11512 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 12, 1997 / Notices

[Public Notice No. 2515]

Notice of Briefing

The Department of State announces

this year’s first briefing on U.S. foreign

policy economic sanctions programs to

be held on Friday, April 25, 1997, from

2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., in the State

Department Dean Acheson auditorium,

2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC.

This briefing is a follow-on session to

the series of briefings held last year in

March, July and December. As in the

earlier briefings, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Energy Sanctions and

Commodities Bill Ramsay will present

an overview of the foreign policy

economic sanctions regimes overseen by

the State Department’s Bureau of

Economic and Business Affairs. State

Department desk officers will be on

hand to discuss country-specific

sanctions issues following Ambassador

Ramsay’s briefing.

Please Note: Persons intending to attend

the April 25 briefing must announce this not

later than 48 hours before the briefing, and

preferably further in advance, to the

Department of State by sending a fax to 202–

647–3953 (Office of the Coordinator for

Business Affairs). The announcement must

include name, affiliation, Social Security or

passport number and date of birth. The above

includes government and non-government

attendees. One of the following valid photo

ID’s will be required for admittance: U.S.

driver’s license with picture, passport, U.S.

government ID (company ID’s are no longer

accepted by Diplomatic Security). Enter from

the 23rd Street entrance.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Christopher Szymanski,

Deputy Coordinator for Business Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–6227 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aviation Proceedings; Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending 2/28/97

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412

and 414. Answers may be filed within

21 days of date of filing.

Docket Number: OST–97–2151.

Date filed: February 24, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC3 Telex Mail Vote 858

Special Passenger Amending Reso

from Japan

Intended effective date: April 1, 1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–2157.

Date filed: February 26, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

COMP Mail Vote 857 (as amended)

Zimbabwe-Middle East/TC3 Reso 010i

Intended effective date: April 1, 1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–2158.

Date filed: February 26, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC2 AFR 0007 dated February 14,

1997.

Within Africa Resos r1–24

Minutes—PTC2 AFR 0008 dated

February 21, 1997

Tables—PTC2 AFR Fares 0004 dated

February 25, 1997

Intended effective date: April 1, 1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–2163.

Date filed: February 28, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC1 Telex Mail Vote 860

Argentina-Bolivia Fares

r–1—041d r–3—061d

r–2—051d r–4—070j

Intended effective date: March 16,

1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–2164.

Date filed: February 28, 1997.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

COMP Cargo Telex Reso 033f

Local Currency Rate Changes-Hungary

Intended effective date: April 1, 1997.

Paulette V. Twine,

Chief, Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–6044 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Notice of Applications for Certificates

of Public Convenience and Necessity

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed

Under Subpart Q During the Week

Ending February 28, 1997

The following Applications for

Certificates of Public Convenience and

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier

Permits were filed under Subpart Q of

the Department of Transportation’s

Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR

302.1701 et. seq.). The due date for

Answers, Conforming Applications, or

Motions to modify Scope are set forth

below for each application. Following

the Answer period DOT may process the

application by expedited procedures.

Such procedures may consist of the

adoption of a show-cause order, a

tentative order, or in appropriate cases

a final order without further

proceedings.

Docket Number: OST–97–2147.

Date filed: February 24, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: March 24, 1997.

Description: Application of Alaska

Seaplane Service, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

Section 41101 and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, applies for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity for an

indefinite term to perform scheduled,

interstate air transportation of persons,

property and mail.

Docket Number: OST–97–2148.

Date filed: February 24, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: March 24, 1997.

Description: Application of American

International Airways, Inc., pursuant to

49 U.S.C. Section 41102 and Subpart Q

of the Department’s Procedural Rules,

applies for certificate authority

authorizing it to provide scheduled

foreign air transportation of property

and mail between a point or points in

the United States and a point or points

in Belize, El Salvador,

Guatemala,Honduras, Nicaragua and

Panama.

Docket Number: OST–97–2149.

Date filed: February 24, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: March 24, 1997.

Description: Application of Alaska

Airlines, Inc., pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

Section 41101 and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, requests a certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing Alaska to engage in the

scheduled foreign air transportation of

persons, property and mail between any

point in the territory of the United

States, on the one hand, and any point

in the territory of Canada, on the other

hand.

Docket Number: OST–97–2156.

Date filed: February 25, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: March 25, 1997.

Description: Supplement No. 1 to the

Application of Federal Express

Corporation (as successor in interest to

The Flying Tiger Line, Inc.), pursuant to

49 U.S.C. Section 41102 and Subpart Q,

furnishing updated information and

requesting an extention of the existing

U.S.-Venezuela certificate authority for

a period of five years, through March 15,

2002.

Docket Number: OST–97–2166.

Date filed: February 28, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: March 28, 1997.

Description: Application of Premiair

A/S, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section

41302, and Subpart Q of the
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Regulations, applies for a foreign air

carrier permit authorizing charter air

transportation of persons, property and

mail between a point or points in

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, on the

one hand, and a point or points in the

United States, on the other hand, and

other charters subject to Part 212 of the

Department of Transportation’s

Regulations.

Paulette V. Twine,

Chief, Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–6043 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 95–20; Notice 4]

Child Safety Seats; Settlement

Agreement Between General Motors

and U.S. Department of Transportation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; request for certifications.

SUMMARY: This notice, the fourth and

final of its kind, describes a settlement

agreement between General Motors

(GM) and the U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), under which GM

agreed to donate funds to one or more

qualified national organizations for the

purchase and distribution of child safety

seats. Organizations that wish to receive

such funds are required to certify in

writing that they are qualified, in

accordance with criteria established in

the agreement. To qualify, organizations

must demonstrate that they are national

in scope, and they must submit a plan

showing they are prepared to purchase

and distribute child safety seats within

120 days of their receipt of the funds.

They must also meet other

requirements. Organizations are strongly

encouraged to form partnerships and

work collaboratively for the purpose of

applying for funds. If organizations plan

to work collaboratively, they should

submit a single combined certification.

This notice requests that

organizations submit certifications and

it describes the criteria they must meet

and the information they must submit

with their certifications to be eligible to

receive these funds. Similar notices

were published in the Federal Register

on March 31 and June 29, 1995, and on

March 29, 1996. As a result of the March

1995 notice, six organizations were

determined by NHTSA to be qualified

and were selected by GM to receive a

total of $2 million for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats. As a

result of the June 1995 notice, six

organizations were determined by

NHTSA to be qualified and three were

selected by GM to receive a total of $2

million for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats. As a

result of the March 1996 notice, four

organizations were determined by

NHTSA to be qualified and were

selected by GM to receive a total of $2

million for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats.

As a result of today’s notice, one or

more organizations will be determined

by NHTSA to be qualified and will be

selected by GM to receive the final $2

million in donations for the purchase

and distribution of child safety seats

under the settlement agreement.

DATE: Certifications must be received no

later than May 12, 1997.

ADDRESS: Certifications should be

submitted to: Office of Communication

and Outreach, NTS–22, Room 5118, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Cheryl Neverman, National Outreach

Division, NTS–22, National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Telephone (202) 366–2683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DOT/GM Settlement Agreement

On December 2, 1994, then Secretary

of Transportation Federico Pen ̃ a

announced that DOT and GM had

agreed in principle to a resolution of the

investigation by the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

into an alleged defect related to motor

vehicle safety in certain 1970–1991 GM

C/K pickup trucks. The terms of the

resolution were finalized in a separate

agreement that was executed between

GM and DOT on March 7, 1995.

Under the terms of the agreement, GM

agreed to provide funds over a period of

five years to support highway safety

research and programs that will prevent

motor vehicle deaths and injuries.

In the area of child safety, GM agreed

to donate $8,000,000 to qualified

organizations for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats. The

agreement provided that, of this

amount, $4,000,000 will be donated

during the first year after the date of the

agreement (approximately $1,000,000

each quarter) and $4,000,000 will be

donated over the next four years (at

approximately the rate at which DOT

expends funds for the development and

support of child safety seat loaner and

give-away programs during that period).

The seats will be directed to

underserved low income and special

needs populations.

The agreement between GM and DOT

provides:

DOT shall identify, on an ongoing basis so

as to facilitate timely GM donations,

qualified organizations which DOT in its sole

discretion deems appropriate to receive

donations from GM for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats. GM, in its

sole discretion, shall select from the list of

qualified organizations provided by DOT, the

organization(s) to which it will donate funds,

and shall decide the exact amount of funds

that each such organization will receive.

The agreement provides further that

any organization that is interested in

being identified as a ‘‘qualified

organization’’ must certify to DOT in

writing that it will meet a number of

criteria set forth in the agreement.

NHTSA estimates that these funds

will allow for the purchase and

distribution of between 125,000 and

200,000 child safety seats for needy

families which, in turn, will save at

least 50 lives and prevent approximately

6,000 injuries.

Child Safety

There are approximately 25 million

young children under the age of eight

years old who need the protection of

child safety seats. One fourth of these

children come from families that are

below the poverty level.

As many as 3 million children in lowincome families do not have access to

adequate child safety seats. An

additional 3 million children or more

have access to child safety seats but, for

a variety of reasons, are not being

secured in these seats properly.

Additionally, children with special

transportation needs, such as children

with disabilities, often require uniquely

designed child safety seats that are too

expensive for most families of low or

average income to afford.

For these and other reasons, millions

of children ride each day either

unprotected or inadequately protected

by child safety seats. A disproportionate

number of these children are from low

income or rural families or from

culturally diverse populations.

To increase child safety seat usage,

child safety seats must be made more

readily available, particularly to

underserved low income and special

needs families. These families must also

be motivated to use child safety seats

and educated about their proper usage.

An effective child safety seat program

can reach, and have a major positive

impact on, large numbers of children as

well as their families. To be most

effective, however, the program must

ensure that seats are distributed

primarily to the populations most at

risk, including underserved low income