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issues involving intellectual property

rights.

In addition, the purpose of this

meeting will be to hear reports from the

working groups of various issues that

chart the future direction and work plan

of the committee. The members will

look at the substantive issues on which

the committee should focus, as well as

specific countries and regions of interest

to the committee.

This meeting will be held on

Thursday, January 29, 1998, from 9:30

a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Room 1105 of the

Main Building of the U.S. Department of

State, located at 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20520. Members of the

public may attend these meetings up to

the seating capacity of the room. While

the meeting is open to the public,

admittance to the State Department

Building is only by means of a prearranged clearance list. In order to be

placed on the pre-clearance list, please

provide your name, title, company,

social security number, date of birth,

and citizenship to Shirlett Brewer at

(202) 647–8345 or by fax at (202) 647–

0158. All attendees must use the ‘‘C’’

Street entrance. One of the following

valid ID’s will be required for

admittance: any U.S. driver’s license

with photo, a passport, or a U.S.

Government agency ID.

For further information, contact

Timothy C. Finton, Executive Secretary

of the Committee, at (202) 647–5385.

Dated: December 15th, 1997.

Timothy C. Finton,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34208 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2675]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea;

Working Group on Dangerous Goods,

Solid Cargoes and Containers; Meeting

Notice

The Working Group on Dangerous

Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers

(DSC) of the Subcommittee on Safety of

Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an

open meeting at 9:30 AM on

Wednesday, January 21, 1998, in Room

2415, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

2100 Second Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20593–0001. The purpose of the

meeting is to finalize preparations for

the Third Session of the DSC

Subcommittee of the International

Maritime Organization (IMO) which is

scheduled for February 9–13, 1998, at

the IMO Headquarters in London.

The agenda items of particular

interest are:

a. Amendment 29 to the International

Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG)

Code, its Annexes and Supplements

including harmonization of the IMDG

Code with the United Nations

Recommendations on the Transport of

Dangerous Goods.

b. Implementation of Annex III of the

Marine Pollution Convention (MARPOL

73/78), as amended.

c. Revision of the format of the IMDG

Code.

d. Amendments to SOLAS chapters VI

and VII to make the IMDG Code

mandatory.

e. Amendments to SOLAS chapter VII

to make the Irradiated Nuclear Fuel

(INF) Code mandatory.

f. Implementation of IMO instruments

and training requirements for cargorelated matters, including revision of

resolution A.537(13) and development

of multimodal training requirements.

g. Revision of the Emergency

Schedules (EmS).

h. Revision of MSC/Circ.613 to

include offshore tank containers.

i. Amendments to the Bulk Solids

Code, including evaluation of properties

of solid bulk cargoes.

j. Reports on incidents involving

dangerous goods or marine pollutants in

packaged form on board ships or in port

areas.

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing: Mr. E. P.

Pfersich, U.S. Coast Guard (G–MSO–3),

2100 Second Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20593–0001 or by calling (202) 267–

1577.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Russell A. La Mantia,

Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–34206 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Proposed Advisory Circular (AC)

23.1419–2A, Certification of 14 CFR

Part 23 Airplanes for Flight in Icing

Conditions

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

Proposed Advisory Circular (AC)

23.1419–2A, and request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of and request for comments

on a proposed AC, which provides

information and guidance concerning

certification of part 23 airplanes for

flight in icing conditions.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the

proposed AC to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Small Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification

Service, Standards Office (ACE–110),

601 East 12th Street, Kansas City,

Missouri 64106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ervin Dvorak, Standards Office (ACE–

111), Small Airplane Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal

Aviation Administration; telephone

number (816) 426–6941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

person may obtain a copy of this

proposed AC by contacting the person

named above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

COMMENTS INVITED: We invite interested

parties to submit comments on the

proposed AC. Commenters must

identify AC 23.1419–2A and submit

comments to the address specified

above. The FAA will consider all

communications received on or before

the closing date for comments before

issuing the final AC. The proposed AC

and comments received may be

inspected at the Standards Office (ACE–

110), Suite 900, 1201 Walnut, Kansas

City, Missouri, between the hours of

7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays,

except Federal holidays.

BACKGROUND: This Advisory Circular,

AC 23.1419–2A, Certification of Part 23

Airplanes for Flight in Icing Conditions,

sets forth an acceptable means, but not

the only means of demonstrating

compliance with the ice protection

requirements in 14 CFR part 23. The

FAA will consider other methods of

demonstrating compliance that an

applicant may elect to present. This

material is neither mandatory nor

regulatory in nature and does not

constitute a regulation. This AC will

cancel AC 23.1419–2, Certification of

Part 23 Airplanes for Flight in Icing

Conditions, dated January 3, 1992. This

AC revises AC 23.1419–2 for icing

certification for part 23 airplanes to

address the following NTSB

Recommendations: A–91–90, A–92–64,

and A–92–86, the later amendments

(23–41, 23–42, 23–43, 23–45, and 23–

49) in part 23, and it provides

information regarding tail plane icing.

The FAA Inflight Aircraft Icing Plan

has tasks to improve the regulations and

guidance related to certification of

airplanes for operation in icing

conditions defined by Appendix C and,
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possibly, including envelopes

supplementing those currently in

Appendix C. These issues will be

considered on the next revision of the

AC. In addition, the FAA and the Joint

Aviation Authorities (JAA) are

harmonizing the performance and

handling qualities of part 25. The

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC) Flight Test

Harmonization Working Group will

complete the harmonization project to

standardize performance, handling

requirements, and additional guidance

material for certification of part 25/Joint

Aviation Requirements 25 (JAR 25)

airplanes to safely operate in the icing

conditions of Appendix C. These

performance and handling qualities will

be considered in the next revision to

this AC, and to the second revision to

AC 23–8A, Flight Test Guide for

Certification of Part 23 Airplanes.

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, December

16, 1997.

Michael Gallagher,

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate Aircraft

Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 97–34161 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–64]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received, Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I),

dispositions of certain petitions

previously received, and corrections.

The purpose of this notice is to improve

the public’s awareness of, and

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s

regulatory activities. Neither publication

of this notice nor the inclusion or

omission of information in the summary

is intended to affect the legal status of

any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before January 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. llll, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

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)

267–3131.

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 December

24, 1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29066.

Petitioner: Mr. James T. Hawkins.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

45.21(c)(2) and 45.29 (c), (d), and (e).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to display aircraft

registration markings on his Piper

Archer aircraft (Registration No.

N3578M) that are ornamental in nature

and do not meet the width, thickness,

and spacing requirements of part 45.

Disposition of Petitions

Docket No.: 29038.

Petitioner: GE VARIG.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.47(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit GE Varig 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, formerly the National

Bureau of Standards, to test its

inspection and test equipment.

Grant, December 18, 1997, Exemption

No. 6709.

Docket No.: 28846.

Petitioner: Gulfstream International

Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.2(d)(1)(i)(D), 121.337(b)(8), and

121.359(g).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Gulfstream to

operate 25 Beechcraft 190C airplanes

without those airplanes being equipped

with approved smoke and fume

protective breathing equipment for

flight crewmembers from December 20,

1997, until March 20, 1998, a period of

90 days.

Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption

No. 6596D.

Docket No.: 29086.

Petitioner: Air Midwest, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.2 and 121.337(b)(8).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Air Midwest to

operate 15 Beechcraft 1900D airplanes

in part 121 passenger-carrying

operations after the December 20, 1997,

compliance deadline without those

airplanes being equipped with the

required smoke and fume protective

breathing equipment for the flight

crewmembers, until January 1, 1998.

Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption

No. 6596F.

Docket No.: 29082.

Petitioner: Mesa Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.2 and 121.337(b)(8).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Mesa to operate

41 Beechcraft 1900D airplanes in part

121 passenger-carrying operations after

the December 20, 1997, compliance

deadline without those airplanes being

equipped with the required smoke and

fume protective breathing equipment for

the flight crewmembers, until January

31, 1998.

Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption

No. 6596E.

Docket No.: 28319.

Petitioner: Dornier Aviation (North

America), Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.411(a) (2), and (3), and (b)(2);

121.413 (b) and (c); appendix H to part

121; 135.337(a) (2) and (3), and (b)(2);

and 135.339 (b) and (c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit certain

instructors employed by DANA and

listed in a certificate holder’s approved

training program to act as instructors for

a certificate holder under part 121 or

part 135 without those instructors

having received ground and flight

training in accordance with a training

program approved under subpart N of

part 121 or subpart H of part 135, as

applicable. That exemption also permits

simulator instructors employed by

DANA and listed in a certificate