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seamen serving in the U.S. merchant

marine. All meetings will be open to the

public.

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Tuesday,

March 27, 2001, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

and on Wednesday, March 28, 2001,

from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. These meetings

may adjourn early if all business is

finished. Requests to make oral

presentations should reach the Coast

Guard on or before March 7, 2001.

Written material and requests to have a

copy of your material distributed to

each member of the committee or

subcommittee should reach the Coast

Guard on or before March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both

days at the RTM STAR Center, 2 West

Dixie Highway, Dania Beach, FL 33004.

Further directions regarding the location

of the RTM STAR Center may be

obtained by contacting Ms. Cathy

Servideo at (954) 920–3222, extension

7270. Send written material and

requests to make oral presentations to

Commander Brian J. Peter, Commandant

(G–MSO–1), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This

notice is available on the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions on this notice, contact

Commander Brian J. Peter, Executive

Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C.

Gould, Assistant to the Executive

Director, telephone 202–267–0229, fax

202–267–4570, or e-mail

mgould@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings is given under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of March 27, 2001 Meeting:

The full committee will meet to

discuss the objectives for the meeting.

The committee will then break up into

the following working groups: Task

Statement 24, concerning

recommendations on a program to

revise the testing for advancement of

deck officers to conform to the STCW;

Task Statement 25, concerning

recommendations on a program to

revise the testing for advancement of

engineering officers with unlimited

horsepower licenses to conform to the

STCW; and, Task Statement 26,

concerning recommendations on a

program to revise the testing for

advancement of engineering officers

with limited horsepower licenses to

conform to the STCW. New working

groups may be formed to address any

new issues or tasks. At the end of the

day, the working groups will make a

report to the full committee on what has

been accomplished in their meetings.

No action will be taken on these reports

on this date.

Agenda of March 28, 2001, Meeting:

The agenda includes the following:

(1) Introduction.

(2) Oath of Office to New Member and

Re-appointed Members.

(3) Working Group Reports:

(a) Task Statement 24, concerning

recommendations on a program to

revise the testing for advancement of

deck officers to conform to the STCW

(b) Task Statement 25, concerning

recommendations on a program to

revise the testing for advancement of

engineering officers with unlimited

horsepower licenses to conform to the

STCW

(c) Task Statement 26, concerning

recommendations on a program to

revise the testing for advancement of

engineering officers with limited

horsepower licenses to conform to the

STCW

(4) Other items to be discussed:

(a) Standing Committee—Prevention

Through People

(b) Other items brought up for

discussion by the committee or the

public

Procedural

Both meetings are open to the public.

Please note that the meetings may

adjourn early if all business is finished.

At the Chair’s discretion, members of

the public may make oral presentations

during the meetings. If you would like

to make an oral presentation at a

meeting, please notify the Executive

Director no later than March 7, 2001.

Written material for distribution at a

meeting should reach the Coast Guard

no later than March 7, 2001. If you

would like a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the

committee or subcommittee in advance

of the meeting, please submit 25 copies

to the Executive Director no later than

March 7, 2001.

Information on Services for Individuals

with Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meetings, contact the Executive Director

as soon as possible.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–4279 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–2001–8895]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory

Committee (TSAC), its working groups

on Licensing Implementation, Fire

Suppression, Casualty Analysis, and

Voyage Planning will meet as required

to discuss various issues relating to

shallow-draft inland and coastal

waterway navigation and towing safety.

All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: TSAC will meet on Thursday,

March 15, 2001, from 8 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. The working groups will meet on

Wednesday, March 14, 2001, from 9

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may

close early if all business is finished.

Written material and requests to make

oral presentations should reach the

Coast Guard on or before March 1, 2001.

Requests to have a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the

Committee or working groups should

reach the Coast Guard on or before

March 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in room

2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

2100 Second Street SW., Washington,

DC. The working groups will begin in

the same room and may move to

separate spaces designated at that time.

Send written material and requests to

make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald P.

Miante, Commandant (G–MSO–1), U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001. This notice is available on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gerald P. Miante, Assistant Executive

Director, telephone 202–267–0229, fax

202–267–4570, or e-mail at:

gmiante@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings is given under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meetings

The agenda tentatively includes the

following:

(1) Report of the License

Implementation Work Group.

(2) Status report on the International

Maritime Information Safety System

(IMISS).

(3) Status Report on the Automatic

Identification System (AIS).

(4) Status report of the rulemaking on

Licensing and Manning of Towing

Vessels.

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(5) Status report of the Navigation and

Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) on

License Implementation.

(6) Status report of the rulemaking on

Fire-Suppression Systems and Voyage

Planning for Towing Vessels.

(7) Status report of the R&D studies on

Mariner Alertness.

(8) Report on recently compiled data

and analyses for the towing industry.

(9) Introduction of the ‘‘Crew

Alertness Campaign.’’

Procedural

All meetings are open to the public.

Please note that the meetings may close

early if all business is finished. At the

Chair’s discretion, members of the

public may make oral presentations

during the meetings. If you would like

to make an oral presentation at a

meeting, please notify the Executive

Director no later than March 1, 2001.

Written material for distribution at a

meeting should reach the Coast Guard

no later than March 1, 2001. If you

would like a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the

committee or subcommittee in advance

of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to

the Assistant Executive Director no later

than March 1, 2001.

Information on Services for Individuals

with Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meetings, contact the Assistant

Executive Director as soon as possible.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–4278 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–2001–11]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of 14 CFR, 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 March 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition 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–XXXX at the

beginning of your comments. If you

wish to receive confirmation that FAA

received your comments, include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard.

You may also submit comments

through the Internet to http://

dms.dot.gov. You may review the public

docket containing the petition, any

comments received, and any final

disposition in person in the Dockets

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

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. The Dockets Office (telephone

1–800–647–5527) 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:

Forest Rawls (202) 267–8033, or

Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267–8029, Office

of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

14 CFR §§ 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15,

2001.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA–2000–7985.

Petitioner: Ross Aviation, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

119.65(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Ross’ Director of Maintenance

and Chief Inspector to qualify as fulltime employees, even though these

individuals also serve in these

capacities under Air Agency Certificate

ROSR023B.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8472.

Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

121.643(a)(2) and (3).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow

ERA to operate its DHC–6 airplane

under the visual flight rule fuel supply

requirements of § 135.209, rather than

the fuel supply requirements of

§ 121.643.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8580.

Petitioner: Fairchild Dornier.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

25.562(b)(2).

Description of Relief Sought: To

exempt FD from the floor warpage

testing requirements of § 25.562(b)(2) for

flight crew seats on the 728–100 model

aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8693.

Petitioner: Beverly Air Transport.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit BAT to operate

certain aircraft under part 135 without

a TSO–C112 (Mode S) transponder

installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 02/08/2001, Exemption No. 7440

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8685.

Petitioner: Advantage Air Charter

LLC.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit AAC to operate

certain aircraft under par 135 without a

TSO–C112 (Mode S) transponder

installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 02/08/2001, Exemption No. 7441

[FR Doc. 01–4275 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–2001–12]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this

notice contains a summary of certain