64042 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 232 / Wednesday, December 3, 1997 / Notices

Road departure collision avoidance

system guidelines,

Intersection collision avoidance

system guidelines, and

Lane change/merge collision

avoidance system guidelines.

National Center for Statistics and

Analysis (NCSA) topic is: Special crash

investigation studies of air bag cases.

Separately, questions regarding

research projects that have been

submitted in writing not later than close

of business on December 10, 1997, will

be answered. A transcript of the

meeting, copies of materials handed out

at the meeting, and copies of the

suggestions offered by commenters will

be available for public inspection at

NHTSA’s Technical Information

Services, Room 5108, 400 Seventh St.,

S.W., Washington, DC 20590. Copies of

the transcript will then be available at

10 cents a page, upon request to

NHTSA’s Technical Information

Services. The Technical Information

Services section is open to the public

from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The

transcript will also be available on

NHTSA’s Web site under

Announcements/Public Meetings at

URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/

announce/meetings/.

NHTSA will provide technical aids to

participants as necessary, during the

Research and Development Programs

Meeting. Thus, any person desiring the

assistance of ‘‘auxiliary aids’’ (e.g., signlanguage interpreter, telecommunication

devices for deaf persons (TTDs), readers,

taped texts, braille materials, or large

print materials and/or a magnifying

device), please contact Rita Gibbons on

(202) 366–4862 or by telefax on (202)

366–5930 by close of business December

8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–4862. Fax

number: (202) 366–5930.

Issued: November 26, 1997.

Raymond P. Owings,

Associate Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–31696 Filed 12–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Pipeline Safety User Fees

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the fiscal year 1998 user fee assessments

for pipeline facilities will be mailed to

pipeline operators on or about

December 15, 1997. The fees to be

assessed for natural gas transmission,

hazardous liquid and liquefied natural

gas (LNG) are indicated below:

Natural gas transmission pipelines:

$67.98 per mile (based on 291,765 miles

of pipeline).

Hazardous liquid pipelines: $59.59

per mile (based on 155,558 miles of

pipeline).

LNG is based on the number of plants

and total storage capacity:

Total storage capacity (bbl) Assessment/plant

<10,000 ..................................... =$1,250

10,000–100,000 ........................ =$2,500

100,000–250,000 ...................... =$3,750

250,000–500,000 ...................... =$5,000

>500,000 ................................... =$7,500

Section 60301 of Title 49, United

States Code, authorizes the assessment

and collection of pipeline user fees to

fund the pipeline safety activities

conducted under 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

The Research and Special Program

Administration (RSPA) assesses each

operator of regulated interstate and

intrastate natural gas transmission

pipelines (as defined in 49 CFR Part

192), and hazardous liquid pipelines

carrying petroleum, petroleum products,

anhydrous ammonia and carbon dioxide

(as defined in 49 CFR Part 195) a share

of the total Federal pipeline safety

program costs in proportion to the

number of miles of pipeline each

operator has in service. Onshore

pipelines excluded from regulation by

49 CFR Part 195 are not included in this

mileage. Operators of LNG facilities are

assessed based on total storage capacity

(as defined in 49 CFR Part 193).

In accordance with the provisions of

49 U.S.C. 60301, Departmental

resources were taken into consideration

for determining total program costs. The

apportionment ratio between gas and

liquid pipeline programs (as shown

below) is a result of the shift of program

resources to the hazardous liquid

program because of increased emphasis

on environmental protection:

Year(s)

General program costs

(gas)

General program costs

(liquid)

1986–

1990.

80% .................. 20%.

1991–

1992.

75% .................. 25%.

Year(s)

General program costs

(gas)

General program costs

(liquid)

1993 .... 75% (3⁄4 yr.) ...... 25% (3⁄4 yr).

60% (1⁄4 yr.) ...... 40% (1⁄4 yr).

1994 .... 60% .................. 40%.

1995 .... 75% .................. 25%.

1996 .... 65% .................. 35%.

1997–

1998.

55% .................. 45%.

In accordance with the regulations of

the Department of the Treasury, user

fees will be due 30 days after the date

of assessment. Interest, penalties, and

administrative charges will be assessed

on delinquent debts in accordance with

31 U.S.C. 3717.

Issued in Washington, D.C. November 28,

1997.

Richard B. Felder,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–31742 Filed 12–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–32 (Sub-No. 65X)]

Boston and Maine Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—in Carroll

County, NH

Boston and Maine Corporation (B&M)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances to

abandon an approximately 10.80-mile

line of railroad on the Conway Branch

between milepost B–111.0 and milepost

B–121.80 in Ossipee, Carroll County,

NH. The line traverses United States

Postal Service Zip Codes 03814, 03864

and 03468.

B&M has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic has

been rerouted over other lines; (3) no

formal complaint filed by a user of rail

service on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

with any U.S. District Court or has been

decided in favor of complainant within

the 2-year period; and (4) the

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8

(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental

agencies) have been met.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employee adversely affected by the

abandonment shall be protected under