Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 13, 2005 / Notices 54101 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 

2005. 

Robert E. Robeson, 

Manager, Systems and Policy Analysis 

Division, Office of Aviation Policy and Plans. 

[FR Doc. 05–18145 Filed 9–8–05; 2:45 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Special Committee 147: 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and 

Collision Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 147 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 147: 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 29, 2005 starting at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 

805, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

147 meeting. The agenda will include: 

• September 29: 

• Opening Session (Welcome and 

Introductory Remarks, Review/Approve 

meeting agenda for 60th meeting, 

Review/Approve Summary of Previous 

Meeting, Review of Open Action Items). 

• SC–147 Activity Reports. 

• Surveillance Working Group: 

Hybrid Surveillance MOPS. 

• Operations Working Group: ‘‘Adjust 

Vertical Speed, Adjust’’ Ras. 

• Requirements Working Group 

(RWG). 

• Resolution of final comments and 

approval of the RWG Report: ‘‘Safety 

Analysis of Proposed Change to TCAS 

RA Reversal Logic’’.* 

• Closing Session (Future Actions/ 

Activities, Date and Place of Next 

Meeting, Adjourn). 

*Contact RTCA for a copy of the Final 

Review and Comment draft of the RWG 

report, which has been distributed to 

SC–147 members prior to the meeting. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2005. 

Natalie Ogletree, 

FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–18156 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Washington, DC 

AGENCIES: U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration, District of Columbia 

Division; District of Columbia, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) in coordination 

with the District of Columbia 

Department of Transportation (DDOT) 

in Washington, DC is issuing this notice 

to advise agencies and the public that a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) will be prepared to asses the 

impacts of the proposed transportation 

improvements to the 11th Street 

Bridges. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Highway Administration, 

District of Columbia Division: Mr. 

Michael Hicks, Environmental/Urban 

Engineer, 1900 K Street, Suite 510, 

Washington, DC 20006–1103, (202) 219–

3513; or Mr. John Deatrick, Deputy 

Director/Chief Engineer, District of 

Columbia, Department of 

Transportation, 64 New York Avenue, 

NE., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 671–

2800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review of transportation 

improvement alternatives for the 11th 

Street Bridges will be conducted in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4371, et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

FHWA Code of Federal Regulations (23 

CFR 771.101–771.137, et seq.), and all 

applicable Federal, State, and local 

government laws, regulations, and 

policies. 

Public Scoping Meetings: DDOT will 

solicit public and agency comments 

through public scoping, including 

scoping meetings, on the proposed 

action. To ensure that the full range of 

issues is identified early in the process, 

comments are invited from all interested 

and/or potentially affected parties. The 

location and time for each meeting will 

be publicized in local newspapers and 

elsewhere. Written comments will be 

accepted throughout this process and 

can be forwarded to John Deatrick at the 

address provided above. 

Meeting dates, times, and locations 

will be announced on the project Web 

site accessible at http:// 

www.11thStreetBridgesEIS.com and in 

the following newspapers: The 

Washington Post, The Washington 

Times, The Hill Rag, and East of the 

River. 

Scoping materials will be available at 

the meetings and may also be obtained 

in advance of the meetings by 

contacting Mr. John Deatrick. Scoping 

materials will be made available on the 

project Web site. Oral and written 

comments may be given at the scoping 

meetings. Comments may also be sent to 

the address above. 

Description of Primary Study Area and 

Transportation Needs 

The existing 11th Street Bridges cross 

the Anacostia River in the southeast 

quadrant of the District of Columbia. 

They connect the Southeast Freeway (I395) and the Anacostia Freeway (I-295) 

and they connect to local streets on both 

sides of the river. Existing ramps 

provide only partial movement between 

the freeways. The project area includes 

both interchanges, both bridges, and the 

associated ramps. 

The purpose of the 11th Street Bridges 

project is to improve connectivity across 

the Anacostia River to serve local traffic 

reaching residential, employment, and 

commercial centers on opposite sides of 

the river and to serve regional traffic 

moving between the major employment 

center of downtown Washington, DC 

and residential communities in 

Maryland and Virginia. The DDOT 

proposes to improve this traffic flow by 

replacing or reconstructing the pair of 

one-way bridges and completing the 

now missing traffic movements to the 

Anacostia Freeway and the 11th Street 

Bridges. 

The 11th Street Bridges project, as 

defined in the Anacostia Waterfront 

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Initiative (AWI) Framework Plan, is 

intended to provide better access to 

waterfront areas east and west of the 

river, including Anacostia Park, separate 

local traffic from regional commuter 

traffic, and better serve historic 

Anacostia, and near southeast 

neighborhoods. It will connect the 

Southeast Freeway with traffic to and 

from both directions of the Anacostia 

Freeway. The AWI seeks to restore the 

river’s water quality, reclaim the 

waterfront as a magnet of activity, and 

stimulate sustainable development in 

waterfront neighborhoods. The 

improvement of traffic flow across the 

11th Street Bridges is a step in the 

reinvestment and reclamation process. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205 Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations and 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 7, 2005. 

Gary L. Henderson, 

Division Administrator, District of Columbia 

Division, Federal Highway Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–18047 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket MARAD–2005–22416] 

Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; Request For 

Comments Regarding the Proposed 

Purchase of CP Ships Limited by TUI 

AG and Its Impact on the Maritime 

Security Program (MSP) 

By letter dated August 22, 2005, CP 

Ships USA, LLC (CP USA), successor in 

interest to Lykes Lines Limited, LLC 

(Lykes), has advised the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD) that TUI AG 

(TUI) is acquiring CP Ships Limited (CP 

Ships), the parent company of CP USA, 

through a stock purchase. Lykes has 

been awarded five new MSP Operating 

Agreements, Nos. MA/MSP–74 through 

78, respectively, to the vessels CP 

NAVIGATOR (ex-LYKES NAVIGATOR), 

CP DISCOVERER (ex-LYKES 

DISCOVERER), CP LIBERATOR (exLYKES LIBERATOR), CP MOTIVATOR 

(ex-LYKES MOTIVATOR) and CP 

YOSEMITE (ex-TMM YUCATAN) for 

the participation of those vessels in the 

MSP beginning October 1, 2005. CP 

USA became the successor to Lykes on 

May 30, 2005, through reorganization 

and renaming of various components of 

Canadian Pacific Lines, Limited, which 

itself was renamed CP Ships. 

TUI is a German corporation and 

parent of the German vessel operator 

Hapag-Lloyd AG. Neither TUI, nor 

Hapag-Lloyd presently has any 

connection to the MSP. Implementation 

of the proposed purchase will bring the 

ultimate control of CP USA’s five MSP 

Fleet vessels under the ownership of 

TUI. 

The purchase of CP Ships by TUI will, 

in effect, transfer ultimate ownership of 

CP USA from one foreign corporate 

entity to another. The transaction 

requires MARAD approval under CP 

USA’s MSP Operating Agreements Nos. 

MA/MSP–74 through 78. This notice is 

being published as a matter of 

discretion. MARAD will consider all 

comments submitted in a timely fashion 

on this particular application, and the 

topic of the transfer of MSP Operating 

Agreements in general, and will take 

such action thereto as may be deemed 

appropriate. 

A redacted copy of this proposal will 

be available for inspection at the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

Dockets Facility and on the DOT 

Dockets Web site (address information 

follows). Any person, firm or 

corporation having an interest in this 

proposal, and desiring to submit 

comments concerning the transaction, 

may file comments as follows. You 

should mention the docket number that 

appears at the top of this notice in any 

submission. Written comments should 

be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 

DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, Nassif 

Building, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Comments 

may also be submitted by electronic 

means via the Internet at http:// 

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. You may call 

Docket Management at (202) 366–9324. 

You may visit the docket room to 

inspect and copy comments at the above 

listed address between 10 a.m. and 5 

p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov. 

Comments must be received by close of 

business September 23, 2005. 

This notice is published as a matter of 

discretion, and the fact of its publication 

should in no way be considered a 

favorable or unfavorable decision on the 

proposed transaction, as filed, or as it 

may be amended. 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

By Order of the Maritime Administration. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–18150 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–21383; Notice 2] 

Equistar Chemicals, LP, Grant of 

Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Equistar Chemicals, LP (Equistar) has 

determined that certain brake fluid that 

was manufactured in 2004 and that 

Equistar distributed does not comply 

with S5.1.7 of 49 CFR 571.116, Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 116, ‘‘Motor vehicle brake fluids.’’

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h), Equistar has petitioned for a 

determination that this noncompliance 

is inconsequential to motor vehicle 

safety and has filed an appropriate 

report pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

‘‘Defect and Noncompliance Reports.’’

Notice of receipt of a petition was 

published, with a 30-day comment 

period, on June 9, 2005, in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 33769). NHTSA 

received no comments. 

Affected are a total of approximately 

170,000 gallons of DOT–3 brake fluid 

designated as Lot 630 and manufactured 

by Oxid, LP in September 2004. FMVSS 

No. 116, S5.1.7, ‘‘Fluidity and 

appearance at low temperature,’’

requires that when brake fluid is tested 

as specified in the standard at storage 

temperatures of minus 50 ±2 °C, 

(a) The fluid shall show no sludging, 

sedimentation, crystallization, or 

stratification; [and] 

(b) Upon inversion of the sample bottle, the 

time required for the air bubble to travel to 

the top of the fluid shall not exceed 35 

seconds * * * 

NHTSA’s compliance tests, conducted 

by ABIC Testing Laboratories, Inc. 

(ABIC), found that at minus 50 °C, the 

noncompliant brake fluid freezes, 

therefore showing crystallization and 

failing the requirements of S5.1.7(a). 

NHTSA’s compliance tests also found 

that at minus 50 °C, upon inversion of 

the sample bottle, the time required for 

the air bubble to travel to the top of the 

fluid exceeds 35 seconds, therefore 

failing the requirements of S5.1.7(b). 

Equistar believes that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and that no 

corrective action is warranted. Equistar 

stated the following: