62096 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 224 / Thursday, November 20, 1997 / Notices

each succeeding page, and must be

accompanied by a non-confidential

summary thereof.

Frederick L. Montgomery,

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–30420 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activity

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation,

Federal Aviation Administration (DOT/

FAA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) this notice

announces that the information

collection request described below has

been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review. The FAA is requesting an

immediate emergency clearance in

accordance with 5 CFR § 1320.13. The

following information describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden.

DATES: Submit any comments to OMB

and FAA by January 20, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Pilot Medical Certification

Customer Service Survey.

Need: This information is being

conducted to comply with the Executive

Order 12862, Setting Customer Service

Standards. The information will be used

to evaluate agency performance in the

area of pilot medical certification. The

completion of this form is voluntary and

the information collection will be

conducted anonymously.

Respondents: 48,000 pilots.

Frequency: Annually.

Burden: 2400 hours based on a 30 per

cent return rate of the 48,000

respondents at 10 minutes each.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: or to obtain

a copy of the request for clearance

submitted to OMB, you may contact Ms.

Judith Street at the: Federal Aviation

Administration, Corporate Information

Division, ABC–100, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.

Comments may be submitted to the

agency 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 November 14,

1997.

Patricia W. Carter,

Acting Manager, Corporate Information

Division, ABC–100.

[FR Doc. 97–30497 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc. Special Committee 159;

Minimum Operational Performance

Standards for Airborne Navigation

Equipment Using Global Positioning

System (GPS)

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given for a Special Committee

159 meeting to be held December 8–12,

1997, starting at 9:00 a.m. The meeting

will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1140

Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020,

Washington, DC, 20036.

The agenda will be as follows:

Specific Working Group (WG)

Sessions: December 8–9: WG–4A,

Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS

CAT I/II/III); December 10: WG–4A,

Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS

CAT I/II/III); WG–3A, GPS/Inertial

(Meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. to

discuss the reformulation of WG–3A);

December 11: WG–2, WAAS, and WG–

2A, GPS/GLONASS; WG–4B, Airport

Surface Surveillance.

Plenary Session, December 12: (1)

Chairman’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Review and Approval of Summary of

the Previous Meeting; (3) Review WG

Progress and Identify Issues for

Resolution: a. GPS/WAAS (WG–2); b.

GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A); c. GPS/

Precision Landing Guidance and Airport

Surface Surveillance (WG–4); (4)

Review of EUROCAE Activities; (5)

Review Proposed Draft MASPS and

LAAS CAT I/II/III and Interface Control

Document for LAAS; (6) Assignment/

Review of Future Work; (7) Other

Business; (8) Date and Place of Next

Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC,

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November

13, 1997.

Terry R. Hannah,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–30493 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

to Impose a Passenger Facility Charge

(PFC) at Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV),

Eureka, CA and Use the Revenue at

ACV, Rohnerville (FOT), Murray Field

(EKA) and Kneeland Airports (019)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose a PFC at ACV and

use at ACV, FOT, EKA and 019 under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Airports Division,

15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA

90621, or San Francisco Airports

District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room

210, Burlingame, CA 94010–1303. In

addition, one copy of any comments

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or

delivered to Mr. Don Raffaelli, Acting

Public Works Director, County of

Humboldt, at the following address:

1106 Second Street, Arcata, CA 95521.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers may

submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the County of

Humboldt under section 158.23 of FAR

part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maryls Vandervelde, Airports Program

Specialist, Airports District Office, 831

Mitten Road, Room 210, Burlingame,

CA 94010–1303, Telephone: (650) 876–

2806. The application may be reviewed

in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

a PFC at ACV and use the revenue at

ACV, FOT, EKA and 019 under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and
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Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On October 24, 1997, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the County of Humboldt

was substantially complete within the

requirements of section 158.25 of Part

158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than January 23, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of the

impose and use application number 97–

04–C–00–ACV.

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Charge effective date: March 1, 1998.

Estimated charge expiration date:

June 30, 2004.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$1,782,300.

Brief description of impose and use

projects at ACV: Emergency Safety Area

Erosion Control, Fire Protection System

Replacement, Taxiway ‘‘A’’ Overlay,

Fire Truck Replacement, T-Hanger

Taxiway Construction, Boarding

Assistance Device, Property Purchase,

Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)

Building Improvements and Ramp Area

Extension.

Brief description of use project at

FOT: Pavement Rehabilitation of

Taxiway, Runway and Aprons and

Entrance Road Reconstruction and

Perimeter Fencing.

Brief description of use project at 019:

Airport Rehabilitation Including

Reconstruction of Airport Runway,

Overlay of Existing Aircraft Parking and

Construction of Additional Parking

Ramp.

Brief description of use project at

EKA: Pavement Overlay of Runway 11–

29, its Parallel Taxiway and the Main

Aircraft Parking Apron.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: None.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

Regional Airports Division located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd.

Lawndale, CA 90261. In addition, any

person may, upon request, inspect the

application, notice and other documents

germane to the application in person at

the County of Humboldt.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on

November 4, 1997.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–30494 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA Docket No. 87–2, Notice. No. 5]

RIN 2130–AB20

Automatic Train Control and Advanced

Civil Speed Enforcement System;

Northeast Corridor Railroads

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Proposed order of particular

applicability.

SUMMARY: FRA is proposing to issue an

order of particular applicability

requiring all trains operating on the

north end of the Northeast Corridor

(NEC) between Boston, Massachusetts

and New York, New York, to be

controlled by locomotives equipped to

respond to a new advanced civil speed

enforcement system (ACSES) in

addition to the automatic train control

(ATC) system that is currently required

on the NEC. The proposed order also

contains performance standards for the

cab signal/ATC and ACSES systems on

the NEC. The order would authorize

increases in certain maximum

authorized train speeds and safety

requirements supporting improved rail

service.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by January 20, 1998. Comments

received after the comment period has

closed will be considered to the extent

possible without incurring additional

delay. A request for a public hearing

must be received by December 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to Ms. Renee Bridgers,

Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.E.

Goodman, Staff Director, Signal and

Train Control Division, Office of Safety,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C., 20590 (telephone

(202) 632–3353), or Patricia V. Sun,

Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590 (telephone (202) 632–3183).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

FRA has both discrete and plenary

legal authority to require that all trains

operating on the NEC be equipped with

automatic train control devices. FRA

has broad legal authority to ‘‘prescribe

regulations, and issue orders for every

area of railroad safety * * *.’’ 49 U.S.C.

20103. Section 20502 of Title 49, United

States Code specifically provides that

‘‘[w]hen the Secretary of Transportation

decides after an investigation that it is

necessary in the public interest, the

Secretary may order a railroad carrier to

install * * * a signal system that

complies with the requirements of the

Secretary.’’ As originally enacted and

prior to formal codification, this

provision referred to ‘‘automatic train

stop, train control, and/or other similar

appliances, methods, and systems

intended to promote the safety of

railroad operation * * *.’’ This

authority has been previously invoked

to require the installation of signal

systems on 49 specific railroads and to

require all railroads desiring to operate

at high speeds to install signal systems

of varying degrees of sophistication

consonant with those higher speeds.

Background—Development of the NEC

The National Railroad Passenger

Corporation (Amtrak) provides service

over the NEC from Washington, D.C., to

Boston, Massachusetts. Amtrak owns or

dispatches most of the NEC, which it

shares with several commuter

authorities and freight railroads.

Maximum track speeds on certain

segments of the NEC south of New York

City (the ‘‘South End’’) are limited to

125 miles per hour (mph) for Metroliner

equipment. Current speeds north of

New York City (the ‘‘North End’’) range

up to 110 mph.

Amtrak is currently undertaking a

major improvement project on the NEC,

with particular emphasis on completion

of electrification, installation of concrete

ties and high-speed turnouts,

elimination of some remaining highwayrail crossings, and other modifications

concentrated between New Haven,

Connecticut, and Boston. These

improvements are designed to facilitate

service utilizing high-speed trainsets

(HST’s) at speeds up to 150 (mph).

Similar service would also be

implemented on the south end of the

NEC, with the initial increase in

maximum speed expected to be from

125 mph to 135 mph. During 1999,

Amtrak will begin taking delivery of

HST’s expected to qualify for operation

through curves at higher levels of