23314 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 8, 2001 / Notices

• All Weather Operations

Harmonization Working Group status

report.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but may be limited by the space

available. Members of the public must

make arrangements in advance to

present oral statements at the meeting or

may present written statements to the

committee at any time. Arrangements

may be made by contacting the person

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting.

If you are in need of assistance or

require a reasonable accommodation for

this event, please contact the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

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

Gregory L. Michael,

Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier

Operations, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–11718 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Intelligent Transportation Society of

America; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intelligent Transportation

Society of America (ITS AMERICA) will

hold a meeting of its Board of Directors

on Thursday, June 7, 2001. The meeting

begins at 1:00 p.m. The letter

designations that follow each item mean

the following: (I) is an information item;

(A) is an action item; (D) is a discussion

item. The General Session includes the

following items: (1) Welcome & ITS

America Antitrust Policy and Conflict of

Interest Statements (I); (2) Review &

Acceptance of Election Results:

Installation of New Board Members (A);

(3) Presentation of Nominees for

Officers of the Board (I); (4) Acceptance

of Other Nominations for Officers and

Directors of the 2000—2001 Board of

Directors (A); * * * Transfer of Gavel

from outgoing chairman to new

chairman * * * (5) Introductions &

Recognition of Outgoing Board Members

& Officers (I); (6) Review & Approval of

Previous Board Meeting Unconfirmed

Minutes (A); (7) New Appointments (I/

A); (8) Federal ITS Initiatives Report (I/

D; (9) Coordinating Council Report (I);

(10) State Chapters Council Report (I/A);

(11) International Affairs Council Report

(I); (12) Business Group Report (I/D);

(13) President’s Report (I); (14) Report of

the Audit Committee (I); (15) Board &

Executive Committee Meeting

Schedules; (16) Other business; (17)

Adjournment.

ITS AMERICA provides a forum for

national discussion and

recommendations on ITS activities

including programs, research needs,

strategic planning, standards,

international liaison, and priorities.

The charter for the utilization of ITS

AMERICA establishes this organization

as an advisory committee under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) 5 USC app. 2, when it provides

advice or recommendations to DOT

officials on ITS policies and programs.

(56 FR 9400, March 6, 1991).

DATES: The Board of Directors of ITS

AMERICA will meet on Thursday, June

7, 2001 from 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Room TBA.

ADDRESSES: The Fountainebleau Hilton

Resort, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach,

Florida, 33140. Phone: (305) 538–2000;

Fax (305) 673–5351.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Materials associated with this meeting

may be examined at the offices of ITS

AMERICA, 400 Virginia Avenue SW,

Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20024.

Persons needing further information or

who request to speak at this meeting

should contact Debbie M. Busch at ITS

AMERICA by telephone at (202) 484–

2904 or by FAX at (202) 484–3483. The

DOT contact is Kristy Frizzell, FHWA,

HOIT, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)

366–9536. Office hours are from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except for legal holidays. (23

U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48)

Issued on: May 3, 2001.

Jeffrey Paniati,

Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office.

[FR Doc. 01–11571 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD–2001–9612]

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

ANNIE–B.

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 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–9612.

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