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enable them to take appropriate

corrective action.

Consequently, failures within any

automated thrust management feature

that could create a catastrophe if not

detected and properly accommodated

by flight crew action should be

considered either:

1. A catastrophic failure condition

when demonstrating compliance with

§ 25.1309(b) and/or § 25.901(c); or

2. An unsafe system operating

condition when demonstrating

compliance with the warning

requirements of § 25.1309(c).

Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 1,

2001.

Dorenda D. Baker,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 01–14489 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Cambria County, PA

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), Department of

Transportation (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

transportation improvement project on

S.R. 0056 (Route 56) in Johnstown,

Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David W. Cough, P.E., Director of

Operations, Federal Highway

Administration, Pennsylvania Division

Office, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg,

PA 17101–1720, (717) 221–3411 or

Vincent S. Greenland, P.E., Project

Manager, Pennsylvania Department of

Transportation, District 9–0, 1620 North

Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg,

Pennsylvania 16648, (814) 696–7179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the

Pennsylvania Department of

Transportation (PENNDOT), will

prepare an EIS to identify and evaluate

transportation improvements to Route

56 through the West End of Johnstown,

Pennsylvania. Included in the overall

project will be the development of a

reasonable range of alternatives that

meet the project need and supporting

environmental documentation and

analysis to recommend a preferred

alternative for implementation. An

extensive public outreach/involvement

program has been developed

specifically for this project.

Based on preliminary traffic studies

performed as part of the Route 56 West

End Traffic Study in 1998,

improvements to the highway system

through Johnstown’s West End are

necessary to improve traffic conditions.

Identified project needs included safety,

geometric deficiencies, deficient

operational characteristics including

poor access and traffic flow with heavy

truck volumes, and transportation

factors limiting economic vitality.

Possible alternatives to the project

include: No build; transportation system

management (TSM); relocation

alternative to the east through

Minersville and around Coopersdale

connecting to S.R. 0403; relocation

alternative to the east through

Minersville and around Coopersdale

crossing over 403 and the Conemaugh

River prior to connecting back to Route

56 north of Oakhurst; partial relocation

alternative that crosses the Conemaugh

River north of Fairfield Avenue, follows

S.R. 403 through Coopersdale and then

crosses back over the Conemaugh River

prior to connecting back to Route 56

north of Oakhurst; partial relocation

alternative that runs along the Norfolk

Southern railroad tracks and the

Conemaugh River east of Morrelville

and Oakhurst connecting back to Route

56 north of Oakhurst; relocation

alternative to the east through

Minersville that crosses the Conemaugh

River southwest of Coopersdale and

runs along the Norfolk Southern

railroad tracks and the Conemaugh

River east of Morrelville and Oakhurst

connecting back to Route 56 north of

Oakhurst; a relocation alternative that

entails a combination of the alternatives

described above; and two additional

relocation alternatives yet to be defined.

These alternatives will be the basis for

a recommendation of an alternative to

be carried forward for detailed

environmental and engineering studies

in the EIS. Incorporated into and

studied with the various 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 project. Public involvement and

agency coordination will be maintained

throughout the development of the EIS.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to the proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues are

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to PENNDOT at the address

posted 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.)

James A. Cheatham,

FHWA Division Administrator, Harrisburg,

PA.

[FR Doc. 01–15022 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Notice of Granted Buy America Waiver

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration

(FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of dear colleague letter.

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit

Administration (FTA) issued a ‘‘Dear

Colleague’’ letter on March 30, 2001,

addressing inquiries regarding its Buy

America regulations that focused on the

calculation of the cost of the

components and subcomponents of

rolling stock. In order to ensure wide

dissemination of this letter, it is

published below, together with further

explanation in this preamble.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT: Meghan G. Ludtke, FTA,

Office of Chief Counsel, Room 9316,

(202) 366–4011 (telephone) or (202)

366–3809 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA has

received inquiries about the transit

industry’s calculation of the cost of

components and subcomponents of

rolling stock under the Buy America

provisions. See 49 U.S.C. 5323(j) and 49

CFR 661.11. More specifically, based on

information in a 1995 FTA Buy America

handbook, there was concern that

grantees were identifying the entire

propulsion system as one component for

purposes of calculating the domestic

content of rolling stock. As a result, on

March 30, 2001, FTA issued a ‘‘Dear

Colleague’’ letter explaining the

applicability of the Buy America

requirements to the procurement of

rolling stock.

A propulsion system normally

consists of a traction motor, propulsion

gearbox, acceleration and breaking

resistors, and propulsion controls.

According to the appendices of the Buy

America regulations applicable to

rolling stock, each of these items should