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in operating and maintaining

transportation facilities and services.

The daily interaction of the general

public with the physical components of

our transportation system, particularly

the installation of proper and effective

traffic control devices, provides an ideal

opportunity for creating public

awareness and understanding of the

safety benefits inherent in our

transportation system. Outreach and

interaction have the following benefits:

1. Encourages commitment to and

compliance with the established goals

and methods of managing and

improving our transportation system;

2. Provides a rich amount of

information about ways to improve the

transportation system and make it safer

for travel; and

3. Provides an opportunity to measure

the quality of service we deliver.

As part of the ‘‘MUTCD 2000’’, the

FHWA envisions a comprehensive

outreach effort to the widest possible

audience. Our goal is to expand our

traditional network of customers and

partners and provide information

contained in the MUTCD to other

groups, such as State departments of

motor vehicles, drivers’ education

classes, law enforcement personnel,

governors’ highway safety

representatives, emergency response

providers, state and local officials, and

community civic leaders.

Our Agency customers and partners

are often in the best position to provide

information to transportation users and

providers because they routinely

interact with city, county, and local

officials. The Agency’s commitment to

marketing and outreach provides a

unique opportunity to work

cooperatively to identify methods of

disseminating information to

businesses, organizations, public

agencies, and others that may be

affected by the proposed changes to the

MUTCD.

The FHWA plans to provide the

MUTCD 2000 in a variety of formats: a

hard copy manual, a CD–ROM version,

and a version available through the

Internet. In addition, both internal and

external customers have suggested that

the Agency consider the following as

part of the MUTCD 2000 release: video

presentations to highlight the changes;

training course and materials; exhibit

booth graphics and kiosks; brochures

and other promotional materials.

The purpose of this request for

comments is to identify what role the

MUTCD plays in your organization and

specifically seek your ideas on ways to

effectively disseminate the MUTCD

2000, as well as receive your comments

on ways to expand the Agency’s target

audience. To stimulate an exchange of

ideas, the following questions have been

developed:

1. What is your primary interest in the

MUTCD?

2. How do you currently use the

MUTCD?

3. How would you envision utilizing

the information in the MUTCD in the

future?

4. How often do you receive inquiries

regarding the MUTCD and what is the

nature of these inquiries?

5. Whom would you identify as the

audience for the MUTCD?

6. Are there missing pieces of

information the MUTCD should cover?

7. Does your organization have a

knowledge gap the MUTCD can fill?

8. Does your organization wish to

partner with FHWA by publishing/

printing the MUTCD after the final text

has been approved by the FHWA?

(a) Do you wish to provide this

service alone or with other

organizations?

(b) How much would your

organization contribute to the initial

printing setup cost?

(c) Are there any conditions or

requirements your organization has for

this service?

(d) Are there any conditions or

requirements your organization has for

its logo, title, credits, etc. to be placed

in the MUTCD 2000?

9. Does your organization wish to

partner with FHWA by developing

training videos for traffic engineers,

technicians, drivers (drivers’ education),

pedestrians, bicyclists, elder citizens

and/or children in the MUTCD 2000?

10. Does your organization wish to

partner with FHWA by developing

public information press releases,

printed articles, radio announcements,

or videos on ‘‘What’s new in the

MUTCD 2000’’?

11. Does your organization wish to

partner with FHWA by developing other

training courses and materials for the

MUTCD?

12. Do you have other suggestions to

include in the MUTCD 2000 outreach

effort?

13. Does your organization have

access to the Internet and/or facilities

for using a CD–ROM version of the

MUTCD?

14. What trade publications or

journals do you commonly receive and

what trade conferences do you attend?

15. What are your professional and

civic affiliations?

The FHWA welcomes input and

encourages responders to expand on

these questions with other suggestions.

List of Subjects in 23 CFR Part 655

Design standards, Grant programs—

transportation, Highways and roads,

Incorporation by reference, Signs,

Traffic regulations.

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 104, 105,

109(d), 114(a), 135, 217, 307, 315, and 402(a);

23 CFR 1.32; and 49 CFR 1.48(b).

Issued on: June 5, 1998.

Kenneth R. Wykle,

Federal Highway Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–15598 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 27

[CG 97–064]

RIN 2115–AF–53

Towing Vessel Safety

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Correction to notice of proposed

rulemaking; request for comments.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

correction to the notice of proposed

rulemaking (CGD 97–064) which was

published Friday, October 6, 1997, [62

FR 52057]. The rules are intended to

improve the safety of towing vessels and

tank barges.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast

Guard on or before August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

the Executive Secretary, Marine Safety

Council (G–LRA/3406) (CG–97–064),

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street SW., Washington, DC

20593–0001, or deliver them to room

3406 at the same address between 9:30

a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. The

telephone number is 202–267–1477.

The Executive Secretary maintains the

public docket for this rulemaking.

Comments will become part of this

docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room 3406,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, between

9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert Markle, Project Manager (Fire

Protection) 202–267–1076; or Mr. Allen

Penn, Project Manager (Emergency

Control Systems) 202–267–2997, U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to participate in this

rulemaking by submitting written data,

views, or arguments. You should

include your names and addresses,

identify this rulemaking (CGD 97–064)

and the specific section of this

document that the comment applies,

and give a reason for the comment.

Please submit two copies of all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. If you want us to

acknowledge receiving your comments,

please include a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard will consider all

comments received during the comment

period and may change this proposed

rule in view of the comments.

Background

The notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM) would establish rules requiring

training, drills, and the installation of

equipment to suppress fires on towing

vessels, and to enhance existing

standards for anchoring or retrieving a

drifting tank barge. The NPRM stated

that the rules concerning drifting barges

would apply to tank barges and vessels

towing them on the high seas, territorial

sea, and the Great Lakes.

Need for Correction

For the purposes of this NPRM, the

Coast Guard treated the statutory

language ‘‘open ocean [and] coastal

waters’’ as equivalent to the regulatory

language ‘‘high seas and territorial sea.’’

The territorial-sea baseline generally

follows the coastline of the United

States. However, it does not follow the

coastlines of Connecticut or New York

inside Long Island. There, it follows the

seaward side of the island.

Consequently, the NPRM inadvertently

excluded Long Island Sound from the

waters on which the proposed rules

would apply to tank barges and vessels

towing them.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication on

October 6, 1997, of the proposed rule

(CGD 97–064), which is the subject of

FR Doc. 97–26304, is corrected as

follows:

1. Paragraph (a) of § 155.230 is

corrected to read as follows:

§ 155.230 Emergency control systems for

tank barges.

(a) Application. This section applies

to tank barges and vessels towing

them—

(1) On the territorial seas;

(2) On the high seas;

(3) On Long Island Sound; or

(4) In Great Lakes service.

* * * * *

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–15428 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Parts 216, 245, and 252

[DFARS Case 97–D027]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Title to

Government Property

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement is withdrawing a proposed

rule published in the Federal Register

on October 17, 1997 (62 FR 54008),

under DFARS Case 97–D027, Title to

Government Property. The rule

proposed amendments to the Defense

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement to reduce the amount of

Government-owned special tooling and

test equipment in the possession of DoD

contractors. After considering public

comments, the Director of Defense

Procurement has decided to withdraw

the proposed rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Angelena Moy by phone at (703) 695–

1097/8, by fax at (703) 695–7569, or by

E-mail (Internet) at Moyac@acq.osd.mil.

Please cite DFARS Case 97–D027.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 216,

245, and 252

Government procurement.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulation Council.

[FR Doc. 98–15430 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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