6748 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 8, 2005 / Notices 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 10, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Minneapolis Airports 

District Office, 6020 28th Avenue South, 

Room 102, Minneapolis 55450–2706. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Jeffrey W. 

Hamiel, Executive Director, of the 

Metropolitan Airports Commission at 

the following address: Metropolitan 

Airports Commission, 6040 28th 

Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

55450. 

Air carriers and foreign air carriers 

may submit copies of written comments 

previously provided to the Metropolitan 

Airports Commission under section 

158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gordon Nelson, Program Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports District Office, 6020 28th 

Avenue South, Room 102, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55450–2706, telephone (612) 

713–4358. 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 

Minneapolis-St. Paul International 

Airport under the provisions of the 49 

U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158). 

On January 28, 2005, the FAA 

determined that the application to 

impose and use the revenue from a PFC 

submitted by the Metropolitan Airports 

Commission 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 

28, 2005. 

The following is a brief overview of 

hte application. 

Proposed charge effective date:

November 1, 2015. 

Proposed charge expiration date:

April 1, 2019. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00. 

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$30,966,600. 

Brief description of proposed projects:

(Impose & Use Project) Pavement 

rehabilitation—aprons. (Impose Only 

Project) Maintenance building addition. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. 

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$260,135,064. 

Brief description of proposed projects:

(Impose & Use Projects) Glycol 

management facility, Runway 17/35 

communications, Runway 17/35 south 

end construction, Runway 17/35 land 

acquisition, Runway 17/35 runway 

protection zone restoration, Taxiway M 

construction, environmental mitigation, 

school sound insulation, pavement 

rehabilitation—Runway 12R/30L 

segment 2, miscellaneous construction, 

Navy building relocation, Cat. II system 

installation—airport lighting electrical 

center modifications, fire truck 

replacement. (Impose Only Projects) 

Taxiway C/D complex, Runway 30R 

safety area improvements, Air Traffic 

Control Tower. 

Class or classes of air carriers, which 

the public agency has requested, not be 

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/

Commercial Operators (ATCO) filing 

FAA form 1800–31. 

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 

Metropolitan Airports Commission.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on January 

31, 2005. 

Barbara Jordan, 

Acting Manager, Planning/Programming 

Branch, Airports Division, Great Lakes 

Region.

[FR Doc. 05–2315 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration 

Maritime Security Training Course

AGENCY: Maritime Administration 

(MARAD), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

maritime security training course 

approval program. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to announce a voluntary program for 

approval of maritime security training 

courses under the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act of 2002 

(MTSA). Training providers wishing to 

receive course approval are invited to 

submit applications under this program, 

which was developed jointly by 

MARAD and the United States Coast 

Guard (USCG). Training providers—

profit or non-profit—must be organized 

and authorized to conduct business 

under the Federal laws of the United 

States, or under the laws of any state of 

the United States, and they must 

conduct the training in the United 

States or aboard a United States flag 

vessel to be eligible for this program. 

There is no cost to training providers 

for course approval under this program; 

however, the program is subject to 

limited funding, and fees may be 

required when funding is exhausted. 

The goal of the program is to promote 

high quality, uniform training of 

maritime security professionals. Details 

of the program are available on the 

MARAD Web site: http://

www.marad.dot.gov.

DATES: Effective Date: This program is 

effective February 8, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Christopher E. Krusa, Office of Policy 

and Plans, Maritime Administration, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–2648, 

chris.krusa@marad.dot.gov. Program 

details are also available on the MARAD 

Web site: http://www://marad.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

109 of the Maritime Transportation 

Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–295) 

addressed the need for maritime 

security education and training to 

counter terrorist and other security 

threats involving the port, maritime, and 

intermodal transportation environment. 

Section 109 specifically charged the 

Secretary of Transportation with 

responsibility for fulfilling this need, 

requiring that ‘‘the Secretary shall 

develop standards and curriculum to 

allow for the training and certification 

of maritime security professionals.’’ The 

Secretary of Transportation found that 

MARAD had the expertise to develop 

and implement a program for the 

training and certification of maritime 

security professionals within its area of 

responsibility. Accordingly, on April 3, 

2003, the Secretary delegated the 

Section 109 security mandate to 

MARAD. 

At the request of the Maritime 

Administrator, the United States 

Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) 

developed the required training 

standards and curriculum and prepared 

a report to Congress in May 2003. The 

report characterized security threats to 

the marine and intermodal 

transportation system; summarized 

relevant domestic legislation, 

international conventions, and other 

guidance; delineated key workforce 

development issues; described the 

project undertaken by MARAD in 

fulfillment of the Secretary’s Section 

109 responsibilities; presented the 

standards and curriculum developed in 

response to the MTSA mandate; and 

offered recommendations for the 

certification and oversight of maritime 

security education and training. 

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The standards, curriculum, and 

recommendations contained in the 

report were developed through a 

deliberative and collaborative process, 

during which MARAD proactively 

sought public comment and initiated 

interagency cooperation. Collaboration 

with the Coast Guard, the 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA), other public agencies, industry 

associations, and private-sector firms 

was pursued to ensure that the 

education and training guidelines 

developed were responsive to the needs 

of affected parties and incorporated the 

views of stakeholders to the maximum 

extent possible. 

During development of the training 

guidelines, MARAD received many 

comments from training providers 

seeking a means through which to have 

their courses ‘‘approved,’’ or otherwise 

designated as courses that incorporate 

the standards and curriculum developed 

under MTSA. Similar requests were 

received from facility and vessel 

operators wishing to send their security 

personnel to ‘‘approved’’ courses 

utilizing MARAD’s training standards 

and curriculum. 

In response to these comments from 

training providers and facility and 

vessel operators, MARAD and the Coast 

Guard have developed an optional 

program for maritime security training 

course approval. This program is 

voluntary because, while there are 

domestic and international regulatory 

requirements for certain classes of 

personnel to receive appropriate 

maritime security training and/or have 

equivalent job experience, it is not 

currently mandatory for maritime 

security training to be approved by 

MARAD, the Coast Guard, or any other 

government agency. Nonetheless, this 

voluntary program is designed to align 

with any potential future regulatory 

requirements for maritime security 

training course approval at both the 

domestic and international levels. 

Based upon the standards, 

curriculum, and recommendations 

contained in the report to Congress, as 

derived from MTSA, MARAD and the 

Coast Guard have identified seven 

discrete types of maritime security 

training courses as appropriate for 

inclusion in the program: (1) Vessel 

Security Officer (VSO), (2) Company 

Security Officer (CSO), (3) Facility 

Security Officer (FSO), (4) Maritime 

Security for Vessel Personnel with 

Specific Security Duties (VPSSD), (5) 

Maritime Security for Facility Personnel 

with Specific Security Duties (FPSSD), 

(6) Maritime Security for Military, 

Security, and Law Enforcement 

Personnel (MSLEP), and (7) Maritime 

Security Awareness (MSA). These are 

based upon the model course 

frameworks published in the report to 

Congress. 

Initially, only instructor-based VSO, 

CSO, and FSO courses will be evaluated 

under this voluntary course approval 

program. Applications for approval of 

VPSSD, FPSSD, MSLEP and MSA 

courses—as well as for non-instructorbased VSO, CSO, and FSO courses—

may be considered in subsequent stages 

of the program, contingent upon 

funding and/or on the payment of fees 

by training providers seeking approval 

for these types of courses. All terms and 

conditions of VPSSD, FPSSD, MSLEP, 

and MSA course approval—as well as 

for non-instructor-based VSO, CSO, and 

FSO course approval—will be posted on 

the MARAD Web site (http://www://

marad.dot.gov) if/when a determination 

is made to evaluate these types of 

courses under this program. Until then, 

no applications for approval of VPSSD, 

FPSSD, MSLEP, and MSA courses or for 

non-instructor-based VSO, CSO, and 

FSO courses will be accepted. 

Training providers wishing to obtain 

course approval for instructor-based 

VSO, CSO, and/or FSO courses must 

submit their applications electronically 

in strict accordance with Appendix A of 

the Guidelines for Maritime Security 

Training Course Providers, ‘‘Elements of 

Request for Maritime Security Training 

Course Approval,’’ published on the 

MARAD Web site (http://www://

marad.dot.gov). These procedures 

include a requirement for training 

providers to certify that they are 

verifying the identity of all students. 

After the application materials are 

properly received, they will be 

forwarded to a Coast Guard-accepted 

Quality Standards System (QSS) 

organization, approved by the Coast 

Guard in accordance with Navigation 

and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 

9–01 (November 30, 2001), for review. 

NVIC 9–01 is publicly available on the 

Internet at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-/

nvic/NVIC%209_01.pdf.

The QSS organization will determine 

the adequacy of the submitted course(s) 

and work with the training provider to 

correct any deficiencies in accordance 

with the Guidelines for Maritime 

Security Training Course Providers

published on the MARAD Web site 

(http://www://marad.dot.gov). Training 

providers—profit or non-profit—must 

be organized and authorized to conduct 

business under the federal laws of the 

United States, or under the laws of any 

State of the United States, and they 

must conduct the training in the United 

States or aboard a United States flag 

vessel to be eligible for this program. 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) model courses for Ship Security 

Officer (Model Course 3.19), Company 

Security Officer (Model Course 3.20), 

and Port Facility Security Officer 

(Model Course 3.21), respectively, will 

be used for evaluation of all submitted 

courses. The IMO model courses were 

developed by USMMA staff in 

collaboration with counterparts in India, 

in coordination with the U.S. Coast 

Guard, and are available for purchase in 

the U.S. through IMO-designated 

distributors listed on the IMO Web site 

at http://www.imo.org/.

The Coast Guard and MARAD will 

provide oversight of the QSS 

organization and the course approval 

process. For VSO courses, the QSS 

organization will issue approval letters 

and course approval certificates on 

behalf of the Coast Guard. For CSO and 

FSO courses, the QSS organization will 

issue approval letters and course 

approval certificates on behalf of 

MARAD. If a single course covers 

multiple topics that would separately be 

approved on behalf of the Coast Guard 

or MARAD (e.g., a combination VSO 

and CSO course) the QSS organization 

will issue approval letters and course 

approval certificates jointly on behalf of 

both MARAD and the Coast Guard. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection for this 

voluntary program for approval of 

maritime security training courses was 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget on July 27, 2004, as 

MARAD’s information collection 

#2133–0535, Elements of Request for 

Course Approval.

(Authority: Pub. L. 107–295)

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: February 2, 2005. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 05–2320 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2005–20275] 

Impaired-Driving Program 

Assessments; Technical Report

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for comments on 

technical report.