Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 86 /Tuesday, May 5, 1998 / Notices 24837

collection(s) listed below have been

submitted to OMB:

1. Nursing Home Reporting

Requirements Related to Supplemental

Security Income (SSI) Recipients—

0960–New. Public Law 103–387 requires

long term, intermediate care and

nursing home administrators to report

SSI recipient admissions to SSA. SSA

uses the information to determine

whether SSI benefits should be reduced.

The respondents are long term,

intermediate care and nursing home

administrators.

Number of Respondents: 16,000.

Frequency of Response: 2 per year.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 8,000

hours.

2. Survey of Interest in International

Social Security Agreements—0960–

NEW. Section 233 of the Social Security

Act authorizes the U.S. to enter into

agreements with foreign countries for

the purpose of eliminating double social

security coverage and taxation and

closing gaps in benefit protection for

workers who have divided their careers

between the U.S. and another country.

SSA negotiates these agreements for the

U.S. SSA is now planning its agreement

negotiating agenda for the next several

years. Since U.S. businesses with

overseas operations are primary stakeholders in these agreements, SSA needs

to survey these companies to determine

which countries they believe would be

good candidates for new Social Security

agreements. SSA uses the information,

together with estimates of potential

foreign tax savings and benefit

payments, to determine priorities for

new Totalization agreement negotiations

for fiscal years 1999 through 2003. The

respondents are U.S. businesses with

overseas operations who have requested

certificates of U.S. coverage from SSA.

Number of Respondents: 600.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150 hours.

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be

directed within 30 days to the OMB

Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB) Office of Management and

Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven,

New Executive Office Building, Room

10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington,

D.C. 20503, and

(SSA) Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

1–A–21 Operations Bldg., 6401

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.

To receive a copy of any of the forms

or clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4125 or write to him at the address

listed above.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–11944 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–1998–3797]

Office of Vessel Traffic Management

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is holding a

public meeting to invite ideas,

comments, questions, and interest by

individuals and operations on the Port

and Waterways Safety Systems

(PAWSS) port risk analyses, Vessel

Traffic Service (VTS) using Automatic

Identification Systems (AIS), and

public-private partnerships for

operating VTS’s. The first public

meetings on these topics were held from

January to March of 1997. This

additional meeting is meant to discuss

progress to date and future plans for the

PAWSS project.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

20, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;

however, the meeting may be concluded

early if its business is finished. Anyone

planning to attend the meeting and

intending to express views is

encouraged to arrive early and make

that intention known to Mr. Mike

Sollosi at the telephone number or

address provided under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Marine Board of the National

Academy of Sciences, 2001 Wisconsin

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20007.

The Docket Management Facility

maintains the public docket for this

notice. Comments and documents as

indicated in this notice, will become

part of this docket and will be available

for inspection or copying at room PL–

401, located on the Plaza Level of the

Nassif Building at 400 Seventh Street

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

You may electronically access the

public docket for this notice on the

Internet at <http://dms.dot.gov>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information concerning PAWSS or

VTS, contact Mr. Mike Sollosi, Coast

Guard Office of Vessel Traffic

Management, telephone 202–267–1539.

You may also contact Mr. Peter Johnson,

Marine Board, National Academy of

Sciences, about the meeting, telephone

202–334–3157. For questions on the

public docket for this notice, contact

Ms. Carol Kelly, Coast Guard Dockets

Team Leader, or Ms. Paulette Twine,

Chief, Documentary Services Division,

Department of Transportation,

telephone 202–366–9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

As a part of its Ports and Waterways

Safety System (PAWSS) project, the

Coast Guard is developing a port risk

assessment tool to determine which

ports require a Vessel Traffic Service

(VTS) and to identify the minimum

capabilities a VTS must have to meet

the needs of a given port or waterway.

This port analysis tool is intended to

evaluate various risk criteria such as

traffic density, prevailing weather, port

geography, and environmental concerns.

The tool will also evaluate the

effectiveness of risk mitigation factors,

such as VTS.

The PAWSS project is based on a VTS

that uses the automatic identification

system (AIS) and that takes advantage of

readily available, off-the-shelf and open

architecture systems that are

inexpensive and easy to build and

operate. Further, the Coast Guard is

developing a proposal for public-private

partnerships in the VTS/Vessel Traffic

Information Service arena. The Coast

Guard is seeking stakeholder validation

before this proposal is published in a

notice of proposed rulemaking.

Public Meeting

Attendance is open to the public.

With advance notice, and as time

permits, members of the public may

make oral presentations during the

meeting. Persons wishing to make oral

presentations should notify the persons

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT no later than the day before the

meeting.

Information on Service for Individuals

with Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with

disabilities, or to request special

assistance at the meeting, contact Mr.

Mike Sollosi at the address or phone

number under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT as soon as possible.
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Dated: April 29, 1998.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–11854 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–7]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption (14 CFR part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Ch. I), dispositions

of certain petitions previously received,

and corrections. The purpose of this

notice is to improve the public’s

awareness of, and participation in, this

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities.

Neither publication of this notice nor

the inclusion or omission of information

in the summary is intended to affect the

legal status of any petition or its final

disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before May 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. lllll,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC. 20591

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9-NPRM-CMTS@faa.dot.gov.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC. 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tawana Matthews (202) 267–9783 or

Terry Stubblefield (202) 267–7624

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 11).

Issued in Washington, DC., on April 29,

1998.

Joseph A. Conte,

Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for

Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 144CE.

Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft

Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

23.35; 23.29; 23.235; 23.471; 23.473;

23.477; 23.479; 23.481; 23.483; 23.485;

23.493; 23.499; 23.723; 23.725; 23.726;

23.727; 23.959; 23.1583(c)(1), (2),

Appendix C23, and Appendix D23.1.

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Sino Swearigen Aircraft

Company to modify the SJ30–2 airplane

landing gear loads and associated

airframe loads.

Docket No.: 29175.

Petitioner: Associated Air Center.

Regulations Affected: § 25.813(e).

Description of Petition: To exempt

Associated Air Center from the

requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e), to

permit installation of doors between

passenger compartments on a Boeing

737–39A Airplane intended for nonrevenue use only.

Docket No.: 29192.

Petitioner: Air Transport Association.

Regulations Affected: 119.21(a)(1).

Description of Petition: The Air

Transport Association requests an

exemption on behalf of Hawaii Airlines,

Aloha Airlines, and Aloha Islandair

from § 119.21(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of

Federal Regulations to allow those air

carriers to conduct inter-island flights

within the State of Hawaii as flag

operations, rather than conducting those

flights as domestic operations under

subpart U of part 121.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28881.

Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company,

McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 25.857(e), and

25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the DC–10 freighter aircraft with a

Class E cargo compartment, with

accommodation for up to four

supernumeraries immediately aft of the

cockpit, in the two configurations

proposed, when the airplane is

equipped with two floor-level

emergency exits with escape slide/rafts

within the immediate vicinity of the

occupied area, subject to certain

conditions.

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6752.

Docket No.: 29057.

Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas

Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 25.857(e), and

25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the MD–11 freighter aircraft with a

Class E cargo compartment, with

accommodation for up to five

supernumeraries immediately aft of the

cockpit, in the configuration proposed,

when the airplane is equipped with two

floor-level emergency exits with escape

slide/rafts within the immediate vicinity

of the occupied area, subject to certain

conditions..

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6753.

Docket No.: 29129.

Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation

Complex.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.1435(b)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the Model IL–96T by conducting a

test of the complete hydraulic system at

240±5 atm (the system relief pressure),

all hydraulic components testing at 1.5

times the operating pressure (315 atm)

per the current § 25.1435(a)(2), and a

test of the complete hydraulic system

during flight and ground tests at

operating pressure.

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6754.

Docket No.: 581.

Petitioner: Department of the Air

Force.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.159(c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the USAF to

operate its U–2 aircraft at or above flight

level 600 without maintaining the

appropriate cruising altitudes as

required under 91.159(c).

GRANT, April 23, 1998, Exemption

No. 130D.

Docket No.: 581.

Petitioner: Department of the Air

Force.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.159.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the USAF to

conduct nontraining photographic

reconnaissance missions that require