Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 53 / Wednesday, March 19, 1997 / Notices 13209

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13,

1997.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–6931 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

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Situational Awareness for Safety (SAS)

System Requirements Team (SRT)

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration is working toward the

rapid implementation of advanced

avionics using Automatic Dependent

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B). The

Agency currently has an ADS–B

Avionics Management Plan in

development. The purpose of the Plan is

to focus Agency action on the process

leading to implementation of selected

initial air-to-air ADS–B applications.

The FAA is planning to hold a meeting

to reach public consensus on initial

ADS–B applications, identify the time

frames necessary to develop and

operationally approve these

applications, and establish funding

requirements.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 7,

1997 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and

May 8, 1997 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00

p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at

the Arlington Hilton Hotel, 950 Stafford

Street, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Mark Cato, Crown Communications,

Inc., 1133 21st Street NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202)

785–2600, extension 3020.

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 hereby

given of a meeting to reach industry and

government consensus on a process that

will result in near-term implementation

of selected ADS–B applications for

oceanic, en route, and terminal airspace,

as well as airport surface operations.

This SAS–SRT is the third in a series of

public meetings to facilitate the

introduction of advanced avionics

promoting situational awareness and

enhanced aviation safety. The scope of

this third meeting is focused on ADS–

B and the implementation of initial

ADS–B operational applications.

The Arlington Hilton Hotel is located

at the Ballston Metro Station on the

Orange Line. A block of 50 rooms has

been reserved. For reservations, contact

the hotel at 703–528–6000 and ask for

the ‘‘FAA SAS–SRT’’ group rate.

Reservations must be made by April 30,

1997.

Attendance is open to the interested

public, but may be limited to the space

available. An agenda and background

material will be available on the Internet

at http://sas-srt.crown.com after April 2,

1997. Request for hard copies should be

submitted to Crown Communications.

In addition, sign and oral interpretation

can be made available at the meeting, as

well as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting. Arrangements may be made by

contacting the meeting coordinator

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13,

1997.

James I. McDaniel,

Program Manager, Situational Awareness for

Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–6932 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

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Flight Service Station at Marysville,

California, Notice of Closure

Notice is hereby given that on March

14, 1997, the Flight Service Station at

Marysville, California will close.

Services to the general aviation public

of Marysville, formerly provided by this

facility, will be provided by the

Automated Flight Service Station

(AFSS) in Rancho Murieta, California.

This information will be reflected in the

next issue of the FAA Organization

Statement.

(Sec. 313(a), 72 Stat. 752, 49 U.S.C. 1354)

Issued in Lawndale, California, on March

11, 1997.

William C. Withycombe,

Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–6935 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

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Maritime Administration

[Docket S–943]

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.;

Notice of Application for Written

Permission Pursuant to Section 805(a)

of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as

Amended

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

(Lykes), by letter of March 14, 1997,

requests written permission pursuant to

section 805(a) of the Merchant Marine

Act, 1936, as amended (Act), and Lykes’

Operating-Differential Subsidy

Agreement (ODSA), Contract MA/MSB–

451 to become affiliated after the

confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan of

reorganization (Reorganization Plan),

when it will emerge from Chapter 11 as

a reorganized entity (Reorganized

Lykes), with American Steamship

Company (American). Lykes’’ operatingdifferential subsidy (ODS) is effective

through December 31, 1997, for seven

vessels. American is a vessel operator in

the U.S. Great Lakes trade and is the

sole owner of the following single-vessel

ship holding companies:

Bell Steamship Company, Inc.

Armstrong Steamship Company, Inc.

Franklin Steamship Company, Inc.

Fulton Steamship Company, Inc.

Edison Steamship Company, Inc.

Whitney Steamship Company, Inc.

Lawrence Steamship Company, Inc.

Morse Steamship Company, Inc.

Cooper Steamship Company, Inc.

Goodyear Steamship Company, Inc.

American and these 10 companies

own 11 vessels which operate on the

Great Lakes as follows:

M/V Indiana Harbor

M/V Walter J. McCarthy, Jr.

M/V St. Clair

M/V American Mariner

M/V H. Lee Wilson

M/V Charles E. Wilson

M/V Adam E. Cornelius

M/V American Republic

M/V Buffalo

M/V Sam Laud

STR John J. Boland

The issue of section 805(a) permission

arises from a reorganization of Lykes

being administered by the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Middle

District of Florida, Tampa Division. As

part of that reorganization, Lykes will

become a subsidiary of one of its

creditors, Blue Water Associates, L.P.

(Blue Water), which when restructured

at the time of the closing, will itself

become a subsidiary of GATX Capital

Corporation. GATX Capital Corporation

is in turn owned by GATX Corporation,

which owns 100 percent of the stock of

American. Because of these ownership