9014 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices

Eliason, Airport Manager, at the

following address: Flathead Municipal

Airport Authority, 4170 Highway 2 East,

Kalispell, Montana 59901.

Air Carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to Glacier Park

International Airport, under section

158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. David P. Gabbert, (406) 449–5271;

Helena Airports District Office, HLN–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

FAA Building, Suite 2; 2725 Skyway

Drive; Helena, MT 59601. 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 (#97–02–C–

00–FCA) to impose and use PFC

revenue at Glacier Park International

Airport, under the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On February 19, 1997, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Flathead Municipal

Airport Authority, Glacier Park

International Airport, Kalispell,

Montana, 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 May

3, 1997.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed Charge effective date: June

1, 1997.

Proposed charge expiration date:

December 31, 2017.

Total requested for use approval:

$8,249,680.00.

Brief description of proposed project:

Terminal area expansion—Building

construction; Terminal area

expansion—Site work and road work.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: Air Taxi

Operators.

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 Office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue

S.W., Suite 540, Renton, WA 98055–

4056.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Glacier Park

International Airport.

Issued in Renton, Washington on February

19, 1997.

David A. Field,

Manager, Planning, Programming and

Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–4850 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Safety Bulletin

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of safety bulletin.

SUMMARY: The FRA is issuing Safety

Bulletin 97–2 addressing a

recommended safety practice to stop

trains on heavy descending grades of 2

percent or greater by initiating an

emergency application of the train’s air

brakes whenever the train speed

exceeds the maximum authorized speed

by five miles per hour or more.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Taylor, Staff Director, Operating

Practices Division, Office of Safety

Assurance and Compliance, FRA, 400

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

20590 (telephone 202–632–3346).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Preliminary investigatory findings

following the January 12, 1997,

derailment of a run-away Union Pacific

Railroad Company (UP) freight train on

a 2.2 percent descending grade at

Hayden, California, indicate that when

the train reached a speed of 11 miles per

hour above its maximum authorized

speed, the engineer initiated an

emergency application of the train’s air

brakes. Following the emergency brake

application, the train continued to

accelerate out of control and derailed at

the entrance switch to a controlled

siding.

FRA has studied this accident and

compared it with another run-away

freight train derailment that occurred on

the Cajon Subdivision of the Burlington

Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) four

miles west of Summit, California, on

February 1, 1996. Following that

derailment, the BNSF implemented a

‘‘five mile per hour rule.’’ The railroad’s

rule requires that if a freight train

exceeds the maximum authorized speed

by five miles per hour while descending

the grade on the Cajon Pass between

Summit and Baseline, the train must be

stopped by using an emergency

application of the train’s air brake

system. The UP initiated a similar rule

at 24 locations on their system following

the January 12, 1997, Hayden,

California, derailment.

While FRA does not approve of train

operations at any speed above the

maximum allowable speed established

by Federal regulations or by railroad

rule, FRA does support the initiatives

taken by both the BNSF and UP to

address the situation described here.

FRA continues to believe that properly

maintained equipment and proper

instruction on train handling

techniques, that adequately cover

normal and emergency operating

procedures on heavy grades, would

prevent nearly all situations in which a

train would be exceeding the allowable

speed. However, if a simple, easy to

implement practice could help prevent

run-away trains, whatever the cause of

the excessive train speed, that practice

should be encouraged.

The suggested practice provides an

additional measure of safety since it

reduces the uncertainty inherent in

‘‘judgement calls’’ as to when to initiate

emergency action when descending a

heavy grade. The recommendation,

based on UP’s and BNSF’s ‘‘five mile

per hour rule’’ reduces the possibility

that train speed will increase to a point

where escalating energy levels prohibit

stopping the train’s momentum even

with the retarding force generated by an

emergency train brake application.

Recommendation

In recognition of the difficulty or

impossibility of stopping a train on a

heavy grade once a critical train speed

is attained, FRA strongly recommends

that railroads take the following safety

precautions:

1. On descending grades of 2 percent

or more, a train must be stopped, using

an emergency application of the train’s

air brakes, if the train’s speed reaches 5

miles per hour more than the train’s

maximum authorized speed.

2. After the train has stopped:

a. a sufficient number of hand brakes

must be applied to secure the train;

b. once secured, the train must be

inspected and no further train

movement will be made until

authorized by a designated railroad

employee.

3. The railroad must conduct an

immediate investigation into the cause

of the incident and initiate appropriate

corrective action.

4. Event recorder data must be

routinely inspected to ensure full

understanding and compliance with this

rule.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices 9015

1 Due to the Board’s scheduled relocation on

March 16, 1997, any filings made after March 16,

1997, must be filed with the Surface Transportation

Board, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on February 24,

1997.

Bruce M. Fine,

Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–4939 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Maritime Administration

[Docket No. M–029]

Information Collection Available for

Public Comments and

Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Maritime

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intentions

to request extension of approval for

three years of a currently approved

information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before April 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert L. Brown, Chief, Division of

Statistical Analysis, Office of Statistical

and Economic Analysis, Maritime

Administration, MAR–451, Room 8107,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–2277 or

fax 202–366–8886. Copies of this

collection can also be obtained from that

office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: EUSC/Parent

Company.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0511.

Form Number: None.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

1997.

Summary of Collection of

Information: The collection consists of

an inventory of information regarding

Foreign register vessels owned by

Americans. Specifically, this

information consists of responses from

vessel owners verifying or correcting

vessel ownership, data and

characteristics found in commercial

publications.

Need and Use of the Information: The

verification of information on vessels

that could be vital in a national or

international emergency is essential to

the logistical support planning by

MARAD’s Office of National Security

Plans and the Logistics Plans Division of

the Office of the Chief of Naval

Operations. The information will be

used for contingency planning for sealift

requirements primarily as a source of

ships to move essential oil and bulk

cargoes in support of the national

economy.

Description of Respondents: Foreign

register American vessel owners which

complete the information collection and

return it to the Maritime

Administration.

Annual Responses: 92.

Annual Burden: 46 hours.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding this information collection to

Joel C. Richard, Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–120, Room 7210,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Send comments regarding

whether this information collection is

necessary for proper performance of the

function of the agency and will have

practical utility, accuracy of the burden

estimates, ways to minimize this

burden, and ways to enhance quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4851 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33360]

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company; Trackage Rights Exemption;

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has agreed to grant overhead trackage

rights to Southern Pacific

Transportation Company (SP) over

trackage known as the Port of

Brownsville Lead Track, extending from

the SP connection at milepost 3.21 to

milepost 9.36, and over trackage from

milepost 7.60 to milepost 7.90 at the

connection to the Port of Brownsville

trackage, a total distance of

approximately 6.45 miles near

Brownsville, TX. The trackage rights

will result in improved and more

efficient train operations and will

eliminate rail traffic congestion in

downtown Brownsville.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after February 14,

1997.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33360, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.1 In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge

Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179.

Decided: February 20, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4869 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Designation of Agent To Receive Child

Support and Alimony Orders and

Process Pursuant to Sec. 362 of Pub.

L. 104–193

AGENCY: U.S. House of Representatives.

ACTION: Notice: Designation of Agent.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–

193, Sec. 362), the United States House

of Representatives designates the Office

of General Counsel for the House to

receive orders and accept service of

process in matters relating to child

support or alimony.

ADDRESSES: Such orders and process

shall be directed to: Office of General

Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives,

219 Cannon Building, Washington, DC

20515, (202) 225–9700.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. § 659, as amended by

Sec. 362, Pub. L. 104–193, 110 Stat. 2105.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Robin H. Carle,

Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

[FR Doc. 97–4820 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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