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Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

Part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; EO 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

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AEA WV AEA E5 Summersville, WV

[Revised]

Summersville Airport, WV

(lat. 38°13′54′′ N., long. 80°52′15′′ W.)

Nicholas NDB

(lat. 38°10′30′′ N., long. 80°55′12′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile

radius of Summersville Airport and within 4

miles each side of the 215° bearing from the

Nicholas NDB extending from the 6.3-mile

radius to 9.6 miles southwest of the NDB and

4 miles each side of the 037° bearing from the

Summersville Airport extending from the

6.3-mile radius to 11.5 miles northeast of the

airport.

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Issued in Jamaica, New York on October 7,

1997.

Franklin D. Hatfield,

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 97–28603 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ANM–02]

Amendment of Class E Airspace;

Alamosa, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: On October 20, 1997, the FAA

published in the Federal Register a final

rule which revised Class E airspace at

Alamosa, CO. The final rule

inadvertently listed November 19, 1997,

as the effective date. The FAA intended

the effective date to be November 6,

1997. This document corrects the

effective date.

DATES: This document is effective on

October 29, 1997.

The effective date of FR Doc. 97–

27364 is changed from 0901 UTC,

November 19, 1997, to 0901 UTC,

November 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ted Melland, ANM–520.1, Federal

Aviation Administration, Docket No.

97–ANM–02, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W.,

Renton, WA, 98055–4056; telephone:

(425) 227–2536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 20, 1997, the FAA published in

the Federal Register a final rule which

revised Class E airspace at Alamosa, CO

(FR Doc. 97–27364; 62 FR 54379). The

FAA intended the final rule to be

effective November 6, 1997; however,

due to an administrative error, the final

rule was not published sufficiently in

advance of the intended effective date to

meet the 30-day notice general

requirement of the Administrative

Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(a).

Consequently, the effective date of the

rule was altered to indicate a date 30

days after the date of publication.

The October 20, 1997, final rule

revised Class E airspace at Alamosa, CO,

in part by expanding that portion of the

airspace area which extends upward

from 1,200 feet above ground level

(AGL); this revision will appear on, and

therefore must coincide with,

instrument flight rules (IFR)

aeronautical charts scheduled to become

effective November 6, 1997. Any delay

in the effective date of the revisions to

the Alamosa, CO, Class E airspace

beyond November 6, 1997, will cause

the affected IFR aeronautical charts to

be in error during the period of the

delay and may lead to pilot confusion

and a hazard to air navigation.

In consideration of the foregoing, the

FAA finds that good cause exists,

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), for making

FR Doc. 97–27364 effective in less than

30 days from its date of publication in

the Federal Register.

The Correction

In rule FR Doc. 97–27364 published

on October 20, 1997 (62 FR 54379),

make the following correction. On page

54379, in the second column, revise the

effective date of the rule to 0901 UTC,

November 6, 1997.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Glenn A. Adams III,

Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Northwest Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 97–28609 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 111

[T.D. 97–86]

Annual User Fee for Customs Broker

Permit

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of due date for broker

user fee.

SUMMARY: This document advises

Customs brokers that for 1998 the

annual user fee of $125 that is assessed

for each permit held by an individual,

partnership, association or corporate

broker is due by January 9, 1998. This

announcement is being published to

comply with the Tax Reform Act of

1986.

DATES: Due date for fee: January 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Adline Tatum, Entry (202) 927–0380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 13031 of the Consolidated

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1985 (Pub. L. 99–272) established that

an annual user fee of $125 is to be

assessed for each Customs broker permit

held by an individual, partnership,

association or corporation. This fee is

set forth in the Customs Regulations in

§ 111.96 ( 19 CFR 111.96).

Section 111.96, Customs Regulations,

provides that a user fee for brokers is

payable for each calendar year and that

the fee is payable by the due date which

will be published in the Federal

Register annually. The fee is to be paid

at each Broker district where the broker

is issued a permit to do business. Broker

districts are defined in a General Notice

that was published in the Federal

Register (60 FR 49971) on September

27, 1995.

Section 1893 of the Tax Reform Act of

1986 (Pub. L. 99–514) provides that

notices of the date on which a payment

is due of the user fee for each broker

permit shall be published by the

Secretary of the Treasury in the Federal

Register by no later than 60 days before

such due date. This document notifies

brokers that for 1998, the due date for
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payment of the user fee is January 9,

1998. It is expected that the annual user

fees for brokers for subsequent years

will be due on or about the third of

January of each year.

Dated: October 23, 1997.

Anne. K. Lombardi,

Acting Director, Trade Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–28564 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20

Acceptance Procedures for Global

Package Link (GPL)

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is

amending the rule on Global Package

Link (GPL) service. New charges are

being announced effective November

28, 1997. The new charges provide a

discount for mailer-provided

transportation of packages to a GPL

processing facility and add, for mailers

located more than 500 miles from a GPL

processing facility, a surcharge for

Postal-provided transportation. In

addition, the current option for mailer

processing is eliminated.

DATES: These regulations take effect as

of November 28, 1997. Comments must

be received on or before November 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or delivered to International

Business Unit, Manager, Mail Order,

U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza

SW, 370–IBU, Washington, DC 20260–

6500. Copies of all written comments

will be available for public inspection

and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert E. Michelson, (202) 268–5731.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

General Description

Global Package Link (GPL) is a service

that provides fast, economical

international delivery of packages

containing merchandise. GPL is

designed to make it easier and less

costly for mail-order companies to

export goods. The Postal Service

provides GPL on a destination countryspecific basis pursuant to the terms and

conditions stipulated in subsection 620

of the International Mail Manual and

the Individual Country Listings.

II. GPL Acceptance

Description

Current Procedures

Currently, if the plant from which the

customer’s GPL packages originate is

within 500 miles of a GPL processing

facility, the Postal Service will accept

the packages at the mailer’s plant and

transport them by truck to the GPL

facility at no additional charge. If the

mailer’s plant is located more than 500

miles from a GPL facility, the customer

has two options. The customer may

choose either to:

a. present the packages to the Postal

Service for verification at the customer’s

plant, and then transport the packages

to the GPL facility, or

b. process the packages using Postalprovided workstations, after which the

Postal Service accepts the packages and

transports them to a designated air-mail

facility.

Proposed Procedures

The new provisions will differ from

the current one in the following aspects:

1. If the mailer transports the

packages to a GPL facility, the mailer

will receive a $.20 per pound discount,

regardless of the distance from the

mailer’s plant to a GPL facility.

2. If the mailer’s plant is more than

500 miles from a GPL facility, and the

customer does not drop ship, the Postal

Service will provide transportation at an

additional rate of $.40 per pound. If the

mailer’s plant is within 500 miles from

a GPL facility, the Postal Service will

continue to provide transportation

without any additional charge.

3. The current option for mailers

whose plants are more than 500 miles

from a GPL processing facility, in which

the customer processes the packages

using a Postal-provided computer

system, is eliminated.

Accordingly, the Postal Service

adopts the following amendments of the

International Mail Manual on an interim

basis. Although 39 U.S. C. 409 does not

require advance notice and opportunity

for submission of comments, and the

Postal Service is exempted by 39 U.S.C.

410(a) from the advance notice

requirements of the Administrative

Procedure Act regarding proposed

rulemaking (5 U.S.C. 553), the Postal

Service invites interested persons to

submit written data, views or arguments

concerning this interim rule.

The Postal Service adopts the

following amendments to the

International Mail Manual, which is

incorporated by reference in the Code of

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 20.1.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20

Foreign Relation, International Post

Service.

PART 20—AMENDED

1. The authority for 39 CFR Part 20

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401,

404, 407, 408.

2. Effective October 29, 1997

subchapter 620 of International Mail

Manual Issue 19 is amended to read as

follows:

Global Package Link (620)

623.4 Postage

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623.44 Base Rates

[Renumber current ‘‘Rate Reductions’’

as 623.441 and add new section 623.442

as follows:]

623.442 Transportation Drop-Shipment

Discount

A discount of 20 cents per pound

applies to mail that is tranported by the

mailer to a designated GPL facility. To

compute the discount, multiply 20 cents

by the number of pounds per country

and per service level.

623.443 USPS Transportation Charge

If a mailer’s plant is located more than

500 miles from a GPL facility, and the

USPS tranports the mail, the mail is

subject to an additional transportation

charge of 40 cents per pound. To

calculate the transportation charge,

multiply 40 cents by the number of

pounds per country per service level.

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625.1 Acceptance

[Replace sections 625.1 and 625.2 and

add new 625.3 as follows:]

625.1 Acceptance Location

A GPL mailing must be verified by

USPS employees assigned to a detached

mail unit (DMU) in the mailer’s plant or

at the origin post office serving the

mailer’s plant, according to a schedule

agreed to by the Postal Service and the

mailer. After verification, the mailing

may be transported to a GPL facility by

either the mailer or the Postal Service.

625.2 Transportation to GPL facility by

the Mailer

The mailer will transport the packages

as a drop-shipment to a GPL processing

facility according to a schedule agreed

to by the Postal Service and the

customer. The mailer is eligible for a

discount for drop shipment (see

623.442).