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between OPM and SSA, the matching

program will be in effect and continue

for 18 months with an option to renew

for 12 additional months under the

terms set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D).

[FR Doc. 00–27328 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3444]

Uncitral Working Group On Arbitration:

Possible New Uniform Rules On

Written Form for Arbitration

Agreement, Interim Measures of

Protection, Mediation and

Councilation; Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: The Arbitration and ADR Study

Group of the Department’s Advisory

Committee on Private International Law

will hold a meeting in Washington, DC

at the Department of State on Thursday,

November 9, 2000, from 9:30 am to 1:00

pm. The subject will be to provide

advice to the U.S. delegation to the next

meeting of the UNCITRAL Working

Group on Arbitration.

Agenda

The meeting will consider the Report

of the Secretary-General of UNCITRAL

on ‘‘Possible Uniform Rules on Certain

Issues Concerning Settlement of

Commercial Disputes: Written Form for

Arbitration Agreement, Interim

Measures of Protection, Conciliation.’’

This document (no. A/CN/WG.II/

WP.110) may be found at the

UNCITRAL web page: www.uncitral.org.

To find it, click on ‘‘Preparatory

Documents,’’ then on ‘‘Working Group

on Arbitration,’’ then on ‘‘33rd

Session.’’ Depending on the time

available, the meeting will also consider

the Report of the Secretary-General of

UNCITRAL on ‘‘Possible Future Work:

Court-Ordered Interim Measures of

Protection in Support of Arbitration,

Scope of Interim Measures that may be

Ordered by Arbitral Tribunals, Validity

of the Agreement to Arbitrate.’’ This

document (no. A/CN/WG.II/WP.111)

may also be found at the same location

on the UNCITRAL website.

Background

In response to requests from

arbitration and mediation experts

around the world, United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law

(UNCITRAL) has reestablished its

Working Group on Arbitration. The

Working Group has been charged with

considering a number of pressing issues

involving application and interpretation

of the 1958 New York Convention on

the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral

Awards and the UNCITRAL Model Law

and Rules on Commercial Arbitration.

These issues include the requirement of

written form for arbitral agreements

under Article 2 of the Convention, about

which U.S. courts have taken different

approaches, and the desirability of

preparing model provisions on the

enforcement of interim measures of

protection. In addition, the Working

Group is charged with considering the

desirability of drafting a new

UNCITRAL Model Law on Conciliation

to pair with the UNCITRAL Conciliation

Rules. (Note that the New York

Convention and the UNCITRAL Model

texts may all be found on the

UNCITRAL website.)

The Working Group met in March

2000 and agreed in principle to begin to

draft a Model Law on Conciliation, as

well as consider the preparation of legal

texts in the areas of the written form for

arbitration agreements and interim

measures of protection. The UNCITRAL

Secretariat has now prepared the Report

described above with proposals in these

areas (Doc. No. A/CN/WG.II/WP.110).

In addition, the UNCITRAL

Secretariat has prepared some

preliminary background analysis on a

number of additional topics that could

form the basis for future consideration

by the Working Group (Doc. No. A/CN/

WG.II/WP.111). These proposals involve

aspects of the use of court-ordered

interim measures of protection, the

scope of interim measures that may be

issued by arbitrators, and the validity of

agreements to arbitrate.

Attendance

The meeting will be held from 9:30

am to 1 pm in Conference Room 1105

at the Department of State, 2201 C St.,

NW., Washington, DC, and is open to

the public. Because of security

requirements for entering the building,

persons wishing to attend must contact

Ms. Rosie Gonzales, Office of the Legal

Adviser, at 202–776–8420, fax 202–776–

8482, email < gonzaler@ms.state.gov >

no later than Monday November 6.

Persons wishing to attend should

provide Ms. Gonzales with their name,

date of birth, and social security

number. Copies of the pertinent

documents may be found free of charge

on the UNCITRAL website as indicated

above, or will be provided free of charge

by contacting Ms. Gonzales at the above

numbers.

Persons not able to attend may

provide written comments to Mr. Jeffrey

Kovar at the following address: 2430 E

St., NW., South Bldg., Suite 203,

Washington, DC 20037–2851.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private

International Law, Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps

for Phoenix Sky Harbor International

Airport, Phoenix, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the Noise Exposure

Maps submitted by the City of Phoenix

for the Phoenix Sky Harbor

International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona

under the provisions of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–193) and

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), Part 150, are in compliance with

applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of

the FAA’s acceptance of the Noise

Exposure Maps for the Phoenix Sky

Harbor International Airport, Phoenix,

Arizona is October 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brian Armstrong, Airport Planner,

Airports Division, AWP–611.1, Federal

Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region. Mailing Address: P.O.

Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los

Angeles, California 90009–2007.

Telephone (310) 725–3614. Street

address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard,

Hawthorne, California 90261.

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 the Phoenix Sky Harbor

International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona

are in compliance with applicable

requirements of Federal Aviation

Regulation (FAR) Part 150, effective

October 10, 2000.

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

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operation, 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 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 Map and supporting

documentation submitted by the city of

Phoenix. The specific maps under

consideration are Exhibit 1, ‘‘1999 Noise

Exposure Map’’ and Exhibit 2, ‘‘2004

Noise Exposure Map’’ in the

submission. The FAA has determined

that these maps for the Phoenix Sky

Harbor International Airport are in

compliance with applicable

requirements. This determination is

effective on October 10, 2000. FAA’s

acceptance of 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 acceptance 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 FAR

Part 150 through FAA’s review of the

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 150.21 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, 800

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

617, Washington, DC 20591;

Federal Aviation Administration,

Western-Pacific Region, Airports

Division, AWP–600, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90261;

and

City of Phoenix, Aviation Department,

3400 Sky Harbor Boulevard, Phoenix,

AZ 85034.

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Hawthorne, California on October

10, 2000.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600,

Western-Pacific Region.

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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 Task

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization task:

Task: Review 14 CFR 25.365(d), in

particular the factors applied to the

maximum relief value setting, which is

used to set a limit structural design

loan. Review FAA and Joint Aviation

Authority (JAA) advisory material and

paragraph 8 of Advisory Circular 25–20.

In light of this review, develop a report

recommending changes to harmonize

this section and the corresponding JAR

paragraph, recommending new

harmonized standards, and develop

related or revised advisory material as

necessary.

Schedule: The report and advisory

material shall be submitted to the FAA

within 18 months after the date of this

notice.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

ARAC has accepted the tasks and has

chosen to assign the tasks to the General

Structures 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 General Structures

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 task, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of the

ARAC Transport Airplane and Engines

issues held following publication of this

notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations, prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. Draft appropriate documents with

supporting economic and other required

analyses, and/or any other related

guidance material or collateral