Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 2, 2005 / Notices 5509

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Deadline for Notification of Intent To 

Use the Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) Sponsor, Cargo, and Nonprimary 

Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2005

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces May 

1, 2005, as the deadline for each airport 

sponsor to notify the FAA that it will 

use its fiscal year 2005 entitlement 

funds to accomplish projects identified 

in the Airports Capital Improvement 

Plan that was formulated in the spring 

of 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Barry Molar, Manager, Airports 

Financial Assistance Division, Office of 

Airport Planning and Programming, 

APP–500, on (202) 267–3831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

47105(f) of title 49, United States Code, 

provides that the sponsor of each airport 

to which funds are apportioned shall 

notify the Secretary by such time and in 

a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of 

the sponsor’s intent to apply for the 

funds apportioned to it (entitlements). 

This notice applies only to those 

airports that have received such 

entitlements, except those nonprimary 

airports located in designated Block 

Grant States. Notification of the 

sponsor’s intent to apply during fiscal 

year 2005 for any of its available 

entitlement funds including those 

unused from prior years, shall be in the 

form of inclusion of projects for fiscal 

year 2005 in the Airports Capital 

Improvement Plan. 

This notice is promulgated to 

expedite and prioritize grants in the 

final quarter of the fiscal year. Absent an 

acceptable application by May 1, 2005, 

FAA will defer an airport’s entitlement 

funds until the next fiscal year. 

Pursuant to the authority and 

limitations in section 47117(f), FAA will 

issue discretionary grants in an 

aggregate amount not to exceed the 

aggregate amount of deferred 

entitlement funds. Airport sponsors may 

request unused entitlements after 

September 30, 2005.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14, 

2005. 

Barry L. Molar, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division.

[FR Doc. 05–1918 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 

To Impose and Use the Revenue From 

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at 

Key West International Airport, Key 

West, FL

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 the 

revenue from a PFC at Key West 

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) (Pub. L. 

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Orlando Airports District 

Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, 

Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Peter Horton, 

Director of Airports of the Monroe 

County Board of County Commissioners 

at the following address: Key West 

International Airport, 3491 S. Roosevelt 

Boulevard, Key West, Florida, 33040. 

Air carriers and foreign air carriers 

may submit copies of written comments 

previously provided to the Monroe 

County Board of County Commissioners 

under § 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Moore, Program Manager, 

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 

Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, 

Orlando FL, 32822, (407) 812–6331, 

extension 120. 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 Key 

West 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) (Pub. L. 

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On January 25, 2005, The FAA 

determined that the application to 

impose and use the revenues from a PFC 

submitted by Monroe County Board of 

County Commissioners 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 April 11, 2005. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the application. 

PFC Application No.: 05–09–C–00–

EYW. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. 

Proposed charge effective dates: July 

1, 2005. 

Proposed charge expiration date:

November 1, 2005. 

Total estimated net PFC revenue:

$361,645. 

Brief description of proposed 

project(s): PFC Application; Construct 

New Terminal (Phase 3); Construct 

Safety Area, Runway 9/27 (Phase 3); 

Noise Improvement Program, Renovate 

50 homes (Design & Construction); 

Install Perimeter Fencing (Phase 2); 

Approach Clearing, Runway 9/27; 

Construct Taxiway A Extension (Phase 

2) & T–Hanger Taxiways (at Florida 

Keys Marathon Airport, MTH); 

Rehabilitate Terminal Canopy, Phase 2 

(MTH); Relocate Wind Sock & 

Segmented Circle (MTH): Acquire Backup Generator for Airport Beacon (MTH). 

Class or classes of air carriers which 

the public agency has requested not be 

required to collect PFCs: Commercial 

Air Carriers with less than one percent 

(1%) of total passenger enplanements. 

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 Monroe 

County Board of County 

Commissioners.

Issued in Orlando, Florida, on January 26, 

2005. 

Bart Vernace, 

Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District 

Office, Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 05–1922 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub–No. 4)] 

Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures–

Productivity Adjustment

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

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1Effective January 20, 2005, the name of ‘‘The 

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company’’ was changed to ‘‘BNSF Railway 

Company.’’

ACTION: Proposed adoption of a Railroad 

Cost Recovery Procedures productivity 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board proposes to adopt 1.035 (3.5%) as 

the measure of average change in 

railroad productivity for the 1999–2003 

(5-year) period. The current value of 

2.2% was developed for the 1998 to 

2002 period.

DATES: Comments are due February 16, 

2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The proposed 

productivity adjustment is effective 

March 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments (an original 

and 10 copies) referring to STB Ex Parte 

No. 290 (Sub-No. 4) to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H. 

Jeff Warren, (202) 565–1533. Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision, which is available 

on our Web site http://www.stb.dot.gov. 

To purchase a copy of the full decision, 

write to, e-mail or call the Board’s 

contractor, ASAP Document Solutions; 

9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, 

MD 20706; e-mail asapdc@verizon.net; 

phone (202) 306–4004. [Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through FIRS: 1–800–877–8339.] 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or energy conservation. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we 

conclude that our action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act.

Decided: January 25, 2005.

By the Board, Chairman Nober, ViceChairman Buttrey, and Commissioner 

Mulvey. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 05–1909 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34652] 

BNSF Railway Company 1—Temporary 

Trackage Rights Exemption—Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 

has agreed to grant temporary overhead 

trackage rights to the BNSF Railway 

Company (BNSF) over UP’s rail line 

between Stockton, CA, UP milepost 

88.90 (Fresno Subdivision) and 

Bakersfield, CA, UP milepost 313.6 

(Mojave Subdivision), a distance of 

approximately 225 miles.

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on January 23, 2005, and 

the temporary trackage rights are 

intended to expire on February 5, 2005. 

The purpose of the temporary trackage 

rights is to allow BNSF to bridge its 

train service while its main lines are out 

of service due to programmed track, 

roadbed, and structural maintenance. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee 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), and, in accordance with the 

decision of the United States Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit in United Transportation UnionGeneral Committee of Adjustment (GO–

386) v. Surface Transportation Board, 

No. 03–1212, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 

6496 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 6, 2004), any 

employee 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. 34652, 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 Sarah W. 

Bailiff, The Burlington Northern and 

Santa Fe Railway Company, PO Box 

961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161–0039. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: January 26, 2005.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 05–1908 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

[REG–154000–04] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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(44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning 

proposed rulemaking regulations, REG–

154000–04 Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking) Diesel Fuel and Kerosene 

Excise Tax; Dye Injection.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 4, 2005 to 

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Paul Finger, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6512, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to Larnice Mack at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202) 622–3179, or 

through the Internet at 

(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; 

Diesel Fuel and Kerosene Excise Tax; 

Dye Injection. 

OMB Number: 1545–1418. 

Regulation Project Number: REG–

154000–04.