Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 120 / Thursday, June 21, 2001 / Notices 33295

Alternative One

Construct New North Terminal and

Cargo Area

Construct new 10-gate North Terminal

(approximately 255,000 square feet).

Construct North Terminal Aircraft

Parking Apron and two connector

taxiways from new North Terminal

Apron to Taxiway C.

Relocate existing utilities included

large-diameter sewer. Install utilities

including underground hydrant

fueling at gates.

Possible construction of fuel tender

station (for gas/diesel/and possibly

compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling

of GSE.

Relocate north service road. Construct

airport access road improvements.

Construct new cargo facility and cargo

apron to accommodate eight aircraft

with aircraft pushing back directly

onto Taxiway C.

Construct short-term and long-term

automobile parking spaces.

Alternative Two

South Terminal Expansion & Cargo

Area

Construct 9-gate expansion

(approximately 120, 000 square feet)

on the west side of Terminal 2 West.

Expand aircraft parking apron to serve

new gates and 7 Remain Over Night

positions.

Demolition of existing Naval Training

Center facilities including excavation

of approximate 57,000 square yard

former landfill to an average depth of

8 feet.

Construct 2,900-space parking garage

south of Terminal 2 West on existing

surface parking lot.

Construct access road improvements.

Construct air cargo facility.

Alternative Three

No Action Alternative

This alternative does not include any

projects that would increase the number

of gates at the terminal, automobile

parking capacity or the airport’s air

cargo capacity.

Comments and suggestions are invited

from Federal, State and local agencies,

and other interested parties to ensure

that the full range of issues related to

these proposed projects are addressed

and all significant issues are identified.

Written comments and suggestions

concerning the scope of the EIS may be

mailed to the FAA informational contact

listed above and must be received no

later than 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time,

Friday, August 10, 2001.

Public Scoping Meeting

The FAA will hold one (1) public and

one (1) governmental agency scoping

meeting to solicit input from the public

and various Federal, State and local

agencies having jurisdiction by law or

having specific expertise with respect to

any environmental impacts associated

with the proposed projects. The public

scoping meeting will be held on

Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at the Port of

San Diego Embarcadero Planning

Center, 585 Harbor Lane, San Diego,

California 92101. The meeting will be

held from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific

Daylight Time (PDT). A scoping meeting

will be held specifically for

governmental and public agencies on

Thursday, July 26, 2001, from 9 a.m. to

12 Noon (PDT) in the same location as

the public scoping meeting.

Issued in Hawthorne, California on Friday,

June 15, 2001.

Ellsworth L. Chan,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region, AWP–600.

[FR Doc. 01–15608 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

(01–02–C–00–SHR) To Impose and Use

the Revenue From a Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) at the Sheridan County

Airport, Submitted by the County of

Sheridan, Sheridan, WY

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 PFC

revenue at the Sheridan County Airport

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117

and part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Alan E. Wiechmann, Manager;

Denver Airports District Office, DEN–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

26805 E. 68th Avenue, Suite 224;

Denver, CO 80249–6361.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Norman

L. Feck, Airport Manager, at the

following address: Sheridan County

Airport, 908 W. Brundage Lane,

Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.

Air Carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Sheridan

County Airport, under section 158.23 of

part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Chris Schaffer, (303) 342–1258; Denver

Airports District Office, DEN–ADO;

Federal Aviation Administration; 26805

68th Avenue, Suite 224; Denver, CO

80249–6361. 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 (01–02–C–

00–SHR) to impose and to use PFC

revenue at the Sheridan County Airport,

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117

and part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On June 15, 2001, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the County of Sheridan,

Wyoming, 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

September 22, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.

Proposed charge effective date:

December 1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date:

March 1, 2005.

Total requested for use approval:

$186,427.00.

Brief description of proposed projects:

Installation of Edge Drains for Runway

14/32 and Taxiway B, Terminal

Building ADA Improvements, Design of

Runway Rehabilitation and Deicing

Containment Facility, Construction of

Deicing Containment Facility, and

Runway 5/23 Rehabilitation.

Class or classes of air carriers, which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: None.

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,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue

SW., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98055–

4056.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Sheridan

County Airport.

33296 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 120 / Thursday, June 21, 2001 / Notices

Issued in Renton, Washington on June 15,

2001.

David A. Field,

Manager, Planning, Programming and

Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain

Region.

[FR Doc. 01–15609 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–9948]

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

AMBUSH.

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

July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–9948.

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: AMBUSH. Owner: Edward G.

Patenaude.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Length: 40′ Breadth: 13.2′ Depth: 6′

Capacity: 6 or fewer passengers Gross

Tonnage: 21 Net Tonnage: 16.′′

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘Sport fishing charters with six or fewer

passengers. All contiguous U.S. coastal

waters, excluding Alaskan waters.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1997. Place of

construction: San Jose, Costa Rica.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘This waiver will have

little or no impact. This vessel will carry

six or fewer passengers on either full

day or one-half day trips. This

represents an extremely small

percentage of the sport fishing charter

business.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant:

‘‘None. * * * Allowing this relatively

small vessel to engage in sport fishing

charters will not affect demand for boats

from U.S. shipyards.’’

Dated: June 18, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–15641 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–9949]

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

CHALLENGE BUSINESS 28.

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

July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–9949.

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.