20310 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 88 / Monday, May 6, 1996 / Notices

COMMISSION ON UNITED STATES–

PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT

POLICY

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Meeting of the Commission on United

States Pacific Trade and Investment

Policy and Subsequent Meeting Dates

AGENCY: Commission on United StatesPacific Trade and Investment Policy/

Office of the United States Trade

Representative.

ACTION: Notice that the May 14, 1996,

meeting of the Commission on United

States Pacific Trade and Investment

Policy will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The meeting will be closed to the public

from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting will

be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 11

a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Subsequent meetings tentatively will be

held on June 12, June 26, July 18 and

August 8, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Commission on United

States Pacific Trade and Investment

Policy will hold a meeting on May 14,

1996, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The meeting

will be closed to the public from 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

affecting U.S. trade policy with Asia.

Pursuant to Section 2155(f)(2) of Title

19 of the United States Code, the USTR

has determined that this portion of the

meeting will be concerned with matters

the disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the development by the

United States Government of trade

policy, priorities, negotiating objectives

or bargaining positions with respect to

the operation of any trade agreement

and other matters arising in connection

with the development, implementation

and administration of the trade policy of

the United States. The meeting will be

open to the public and press from 9 to

11 a.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. At these

times the Commission will continue the

study phase of its work and consider: (1)

Asian perspectives on U.S. trade and

investment policies and on the region;

(2) APEC; (3) various assessments of the

effectiveness and nature of U.S. trade

and investment policies; (4) measures of

success in economic and trade policy;

and (4) the application of game theory

to international economics. Attendance

during this part of the meeting is for

observation only. Individuals who are

not members of the Commission will

not be invited to comment.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

May 14, 1996, unless otherwise notified.

Subsequent meetings will be

reconfirmed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, Room 6806, unless

otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Adams, Executive Director of

Commission on United States Pacific

Trade and Investment Policy, Room 400,

600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC.

20508, (202) 395–9679.

Nancy Adams,

Executive Director, Commission on United

States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy.

Charlene Barshefsky,

Acting United States Trade Representative.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review; Albany County

Airport, Albany, New York

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the Albany County

Airport Authority for the Albany County

Airport under the provisions of Title I

of the Aviation Safety and Noise

Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96–193)

and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance

with applicable requirements. The FAA

also announces that it is reviewing a

proposed noise compatibility program

that was submitted for Albany County

Airport under part 150 in conjunction

with the noise exposure maps, and that

this program will be approved or

disapproved on or before October 28,

1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps and of the start of its

review of the associated noise

compatibility program is April 30, 1996.

The public comment period ends July 1,

1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Urlass, Community Planner,

FAA—Eastern Regional Office,

Fitzgerald Federal Building, JFK

International Airport, Jamaica, New

York 11430; (718) 553–3353.

Comments on the proposed noise

compatibility program should also be

submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Albany County Airport are in

compliance with applicable

requirements of part 150, effective April

30, 1996.

Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed

noise compatibility program for that

airport which will be approved or

disapproved on or before October 28,

1996. This notice also announces the

availability of this program for public

review and comment.

Under section 103 of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as

‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps

which meet applicable regulations and

which depict noncompatible land uses

as of the date of submission of such

maps, a description of projected aircraft

operations, and the ways in which such

operations will affect such maps. The

Act requires such maps to be developed

in consultation with interested and

affected parties in the local community,

government agencies and persons using

the airport.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by the FAA to be in compliance

with the requirements of FAR part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The Albany County Airport Authority

submitted to the FAA on May 2, 1995,

noise exposure maps, descriptions and

other documentation which were

produced during an airport noise

compatibility planning study. It was

requested that the FAA review this

material as the noise exposure maps, as

described in section 103(a)(1) of the Act,

and that the noise mitigation measures,

to be implemented jointly by the airport

and surrounding communities, be

approved as a noise compatibility

program under section 104(b) of the Act.

The FAA has completed its review of

the noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by the Albany

County Airport Authority. The specific

maps under consideration are the noise

exposure maps: Exhibit 1, Existing

(1995) Noise Exposure Map (first page

following page vi) and Exhibit 2, Future

(2000) Noise Exposure Map (second

page following page vi) of the May 1995

submission. The FAA has determined

that these maps for Albany County

Airport are in compliance with
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applicable requirements. This

determination is effective on April 30,

1996. FAA’s determination on an airport

operator’s noise exposure maps is

limited to finding that the maps were

developed in accordance with the

procedures contained in Appendix A of

FAR part 150. Such determination does

not constitute approval of the

applicant’s data, information or plans,

or a commitment to approve a noise

compatibility program or to fund the

implementation of that program.

If questions arise concerning the

precise relationship of specific

properties to the noise exposure maps

submitted under section 103 of the Act,

it should be noted that the FAA is not

involved in any way in determining the

relative locations of specific properties

with regard to the depicted noise

contours, or in interpreting the noise

maps to resolve questions concerning,

for example, which properties should be

covered by the provisions of section 107

of the Act. These functions are

inseparable from the ultimate land use

control and planning responsibilities of

local government. These local

responsibilities are not changed in any

way under part 150 or through FAA’s

review of noise exposure maps.

Therefore, the responsibility for the

detailed overlaying of noise exposure

contours onto the map depicting

properties on the surface rests

exclusively with the airport operator

which submitted those maps, or with

those public agencies and planning

agencies with which consultation is

required under section 103 of the Act.

The FAA has relied on the certification

by the airport operator under § 150.21 of

Part 150, that the statutorily required

consultation has been accomplished.

The FAA formally received on March

15, 1996, the noise compatibility

program for Albany County Airport, also

effective April 30, 1996. Preliminary

review of the submitted material

indicates that it conforms to the

requirements for the submittal of noise

compatibility programs, but that further

review will be necessary prior to the

approval or disapproval of the program.

The formal review period, limited to

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be

completed on or before October 28,

1996.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

conducted under the provisions of 14

CFR 150.33. The primary considerations

in the evaluation process are whether

the proposed measures may reduce the

level of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commerce, or be reasonably consistent

with obtaining the goal of reducing

existing non-compatible land uses and

preventing the introduction of

additional non-compatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed program with

specific reference to the factors. All

comments, other than those properly

addressed to local land use authorities,

will be considered by the FAA to the

extent practical. The public comment

period ends July 1, 1996.

Copies of the noise exposure maps,

the FAA’s evaluation of the maps, and

the proposed noise compatibility

program, are available for examination

at the following locations:

FAA

Eastern Regional Office, Fitzgerald

Federal Building, Airports Division,

Room 337, JFK International Airport,

Jamaica, New York 11430

FAA

New York Airports District Office, 600

Old Country Road, Suite 446, Garden

City, New York 11530

Albany County Airport, Airport

Director’s Office, Albany County

Airport Authority, ARFF Building,

2nd Floor, Albany, New York 12211

Questions may be directed to the

individual name above under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Jamaica, New York on April 30,

1996

Anthony P. Spera,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Eastern

Region.

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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 Federal

Aviation Administration Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

15, 1996, at 10 a.m. Arrange for oral

presentations by May 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Regional Airline Association (RAA),

1101 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700,

Washington DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Manuel Vega, Federal Aviation

Administration (ARM–20) 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)

267–5575; fax (202) 267–5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Executive

Committee to be held on May 15, 1996,

at the Regional Airline Association

(RAA), 1101 Connecticut Avenue, Suite

700, Washington, DC, 10 a.m. The

agenda will include:

• Digital Information Working Group

briefing

• Review of open action items since the

last meeting

• Report on status of all outstanding

recommendations

• Notable comments on specific issues

• Other business

Attendance is open to the interested

public but will be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements by May 10, 1996, to

present oral statements at the meeting.

The public may present written

statements to the executive committee at

any time by providing 25 copies to the

Executive Director, or by bringing the

copies to him at the meeting. In

addition, sign and oral interpretation

can be made available at the meeting, as

well as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting. Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 30,

1996.

Chris A. Christie,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Automotive Fuel Economy Program

Report to Congress

The attached document, Automotive

Fuel Economy Program, Twentieth

Annual Report to the Congress, was

prepared pursuant to 49 U.S.C 32916

which requires in pertinent part that

‘‘the Secretary shall submit to each

House of Congress, and publish in the

Federal Register, a review of average

fuel economy standards under this

part.’’