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1 Van Nortwick provides charter and tour

operations primarily in New Jersey and nearby

states.

Respondents: Owners or operators of

self-propelled hopper dredges.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 50 hours annually.

8. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility

Records.

OMB No. 2115–0092.

Summary: This collection of

information requires the person in

charge of a barge fleeting facility to keep

records of the twice daily inspections of

the barge mooring and movements of

barges and hazardous cargo in and out

of the facility.

Need: Title 33 CFR 165.803(i), is

designed to prevent barges from

breaking away from a fleeting facility

and drifting downstream out of control

in very congested areas.

Respondents: Person in charge of

barge fleeting families.

Frequency: Twice daily and on

occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 20,000 hours annually.

9. Title: Plan approval and records for

Tank, Passenger, Cargo and

Miscellaneous Vessels, Mobile Offshore

Drilling Units, Nautical Schools,

Oceanographic Vessels and Electrical

Engineering.

OMB No. 2115–0505.

Summary: This collection of

information requires the shipyard,

designer or manufacturer for the

construction of vessels to submit plans,

technical information, and operating

manuals to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3301 and 3306,

the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for

enforcing regulations promoting the

safety of life and property in marine

transportation. This information is used

by the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure that

a vessel meets the applicable

construction, arrangement and

equipment standards.

Respondents: Shipyard, designer or

manufacturer of certain vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 8,000 hours annually.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

G.S. Steinfort,

Acting Director of Information & Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–21262 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Training and

Qualifications

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

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee to discuss training and

qualification issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

September 11 at 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Regional Airlines Association,

Second floor, 1200 19th St. NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Regina L. Jones, (202) 267–9822,

Office of Rulemaking, (ARM–100) 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

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 Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss training and

qualification issues. This meeting will

be held September 11, 1997, at 12:00

noon, at the Regional Airline

Association. The agenda for this

meeting will include a status report

from the Air Carrier Pilot Preemployment Screening Standards and

Criteria Working Group.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but may be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements in advance to present oral

statements at the meeting or may

present statements to the committee at

any time. In addition, 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 August 6,

1997.

Jean Casciano,

Acting Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–21254 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33428]

Coach USA, Inc., and Leisure Time

Tours—Control and Merger

Exemption—Van Nortwick Bros., Inc.,

The Arrow Line, Inc., and TrentwayWagar, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Petition for

Exemption.

SUMMARY: Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a

noncarrier that controls 27 motor

passenger carriers, and Leisure Time

Tours, d/b/a Leisure Lines (Leisure

Time), a motor passenger carrier wholly

owned by Coach (collectively,

petitioners), seek an exemption, under

49 U.S.C. 13541, from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 14303(a)(5), to

acquire control of Van Nortwick Bros.,

Inc. (Van Nortwick), a motor passenger

carrier, and to merge Van Nortwick into

Leisure Time, which will be the

surviving entity. Coach also seeks an

exemption, under 49 U.S.C. 13541, from

the prior approval requirements of 49

U.S.C. 14303(a)(5), to acquire control of

The Arrow Line, Inc. (Arrow), and

Trentway-Wagar, Inc. (Trentway), motor

carriers of passengers.

DATES: Comments must be filed by

September 11, 1997. Petitioners may file

a reply by September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of comments referring to STB

Finance Docket No. 33428 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. Also, send one copy of comments

to petitioners’ representatives: Betty Jo

Christian and David H. Coburn, Steptoe

& Johnson LLP, 1330 Connecticut

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1600. [TDD for

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Coach and

Leisure Time (MC–142011) seek an

exemption for Leisure Time to acquire

direct stock control and Coach to

acquire indirect stock control of Van

Nortwick (MC–149025), a motor

passenger carrier that operates in

interstate and intrastate commerce.1

Following the acquisition of control and

negotiation of a further agreement

between the parties, petitioners also

seek an exemption to merge Van