57642 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Request: Regular submission,

proposal to reinstate, with minor

revisions, a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired (OMB control number 3316–

0009).

Title of Information Collection: Salary

Surveys for Salary Policy Bargaining

Unit Employees.

Frequency of Use: Annually.

Type of Affected Public: State or local

governments, Federal agencies, nonprofit institutions, businesses, or other

for-profit.

Small Businesses or Organizations

Affected: No.

Federal Budget Functional Category

Code: 999.

Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 175.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 2,450.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 4.5.

Need For and Use of Information:

TVA conducts annual salary surveys

for employee compensation and benefits

as a basis for labor negotiations in

determining prevailing rates of pay and

benefits for represented salary policy

employees. TVA surveys firms, and

Federal, State, and local governments

employees perform work similar to that

of TVA’s salary policy employees.

Jacklyn J. Stephenson,

Senior Manager, Enterprise Operations,

Information Services.

[FR Doc. 00–24509 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee

Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1523).

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EDT), September

27, 2000.

PLACE: TVA Knoxville West Tower

Auditorium, 400 West Summit Hill

Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

Approval of minutes of meeting held

on August 29, 2000.

New Business

A—Budget and Financing

A1. Approval of power system

operating and capital budgets for Fiscal

Year 2001.

A2. Approval of short-term borrowing

from the Treasury.

B—Purchase Awards

B1. Contract with Bicentennial

Volunteers Incorporated to continue to

provide personnel assistance for TVA/

BVI emergency support of the Federal

Emergency Management Agency and

other Federal agencies.

B2. Contract with PS Energy Group

for a TVA system-wide comprehensive

fuel management, lubricant products,

and services program under Section 8(a)

of the Small Business Act.

B3. Contract with Waste Management

for a TVA system-wide solid waste

disposal services management program.

C1. Contracts with General Electric

Company and TurboCare for

replacement steam turbine blades and

associated services.

C2. Supplement to contract with

Siemans Power T&D, Inc., for power

circuit breakers.

C3. Supplement to contract with

Southern States, Inc., for disconnect

switches and related equipment.

C4. Supplement to contract with

Framatome Cogema Fuels for nuclear

fuel fabrication for Sequoyah Nuclear

Plant.

C5. Increase in prices under Dispersed

Power Price Schedule.

E—Real Property Transactions

E1. Sale of nomcommercial,

nonexclusive permanent easements to

Danny Grimshaw and Robert D. Mestach

affecting 0.10 acre of land on Tellico

Reservoir in Loudon and Monroe

Counties, Tennessee, for the

construction, operation, and

maintenance of private water-use

facilities (Tract Nos. XTELR–216RE and

–217RE).

E2. Deed modification to remove a

recreation restriction and change to

residential development affecting

approximately 6.1 acres of former TVA

land on Fort Loudoun Reservoir in

Blount County, Tennessee, to allow the

State of Tennessee to exchange the 6.1

acres of residential development for 158

acres of land more suitable for public

recreation (Tract No. XTFL–13).

F—Unclassified

1. Approval to file condemnation

cases to acquire permanent easements

and rights-of-way for an access road and

transmission lines at the BessemerTuscaloosa Tap to Airport Lane,

Jefferson County, Alabama; Melton HillLoudon County, Tennessee; and the

Weaver-Young Cane transmission line

in Union County, Georgia.

For more information: Please call

TVA Public Relations at (423) 632–6000,

Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is

also available at TVA’s Washington

Office (202) 898–2999. People who plan

to attend the meeting and have special

needs should call (865) 632–6000.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

William L. Osteen,

Associate General Counsel and Assistant

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24620 Filed 9–21–00; 10:22 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

00–03–C–00–AVP to Impose and Use

the Revenue From a Passenger Facility

Charge (PEC) at, Wilkes-Barre/

Scranton, Pennsylvania

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 and use the

revenue from a PFC at Wilkes-Barre/

Scranton International Airport under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Mr. Oscar Sanchez, Project

Manager, Harrisburg Airports District

Office, 3911 Hartzdale Dr., suite 1100,

Camp Hill, PA 17011.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Barry

Centini, Airport Director of the Luzerne

and Lackawanna Counties By-County

Board of Commissioners at the

following address: Wilkes-Barre/

Scranton International Airport, Avoca,

Pennsylvania 18641.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Luzerne and

Lackawanna Counties By-County Board

of Commissioners under section 158.23

of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Oscar Sanchez, Program Manager,

Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3911

Hartzdale Dr., suite 1100 Camp Hill, PA

17011, (717) 730–2834. The application

may be reviewed in person at this same

location.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices 57643

1Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, 1992—1998

Editions for MY 1992—1997 Suburbans.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International

Airport under the provisions of the

Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion

Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990)

(Public Law 101–508) and Part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR Part 158).

On August 28, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Luzerne and

Lackawanna Counties By-County Board

of Commissioners was substantially

complete within the requirements of

section 158.25 of Part 158. The FAA

will approve or disapprove the

application, in while or in part, no later

than Nov. 23, 2000. The following is a

brief overview of the application.

PFC Application No.: 00–03–C–00–

AVP.

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.

Proposed charge effective date:

January 1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date: July

31, 2010.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$10,794,855.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

• Construct New Passenger Terminal

Facility

• Construction Access Roadways and

Non-Revenue Surface Parking

• Construction Terminal Aircraft

Parking Apron

• Architect/Engineering Inspection

and Contingency Fees

• Construct Snow Removal

Equipment Storage/Maintenance

Building

• Airport Master Plan Update

• Design/Construct Perimeter Fence

• Design Runway Safety Areas

• Design/Reconstruct General

Aviation ramp

• Purchase Snow Removal Equipment

(Three plows/spreaders)

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: NonScheduled/On-Demand Air Carriers,

with seating capacity of less than 20

seats, filing DOT Form 1800–31.

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: 1

Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York

11434–4809.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Luzerne and

Lackawanna Counties By-County Board

of Commissioners.

Issued in New York City, New York on

August 28, 2000.

Thomas Felix,

Manager, Planning and Programming Branch,

Eastern Region

[FR Doc. 00–24492 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition,

DP00–001

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect

investigation.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

reasons for the denial of a petition

submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C.

§ 30162, requesting that the agency

commence a proceeding to determine

the existence of a defect related to motor

vehicle safety. The petition is

hereinafter identified as DP00–001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

George Chiang, Office of Defects

Investigation, NHTSA, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20590.

Telephone: (202) 366–5206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mr. Dave

Blum (petitioner), 5329 Eagles Nest

Road, Fruitland Park, Florida 34731,

submitted a petition to NHTSA by letter

dated February 1, 2000, requesting that

an investigation be initiated on trailer

towing hitch platforms (receivers) and

related hitch equipment for

‘‘compatibility with National Highway

Safety Standards for materials and

construction specifications.’’

Mr. Blum is a safety committee

member of the Region 3 Wally Byam

Caravan Club International Airstream

travel club. He provided pictures and

descriptions of four club members’ tow

vehicles with cracked Original

Equipment Manufacturer hitch

receivers. The tow vehicles were model

years (MY) 1993, 1994, and 1997

General Motor Corporation Suburban

Sport Utility Vehicles and a MY 1995

Dodge 2500 pickup truck.

NHTSA has reviewed and analyzed

all available information. The result of

this review and analysis is set forth in

a Petition Analysis Report for DP00–001

and is published in its entirety as an

appendix to this notice.

For the reasons presented in the

petition analysis report, it is unlikely

that NHTSA would issue an order

concerning the notification and remedy

of a safety-related defect at the

conclusion of an investigation.

Therefore, in view of the need to

allocate and prioritize NHTSA’s limited

resources to best accomplish the

agency’s safety mission, the petition is

denied.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d); delegations

of authority at CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Kenneth N. Weinstein,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Assurance.

Appendix—Petition Analysis—DP00–

001

1.0 Introduction

Mr. Dave Blum (petitioner), Fruitland Park,

Florida, submitted a petition to NHTSA by

letter requesting that an investigation be

initiated on trailer towing hitch receivers

(platforms) and related hitching equipment

‘‘to assess their compatibility with National

Highway Safety Standards for materials and

construction specifications.’’ The petitioner,

who is a member of the Wally Byam Caravan

Club International (WBCCI) Airstream travel

club safety committee stated that NHTSA’s

Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) should

open an investigation concerning hitch

receiver failure because the WBCCI Airstream

travel club members allegedly inspected and

found cracks in their hitch receivers.

2.0 Vehicle Information

2.1 Subject Vehicle

In his petition, Mr. Blum did not specify

the make, model, or year of vehicles he

wanted ODI to investigate. However, between

December 1999 and January 2000, he

supplied information concerning cracked

hitch receivers on a 1993, 1994, and 1997

model year (MY) General Motor Corporation

(GM) Suburban vehicle and on a 1995 MY

Dodge 2500 pickup (PU) truck. ODI selected

MY 1992—1997 GM Suburban vehicles as

the subject vehicles for the following reasons:

(1) the petitioner identified three Suburban

vehicles with cracked Original Equipment

Manufacturer (OEM) hitch receivers; (2) the

ODI consumer complaint database contained

a relatively high number of complaints on the

subject vehicles; (3) the Suburban has one of

the largest towing capacities among the peer

vehicles and is commonly used to tow large

travel trailers; and (4) ODI had conducted a

previous investigation (PE95–036) on certain

GM Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), including

MY 1992–1995 Suburbans to investigate a

similar OEM hitch receiver crack problem.

2.2 Vehicles Involved

GM produces the Suburban for both the

Chevrolet and GMC Divisions. The combined

number of subject vehicles produced in the

United States was 738K vehicles.1 The

Chevrolet Division accounted for 512K