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the discretion of the Subcommittee

Chair, 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 the Coast Guard Technical

Representative to the Subcommittee and

submit written material on or before

May 15, 2001. If you would like a copy

of your material distributed to each

member of the Subcommittee in

advance of a meeting, please submit 25

copies to the Coast Guard Technical

Representative to the Subcommittee no

later than May 15, 2001.

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 the

Coast Guard Technical Representative to

the Subcommittee as soon as possible.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Howard L. Hime,

Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety

and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–10836 Filed 4–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice Before Waiver With Respect to

Land at Manassas Regional Airport,

Manassas, VA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with

respect to land.

SUMMARY: The FAA is publishing notice

of proposed release of 12.27 acres of

excess land at the Manassas Regional

Airport; Manassas, Virginia. There are

no impacts to the Airport and the land

is not needed for airport development as

shown on the Airport Layout Plan. The

excess surplus property is located

beyond the Runway Protection Zone for

Runway 16L and appropriate

restrictions will encumber the released

property to ensure compatible land use.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Terry J. Page, Manager, FAA

Washington Airports District Office,

23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210,

Dulles, VA 20166.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Juan E.

Rivera, Airport Director, Manassas

Regional Airport, at the following

address; Mr. Juan E. Rivera, Airport

Director, P.O. Box 560, Manassas

Regional Airport, Manassas, Virginia

20108.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Terry Page, Manager, Washington

Airports District Office, 23723 Air

Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, VA

20166; telephone (703) 661–1354, fax

(703) 661–1370, email

Terry.Page@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

5, 2000, new authorizing legislation

became effective. That bill, the Wendell

H. Ford Aviation investment and

Reform Act for the 21st Century, Public

Law 10–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61)

(AIR 21) requires that a 30-day public

notice must be provided before the

Secretary may waive any condition

imposed on an interest in surplus

property.

Issued in Chantilly, Virginia on April 23,

2001.

Terry J. Page,

Manager, Washington Airports District Office,

Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 01–10843 Filed 4–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review, Orlando

International Airport, Orlando, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the Greater Orlando

Aviation Authority for Orlando

International Airport under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Pub. L. 96–193) and 14 CFR part 150

are in compliance with applicable

requirements. The FAA also announces

that it is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for Orlando International

Airport under part 150 in conjunction

with the noise exposure maps, and that

this program will be approved or

disapproved on or before October 22,

2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps and of the start of its

review of the associated noise

compatibility program is April 23, 2001.

The public comment period ends June

22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John W. Reynolds, Jr., Federal Aviation

Administration, Orlando Airports

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National

Dr., Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822,

(407) 812–6331, Extension 16.

Comments on the proposed noise

compatibility program should also be

submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Orlando International Airport are in

compliance with applicable

requirements of part 150, effective April

23, 2001. Further, FAA is reviewing a

proposed noise compatibility program

for that airport which will be approved

or disapproved on or before October 22,

2001. This notice also announces the

availability of this program for public

review and comment.

Under section 103 of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred as ‘‘the

Act’’), an airport operator may submit to

the FAA noise exposure maps which

meet applicable regulations and which

depict noncompatible land uses as of

the date of submission of such maps, a

description of projected aircraft

operations, and the ways in which such

operations will affect such maps. The

Act requires such maps to be developed

in consultation with interested and

affected parties in the local community,

government agencies, and persons using

the airport.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by FAA to be in compliance with

the requirements of Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The Greater Orlando Aviation

Authority submitted to the FAA on

April 3, 2001 noise exposure maps,

descriptions and other documentation

which were produced during the

Orlando International Airport FAR part

150 Study, Noise Exposure Maps and

Compatibility Plan conducted between

July 7, 1997 and March 30, 2001. It was

requested that the FAA review this

material as the noise exposure maps, as

described in section 103(a)(1) of the Act,

and that the noise mitigation measures,

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to be implemented jointly by the airport

and surrounding communities, be

approved as a noise compatibility

program under section 104(b) of the Act.

The FAA has completed its review of

the noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by the Greater

Orlando Aviation Authority. The

specific maps under consideration are

‘‘1999 DNL NOISE CONTOURS’’ and

‘‘2004 DNL NOISE CONTOURS’’ in the

submission. The FAA has determined

that these maps for Orlando

International Airport are in compliance

with applicable requirements. This

determination is effective on April 23,

2001. FAA’s determination on the

airport operator’s noise exposure maps

is limited to a finding that the maps

were developed in accordance with the

procedures contained in appendix A of

FAR part 150. Such determination does

not constitute approval of the

applicant’s data, information or plans,

or a commitment to approve a noise

compatibility program or to fund the

implementation of that program.

If questions arise concerning the

precise relationship of specific

properties to noise exposure contours

depicted on a noise exposure map

submitted under Section 103 of the Act,

it should be noted that the FAA is not

involved in any way in determining the

relative locations of specific properties

with regard to the depicted noise

contours, or in interpreting the noise

exposure maps to resolve questions

concerning, for example, which

properties should be covered by the

provisions of Section 107 of the Act.

These functions are inseparable from

the ultimate land use control and

planning responsibilities of local

government. These local responsibilities

are not changed in any way under part

150 or through FAA’s review of noise

exposure maps. Therefore, the

responsibility for the detailed

overlaying of noise exposure contours

onto the map depicting properties on

the surface rests exclusively with the

airport operator which submitted those

maps, or with those public agencies and

planning agencies with which

consultation is required under section

103 of the Act. The FAA has relied on

the certification by the airport operator,

under § 150.21 of FAR part 150, that the

statutorily required consultation has

been accomplished.

The FAA has formally received the

noise compatibility program for Orlando

International Airport, also effective on

April 23, 2001. Preliminary review of

the submitted material indicates that it

conforms to the requirements for the

submittal of noise compatibility

programs, but that further review will be

necessary prior to approval or

disapproval of the program. The formal

review period, limited by law to a

maximum of 180 days, will be

completed on or before October 22,

2001.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

concluded under the provisions of 14

CFR part 150, § 150.33. The primary

considerations in the evaluation process

are whether the proposed measures may

reduce the level of aviation safety,

create an undue burden on interstate or

foreign commerce, or be reasonably

consistent with obtaining the goal of

reducing existing noncompatible land

uses and preventing the introduction of

additional noncompatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed program with

specific reference to these factors. All

comments, other than those properly

addressed to local land use authorities,

will be considered by the FAA to the

extent practicable. Copies of the noise

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of

the maps, and the proposed noise

compatibility program are available for

examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950

Hazeltine National Dr., Suite 400,

Orlando, Florida 32822.

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Orlando, Florida, April 23, 2001.

John W. Reynolds, Jr.,

Assistant Manager, Orlando Airports District

Office.

[FR Doc. 01–10842 Filed 4–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA 2001–9473]

Notice of Safety Advisory

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety

Advisory 2001–03 addressing the inservice failures of railroad airbrake

system trainline angle cocks

manufactured by Ellcon-National. The

manufacturer notified the Association of

American Railroads (AAR) of failures of

Model 7000 Thread-to-Thread and

Model 7270 Thread-to-Flange Angle

Cocks. To date, no derailments,

collisions, or injuries have resulted from

these failures; however, closed angle

cocks occurring en route may lead to

insufficient braking and in the worst

case could result in runaway trains on

grades. FRA recommends that all

railroads and private car owners obtain

a copy of AAR’s Early Warning EW–177

(C–9296) issued on March 29, 2001, and

review the document’s extensive listing

of cars that had the subject angle cocks

installed as original equipment. FRA

also recommends that cars found with

the original angle cocks still installed

have the angle cocks replaced, at both

ends, or be retrofitted with a handle

assembly torque kit in accordance with

AAR’s guidance. AAR has applied

Severity Code ‘‘MG,’’ which means ‘‘See

Early Warning Letter for Instructions.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

Fairbanks, Mechanical Engineer, Motive

Power and Equipment Division, Office

of Safety Assurance and Compliance,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW, RRS–14,

Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590

(Telephone 202–493–6322/ Fax 202–

493–6230)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recently,

FRA was informed by the Association of

American Railroads (AAR) of several inservice failures of certain EllconNational angle cocks, Model 7000

Thread-to-Thread, and Model 7270

Thread-to-Flange. No injuries or

fatalities resulted from these incidents

which involved several car types, but

some of the subject angle cocks have

been found to have rotated partially or

completely closed due to en route

vibrations of the train. This undesired

rotation of the angle cock has been

identified by crew members in several

instances on trains while operating en

route and in one case, necessitated the

need to activate an emergency brake

application from the two-way end-oftrain (EOT) device.

The AAR issued Maintenance

Advisory MA–65 on September 13,

2000, regarding these angle cocks, and

then upgraded its concern by issuing

Early Warning EW–177 on March 29,

2001. The AAR’s Braking Systems and

Equipment Engineering Committees

have determined that the angle cocks

without the latest friction disc, which is

a 1⁄4-inch thick stop plate and handle

assembly, must either be replaced or

have the handle assembly retrofitted on

non-register version. A number of

conditions have been found on samples

of the subject angle cocks that cause

concern, such as roll pins protruding

from the handles, worn leger lock tangs,

bent lock tangs, and bent or distorted

handle assemblies.

The subject angle cocks were applied

to new cars and furnished as

replacement stock beginning in January

of 1993. The AAR recommended that