Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 1997 / Notices 40565

alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater

in their body, are not being used to

operate CMVs on public roads, and

show that drivers who have tested

positive have received necessary

assistance in resolving their use

problem. The records are used by the

FHWA, and its State and local partners

in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance

Program, to determine whether drivers

have driven CMVs while using alcohol

and drugs in violation of the law.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

2,309,703 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention

FHWA Desk Officer.

Interested parties are invited to send

comments regarding any aspect of this

collection of information, including, but

not limited to: whether the proposed

collection of information isnecessary for

the proper performance of the functions

of the Department, including whether

the information will have practical

utility; the accuracy of the Department’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

information collection; ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 23,1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–19952 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Executive Committee of the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee;

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a meeting of the

Executive Committee of the Federal

Aviation Administration Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

August 13, 1997, at 10 a.m. Arrange for

oral presentations by August 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Aerospace Industries Association of

America, 1250 Eye Street, NW., Wright

Room, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miss

Jean Casciano, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

telephone (202) 267–9683; fax (202)

267–5075; e-mail

Jean.Casciano@faa.dot.gov..

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Executive

Committee to be held on August 13,

1997, at the Aerospace Industries

Association of America, 1250 Eye Street,

NW., Wright Room, Washington, DC, 10

a.m. The agenda will include:.

• A status report from the Digital

Information Working Group, including a

possible vote on a proposed electronic

access NPRM

• Update on the status of the effort to

define a strategy for expediting the

completion of old ARAC tasks and

recommendations

• Update on the status of the

Overflights of the National Parks effort

• Administrative issues

Attendance is open to the interested

public but will be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements by August 1, 1997, to

present oral statements at the meeting.

The public may present written

statements to the executive committee at

any time by providing 25 copies to the

Executive Director, or by bringing the

copies to him at the meeting.

Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting. Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 22,

1997.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–19857 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

(97–04–C–00–JFK) to Impose and Use

the Revenue From a Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) at John F. Kennedy

International Airport (JFK), Jamaica,

NY; LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Flushing,

NY and Newark NJ International (EWR),

Newark, NJ

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 JFK, LGA, EWR

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C.

§ 40117 and part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Mr. Philip Brito, Manager, New

York Airports District Office, 600 Old

County Road, Suite 446, Garden City,

New York 11530.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Anthony

G. Cracchiolo, Director of New York

Airport Access Program, for the Port

Authority of New York & New Jersey at

the following address: The Port

Authority of New York & New Jersey,

One World Trade Center, Suite 2121,

New York, New York 10048.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Port

Authority of New York & New Jersey

under 14 CFR § 158.23.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Philip Brito, Manager, New York

Airports District Office, 600 Old County

Road, Suite 446, Garden City, New York

11530 (Telephone 516–227–3800). The

application may be reviewed in person

at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comments on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at JFK,

LGA, and EWR under the provisions of

49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 158).

On July 21, 1997, the FAA determined

that the applications to impose and use

the revenue from a PFC submitted by

the Port Authority of New York & New

Jersey were substantially complete
40566 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 1997 / Notices

1 In UP/SP, Decision No. 44: Union Pacific

Corporation was referred to as UPC; Union Pacific

Railroad Company was referred to as UPRR;

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company was referred to

as MPRR; UPRR and MPRR were referred to

collectively as UP; Southern Pacific Rail

Corporation was referred to as SPR; Southern

Pacific Transportation Company was referred to as

SPT; St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company was

referred to as SSW; SPCSL Corp. was referred to as

SPCSL; The Denver and Rio Grande Western

Railroad Company was referred to as DRGW; SPT,

SSW, SPCSL, and DRGW were referred to

collectively as SP; UPC, UP, SPR, and SP were

referred to collectively as ‘‘applicants’; and the

application that had been filed by applicants on

November 30, 1995, was variously referred to as

‘‘the application’’ and ‘‘the primary application.’’

2The reference is to Schwabacher v. United

States, 334 U.S. 192 (1948).

within the requirements of 14 CFR part

158 (§ 158.25). The FAA will approve or

disapprove the applications, in whole or

in part, no later than November 16,

1997. However, the FAA will make no

decision on the use application until the

Port Authority, the Federal Highway

Administration, and the New York State

Department of Transportation finalize

the Transportation Conformity process.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Applications number: 97–04–C–00–

JFK, LGA, EWR.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

September 1, 1997.

Proposed charge expiration date:

December 1, 2009.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$1,248,000,000.

Brief description of proposed projects:

The Port Authority of NY & NJ request

authority to use PFC revenue on two

projects previously approved for

collection:

1. Construct a Light Rail System (LRS)

to serve the JFK Central Terminal Area

(CTA).

2. Construct a 3.3 mile LRS

connecting the NYCT Howard Beach

Subway Station to the JFK CTA.

The Port Authority of NY & NJ also

request the authority to impose and use

PFC’s for one new project:

—Construct a 3.1 mile long LRS

connecting the LIRR Jamaica Station

to the NYCT Howard Beach LRS

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: Air taxi,

except commuter air carriers.

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:

Fitzgerald Federal Building, John F.

Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica,

New York, 11430.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the office of the

Port Authority of New York & New

Jersey.

Issued in Jamaica, New York on July 21,

1997.

William DeGraaff,

Assistant Manager, Airports Division, Eastern

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–19856 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub–No.

23)]

Railroad Operation, Acquisition,

Construction, Etc.: Union Pacific Corp,

et al.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice that the Board has been

requested to issue a finding that the

terms and conditions of the proposed

merger of St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company into SSW Merger

Corp. are just and reasonable.

SUMMARY: St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company, approximately

99.96% of the common stock of which

is owned by Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, is to be

merged into SSW Merger Corp., 100% of

the common stock of which is owned by

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company. The merger envisions, among

other things, a ‘‘cashing out,’’ at a price

of $6,800 per share, of the four

shareholders who own the

approximately 0.04% of the common

stock of St. Louis Southwestern Railway

Company that is publicly held (61 out

of 173,300 shares). The Board has been

requested to issue a finding that the

terms and conditions of the merger are

just and reasonable.

DATES: Comments must be filed by

August 28, 1997. Replies must be filed

by September 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All pleadings should refer

to STB Finance Docket No. 32760 (SubNo. 23). Comments (an original and 10

copies) and replies (an original and 10

copies) should be sent to the Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, ATTN.:

STB Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No.

23), 1925 K Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20423–0001. Comments should also

be served (one copy each) on Arvid E.

Roach II, Covington & Burling, 1201

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., P.O. Box

7566, Washington, DC 20044–7566.

Replies should also be served (one copy

each) on the four shareholders who own

the 61 publicly held shares of the

common stock of St. Louis

Southwestern Railway Company and on

any other persons filing comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

M. Farr, (202) 565–1613. [TDD for the

hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

Decision No. 44 in Finance Docket No.

32760, Union Pacific Corporation,

Union Pacific Railroad Company, and

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Control and Merger—Southern Pacific

Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis

Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL

Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande

Western Railroad Company (UP/SP), we

approved the common control and

merger of the rail carriers controlled by

Union Pacific Corporation (Union

Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri

Pacific Railroad Company) and the rail

carriers controlled by Southern Pacific

Rail Corporation (Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis

Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL

Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande

Western Railroad Company).1

The common control authorized in

UP/SP, Decision No. 44, was

consummated on September 11, 1996,

with the merger of SPR with and into

UP Holding Company, Inc., a direct

wholly owned subsidiary of UPC.

In the application filed on November

30, 1995, applicants had noted, among

other things, that, in effectuating UP/SP

common control, they intended to

merge SPT, SSW, SPCSL, and DRGW

into UPRR, although they added that

these companies might retain their

separate existence for some time. See

UP/SP, Decision No. 44, slip op. at 8.

With respect to SSW, applicants

specifically noted that, although SSW

had a small number of minority equity

holders and although the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) held

certain SSW redeemable preference

shares, the application did not include

a request for a Schwabacher

determination 2 with respect to the

compensation that might be paid to

SSW security holders in connection

with a merger of SSW into UPRR.

Applicants added, however, that, if they

later determined to carry out such a

merger, they would request either a

Schwabacher determination respecting

the terms of the merger or a declaratory

order that no such determination was