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section 5333(b), administered under the

Department of Labor’s (DOL) Mass

Transit Employee Protection Program.

These employee protections include the

preservation of rights, privileges, and

benefits under existing collective

bargaining agreements, the continuation

of collective bargaining rights, the

protection of individual employees

against a worsening of their positions

related to employment, assurances of

employment to employees of acquired

mass transportation systems, priority of

reemployment, and paid training or

retraining. Generally, DOL processes the

employee protection certification

required under Section 5333(b) in

accordance with the procedural

guidelines published at 29 C.F.R. 215.3.

However, for the Job Access and Reverse

Commute Program, DOL has proposed

to apply appropriate protections

without referral for Job Access and

Reverse Commute grant applications

serving populations under 200,000 and

to utilize the guidelines for Job Access

and Reverse Commute grant

applications serving populations of

200,000 or more. FTA will submit the

grant application to DOL for

certification.

Grant funds will NOT be released

without DOL certification. Where there

are questions regarding the DOL

certification process and/or information

needed by DOL to obtain a labor

certification, successful applicants must

contact the appropriate FTA regional

office (See Appendix A). Additionally,

guidance is provided on the World

Wide Web at [http://

www.fta.dot.gov.wtw/labor.htm].

Completed Application: All

successful applicants must now proceed

to complete their grant application by

fully documenting all the Job Access

and Reverse Commute program

requirements that were not fully

documented when the application was

submitted. FTA regional offices will

advise applicants by letter of any

remaining outstanding items, as well as

stipulations specific to the Job Access

and Reverse Commute project which

need to be addressed and/or fully

documented prior to grant approval.

Successful applicants will be notified

in writing by the FTA regional offices

with further guidance.

Issued on: October 13, 2000.

Nuria I. Fernandez,

Acting Administrator.

Appendix A–FTA Regional Offices

Region I—

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,

Connecticut, Rhode Island, and

Massachusetts. Richard Doyle, FTA

Regional Administrator, Volpe National

Transportation Systems Center, Kendall

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920,

Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, (617) 494–

2055

Region II—

New York, New Jersey, and Virgin Islands.

Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional

Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room

429, New York, NY 10004–1415, (212)

668–2170

Region III—

Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,

West Virginia, and District of Columbia,

Susan Schruth, FTA Regional

Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite

500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, (215)

656–7100

Region IV—

Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina,

Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,

Tennessee, and Puerto Rico. Jerry Franklin,

FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth

Street, S.W., Suite 17T50, Atlanta, GA

30303, (404) 562–3500

Region V—

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,

Indiana, and Ohio. Joel Ettinger, FTA

Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams

Street, Suite 2410, Chicago, IL 60606–5232,

(312) 353–2789

Region VI—

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and

New Mexico, Robert Patrick, FTA Regional

Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room

8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978–0550

Region VII—

Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional

Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite

404, Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–

3920

Region VIII—

Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North

Dakota, South Dakota. Lee Waddleton, FTA

Regional Administrator, Columbine Place,

216 16th Street, Suite 650, Denver, CO

80202–5120, (303) 844–3242

Region IX—

California, Hawaii, Guam, Arizona, Nevada,

American Samoa, and the Northern

Mariana Islands. Leslie Rogers, FTA

Regional Administrator, 201 Mission

Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA

94105–1839, (415) 744–3133

Region X—

Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.

Helen Knoll, FTA Regional Administrator,

Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second

Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174–

1002, (206) 220–7954

[FR Doc. 00–26818 Filed 10–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–2000–7798]

Criteria for Granting Waivers of

Requirement for Exclusive U.S.-Flag

Vessel Carriage of Certain Export

Cargoes

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration

(MARAD) is hereby giving notice that

the closing date for comments in Docket

No. MARAD–2000–7798, proposed

policy revision relating to the criteria for

granting waivers of requirement for

exclusive U.S.-flag vessel carriage of

certain export cargoes, has been

extended to close of business (5:00 p.m.

est) November 13, 2000. The notice of

application in Docket No. MARAD–

2000–7798 was published in the

Federal Register of August 21, 2000 (65

FR 50732–50740).

Dated: October 16, 2000.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–26890 Filed 10–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No.

8)]

Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V.—

Pooling of Car Service Regarding

Multilevel Cars

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of filing of application.

SUMMARY: Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de

C.V. (Ferromex), has filed an application

seeking approval for its participation in

an existing railroad agreement for the

pooling of services related to multilevel

cars used to transport motor vehicles

and boxcars used to transport

automobile parts. Ferromex is a

common carrier engaged in the

transportation of property by railroad in

Mexico. Its participation in the pooling

agreement will be limited to

international traffic moving between

points in Mexico, the United States, and

Canada.

DATES: Any comments on the

application must be filed by November

20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send an original plus 10

copies of any comments, referring to