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requirements of § 158.25 of part 158.

The FAA will approve or disapprove the

application, in whole or in part, no later

than April 30, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

PFC Application No. 98–02–C–00–FLL.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

September 1, 1998.

Proposed charge expiration date:

February 1, 2009.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$224,761,000.

Brief description of proposed

project(s): Dual Parallel Taxiway A (now

called Taxiway C); Air Cargo Apron and

Drainage; Noise Monitoring System;

New Terminal Development; Muck

Removal—New Terminal Development;

Utility Corridor; Airport Facilities

Maintenance Building; Terminal

Roadway Improvements; Hardstand

Support Facility; EVIDS and Life Safety

Improvements; Modifications of ASR–9

Radar; ARFF Facility Improvements;

Interior Service Road Development;

Water and Sewer Improvements; Muck

Removal—Future Phases; Future

Phase—Terminal Design; Aviation

Easements; West Side Apron Phase 2

and 3; Decommission VOR; ARFF

Vehicle; Taxiway A (now called

Taxiway C)—Center Section; Rebuild

4th Avenue and Noise Buffer Class or

classes of air carriers which the public

agency has requested not be required to

collect PFCs: Air Taxi/Commercial

Operators filing FAA Form 1800–31;

Scheduled Foreign Flag Air Carriers

filing RSPA Form T–100(f) operating

scheduled intercontinental service from

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood

International Airport.

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 Broward

County Aviation Department.

Issued in Orlando, Florida on January 14,

1998.

Charles E. Blair,

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office,

Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 98–1498 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA Docket No. 87–2, Notice. No. 6]

RIN 2130–AB20

Automatic Train Control and Advanced

Civil Speed Enforcement System;

Northeast Corridor Railroads

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad

Administration will hold a public

hearing concerning issues raised in a

November 20, 1997 proposed order of

particular applicability that would

require all trains operating on the north

end of the Northeast Corridor (NEC)

between Boston, Massachusetts and

New York, New York, to be controlled

by locomotives equipped to respond to

a new advanced civil speed enforcement

system (ACSES) in addition to the

automatic train control (ATC) system

that is currently required on the NEC.

The proposed order contains

performance standards for the cab

signal/ATC and ACSES systems on the

NEC and would also authorize increases

in certain maximum authorized train

speeds and safety requirements

supporting improved rail service.

DATES: (1) The hearing will begin at

10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 17,

1998, Eastern Standard Time.

(2) Any party wishing to participate in

the public hearing should notify the

Docket Clerk by telephone or fax at the

numbers provided below, or by mail at

the address provided below, by

February 12, 1998. The notification

should include who the party

represents, the particular subject(s) the

party plans to address, the party’s

mailing address and three copies of any

oral statement that he or she intends to

make at the hearing. Parties who do not

meet this deadline may be denied the

opportunity to present oral testimony,

although their written statements will

be included in the record of this

proceeding.

(3) Parties who do not wish to testify,

but wish to submit written comments

for inclusion in the hearing docket

should submit them by February 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: (1) Hearing location—9th

Floor, 1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20005.

(2) Ms. Renee Bridgers, Docket Clerk,

FRA Docket No. 87–2, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad

Administration, Mail Stop 10, 400 7th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

(telephone (202) 632–3198, fax (202)

632–3709).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.E.

Goodman, Staff Director, Signal and

Train Control Division, Office of Safety,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone

(202) 632–3353), or Patricia V. Sun,

Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400

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

20590 (telephone (202) 632–3183).

Background

The notice of proposed order was

published on November 20, 1997 (62 FR

62097). In response to the proposed

order, two commenters, the American

Public Transit Association, and the

Providence and Worcester Railroad,

requested a public hearing. FRA is

holding this public hearing in lieu of a

previously scheduled Northeast

Corridor Safety Committee meeting,

which will be rescheduled and

announced in a separate Federal

Register notice.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 9,

1998.

S. Mark Lindsey,

Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–1075 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 558X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Franklin

County, TN

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 1.41 miles of its line of

railroad between milepost OJC–0.30 and

milepost OJC–1.71 at the end of track,

in Decherd, Franklin County, TN. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Code 37324.

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic moving over the line; (3) no

formal complaint filed by a user of rail

service on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

with any U.S. District Court or has been

decided in favor of complainant within

the 2-year period; and (4) the

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7