Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices 9747

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Howard L. Hime,

Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety

and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–3372 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA–2001–8872]

Reciprocal Acceptance of Repair

Design Approvals Between the Federal

Aviation Administration and Transport

Canada Civil Aviation

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of policy, request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

FAA general statement of policy

applicable to the acceptability of repair

design data approved by Transport

Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) in

accordance with the provisions of a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

agreed to by TCCA and the FAA on May

6, 1998. The MOU was signed pursuant

to the Schedule of Implementation

Procedures of the August 31, 1984 U.S./

Canada Bilateral Airworthiness

Agreement. This document advises the

public that certain Canadian repair

design approvals for U.S. and Canadian

products are considered to be technical

data approved by the Administrator.

Such data therefore may be used for the

purpose of performing a repair on a

U.S.-registered aircraft or on an

aeronautical product intended for

installation on a U.S.-registered aircraft.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address your comments to

the Docket Management System, U.S.

Department of Transportation, Room

Plaza 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must

identify the docket number FAA–2000–

at the beginning of your comments,

and you should submit two copies of

your comments. If you wish to receive

confirmation that FAA received your

comments, include a self-addressed,

stamped postcard.

You may also submit comments

through the Internet to http://

dms.dot.gov. You may review the public

docket containing comments to this

notice of policy in person in the Dockets

Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. The Dockets Office is on the

plaza level of the NASSIF Building at

the Department of Transportation at the

above address. Also, you may review

public dockets on the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victor Powell, Certification Procedure

Branch, AIR–110, Aircraft Engineering

Division, Aircraft Certification Service,

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, Telephone:

(202) 267–9580, fax (202) 267–5340, email victor.powell@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments, data, views,

or arguments regarding this policy.

Comments should identify the

regulatory docket or notice number and

should be submitted in triplicate to the

Rules Docket address specified above.

All comments received and a report

summarizing any substantive public

contact with FAA personnel on this

policy will be filed in the docket. The

docket is available for public inspection

both before and after the closing date for

receiving comments. The Administrator

will consider comments made on this

policy on or before the closing date for

comments, and the policy may be

changed in light of the comments

received.

The FAA will acknowledge receipt of

comments if commenters include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the

comments. The postcards should be

marked ‘‘Comments to Docket No. FAA–

2000– .’’ When the comments are

received by the FAA, the postcards will

be dated, time stamped, and returned to

the commenters.

Availability of Documents

You can get an electronic copy of the

current bilateral agreement between the

United States and Canada using the

Internet through FAA’s web page at

http://www.faa.gov/avr/air/air4/

Baalst.htm.

You can get a copy of the May 6, 1998

MOU for the Design Approval of

Aeronautical Product Repairs by

submitting a request to the person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Background

On May 6, 1998 representatives of the

FAA and TCCA signed an MOU which

set forth procedures for implementing

the ‘‘design approval of repairs’’

provisions of the BAA between the

United States and Canada signed on

August 31, 1984. The MOU was signed

pursuant to Chapter 4, Maintenance

Alteration or Modification of

Aeronautical Products, and Chapter 7,

Special Arrangements of the BAA

Schedule of Implementation

Procedures. The FAA and TCCA signed

the MOU for the purpose of avoiding

duplication of design approvals by

giving maximum permissible credit for

repair design approvals made by each

authority.

In the MOU the FAA and TCCA agree

to cooperate in accepting each other’s

design approval of repairs. The

authorities also agree that certain data

generated in the design approval of

repairs and found to comply with the

regulations of both authorities is

approved by both, without any other

required actions. The MOU continues to

remain in force under the provisions of

the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement

signed between the United States and

Canada on June 12, 2000.

Statement of Policy

U.S. Acceptance of Canadian Repair

Design Data

As specified in this statement of

policy, certain Canadian repair design

approvals are considered to be technical

data approved by the Administrator for

the purpose of performing a repair on a

U.S.-registered aircraft or on an

aeronautical product intended for

installation on a U.S.-registered aircraft.

For U.S. State of Design products,

repair design approvals issued directly

by TCCA are considered technical data

approved by the Administrator. Repair

design approvals issued solely by a

TCCA delegate for U.S. State of Design

products are not considered technical

data approved by the Administrator.

TCCA delegate approvals for U.S. State

of Design products must have the

specific approval of the authority or

direct FAA or FAA designee approval

before being considered to be technical

data approved by the Administrator.

Repair design approvals issued by

either the TCCA or an appropriately

authorized TCCA delegate for Canadian

State of Design products are considered

to be technical data approved by the

Administrator. TCCA or TCCA delegate

repair design approvals are not

considered technical data approved by

the Administrator for products where

the United States or Canada is not the

State of Design (a ‘‘third country’’

product). Direct FAA or FAA designee

review and approval is required for

repair design data for ‘‘third country’’

products.

For repairs to engines and propellers

the State of Design of the engine or

propeller, not the State of Design of the

aircraft that the engine or propeller is

installed on, determines whether

Canadian repair design data is

9748 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices

1TCB and Inland Port have negotiated an

agreement for TCB’s services, the initial term of

which is 10 years.

2TCB simultaneously filed a petition to dismiss

the verified notice of exemption. The Board will

address the jurisdictional issue raised by the

petition to dismiss in a subsequent decision.

considered approved. For components,

the State of Design for the type

certificated product (i.e. the aircraft,

aircraft engine, or propeller) on which

the component is approved (or the State

of Design for the applicable

Supplemental Type Certificate) governs

the procedures used to obtain approval

of the repair design data, not the state

of design of the repaired (non-TC’d)

product or component itself.

Data approved by TCCA delegates for

minor repairs is acceptable to the FAA

for accomplishment of minor repairs on

any U.S.-registered aircraft or any other

aeronautical product intended for

installation on a U.S.-registered aircraft.

This policy does not limit the FAA’s

right to review any data approved by

TCCA or a TCCA delegate that is used

to repair a U.S.-registered aircraft or an

aeronautical product intended for

installation on a U.S. registered aircraft.

Limitations

This statement of policy applies only

to the acceptance of repair design data.

It does not address manufacturing/

production, approval for return to

service, use of FAA Form 337,

installation acceptability, or Export

Airworthiness approvals. It does not

apply to repair design data developed to

perform: repairs on aeronautical

products for which the State of Design

is a country other than Canada or the

United States; repairs approved in

accordance with FAA ‘‘field approval’’

procedures; and repairs performed

under SFAR 36 authority for

aeronautical products where the United

States is not the State of Design.

Elizabeth Erickson,

Director, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 01–3397 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA)

[Docket No. RSPA–00–7666; Notice 1 and

RSPA–00–7408; Notice 1]

Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity

Management in High Consequence

Areas (Natural Gas Pipelines) and

Communications (Natural Gas and

Hazardous Liquid Pipelines)

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and

request for comments; correction.

SUMMARY: RSPA published a document

in the Federal Register on January 4,

2001, (66 FR 848) regarding a public

meeting to be held February 12–14,

2001 on Pipeline Integrity Management

in High Consequence Areas (Natural Gas

Pipelines) and Communications

(Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid

Pipelines). The document contained

errors in reference to the ending times

of the meeting on February 12, 2001 and

on February 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Callsen, OPS, (202) 366–4572.

Correction

In the Federal Register issue of

January 4, 2001, 66 FR 848, in the

second column, correct the second full

paragraph to read: DATES: The public

meeting will be on February 12, 2001,

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., February 13, 2001,

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and February 14,

2001, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the

Crystal City Marriott.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 5,

2001.

Stacey L. Gerard,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 01–3398 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33997]

Texas Central Business Lines

Corporation—Operation Exemption—

MidTexas International Center

Texas Central Business Lines

Corporation (TCB) has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to provide nonexclusive

switching service over approximately

5.0 miles of yard and switching track

located entirely within the MidTexas

International Center, Inc. (Inland Port).1

The track generally is located north of

State Highway 287 and east of U.S.

Highway 67 in Midlothian, TX.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after March 1,

2001.2

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may 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. 33997, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on David D.

Watson, P.O. Box 665, Waxahachie, TX

75168.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: February 5, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3392 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms

[Notice No. 911]

Expiration of the Registration Period

for Possession of the USAS–12,

Striker–12, and Streetsweeper

Shotguns (ATF Ruling 2001–1)

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

and Firearms (ATF), Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is issuing

this notice to announce the availability

of ATF Ruling 2001–1. This ruling

advises that the registration period for

people who are currently in possession

of the USAS–12, Striker–12, and

Steetsweeper shotguns expires on May

1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Advance copies of ATF

Ruling 2001–1 are available at no cost

upon request from the National

Firearms Act Branch, Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650

Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20226. The ruling may

also be viewed at ATF’s web site at:

http://www.atf.treas.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Fisher, National Firearms Act

Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms, 650 Massachusetts Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20226 (202–927–

8330).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms (ATF) is announcing the

issuance of ATF Ruling 2001–1. This