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the FAA to routinely consider delays

and traffic management programs as

grounds for a usage waiver. These

factors were considered during the

rulemaking process. Any waiver of the

slot usage requirement at other high

density airports for non-operation of

flights at LaGuardia not covered by this

policy will continue to be processed in

accordance with 14 CFR Section 39.227.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November

13, 2000.

Jane F. Garvey,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–29408 Filed 11–14–00; 3:09 pm]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Athens and Meigs Counties, Ohio

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Retraction of notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public of the

retraction of the Notice of Intent to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement for a proposed highway

project in Athens and Meigs Counties,

Ohio, that was originally published in

the Federal Register on October 19,

1999.

The FHWA determined

environmental studies to document

consultations between the Ohio

Department of Transportation and

FHWA were necessary. Based on these

environmental studies, FHWA has

determined that potentially significant

impacts were avoided and the Finding

Of No Significant Impact designation

remains valid. An Environmental

Impact Statement will not be prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Andreas Garnes, Rural Programs

Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration, 200 N. High Street,

Room 328, Columbus, Ohio 43215,

Telephone: (614) 280–6856.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued on: November 8, 2000.

Andreas Garnes,

Rural Programs Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration, Columbus, Ohio.

[FR Doc. 00–29481 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 23]

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (‘‘RSAC’’) meeting.

SUMMARY: FRA announces the next

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal

Advisory Committee that develops

railroad safety regulations through a

consensus process. The meeting will

address a wide range of topics,

including possible adoption of specific

recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday,

December 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at the Wyndham

Washington, DC Hotel in the Vista

Ballroom, 1400 M Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 429–1700.

The meeting is open to the public on a

first-come, first-served basis and is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation

can be made available if requested 10

calendar days before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trish Paolella, or Lydia Leeds, RSAC

Coordinators, FRA, 1120 Vermont

Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC

20590, (202) 493–6212/6213 or Grady

Cothen, Deputy Associate Administrator

for Safety Standards and Program

Development, FRA, 1120 Vermont

Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC

20590, (202) 493–6302.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Pursuant to

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), FRA is

giving notice of a meeting of the

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee

(‘‘RSAC’’). The meeting is scheduled to

begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:30

p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2000.

The meeting of the RSAC will be held

at the Wyndham Hotel in the Vista

Ballroom, 1400 M Street, NW,

Washington, DC, 20005 (202) 429–1700.

All times noted are Eastern Standard

Time.

RSAC was established to provide

advice and recommendations to the

FRA on railroad safety matters. The

Committee consists of 48 individual

voting representatives and five associate

representatives drawn from among 30

organizations representing various rail

industry perspectives, two associate

representatives from the agencies with

railroad safety regulatory responsibility

in Canada and Mexico and other diverse

groups. Staffs of the National

Transportation Safety Board and Federal

Transit Administration also participate

in an advisory capacity.

The RSAC will be briefed on the

current status of activities of RSAC

working groups and task forces

responsible for carrying out tasks the

RSAC has accepted involving blue

signal protection, cab working

conditions, and the definition of

reportable ‘‘train accident.’’

There will be discussion about the

possible tasking of the Training and

Qualification of Safety Critical

personnel and a briefing on the status of

the North American Joint Positive Train

Control Project. Also, if the draft Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking for Cab

Working Conditions is approved by the

Working Group, the full committee may

be requested to consider

recommendations for FRA action on

that issue. The committee may also be

asked to consent to mail balloting with

respect to future recommendations of

the Locomotive Crashworthiness

Working Group, following an update on

the group’s activities.

Informational status briefings

concerning the Switching Operations

Fatality Analysis task force efforts, the

Grade Crossing Technical Working

Group, the American Public

Transportation Association’s Passenger

Rail Equipment Safety Standards and

the Harriman Awards will be presented.

Please refer to the notice published in

the Federal Register on March 11, 1996

(61 FR 9740) for more information about

the RSAC.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 13,

2000.

George Gavalla,

Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 00–29421 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–2000–8292]

Sea Princess Trading, Inc. and the

Sabine Transportation Company;

Notice of Petition for a Declaratory

Order

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of petition.

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration

is seeking public comment on the