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protecting and enhancing the

environment

Many federal agencies, state and local

governments, port authorities, and the

private sector share responsibility for

the marine transportation system.

Recognizing that the economic, safety,

and environmental implications of aging

infrastructure, inadequate channels, and

congested intermodal connections will

become more critical as marine traffic

volume increases, the Secretary of

Transportation began a multi-agency

MTS initiative in March 1998.

The MTS initiative began in the

spring of 1998 with seven Regional

Listening Sessions to gather stakeholder

input on the current state and future

needs of the MTS. The input received at

the listening sessions became the basis

for a National MTS Conference in

November of 1998. After the conference,

the Secretary established the

Congressionally mandated MTS Task

Force to conduct an assessment of the

U.S. Marine Transportation System. The

September 1999 MTS Task Force Report

to Congress, An Assessment of the

Marine Transportation System,

recommended action in seven strategic

areas. Regional coordination and

implementation of the

recommendations contained in Chapter

6 of the Report to Congress was the

focus of the Regional Dialog Sessions.

The docket (USCG–1998–3553) contains

the MTS Report to Congress, summaries

of the Regional Listening Sessions, the

Proceedings of the National MTS

Conference, and the Regional Dialog

Sessions Summaries. You may access it

electronically on the Internet at http://

dms.dot.gov.

Next Steps

Comments received during the

comment period will be considered by

an Interagency Committee for the

Marine Transportation System and

Marine Transportation System National

Advisory Council to assess the adequacy

of the marine transportation system.

They will continue examining the

critical marine transportation issues,

and recommending strategies and plans

of action to ensure safety, advance

national interest, including economic

competitiveness and national security in

the marine transportation arena.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

J.P. High,

Director of Waterways Management.

[FR Doc. 00–26078 Filed 10–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 159;

Minimum Operational Performance

Standards for Airborne Navigation

Equipment Using Global Positioning

System (GPS)

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for a Special Committee

159 meeting to be held October 24–27,

2000, starting at 9 a.m. each day. The

meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140

Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20036.

The agenda will include:

Specific Working Group Sessions

October 24

Working Group (WG–1), Third Civil

Frequency and WG–2C, GPS/

Inertial.

October 25

9:00–12:00

WG–4, Precision Landing Guidance

(GPS/LAAS) and WG–6, GPS/

Interference;

1:30–4:30

WG–2, GPS/WAAS

SC–159 AD Hoc, Recommendation

and WG5, Surface Surveillance

October 26

WG–2, GPS/WAAS

WG–4, Precision Landing Guidance

(GPS/LAAS) and WG–6, GPS/

Interference

October 27: Plenary Session

(1) Introductory Remarks;

(2) Approve Summary of Previous

Meeting;

(3) Review Working Group (WG)

Progress and Identify Issues for

Resolution:

(a) GPS/3rd Civil Frequency (WG–1);

(b) GPS/WAAS (WG–2);

(c) GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A);

(d) GPS/Inertial (WG–2C);

(e) GPS/Precision Landing Guidance

(WG–4);

(f) GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance

(WG–5);

(g) GPS Interference (WG–6);

(h) SC–159 Ad Hoc;

(4) Review of EUROCAE Activities;

(5) Review/Approve Final Draft, SC–

159, Response to the Johns Hopkins

University Applied Physics

Laboratory Recommendation

Regarding Receiver Autonomous

Integrity Monitoring;

(6) Assignment/Review of Future Work;

(7) Other Business;

(8) Date and Location of Next Meeting;

(9) Closing.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, at (202) 833–9339 (phone),

(202) 833–9434 (fax). Members of the

public may present a written statement

to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 2,

2000.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 00–26017 Filed 10–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Intelligent Transportation Society of

America; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intelligent Transportation

Society of America (ITS AMERICA) will

hold a meeting of its Board of Directors

on Sunday, November 5, 2000. The

meeting begins at 1 p.m. The letter

designations that follow each item mean

the following: (I) Is an information item;

(A) is an action item; (D) is a discussion

item. The General Session includes the

following items: (1) Introductions and

ITS America Antitrust Policy and

Conflict of Interest Statements (I); (2)

Review & Approval of August 10, 1999

Board Meeting #31 Minutes; (3) Federal

ITS Initiatives Report (I/D); (4)

Coordinating Council Report (I/D); (5)

State Chapters Council Report (I/D); (6)

International Affairs Council & World

Congresses Reports (I/D); (7) ITS

America Trade Association Report (I);

(8) President’s Report (External Issues)

(I/D); (9) Other Business;

Business Session (U.S. DOT

participants excused; Board Members,

ITS America Members and Staff Only.)

(10) Report to the Executive Committee

(I/D); (11) Report of the Nominating

Committee (I); (12) President’s Report

(Internal Issues) (I/D); (13) Other

Business. Adjournment until January

11, 2001, 2 p.m. Board of Directors

Meeting #37 in Washington, D.C.

ITS AMERICA provides a forum for

national discussion and

recommendations on ITS activities

including programs, research needs,