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renovation, perimeter road

environmental assessment, aircraft

apron rehabilitation, aircraft apron

expansion.

Use: Replace snow removal

equipment blower, acquire airfield

sweeper and land acquisition.

Impose Only: Replace snow removal

equipment plow truck and aircraft

deicing equipment.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested to be

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/

Commercial Operators filing FAA Form

1800–31 be exempt from collecting PFC.

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 Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet

County.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on June 12,

2001.

Robert Benko,

Acting Manager, Planning and Programming

Branch, Aircraft Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 01–15344 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

01–01–C–00–PIT to Impose and Use

Revenue from a Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) at the Pittsburgh

International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA

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 application

to impose and use the revenue from a

PFC at the Pittsburgh International

Airport under the provisions of the

Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion

Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990)

(Public Law 101–508) and Part 158 of

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14

CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Harrisburg Airports District

Office, Slate Hill Business Park, Camp

Hill, PA 17911.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Kent George,

Executive Director, Allegheny County

Airport Authority at the following

address: 1000 Airport Boulevard, Suite

4000, Pittsburgh, PA 15231–0370.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Allegheny

County Airport Authority under section

158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sullivan, Team Leader,

Airports District Office, 3911 Hartzdale

Drive, 717–730–2832. 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 the

Pittsburgh International Airport under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On June 11, 2001, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Allegheny County

Airport Authority 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 26, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No.: 01–01–C–00–

PIT.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

August 1, 2001.

Proposed charge expiration date:

August 1, 2006.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$121,093,050.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

—Runway 10L Rehabilitation and Safety

Area Improvement

—Expand and Upgrade Deicing

Facilities

—Install Non-exclusive Baggage Devices

—Residential Sound Insulation-Phases 5

and 6

—Rehabilitate Taxiways F and P

—Relocate Electrical Vault-R/W 10R–

28L

—Install R/W 14–32 Lighting and

Miscellaneous Airfield Lighting

—Asphalt/Concrete Rehabilitation

Program-Taxiways and Aprons

—Asphalt/Concrete Rehabilitation

Program-Terminal Roadway

—Master Plan Update

—Acquire Snow Removal Equipment

—Acquire ARFF Equipment

—Acquire Part 107 Police Equipment

—Acquire Part 139 Airfield Equipment

—Construct Part 139 Command Center

Phase 1

—Command Center and Equipment—

Phase 2

—Widen Taxiway Y

—Design Relocation of Taxiway E

—Construct Snow Removal Equipment

Storage Building

—Replace Airfield Sand/Chemical

Storage Dome

—Install Midfield HVAC Uninterrupted

Power Supply

—Construct Moving Walkway

Concourse D

—Mineral Estates Condemnation

Program

—Install Public Roadway Signage

—Install Public Walkway Canopies

—Install Public Information Center

—Improve Runway Safety Areas—R/W

10L–28R, 10R–28L

—Acquire Airfield Driving Training

Simulator

—Environmental Assessment Mitigation

—Upgrade and Expand Surface Sensor

System

—Replace Security Fence

—Improve Fire System Pumphouse

Facilities and Systems

—FAA Competition Plan

—PFC Application Development

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Nonscheduled, on-demand air carriers filing

FAA Form 1800–31.

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: FAA,

Airports Division, AEA–610, 1 Aviation

Plaza, Jamaica, New York, 11434–4809.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Allegheny

County Airport Authority.

Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on June

11, 2001.

Sharon A. Daboin,

Manager, HAR ADO, Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 01–15343 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

Controlled Substances and Alcohol

Testing Management Information

System (MIS) Statistical Data

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces the

motor carrier industry’s 1999 controlled

substances and alcohol usage rates

based on testing data submitted by a

random sample of motor carriers. The

positive rate for controlled substances

was 1.3 percent in calendar year 1999.

The alcohol ‘‘violation’’ rate was 0.2

percent in 1999. Because the positive

rate from controlled substances testing

has remained above 1.0 percent during

this same period, the FMCSA will

maintain the random controlled

substances testing rate for calendar year

2001 at 50 percent, in accordance with

FMCSA regulations. Because the alcohol

testing violation rate has remained

below 0.5 percent for 1999, the FMCSA

announces that it is maintaining the

random alcohol testing rate for calendar

year 2001 at 10 percent, in accordance

with the provisions of the testing

regulations. This lowered rate continues

the DOT policy set in 1998 when data

supported the same policy decision.

This notice continues the existing

policy. It is effective until further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

enforcement questions: Mr. Kenneth

Rodgers, Office of Enforcement and

Compliance (MC–ECE), 202–366–4016;

for substance questions: Mr. David M.

Lehrman, Office of Policy, Plans and

Regulations (MC–PRR), 202–366–0994;

for statistical questions: Mr. Richard

Gruberg, Office of Data Analysis and

Information Systems (MC–RIA), 202–

366–2959; for legal questions, Mr.

Michael Falk, Office of the Chief

Counsel (MC–CC), 202–366–1384,

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On December 23, 1993 (58 FR 68220),

the FHWA (the predecessor agency to

the FMCSA) announced it would

require motor carriers subject to 49 CFR

part 391, later replaced by part 382, to

implement and maintain specific

controlled substance testing data, and

submit an appropriate annual report

when requested. All motor carriers must

maintain this information. The FHWA

randomly selected a sample of motor

carriers annually and asked those

selected to submit their data.

On February 15, 1994 (59 FR 7484),

the FHWA promulgated new controlled

substances and alcohol testing rules in

49 CFR part 382. These rules combined

the controlled substances annual report

with a similar alcohol rule ‘‘violation’’

annual report. Alcohol rule violations

for purposes of the annual report are

alcohol concentrations of 0.04 or greater

and refusals to submit to alcohol testing.

On March 13, 1995, the FHWA

amended the rules to reduce the

information collection burden on all

respondents, including small entities

(60 FR 13369).

The current rule at § 382.403,

formerly at 49 CFR 391.87(h), is

essential for the accomplishment of the

following four goals:

1. Collection of controlled substances

and alcohol testing statistical data.

2. Using the data to analyze the

FMCSA’s current approach to deterring

and detecting illegal controlled

substances use and alcohol misuse in

the motor carrier industry.

3. Determining each calendar year’s

random selection rates for alcohol and

controlled substances testing under the

rule.

4. Providing for a more efficient and

effective regulatory program.

In 1995, the FHWA requested a

sample of motor carriers to report data

collected in 1994. The FHWA

determined the random positive

controlled substances usage rate for

commercial motor vehicle (CMV)

drivers subject to 49 CFR part 391,

subpart H, for the period of January 1,

1994, through December 31, 1994, was

2.6 percent. Based on data collected in

subsequent years, this rate was

determined to be 2.8 percent in 1995

and 2.2 percent in 1996.

Estimates of positive usage rates for

alcohol were first produced for calendar

year 1995. The alcohol testing

‘‘violation’’ rate was 0.14 percent in

1995, and 0.18 percent in 1996.

The criteria for raising or lowering the

random testing rates are established by

regulation. Under 49 CFR

§ 382.305(d)(1), when the minimum

annual percentage rate for random

alcohol testing is 25 percent or more,

the FMCSA Administrator may lower

the rate to 10 percent of all driver

positions if the Administrator

determines that the data received under

the reporting requirements of § 382.403

for two consecutive years indicate that

the violation rate is less than 0.5

percent.

Based upon this authority, and

because the violation rate was below 0.5

percent for two consecutive years, the

FHWA announced it was lowering the

random alcohol testing rate for calendar

year 1998 to 10 percent. The random

controlled substances testing rate

remained 50 percent. On January 14,

1998 (63 FR 2172) the agency published

this policy in a notice including an

extensive appendix C explaining the

methodology used to estimate the

controlled substances positive and

alcohol violation rates.

The controlled substances usage rate

based on 1998 survey data was 1.5

percent. The alcohol violation rate for

1998 was 0.4 percent.

This notice announces the results of

data collected for the 1999 FMCSA Drug

and Alcohol Surveys. These surveys,

conducted annually, measure the

percentage of CDL drivers testing

positive for controlled substances (as

defined in 49 CFR § 40.21) and/or

alcohol, based on both random and

nonrandom testing. The survey data are

collected from a random sample of

motor carrier annual drug and alcohol

testing summaries. Because the positive

rate from random controlled substances

testing has remained above 1.0 percent

during this period, the FMCSA is

maintaining the random controlled

substances testing rate for calendar year

2001 at 50 percent, in accordance with

49 CFR § 382.305(g). The FMCSA is also

maintaining the random alcohol testing

rate for calendar year 2001 at 10

percent, in accordance with 49 CFR

382.305(d)(1).

Issued on: June 11, 2001.

Stephen E. Barber,

Acting Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–15332 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance;

Periodic Inspection of Commercial

Motor Vehicles

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Acceptance of State of Ohio bus

inspection programs and republication

of accepted State programs.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces it

accepts the State of Ohio’s periodic

inspection program for buses. The

FMCSA previously accepted Ohio’s

inspection program for church buses

and added it to the list of programs that

are comparable to, or as effective as, the

Federal periodic inspection

requirements contained in the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

(FMCSRs). The state has since expanded

its program and now requires that all

buses undergo an annual inspection by

the Ohio State Patrol. This notice also

publishes the list of all inspection

programs that meet the FMCSR

requirement.