Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 219 / Thursday, November 13, 1997 / Notices 60935

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9–NPRM–CMNTS@faa,dot.gov.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heather Thorson, (202) 267–7470 or

Angela Anderson (202) 267–9681 Office

of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

Part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 11).

Issued in Washington, D.C., on November

6, 1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29038.

Petitioner: GE Varig.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.47(b).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to substitute the

calibration standards of the Instituto

Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizac ̨a ̃o e

Qualidade Industrial, Brazil’s national

standards organization, for the

calibration standards of the U.S.

National Institute of Standards and

Technology to test its inspection

equipment.

Docket No.: 29039.

Petitioner: Worldwide Aircraft

Services, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.807(g)(1), 25.807(i)(1), and 25.857(e).

Description of Relief Sought: To

exempt Worldwide Aircraft Services

from the requirements of 14 CFR

§§ 25.807(g)(1), 25.807(i)(1), and

25.857(e) for the carriage of

supernumeraries on Embraer model 120

airplanes with a Class E cargo

compartment.

Docket No.: 26734.

Petitioner: Sierra Industries, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and (2).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit certain qualified pilots of Cessna

Model 500 Citation (CE–500) airplanes

with Supplemental Type Certificate

(STC) No. SA09377SC to operate those

airplanes within a pilot who is

designated as second in command.

Docket No.: 29027.

Petitioner: National Business Aviation

Association, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

61.57(b).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit NBAA-member companies to

meet night takeoff and landing recent

flight experience requirements using a

Level C or Level D flight simulator, and

to accomplish the required takeoffs and

landings every 180 days rather than

every 90 days.

Docket No.: 27052.

Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to continue to

operate its Bell Model 206L–1

helicopters (Registration Nos. N2761X,

N5005B, N50182, and N50046; and

Serial Nos. 45283, 45175, 45242, 45173,

respectively) without having a TSO–

C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on

those aircraft.

Docket No.: 29034.

Petitioner: Eagle Jet Charter, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

93.316(b).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to continue to

operate its Fokker F–27 turboprop

aircraft after January 31, 1998, under

instrument flight rules in the Grand

Canyon National Park Special Flight

rules Area at cruise altitudes of 15,000

and 16,000 feet mean sea level without

those aircraft being listed on its

operations specifications as commercial

sightseeing aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 012SW.

Petitioner: Frank D. Robinson.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

27.1(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit certification of

hydraulically boosted controls on the

Model R44 helicopter without the

necessity of considering the jamming of

a control valve as a possible single

failure. Grant, October 17, 1997,

Exemption No. 6692.

Docket No.: 23771.

Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and (2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit certain qualified

pilots of Cessna Citation Model 550,

S550, 552, or 560 aircraft to operate

those aircraft without a pilot who is

designated as second in command.

Grant, October 28, 1997, Exemption No.

4050J.

[FR Doc. 97–29902 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Flight Standards District Office at

Scottsdale, AZ; Certificate

Management Office at Phoenix, AZ;

Notice of Consolidation

Notice is hereby given that on or

about November 10, 1997, the Flight

Standards District Office at Scottsdale,

Arizona and the Certificate Management

Office at Phoenix, Arizona will be

consolidated as Arizona Flight

Standards District Office. Services to the

general public of Arizona will continue

to be provided by the new organization

at the same physical locations. This

information will be reflected in the FAA

Organizational Statement the next time

it is reissued.

(Sec. 313(a), 72 Stat. 752; 49 U.S.C. 1354.)

Issued in Los Angeles, CA, on October 27,

1997.

Lynore C. Brekke,

Acting Regional Administrator, WesternPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–29903 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Sec. 5a Application No. 61]

National Classification Committee—

Agreement

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board is commencing a proceeding to

determine whether, under 49 U.S.C.

13703(d) and (e), it is in the public

interest to renew the bureau agreement

of the National Classification

Committee, which administers the

National Motor Freight Classification.

DATES: Written notices of intent to

participate are due by November 28,

1997. Shortly thereafter, we will serve a

preliminary service list and request for

written corrections. By December 11,

1997, we will serve any necessary

corrections to the service list. Opening

comments are due by January 8, 1998.

Reply comments are due by February 5,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of notices of intent to participate

and comments, referring to ‘‘Section 5a

Application No. 61,’’ to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.
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1Traditionally, motor carrier rate bureau

proceedings have been identified as ‘‘Section 5a’’

proceedings, in reference to section 5a of the

Interstate Commerce Act as it existed prior to its

1978 codification as 49 U.S.C. 10706. In the ICC

Termination Act of 1995, the statutory provisions

governing motor carrier rate bureau agreements

were severed from the rail provisions of section

10706 and recodified as section 13703.

2See the notice published in the Federal Register

on May 20, 1997, at 62 FR 27653, and the Board’s

decisions in those consolidated proceedings served

on May 20, 1997, and August 15, 1997. In the

decision served on August 15, 1997, we denied a

petition to expand the consolidated proceedings to

consider whether antitrust immunity should be

continued for activities under the NCC agreement,

but stated that we would in the future address

matters relating to antitrust immunity for NCC

activities separately.

Opening and reply comments must be

served on the persons identified as

‘‘parties of record’’ on the service list.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565–1600.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49

U.S.C. 13703, we have the authority to

immunize approved motor carrier

bureau agreements from the antitrust

laws. One such bureau, the National

Motor Freight Traffic Association,

operating through its National

Classification Committee (NCC),

administers the National Motor Freight

Classification (NMFC). The NMFC

groups all articles moving by truck into

classes based on their transportation

characteristics. The NCC operates

pursuant to a bureau agreement

approved in National Classification

Committee—Agreement, 299 I.C.C. 519

(1956), and renewed in National

Classification Committee—Agreement,

Section 5a Application No. 61 (ICC

served May 18, 1987).1 Under 49 U.S.C.

13703(d) and (e), all motor carrier

bureau agreements will expire on

December 31, 1998, unless we approve

renewal. Renewal of the collective rate

setting bureau agreements of the motor

carriers is under investigation in Section

5a Application No. 118 (Amendment

No. 1), et al.2

By this notice, we are commencing a

separate proceeding to explore whether

we should renew the NCC’s agreement

before its statutory expiration. In

particular, we question whether the

NCC needs antitrust immunity given the

fact that its activities, such as grouping

freight with common transportation

characteristics, publishing bill of lading

formats, and gathering information,

would not, on the surface, appear to

involve antitrust violations. The parties

are invited to address, and organize

their discussion of, this and other public

interest issues by answering the

following specific questions:

1. Does the NCC in fact engage in

activities that would violate the

antitrust laws in the absence of antitrust

immunity conferred under 49 U.S.C.

13703?

2. If the NCC engages in activities that

would violate the antitrust laws in the

absence of antitrust immunity under

section 13703, does the public interest

require (a) continued exemption of these

activities from antitrust law, subject to

our regulation, or (b) a regime of

marketplace competition subject to

antitrust law? Are there ‘‘borderline’’

areas of NCC activity that might be

subject to antitrust enforcement in the

absence of immunization under 49

U.S.C. 13703, where the public interest

warrants continued antitrust immunity

for those activities under that section?

3. Should we exclude from any

immunity we might confer activities

that would not violate the antitrust laws

in the absence of antitrust immunity, so

as to avoid confusing the public about

the scope and impact of our regulatory

jurisdiction?

4. How do the public interests aspects

of the NCC’s activities relate to the

public interest aspects of the activities

of the operating motor carrier rate

bureaus, whose renewal is the subject of

the proceedings in Section 5a

Application No. 118 (Amendment No.

1), et al., supra? If we decide not to

renew the rate setting immunity of those

bureaus, could we, and should we,

nonetheless continue immunity for

classification?

Decided: November 5, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29901 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB CONTROL NO. 2900–0546]

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request, Revision

AGENCY: National Cemetery System,

Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Cemetery

System (NCS) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

revision of a currently approved

collection, and allow 60 days for public

comment in response to the notice. This

notice solicits comments on

requirements relating to the biennial

survey of individuals holding gravesite

set-asides in national cemeteries to

determine if they wish to retain their

set-aside, or wish to relinquish it.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

collection of information should be

received on or before January 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to

Rosetta Holloway, National Cemetery

System (402D), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420. Please refer to

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0546’’ in any

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rosetta Holloway at (202) 273–5185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44

U.S.C., 3501–3520), Federal Agencies

must obtain approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for each

collection of information they conduct

or sponsor. This request for comment is

being made pursuant to Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.

With respect to the following

collection of information, NCS invites

comments on: (1) whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of NCS’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of NCS’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

the use of other forms of information

technology.

Title and Form Number: Adjacent

Gravesite Set-Aside Survey (2 Year), VA

Form Letter 40–40.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0546.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: In the past, the survey was

conducted annually. VA Form Letter

40–40 will be sent biennially (once

every two years on a 24 month rotating

basis) to individuals holding gravesite

set-asides in national cemeteries to

ascertain their wish to retain their setaside, or wish to relinquish it. The

collection of information is necessary to

assure that gravesite set-asides are not