42852 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Application for Certificates of

Public Convenience and Necessity and

Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under

Subpart Q During the Week Ending

August 1, 1997

The following Applications for

Certifications of Public Convenience

and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier

Permits were filed under Subpart Q of

the Department of Transportation’s

Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR

302.1701 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–97–2768.

Date Filed: July 29, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: August 26, 1997.

Description: Application of Far

Eastern Air Transport Corporation,

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section 41302 and

Subpart Q of the Regulations, applies for

a Foreign Air Carrier Permit that would

permit Far Eastern to engage in

scheduled and charter foreign air

transportation of persons, property and

mail between any point or points in

Taiwan, on the one hand, and Guam, on

the other.

Paulette V. Twine,

Chief, Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–20962 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 96–048]

National Boating Safety Activities:

Funding for National Nonprofit Public

Service Organizations

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening

and extension of application period.

SUMMARY: In a notice published October

1, 1996, the Coast Guard announced the

availability of funds for grants to enter

into financial assistance agreements

with national nonprofit public service

organizations to promote boating safety

on a national level. The notice sought

applications for grant proposals for

projects that might be eligible for this

assistance. This notice reopens and

extends the period for submission of

additional grant application proposals.

DATES: Proposals must be received

before 4:30 p.m. eastern time August 20,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Application packages may

be obtained by contacting Ms. Betty

Alley, Office of Boating Safety, U.S.

Coast Guard (G–OPB–1g/room 3100),

2100 Second Street, SW, Washington,

DC 10593–0001; (202) 267–0954 and

proposals submitted to Commandant

(G–OPB–1g), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Room 3100, Washington, DC 20593–

0001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Betty Alley, Office of Boating

Safety, U.S. Coast Guard (G–OPB–1g/

room 3100), 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001; (202) 267–

0954. You may obtain a copy of this

Notice by calling the Coast Guard

Infoline at 1–800–368–5647, or on the

Internet Office of Boating Safety Web

Site at URL address http://

www.uscgboating.org/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 26,

United States Code, section 9504,

establishes the Boat Safety Account of

the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. The

Coast Guard may award up to 5 percent

of the available funds to national,

nonprofit, public service organizations

to promote national boating safety. For

fiscal year 1997, $2,250,000 is available

for grant awards. The Coast Guard has

not yet obligated all of these funds.

Nothing in this announcement should

be construed as committing the Coast

Guard to dividing available funds

among qualified applicants or awarding

any specified amount.

It is anticipated that several awards

will be made by the Director of

Operations Policy, U.S. Coast Guard.

Applicants must be non-governmental,

nonprofit, public service organizations

and must establish that their activities

are, in fact, national in scope. An

application package may be obtained by

writing or calling the point of contact

listed in ADDRESSES. The application

package contains all necessary forms, an

explanation of how the grant program is

administered, and a checklist for

submitting a grant application. Specific

information on organization eligibility,

proposal requirements, award

procedures, and financial

administration procedures may be

obtained by contacting the person listed

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The application submission period is

limited to August 20, 1997, to allow for

processing of applications received

before the close of the fiscal year.

Proposals addressing the general areas

of continuing and particular interest

identified in the initial notice published

on October 1, 1996 (61 FR 51312) or

other boating safety concerns are

welcome. A more detailed discussion of

specific projects of interest to the Coast

Guard may be obtained by contacting

the Coast Guard Infoline at (800) 368–

5647 and requesting a copy of a specific

proposal. The Boating Safety Financial

Assistance Program is listed in section

20.005 of the Federal Domestic

Assistance Catalog.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

James D. Hull,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of

Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–20965 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Research and Development Programs

Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting at which NHTSA will

describe and discuss specific research

and development projects. Further, the

notice requests suggestions for topics to

be presented by the agency.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration will hold

a public meeting devoted primarily to

presentations of specific research and

development projects on September 17,

1997, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending

at approximately 5:00 p.m. The deadline

for interested parties to suggest agenda

topics is 4:15 p.m. on August 21, 1997.

Questions may be submitted in advance

regarding the agency’s research and

development projects. They must be

submitted in writing by September 3,

1997, to the address given below. If

sufficient time is available, questions

received after the September 3 date will

be answered at the meeting in the

discussion period. The individual,

group, or company asking a question

does not have to be present for the

question to be answered. A consolidated

list of the questions submitted by

September 3 will be available at the

meeting and will be mailed to requesters

after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401

Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.

Suggestions for specific R&D topics as