56768 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending September 2, 

2005 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: OST–1999–5846. 

Date Filed: September 1, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: September 22, 2005. 

Description: Application of United 

Air Lines, Inc. to its pending application 

for renewal and amendment of its 

experimental certificate of public 

convenience and necessity for Route 

566 (U.S.-Mexico) to include authority 

to carry persons, property and mail in 

foreign air transportation between Los 

Angeles and Cancun as well as authority 

to integrate this service with other 

services it is authorized to provide by 

exemptions and certificates of public 

convenience and necessity, pursuant to 

the Department’s Notice dated August 

23, 2005, In the Matter of Streamlining 

Regulatory Procedures for Licensing 

U.S. and Foreign Air Carriers. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22331. 

Date Filed: August 31, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: September 20, 2005. 

Description: Application of American 

Airlines, Inc., requesting an exemption 

and a certificate of public convenience 

and necessity authorizing scheduled 

foreign air transportation of persons, 

property, and mail between New York 

(JFK) and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22390. 

Date Filed: September 2, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: September 23, 2005. 

Description: Application of TUI 

Airlines Nederland, B.V. requesting a 

foreign air carrier permit to engage in 

charter air transportation of persons, 

property and mail between a point or 

points in the Netherlands, on the one 

hand, and a point or points in the 

United States, on the other hand, either 

directly or via intermediate points in 

other countries, and beyond, as 

authorized by the October 14, 1992 U.S.- 

Netherlands ‘‘Open Skies’’ Agreement. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 05–19342 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

meeting will take place on Wednesday, 

October 26, 2005, starting at 8 a.m. at 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, in the Bessie Coleman 

Conference Center, located on the 2nd 

floor. This will be the forty-second 

meeting of the COMSTAC. 

The proposed agenda for the meeting 

will feature a briefing on the role of 

Government launch sites for future 

space operations, an activities report 

from FAA’s Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation, and reports from the 

Committee’s working groups. An agenda 

will be posted on the FAA Web site at 

http://ast.faa.gov/COMSTAC. Meetings 

of the COMSTAC Working Groups 

(Technology and Innovation, Reusable 

Launch Vehicle, Risk Management, and 

Launch Operations and Support) will be 

held on Tuesday, October 25, 2005. For 

specific information concerning the 

times and locations of the working 

group meetings, contact the contact 

person listed below. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the contact person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Parker (AST–100), Office of the 

Commercial Space Transportation, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–3674; e-mail 

brenda.parker@faa.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 19, 

2005. 

Patricia Grace Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial, 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 05–19291 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritine Administration 

[Docket No: MARAD 2005–22519] 

Availability of a Draft Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of the availability of a 

Draft Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Notice is 

to make available for public review and 

comment the Draft Environmental 

Assessment (DEA) for the Port of 

Anchorage, Cherry Hill Gravel 

Extraction Project (Project). The DEA 

analyzes the potential impacts on the 

natural and manmade environment 

associated with gravel extraction from 

Elmendorf Air Force Base to be used as 

fill for the Port of Anchorage Intermodal 

Expansion. 

DATES: Comments on this DEA must be 

received by October 28, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel E. Yuska, Jr., Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of 

Environmental Activities, U.S. Maritime 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590; telephone 

(202) 366–0714, fax (202) 366–6988. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

may be submitted by mail to the Docket 

Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Written comments should 

refer to docket number MARAD 2005—

22519. 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 are available at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. No comments will be 

accepted after October 28, 2005. In 

addition, copies of the DEA are 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices 56769 

1According to MMRR, the labor notice provided 

pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e) indicated that the 

milepost at the end of the line in Fremont was CGD 

19.6. MMRR has been advised by CSXT that 

milepost CGD 19.6 is used to signify the end of the 

line for operating purposes, but that the end of the 

line is actually milepost CGD 19.98. Therefore, 

MMRR and CSXT have amended all of their 

agreements to reflect the milepost for the end of the 

line in Fremont as CGD 19.98. MMRR states that the 

intent of the parties has always been that the lease 

extend to the end of the line and therefore no 

additional CSXT employees will be affected by the 

change of milepost. 

2MMRR indicates that an agreement will be 

reached between it and CSXT prior to 

consummation. 

1A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement between NSR and N&BE was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full version of the 

agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), 

was concurrently filed under seal along with a 

motion for protective order. A protective order was 

served on September 21, 2005. 

available for public viewing on the Port 

of Anchorage Web site 

(www.portofanchorage.org) or at the 

Loussac Library in Anchorage. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66) 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: September 22, 2005. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–19288 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34725] 

Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc.—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

The Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc. 

(MMRR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41, et seq., to lease from CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) and operate 

about 48 miles of railroad between: (1) 

Milepost CGC 34.5, in West Olive, MI, 

and milepost CGC 62.1, in Berry Station, 

MI; and (2) milepost CGD 0.0, in Berry 

Station, and milepost CGD 19.98,1 in 

Fremont, MI.2

MMRR certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because 

MMRR’s projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million, MMRR has certified 

to the Board on July 8, 2005, that the 

required notice of the transaction was 

posted at the workplace of the 

employees on the affected line on July 

8, 2005, and was sent to the national 

offices of the labor unions representing 

employees on the line. See 49 CFR 

1150.42(e). 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on September 9, 2005, the 

effective date of the exemption (which 

is more than 60 days after MMRR’s 

certification to the Board that it had 

complied with the Board’s rule at 49 

CFR 1150.42(e)). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34725, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Louis E. 

Gitomer, Esq., Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F 

Street, NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 

20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 20, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–19139 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34731] 

Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad 

Company—Temporary Trackage 

Rights Exemption—Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has agreed to grant non-exclusive, 

overhead, temporary trackage rights to 

Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad 

Company (N&BE) over a portion of 

NSR’s rail line between Lock Haven, 

PA, NSR milepost 194.2, and Driftwood, 

PA, NSR milepost 139.2, a distance of 

approximately 55 miles. The transaction 

was scheduled to be consummated on or 

after the September 19, 2005 effective 

date of the exemption, and will expire 

on November 30, 2005. The purpose of 

the temporary trackage rights is to allow 

N&BE to operate bridge train service for 

temporary, seasonal traffic.1

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary trackage rights will be 

protected by the conditions imposed in 

Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.—Trackage 

Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 

modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—

Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 

(1980), any employees affected by the 

discontinuance of those trackage rights 

will be protected by the conditions set 

out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8). If it contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34731, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Richard R. 

Wilson, 127 Lexington Avenue, Suite 

100, Altoona, PA 16601. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 21, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–19269 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

September 22, 2005. 

The Department of the Treasury, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Currently, the 

Office of the Procurement Executive 

within the Department of the Treasury 

is soliciting comments concerning the 

OMB Control Number 1505–0107, 

Regulation on Agency Protests. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection should be addressed to the 

Treasury Department Clearance Officer, 

Department of the Treasury, Office of 

the Procurement Executive, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, (202) 622–6760. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 28, 

2005 to be assured of consideration.