27746 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 97 / Friday, May 18, 2001 / Notices

• Airport master plan update.

• PFC administration.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Lebanon

Municipal Airport, 5 Airpark Road,

West Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on

May 4, 2001.

Vincent A. Scarano,

Manager, Airports Division, New England

Region.

[FR Doc. 01–12552 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

To Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey,

CA

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 Monterey

Peninsula Airport under the provisions

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Airports Division,

15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA

90261, or San Francisco Airports

District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room

210, Burlingame, CA 94010–1303. In

addition, one copy of any comments

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or

delivered to Ms. Susan Kovalenko,

Manager, Support Services, Monterey

Peninsula Airport District, at the

following address: 200 Fred Kane Drive,

Suite 200, Monterey, CA 93940. Air

carriers and foreign air carriers may

submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Monterey

Peninsula Airport District under section

158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marlys Vandervelde, Airports Program

Analyst, San Francisco Airports District

Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210,

Burlingame, CA 94010–1303,

Telephone: (650) 876–2806. 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

Monterey Peninsula Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On April 27, 2001, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Monterey Peninsula

Airport District 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 July 27, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the impose and use application No. 01–

07–C–00–MRY:

Level of proposed PFC: $4.50.

Charge effective date: October 1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date:

March 1, 2002.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$381,935.

Brief description of the proposed

projects: Acquire Airport Rescue and

firefighting (ARFF) Equipment, Modify

ARFF Vehicle Cooling System, Lower

Obstruction to Runway 10R ObstacleFree Zone, Reconstruct Portion of

Entrance Road to North Side, Purchase

Runway Sweeper, Soundproofing,

Phases 6 and 7, Replace Terminal Fire

Doors, Realign and Improve Sky Park/

Fred Kane Drive Connection, and

Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Assessment for Sky Park

Drive Extension to North Side of

Airport.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Unscheduled

Part 135 Air Taxi Operators.

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 Division located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division, 1500 Aviation Blvd.,

Lawndale, CA 90261. In addition, any

person may, upon request, inspect the

application, notice and other documents

germane to the application in person at

the Monterey Peninsula Airport District.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on May 3,

2001.

Ellsworth L. Chan,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 01–12555 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Shelby, Tipton, Lauderdale, and Dyer

Counties, TN

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

will be prepared for a proposed section

of Interstate Highway 69 (I–69) in

Shelby, Tipton, Lauderdale, and Dyer

Counties, Tennessee beginning at State

Route 385 (Paul Barrett Parkway) north

of Memphis and extending to

Dyersburg, Tennessee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Mark Doctor, Field Operations Team

Leader, Federal Highway

Administration, 640 Grassmere Park

Road, Suite 112, Nashville, Tennessee

37211, Telephone: (615) 781–5788.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the

Tennessee Department of

Transportation will prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on a proposal for the construction of a

four-lane freeway facility from State

Route 385 (Paul Barrett Parkway) north

of Memphis, Tennessee to Interstate 155

(I–155) near Dyersburg, Tennessee. The

distance of this proposed project is

approximately 104 kilometers (65

miles).

This proposed facility is identified as

Segment of Independent Utility #8 of

the Congressionally-designated High

Priority Corridor 18 or Interstate 69. The

overall purpose for this project is to

improve international and interstate

trade in accordance with national and

state goals and to facilitate economic

development in accordance with state,

regional, and local policies, plans, and

surface transportation consistent with

national, state, regional, local needs and

with Congressional designation of the

corridor.

Alternatives under consideration

include: (1) Taking no action (no-build);

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(2) reconstructing U.S. 51; (3)

constructing a new facility east or west

of existing U.S. 51; or (4) some

combination of alternatives (2) and (3).

Incorporated into and studied with the

various build alternatives will be design

variations of grade and alignment.

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. Public meetings will be

held in each of the four counties

included in this project to provide input

into the development of this project. In

addition, a public hearing will be held.

Public notice will be given of the time

and place of the meetings and hearing.

The draft EIS will be available for public

and agency review and comment prior

to the public hearing. A formal scoping

meeting is also planned.

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.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding Intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: May 10, 2001.

Charles S. Boyd,

Division Administrator, Nashville, Tennessee.

[FR Doc. 01–12506 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Applications for TIFIA Credit

Assistance

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

(NOFA) inviting applications for credit

assistance for major surface

transportation projects.

SUMMARY: The DOT’s Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation

Act (TIFIA) Joint Program Office (JPO)

announces the availability of funds to

provide credit assistance in the form of

secured (direct) loans, lines of credit,

and loan guarantees to public and

private sponsors of eligible surface

transportation projects. Funding for this

program is limited, and the TIFIA Joint

Program Office will lead DOT multimodal teams in evaluating applications

based on project merits and satisfaction

of the TIFIA statutory criteria. This

notice announces the availability of

funds and outlines the process that

applicants must follow when applying

for TIFIA credit assistance.

DATES: This notice institutes a ‘‘rolling’’

application process replacing the

practice of setting fixed application

dates. See a further discussion under the

caption ‘‘Application and Selection

Process’’ in this notice.

ADDRESSES: Both the letters of interest

and completed applications should be

submitted to the attention of Ms.

Stephanie Kaufman, TIFIA Joint

Program Office, Department of

Transportation, Room 4301, HABF–50,

400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

TIFIA Joint Program Office staff: Mr.

Duane Callender, (202) 366–9644; Mr.

Bryan Grote, (202) 366–9656; Ms.

Stephanie Kaufman, (202) 366–9649;

and Mr. Mark Sullivan, (202) 366–5785.

TIFIA Joint Program Office Staff can be

contacted at the above address. Hearingand speech-impaired persons may use

TTY by calling the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339.

Additional information, including the

current edition of the TIFIA Program

Guide and application materials, can be

obtained from the TIFIA web site at

http://tifia.fhwa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (TEA–21), Public Law

105–178, 112 Stat.107, 241, created the

Transportation Infrastructure Finance

and Innovation Act of 1998 (TIFIA),

authorizing the Department of

Transportation (DOT) to provide credit

assistance in the form of secured (direct)

loans, lines of credit, and loan

guarantees to public and private

sponsors of eligible surface

transportation projects. TIFIA

regulations (49 CFR Part 80) provide

specific guidance on the program

requirements.

On January 5, 2001, at 65 FR 2827, the

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)

delegated to the Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA) the authority to

act as the Executive Agent for the TIFIA

program (49 CFR 1.48(nn)). The TIFIA

Joint Program Office (TIFIA JPO), within

the FHWA, has responsibility for

coordinating program implementation.

Funding for this program is limited,

and a project requesting assistance will

be evaluated and selected based on the

project merits and satisfaction of the

TIFIA statutory criteria. Upon selection,

a term sheet will be issued and

subsequently a definitive credit

agreement will be developed through

negotiations between the project

sponsor and the DOT.

Types of Credit Assistance Available

The Secretary may provide credit

assistance in the form of secured (direct)

loans, loan guarantees, and lines of

credit. These types of credit assistance

are defined in 23 U.S.C. 181 and 49 CFR

80.3.

Program Funding and Limitations on

Assistance

TIFIA provides annual funding levels

for both total credit amounts (i.e., the

total principal amounts that may be

committed in the form of direct loans,

loan guarantees, or lines of credit) and

subsidy amounts (i.e., the amounts of

budget authority available to cover the

estimated present value of the

Government’s expected losses

associated with the provision of credit

instruments, net of any fee income).

Funding for the subsidy amounts is

provided in the form of budget authority

funded from the Highway Trust Fund

(other than the Mass Transit Account).

As a result of prior project selections in

FY 2001 and several additional factors,

including carry-over funds from prior

years and an annual obligation

limitation, the TIFIA JPO estimates that

approximately $1.3 billion in credit

amounts and $43.2 million in subsidy

amounts remain available through

September 30, 2001.

Total Federal credit amounts

authorized for the TIFIA program

beyond FY 2001 are $2.4 billion in FY

2002 and $2.6 billion in FY 2003. To

support these credit amounts, TIFIA

provides budget authority to fund

subsidy amounts of up to $120 million

in FY 2002 and $130 million in FY

2003. Of these amounts, the TIFIA JPO

may use up to $2 million each fiscal

year for expenses associated with

program implementation, including the

procurement of external financial

consultants and legal counsel. Any

budget authority not obligated in the

fiscal year for which it is initially

authorized remains available for

obligation in subsequent years. Unused

credit amounts lapse at the end of the

year for which it is authorized.

The amount of credit assistance that

may be provided to a project under

TIFIA is limited to not more than 33

percent of eligible project costs.