58304 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 189 / Thursday, September 28, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 236–3]

Delegation by the Under Secretary for

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of

Certain Functions to the Assistant

Secretary for Educational and Cultural

Affairs or in the Absence Thereof, to

the Principal Deputy Assistant

Secretary and Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Policy and Resources;

Title Correction

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: This delegation was

published on page 53795 of the Federal

Register for Tuesday, September 5,

2000. A correction was made to the text

of this delegation before it was

published in the Federal Register but its

title was not changed to reflect this

correction. The corrected title of this

delegation is Delegation by the Under

Secretary for Public Diplomacy and

Public Affairs of Certain Functions to

the Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Timothy Egert,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department

of State.

[FR Doc. 00–24931 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Transport Airplanes and

Engine Issues—New Tasks

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task

assignment(s) for the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of new tasks

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dorenda Baker, 601 Lind Ave., Renton,

Washington 98055–4056, 425–227–

2109, dorenda.baker@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA has established an Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator, through the

Associate Administrator for Regulation

and Certification, on the full range of

the FAA’s rulemaking activities with

respect to aviation-related issues. This

includes obtaining advice and

recommendations on the FAA’s

commitment to harmonize Title 14 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (14

CFR) with its partners in Europe and

Canada.

The Tasks

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization tasks:

Task 1

Ground Loads: Review 14 CFR part

25, specifically § 25.471, Ground Loads:

General, (through § 25.519), for

adequacy for both conventional and

unconventional gear configurations as

well as for unusually heavy airplanes.

This should include the review and

implementation of existing special

conditions for center gear

configurations. Review the distribution

of loads between the gear during the

landing event as well as the distribution

and magnitude of loads during ground

handling events such as pivoting,

turning, and braking.

Schedule: As a result of this review,

develop a report recommending

revisions to rules (including cost

estimates) and advisory material as

deemed necessary. The report and

advisory material shall be submitted to

the FAA within 18 months after the date

of this notice.

Task 2

Towing Loads: Review of § 25.509,

Towing loads, for adequacy for

conventional airplanes as well as

unusually heavy airplanes, and

establish adequate limit design towing

loads for all transport category airplanes

taking into account all recognized

means of towing, including towbarless

towing vehicles.

Schedule: As a result of this review,

develop a report recommending

revisions to the rules (including cost

estimates) and advisory material as

deemed appropriate. The report and

advisory material shall be submitted to

the FAA within 24 months after the date

of this notice.

Task 3

Landing Descent Velocity

Measurement: Review the results of

recent and ongoing landing descent

velocity measurements and make

recommendations in regard to the

adequacy of the existing limit decent

velocity requirements in § 25.473,

Landing load conditions and

assumptions, for conventional as well as

usually heavy airplanes.

Schedule: As a result of this review,

develop a report recommending

revisions to the rules (including cost

estimates) and advisory material as

deemed necessary. The report and

advisory material shall be submitted to

the FAA within 24 months after the

notice of the task is published.

If notices of proposed rulemaking and

notices of proposed advisory circulars

are published for public comment as a

result of the recommendations in these

reports, ARAC may be further asked to

review all comments received, and

provide the FAA with a

recommendation for disposition of

public comments for each project.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

ARAC has accepted the tasks and has

chosen to assign the tasks to the Loads

and Dynamics Harmonization Working

Group of the ARAC Transport Airplanes

and Engine Issues Group. The working

group will serve as staff to ARAC to

assist in the analysis of the assigned

tasks. Working group recommendations

must be reviewed and approved by

ARAC. If ARAC accepts the working

group’s recommendations, it forwards

them to the FAA as ARAC

recommendations.

Working Group Activity

The Loads and Dynamics

Harmonization Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the tasks, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

Transport Airplane and Engines held

following publication of this notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendation, prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. For each task, draft appropriate

documents with supporting economic

and other required analyses, and/or any

other related guidance material or

collateral documents the working group

determines to be appropriate, or, if new

or revised requirements or compliance

methods are not recommended, a draft

report stating the rationale for not

making such recommendations.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

Transport Airplane and Engine issues.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

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interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public. Meetings of the Loads and

Dynamics Harmonization Working

Group will not be open to the public,

except to the extent that individuals

with an interest and expertise and

selected to participate. No public

announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

21, 2000.

Anthony F. Fazio,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–24869 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

Atlantic City International Airport, NJ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare and

consider an environmental impact

statement and to conduct agency and

public scoping meetings.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

will be prepared and considered for

proposed improvements at Atlantic City

International Airport, New Jersey. In

addition, to ensure that all major

project-related issues are identified,

agency scoping and public scoping

meetings will be held. The New Jersey

Pinelands Commission will be a

cooperating agency on the EIS.

Scoping meetings will be held to

determine the scope of the EIS and to

identify the major project-related issues

to be addressed and emphasized in the

EIS. The FAA hereby invites the

participation of Federal, State and local

agencies, any affected Indian tribe, the

proponent of the action, and any other

interested parties.

Two scoping meetings are planned:

The first is an agency scoping meeting

intended for organizations having

jurisdiction by law or specific expertise

with respect to any environmental

impacts associated with the action; the

second is a public meeting intended for

other interested parties (including those

who may not be in accord with the

action on environmental grounds).

However, both are open to the public.

The FAA further invites agencies,

organizations, and the general public to

provide written comments relative to

the action and the issues to be

addressed in the EIS. Scoping comments

should clearly describe specific issues

or topics that the commentator believes

the EIS should address.

DATES: The scoping meetings are

scheduled for Wednesday November

1st, 2000. The agency scoping meeting

is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the public

scoping meeting is scheduled for 6:30

p.m. The meetings will be held at the

Egg Harbor Township Municipal

Building Court Room, 3515 Bargantown

Road, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

08234. Written comments will be

accepted through November 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests to be included on a mailing list

of persons interested in the EIS should

be send to Daisy Mather, Federal

Aviation Administration Eastern

Region, Airports Division, AEA–610, 1

Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York

11434.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daisy Mather, Federal Aviation

Administration Eastern Region, Airports

Division, AEA–610, 1 Aviation Plaza,

Jamaica, New York 11434; telephone

(718) 553–2511; e-mail:

daisy.mather@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South

Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA)

has completed a master plan update and

an environmental assessment (EA) for

the proposed future development

projects at Atlantic City International

Airport. Because the potential for

significant environmental impacts was

determined during the EA process, the

EA was not approved and the FAA

determined that preparation of an EIS

was necessary.

The proposed airport development

actions involve numerous airside and

landside improvements to be developed

over several years, such that some

projects will be implemented upon

completion of the EIS, while others will

be implemented as demand necessitates.

Major airside projects identified for

analysis include, but are not limited to,

the following: Runway and taxiway

extension, taxiway relocation, highspeed taxiway exits, runway and

taxiway pavement rehabilitation,

airfield lighting electrical

improvements, a deicing facility, and a

Category II Instrument Landing System

(CAT II ILS).

Major landside projects identified for

analysis include, but are not limited to,

the following: Passenger terminal and

terminal apron expansion, a multi-level

parking garage, surface parking

improvements, a new access roadway, a

rent-a-car service center, a hotel/

conference facility, general aviation

hangars with apron, a snow-removal

equipment storage building, and an

aircraft cargo/maintenance complex.

The airport is located in the Pinelands

National Reserve, an internationally

important ecological region that is 1.1

million acres in size and occupies 22

percent of New Jersey’s land area. The

environmental issues of concern for

evaluation in the EIS are anticipated to

be very similar to those evaluated in the

EA process, including water quality,

threatened and endangered species,

biotic communities, wetlands, air

quality, secondary impacts and

cumulative impacts. Other issues that

will be addressed in the EIS include

potential impacts to flood plains, noise,

cultural resources, utilities, hazardous

materials, and environmental justice.

With regard to project alternatives, the

EIS will include an analysis of a variety

of alternatives considered during project

planning. In addition to the proposed

action and the no action alternatives,

the analysis will include individual

project site locations, mitigation

alternatives, and other alternatives that

may arise from the scoping process.

Issued on September 22, 2000, in Jamaica,

New York.

Robert B. Mendez,

Manager, Airports Division, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–24935 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Impose a Passenger Facility Charge

(PFC) at General Mitchell International

Airport, Milwaukee, WI and To Use the

Revenue at General Mitchell

International Airport and Lawrence J.

Timmerman, Milwaukee, WI

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 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