Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 218 / Monday, November 14, 2005 / Notices 69197 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5224] 

International Joint Commission 

Announcement of Public Meetings 

Review of the Great Lakes Water 

Quality Agreement 

The governments of the United States 

and Canada have asked the International 

Joint Commission (IJC) to consult with 

the residents of the Great Lakes and St. 

Lawrence River basin to find out their 

views on what needs to be done to 

protect water quality in their area, and 

on the future of the Great Lakes Water 

Quality Agreement. 

The Great Lakes Water Quality 

Agreement between Canada and the 

United States expresses the commitment 

of each country to restore and maintain 

the chemical, physical and biological 

integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes 

basin ecosystem, including the 

international portion of the St. 

Lawrence River. 

The governments intend to launch a 

review of the operation and 

effectiveness of the Agreement in early 

2006. The Agreement was first signed in 

1972 and last amended in 1987. 

The International Joint Commission is 

holding 14 public meetings across the 

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River 

basin, conducting a Web Dialogue from 

November 29 to December 2 and 

accepting written and oral submissions 

until November 30. For more 

information, call toll-free at 1 866 813–

0642 or visit http://www.ijc.org/ 

glconsultations. 

• Monday, October 17 at 7 p.m. in 

Montre ́al, Quebec, at City Hall, 275 

Notre-Dame Street East 

• Monday, October 24 at 7 p.m. in 

Duluth, Minnesota, at the Central 

Hillside Community Center, 12 East 4th 

Street 

• Tuesday, October 25 at 7 p.m. in 

Thunder Bay, Ontario, at City Hall, 500 

Donald Street East 

• Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m. in 

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, in the City 

Council Chamber at the Civic Centre, 99 

Foster Drive 

• Tuesday, November 1 at 7 p.m. in 

Bay City, Michigan, at City Hall, 301 

Washington Avenue 

• Tuesday, November 1 at 7 p.m. in 

Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the KI 

Convention Center, 333 Main Street 

• Wednesday, November 2 at 7 p.m. 

in Chicago, Illinois, in the Phelps 

Auditorium at the Shedd Aquarium, 

1200 South Lake Shore Drive 

• Wednesday, November 2 at 3 p.m. 

in Detroit, Michigan, at the Detroit 

Regional Chamber of Commerce, One 

Woodward Avenue, Suite 1900 

• Wednesday, November 2 at 7 p.m. 

in Windsor, Ontario, at the Cleary 

International Centre, 201 Riverside 

Drive West 

• Thursday, November 3, at 7 p.m. in 

Cleveland, Ohio, in the Rotunda of City 

Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue 

• Tuesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. in 

Quebec City, Quebec, at City Hall, 2 rue 

des Jardins 

• Tuesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. in 

Midland, Ontario, in the Council 

Chamber at the Municipal Building, 575 

Dominion Avenue 

• Wednesday, November 9 at 7 p.m. 

in Toronto, Ontario, at City Hall, 100 

Queen Street West 

• Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 

p.m. in Rochester, New York, in the City 

Council Chambers at City Hall, 30 

Church Street 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Elizabeth C. Bourget, 

Secretary, United States Section, 

International Joint Commission, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–22542 Filed 11–10–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[OST Docket No. 2005–22114] 

RIN 2105–AD53 

Standard Time Zone Boundary in the 

State of Indiana 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

the Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: To gather information 

concerning the effects of changing time 

zone boundaries in Indiana, DOT is 

holding four public hearings. This 

notice provides the dates, times, 

locations, and agenda for these public 

hearings. The objective of the hearings 

is to provide State and local government 

representatives and the public an 

opportunity to comment on DOT’s 

proposal concerning the time zone 

boundary in 18 Indiana counties. To aid 

us in our consideration of whether a 

time zone change would be ‘‘for the 

convenience of commerce,’’ which is 

the standard Congress established for 

these matters, DOT seeks comments on 

how the time zone change impacts on 

such things as economic, cultural, 

social, and civic activities and how time 

zone changes affect businesses, 

communication, transportation, and 

education. 

DATES: The hearing in Logansport will 

be held on November 13 from 2:30 pm 

to 6:30 pm; in Terre Haute on November 

14 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; in Jasper on 

November 16 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., 

and in South Bend on November 21, 

2005 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. To help us 

prepare for the meeting, all State and 

local government representatives must 

register in order to ensure an 

opportunity to speak at the hearings by 

November 10, 2005. If anyone needs a 

sign language interpreter, please let us 

know as soon as possible. To register or 

to request an interpreter for the 

hearings, please send an e-mail message 

to indianatime@dot.gov or call (202) 

366–9283 and identify the hearing 

location at which you wish to speak. As 

announced previously, all written 

comments should be received by 

November 30, 2005, to be assured of 

consideration. Comments received after 

that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be 

held at the following locations: 

• McHale Performing Arts Center, 

Logansport Community High School, 1 

Berry Lane, Logansport, IN 46947. 

Phone: 574–753–4116 (http:// 

mchalepac.lcsc.k12.in.us) 

• Hulman Center Meeting Room 

Complex, Indiana State University, 200 

North Eighth Street, (corner of 9th and 

Cherry Street) Terre Haute, IN 47809. 

Phone: 812–237–3770 (http:// 

indstate.edu) 

• Jasper Arts Center, 951 College 

Avenue, Jasper, IN 47546 (adjacent to 

Vincennes University, Jasper Campus) 

Phone: 812–482–3070 (http:// 

www.jasperindiana.gov) 

• Student Activity Center, Indiana 

University, South Bend Campus, 1700 

Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 

46634 Phone: 574–520–4872 (http:// 

www.iusb.edu/maps) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanne Petrie, Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Regulation and 

Enforcement, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room 10424, 400 

Seventh Street, Washington, DC 20590, 

indianatime@dot.gov; (202) 366–9306. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 31, 2005, (70 FR 62288), DOT 

tentatively proposed to move St. Joseph, 

Starke, Knox, Pike, and Perry Counties 

from the eastern time zone to the central 

time zone. DOT also tentatively 

proposed not to change the time zone 

boundary for Marshall, Pulaski, Fulton, 

Benton, White, Carroll, Cass, 

Vermillion, Sullivan, Daviess, Dubois, 

Martin, and Lawrence Counties, leaving 

them in the eastern time zone. The 

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notice also announced that DOT 

intended to hold public hearings on its 

proposal. 

Public Hearing 

In addition to the opportunity to 

provide written comments, DOT is 

providing an opportunity for State and 

local government representatives and 

the public to comment on our proposal 

concerning Indiana time zone boundary 

changes at four public hearings in 

Jasper, Logansport, South Bend, and 

Terre Haute. These hearings will be 

chaired by a representative of DOT. 

The DOT representative will describe 

the process that DOT uses to set time 

zone boundaries. There will be an 

opportunity for clarifying questions on 

her remarks. This will be followed by 

presentations by county government 

representatives who have requested an 

opportunity to speak. If the government 

representative is speaking on behalf of 

a county that petitioned for a change to 

the county time zone boundary, he or 

she has been asked to explain how the 

change would be for the convenience of 

commerce. After these presentations, 

other State and local government 

representatives will have an opportunity 

to comment, followed by the public. 

The DOT representative will attempt to 

provide an opportunity to speak for all 

those wishing to do so. To accommodate 

all interested speakers, the DOT 

representative may have to establish 

some time limits or other approaches for 

comment. For example, the DOT 

representative may provide an 

opportunity for citizens with like views 

to meet and collaborate on providing a 

joint statement. 

The hearings will be informal and 

will be tape-recorded for inclusion in 

the docket. 

‘‘For the Convenience of Commerce’’

The principal standard for deciding 

whether to change a time zone is ‘‘for 

the convenience of commerce.’’ This 

term is defined very broadly to include 

consideration of all the impacts upon a 

community of a change in its time zone. 

We have requested that counties seeking 

a change address, at a minimum, each 

of the following questions in as much 

detail as possible. 

1. From where do businesses in the 

community get their supplies, and to 

where do they ship their goods or 

products? 

2. From where does the community 

receive television and radio broadcasts? 

3. Where are the newspapers 

published that serve the community? 

4. From where does the community 

get its bus and passenger rail services; 

if there is no scheduled bus or passenger 

rail service in the community to where 

must residents go to obtain these 

services? 

5. Where is the nearest airport; if it is 

a local service airport, to what major 

airport does it carry passengers? 

6. What percentage of residents of the 

community work outside the 

community; where do these residents 

work? 

7. What are the major elements of the 

community’s economy; is the 

community’s economy improving or 

declining; what Federal, State, or local 

plans, if any, are there for economic 

development in the community? 

8. If residents leave the community 

for schooling, recreation, health care, or 

religious worship, what standard of time 

is observed in the places where they go 

for these purposes? 

To aid us in our consideration of 

whether a time zone change would be 

‘‘for the convenience of commerce,’’ we 

ask that all those who speak at the 

public hearing comment on the impact 

on commerce of a change in the time 

zone and whether and how a new time 

zone would improve the convenience of 

commerce. The comments should 

address the impact on such things as 

economic, cultural, social, and civic 

activities and how a time zone change 

would affect businesses, 

communication, transportation, and 

education. The comments should be as 

detailed as possible, providing the basis 

of the information including factual data 

or surveys. 

We will consider any other 

information that the county or local 

officials or the public believe to be 

relevant to the proceeding. 

Jeffrey A. Rosen, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22518 Filed 11–8–05; 11:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program Update for Lehigh Valley 

International Airport, Allentown, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the LehighNorthampton Airport Authority under 

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 

14 CFR Part 150. These findings are 

made in recognition of the description 

of Federal and nonfederal 

responsibilities in Senate Report No. 

96–52 (1980). On May 14, 2004 the FAA 

determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the LehighNorthampton Airport Authority under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On October 7, 

2005, the FAA approved the Lehigh 

Valley International Airport’s updated 

noise compatibility program. Most of 

the recommendations of the program 

update were approved. One program 

element relating to revised flight 

procedures for noise abatement was 

proposed by the airport operator and 

was approved in part, as a voluntary 

measure, and disapproved in part. Only 

one noise abatement element was 

disapproved for purposes of Part 150 

pending submission of additional 

information needed to make an 

informed analysis. The LehighNorthampton Airport Authority has also 

requested under FAR Part 150, section 

150.35(f), that FAA determine that the 

revised five-year forecast condition 

NEM submitted with the noise 

compatibility program and showing 

noise contours as a result of the 

implementation of the noise 

compatibility program is in compliance 

with applicable requirements of FAR 

Part 150. The FAA announces its 

determination that the revised five-year 

forecast condition NEW for the Lehigh 

Valley International Airport for the year 

2008 submitted with the noise 

compatibility program is in compliance 

with applicable requirements of FAR 

Part 150 effective October 31, 2005. The 

documentation that constitutes the 

revised five-year forecast condition 

NEM as defined in §§ 150.7 and 

150.101(e) of Part 150 includes but is 

not limited to: Sections 2.2 and 2.3, 

Figure 3, and Table 3 in the NCP 

Update, and Figure 11 and Figures 36 

through 45 in the NEM volume. The 

FAA has determined that this revised 

five-year forecast condition NEM and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

approval of the Lehigh Valley 

International Airport’s noise 

compatibility program update is October 

7, 2005. The effective date of the FAA’s 

determination on the revised five-year 

forecast condition NEM is October 31, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Federal Aviation Administration,