30032 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Impose a Passenger Facility Charge

(PFC) at Pellston Regional Airport of

Emmet County, Pellston, MI

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 a PFC at Pellston

Regional Airport of Emmet County

under the provisions of the Aviation

Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of

1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158),

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Detroit Airports District

Office, Willow Run Airport, East, 8820

Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Raymond

Thompson, Airport Manager, of the

County of Emmet at the following

address: Pellston Regional Airport of

Emmet County, U.S. Highway 31 North,

Pellston, Michigan 49769.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the County of

Emmet under § 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Jon Gilbert, Program Manager, Federal

Aviation Administration, Detroit

Airports District Office, Willow Run

Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road,

Belleville, Michigan 48111 (734–487–

7281). 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

a PFC at Pellston Regional Airport of

Emmet County under the provisions of

the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR Part 158).

On May 12, 1998, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose a PFC submitted by the County

of Emmet 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

19, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No.: 98–07–I–00–

PLN.

Level of the PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

August 1, 1998.

Proposed charge expiration date:

February 1, 2003.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$115,360.00.

Brief description of proposed projects:

Rehabilitate Apron and Airport

Entrance Road; Acquire Emergency

Generator, ADA Lift, Snow Removal

Equipment (SRE) including Plow,

Blower and Sweeper; Construct Runway

32 Access Road; Land Acquisition.

Class or classes of air carriers that the

public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: FAR Part 135

operators who file FAA Form 1800–31.

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 County of

Emmet.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on May 22,

1998.

Benito DeLeon,

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch,

Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 98–14535 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–98–3599 (PDA–19(R))]

Application by National Tank Truck

Carriers, Inc. for a Preemption

Determination as to New York

Department of Environmental

Conservation Requirements on

Gasoline Transport Vehicles

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Public Notice and Invitation to

Comment.

SUMMARY: Interested parties are invited

to submit comments on an application

by the National Tank Truck Carriers,

Inc. (NTTC) for an administrative

determination whether Federal

hazardous material transportation law

preempts certain requirements of the

New York Department of Environmental

Conservation applicable to gasoline

transport vehicles.

DATES: Comments received on or before

July 17, 1998, and rebuttal comments

received on or before August 31, 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.

ADDRESSES: The application and all

comments received may be reviewed in

the Dockets Office, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590–0001. The application and all

comments are also available on-line

through the home page of DOT’s Docket

Management System, at ‘‘http://

dms.dot.gov.’’

Comments may be submitted to the

Dockets Office at the above address.

Three copies of each written comment

should be submitted. Comments may

also be submitted by E-mail to

‘‘rspa.counsel@rspa.dot.gov.’’ Each

comment should refer to the Docket

Number set forth above. A copy of each

comment must also be sent to (1) Mr.

Clifford J. Harvison, President, National

Tank Truck Carriers, Inc., 2200 Mill

Road, Alexandria, VA 22314, and (2)

Mr. John P. Cahill, Commissioner,

Department of Environmental

Conservation, State of New York, 50

Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12233. A

certification that a copy has been sent to

these persons must also be included

with the comment. (The following

format is suggested: ‘‘I certify that

copies of this comment have been sent

to Messrs. Harvison and Cahill at the

addresses specified in the Federal

Register.’’)

A list and subject matter index of

hazardous materials preemption cases,

including all inconsistency rulings and

preemption determinations, are

available through the home page of

RSPA’s Office of the Chief Counsel, at

‘‘http://rspa-atty.dot.gov.’’ A paper copy

of this list and index will be provided

at no cost upon request to Ms. O’Berry,

at the address and telephone number set

forth in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna L. O’Berry, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590–

0001 (Tel. No. 202–366–4400).