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Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: All air taxi/

commercial operators filing or required

to file FAA Form 1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

Regional Airports Office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue

SW., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98055–

4056.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

request to amend an approved

application in person at Salt Lake City

International Airport.

Issued in Renton, Washington on October

30, 2000.

David A. Field,

Manager, Planning, Programming and

Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28737 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

01–05–U–00–SEA To Use Only the

Revenue From a Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) at Seattle-Tacoma

International Airport, Submitted by the

Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma

International Airport, Seattle,

Washington

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 use only PFC revenue at

Seattle Tacoma International Airport

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117

and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Mr. J. Wade Bryant, Manager;

Seattle Airports District Office, SEA–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Suite 250,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Ms. Gina

Marie Lindsey, Director of Aviation

Division, at the following address:

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,

Port of Seattle, P.O. Box 68727, Seattle,

WA 98168.

Air Carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to Seattle-Tacoma

International Airport, under § 158.23 of

Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Suzanne Lee-Pang, (425) 227–2654,

Seattle Airports District Office, SEA–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Suite 250,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056. The

application may be reviewed in person

at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application 01–05–U–

00–SEA to use only PFC revenue at

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117

and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On November 1,2000, the FAA

determined that the application to use

only the revenue from a PFC submitted

by Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma

International Airport, Seattle,

Washington, was substantially complete

within the requirements of § 158.25 of

Part 158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than January 16, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

January 1, 2004.

Proposed charge expiration date:

January 1, 20023.

Total requested for use approval:

$44,965,000.

Brief description of proposed projects:

Security System Upgrade; Airfield

Pavement and Infrastructure

Improvements.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: None

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

Regional Airports Office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue

S.W., Suite 540, Renton, WA 98055–

4056.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the SeattleTacoma International Airport.

Issued in Renton Washington on November

1, 2000.

David A. Field,

Manager, Planning, Programming and

Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28735 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Hillsborough and Rockingham

Counties, New Hampshire; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway

Administration published a document

in the Federal Register of October 27,

2000, concerning Notice of Intent

concerning Environmental Impact

Statement: Hillsborough and

Rockingham Counties, New Hampshire.

The document contained incorrect

proposed location of the scoping

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William F. O’Donnell, 603–228–3057,

Extension 145.

Correction

In the Federal Register of October 27,

2000, in FR Doc. 00–27669, on page

64474, in the third column, correct the

meeting time and location to read

‘‘Because this project has been on hold

for a substantial period of time, a second

formal scoping meeting will be held at

4:00 p.m. on December 6, 2000, the 3rd

floor Auditorium of the University of

NH—Manchester Campus, 300 (rather

than 3000) Commercial Street in

Manchester, New Hampshire.’’

Dated: November 2, 2000.

Walter C. Waidelich,

Assistant Division Administrator, Concord,

New Hampshire.

[FR Doc. 00–28817 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with Part 211 of Title

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

notice is hereby given that the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) received

a request for a waiver of compliance

from certain requirements of its safety

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regulations. The individual petition is

described below including, the party

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions

involved, the nature of the relief being

requested, and the petitioner’s

arguments in favor of relief.

Norfolk Southern Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2000–

8045]

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS)

seeks to amend temporary waiver PB–

98–1 by extending the expiration date to

December 31, 2001.

Part 232.21(a) requires that ‘‘An

emergency brake application command

from the front unit of the device shall

activate the emergency air valve at the

rear of the train within one second.’’

According to NS, their front unit sends

an emergency brake command in 1.675

seconds, of which a significant portion

of this time is involved in coding the

unique signal that provides a security

barrier against an attempted malicious

emergency command from an outside

source, or an accidental transmission

from another front unit that may have

an erroneous rear number inputted. The

NS system is designed to code a unique

message between the individual

devices. These messages are separate

from the rear unit number and are coded

and initialized only during a five

minute window at the initial terminal

setup and testing of the system. NS

believes this function provides a higher

level of security than the two-way

systems currently used by other Class I

railroads.

Part 232.21(f) requires ‘‘the

availability of the front-to-rear

communications link shall be checked

automatically at least every ten

minutes.’’ The system used by NS does

not have front-to-rear communications

checked automatically every ten

minutes. NS claims their system

communications failure warning is

linked to the rear-to-front portion of the

messaging. If five minutes elapse, since

a good message was received by the

front unit, a ‘‘STANDBY’’ message is

displayed on the front unit. This

message informs the engineer that

communication is lost.

Part 232.23(d) permits NS to use these

devices because ‘‘Each two-way end-oftrain device purchased by any person

prior to promulgation of these

regulations shall be deemed to meet the

design and performance requirements

contained in § 232.21.’’

It is NS’s desire to redesign all of their

devices to comply with § 232.21. In

order to facilitate a smooth transition

from the existing NS mode to the mode

that is currently being used by the rest

of the Class I railroads, NS requested

and on June 8, 1998, was granted a

temporary waiver of § 232.21(a) and (f)

for the procurement and operation of a

dual mode device for three years. The

dual mode device is a dual frequency,

two-way system which will operate in

both the NS and the current compliant

mode. When these devices are operated

in the complaint mode, they will

comply with current regulations.

However, when they are operated in the

NS mode, they will be compatible with

existing NS devices as described above.

NS would like to modify existing

waiver PB–98–1 by extending the

expiration date to December 31, 2001, at

which time they believe the entire NS

locomotive fleet will be compliant with

the current design and operating

standards.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in these proceedings by

submitting written views, data, or

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA in writing, before the

end of the comment period and specify

the basis for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number FRA–2000–

8045) and must be submitted to the

Docket Management Facility, Room PL–

401, (Plaza level) 400 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20590–0001.

Communications received within 45

days of the date of this notice will be

considered by FRA before final action is

taken. Comments received after that

date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) at

the above facility. All documents in the

public docket are also available for

inspection and copying on the Internet

at the docket facility’s web site at http:/

/dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 3,

2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–28730 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket MARAD–2000–8246]

U.S. Ship Management, Inc.; Notice of

Application To Replace the Container

Vessel ‘‘Newark Bay’’ in Maritime

Security Program Operating

Agreement MA/MSP–31

By letter dated October 27, 2000, U.S.

Ship Management, Inc. (USSMI) has

advised that the container vessel

Newark Bay has been sold to Maersk

Line, Limited on October 23, 2000, and

will be utilized by that company as an

ammunition carrier under long-term

charter with the Military Sealift

Command. As a result of this sale, that

vessel is no longer eligible to receive

benefit payments under Maritime

Security Program (MSP) Operating

Agreement MA/MSP–31.

Pursuant to the terms of MSP

Operating Agreement MA/MSP–31,

failure to operate the vessel named

therein for more than 180 days in any

fiscal year may constitute a default.

Accordingly, if USSMI fails to resume

operations under MA/MSP–31 by April

24, 2001, USMMI can, at the discretion

of the Maritime Administration

(MARAD) (we, our, or us), be declared

in default of the terms of MSP Operating

Agreement MA/MSP–31. USSMI has

requested our approval to replace the

Newark Bay with the container vessel

Sealand Pride in order to remedy that

potential default, and continue

receiving benefits under the contract.

The Newark Bay is a container vessel

of approximately 4,600 TEU capacity

built in 1985. The Sealand Pride is a

former Sea-Land Service Atlantic Class

container vessel also built in 1985, and

converted to an SL–31 Class vessel of

approximately 3,700 TEU capacity in

1994. The vessel was extensively

modernized during its conversion.

Due to the policy considerations

involved in USSMI’s request, we have

decided to exercise our discretionary

options and seek comments concerning

this proposed substitution of vessels

from interested parties. A copy of

USSMI’s request will be available for

inspection at the Department of

Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility

and on the DOT Dockets website

(address information follows).

Any person, firm or corporation

having an interest in this proposal, and

desiring to submit comments

concerning this matter, may file

comments as follows. You should

mention the docket number that appears

at the top of this notice. Written

comments should be submitted to the