69802 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 224 / Monday, November 20, 2000 / Notices

notice must be provided before the

Secretary may waive any condition

imposed on an interest in surplus

property.

Issued in Garden City, New York, on

October 3, 2000.

Philip Brito,

Manager, New York Airports District Office,

Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–29576 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Glynco Jetport, Brunswick, Georgia

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 impose and use the

revenue from a PFC at Glynco Jetport

under the provisions of the Aviation

Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of

1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Atlanta Airports District Office,

1701 Columbia Avenue, Suite 2–260,

College Park, Georgia 30337–2747.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Steven V.

Brian, Executive Director of the Glynn

County Airport Commission at the

following address: Mr. Steven V. Brian,

Executive Director, Glynn County

Airport Commission, 500 Connole

Street, Brunswick, Georgia 31525.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Glynn

County Airport Commission under

§ 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tracie Dominy, Program Manager,

Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701

Columbia Avenue, Suite 2–260, College

Park, Georgia 3003337–2747, (404) 305–

7148. 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 to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Glynco Jetport under the provisions of

the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR part 158).

On November 6, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Glynn County Airport

Commission 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 February 9, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No. 00–01–C–00–

BQK.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

February 1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date:

November 1, 2010.

Total estimated net PFC revenue:

$517,141.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

• Master Plan

• Baggage Claim and ARFF Extension

• Remark Runway

• Rehabilitate Taxiway ‘‘D’’

• Construct ARFF Maintenance

Facility

• Terminal Roadway Improvements

• Terminal Renovation

• Alternative Impose Retire PFC Debt

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Non scheduled

certificate route air carrier (filing form

T–100).

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Glynn

County Airport Commission.

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia on November 6,

2000.

Scott L. Seritt,

Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office,

Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–29661 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct public meetings in preparation

for and to report the results of the

twenty-first session of the United

Nation’s Committee of Experts on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN

COE) to be held December 4–13, 2000 in

Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: November 28, 2000 9:30 AM–

1:00 PM, Room 2201; January 11, 2001,

10:00 AM–1:00 PM, Room 8236–8240.

ADDRESS: Both meetings will be held at

DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits

Wybenga, International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, or Bob Richard,

Assistant International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the first meeting

will be to prepare for the twenty-first

session of the UN COE and to discuss

U.S. positions on UN COE proposals.

The primary purpose of the second

meeting will be to provide a briefing on

the outcome of the UN COE session and

to prepare for the Committee’s 2001–

2002 biennium which commences with

the nineteenth session of the United

Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on

the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN

COE) which is scheduled for July 2–13,

2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. Topics to

be covered during the public meetings

include: (1) Global harmonization of

classification criteria including

flammable aerosol test methods and

criteria; (2) Reformatting the UN

Recommendations into a model rule, (3)

Intermodal portable tank requirements

including requirements for the transport

of solids in portable tanks, (4)

Requirements applicable to small

quantities of hazardous materials in

transport (limited quantities) including

package marking requirements, package

quantity limits and requirements

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 224 / Monday, November 20, 2000 / Notices 69803

1Target, an Oklahoma corporation, is a 99.3%-

owned subsidiary of Republic Gypsum Company.

Applicant, a Delaware corporation, is a wholly

owned subsidiary of Target. Target will, pursuant

to Oklahoma and Delaware law, merge into

Applicant with Applicant being the surviving

corporation. Following the mergers, Applicant will

be converted to a Delaware limited liability

company. As a result, the state of incorporation of

Target will be changed from Oklahoma to Delaware,

and Target will be changed to a Delaware limited

liability company.

applicable to consumer commodities,

(5) Harmonized requirements for

compressed gas cylinders, (6)

Classification of individual substances,

(7) Requirements for bulk and non-bulk

packagings used to transport hazardous

materials, (8) Requirements for the

transport of Ammonium Nitrate

Emulsions and (9) Hazard

communication requirements including

harmonized shipping paper

requirements.

The public is invited to attend

without prior notification.

Documents

Copies of documents for the UNCOE

meeting may be obtained by

downloading them from the United

Nations Transport Division’s web site at

http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/

dgcomm/dgcomm.html. Information

concerning UN dangerous goods

meetings including agendas can be

downloaded at http://www.unece.org/

trans/danger/meetings.htm#ST/SG.

These sites may also be accessed

through RSPA’s Hazardous Materials

Safety Homepage at http://

hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm.

RSPA’s site also provides information

regarding the UNCOE and SCOE and

related matters such as a summary of

decisions taken at the 18th session of

the UNSCOE, meeting dates and a

summary of the primary topics which

the UNCOE plans to address.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November

14, 2000.

Robert A. McGuire,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 00–29573 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33954]

Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company, a

Delaware Corporation—Acquisition

and Operation Exemption—Hollis &

Eastern Railroad Company, an

Oklahoma Corporation

Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company

(Applicant), a noncarrier, has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate the

railroad line of Hollis & Eastern Railroad

Company (Target) between Duke, OK, at

milepost 0, and the Wichita, Tillman &

Jackson Ry. Co. line, at milepost 14,

located approximately 14 miles to the

east.1

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or about November 9,

2000. The earliest the transaction could

be consummated was November 7,

2000, 7 days after the exemption was

filed.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

revoke will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33954, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Bryan

Bishop, Esq., Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP,

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200, Dallas,

TX 75201.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: November 13, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29651 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Grant Program for Research and

Development in the Field of

Transportation Statistics

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation

Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Transportation

Statistics supports its goal of advancing

the field of transportation statistics

through the Transportation Statistics

Research Grants program. This notice

solicits applications for projects that (1)

support the development of the field of

transportation statistics; and/or (2)

involve research or development in

transportation statistics. It outlines the

purpose, goals, and general procedures

for application and award. For FY 2001,

BTS will make available up to $500,000

in grant funds to eligible organizations.

DATES: For BTS to consider your

application, we must receive it by

January 19, 2000, at 5 P.M. Eastern

Standard Time. Applications received

after January 19, 2000, will be held for

the next cycle, which is anticipated to

be every six to twelve months, unless

you request in writing that your

application be returned.

ADDRESSES: You must send six copies of

the application package to the BTS

Grants Program, Room 3430, Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Promod Chandhok, Office of Statistical

Programs and Services, Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, Room 3430,

400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20590; phone (202) 366–2158; fax:

(202) 366–3640; e-mail:

promod.chandhok@bts.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background—Advancing the

Discipline of Transportation Statistics

The purpose of this grant program is

to provide financial assistance to

eligible organizations to help advance

the discipline of transportation

statistics. These grants are authorized by

section 5109 of the Transportation

Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA–

21) (Pub. L. 105–178 (1998), codified at

49 U.S.C. 111(g)). BTS anticipates

awarding up to $500,000 per year in

grants for projects that (1) support

development of the field of

transportation statistics; and/or (2)

advance research or development in

transportation statistics.

BTS is an operating administration

within the U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT). Its mission is to

lead in developing transportation data

and information of high quality, and to

advance their effective use in public and

private transportation decision-making.

In accomplishing this mission, BTS

works to improve six key attributes of

transportation data and analysis—

quality, comparability, completeness,

timeliness, relevance, and utility.

Our ultimate goal is to make

transportation better—to enhance safety,

mobility, economic growth, the human

and natural environment, and national

security (the five strategic goals of the