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finding will allow the Administration to

obligate certain funds for assistance to

Ukraine which until now had been

withheld from obligation under Title II

of Pub. L. 105–118, the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act,

1998.

Ukraine has demonstrated its

commitment to strategic partnership

with the U.S. and integration into the

West. Recent Ukrainian actions on nonproliferation have built on a record of

responsible conduct in the security and

foreign policy issues that merit

continued U.S. support.

The Administration remains seriously

concerned, however, about the

investment climate and prospects for

economic reform in Ukraine. Despite

progress on specific complaints by

certain U.S. investors, some complaints

have not been resolved, and new cases

have arisen. In addition, we have seen

no evidence of improvement in

Ukraine’s investment climate and only

limited progress toward economic

reform. Because a large share of U.S.

assistance to Ukraine is provided to

support economic reform, and because

improvement of Ukraine’s investment

climate is critical to achieving

sustainable economic growth, lack of

progress in these areas raises concerns

about the usefulness of U.S. assistance

to the Government of Ukraine in these

sectors.

After reviewing the status of

economic reform in Ukraine, we have

concluded that assistance currently

allocated to support the implementation

of specific reforms by the Government

of Ukraine would not be used effectively

in the absence of concrete progress on

economic reform. This includes funds

originally intended to provide technical

assistance to the Government of Ukraine

in such areas as fiscal and budgetary

reform, bankruptcy reform, energy

sector reform, and the creation of a

private agricultural sector. We are

therefore withholding these funds from

obligation and will reprogram them in a

few months to more productive uses

within Ukraine unless the Government

of Ukraine implements the necessary

reforms in these sectors and takes

additional steps to resolve outstanding

U.S. business cases in Ukraine.

We will continue to monitor progress

in Ukraine on reform and in the

investment climate, including treatment

of U.S. investors in Ukraine, with the

goal of ensuring that all U.S. assistance

is used effectively to encourage and

promote the reforms needed to stimulate

sustainable economic growth. We will

also continue to monitor the complaints

made by U.S. investors which are

subject to the certification requirement,

as well as other cases which have

arisen, to ensure that progress is

sustained.

[FR Doc. 96–12158 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 193; Terrain

and Airport Databases; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Corrections.

SUMMARY: In notice document 98–10681

on page 19997 in the issue of

Wednesday, April 22, 1998 (Vol. 63, No.

77), make the following corrections:

On page 19997 in the first column,

under (4) Review Proposed Terms of

Reference, add: a. EUROCAE Working

Group 44 Terms of Reference; b.

Proposed Terms of Reference, RTCA

Paper No. 075–98/PMC–006. In the

second column, under (7), add a.

Summary of Activities Already

Performed by Working Group 44

Subgroup 2; b. Review of Previous

Working Group 44 Subgroup 2 Meeting

Minutes and Action Items. Add a new

item: Industry Requirements for Terrain

and Obstacle Information for

Aeronautical Use: a. Proposed Table of

Contents ad Applicable Working Papers;

b. Areas to be Covered by This

Document; c. Potential Applications; d.

Data User Requirements; e. Potential

Sources of Data; f. Methods of Data

Origination and Compilation; g. Target

Date for Completion.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 1998.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 98–12133 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

to Impose and Use the Revenue from

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Valley International Airport, Harlington,

Texas

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use therevenue from a PFC at Valley

International Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate copies to the FAA at the

following address: Mr. Ben Guttery,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Branch,

ASW–610D, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–

0610.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Jon

Mathiasen, Director of Aviation, of

Valley International Airport at the

following address: Jon E. Mathiasen,

A.A.E., Director of Aviation, Valley

International Airport, Airport Terminal

Building, Harlington, Texas 78550.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of the written

comments previously provided to the

Airport under Section 158.23 of Part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ben Guttery, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Airports Division, Planning and

Programming Branch, ASW–610D, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0610, (817) 222–

5614.

The application may be reviewed in

person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Valley International Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On April 27, 1998, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Airport was

substantially complete within the

requirements of Section 158.25 of Part

158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than August 22, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

November 1, 1998.