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simulated instrument flights to meet

recent instrument experience

requirements, in certain Beechcraft

airplanes equipped with a functioning

throwover control wheel in place of

functioning dual controls. GRANT, May

21, 1998, Exemption No. 6521A.

Docket No.: 28905.

Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate two Bell 214st helicopters and

one Bell 412SP helicopter, currently

owned by PHI, that are not equipped

with approved flight data recorders.

GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No.

6713A.

Docket No.: 28955.

Petitioner: James W. Shafer.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.307(c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Mr. Shafer to

permanently mount and use a Ballistic

Recovery Systems, Inc. (BRS), 1050

ballistic parachute in his Rans S–10

experimental category aircraft in lieu of

the individual approved parachutes

required by § 91.307(c). DENIAL May

21, 1998, Exemption No. 6767.

Docket No.: 28434.

Petitioner: Mercy Air Service, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.142(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate certain aircraft without a TSO–

C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.

GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No.

6769.

Docket No.: 28977.

Petitioner: Freight Runners Express,

Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its Beechcraft B–99A aircraft

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S)

transponder installed. GRANT, May 21,

1998, Exemption No. 6768.

Docket No.: 29181.

Petitioner: Northwest Airlines.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

93.217.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Northwest, who

holds two international slots at O’Hare,

to conduct domestic operations utilizing

the two subject international slots.

Northwest may trade these two slots on

a one-for-one basis at the same airport;

these slots may not be bought, sold, or

leased. GRANT, May 27, 1998,

Exemption No. 6766.

[FR Doc. 98–14711 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Executive Committee of the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee;

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of change in time of

meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a change in time

for a special meeting of the Executive

Committee of the Federal Aviation

Administration Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee (63 FR 8315,

February 19, 1998).

DATES: The meeting to be held on June

26, 1998, will begin at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the U.S. Department of Transportation,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6244–

6248, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Miss Jean Casciano, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

telephone (202) 267–9683; fax (202)

267–5075; e-mail

Jean.Casciano@faa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Executive

Committee to be held on June 26, 1998,

at the U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Room 6244–6248, Washington, DC,

10 a.m. The agenda will include:

• A vote on a revised proposed task

concerning Flight Time Limitations and

Rest Requirements.

• An update on the status of the Fuel

Tank Harmonization Working Group

effort.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but will be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements by June 16, 1998, to

present oral statements at the meeting.

The public may present written

statements to the executive committee at

any time by providing 25 copies to the

Executive Director, or by bringing the

copies to him at the meeting.

Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting. Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. A copy of the revised

proposed task being put to a vote may

also be obtained from that person.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 28,

1998.

Brenda D. Courtney,

Acting Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 98–14752 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Orange, Santa Ana, Garden Grove,

Westminster, Seal Beach, Los

Alamitos and Unincorporated Parts of

Orange County, CA

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

environmental impact statement will be

prepared for a proposed highway project

in Orange County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

C. Glenn Clinton, Chief, District

Operations—South, Federal Highway

Administration, California Division, 980

Ninth Street, Suite 400, Sacramento,

California 95814–2724, Telephone:

(916) 498–5037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the

California Department of Transportation

(Caltrans) and the Orange County

Transportation Authority (OCTA), will

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) on a proposal to

improve State Route 22 (SR–22) in

Orange County, California. The project

area includes SR–22 from SR–55 to I–

405 (20.1 km), as well as a section of the

former Pacific Electric right-of-way

between SR–22 in the City of Garden

Grove and Raitt Street in the City of

Santa Ana (4.5 km), and I–405 from SR–

22 to I–605 (5.3 km) inclusive of the

freeway-to-freeway interchanges, (28.2

km). It is known collectively as the SR–

22/West Orange County Connection.

The SR–22/West Orange County

Connection has insufficient capacity on

the freeway and major adjacent surface

streets to handle existing and projected

travel demand between the SR–55

interchange and I–605, and to and from

destinations within the corridor. The

situation is aggravated by inadequate

freeway interchanges, lack of
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continuous parallel arterial routes and

available arterial/intersection capacity,

absence of alternatives other than

single-occupant-vehicle travel (HOV

lanes or transit services), and lack of a

major program of Transportation System

Management (TSM) strategies.

Alternatives under consideration

include (1) take no action; (2)

implementation of TSM/Expanded Bus

Service; (3) construction of a fixed

guideway from the MTA Blue Line in

Long Beach to the Santa Ana

Transportation Center; (4) construction

of an additional general purpose lane in

each direction on SR–22 between SR–55

and I–405 and construction of a general

purpose limited access arterial on the

former Pacific Electric right-of-way; (5)

construction of an HOV lane in each

direction on SR–22 between SR–55 and

I–405, and (6) construction of HOV

lanes on SR–22, a four-lane HOV section

on I–405 between SR–22 and I–605,

development of the Pacific Electric

right-of-way as a general purpose

arterial including direct connector

ramps with SR–22, and construction of

HOV connectors at the SR–22/SR–55

interchange, the I–5/SR–22 interchange,

the SR–22/I–405 interchange, and the I–

405/I–605 interchange.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments are being sent

to appropriate federal, state, and local

agencies, and to private organizations

and citizens who have previously

expressed or are known to have interest

in this proposal. Letters were sent

February 25, 1998, to the resource/

regulatory agencies seeking their input

as cooperating agencies. A public and

agency scoping meeting will take place

on June 23, 1998, from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00

p.m. in Garden Grove at the Garden

Grove Community Center, 11300

Stanford Avenue. A public hearing will

be held in the Spring of 1999 and a

public notice will be given of the time

and place of the hearing. The draft EIS

will be available for public and agency

review and comment prior to the public

hearing.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to the FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued: May 7, 1998.

C. Glenn Clinton,

Chief, District Operations—South

Sacramento, California.

[FR Doc. 98–14625 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–98–3637]

Qualification of Drivers; Waiver

Applications; Vision

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions and intent to

grant applications for waiver; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

FHWA’s preliminary determination to

grant the applications of twelve

individuals for a waiver of the vision

requirements in the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Regulations. Granting the

waivers will enable these persons to

qualify as drivers of commercial motor

vehicles in interstate commerce without

meeting the vision standard prescribed

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Your written, signed

comments must refer to the docket

number at the top of this document, and

you must submit the comments to the

Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. All

comments will be available for

examination at the above address

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. Those desiring notification of

receipt of comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or

postcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael Thomas, Office of Motor Carrier

Research and Standards, (202) 366–

8786, or Ms. Judith Rutledge, Office of

the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–0834,

Federal Highway Administration,

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m.

to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

Internet users can access all

comments received by the U.S. DOT

Dockets, Room PL–401, by using the

universal resource locator (URL): http:/

/dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours

each day, 365 days each year. Please

follow the instructions online for more

information and help.

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Federal Register Electronic Bulletin

Board Service at (202) 512–1661.

Internet users may reach the Federal

Register’s home page at: http://

www.nara.gov/nara/fedreg and the

Government Printing Office’s database

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs.

Background

Twelve individuals have requested a

waiver of the vision requirement in 49

CFR 391.41(b)(10), which applies to

drivers of commercial motor vehicles in

interstate commerce. Under 49 U.S.C.

31136(e), the FHWA may waive

application of the vision standard if the

agency determines the waiver is

consistent with the public interest and

the safe operation of commercial motor

vehicles.

The FHWA has evaluated each

request on its merits, as required by the

decision in Rauenhorst v. United States

Department of Transportation, Federal

Highway Administration, 95 F.3d 715

(8th Cir. 1996), and made a preliminary

determination that granting the waivers

is consistent with the public interest

and the safe operation of commercial

motor vehicles.

Qualifications of Applicants

1. Larry A. Dahleen

Mr. Dahleen is a 48-year-old

individual who contracted a retinal

disease in his right eye at the age of 5.

The disease decreased Mr. Dahleen’s

visual acuity in the eye and prevents

him from meeting the vision

requirement of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).

A 1997 letter from an optometrist

states Mr. Dahleen has light perception

in his right eye and 20/15 vision in his

left eye. In the optometrist’s opinion,

Mr. Dahleen can perform the tasks

necessary to operate a commercial

motor vehicle. Because the retinal

disease occurred in 1954, Mr. Dahleen

has had almost 44 years to adapt to his

vision deficiency. His driving

experience and record demonstrate he

has adapted successfully.

Mr. Dahleen holds an Iowa

commercial driver’s license with a

hazardous materials endorsement. He

has operated tractor-trailer combination

vehicles for 11 years and has driven

more than 1,250,000 miles since 1987.

His driving record contains no traffic

violations and no accidents. He has

been employed by the same company