800 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2000 / Notices

10 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(ii).

11See supra note 3. 12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(29).

maintenance of fair and orderly

markets,’’ and cites as an objective of

that system the ‘‘fair competition * * *

between exchange markets and markets

other than exchange markets.’’ 10 When

the Commission first approved the Plan

on a pilot basis, it found that the Plan

‘‘should enhance market efficiency and

fair competition, avoid investor

confusion, and facilitate regulatory

surveillance of concurrent exchange and

OTC trading.’’ 11 The Commission now

finds that adding a Participant to the

Plan furthers these same goals.

Section 1C of the Plan provides that

a national securities exchange in whose

market eligible securities become

traded, may become a Participant,

provided that the exchange executes a

copy of the Plan and pays its share of

development costs as specified in

Section XIV of the Plan. Cincinnati has

filed an executed copy of the Plan with

the Commission, and the Participants

have represented to the Commission

that Cincinnati has paid its share of the

development costs specified in Section

XIV of the Plan. Accordingly, the

Commission finds that Cincinnati has

satisfied the requirements listed in the

Plan to become a participant.

The Commission also finds that the

technical amendments to the Plan are

consistent with the Act. The

Commission believes that the Plan

should accurately reflect the

Participants. Thus, it is appropriate that

all references to the Midwest Stock

Exchange are changed to the Chicago

Stock Exchange, and that the Plan itself

be modified to provide for a symbol for

CHX.

V. Solicitation of Comment

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views and

arguments concerning the foregoing,

including whether the proposed

amendment is consistent with the Act.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street NW,

Washington, DC 20549–0609. Copies of

the submission, all subsequent

amendments, all written statements

with respect to the proposed

amendment that are filed with the

Commission, and all written

communications relating to the

proposed amendment between the

Commission and any person, other than

those that may be withheld from the

public in accordance with the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be

available for inspection and copying at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room. All submissions should refer to

File No. S7–24–89 and should be

submitted by February 10, 2000.

VI. Conclusion

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to

Sections 12(f) and 11A of the Act and

paragraph (c)(2) of Rule 11Aa3–2

thereunder, that Amendment No. 10 to

the Plan, is approved.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.12

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–279 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD17–99–013]

Application for Recertification of

Prince William Sound Regional

Citizens’ Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces

the availability of the application for

recertification submitted by the Prince

William Sound Regional Citizens’

Advisory Council (PWSRCAC). A

recertification would be valid for a year.

Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker

Environmental Oversight and

Monitoring Act of 1990, the Coast Guard

also may certify, on an annual basis, an

alternative voluntary advisory group

instead of the Regional Citizens’

Advisory Council for Prince William

Sound.

DATES: Comments must reach the

Seventeenth Coast Guard District on or

before February 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail your

comments to the Seventeenth Coast

Guard District (mor), P.O. Box 25517,

Juneau, AK 99802. You may also deliver

them to the Juneau Federal Building,

room 753, 709 W 9th Juneau, AK

between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The Seventeenth Coast Guard District

maintains the public docket for this

recertification process. Comments

regarding recertification will become

part of this docket and will be available

for inspection or copying at the Juneau

Federal Building, room 753, 709 W 9th

Juneau, AK, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. You may also access this

docket via the ARRT web site:

www.akrrt.org.

A copy of the application is also

available for inspection at the Prince

William Sound Regional Citizens’

Advisory Council’s Offices, at 3709

Spenard Rd., Anchorage, Alaska, 99503

or 154 Fairbanks Dr., P.O. Box 3089,

Valdez, Alaska, 99686, between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday

through Friday. The telephone number

is (907) 277–7222 in Anchorage, Alaska

and (907) 835–5957 in Valdez, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information regarding the

PWSRCAC, see their web site:

www.pwsrcac.org. For questions on

viewing, or submitting material to the

docket contact LCDR Larry Musarra,

Seventeenth Coast Guard District (mor),

(907) 463–2211.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

data, views, or arguments. It solicits

comments from interested groups

including oil terminal facility owners

and operators, owners and operators of

crude oil tankers calling at terminal

facilities, and fishing, aquacultural,

recreational and environmental citizens

groups, concerning the recertification

application of PWSRCAC. Persons

submitting comments should include

their names and addresses, identify this

rulemaking (CGD17–99–013) and the

specific section of this document to

which each comment applies, and give

the reason for each comment. Please

submit two copies of all comments and

attachments in an unbound format, no

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for

copying and electronic filing. Persons

wanting acknowledgment of receipt of

comments should enclose stamped, selfaddressed postcards or envelopes.

The Coast Guard plans no public

hearing. Persons may request a public

hearing by writing to Commander (m),

17th Coast Guard District, P.O. Box

25517, Juneau, AK 99802. The request

should include the reasons why a

hearing would be beneficial. If there is

sufficient evidence to determine that

oral presentations will aid this

recertification process, the Coast Guard

will hold a public hearing at a time and

place announced by a later notice in the

Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

The Coast Guard published guidelines

on December 31, 1992 (57 FR 626000),

to assist groups seeking recertification

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under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker

Environmental Oversight and

Monitoring Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2732)

(the Act). The Coast Guard issued a

policy statement on July 7, 1993 (58 FR

36505), to clarify the factors that the

Coast Guard would be considering in

making its determination as to whether

advisory groups should be certified in

accordance with the Act; and the

procedures which the Coast Guard

would follow in meeting its certification

responsibilities under the Act.

The Coast Guard has received an

application for recertification of

PWSRCAC, the currently certified

advisory group for the Prince William

Sound region. In accordance with the

review and certification process

contained in the policy statement, the

Coast Guard announces the availability

of that application.

At the conclusion of the comment

period, the Coast Guard will review all

application materials and comments

received and will take one of the

following actions:

(a) Recertify the advisory group under

33 U.S.C. 2732(o).

(b) Issue a conditional recertification

for a period of 90 days, with a statement

of any discrepancies, which must be

corrected to qualify for recertification

for the remainder of the year.

(c) Deny recertification of the advisory

group if the Coast Guard finds that the

group is not broadly representative of

the interests and communities in the

area or is not adequately fostering the

goals and purposes of 33 U.S.C. 2732.

The Coast Guard will notify

PWSRCAC by letter of the action taken

on its application. A notice will be

published in the Federal Register to

advise the public of the Coast Guard’s

determination.

Dated: December 28, 1999.

T.J. Barrett,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Seventeenth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 00–249 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Coast Guard

Woodrow Wilson Bridge; Potomac

River, District of Columbia and Prince

George’s County, MD

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration, Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway

Administration together with the Coast

Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

District of Columbia Department of

Health, Maryland State Highway

Administration, Virginia Department of

Transportation and Maryland

Department of Environment will hold

two public hearings to receive

information concerning the

environmental and navigational impacts

of the replacement of the Woodrow

Wilson Bridge. The bridge is located on

Interstate 495/95 where it crosses the

Potomac River, mile 103.80, at District

of Columbia and Prince George’s

County, Maryland. The hearings will

allow interested persons to present

comments and information concerning

the bridge alternative under

consideration.

DATES: The hearing will start 7 p.m. on

Tuesday, February 8, and Thursday,

February 10, 2000 and display materials

will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m.

on these dates. Comments must be

received by February 25, 2000. Requests

to speak at either hearing and requests

for services must be received by

February 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The hearing on February 8

will be held at Best Western Potomac

View, 6400 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill,

Maryland 20745. On February 10, the

hearing will be at Radisson Hotel—Old

Town Alexandria, 901 North Fairfax

Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

Written comments may be submitted to,

and will be available for examination

between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays,

at the office of the Commander (Aowb),

Fifth Coast Guard District, 431 Crawford

Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23703–

5004. Please submit all comments in an

unbound format, no larger than 8 by 11

inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. Persons wanting

acknowledgement of receipt of

comments should enclose a stamped,

self-addressed postcard or envelope.

Requests to speak at either hearing

and requests to be placed on the project

mailing lists may be submitted to Ms.

Norine Walker, P.E., at the Woodrow

Wilson Bridge Center, 1800 Duke Street,

Suite 200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or

6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 410, Oxon

Hill, Maryland 20745.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Gerner, Project Manager (FHWA),

Woodrow Wilson Bridge Center, 1800

Duke Street, Suite 200, Alexandria,

Virginia 22314 (703 519–9800); Mr. N.E.

Mpras, Chief, Office of Bridge

Administration, Commandant (G–OPT),

U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20593 (202 267–

0368); or Ms. Ann Deaton, Chief, Bridge

Administration Branch, Fifth Coast

Guard District, Federal Building, 431

Crawford Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

23704–5004 (757 398–6222).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA) proposes to replace the

Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the

Potomac River and to modify the

associated roadway and interchanges in

a 7.5 mile section of I–95/I–495 (Capital

Beltway) from west of Telegraph Road

(VA 241) in Virginia to east of Indian

Head Highway (MD 210) in Maryland.

The western portion of the project

corridor is located in Fairfax County

and the City of Alexandria in Virginia.

The drawspans on the Woodrow Wilson

Bridge are located in the southern tip of

the District of Columbia. The eastern

portion of the corridor is located in

Prince George’s County, Maryland. The

purpose of the proposed action is to

address existing capacity constraints,

safety, and structural deficiencies

associated with the Woodrow Wilson

Bridge, and to enhance vehicular

mobility in the corridor while

addressing environmental and

community concerns.

The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge

will replace the existing bridge with two

new, parallel, double leaf, bascule

drawbridges, each with a 366-foot span

and a clearance of 70 feet over the

navigation channel. One span will carry

eastbound traffic and the other

westbound traffic, and the structure will

be constructed approximately 30 feet

south of the existing bridge. The

westbound span, carrying the inner loop

of the Capital Beltway, would be 124

feet wide, including a 12-foot wide

pedestrian/bicycle facility with a 2-foot

wide barrier. The eastbound span,

carrying the outer loop of the Capital

Beltway, would be 110 feet wide. Eleven

‘‘V’’-shaped, concrete piers will support

the bridges. The bridges will be

protected at the navigational channel by

twelve, 45-foot diameter, sheet pile

dolphins with a pipe pile supported,

concrete guideway with fendering north

and south of the bridge piers. The

bridges would include a total of 12 lanes

(six lanes in each direction). Each bridge

is 4,100 feet long, over Maryland water,

with a total length of 6,075 feet.

The FHWA is the lead Federal agency

for the environmental documentation

for this project. The Coast Guard has

been involved as a cooperating agency

during the preparation of the Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (DSEIS). The U.S. Coast

Guard is the Federal agency responsible