the attention of the 

individual and office identified as point 

of contact for the document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See 

the individual or FAA office identified 

on the Web site for the specified 

document. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Final 

advisory circulars, other policy 

documents, and technical standard 

orders (TSOs) are available on FAA’s 

Web site, including final documents 

published by the Aircraft Certification 

Service on FAA’s Regulatory and 

Guidance Library (RGL) at http:// 

rgl.faa.gov/. 

Comments Invited 

When commenting on draft ACs, 

other policy documents or proposed 

TSOs, you should identify the 

document by its number. The Aviation 

Safety organization, will consider all 

comments received on or before the 

closing date before issuing a final 

document. You can obtain a paper copy 

of the draft document or proposed TSO 

by contacting the individual or FAA 

office responsible for the document as 

identified on the Web site. You will find 

the draft ACs, other policy documents 

and proposed TSOs on the ‘‘Aviation 

Safety Draft Documents Open for 

Comment’’ Web site at http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/. For 

Internet retrieval assistance, contact the 

AIR Internet Content Program Manager 

at 202–267–8361. 

Background 

We do not publish an individual 

Federal Register Notice for each 

document we make available for public 

comment. On the Web site, you may 

subscribe to our service for e-mail 

notification when new draft documents 

are made available. Persons wishing to 

comment on our draft ACs, other policy 

documents and proposed TSOs can find 

them by using the FAA’s Internet 

address listed above. This notice of 

availability and request for comments 

on documents produced by Aviation 

Safety will appear again in 30 days. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 4, 

2006. 

Terry Allen, 

Acting Manager, Production and 

Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–9605 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25652] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Notice of Intent To Survey Motor 

Carriers Operating Small PassengerCarrying Commercial Motor Vehicles 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FMCSA invites 

comments about its plan to request the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval of a new information 

collection (IC). FMCSA intends to 

sponsor this new information collection 

by use of a research contractor to 

conduct a survey of motor carriers who 

operate small passenger-carrying 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The 

data collected would assist FMCSA with 

outreach initiatives to these motor 

carriers of passengers, some of which 

will be brought within the scope of 

FMCSA safety regulation by recent 

statutory changes. This notice is 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 6, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Docket Number FMCSA–

2006–25652. You may mail or hand 

deliver comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Dockets 

Management Facility, Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590; telefax comments to (202) 

493–2251; or submit electronically at 

http://dms.dot.gov. You may examine 

and copy all comments received at the 

above address between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. If you desire your 

comment to be acknowledged, you must 

include a self-addressed stamped 

envelope or postcard or, if you submit 

your comments electronically, you may 

print the acknowledgment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Chandler, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, Office of 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

Commercial Passenger Carrier Safety 

Division, Washington, DC 20590, phone 

(202) 366–5763, fax (202) 366–3621, email peter.chandler@dot.gov. Office 

hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 


sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES