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threshold is $1,300. Section 218(c)(8)(B) 

of the Act provides the formula for 

increasing the threshold. 

Computation 

Under the formula, the election 

worker coverage threshold amount for 

2006 shall be equal to the 1999 amount 

of $1,000 multiplied by the ratio of the 

national average wage index for 2004 to 

that for 1997. If the amount so 

determined is not a multiple of $100, it 

shall be rounded to the nearest multiple 

of $100. 

Election Worker Coverage Threshold 

Amount 

Multiplying the 1999 election worker 

coverage threshold amount ($1,000) by 

the ratio of the national average wage 

index for 2004 ($35,648.55) to that for 

1997 ($27,426.00) produces the amount 

of $1,299.81. We then round this 

amount to $1,300. Accordingly, the 

election worker coverage threshold 

amount is $1,300 for 2006. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 

Program Nos. 96.001 Social SecurityDisability Insurance; 96.002 Social SecurityRetirement Insurance; 96.004 Social SecuritySurvivors Insurance; 96.006 Supplemental 

Security Income) 

Dated: October 18, 2005. 

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, 

Commissioner, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–21272 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5170] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on 

Monday, November 14, 2005, in Room 

6103, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 

2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20593–0001. The purpose of the 

meeting is to finalize preparations for 

the 23rd Extraordinary Session of 

Council, 95th Session of Council and 

24th Session of the Assembly of the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO), which are scheduled for 

November 17, 2005 thru December 2, 

2005, at the IMO Headquarters in 

London. Discussion will focus on 

papers received and draft U.S. positions. 

Items of particular interest include: 

—Reports of Committees; 

—Reports on Diplomatic Conferences; 

—Work Program and Budget for 2006–

2007; and 

—Election of Members of the Council. 

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the room. Interested persons 

may seek information by writing: 

Director, International Affairs, U.S. 

Coast Guard Headquarters, 

Commandant (G–CI), room 2114, 2100 

Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20593–0001 or by calling: (202) 267–

2280. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

Clay Diamond, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–21280 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be on 

November 9, 2005, at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, 2nd floor, 

Bessie Coleman Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerri Robinson, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–9678; fax (202) 

267–5075; e-mail 

Gerri.Robinson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

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

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), we are 

giving notice of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee taking 

place on November 9, 2005, at the 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. The agenda 

includes: 

• ISO Feedback (Pilot ARM Feedback 

Form). 

• EASA discussion. 

• ARAC Web Changes. 

• Future of ARAC/Recertification of 

ARAC membership/Charter renewal. 

• 2006 Meeting dates—frequency (2 

versus 4). 

• Issue Area Status Reports from 

Assistant Chairs. 

• Remarks from other EXCOM 

members. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to the space 

available. The FAA will arrange 

teleconference service for individuals 

wishing to join in by teleconference if 

we receive notice by October 31. 

Arrangements to participate by 

teleconference can be made by 

contacting the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Callers outside the Washington 

metropolitan area are responsible for 

paying long-distance charges. 

The public must arrange by October 

31 to present oral statements at the 

meeting. The public may present 

written statements to the executive 

committee by providing 25 copies to the 

Executive Director, or by bringing the 

copies to the meeting. 

If you are in need of assistance or 

require a reasonable accommodation for 

this meeting, please contact the person 

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 18, 

2005. 

Anthony F. Fazio, 

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–21234 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 

05–05–C–00–MCI To Impose a 

Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at 

Kansas City International Airport (MCI) 

for Use at MCI and Charles B. Wheeler 

Downtown Airport (MKC), Kansas City, 

MO 

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 a PFC at MCI for 

use at MCI and MKC under the 

provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and 

Part 158 of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations (14 CFR Part 158). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 25, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: 901 Locust, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106. 

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In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Mark 

VanLoh, Director of Aviation of the 

Kansas City Aviation Department at the 

following address: 601 Brasilia Avenue, 

Kansas City, Missouri 64153. 

Air carriers and foreign air carriers 

may submit copies of written comments 

previously provided to the Kansas City 

Aviation Department under § 158.23 of 

Part 158. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorna K. Sandridge, PFC Program 

Manager, 901 Locust, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106, (816) 329–2641. 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 

a PFC at Kansas City International 

Airport for use at Kansas City 

International Airport and Charles B. 

Wheeler Downtown Airport under the 

provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and 

Part 158 of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations (14 CFR Part 158). 

On April 27, 2005, the FAA 

determined that the application to 

impose and use the revenue from a PFC 

submitted by the Kansas City Aviation 

Department was not substantially 

complete within the requirements of 

§ 158.25 of Part 158. The following 

items were required to complete the 

application: Airspace determinations on 

the new aircraft rescue fire fighting 

facility, perimeter fencing replacement 

at MKC, and the upgrade of the glycol 

collection system. The Kansas City 

Aviation Department has submitted the 

supplemental information to complete 

this application. The FAA will approve 

or disapprove the application, in whole 

or in part, not later than February 9, 

2006. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the application. 

Proposed charge effective date: 

January 1, 2015. 

Proposed charge expiration date: 

February 1, 2017. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. 

Total estimated PFC revenue: 

$56,946,228. 

Brief description of proposed 

project(s): Two new aircraft rescue fire 

fighting (ARFF) vehicles, extend 

Taxiways B and D, rehabilitate 

Taxiways M and L, update airport 

master plan and Part 150 study, New 

ARFF facility, inline baggage screening 

system, rehabilitate Taxiway D, airfield 

lighting rehabilitation, perimeter 

fencing replacement—MKC, terminal 

improvements—holdrooms, upgrade 

glycol collection system, airfield snow 

removal equipment building, new 

airfield sand & deicer storage building, 

triturator and garbage facility, fuel farm 

relocation—MKC. 

Class or classes of air carriers which 

the public agency has requested not to 

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: 901 

Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

application in person at the Kansas City 

Aviation Department. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on October 

17, 2005. 

George A. Hendon, 

Manager, Airports Division, Central Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–21227 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2005–22765] 

Wet Lease Policy Guidance 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: It has long been contrary to 

Federal Aviation Regulations for an air 

carrier to ‘‘wet lease’’ an aircraft from an 

individual or entity that is not 

separately authorized to engage in 

common carriage. By this notice, the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

seeks comment on proposed policy 

guidance identifying those commercial 

arrangements that would be considered 

to be unlawful wet lease arrangements 

under these regulations as well as those 

that would be permissible. Additionally, 

we seek comment on our proposed 

treatment of certain other commercial 

arrangements between air carriers and 

aircraft owners that—while not 

amounting to illegal wet leases—could 

nevertheless result in the air carrier 

impermissibly ceding operational 

control of flight to non-certificated 

entities. 

DATES: Send your comments on or 

before November 25, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

[identified by Docket No. FAA–2005–

22765] using any of the following 

methods: 

DOT Docket Web site: Go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov and follow the instructions 

for sending your comments 

electronically. 

Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on the 

plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent 

Stephens, Aviation Safety Inspector, Air 

Transportation Division, Flight 

Standards Service, Room 831, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone: (202) 

267–8166. 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

submit written comments, data and 

views on the draft guidance contained 

in Section D below. The most helpful 

comments reference a specific portion of 

the proposed guidance, explain the 

reason for any recommended change, 

and include supporting data. We ask 

that you send us two copies of written 

comments. 

We will file in the docket all 

comments we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerning this proposed policy. The 

docket is available for public inspection 

before and after the comment closing 

date. If you wish to review the docket 

in person, go to the address in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may also review the docket using 

the Internet at the Web address in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

Privacy Act: Using the search function 

of our docket Web site, anyone can find 

and read the comments received into 

any of our dockets, including the name 

of the individual sending the comment 

(or signing the comment on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19477–78) or you may visit 

http://dms.dot.gov. Before acting on this 

proposal, we will consider all comments 

we receive on or before the closing date 

for comments. We will consider 

comments filed late if is possible to do 

so without incurring expense or delay.