58306 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 189 / Thursday, September 28, 2000 / Notices

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Minneapolis Airports District

Office, 6020 28th Avenue South, Room

102, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to C. Barry

Bateman, Airport Director of the General

Mitchell International Airport,

Milwaukee, WI at the following address:

5300 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI

53207–6189.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Milwaukee

County under section 158.23 of part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra E. DePottey, Program Manager,

Minneapolis Airports District Office,

6020 28th Avenue South, Room 102,

Minneapolis, MN 55450, 612–713–4363.

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 to impose

a PFC at General Mitchell International

Airport and to use the revenue at

General Mitchell International Airport

and Lawrence J. Timmerman under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On September 6, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by Milwaukee County was

substantially complete within the

requirements of § 158.25 of Part 158.

The FAA will approve or disapprove the

application, in whole or in part, no later

than December 5, 2000.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC application number: 06–00–C–

00–MKE.

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: June

1, 2004.

Proposed charge expiration date: July

1, 2006.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$22,667,375.00.

Brief description of the proposed

projects:

Impose and use General Mitchell:

Rehabilitate taxiway A and A3,

reconstruct perimeter road, rehabilitate

runway 7R/25L, C concourse stem and

6 gate expansion (design), acquire flight

information display and paging system,

master plan update, terminal apron joint

repair, seal coating runway 71/25R and

runway 13/31, conduct electrical master

plan study, rehabilitate taxiway B from

R to G, construct abrasive storage

building, upgrade security system,

install runway 1L/19R centerline and

touchdown zone lighting, C concourse

taxiway expansion, baggage claim

remodeling (design), rehabilitate

taxiway M at B, construct maintenance

storage building, construct hush house

noise suppressor structure (design).

Impose and use Lawrence J.

Timmerman: pavement rehabilitation.

Impose only General Mitchell: C

concourse stem and 6 gate expansion

(construction).

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: air taxi/

commercial operators filing FAA form

1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at Milwaukee

County.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on September

21, 2000.

Eric Gabler,

Manager, Passenger Facility Charge Branch,

Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 00–24867 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey,

CA

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 Monterey

Peninsula Airport under the provisions

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division, 15000 Aviation

Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90261; or

San Francisco Airports District Office,

831 Mitten Road, Room 210,

Burlingame, CA 94010–1303.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Ms. Susan

Kovalenko, Manager, Support Services,

of Monterey Peninsula Airport District

at the following address: 200 Fred Kane

Drive, Suite 200, Monterey, CA 93940.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers may

submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Monterey

Peninsula Airport District under section

158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marlys Vandervelde, Airports Program

Analyst, San Francisco Airports District

Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210,

Burlingame, CA 94010–1303; telephone:

(650) 876–2806. 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 to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Monterey Peninsula Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On September 14, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Monterey Peninsula

Airport District was substantially

complete within the requirements of

§ 158.25 of part 158. The FAA will

approve or disapprove the application,

in whole or in part, no later than

December 14, 2000.

The following is a brief overview of

the application No. 00–06–C–00–MRY.

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: March

1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date:

October 1, 2001.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$362,895.

Brief description of the proposed

projects: Rehabilitate Terminal Storm

Drain, Expand Safety Building,

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Reconstruct SE Hangar Pavement, Y2K

Assessment/Upgrade Security Access

Control, South Ramp Security Fence,

Taxiway D Reconstruction, SE Water

Main Extension, Upgrade Airfield

Lighting System, South Ramp Storm

Drain Extension, Environmental Study

for 10R/28L Service Road,

Environmental Study for Airport Road

Extension, Phases 2 and 3, North Side

Perimeter Fence Replacement, Upper

Mezzanine Elevator, Fire Apparatus

Pump Upgrade and Vegetation/Wildlife

Management Plan.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Unscheduled/

intermittent part 135 Air Taxi/

commercial 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 Division located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd.,

Lawndale, CA 90261. In addition, any

person may, upon request, inspect the

application, notice and other documents

germane to the application in person at

the Monterey Peninsula Airport District.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on

September 14, 2000.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–24936 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement Number ACE–00–23.561–

01]

Issuance of Policy Statement, Methods

of Approval of Retrofit Shoulder

Harness Installation in Small Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of policy statement.

SUMMARY: This document announces an

FAA general statement of policy

applicable to modifying small airplanes.

This document advises the public, in

particular, small airplane owners and

modifiers, of more information related

to acceptable methods of approval of

retrofit harness installations. This notice

is necessary to tell the public of FAA

policy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Reyer, Federal Aviation

Administration, Small Airplane

Directorate, ACE–111, Room 301, 901

Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106;

telephone (816) 329–4131; fax 816–329–

4090; e-mail: michael.reyer@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This notice announces the following

policy statement, ACE–00–23.561–01.

The purpose of this statement is to

address methods of approval for retrofit

shoulder harness installations in small

airplanes.

What Is the General Effect of This

Policy?

The FAA is presenting this

information as a set of guidelines

suitable for use. However, we do not

intend that this policy set up a binding

norm; it does not form a new regulation

and the FAA would not apply or rely on

it as a regulation.

The FAA Aircraft Certification Offices

(ACO’s) and Flight Standards District

Offices (FSDO’s) that certify changes in

type design and approve alterations in

normal, utility, and acrobatic category

airplanes should try to follow this

policy when appropriate. Applicants

should expect the certificating officials

would consider this information when

making findings of compliance relevant

to retrofit shoulder harness installations.

As with all advisory material, this

statement of policy identifies one way,

but not the only way, of compliance.

General Statement of Policy

Summary

A retrofit shoulder harness

installation in a small airplane may

receive approval by Supplemental Type

Certificate (STC), Field Approval, or as

a minor change. An STC is the most

rigorous means of approval and offers

the highest assurance the installation

meets all the airworthiness regulations.

A Field Approval is a suitable method

of approval for a shoulder harness

installation that needs little or no

engineering. Shoulder harness

installations may receive approval as a

minor change in certain cases. In such

cases, the FAA certificated mechanic

who installs the shoulder harness

records it as a minor change by making

an entry in the maintenance log of the

airplane.

The FAA does not encourage the

approval of retrofit shoulder harness

installations as minor changes. The

preferred methods of approval are

Supplemental Type Certificate or Field

Approval. However, the FAA should not

forbid the approval of a retrofit shoulder

harness installation as a minor change

in:

• The front seats of those small

airplanes manufactured before July 19,

1978, and

• In other seats of those small

airplanes manufactured before

December 13, 1986.

A retrofit shoulder harness

installation may receive approval as a

minor change in these small airplanes if:

• The installation requires no change

of the structure (such as welding or

drilling holes).

• The certification basis of the

airplane is 14 CFR part 23 before

Amendment 23–20, part 3 of the Civil

Air Regulations, or a predecessor

regulation.

In addition, a minor change

installation should follow the guidance

for hardware, restraint angles, and

attachment locations provided in:

• Advisory Circular (AC) 43.13–2A,

Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and

Practices Aircraft Alterations.

• AC 21–34, Shoulder Harness—

Safety Installations.

• AC 23–4, Static Strength

Substantiation of Attachment Points for

Occupant Restraint System Installations.

Installations approved as a minor

change may not provide the occupant

with the protection required by

regulation (Civil Air Regulation (CAR)

3.386 or 14 CFR part 23, 23.561).

However, a properly installed retrofit

shoulder harness installation is a safety

improvement over occupant restraint by

seat belt alone.

Introduction

In January 1997, the Anchorage

Aircraft Certification Office (ACO)

Manager requested the Small Airplane

Directorate to study the issue of retrofit

shoulder harness installations in small

airplanes. The Anchorage ACO

specifically requested guidance for a

Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)

project to install shoulder harness in

Piper PA–18 series airplanes. Shoulder

harnesses are approved under Technical

Standard Order (TSO)–C114 Torso

Restraint Systems, or by other

acceptable means appropriate to the

certification basis of the airplane in

which they will be installed. This policy

statement addresses the approval of the

shoulder harness installation only.

During 1998, the Small Airplane

Directorate took part in the Aviation

Safety Program to increase the use and

effectiveness of occupant restraint

systems in general aviation airplanes.

This program supports the occupant

survivability element of the

Administrator’s Safety Agenda for

general aviation. The FAA has a goal of

significantly reducing the number of

fatal accidents over a ten-year period.