36732 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 129 /Tuesday, July 7, 1998 / Notices

DATES: Comments must identify the

TSO file number and be received on or

before August 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the

proposed technical standard order to:

Technical Programs and Continued

Airworthiness Branch, AIR–120,

Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft

Certification Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

Or deliver comments to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Room 815,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591. Comments must

identify the TSO file number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Bobbie J. Smith, Technical Programs

and Continued Airworthiness Branch,

AIR–120, Aircraft Engineering Division,

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, FAX No. (202)

267–5340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed TSO listed in

this notice by submitting such written

data, views, or arguments as they desire

to the above specified address.

Comments received on the proposed

technical standard order may be

examined, before and after the comment

closing date, in Room 815, FAA

Headquarters Building (FOB–10A), 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, weekdays

except Federal holidays, between 8:30

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments specified above will be

considered by the Director of the

Aircraft Certification Service before

issuing the final TSO.

Background

This TSO is proposed to provide for

performance enhancement to Traffic

Alert and Collision Avoidance System II

(TCAS II) Airborne Equipment. There

have been a significant number of

changes to the TCAS II software.

Version 7.0 of the TCAS II will also be

utilized by ICAO member states with

the mandates for equipage of Airborne

Collision Avoidance System (ACAS II).

Areas of improvement include TCAS–

TCAS reversal, horizontal miss distance

filtering, surveillance improvements to

extend effective range and reduce

interference in high density traffic areas,

reduction of nuisance Traffic Advisories

operating in Reduced Vertical

Separation Minimum (RVSM) airspace,

etc. Also, display and aural changes

were made to improve flight crew

recognition and understanding issues.

Marking is addition to those required

by 14 CFR 21.607 would be required for

TSO–C119b articles.

The proposed TSO would require the

TSOA holder to provide the article

purchaser with certain data described in

Paragraph 5 of proposed TSO–C119b.

Data that would be furnished with each

manufactured article includes operating

instructions and equipment limitations,

installation procedures, limitations, and

related information, equipment

specifications and designations,

maintenance instructions, and

environmental qualification forms.

Additional information would be

required for articles that accomplish

additional functions; that information

would need to be sent to the purchaser

once, even if several identical articles

are purchased.

How to Obtain Copies

A copy of the proposed TSO–C119b

may be obtained via Internet (http:/

www.faa.gov/avr/air/100home.htm) or

on request from the office listed under

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Copies of RTCA, Inc. Document No.

DO–185A, ‘‘Minimum Operational

Performance Standards for An Active

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance

System II (TCAS II) Airborne

Equipment,’’ dated December 16, 1997.

RTCA Document No. 160D,

‘‘Environmental Conditions and Test

Procedures for Airborne Equipment,’’

dated July 29, 1997; and RTCA

Document No. DO–178B, ‘‘Software

Considerations in Airborne Systems and

Equipment Certification,’’ dated 1, 1992,

may be purchased from the RTCA Inc.,

1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite

1020, Washington, DC 20036.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 30,

1998.

Abbas A. Rizvi,

Acting Manager, Aircraft Engineering

Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17943 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with title 49 CFR 211.9

and 211.41, notice is hereby given that

the following railroads have petitioned

the Federal Railroad Administration

(FRA) for exemption from or waiver of

compliance with a requirement of its

safety standards. Their petitions are

described below, including the

regulatory provisions involved, and the

nature of the relief being requested.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in these proceedings by

submitting written views, data or

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA, in writing, before

the end of the comment period and

specify the basis of their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate waiver petition docket

number and must be submitted in

triplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of

Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad

Administration, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street SW., Mail Stop 10,

Washington, DC 20590.

Communications received within 45

days of the date of publication of this

notice will be considered by FRA before

final action is taken. Comments received

after that date will be considered as far

as practicable. All written

communications concerning these

proceedings are available for

examination during regular business

hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) in Room 7051,

1120 Vermont Street, NW., Washington,

DC. The individual petitions are as

follows:

National Railroad Passenger

Corporation (Amtrak)

FRA Waiver Petition Docket No. HS–98–

01

Amtrak requests a waiver to maintain

train and engine employee’s hours of

duty records in an electronic program in

lieu of manually signed paper records.

Florida East Coast Railway Company

(FEC)

FRA Waiver Petition Docket No. HS–98–

02

FEC requests a waiver to utilize their

‘‘Paperless Time Ticket Program’’ to

produce an electronic record of train

and engine employee hours of duty in

lieu of manually signed paper records.

Both Amtrak and the FEC request a

waiver of compliance with certain

provisions of FRA Safety Regulations

(Hours of Service of Railroad

Employees). The waivers requested seek

relief from Title 49 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) Part 228.9(a)(1) for

each railroad to utilize a computerized

system of recording hours of duty data.

Part 228.9(a)(1) requires that records

maintained under Part 228 be signed by

the employee whose time is being

recorded, or in the case of train and

engine crews, signed by the ranking

crew member. Amtrak and the FEC seek
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to utilize a secure computerized

program of recording hours of duty

information which would not comply

with the above requirements for a

‘‘signature’’ of the employee or ranking

crew member. Amtrak and the FEC

propose that each railroad’s train and

engine employee will have his or her

own unique identification number and

personal identification number (PIN).

The PIN will remain confidential to the

employee. When accessing the

computer for input of the hours of

service record, required by § 228.11, the

(PIN) will not appear on the computer

screen when the employee enters his or

her number. All data entered under

access gained through use of the

confidential PIN will be electronically

stamped with the entering employee’s

name. The program will display the

electronic signature on the employee’s

hours of duty record. Amtrak and the

FEC requests a waiver to use the

electronic stamp to satisfy the signature

requirements of the ‘‘Hours of Service of

Railroad Employees.’’ The railroads

maintain that the change is in the best

interests of all parties, in that, it will

reduce unnecessary paperwork and the

costs associated therewith while

providing the railroads, its employees

and the FRA with a superior level of

information on a more timely basis than

is currently available.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 29,

1998.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 98–17827 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–6–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Delays in Processing of

Exemption Applications

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications Delayed

more than 180 days.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), RSPA

is publishing the following list of

exemption applications that have been

in process for 180 days or more. The

reason(s) for delay and the expected

completion date for action on each

application is provided in association

with each identified application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office

of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and

Approvals, Research and Special

Programs Administration, U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590–0001, (202) 366–4535.

Key to ‘‘Reasons for Delay’’

1. Awaiting additional information

from applicant.

2. Extensive public comment under

review.

3. Application is technically very

complex and is of significant impact or

precedent-setting and requires extensive

analysis.

4. Staff review delayed by other

priority issues or volume of exemption

applications.

Meaning of Application Number

Suffixes

N—New application

M—Modification request

PM—Party to application with

modification request

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24,

1998.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

Application No. Applicant Reason for

delay

Estimated date

of completion

NEW EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS

11540–N ........... Convenience Products, Fenton, MO ........................................................................................ 1 7/31/1998

11591–N ........... Clearwater Distributors, Inc., Woodridge, NY ........................................................................... 4 7/31/1998

11682–N ........... Cryolor, Argancy, 57365 Ennery—France ................................................................................ 4 7/31/1998

11687–N ........... Tri Tank Corp., Syracuse, NY ................................................................................................... 4 7/31/1998

11699–N ........... GEO Specialty Chemicals, Bastrop, LA ................................................................................... 4 7/31/1998

11735–N ........... R.D. Offutt Co., Park Rapids, MN ............................................................................................. 4 7/31/1998

11751–N ........... Delta Resigns & Refractories, Detroit, MI ................................................................................. 4 7/31/1998

11761–N ........... Vulcan Chemicals, Birmingham, AL ......................................................................................... 4 7/31/1998

11765–N ........... Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Columbia, SC .............................................................. 4 7/31/1998

11767–N ........... Ausimont USA, Inc., Thorofare, NJ .......................................................................................... 4 7/31/1998

NEW EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS

11774–N ........... Safety Disposal System, Inc., Opa Locka, FL .......................................................................... 1 7/31/98

11783–N ........... Peoples Natural Gas, Rosemount, MN .................................................................................... 4 7/31/98

11815–N ........... Union Pacific Railroad Co. et al, Omaha, NE .......................................................................... 4 7/31/98

11817–N ........... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA .................................................................................. 4 7/31/98

11821–N ........... Wyoming Department of Transportation, Cheyenne, WY ........................................................ 4 7/31/98

11862–N ........... The BOC Group, Murray Hill, NJ .............................................................................................. 4 7/31/98

11882–N ........... FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA .......................................................................................... 4 7/31/98

11883–N ........... Brownie Tank Mfg., Co., Minneapolis, MN ............................................................................... 4 7/31/98

11884–N ........... Degussa Corporation, Ridgefield Park, NJ ............................................................................... 4 7/31/98

11894–N ........... Quicksilver Fiberglass Manufacturing Ltd., Strome, Alberta, CN ............................................. 4 7/31/98

NEW EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS

11911–N ........... Transfer Flow, Inc., Chico, CA ................................................................................................. 4 07/31/1998

11915–N ........... Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, Marietta, GA ............................................................. 4 07/31/1998

11916–N ........... CP Industries, Inc., McKeesport, PA ........................................................................................ 4 07/31/1998

11927–N ........... Alaska Marine Lines, Seattle, WA ............................................................................................ 4 07/31/1998

11934–N ........... UtiliCorp United, Inc., Omaha, NE ............................................................................................ 4 07/31/1998

11938–N ........... Steel Shipping Container Institute, Washington, DC ................................................................ 4 07/31/1998

11947–N ........... Patts Fabrication & Services, Odessa, TX ............................................................................... 4 08/31/1998

11954–N ........... Republic Environmental Systems (PA), Inc., Hatfield, PA ....................................................... 4 08/31/1998

11970–N ........... Exxon Chemical, Inc., Baytown, TX ......................................................................................... 4 08/31/1998