3696 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 1995 / Notices

Agenda will be as follows: (1)

Chairman’s introductory remarks; (2)

Review and approval of meeting agenda;

(3) Approve summary of joint meeting

held December 13–15, 1994; (4)

Leadership Team meeting report; (5)

Consensus items; (6) Review action

items; (7) Review issue logs; (8) Joint

team status reports; (9) Joint team

assignments and objectives; (10)

Adjourn to joint team sessions; (11)

Joint team reports; (12) Other business;

(13) Establish agenda for next meeting;

(14) Date and place of next meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the Chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, D.C.

20036; (202) 833–9339. Any member of

the public may present a written

statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 5,

1995.

David W. Ford,

Designated Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–1147 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Intent To Rule on Application To

Impose and Use the Revenue From a

Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Robert Mueller Airport, Austin, TX

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 Robert Mueller

Municipal Airport under the provisions

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Public Law 101–508) and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate copies to the FAA at the

following address: Mr. Ben Guttery,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Staff, ASW–

610D, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–0610.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Charles W.

Gates, Director of Aviation, at the

following address: Charles W. Gates,

Director of Aviation, City of Austin,

3600 Manor Road, Austin, Texas 78723.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of the written

comments previously provided to the

Airport under Section 158.23 of Part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Ben Guttery, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Airports Division, Planning and

Programming Staff, ASW–610D, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0610, (817) 222–

5614.

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

Robert Mueller Municipal Airport under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On December 22, 1994, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Airport 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 April 20, 1995.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Proposed charge effective date: March 1,

1995

Proposed charge expiration date: May

31, 2021

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$337,821,000.00

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

Projects To Impose and Use PFC’s

New Airport Passenger Terminal

Complex; New Airport Airfield

Facilities: and New Airport Landside

Facilities.

Proposed class or classes of air

carriers to be exempted from collecting

PFC’s: On-demand air taxi/commercial

operators that (1) do not enplane or

deplane at the airport’s main passenger

building and (2) enplane fewer than 500

passengers per year at the airport.

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,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Staff, ASW–

610D, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth,

Texas 76137–4298.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at Robert Mueller

Municipal Airport.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on December

22, 1994.

John M. Dempsey,

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 95–1148 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Exemption or Waiver of

Compliance

In accordance with 49 CFR Sections

211.9 and 211.41, notice is hereby given

that the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) has received

requests for exemptions from or waivers

of compliance with a requirement of its

safety standards. The individual

petitions are described below, including

the party seeking relief, 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 for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number LI–94–11) and

must be submitted in triplicate to the

Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel,

FRA, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.

Communications received before

February 27, 1995 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 (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) in Room

8201, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20590.

The individual petitions seeking an

exemption or waiver of compliance are

as follows:
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New Jersey Transit Rail Operations

(NJTR) (Waiver Petition Docket Number

LI–94–11)

The NJTR seeks a temporary waiver of

compliance with certain provisions of

the Locomotive Safety Standards (49

CFR Part 229) for their locomotives.

NJTR is seeking relief from the

requirements of Section 229.135 that all

trains operating over 30 mph shall be

equipped with an event recorder by May

5, 1995. NJTR requests an extension of

24-months. The Locomotive Safety

Standards were revised on July 8, 1993,

to require each lead locomotive of trains

operating over 30 mph to be equipped

with an event recorder by May 5, 1995.

NJTR operates 300 electric MU cars, 15

electric locomotives, 83 diesel-electric

locomotives and 84 push pull control

cars, all of which are equipped with

various event recording systems.

However, not all systems meet the

requirements of Section 229.5 in

recording steps of braking. Existing

systems will require extensive upgrades

or replacement of the entire system to be

in compliance. Due to the competitive

bid process, vendor’s ability to deliver

and installation of the systems, NJTR

will be unable to comply with the May

5, 1995, date and have requested an

extension.

Napa Valley Wine Train, Incorporated

(NVRR) (Waiver Petition Docket

Number RSGM–94–16)

The NVRR seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR

Part 223) for one locomotive. The

locomotive NVRR 52, a 65-ton center

cab switcher built by General Electric

Company is used primarily for yard

switching of passenger cars and

locomotives and an occasional work

train transporting Maintenance of Way

materials. The Napa Valley Railroad has

operated three locomotives on the same

tracks under waiver RSGM–89–15 with

no incidents or injuries.

Denver Railway Car Company (DRCX)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number

RSGM–94–17)

The DRCX seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR

Part 223) for all of their passenger cars

with a side exit door. Section 223.9(c)

and 223.15(c) require that all passenger

cars built or rebuilt prior to July 1, 1980,

shall be equipped with four emergency

opening windows. DRCX considers the

non-locking side doors provide faster

emergency access than the emergency

opening windows.

Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad

(BCRR) (Waiver Petition Docket

Number RSGM–94–18)

The BCRR, seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR

Part 223) for one locomotive and five

passenger cars. The BCRR is a non-profit

tourist railroad operating on 5.5 miles of

former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks

at Hebron, Ohio. The passenger cars,

having been built prior to 1945 and used

in excursion service are exempt from

the requirements of Part 223. The

locomotive is an EMD Model SW–1

switcher built in 1948. The BCRR states

that there have been no incidents of

injury due to rock throwing nor of

broken windows in 11 years of

operation.

Delaware Valley Railway Company,

Incorporated (DV) (Waiver Petition

Docket Number RSGM 94–19)

The DV seeks a permanent waiver of

compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR

Part 223) for three locomotives. The

locomotives, OCTR 4118 an ALCO RS–

3 built in 1952, W&W 3 an ALCO S–2

built in 1949 and NFD 2 an ALCO RS36

built in 1962, operate on the former

Octorara Railway Company (OCTR) in

rural New Castle County, Delaware and

Chester County, Pennsylvania. The

railroad states there have been no

accidents or incidents involving glazing

on the DV or predecessor OCTR.

Batten Kill Railroad Company,

Incorporated (BKRR) (Waiver Petition

Docket Number RSGM–94–20)

The BKRR seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (49 CFR

Part 223) for one passenger car. M–403,

an RDC car built in 1951, has been

restored by the Northeastern New York

Railroad Preservation Group (NE–Rail)

who will operate it in excursion service

on 16 miles of track between Salem and

Shushan, New York. Future plans

include operation of the car over the

entire 35 miles of the BKRR. The

railroad states their have been no

problems with vandalism. Average train

speed is 15 mph and maximum speed

is 20 mph.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company

(WABCO) (Waiver Petition Docket

Number H–92–3)

In 1992 and 1993, WABCO was

granted a test waiver for their EPIC

microprocessor locomotive brake

equipment. Specifically, the waiver

excludes a total of 150 locomotives from

the requirements of 49 CFR 229.29 for

a test period of five years. In their

required quarterly report on service

experience to the FRA, WABCO states

that over 100 systems are now in service

with 50 additional units to be delivered

this year. Anticipated sales in 1995 total

approximately 500. Based on their

satisfactory performance to date,

WABCO has requested that the test

allotment be increased to at least 750

locomotives.

Issued in Washington, DC on January 11,

1995.

Phil Olekszyk,

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for

Safety Compliance and Program

Implementation.

[FR Doc. 95–1120 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

Notice of Application for Approval of

Discontinuance or Modification of a

Railroad Signal System or Relief From

the Requirements of 49 CFR Part 236

Pursuant to 49 CFR Part 235 and 49

U.S.C. App. 26, the following railroads

have petitioned the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) seeking approval

for the discontinuance or modification

of the signal system or relief from the

requirements of 49 CFR Part 236 as

detailed below.

[Block Signal Application BS–AP–No. 3338]

Applicant: Wheeling & Lake Erie

Railway Company, Mr. John Bell, Senior

Signal Technician, 100 East 1st Street,

Brewster, Ohio 44613.

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway

Company seeks approval of the

proposed discontinuance and removal

of the traffic control system on the

single main track of the Bellevue Line

between Spencer, Ohio, milepost 92.0

and Bellevue, Ohio, milepost 54.5, a

distance of approximately 37.5 miles;

including the retention of the

interlocking and associated approach

signals at Wellington, Ohio, and

installation of track defect detector

signals at mileposts 63.8 and 68.7 at

Norwalk, Ohio.

The reason given for the proposed

changes is to retire facilities no longer

required for present operations.

[BS–AP–No. 3339]

Applicant: Chicago and Central

Pacific Railroad, Mr. Mark H.

Thompson, Engineer—Communications

and Signals, 1006 East Fourth Street,

P.O. Box 1800, Waterloo, Iowa 50704.

The Chicago and Central Pacific

Railroad seeks approval of the proposed

modification of the automatic block

signal system, on the single main track,

between milepost 51.5 and 55.2, near

Burlington, Illinois, associated with the

installation of electronic coded track