14966 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss transport airplane

and engine (TAE) issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 15–17, 1997 beginning at 1:00

p.m. on April 15. Arrange for oral

presentations by April 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on

the 12th Floor, Goddard Room of the

Aerospace Industries Association of

America, Inc. (AIA), 1250 Eye Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Smith, Office of Rulemaking,

ARM–209, FAA, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591,

Telephone (202) 267–9682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App II), notice is given of

an ARAC meeting to be held April 15–

17, 1997 at the AIA, 1250 Eye Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20005.

The agenda will include:

Tuesday, April 15, 1997 at 1:00 p.m.

• Opening Remarks.

• Review of Action Items.

• FAA Report.

• JAA Report.

• Transport Canada Report.

• Executive Committee Meeting

Report.

• Harmonization Management Team

Meeting Report.

• FAA Position on JAA Equivalence

Proposal.

• Industry Position on JAA

Equivalence Proposal.

• TAEIG Issues List and Tasking

Chart Discussion.

Wednesday, April 15, 1997 at 8:30 a.m.

• Summarize previous day’s

discussion and begin working group

reports.

• Jammed Flight Controls.

• Flight Test Harmonization Working

Group (HWG) Report.

• Flight Test Guide Status Report.

• Engine HWG Report.

• Powerplant Installation HWG.

• Electromagnetic Effects HWG.

• Loads & Dynamics HWG Report and

AC 25.629 Vote.

• General Structures HWG.

• Airworthiness Assurance WG

Report.

• Braking Systems HWG.

• Systems Design and Analysis.

Thursday, April 17, 1997 at 8:30 a.m.

• FAA Policy for ICAO Rules Report.

• Policy/Guidance Memoranda

Clarification.

• Open Agenda.

• Review Action Items.

• Review Future Meeting ScheduleSet Next Meeting.

• Process Check.

The ARAC will vote on the Loads and

Dynamics Harmonization Working

Group’s proposed advisory circular (AC)

to revise AC 25.629–1. Anyone

interested in obtaining a copy of this

document should contact the individual

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Attendance is open to the public, but

will be limited to the space available.

The public must make arrangements by

April 8, 1997 to present oral statements

at the meeting. Written statements may

be presented to the Committee at any

time by providing copies at the meeting.

In addition, sign and oral interpretation,

as well as a listening device, can be

made available if requested 10 calendar

days before the meeting. Arrangements

may be made by contacting the person

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC on March 24,

1997.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–7922 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 97–001–N01]

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for public comment on

proposed collections of information.

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can

collect certain information from the

public, it must receive approval from

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). Under new procedures

established by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, before seeking OMB

approval, Federal agencies must solicit

public comment on proposed

collections of information, including

extensions and reinstatements of

previously approved collections.

This document describes a collection

of information for which NHTSA

intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the

docket and notice numbers cited at the

beginning of this notice and be

submitted to the Docket Section, Room

5109, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify

the proposed collection of information

for which a comment is provided by

referencing its OMB Clearance Number.

It is requested, but not required, that 1

original plus 2 copies of the comments

be provided. The Docket Section is open

on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Complete copies of each request for

collection of information may be

obtained at no charge from Mr. Edward

Kosek, NHTSA Information Collection

Clearance Officer, NHTSA, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Room 6123, Washington, DC

20590. Mr. Kosek’s telephone number is

(202) 366–2590. Please identify the

relevant collection of information by

referring to its OMB Clearance Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

before an agency submits a proposed

collection of information to OMB for

approval, it must publish a document in

the Federal Register providing a 60-day

comment period and otherwise consult

with members of the public and affected

agencies concerning each proposed

collection of information. The OMB has

promulgated regulations describing

what must be included in such a

document. Under OMB’s regulations (at

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask

for public comment on the following:

(i) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(iii) How to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(iv) How to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

In compliance with these

requirements, NHTSA asks public

comment on the following proposed

collection of information:

National Driver Register Reporting

Requirement for 23 CFR Part 1327

Type of Request—Reinstatement of

clearance.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices 14967

1LSR currently leases and operates the rail lines

that are the subject of this notice from D&M. See

Lake State Railway Company—Lease and Operation

Exemption—Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Company, Finance Docket No. 32012 (ICC served

Feb. 27, 1997).

1RJCP and C&M are commonly controlled by

Richard J. Corman.

OMB Clearance Number—2127–0001.

Form Number—This collection of

information uses no standard form.

Requested Expiration Date of

Approval—Three years from date of

approval.

Summary of the Collection of

Information—The National Driver

Register Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–

364), as amended, mandates the

Secretary of Transportation to establish

and maintain a National Driver Register

to assist chief driver licensing officials

of participating states in exchanging

information about the motor vehicle

driving records of individuals. The Act

requires the chief driver licensing

official of each participating state to

submit a report to the Secretary of each

individual who is denied a motor

vehicle operator’s license by that State

for cause; whose motor vehicle

operator’s license is revoked,

suspended, or canceled by that State for

cause; or who is convicted under the

laws of that State of any of the following

motor vehicle-related offenses or

comparable offenses: (a) Operating a

motor vehicle while under the influence

of, or impaired by, alcohol or a

controlled substance; (b) a traffic

violation arising in connection with a

fatal traffic accident, reckless driving, or

racing on the highways; (c) failing to

give aid or provide identification when

involved in an accident resulting in

death or personal injury; (d) perjury or

knowingly making a false affidavit or

statement to officials about activities

governed by a law or regulation on the

operation of a motor vehicle. The Act

also requires the chief driver licensing

officials of participating states to check

the NDR on all first time aboveminimum age driver license applicants

in their states.

The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Act of 1986 requires the states to check

the NDR for all applicants for

Commercial Drivers Licenses.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information—The purpose of the NDR,

and thus this information collection

activity, is to prevent the issuance of

driver’s licenses to problem drivers in

order to enhance traffic safety. Through

amendments to the NDR Act, the

activity also serves to prevent the

certification of airline pilots, merchant

mariners, locomotive operators, and

individuals employed as motor vehicle

operators if they are problem drivers.

The information will be used by

NHTSA in exercising its statutory

authority to operate the NDR. Without

this information, states could issue

licenses to individuals who are

suspended or revoked in other states, or

could issue a duplicate license to an

individual who is licensed in another

state allowing them to spread their

violations over a number of licenses.

Description of Likely Respondents

(Including Estimated Number, and

Proposed Frequency of Response to the

Collection of Information)—The 51

respondents are the State driver

licensing agencies, including the

District of Columbia. The frequency of

response depends on how each state

chooses to update the NDR master file.

File updates can be daily or monthly.

Estimate of the Total Annual

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

Resulting from the Collection of

Information—The agency estimates the

reporting burden for this year will be

$39,540 for the 51 jurisdictions. The

reporting burden is based on

information systems personnel salaries

and related expenses.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30304; delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

James H. Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–7940 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33372]

Lake State Railway Company—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Detroit & Mackinac

Railway Company

Lake State Railway Company (LSR), a

Class III railroad, has filed a notice of

exemption to acquire and operate 275

miles of rail line between Kawkawlin

and Gaylord, MI, and between

Pinconning and Rogers City, MI, from

the Detroit & Mackinac Railway

Company (D&M), as follows: (1) The

Pinconning Subdivision, from

approximately milepost 5.0 to milepost

11; (2) the Mackinac Subdivision, from

approximately milepost 116 to the end

of the line at milepost 122; (3) the

Huron Subdivision, from approximately

milepost 16 to milepost 151.25,

including the Pinconning crossover; (4)

the Rogers City Branch from milepost

0.0 to milepost 11.0; and (5) the Hillman

Branch and the Alabaster Branch.1

The transaction was to be

consummated on or after the effective

date of the exemption (7 days after the

notice of exemption was filed), but no

later than April 16, 1997.

LSR states that: (i) The acquisition

will not place LSR in control of any

connecting railroads; (ii) the acquisition

is not part of a series of anticipated

transactions that would place LSR in

control of any connecting railroad; and

(iii) the transaction does not involve a

Class I carrier. Therefore, the transaction

is exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions 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. 33372, 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 Kelvin J.

Dowd, Esq., Slover & Loftus, 1224

Seventeenth Street NW., Washington,

DC 20036.

Decided: March 24, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7932 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P–M

[STB Finance Docket No. 33365]

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Corporate

Family Transaction Exemption—

Clearfield & Mahoning Railway

Company

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. (RJCP) and the

Clearfield & Mahoning Railway

Company (C&M),1 Class III common