Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 11, 2000 / Notices 60493

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice Number 3412]

Notice of Meetings: United States

International Telecommunication

Advisory Committee (ITAC)—

Telecommunication Standardization

Sector (ITAC–T), National Committee &

U.S. Study Groups A & D

The Department of State announces

meetings of the U.S. International

Telecommunication Advisory

Committee (ITAC)—Telecommunication

Standardization (ITAC–T) National

Committee and US Study Groups A and

D. The purpose of the Committees is to

advise the Department on policy and

technical issues with respect to the

International Telecommunication Union

and international telecommunication

standardization and development.

Except where noted, meetings will be

held at the Department of State, 2201

‘‘C’’ Street, NW, Washington, DC.

The ITAC–T National Committee will

meet from 9:30 to noon on October 18,

2000, at the Department of State to

review the results of the ITU–T World

Telecommunication Standardization

Assembly (WTSA) and organize the

national study program to support those

results.

The ITAC–T U.S. Study Group A will

meet from 2:00 to 4:00 on November 14,

2000, at the Federal Communications

Commission to prepare positions for the

ITU–T Study Group 3 meeting starting

in December.

The ITAC–T U.S. Study Group D will

meet from 9 a.m. to noon on October 19,

2000, at the Department of State to

prepare positions for the next ITU–T

Study Groups 8 and 16 and Study

Group 9 Working Party 1.

Members of the general public may

attend these meetings. Directions to

meeting locations and actual room

assignments may be determined by

calling the Secretariat at 202 647–0965/

2592. Entrance to the Department of

State is controlled; people intending to

attend any of the ITAC meetings should

send a fax to (202) 647–7407 not later

than 24 hours before the meeting. This

fax should display the name of the

meeting (ITAC–T, U. S. Study Group A

or D) and date of meeting, your name,

social security number, date of birth,

and organizational affiliation. One of the

following valid photo identifications

will be required for admission: U.S.

driver’s license, passport, U.S.

Government identification card. Enter

the Department of State from the C

Street Lobby; in view of escorting

requirements, non-Government

attendees should plan to arrive not less

than 15 minutes before the meeting

begins.

Attendees may join in the

discussions, subject to the instructions

of the Chair. Admission of members will

be limited to seating available.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

John R. Gilsenan,

Chairman, ITAC–R, U.S. Department of State.

[FR Doc. 00–26089 Filed 10–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–45–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–1998–3553]

Marine Transportation System:

Waterways, Ports, and Their

Intermodal Conntections

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for public comments.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces

the availability of summaries from the

seven Regional Dialog Sessions

sponsored by the Interagency

Committee for Marine Transportation

System. These summaries report on

progress in addressing the Marine

Transportation System Report

recommendations and coordinating

Marine Transportation System issues at

the regional level.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Docket Management

Facility on or before November 30,

2000.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your

comments and related material are not

entered more than once in the docket,

please submit them by only one of the

following means:

(1) By mail to the Docket Management

Facility, (USCG–1998–3553), U.S.

Department of Transportation, room PL–

401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

(2) By hand delivery to room PL–401

on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building,

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329.

(3) By fax to the Docket Management

Facility at 202–493–2251.

(4) Electronically through the Web

Site for the Docket Management System

at http://dms.dot.gov.

The Docket Management Facility

maintains the public docket for this

notice. Comments and material received

from the public will become part of this

docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room PL–401

on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building

at the same address between 9 a.m. and

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays. You may also find this

docket on the Internet at http://

dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions on this notice, or the RDS’s,

call LCDR Greg Case, Coast Guard,

telephone 202–267–0386. For questions

on viewing or submitting material to the

docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief,

Dockets, Department of Transportation,

telephone 202–366–9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to submit

comments and related material on the

Regional Dialog Sessions or the Marine

Transportation System. If you do so,

please include your name and address,

identify the docket number for this

notice (USCG–1998–3553) and give the

reasons for each comment. You may

submit your comments and material by

mail, hand delivery, fax, or electronic

means to the Docket Management

Facility at the address under

ADDRESSES; but please submit your

comments and material by only one

means. If you submit them by mail or

hand delivery, submit them in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. If you submit them by

mail and would like to know they

reached the Facility, please enclose a

stamped, self-addressed postcard or

envelope. We will consider all

comments and material received during

the comment period.

Background

The Marine Transportation System

(MTS) includes waterways, ports, and

their intermodal connections with

highways, railways, and pipelines. The

MTS links the United States to overseas

markets and is important to national

security interests. Excluding Mexico

and Canada, over 95% of the U.S.

foreign trade by tonnage are shipped by

sea, and 14% of U.S. inter-city freight is

transported by water. Forecasts show

that U.S. foreign ocean-borne trade is

expected to more than double by the

year 2020; and commuter ferries,

recreational boating, and other

recreational uses of the waterway are

expected to increase, placing even

greater demands on the marine

transportation system. In turn, an

expanding marine transportation system

will pose greater challenges for

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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,