43768 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices

DATES: Submit any comments to OMB

and FAA by October 14, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Commercial Passenger-Carrying

Operations in Single Engine Aircraft

under Instrument Flight Rules.

Need: The information collection

associated with Part 135 is necessary to

ensure the continued airworthiness of

the affected single engine aircraft used

in air transportation. The recordkeeping

requirements reflect the continued

airworthiness of the affected operators,

inasmuch as these amendments

required maintenance for the newlyrequired, redundant electrical and

vacuum systems.

Respondents: 1800 operators.

Frequency: (Recordkeeping)

Approximately five times annually for

engine trend monitoring recordkeeping,

i.e., oil analysis processing and

recordkeeping; one time recording of the

maintenance procedures required for

the redundant electrical and vacuum

systems.

Burden: The FAA conservatively

estimates that, on average, the rule

would require six additional work hours

per year during the first year for each of

the approximately 1800 affected

carriers, for an estimated 10,800 ondemand operators potentially affected

by this rule. However, the FAA does not

know how many operators will take the

necessary steps to comply with the

regulation and gain the benefits of so

doing. Therefore, the FAA considers

this estimate to be overstated, and seeks

comments on this estimate.

For Further Information: or to obtain

a copy of the request for clearance

submitted to OMB, you may contact Ms.

Judy Street at the Federal Aviation

Administration, Corporate Information

Division, ABC–100, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

Comments may be submitted to the

FAA at the address above and to Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10202, Attention FAA Desk

Officer, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8,

1997.

Steve Hopkins,

Manager, Corporate Information Division,

ABC–100.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),

Notice of Public Comment Period and

Schedule of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of

comment period, notice of public

hearings.

SUMMARY: In accordance with

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C),

the FAA is preparing an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal

Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve

John F. Kennedy International and

LaGuardia Airports, New York, New

York. A Draft EIS document has been

prepared and is available for public

review and comment. Written request

for the Draft EIS and written comments

for the Draft EIS can be submitted as

follows: Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Attention: Docket No. 28365,

800 Independence Avenue, Washington,

DC 20591. Public hearings will be held

on September 17 and 18, 1997. The

public comment period will commence

August 22, 1997 and will close on

October 10, 1997.

DATES: The start of the comment period

on Draft EIS will be concurrent with the

Federal Register notice of availability as

filed by the Environmental Protection

Agency. The comment period will start

on August 22, 1997 and will end on

October 10, 1997. Public hearings on the

Draft EIS will be held on Wednesday

evening September 17, Thursday

afternoon September 18, and Thursday

evening September 18. On Wednesday

evening September 17, 1997,

information exhibits will open at 6:30

p.m., and presentations and comments

will start at 7:00 p.m. On Thursday

afternoon September 18, 1997, exhibits

will open at 12:30 p.m. and presentation

and public comments will begin at 1:00

p.m., and on Thursday evening October

18, 1997, exhibits will open at 6:30 and

the presentation and comments will

begin at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Locations for the public

hearings are as follows: Wednesday

evening, September 17, 1997, 6:30 p.m.,

The Bach Club, Ocean Room, 129 Beach

116th Street, Rockaway Park, NY 11694.

Thursday afternoon September 18, 1997,

12:30 p.m., The Playhouse Theater,

Kingsborough Community College, The

City University of New York, 2001

Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY

11235. Thursday evening September 18,

1997, 6:30 p.m., The Mill Basin School,

PS 236, 6302 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY

11234.

Written requests for the Draft EIS and

written comments on the Draft EIS

should be submitted to the FAA as

follows: Federal Aviation

Administration, Attention: Office of the

Chief Counsel, AGC–200, Docket No.

28365, 800 Independence Avenue,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jerome D. Schwartz, Environmental

Specialist, Federal Aviation

Administration, Wind Shear and

Weather Radar Products Team, AND–

420, 800 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)

267–9841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C.

4332(2)(C), the FAA is preparing an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

The Draft EIS analyzes potential impacts

from the installation of the proposed

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

(TDWR) and alternative technologies.

Public hearings on the Draft EIS will be

held the evenings of September 17 and

18, and the afternoon of September 18,

1997. For meeting details see above

DATES and ADDRESSES sections.

Comments from interested parties on

the Draft EIS are encouraged and may be

presented verbally at a public hearing or

may be submitted in writing to the FAA

at Federal Aviation Administration,

Attention: Office of Chief Counsel,

ACG–200, Docket 28365, 800

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591. The public

comment period will close on Friday

October 10, 1997.

Sign interpretation will be available if

requested at least five calendar days

before the meetings at which it is

required.

Issued in Washington, DC on August 12,

1997.

Daniel P. Salvano,

Acting Director, Communications,

Navigation, and Surveillance Systems,

AND–1.

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