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for protecting the freedom of navigation

with due consideration being given to

the quality of the human environment

and by taking a balanced approach to

total transportation systems, both land

and water modes. The Coast Guard must

ensure that proposed bridge projects

provide for the reasonable needs of

present and prospective marine

transportation. Interested and affected

parties are requested to express their

views, in writing, on the impacts of the

construction of the proposed bridges on

navigation and the quality of the human

environment, including impacts on

historic, recreational, endangered

species, and wetlands, giving sufficient

detail to establish a clear understanding

of their reasons for support of or

opposition to the proposed work.

Procedural

Individuals and representatives of

organizations that wish to present

testimony at either Hearing or who want

to be placed on the project mailing list,

may submit a request 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. Requests to speak

should be received no later than

February 1, 2000 in order to ensure

proper schedule of the hearing.

Attendees at the hearing who wish to

present testimony and have not

previously made a request to do so, will

follow those on the previously

established list. Brochures and forms for

written comments will be sent to those

on the mailing list. Written statements

and other exhibits in lieu of or in

addition to oral presentation at the

Hearing may be submitted to Ms.

Walker at the address under ADDRESSES

until February 25, 2000, in order to be

included in the Public Hearing

Transcript.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

Appropriate auxiliary aids and

services for qualified individuals with

disabilities or non-English speaking

persons will be provided upon request.

Please submit requests for these services

to Ms. Norine Walker, at the address

under ADDRESSES in writing or by

calling either of the Woodrow Wilson

Bridge Centers at 703–519–9800 or 301–

686–0000 or fax request to 703–548–

4593 or 301–868–0001 or teletype to 1–

800–735–2258 (MD Statewide toll free).

Any requests for an oral or sign

language interpreter must be received by

February 1, 2000.

Dated: December 30, 1999.

George K. Frick, Jr.,

Acting Division Administrator, Federal

Highway Administration.

Terry M. Cross,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of

Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–258 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 1999–6722]

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine

Personnel Advisory Committee

(MERPAC) and its working groups will

meet to discuss various issues relating

to the training and fitness of merchant

marine personnel. MERPAC advises the

Secretary of Transportation on matters

relating to the training, qualifications,

licensing, certification and fitness of

seamen serving in the U.S. merchant

marine. All meetings will be open to the

public.

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Tuesday,

January 25, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

and on Wednesday, January 26, 2000,

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. These meetings

may adjourn early if all business is

finished. Written material and requests

to make oral presentations should reach

the Coast Guard on or before January 11,

2000. Requests to have a copy of your

material distributed to each member of

the committee or subcommittee should

reach the Coast Guard on or before

January 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both

days in Room A–300 of the Maritime

Institute of Technology and Graduate

Studies (MITAGS), 5700 Hammonds

Ferry Road, Linthicum Heights, MD

21090. Further directions regarding the

location of MITAGS may be obtained by

contacting Ms. Kate Gossard of MITAGS

at (410) 859–5700. Send written

material and requests to make oral

presentations to Commander Steven J.

Boyle, Commandant (G–MSO–1), U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street SW, Washington, DC 20593–0001.

This notice is available on the Internet

at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Steven J. Boyle, Executive

Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C.

Gould, Assistant to the Executive

Director, telephone 202–267–0229, fax

202–267–4570, or e-mail

mgould@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings is given under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of January 25, 2000, Meeting

The full committee will meet to

discuss the objectives for the meeting.

The committee will then break up into

the following working groups: the

working group on the International

Convention on the Standards of

Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping (STCW), specifically

addressing the Assessment of

Proficiencies as Mandated by the

Amended 1995 STCW Convention; the

working group on the Methods of

Demonstrating Competence in Crisis

Management and Human Behavior, and;

the working group on Simulator

Standards for Demonstrating

Competence in Ratings Forming Part of

a Navigational Watch. New working

groups may be formed to address any

new issues or tasks. At the end of the

day, the working groups will make a

report to the full committee on what has

been accomplished in their meetings.

No action will be taken on these reports

on this date.

Agenda of January 26, 2000, Meeting

The agenda includes the following:

(1) Introduction.

(2) Working Group Reports.

(a) Assessment of Proficiencies as

Mandated by the Amended 1995 STCW

Convention

(b) Methods of Demonstrating

Competence in Crisis Management and

Human Behavior

(c) Simulator Standards for

Demonstrating Competence in Ratings

Forming Part of a Navigational Watch

(3) Other items to be discussed:

(a) Standing Committee—Prevention

Through People

(b) STCW developments

(c) Other items brought up for

discussion by the committee or the

public

Procedural

Both meetings are open to the public.

Please note that the meetings may

adjourn early if all business is finished.

At the Chair’s discretion, members of

the public may make oral presentations

during the meetings. If you would like

to make an oral presentation at a

meeting, please notify the Executive

Director no later than January 11, 2000.

Written material for distribution at a

meeting should also reach the Coast

Guard no later than January 11, 2000. If

you would like a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the

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committee or subcommittee in advance

of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to

the Executive Director no later than

January 4, 2000.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meetings, contact the Executive Director

as soon as possible.

Dated: December 21, 1999.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 00–248 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps

for Lanai Airport, Lanai City, HA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the State of Hawaii,

Department of Transportation, for Lanai

Airport under the provisions of Title I

of the Aviation Safety and Noise

Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–

193) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in

compliance with applicable

requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps is December 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Welhouse, Airport Planner,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Honolulu Airports District Office, P.O.

Box 50244, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850–

0001, Telephone 808/541–1243, Street

Address: Federal Building, 300 Ala

Moana Boulevard, Room 7–128,

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. Documents

reflecting this FAA action may be

reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Lanai Airport are in compliance with

applicable requirements of Part 150,

effective December 23, 1999.

Under section 103 of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’)., an

airport operator may submit to the FAA

noise exposure maps which meet

applicable regulations and which depict

noncompatible land uses as of the date

of submission of such maps, a

description of projected aircraft

operations, and the ways in which such

operations will affect such maps. The

Act requires such maps to be developed

in consultation with interested and

affected parties in the local community,

government agencies, and persons using

the airport.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by FAA to be in compliance with

the requirements of Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The FAA has completed its review of

the noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by the State of

Hawaii, Department of transportation.

The specific maps under consideration

are Figure 4–1, ‘‘Base Year (1999) Noise

Exposure Map’’ and Figure 5–1, ‘‘5-Year

(2004) Noise Exposure Map,’’ in the

submission. The FAA has determined

that the maps for the Lanai Airport are

in compliance with applicable

requirements. This determination is

effective on December 23, 1999. FAA’s

determination on an airport operator’s

noise exposure maps is limited to a

finding that the maps were developed in

accordance with the procedures

contained in Appendix A of FAR Part

150. Such determination does not

constitute approval of the applicant’s

data, information or plans, or a

commitment to approve a noise

compatibility program or to fund the

implementation of that program.

If questions arise concerning the

precise relationship of specific

properties to noise exposure contours

depicted on a noise exposure map

submitted under section 103 of the Act,

it should be noted that the FAA is not

involved in any way in determining the

relative locations of specific properties

with regard to the depicted noise

contours, or in interpreting the noise

exposure maps to resolve questions

concerning, for example, which

properties should be covered by the

provisions of section 107 of the Act.

These functions are inseparable from

the ultimate land use control and

planning responsibilities of local

government. These local responsibilities

are not changed in any way under Part

150 or through FAA’s review of noise

exposure maps. Therefore, the

responsibility for the detailed

overlaying of noise exposure contours

onto the map depicting properties on

the surface rests exclusively with the

airport operator which submitted those

maps, or with those public agencies and

planning agencies with which

consultation is required under section

103 of the Act. The FAA has relied on

the certification by the airport operator,

under section 150.16 of FAR Part 150,

that the statutorily required consultation

has been accomplished.

Copies of the noise exposure maps

and of the FAA’s evaluation of the maps

are available for examination at the

following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Community and Environmental Needs

Division, APP–600, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20591.

Federal Aviation Administration,

Western-Pacific Region, Airports

Division, AWP–600, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Room 3012, Hawthorne,

California 90261

Federal Aviation Administration,

Honolulu Airports District Office,

Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana

Boulevard, Room 7–128, Honolulu,

Hawaii 96813

State of Hawaii, Department of

Transportation, Airports Division,

District Office Manager, Kahului

Airport, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 96732

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Hawthorne, California on

December 23, 1999.

Ellsworth L. Chan,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–246 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1410–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–99–46]

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