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Committee Act. Meetings of the Systems

Design and Analysis 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 May 14,

1996.

Chris Christie,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 96–13158 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of a 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)

226–1320.

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

of the FAR and parallel provisions in 14

CFR parts 121 and 135 of the FAR. The

corresponding European airworthiness

standards for transport category

airplanes are contained in Joint Aviation

Requirements (JAR)–25, JAR–E and

JAR–P, respectively. The corresponding

Canadian Standards are contained in

Chapters 525, 533 and 535 respectively.

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:

Fuselage Doors. Review the current

standards of § 25.783 and corresponding

JAR–25.783 concerning doors and any related

advisory material. Review also any relevant

service experience, National Transportation

Safety Board recommendations A–89–092,

A–89–093, A–89–094 and A–92–21, and

recommendations made by the Air Transport

Association door review team. In light of this

review, recommend changes to harmonize

§ 25.783 and JAR–25.783, recommend new

harmonized standards, and develop related

advisory material as necessary.

The FAA has also asked that ARAC

determine if rulemaking action (e.g.,

NPRM, supplemental NPRM, final rule,

withdrawal) should be taken, or

advisory material should be issued or

revised. If so, ARAC has been asked to

prepare the necessary documents,

including economic analysis, to justify

and carry out its recommendation(s).

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC has accepted this task and has

chosen to assign it to the existing

General Structures Harmonization

Working Group. 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 Activity

The General Structures

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. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The General Structures

Harmonization Working Group is

composed of experts 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 with 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 General

Structures 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 May 14,

1996.

Chris Christie,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 96–13159 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

to Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Port Columbus International Airport,

Columbus, OH

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

applications.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the
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1 The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323–24.

application to impose and use the

revenue from a PFC at Port Columbus

International Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Detroit Airports District

Office, Willow Run Airport, East, 8820

Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Larry

Hedrick, Executive Director of the

Columbus Municipal Airport Authority

at the following address: Port Columbus

International Airport, 4600 International

Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Columbus

Municipal Airport Authority under

section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Mary W. Jagiello, Program Manager,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Detroit Airports District Office, Willow

Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road,

Belleville, Michigan 48111 (313) 487–

7296. 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 Port

Columbus International Airport under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On May 14, 1996, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by Columbus Municipal

Airport Authority 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 July 21, 1996.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No.: 96–05–C–00–

CMH

Level of the PFC: $3.00

Actual charge effective date: October 1,

1992

Proposed charge expiration date:

September 1, 1997

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$9,437,955

Brief description of proposed project(s):

Runway 10L–28R Improvements

Class or classes of air carriers which the

public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/

Commercial Operators

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 at the Columbus Municipal

Airport Authority.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on May 17,

1996.

Benito De Leon,

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch,

Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 96–13160 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32901]

H. Peter Claussen and Linda C.

Claussen—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Lexington & Ohio

Railroad Co., Inc.

H. Peter Claussen and Linda C.

Claussen, noncarrier individuals

(Applicants), have filed a notice of

exemption to continue in control of

Lexington & Ohio Railroad Co., Inc.

(L&O), upon L&O’s becoming a Class III

rail carrier.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after May 10, 1996.

This proceeding is related to

Lexington & Ohio Railroad Co., Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation Exemption—

Norfolk Southern Railway Company,

STB Finance Docket No. 32900, wherein

L&O seeks to acquire and operate

certain rail lines from the Norfolk

Southern Railway Company.

Applicants own and control eight

existing Class III common carriers by

rail: Live Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad

Company, Inc., operating in Florida and

Georgia; Georgia & Florida Railroad, Co.,

Inc., operating in Florida and Georgia;

Albany Bridge Company, operating in

Georgia; Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc.,

operating under the trade name of

Mississippi Delta Railroad in

Mississippi and under the trade name of

Atlantic & Gulf Railroad in Georgia;

Wiregrass Central Railroad Company,

Inc., operating in Alabama; H&S

Railroad, Inc., operating in Alabama;

Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad, Inc.,

operating in North Carolina; and Rocky

Mount & Western Railroad Co., Inc.,

operating in North Carolina.

Applicants state that: (i) The railroads

will not connect with each other or any

railroad in their corporate family; (ii)

the acquisition of control is not part of

a series of anticipated transactions that

would connect the nine railroads with

each other or any railroad in their

corporate family; and (iii) the

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier. Therefore, the transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32901, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Paul C. Oakley, Weiner, Brodsky,

Sidman & Kider, P.C., Suite 800, 1350

New York Avenue, N.W., Washington,

DC 20005–4797.

Decided: May 17, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13129 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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