18964 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices

model petition format so as to ensure

that all information requirements are

met.

Only the public versions of the

submissions will be available for public

inspection and only by appointment.

Appointments to review petitions may

be made by contacting Ms. Brenda Webb

(Tel. 202/395–6186) of the USTR Public

Reading Room. The hours of the

Reading Room are 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Frederick L. Montgomery,

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 98–10141 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3901–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Route Structures Over the Grand

Canyon National Park (GCNP); Meeting

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) and Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announce that a

meeting of interested parties will take

place on April 28–29 in Flagstaff,

Arizona to discuss route structures over

the Grand Canyon National Park

(GCNP). This meeting will be open to

the public. This notice serves to inform

the public of the meeting dates.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: Interested parties

will meet on April 28, 1998, beginning

at 10 a.m., in conference rooms in the

LaQuinta Inn and Suites, 2015 South

Beulah, Flagstaff, Arizona, telephone:

(520) 556–8666. The starting time for

the meeting on April 29 will be

announced at the April 28 meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carla Mattix, Office of the Solicitor, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C St.,

NW, Washington, DC 20240, telephone:

(202) 208–7957, or Linda Williams,

Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Ave., Washington, DC 20591, telephone:

(202) 267–9685.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The purpose of the Flagstaff meeting

is to discuss the commercial air tour

route structure for GCNP and provide a

forum for interested parties to consider

a tentative route through the Sanup

Flight-free Zone that has been identified

by NPS as a viable air tour route.

The FAA is requesting by letter, the

attendance of designated representatives

of various groups, including air tour

operators, local government, Native

Americans, and environmentalists. Each

group’s designated representative will

be asked to sit on a panel to discuss the

proposed route structures.

Meeting Protocol

The April 28–29 meeting will be open

to the public. However, the following

rules apply:

Only designated representatives will

be seated on the panel, and be allowed

to participate in the discussion.

However, any representative may call

upon another individual to elaborate on

a relevant point, and the NPS and FAA

advisors to the panel have the full right

to the floor and may raise and address

appropriate points. Any other person

attending the meeting may address the

panel if time permits and may file

statements with the panel for its

consideration.

Issued in Washington, DC on April 10,

1998.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Director Office of Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 98–10072 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Agency Request for Emergency

Processing of Collections of

Information by the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) hereby gives

notice that it has submitted the

following information collection request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for emergency processing

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter

35). FRA requests that OMB authorize

the collection of information identified

below on or before April 13, 1998, for

180 days after the date of issuance of

this notice in the Federal Register. A

copy of this individual ICR, with

applicable supporting documentation,

may be obtained by calling FRA’s

clearance officers, Robert Brogan

(telephone number (202) 632–3318) or

Maryann Johnson (telephone number

(202) 632–3226). Comments and

questions about the ICR identified

below should be directed to the Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for FRA,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Title: PTC System-Technology/

Functionality Questionnaire.

OMB Number: 2130-new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Railroad Industry.

Number of respondents: 10.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 4

hours.

Total Burden: 40 hours.

Description: The Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (RSAC) workgroup

charged with investigating Positive

Train Control (PTC) is requesting

information from the railroad industry

concerning the technologies and

functionality of the various PTC

products/programs that either exist or

are being planned for development.

Information collected will be used by

the RSAC PTC Implementation Task

Force in facilitating the implementation

of PTC on the Nation’s railroads.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on April 10,

1998.

Maryann Johnson,

Information Collection Budget Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10129 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–98–3665 (PDA–21(R)]

Application by Association of Waste

Hazardous Materials Transporters for a

Preemption Determination as to

Tennessee Hazardous Waste

Transporter Fee and Reporting

Requirements

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Public notice and invitation to

comment; correction.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects an error

in the DATES section of the public notice

and invitation to comment published on

April 9, 1998 (63 FR 17479) and clarifies

that an administrative determination on

the application by the Association of

Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters

will be issued by RSPA’s Associate

Administrator for Hazardous Materials

Safety.

DATES: Comments received on or before

May 26, 1998, and rebuttal comments

received on or before July 8, 1998, will

be considered before an administrative

ruling is issued by RSPA’s Associate

Administrator for Hazardous Materials

Safety. Rebuttal comments may discuss

only those issues raised by comments

received during the initial comment

period and may not discuss new issues.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frazer C. Hilder, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590–

0001 (Tel. No. 202–366–4400).

Issued in Washington, DC on April 10,

1998.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 98–10043 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Applications for Modification

of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for

Modification of Exemptions.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application

for, and the processing of, exemptions

from the Department of Transportation’s

Hazardous Materials Regulations (49

CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is

hereby given that the Office of

Hazardous Materials Safety has received

the applications described herein. This

notice is abbreviated to expedite

docketing and public notice. Because

the sections affected, modes of

transportation, and the nature of

application have been shown in earlier

Federal Register publications, they are

not repeated here. Requests for

modifications of exemptions (e.g. to

provide for additional hazardous

materials, packaging design changes,

additional mode of transportation, etc.)

are described in footnotes to the

application number. Application

numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ denote a

modification request. These

applications have been separated from

the new applications for exemptions to

facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 1, 1998.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.

Comments should refer to the

application number and be submitted in

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing

the exemption number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Copies of the applications are available

for inspection in the Dockets Unit,

Room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th

Street, SW., Washington, DC.

Application

No. Docket No. Applicant

Modification

of exemption

4844–M ......... ............................... Kidde-Graviner Ltd., Colnbrook, Slough, Berks, UK (See Footnote 1) .................................... 4844

9419–M ......... ............................... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA (See Footnote 2) ...................................................... 9419

10458–M ....... ............................... Marsulex Inc., Sudbury, ON (See Footnote 3) ......................................................................... 10458

11483–M ....... ............................... Autoliv, Autoflator AB, Vargarda, SW (See Footnote 4) ........................................................... 11483

11667–M ....... ............................... Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, PA (See Footnote 5) ......................................................... 11667

11790–M ....... ............................... United States Enrichment Corporation, Bethesda, MD (See Footnote 6) ................................ 11790

11872–M ....... RSPA–1997–2584 Polymet Alloys, Inc., Saginaw, AL (See Footnote 7) ................................................................ 11872

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for rail, air and cargo vessel as additional modes of transportation for use in transporting non-DOT

specification foreign made steel cylinders.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for minimum wall thickness to be reduced to 0.299 inch for DOT Specification 3AAX or 3T cylinders

and increase the quantity of cylinders retested to 1,000 annually.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for Sulfur dioxide, Division 2.2 as an additional class of material for transportation in DOT Specification

111A100W2 tank cars.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional designed non-DOT specification, refillable, high pressure cylinders charged with Division 2.2 material for transportation as part of modules for automobile airbag systems.

(5) To authorize the modification of personnel qualifications for retesting of DOT–3AAX and 3T cylinders.

(6) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative material to be used in tubing of non-specification cylinders similar to DOT 5A and 5B

specification cylinder without required markings for use in transporting uranium hexafluoride, Class 7.

(7) To modify exemption to provide for tarp covered vehicles for transportation of water reactive, solid, Division 4.3 in flexible intermediate bulk

containers.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 10,

1998.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 98–10070 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety

Notice of Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applicants for

Exemptions.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application

for, and the processing of, exemptions

from the Department of Transportation’s

Hazardous Materials Regulations (49

CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is

hereby given that the Office of

Hazardous Materials Safety has received

the applications described herein. Each

mode of transportation for which a

particular exemption is requested is

indicated by a number in the ‘‘Nature of

Application’’ portion of the table below

as follows: 1—Motor vehicle, 2—Rail

freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 4—Cargo

aircraft only, 5—Passenger-carrying

aircraft.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 18, 1998.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8421, DHM–30,

U.S. Department of Transportation,

Washington, DC 20590.

Comments should refer to the

application number and be submitted in