Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 218 / Wednesday, November 12, 1997 / Notices 60745

r–2—071y, r–4—078f, r–6—085L

Intended Effective Date: December 1,

1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–3068.

Date Filed: October 30, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC23 EUR-SEA 0042 dated October

7, 1997

Europe-Southeast Asia Resos r1—29

Correction—PTC23 EUR–SEA 0043

dated October 21, 1997

Minutes—PTC23 EUR–SEA 0044

dated October 24, 1997

Tables—PTC23 EUR–SEA Fares 0009

dated October 28, 1997

Intended effective date: April 1, 1998.

Paulette V. Twine,

Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–29723 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

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

October 31, 1997

The following Applications for

Certificates 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–95–477.

Date Filed: October 31, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 28, 1995.

Description: Application of L.B.

Limited pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41302,

applies for amendment and re-issuance

of its foreign air carrier permit to engage

in scheduled air transportation of

persons, property and mail on the

following Bahamas-U.S. scheduled

combination route: Freeport on the one

hand, and the coterminal points

Atlantic City, NJ; Pittsburgh, PA;

Louisville, KY; Clearwater, FL; and

Charleston, SC on the other hand.

Docket Number: OST–97–3075.

Date Filed: October 31, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 28, 1997.

Description: Application of Northern

Airlines Corporation, pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 41102 and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, applies for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity to

engage in scheduled and charter

interstate air transportation of persons,

property and mail, and respectfully

requests that it be accomplished through

show cause or other expedited

procedures.

Docket Number: OST–97–3076.

Date Filed: October 31, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 28, 1997.

Description: Application of Servicios

Aereos Profesionales, S.A., pursuant to

Subpart Q and Section 402 of the

Federal Aviation Act of 1958, applies

for issuance of an initial Foreign Air

Carrier Permit, to operate between the

Dominican Republic and the United

States under a wet lease agreement.

Paulette V. Twine,

Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–29722 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Air Carrier Operations

Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Quentin J. Smith, Federal Aviation

Administration (AFS–200), 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; phone (202)

267–5819; fax (202) 267–5229.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA has established an Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator, through the

Associate Administrator for Regulation

and Certification, on the full range of

the FAA’s rulemaking activities with

respect to aviation-related issues. This

includes obtaining advice and

recommendations on the FAA’s

commitment to harmonize its

regulations and practices with its

trading partners in Europe and Canada.

One area ARAC deals with is air

carrier operations issues. These issues

involve the operational requirements for

air carriers, including crewmember

requirements, airplane operating

performance and limitations, and

equipment requirements.

The Task

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization tasks:

Airplane Performance Operating

Limitations

1. Review FAA and JAA airplane

operational performance requirements

(14 CFR parts 121 and 135/JAR–OPS)

and develop a list of differences

between the two sets of requirements.

(use should be made of preliminary

work on the task carried out by

industry). During this review, if

differences are identified in the

associated certification requirements,

such difference should be reported to

the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC) and the

Harmonization Management Team by

the FAA and JAA contacts.

2. When the first step is completed,

explore the feasibility of harmonization

of each identified difference in the

following order of priority: Performance

Class A, Class B, and Class C.

3. Within one year of publication of

the ARAC task in the Federal Register,

develop recommendations for common

(harmonized) operational performance

requirements for those items identified

under item above as being feasible for

harmonization. If the working group

determines FAA rulemaking is required,

that determination must be forwarded to

the FAA for consideration of rulemaking

priority, resource allocation, and

additional tasking to ARAC, as

appropriate.

Working Group Activity

The Airplane Performance

Harmonization Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of that tasks, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

consider air carrier operations issues

held following publication of this

notice.