23754 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 9, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 195; Flight

Information Services Communications

(FISC)

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given for Special Committee

(SC)–195 meeting to be held May 31–

June 1, 2001, starting at 8:30 a.m. each

day. The meeting will be held at RTCA,

Inc., 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW., Suite

1020, Washington, DC 20036.

The agenda will include: May 31:

Plenary convenes: (1) Welcome and

Introductory Remarks; (2) Review

Meeting Agenda; (3) Working Group

(WG)–1, Aircraft Cockpit Weather

Display; Plenary reconvenes: (4) Review

of Previous Meeting Minutes; (5) Report

from WG–1 on Activities; (6) Review of

Product Registry Guidance Draft

Document; June 1: (7) Review of

NOTAMS and D–ATIS Draft

Specification; (8) Work on Change 1,

RTCA Minimum Aviation System

Performance Standards (MASPS) for

FIS/B; (9) Other Business; (10) Date and

place of Next Meeting; (11) Closing.

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,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2001.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 172; Future

Air-Ground Communications in the

VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118–137

MHz)

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given for Special Committee

172 meeting to be held May 22–24,

2001, starting at 9 a.m. The meeting will

be held at RTCA, 1140 Connecticut

Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington,

DC 20036.

The agenda will include: May 22:

Plenary Session Convenes; (1)

Introductory Remarks; (2) Review

Meeting Agenda; (3) Review Previous

Meeting Minutes; (4) Disposition the

Final Review and Comment (FRAC)

Form comments for DO–224A, Change 1

(VHF Data Link MASPS); (5) Disposition

the FRAC Form comments for VHF Data

Link MOPS Mode 3. May 23 and 24: (6)

Disposition of the FRAC Form

comments continues; (7) Review ICAO

Aeronautical Mobile Communications

Panel (AMCP) and EUROCAE WG–47

Activities; (a) Aeronautical Operational

Control Over Aircraft Communications

Addressing and Reporting Systems

(AOA) in MOPS; (b) Ground Reference

Station requirements; (c) ARINC 631

Specification vs. SARPs vs. MOPS/

MASPS maintenance issues; (8) Report

on Next Generation Communications

(NEXCOM) Advisory Rulemaking

Committee (NARC) and other FAA

digital activities; (9) Report on Airline

Electronic Engineering Committee

Systems Architecture Interfaces Subcommittee (AEEC SAI) work on

NEXCOM; (10) Other Business; (11)

Date and Location of Next Meeting; (13)

Closing.

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,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2001.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Bolivar, Sunflower, Coahoma, and

Tunica Counties, Mississippi

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway

Administration is issuing this notice to

advise the public that an environmental

impact statement will be prepared for

the I–69 Corridor Study in the above

referenced counties in Mississippi.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Cecil Vick, Realty Officer/

Environmental Coordinator, Federal

Highway Administration, 666 North

Street, Suite 105, Jackson, MS 39202–

3199, Telephone: (601) 965–4217.

Contacts at the State and local level,

respectively are: Mr. Claiborne

Barnwell, Environmental/Location

Division Engineer, Mississippi

Department of Transportation, P.O. Box

1850, Jackson, MS 39215–1850,

telephone: (601) 359–7920; Mr. James

Dickerson III, District 2 Engineer,

Mississippi Department of

Transportation, P.O. Box 660, Batesville,

MS 38606, telephone (662) 563–4541;

and Mr. Walter Lyons, District 3

Engineer, Mississippi Department of

Transportation, P.O. Box 630, Yazoo

City, MS, 39194, telephone (662) 746–

2513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the

Mississippi Department of

Transportation (MDOT) will prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for a segment of the proposed Interstate

69 corridor in Mississippi.

This segment of the proposed

interstate would be located in one of at

least three identified corridor areas. It

has logical termini at the Great River

Bridge crossing of the Mississippi River

near Benoit, Mississippi, and at

Mississippi Highway 304 east of

Robinsonville in Tunica County,

Mississippi.

This approximately 100-mile section

of I–69 in Mississippi is a part of the

much larger transcontinental highway

69 project extending from Canada to

Mexico. The purpose of the I–69 project

in Mississippi is very similar to the

national purpose of improving

international and interstate trade and

facilitating economic development. I–69

is also a transportation recommendation

of the Delta Initiative. The Delta

Initiative is aimed at the revitalization

and economic development of the

Lower Mississippi Delta. The I–69

corridor, after crossing the Mississippi

River, will enter Mississippi at its

western termini in Bolivar County and

extend in a generally northerly direction

through several Mississippi Delta

counties exiting Desoto County to

Memphis, Tennessee. The highway is a

proposed full control of access facility,

and interchanges will be studied at

various locations.

Alternatives under consideration

include (1) taking no action and (2)

build alternatives.

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The FHWA and MDOT are seeking

input as a part of the scoping process to

assist in determining and clarifying

issues relative to this project. Letters

describing the proposed action and

soliciting comments will be 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. A formal scoping

meeting with federal, state, and local

agencies, and other interested parties

will be held in the near future.

Coordination will be continued with

appropriate federal, state, and local

agencies, tribes, and private

organizations and citizens who have

previously expressed or are known to

have an interest in this proposal. Of

paramount importance to this effort is

the public participation process. Several

public involvement meetings will be

held, a newsletter will be developed,

and a website will be created to keep the

public informed. The draft EIS will be

available for public and agency review

and comment prior to the official 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.

Andrew H. Hughes,

Division Administrator, Jackson, Mississippi.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD–2001–9615]

Requested Administrative Waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a requested administrative waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

ISABELLA.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383, the Secretary of Transportation, as

represented by the Maritime

Administration (MARAD), is authorized

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build

requirement of the coastwise laws under

certain circumstances. A request for

such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

Interested parties may comment on the

effect this action may have on U.S.

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD

determines that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR Part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–9615.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., SW, Washington, DC 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–2307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of

Pub. L. 105–383 provides authority to

the Secretary of Transportation to

administratively waive the U.S.-build

requirements of the Jones Act, and other

statutes, for small commercial passenger

vessels (no more than 12 passengers).

This authority has been delegated to the

Maritime Administration per 49 CFR

§ 1.66, Delegations to the Maritime

Administrator, as amended. By this

notice, MARAD is publishing

information on a vessel for which a

request for a U.S.-build waiver has been

received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commenter’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested. Name of

vessel: Isabella. Owner: A B Creel, LLC.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Length 58 feet, Breadth 16.1 feet,

Depth 11.7 feet, Gross Tons 54, Net

Tons 49, Measurement pursuant to 46

U.S.C. 14502’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘Vessel will be used for six to twelve

passenger charters. Vessels’ intended

market is corporate charters for full day

sails and meetings and overnight or

weekend charters for one or two

couples. Areas will be out of Fajardo,

Puerto Rico and local islands, Culebra

and Vieques November through June

and the mid-Chesapeake Bay and local

waters July through October.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1997. Place of

construction: Kaohsiung Hsien Taiwan,

Republic of China.’’

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

The industry in Puerto Rico is limited

to sports fishing vessels, large multihulls, bare boats, and a single mono-hull

vessel of which I am aware. There will

be no impact on the sports fishing

vessels. There will be no impact on the

large multi-hulls as these are big

catamarans, which * * * take out large

groups * * * for hotel guests. There is

no impact on the bare boat charter fleet

as they are all foreign manufactured

vessels and are strictly for rent with the

renter being the captain. The single

mono-hull in the same area is

overbooked most of the time and turns

down enough charters that the overflow

to my vessel alone would keep me in

business with out competing for

customers. * * * There are no other

vessels like the one I operate in Puerto

Rico and there is a high demand, since

most vessels of my size and quality

charter out of the U.S. or British Virgin

islands * * * If my analysis of this

market is as accurate * * * I alone will

not be able to fill the demand and my

presence will not unduly adversely

affect existing operations * * *

Chesapeake Bay: I intend my primary

base to be in the Solomon Island area of

the Chesapeake Bay. There are some

very large day sail vessels in the Norfolk

area and the Baltimore and Annapolis

area of the bay however these are mostly

to take out large groups 20 to 100 on