39342 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 140 /Wednesday, July 22, 1998 / Notices

business on April 7, 1999 at the address

listed below or other locally announced

locations:

Small Business Administration, Disaster

Area 1 Office, 360 Rainbow Blvd.,

South, 3rd Floor, Niagara Falls, NY

14303.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the above location: Allegany,

Chautauqua, Franklin, Genesee,

Hamilton, Livingston, Niagara, and

Warren Counties in New York, and

McKean and Warren Counties in

Pennsylvania.

Any counties contiguous to the abovenamed primary counties and not listed

herein have been previously declared

under a separate declaration for the

same occurrence.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners with credit

available elsewhere ........... 7.000

Homeowners without credit

available elsewhere ........... 3.500

Businesses with credit available elsewhere ................... 8.000

Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit

available elsewhere ........... 4.000

Others (including non-profit

organizations) with credit

available elsewhere ........... 7.125

For Economic Injury:

Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without

credit available elsewhere 4.000

The numbers assigned to this disaster

are 310211 for physical damage and

992600 for economic injury.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–19490 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 1998–4081]

Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee, Subcommittee on Proper

Cargo Names

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Chemical Transportation

Advisory Committee’s (CTAC)

Subcommittee on Proper Cargo names

(PCN) will meet to discuss various

issues relating to use of proper cargo

names for the marine transportation of

hazardous materials in bulk. the

meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The PCN Subcommittee will

meet on Thursday, July 30, 1998, from

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting may close

early if all business is finished. Written

material and requests to make oral

presentations should reach the U.S.

Coast Guard on or before July 24, 1998.

Requests to have a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the CTAC

Subcommittee should reach the U.S.

Coast Guard on or before July 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee will

meet at the American Bureau of

Shipping (ABS), ABS Plaza, 16855

Northchase Drive, Houston, TX 77060–

6008. Point of contact: Mr. Philip G.

Rynn; tel.: 281–877–6415; fax.: 281–

877–6795. Send written material and

requests to make oral presentations to

Mr. Curtis Payne, Commandant (G–

MSO–3), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This

notice is available on the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions on this notice, contact Mr.

Curtis Payne, telephone 202–267–1577,

fax 202–267–4570. For questions on

viewing, or submitting material to, the

docket, contact Ms. Dorothy Walker,

Chief, Dockets, Department of

Transportation, telephone 202–366–

9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings is given under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Meeting Agenda

Subcommittee on Proper Cargo

Names (PCN). Two Working Groups, the

‘‘Facilities and Shippers Working

Group’’ and the ‘‘Vessels Working

Group’’ will continue the agenda of the

previous meeting that includes the

following:

(1) Discussion of the industry’s cargo

naming/identification processes;

(2) Root cause analysis of proper cargo

name selection; and

(3) Prepare draft plan of action.

Procedural

The meeting is open to the public.

Please note that the meeting may close

early if all business is finished. At the

Chair’s discretion, members of the

public may make oral presentations

during the meeting. If you would like to

make an oral presentation at the

meeting, please notify Mr. Payne no

later than July 24, 1998. Written

material for distribution at the meeting

should reach the U.S. Coast Guard no

later than July 24, 1998. If you would

like a copy of your material distributed

to each member of the Subcommittee in

advance of the meeting, please submit

25 copies to Mr. Payne no later than July

24, 1998 or make other arrangements

with Mr. Payne.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meeting, contact Mr. Payne as soon as

possible.

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–19422 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

97–02–U–00–ALW To Use the Revenue

From a Passenger Facility Charge

(PFC) at Walla Walla Regional Airport,

Submitted by the Port of Walla Walla,

Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla

Walla, Washington

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 use only PFC revenue at

Walla Walla Regional Airport under the

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(14 CFR 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: J. Wade Bryant, Manager;

Seattle Airports District Office, SEA–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

1601 Lind Avenue, S.W., Suite 250;

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Larry G.

Adams, Airport Manager, at the

following address: Port of Walla Walla,

310 A Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362.
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Air Carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to Walla Walla

Regional Airport, under section 158.23

of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Vargas, (425) 227–2660; Seattle

Airports District Office; SEA–ADO;

Federal Aviation Administration; 1601

Lind Avenue, S.W., Suite 250; Renton,

Washington 98055–4056. The

application may be reviewed in person

at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposed to rule and invites public

comment on the application 97–02–U–

00–ALW to use only PFC revenue at

Walla Walla Regional Airport, under the

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(14 CFR Part 158).

On July 14, 1998, the FAA determined

that the application to use only the

revenue from a PFC submitted by Port

of Walla Walla, Walla Regional Airport,

Walla Walla, Washington, was

substantially complete within the

requirements of § 158.25 of Part 158.

The FAA will approve or disapprove the

application, in whole or in part, no later

than October 13, 1998.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00

Proposed charge effective date:

November 1, 1993

Proposed charge expiration date:

November 1, 2014

Total requested for use approval:

$1,187,280

Brief description of proposed project:

31,000 square foot passenger terminal

building with all associated

infrastructure.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: None.

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:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue

S.W., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98055–

4056.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Walla Walla

Regional Airport.

Issued in Renton, Washington on July 14,

1998.

David A. Field,

Manager, Planning, Programming and

Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain

Region.

[FR Doc. 98–19419 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA Docket No. 87–2, Notice. No. 7]

RIN 2130–AB20

Automatic Train Control and Advanced

Civil Speed Enforcement System;

Northeast Corridor Railroads

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final order of particular

applicability.

SUMMARY: FRA issues an order of

particular applicability (order) applying

to certain trains operating on the track

controlled by the National Railroad

Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) on the

Northeast Corridor (NEC) between

Washington, DC, and Boston,

Massachusetts. The order requires all

trains operating between New Haven,

Connecticut and Boston (NEC-North

End) to be controlled by locomotives

equipped to respond to a new advanced

civil speed enforcement system (ACSES)

in addition to the automatic train

control (ATC) system currently required

on the NEC. On the NEC between

Washington, DC and New York, New

York (NEC-South End), where access to

the high-speed track is prevented by

switches locked in the normal position

and a parallel route to the high-speed

track is provided at crossovers from

adjacent tracks, and where no junctions

providing direct access exist, ACSESequipped trains may operate to a

maximum speed not to exceed 135

miles per hour (mph). This order also

contains performance standards for the

cab signal/ATC and ACSES systems on

the NEC, and authorizes increases in

certain maximum authorized train

speeds and safety requirements

supporting improved rail service.

DATES: This order becomes effective on

August 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.E.

Goodman, Staff Director, Signal and

Train Control Division, Office of Safety,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC, 20590 ((202) 632–

3353), Paul Weber, Railroad Safety

Specialist, Signal and Train Control

Division, Office of Safety, FRA, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC,

20590 ((202) 632–3354), or Patricia V.

Sun, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590 ( (202) 632–3183).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

FRA has both discrete and plenary

legal authority to require all trains

operating on the NEC to be equipped

with automatic train control devices.

FRA has broad legal authority to

‘‘prescribe regulations, and issue orders

for every area of railroad safety * * *’’

49 U.S.C. 20103. Section 20502 of Title

49, United States Code specifically

provides that ‘‘[w]hen the Secretary of

Transportation decides after an

investigation that it is necessary in the

public interest, the Secretary may order

a railroad carrier to install * * * a

signal system that complies with the

requirements of the Secretary.’’ As

originally enacted and prior to formal

codification, this provision referred to

‘‘automatic train stop, train control,

and/or other similar appliances,

methods, and systems intended to

promote the safety of railroad operation

* * .’’ This authority has been

previously invoked to require the

installation of signal systems on 49

specific railroads and to require all

railroads desiring to operate at high

speeds to install signal systems of

varying degrees of sophistication

consonant with those higher speeds.

Proceedings to Date

On November 20, 1997, FRA

published a Proposed Order of

Particular Applicability (proposed

order) that would require all trains

operating on the NEC-North End to be

controlled by locomotives equipped to

respond to a new advanced civil speed

enforcement system in addition to the

automatic train control system currently

required on the NEC (62 FR 62097).

The proposed order called for written

comments to be received by January 20,

1998, and requests for a public hearing

to be received by December 22, 1997.

On February 17, 1998, FRA held a

public hearing at the request of several

commentators.

Background—Development of the NEC

Amtrak provides service over the NEC

from Washington, DC, to Boston,

Massachusetts. Amtrak owns or

dispatches most of the NEC, which it

shares with several commuter

authorities and freight railroads. Current

speeds on the NEC-North End range up

to 110 mph.