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]

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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,
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regardless of whether the emergency is

an aircraft accident or incident, a

structural fire on base but possibly off

the airfield, a hazardous materials

incident, or a medical emergency.

Aircraft firefighting—the extent of the

mission. The civil airport fire service

requirement, pursuant to 14 CFR part

139, is to provide an escape path from

a burning airplane. Mutual-aid

agreements and community emergency

response teams supplement the civil

airport fire service to provide for

extended firefighting and EMS. Military

fire service regulations provide

firefighters and equipment for both

initial and extended firefighting. In

addition, military fire service is trained

for and equipped to deal with munitions

as hazardous materials and extraction of

pilots and crew from burning aircraft.

Aircraft firefighting—the size of the

fire suppression area. Civil airport fire

service requires sufficient water mixed

with firefighting agent (in terms of

quantity and delivery rate) to control or

suppress any fire in an area of sufficient

size to permit the occupants of the

aircraft to escape. Military fire service

requires staff, equipment, and sufficient

fire combat agents to continue to fight

the fire to total extinguishment.

Structural firefighting and rescue.

Civil airports, as a part of the

community, are afforded community

structural fire protection. In planning

for emergencies, including response to

structural fires, communities station

firefighters, trained and equipped for

rescue operations and fighting structural

fires, throughout the community. Where

distances dictate, a community may

station structural firefighters on an

airport. Military airport fire service, by

comparison, includes training and

equipment for response to structural

fires on the military installation.

Hazardous materials incidents. This

issue deals with whether response to

hazardous material incidents must be

provided by a civil airport fire service.

Many communities support the airport’s

need for response to hazardous material

incidents with trained firefighters

stationed on the airport or in close

proximity to the airport. Others meet

this infrequent need with trained

individuals responding from

surrounding communities through

mutual-aid agreements. The military

mission, on the other hand, involves

special training and the frequent

handling of incidents where hazardous

materials such as live munitions are

present. Consequently, response to

hazardous materials incidents are the

norm and an integral part of the military

fire service mission.

EMS at airports. Most communities

respond to medical emergencies with

medical personnel that are not integral

to the airport fire service. Most military

installations, being self-contained

communities, have a hospital. The

hospital mission normally encompasses

EMS response to accidents or incident

on the airfield.

Prior to finalizing the report and

developing conclusions, FAA is seeking

information from interested parties on

these issues. Comments are invited on

the issues, subsets of these issues that

may need special analyses, or other

issues of concern relating to the

Congressionally requested scope of

study.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 4, 1996.

David L. Bennett,

Director, Office of Airport Safety and

Standards.

[FR Doc. 96–14563 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request For Regulation Project PS–

52–88

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning an

existing final regulation, PS–52–88 (TD

8455), Election to Expense Certain

Depreciable Business Assets. (§§ 1.179–

2, 1.179–3).

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before August 9, 1996 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5569, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Election to Expense Certain

Depreciable Business Assets.

OMB Number: 1545–1201.

Regulation Project Number: PS–52–88

Final.

Abstract: The regulations provide

rules on the election described in

Internal Revenue Code section 179(b)(4);

the apportionment of the dollar

limitation among component members

of a controlled group; and the proper

order for deducting the carryover of

disallowed deduction. The

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements are necessary to monitor

compliance with the section 179 rules.

Current Actions: There is no change to

this existing regulation.

Type of Review: Extension of OMB

approval.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, farms, and business or

other for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 45

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 15,000 hours.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: June 3, 1996.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14468 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

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