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Mexican delegates will continue to work

on bilateral or trilateral issues outside

the LTSS structure. For information and

copies of the report call Jane Bachner,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Policy/FRA, at (202) 366–0344.

5. Working Group 5—This group is

seeking compatibility of standards

related to the transportation of

hazardous materials. Both the United

States and Canada have essentially

equivalent hazardous materials

transportation requirements based on

the United Nations Recommendations

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.

Mexico has enacted legislation that

provides for the development of

standards consistent with the U.N.

recommendations. The working group

held meetings in October 1994 and in

January 1995. Last fall the United States

and Mexico issued jointly the U.S.

Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

in Spanish, of which 30,000 copies have

been distributed in Mexico. This

enabled harmonization of U.S. and

Mexican emergency response

information requirements. The three

countries plan to issue a North

American ERG by January 1996 by

consolidating the information in the

U.S. and Canadian guidebooks. In

addition, Mexico has adopted a number

of other standards that are compatible

with U.S. and Canadian hazardous

materials transportation regulations. For

information call Frits Wybenga,

International Standards Coordinator for

Hazardous Materials/RSPA, at (202)

366–0656.

Meetings and Deadline

The LTSS will hold its second

plenary session on June 28, 1995, at the

Wall Center Garden Hotel, 1088 Burrard

Street, Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada. In conjunction with the plenary

meeting, the working groups may meet

at the same location on June 27 and 28.

Also at the same site, on June 27, special

sessions will be held for representatives

for the truck, bus, rail, and chemical

manufacturing industries, transportation

labor unions, brokers, and shippers,

public safety advocates, and others who

have notified us of their interest to

attend and have submitted copies of

their presentations to DOT at the

address below by May 12, 1995.

Subsequently, the Department of

Transportation will hold a public

briefing in Washington, D.C., to discuss

the results of the listening session and

the plenary and working group

meetings. A notice announcing the

meeting’s date, time, and place will be

published in the Federal Register two

weeks in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact

David DeCarme, Chief, Maritime,

Surface, and Facilitation Division,

Office of International Transportation

and Trade, Office of the Secretary of

Transportation, at (202) 366–2892.

ADDRESS AND FAX NUMBER: Individuals

and organizations interested in being

placed on the mailing list for receiving

LTSS-related information are requested

to send a post card indicating the

complete name and address where the

information should be sent, and

specifying the group or groups about

which information is desired. Mail post

cards to David DeCarme, U.S.

Department of Transportation, OST/X–

20, Room 10300, 400 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20590.

Respondents may also send the above

information by fax at (202) 366–7417.

Arnold Levine,

Director, Office of International

Transportation and Trade.

[FR Doc. 95–9182 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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Coast Guard

[CGD 95–024]

Demonstration of Software to

Electronically Prepare Shipping

Articles, Certificates of Discharge, and

Transmit Mariner Sea Service Time to

the Coast Guard

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is

sponsoring a demonstration of the User

Interface System (UIS). The UIS is a

project to automate the collection and

reporting process of mariner sea service

data required by statutes. The UIS will

allow shipping companies to

electronically create shipping articles

and certificates of discharge and

transmit sea service data to the Coast

Guard. The Coast Guard is also

soliciting for participants in the testing

process.

DATES: The demonstration will be held

on Wednesday April 26, 1995, between

9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The demonstration will be

held at Science Applications

International Corporation (SAIC) Tower

1, 1710 Goodridge Drive, McLean, VA

22102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mrs. Justine Bunnell, Project Officer, G–

MVP–1, (202) 267–0238, Merchant

Vessel Personnel Division of the Office

of Marine Safety, Security and

Environmental Protection. U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The User

Interface System (UIS) is a component

of the Mariner Identification card

project (the new Merchant Mariner’s

Document). The UIS is being developed

for the Coast Guard to improve the

recordkeeping and transmittal of

merchant mariner sea service data. The

system will provide for electronic

transfer of data from the shipping

companies to the Coast Guard database

located at Coast Guard Headquarters in

Washington, DC. The software will

provide an interface with the Mariner

Identification card and the Merchant

Mariner License and Document

program, a national database of

merchant mariner transactions, as well

as maintain compatibility with common

systems used in the marine industry.

The system was developed in a standalone PC environment to allow users to

purchase off the shelf equipment or use

existing equipment to operate the

software. The UIS will allow the user to

enter voyage specific information, enter

and maintain mariner and ratings

information, report data contained on

shipping articles and certificates of

discharge, electronically report sea

service information to Coast Guard

Headquarters, and at the company’s

option, read the Mariner’s ID (MID) card

magnetic stripe for expedient data entry

and verification. Shipping companies

with existing computer systems may

also develop their own software to

electronically transmit sea service

information to the Coast Guard.

The demonstration will include an

explanation of the software, the

methods used to develop the software,

how to use the program, and hands-on

work by the participants. The

development team will be available to

assist with the hands-on work and

answer questions. Participants may

bring their own personal computer (PC)

if they desire. The test participants will

receive a copy of the UIS program to use

for 30 days in their work environment.

They will use the software to generate

shipping articles, certificates of

discharge, and reports. The test

participants will electronically transmit

sea service information to the Coast

Guard during the test period. They will

identify any problems, make suggestions

for improvement, and evaluate the

software. The problems, suggestions and

evaluation information will be collected

on forms provided with the software.

The suggestion/evaluation forms will be

submitted to the Coast Guard Project

Officer.
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Please notify Mrs. Justine Bunnell at

(202) 267–0238 by April 19, 1995, if you

plan to attend the demonstration, plan

to bring your own PC to the

demonstration, or are interested in

participating in testing the software.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

G.N. Naccara,

Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security

and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 95–9039 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stewart R. Miller, Manager, Transport

Standards Staff, ANM–110, FAA,

Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Ave.

SW, Renton, WA 98055–4056,

telephone (206) 227–2190, fax (206)

227–1320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA has established an Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator, through the

Associate Administrator for Regulation

and Certification, on the full range of

the FAA’s rulemaking activities with

respect to aviation-related issues. This

includes obtaining advice and

recommendations on the FAA’s

commitment to harmonize its Federal

Aviation Regulations (FAR) and

practices with its trading partners in

Europe and Canada.

One area ARAC deals with is

transport airplane and engine issues.

These issues involve the airworthiness

standards for transport category

airplanes in 14 CFR parts 25, 33, and 35

and parallel provisions in 14 CFR parts

121 and 135.

The Task

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization task:

Recommend disposition of public

comments made to Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking No. 94–29, which proposed to

revise the gust load design requirements for

transport category airplanes, and provide for

harmonization of the discrete gust

requirements with the Joint Aviation

Requirements (JAR) of Europe as recently

amended.

Contrary to the usual practice, the

FAA is not asking ARAC as part of this

task to develop a final draft of the next

action (i.e., supplemental notice, final

rule, or withdrawal). However, ARAC

must provide a document setting forth

the rationale for the recommended

disposition of each of the comments.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC has accepted the task and has

chosen to assign it to the existing Loads

and Dynamics Harmonization Working

Group. As a result of the new task

assigned to the working group,

membership is being reopened. The

working group will serve as staff to

ARAC to assist ARAC in the analysis of

the assigned task. Working group

recommendations must be reviewed and

approved by ARAC. If ARAC accepts the

working group’s recommendations, it

forwards them to the FAA as ARAC

recommendations.

Working Group Reports to ARAC

The Loads and Dynamic

Harmonization Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the tasks, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

consider transport airplane and engine

issues held following publication of this

notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations, prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. For each task, draft appropriate

regulatory documents with supporting

economic and other required analyses,

and/or any other related guidance

material or collateral documents the

working group determines to be

appropriate; or, if new or revised

requirements or compliance methods

are not recommended, a draft report

stating the rationale for not making such

recommendations.

4. A status report at each meeting of

ARAC held to consider transport

airplane and engine issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The Loads and Dynamic

Harmonization Working Group is

composed of experts from those

organizations having an interest in the

assigned task. A working group member

need not be a representative of a

member of the full committee.

An individual who has expertise in

the subject matter and wishes to become

a member of the working group should

write to the person listed under the

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire,

describing his or her interest in the

tasks, and stating the expertise he or she

would bring to the working group. The

request will be reviewed by the assistant

chair, the assistant executive director,

and the working group chair, and the

individual will be advised whether or

not the request can be accommodated.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public, except as authorized by section

10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. Meetings of the Loads

and Dynamics Harmonization Working

Group will not be open to the public,

except to the extent that individuals

with an interest and expertise are

selected to participate. No public

announcement of working group

meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 10,

1995.

Chris A. Christie,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 95–9154 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; General Aviation and

Business Airplane Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of a new task

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John Colomy, Assistant Executive

Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee, FAA Small Airplane

Directorate, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas

City, Missouri 64106; telephone (816)

426–6930.