29446 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 112 / Monday, June 10, 1996 / Notices

[Summary Notice No. PE–96–28]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Disposition of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federad Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemkaing

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption (14 CFR part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Ch. I), dispositions

of certain petitions previously received,

and corrections. The purpose of this

notice is to improve the public’s

awareness of, and participation in, this

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities.

Neither publication of this notice nor

the inclusion or omission of information

in the summary is intended to affect the

legal status of any petition or its final

disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. llll 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591. Comments may

also be sent electronically to the

following internet address:

nprmcmts@mail.hq.faa.gov.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. D. Michael Smith, Office of

Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone (202) 267–7470. This notice

is published pursuant to paragraphs (c),

(e), and (g) of § 11.27 of Part 11 of the

Federal Aviation Regulation (14 CFR

part 11).

Issued in Washington, DC on June 5, 1996.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28397

Petitioner: Tulsa Technology Center

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

65.17(a), 65.19(b), and 65.75(a)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit

the Tulsa Technology Center (TTC) to

(1) administer the FAA oral and

practical tests to students at times and

places identified in TTC’s operations

handbook, (2) allow applicants to

apply for retesting within 30 days

after failure without presenting a

signed statement certifying that

additional instruction has been given

in the failed area, and (3) administer

the Aviation Mechanic General

written test to students immediately

following successful completion of

the general curriculum, prior to

meeting the experience requirements

of § 65.77.

Docket No.: 28556

Petitioner: Mr. Harry Veltman

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

61.183(c)(2)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit

Mr. Veltman to be eligible for a flight

instructor certificate with an airplane

category rating, without holding an

instrument rating.

Docket No.: 28572

Petitioner: Mr. Mark Quinn

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.107(a)(3) and 121.311(b)

Description of Relief Sought: To allow

Mr. Quinn to not be required to

purchase a passenger seat on a

commercial airliner for his daughter,

Sarah N. Quinn, who was born with

Down syndrome and other birth

defects, even though she has reached

her second birthday. Although the

Federal Aviation Regulations do not

regulate whether or not fares are

imposed by air carriers, an exemption

from §§ 91.107(a)(3) and 121.311(b), if

granted, would permit Sarah to be

held by an adult who is occupying an

approved seat, even though she has

reached her second birthday.

[FR Doc. 96–14564 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Maritime Administration

Notice of Change of Name of Approved

Trustee

Notice is hereby given that effective

December 1, 1995, Shawmut Bank

Connecticut, N.A., with offices at 777

Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut

06115, changed its name to Fleet

National Bank of Connecticut, as a

result of the merger with and into Fleet

Financial Group, Inc. Further, effective

April 4, 1996, Fleet National Bank of

Connecticut, with offices at One

Monarch Place, Springfield,

Massachusetts, changed its name to

Fleet National Bank.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14576 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Research and Development Programs

Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides the

agenda for a public meeting at which

the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) will describe

and discuss specific research and

development projects.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously

announced, NHTSA will hold a public

meeting devoted primarily to

presentations of specific research and

development projects on June 12, 1996,

beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at

approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at

the Royce Hotel-Detroit Metro Airport,

31500 Wick Road, Romulus, MI 48174.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice provides the agenda for the

thirteenth in a series of public meetings

to provide detailed information about

NHTSA’s research and development

programs. This meeting will be held on

June 12, 1996. The meeting was

announced on May 15, 1996 (61 FR

24528). For additional information

about the meeting consult that

announcement. Starting at 1:30 p.m. and

concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA’s

Office of Research and Development

will discuss the following topics:

The process and priorities for

coordinated global research,

Objectives and deliverables of vehicle

aggressivity and fleet compatibility

research with results and conclusions

to date,

Research to upgrade fuel system

integrity, including recent testing and

possible alternative test

configurations,

Integrated seat research,

Biomechanics research program

—Head and neck injury research

—Lower extremity research and new

dummy hardware,

Children and child restraint/air bag

interaction dummy testing.

NHTSA has based its decisions about

the agenda, in part, on the suggestions
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 112 / Monday, June 10, 1996 / Notices 29447

1The 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.

it received by May 24, 1996, in response

to the announcement published May 15,

1996.

As announced on May 15, 1996, in

the time remaining at the conclusion of

the presentations, NHTSA will provide

answers to questions on its research and

development programs, where those

questions have been submitted in

writing by 4:15 p.m. on June 3, 1996, to

William A. Boehly, Associate

Administrator for Research and

Development, NRD–01, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Washington, DC 20590. Fax number:

202–366–5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: 202–366–4862. Fax

number: 202–366–5930.

Issued: June 5, 1996.

William A. Boehly,

Associate Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 96–14572 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32965]

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Union

Pacific Railroad Company

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has agreed to grant local and overhead

trackage rights to Missouri Pacific

Railroad Company (MP) over

approximately 2.225 miles of the

McPherson Branch from milepost

515.775 to milepost 518.0 near

McPherson in McPherson County, KS.

The trackage rights were to become

effective on or after May 29, 1996.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). 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

stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32965, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423 and served on:

Joseph D. Anthofer, General Attorney,

1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE

68179.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

Decided: May 31, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14575 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Airport Rescue and Firefighting

Mission Response Study

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for

comment.

SUMMARY: This document invites the

public to comment on issues relating to

a study of the mission and requirements

for airport fire service. Senate Report

103–310 on the Department of

Transportation Fiscal Year 1995

Appropriations Act requested that the

FAA review airport fire protection

required by 14 CFR part 139,

Certification and Operations: Land

Airports Serving Certain Air Carriers,

emergency response to hazardous

materials incidents, and emergency

medical services (EMS) at airports. FAA

was asked to examine and compare

rescue and firefighting requirements at

civil facilities with the fire services

required by military regulation at

Department of Defense (DOD) facilities

and to report to Congress on these

issues. Comment is invited on specific

issues rather than on a draft document.

This notice provides information on the

issues identified and directions for

commenting on issues within the study

scope.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

July 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of Airport Safety

and Standards, Attention: AAS–100,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591. Commenters

wishing the FAA to acknowledge

receipt of their request must include a

pre-addressed, stamped postcard on

which the following statement is made:

‘‘Comments on study of mission and

requirements for civil airport rescue and

firefighting service.’’ The postcard will

be date stamped and mailed to the

requester. Comments resulting from this

Notice may be examined at the above

address in room 615B on weekdays,

except on Federal holidays, between

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James W. Bushee, Manager, Design and

Operations Criteria Division, AAS–100,

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–3446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

has undertaken a study of the mission

requirements and responsibilities of

airports and the personnel responsible

for providing rescue and firefighting

service at military and civil-use airports.

Information has been obtained on

current Air Force and Navy regulations

for military aviation and structural

firefighting. Information has also been

obtained from a cross-section of civil

aviation airports subject to regulation

under 14 CFR part 139. In this activity,

FAA consulted with the industry’s

Airport Rescue Firefighting Working

Group, a non-profit technical

organization of professional firefighters

established primarily as an educational

exchange network to analyze and

discuss procedures to be utilized when

dealing with aviation situations and

emergencies.

ISSUES: Data gathering identified the

following issues which highlight

differences between military and civil

airport fire service missions:

Organizational structure. Civil airport

firefighting units must be viewed in the

context of the community in which they

are located. At some airports, the units

are under the direction of the airport

manager/airport fire chief while at other

airports the units are part of a larger

firefighting organization and may be

under the direction of someone located

off the airport, e.g., the chief of the

municipal fire department. All airport

firefighting units have the capability to

address aircraft accidents and incidents.

Some airports have the capability

within their firefighting units to address

other emergencies such as structural

firefighting, hazardous materials

incidents, and medical emergencies.

Other airports look to the surrounding

communities to provide these services.

In contrast, the military places the

responsibility for all emergencies on the

facility commander. All emergency

services on a military airfield are under

the direction of the base commander,