25266 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 88 /Thursday, May 7, 1998 / Notices

1This case was formerly entitled Dakota,

Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation—

Construction and Operation—in Campbell,

Converse, Niobrara, and Weston Counties, WY,

Custer, Fall River, Jackson, and Pennington

Counties, SD, and Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Steele

Counties, MN. We have shortened the title for the

sake of simplicity.

Proposed charge expiration date:

October 1, 2001.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$4,024,979.00.

PFC application number: 98–01–C–

00–HRL.

Brief description of proposed projects:

Projects To Impose and Use PFC’s

Groove Runway 13/31, Airfield

Signage, Reconstruct South Apron,

Airfield Drainage, Land Acquisition,

Part 150 Land Acquisition, Access

Roads, Runway and Taxiway

Improvements, ARFF Suits, Storm

Water Prevention Plan, Replace Access

Control System, Reconstruct Air Freight

Aprons—North & South, Replace ARFF

Vehicles (2), Terminal Jet Bridges (3),

Overlay Runway 17L/35R, Concourse

Carpet Replacement, FIDS and PA

System, PFC Development, Overlay GA

Ramps, Overlay Taxiways Bravo and

Foxtrot, Joint Seal Air Carrier Parking

Apron, Part 150 and Master Plan

Update, Airport Entrance Road (Iwo

Jima Blvd.), Improve Terminal Drainage,

Terminal Roadway Signs, Terminal

Upgrade/Improvement, Security

Fencing, Runway Sweeper, and

Terminal Entrance Road and Arcade

Sidewalk.

Proposed class or classes of air

carriers to be exempted from collecting

PFC’s:

All Air Taxi/Commercial Operators

filing FAA Form 1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

regional Airports office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Branch,

ASW–610D, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort

Worth, Texas 76137–4298.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at Valley

International Airport.

Issued in Forth Worth, Texas on April 27,

1998.

Edward N. Agnew,

Acting Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 98–12136 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift

Agreement (VISA) / Joint Planning

Advisory Group (JPAG)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Synopsis of April 23–24, 1998

meeting with VISA participants.

On April 23–24, 1998, the Maritime

Administration (MARAD) and the

United States Transportation Command

(USTRANSCOM) co-hosted a meeting of

the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift

Agreement (VISA) Joint Planning

Advisory Group (JPAG) at the United

States Transportation Command, Scott

Air Force Base, Illinois.

Meeting attendance was by invitation

only, due to the nature of the

information discussed and the need for

a government-issued security clearance.

Of the 27 U.S.-flag carrier corporate

participants enrolled in VISA at the

time of the meeting, 9 were represented,

as well as representatives from the

Department of Defense (DoD) and the

Department of Transportation (DOT).

Government representatives provided

operational briefs for the

USTRANSCOM command post exercise

Turbo Challenge 98 which was the

principal focus of the JPAG. During the

exercise, VISA Stage III was activated

and VISA capacity was allocated. In

addition to evaluating previously

developed Concepts of Operation, the

exercise tested VISA carriers’ ability to

position vessel capacity to meet VISA

Stage III requirements for a major

regional contingency.

The full text of the VISA program is

published in 62 FR 6837–6845, dated

February 13, 1997. One of the program

requirements is that MARAD

periodically publish a list of VISA

participants in the Federal Register. As

of April 28, 1998, the following

commercial U.S.-flag vessel operators

are enrolled in VISA with MARAD:

Alaska Cargo Transport, Inc., American

Auto Carriers, Inc., American Automar,

Inc., American President Lines, Ltd.,

American Ship Management, LLC,

Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Crowley

Maritime Corporation, Dixie Fuels II,

Ltd., Falgout Brothers, Inc., Farrell Lines

Incorporated, First American Bulk

Carrier Corp., Lykes Lines Limited,

L.L.C., Maersk Line Limited, Matson

Navigation Company, Inc., Moby Marine

Corporation, NPR, Inc., OSG Car

Carriers, Inc., Osprey Shipholding

Corp., LLC, RR & VO L.L.C., Sealift, Inc.,

Sea-Land Service, Inc., Smith Maritime,

Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.,

Trailer Bridge, Inc., TransAtlantic Lines

LLC, Van Ommeren Shipping (USA)

LLC, and Waterman Steamship

Corporation.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Raymond R. Barberesi,

Director, Office of Sealift Support, (202)

366–2323.

Dated: May 4, 1998.

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12128 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33407]

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad

Corporation Construction Into the

Powder River Basin 1

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of procedural

schedule.

SUMMARY: The Board has received

public comments on the proposed

procedural schedule for issuing a

decision on the transportation merits of

the application and applicant’s reply to

those comments, and the Board is

issuing a final procedural schedule.

This schedule provides for issuance of

a decision within 180 days of the

effective date of this decision that will

address the transportation issues

relating to this construction application

and whether the proposal satisfies the

criteria of 49 U.S.C. 10901. Any

approval would be conditioned upon

completion of the environmental review

process and consideration of

environmental issues, which would be

considered in a final decision on

whether to authorize the construction.

DATES: The effective date of this

decision is May 7, 1998. Pleadings must

be filed in accordance with the attached

schedule. All filings, except notices of

intent to participate, must be

concurrently served on all parties of

record and must be accompanied by a

certificate of service.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of all pleadings referring to STB

Finance Docket No. 33407 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. To

permit concurrent service of pleadings

on all parties of record, a service list

containing the names and addresses of

all parties of record will be issued by

the Board in a subsequent notice.