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ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration Airports Division, P.O.

Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los

Angeles, CA 90009.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Neilson A.

Bertholf, Jr., Aviation Director, City of

Phoenix, 3400 Sky Harbor Blvd.,

Phoenix, AZ 85034–4420.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the city of

Phoenix under section 158.23 of FAR

Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John P. Milligan, Supervisor,

Standards Section, Airports Division,

15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA

90261, Telephone: (310) 725–3621. 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 the

Phoenix Sky Harbor 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)

(Pub. L. 101–508 as recodified by Title

49 U.S.C. 40117 (c)(3)) and Part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR Part 158).

On April 30, 1998, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the city of Phoenix 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 July 30, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

application No. 98–05–C–00–PHX.

Level of the Proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed Charge Effective Date:

October 1, 1998.

Proposed Charge Expiration Date:

March 1, 2002.

Total Estimated PFC Revenue:

$193,445,920.

Brief description of the proposed

projects:

Construct Aircraft Rescue Firefighting

Facility (ARFF); Reconstruct Runways

8L/26R and 8R/26L in Concrete; Expand

Terminal 4 Facilities; Construct New

Taxiway from Taxiway G to the South;

Reconstruct Taxiway C in Concrete;

Upgrade Aircraft Rescue Firefighting

Facility #19; Procure New ARFF

Vehicle; Reconstruct Terminal 2 Ramp;

Construct Midfield, North/South

Taxiway T; Upgrade Airfield Guidance

Sign System; Reconstruct Taxiway S;

Construct Terminal 4 Holding Apron;

Upgrade Airfield Security System.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: ATCO, Air

Taxi/Commercial Operators: CAC,

Commuters or Small Certificated Air

Carriers with less than 7,500

enplanements each annually: CRAC,

Large Certificated Route Air Carriers

providing non-scheduled service with

less than 7,500 enplanements each

annually.

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 city of Phoenix Aviation

Department.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on May 1,

1998.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific

Region.

[FR Doc. 98–13749 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

(98–03–C–00–HTS) to impose and use

the revenue from a passenger facility

charge (PFC) at Tri-State Airport,

Huntington, West Virginia

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 the

revenue from a PFC at Tri-State Airport

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 June 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address:

Mr. Elonza Turner, Beckley Airports

Field Office, Main Terminal building,

176 Airport Circle, Beaver, West

Virginia 25813–9350.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Larry G.

Salyers, Airport Director of the Tri-State

Airport Authority at the following

address:

Tri-State Airport Authority, 1449

Airport Road, Unit 1, Box, Huntington,

West Virginia 26505.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Tri-State

Airport Authority under section 158.23

of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Elonza Turner, Beckley Airports

Field Office, Main Terminal Building

176 Airport Circle, Beaver, West

Virginia 25813–9350 (Tel. 304–252–

6216). 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 TriState Airport 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 April 10, 1998, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Tri-State Airport

Authority 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 July

8, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Application number: 98–03–C–00–

HTS.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: July 1,

1998.

Proposed charge expiration date:

August 1, 2000.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$365,138.

Brief description of proposed projects:

The PFC funds will be utilized to fund

the local share of the following

proposed AIP project.

—Design Snow Removal Equipment

Building

—Acquire Aircraft Deicing Truck

—Acquire 4-Wheel Drive Pick-up With

Snow Plow

—Acquire Security Vehicle

—Acquire Self Propelled Passenger

Access Lift

—Construct Snow Equipment Building

—Conduct Drainage/Deicing study

—Reseal/Rehabilitate Airline Ramp
28442 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

1These proceedings are not consolidated. A

single decision is being issued for administrative

convenience only. In addition, this oversight matter

was recently assigned the Sub-No. 26 docket

number and a new case title.

2 In that decision the Board announced, inter alia,

that, pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.4(b), Canadian

National Railway Company (CNR), Grand Trunk

Corporation, and Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Incorporated (GTW), Illinois Central Corporation

(IC Corp.), Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICR),

Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad Company,

and Cedar River Railroad Company (collectively,

applicants) had notified us of their intent to file an

application seeking authority under 49 U.S.C.

11323–25 for the acquisition of control, by CNR,

through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary

Blackhawk Merger Sub, Inc., of IC Corp., and

through it of ICR and its railroad affiliates, and for

the resulting common control by CNR of GTW and

its railroad affiliates and ICR and its railroad

affiliates. The Board found this to be a major

transaction as defined in 49 CFR part 1180.

3 In what is now STB Finance Docket No. 32760

(Sub-No. 26), the petition for reconsideration was

filed by UTU–IL, and by United Transportation

Union-General Committee of Adjustment (GO–386),

United Transportation Union-General Committee of

Adjustment (GO–401), and United Transportation

Union-General Committee of Adjustment (ALS). We

will refer to the petitioners in both proceedings

collectively as UTU Committees.

4 In that decision, the Board instituted a

proceeding as part of the 5-year oversight condition

that it imposed in Union Pacific Corporation, Union

Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri Pacific

Railroad Company—Control and Merger—Southern

Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver

and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company,

Finance Docket No. 32760 (UP/SP Merger), Decision

No. 44 (STB served Aug. 12, 1996), to examine

additional remedial conditions to the UP/SP merger

as they pertain to rail service in the Houston, Texas/

Gulf Coast region.

5 In Decision No. 2 at 3 and Decision No. 1 at 3,

we directed that:

[i]n addition to submitting an original and 25

copies of all paper documents filed with the Board,

the parties shall also submit, on diskettes or

—Drainage Rehabilitation

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: NonScheduled Part 135 and Part 121 charter

operators.

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:

Fitzgerald Federal Building, John F.

Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica,

New York, 11430.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Tri-State

Airport Authority.

Issued in Jamaica, New York on May 15,

1998.

Thomas Felix,

Manager, Planning & Programming Branch,

Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 98–13748 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Amtrak Reform Council; Notice of First

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of First Meeting of the

Amtrak Reform Council.

SUMMARY: As provided in Section 203 of

the Amtrak Reform and Accountability

Act of 1997, the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) gives notice of the

first meeting of the Amtrak Reform

Council (‘‘ARC’’). The purpose of the

meeting is to begin to develop a work

plan for the ARC, to establish certain

administrative procedures, including a

process for selection of a chair, and to

begin to review Amtrak’s current

financial and operational structure.

DATES: The first meeting of the ARC is

scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

EST on Tuesday, May 26, 1998.

Decisions regarding future meetings will

be made at the first meeting and from

time to time thereafter.

ADDRESSES: The first meeting of the

ARC will be held in Room 283 in the

Hall of States at 444 North Capitol

Street, NW, Washington, DC. The

meeting is open to the public on a firstcome, first-served basis and is accessible

to individuals with disabilities. Persons

in need of special arrangements should

contact the person whose name is listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Arrigo Mongini, Deputy Associate

Administrator for Railroad

Development, FRA, RDV–2, Mail Stop

20, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590 (mailing address

only) or by telephone at (202) 632–3286.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARC

was created by the Amtrak Reform and

Accountability Act of 1997 (ARAA) as

an independent commission to evaluate

Amtrak’s performance and make

recommendations to Amtrak for

achieving further cost containment and

productivity improvements, and

financial reforms. In addition, the

ARAA requires: that the ARC monitor

cost savings resulting from work rules

established under new agreements

between Amtrak and its labor unions;

that the ARC provide an annual report

to Congress that includes an assessment

of Amtrak’s progress on the resolution

of productivity issues; and that after two

years the ARC begin to make findings on

whether Amtrak can meet certain

financial goals and, if not, to notify the

President and the Congress.

The ARAA provides that the ARC

consist of eleven members, including

the Secretary of Transportation and ten

others nominated by the President or

Congressional leaders. Each member is

to serve a 5 year term.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 19,

1998.

Donald M. Itzkoff,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–13709 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33556 1 et al.]

Railroad Operation, Acquisition,

Construction, Etc: Canadian National

Railway Co. et al.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Decision No. 3 in STB Finance

Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 26) and

Decision No. 3 in STB Finance Docket

No. 33556; Denial of general waiver.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (Board) is denying petitions for

reconsideration in these proceedings of

the requirement that parties submit

copies of all textual materials on

diskettes (disks) or compact discs (CDs).

Parties may, however, seek individual

waivers of the disk filing requirement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

M. Farr, (202) 565–1613. [TDD for the

hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

26, 1998, Joseph C. Szabo, for and on

behalf of the United Transportation

Union—Illinois Legislative Board

(UTUIL), filed a petition for

reconsideration of Decision No. 2 in the

STB Finance Docket No. 33556

proceeding served and published in the

Federal Register on March 13, 1998 (63

FR 12574).2 On April 20, 1998, UTU

Committees 3 filed a petition for

reconsideration of Decision No. 1 in the

STB Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No.

26) proceeding (formerly Decision No.

12 in STB Finance Docket No. 32760

(Sub-No. 21)), which was served on

March 31, 1998, and published in the

Federal Register on April 3, 1998 (63 FR

16628).4 The petitions are nearly

identical and will be considered

together. UTU Committees seek

reconsideration of the requirement in

these proceedings that all parties submit

copies of their textual materials on 3.5

inch IBM-compatible disks or CDs.5