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ACAA also comments that in the event

that Legend does not resume operations,

the slots selected by Legend should be

made available to new entrant and

limited incumbent carriers and not be

allocated to the commuter carriers. In

addition, ACAA requests that the FAA

suspend the extra section authority,

suspend the buy-sell rule for LaGuardia

until October 1, 2001, and provide new

entrants/limited incumbents with four

daily ‘‘delay-free’’ arrivals. These last

comments are beyond the purpose of

this disposition of comments

concerning the lottery and will not be

addressed in this document.

Midwest Express urges the FAA to

reconsider its statement during the

lottery that only the four commuter

participants are permitted to participate

in the Legend contingency round and

that should there be future slot

turnbacks or use/lose violations, those

four commuter participants would

remain eligible for the slots.

The FAA agrees with US Airways’

comments with respect to the limited

issue that in the event that the

contingency round is allocated among

the other four participating carriers, US

Airways would be next in line to select

an available slot, since it only selected

one slot during the contingency round.

The FAA does not agree that in the

event that the contingency round is

allocated that US Airways should be

entitled to the second available slot in

order to swap that slot with the 2100

slot that it had to select.

The FAA does not agree with ACAA

and Midwest Express that any future

slot turnbacks should be reserved for

new entrant/limited incumbent. In

developing the lottery procedures, the

agency strived to strike a balance

between the policies set forth in AIR–21

and to provide a fair and equitable

distribution between the two categories

of operations, consistent with the

provisions of AIR–21. Since the purpose

of the lottery was to cap operations at

a level that was more acceptable than

the current level of operations, the FAA

did not structure lottery procedures so

that any carrier could grow its

operations. Not including the commuter

carriers, all new entrant and limited

incumbent carriers retained the same

number of slots that they operated prior

to the lottery. Consequently, while new

entrant and limited incumbent carriers

are limited in their ability to grow, as is

the same for the commuter carriers, they

have not been forced to reduce

operations.

If AIR–21 exemption slots are

returned for the long-term, under

current lottery procedures, all new

entrants have received their full

allocations and thus would not be

eligible for additional allocations. The

FAA does not support changing the

lottery procedures during this allocation

period. The procedures set forth in the

December 4, 2000, Federal Register

notice will remain in effect until

September 15, 2001.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 13,

2001.

James W. Whitlow,

Deputy Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–4149 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 194; ATM

Data Link Implementation

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given for Special Committee

194 meeting to be held March 12–15,

2001, starting at 1 p.m. on March 12.

The meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140

Connecticut Ave., NW., Suite 1020,

Washington, DC 20036.

The agenda will include: March 12: 1

p.m. Plenary Session: (1) Introductory

Remarks; (2) Review Meeting Agenda;

(3) Review Previous Meeting Minutes;

(4) Proposed Revision 3 to Committee

Terms of Reference; (5) Status of the

Free Flight Select Committee Update;

(6) Status of Working Group (WG)–2’s

document, ‘‘DO–XXX Implementation

Requirements for Service Integrated

Flight Operations and Air Traffic

Management Using Addressed Data

Link’’ (DO–INTEGRATION); (7)

Working Group Reports; March 13: 8:30

a.m. (8) WG—2, Flight Operations and

ATM Integration; (9) WG–1, Data Link

Ops Concept & Implementation Plan;

March 14: 8:30 a.m. (10) WG–2 and

WG–1 meetings continue; 1 p.m. (11)

WG–4, Service Provider Interface;

March 15: 9 a.m. Plenary Session: (12)

Review Meeting Agenda; (13) Review

Status of WG–2 document, DO–

INTEGRATION; (14) Working Group

Reports; (15) Other Business; (16) Data

and Location of Next Meeting; (17)

Closing.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 12,

2001.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 01–4152 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Orange and San Diego Counties,

California

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

revised notice to advise the public that

an environmental impact statement will

be prepared for a proposed

transportation improvement project in

southern Orange County and northern

San Diego County, California. A

previous Notice of Intent was published

in the Federal Register on December 16,

1993(58 FR 65758, Dec. 16, 1993) and

public scoping meetings were held on

August 25, 1994 and September 16,

1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert L. Cady, Transportation

Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration, California Division, 980

Ninth Street, Suite 400, Sacramento,

California 95814–2724. Telephone:

(916) 498–5038.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA in cooperation with the

California Department of Transportation

(Caltrans) will prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),

on a proposal to locate and construct

transportation infrastructure

improvements in southern Orange

County and northern San Diego County.

The Transportation Corridor Agencies

(TCA) is currently preparing a

Subsequent Environmental Impact

Report (SEIR) to comply with the review

requirements of the state of California

Environmental Quality Act. In an effort

to eliminate unnecessary duplication

and reduce delay, the document to be

prepared, will be a joint EIS/SEIR in

accordance with the President’s Council

on Environmental Quality Regulations

as described in 40 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR), sections 1500.5 and

1506.2.

The purpose of the proposed project

is provide improvements to the

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transportation infrastructure system that

would help alleviate future traffic

congestion and accommodate the need

for mobility, access, goods movement,

and future traffic demands on the

interstate Route (I–5) freeway and the

arterial network in the southern Orange

County area.

Alternatives under consideration

include (1, 2, and 3) three southerly toll

road extension alignments, including

several variations thereof, from the

existing terminus of the Foothill

Transportation Corridor–North, State

Route 241 (SR–241), at Oso Parkway; to

the I–5 freeway near the Orange County/

San Diego County line; (4)

improvements to the local arterial

system; (5) lane additions on I–5 in each

direction between the I–5/I–405

confluence to Christianitos Road; and

(6) no action. Note: As required by the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), all other reasonable alternatives

will be considered. These alternatives

may be refined, combined with various

different alternative elements, or be

removed from further consideration, as

more analysis is conducted on the

project alternatives.

In November of 1985, Orange County

began consultation with State and local

agencies for the southern segment of

SR–241, identified as beginning just

south of the Oso Parkway interchange

and extending southerly to a connection

with the I–5 freeway. The TCA has

continued these consultations and held

a scoping meeting for state and federal

agencies regarding the proposed route.

These consultations identified areas of

special concern along the proposed

route, including new highway and

arterial roadway improvements and

updates to portions of the baseline

information, which were the focus of

locally initiated EIR studies. FHWA

believes that this early and continued

consultation has been extensive and

consistent with 40 CFR 1501.7.

However, in order to inform potentially

affected agencies and the general public

of FHWA involvement, and to gather

further comments regarding the new

alternatives for study, three public

scoping meetings will be held. The

public scoping meetings will be held

during the month of March 2001 with

two meetings in south Orange County

and one in north San Diego County.

Public notice will be given of the time

and place of the meetings.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to the proposed routes are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to the FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Assistance Program

Number 20.205, Highway Planning, and

Construction. The regulations implementing

Executive Order 12372 regarding

intergovernmental consultation on Federal

programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued on: February 9, 2001.

Jeffrey W. Kolb,

Team Leader, Program Delivery Team–South,

Sacramento, California.

[FR Doc. 01–4064 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2000–8410]

Younger Commercial Driver Pilot

Training Program

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of proposal to

initiate a pilot program; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces it has

received a proposal to initiate a pilot

program to allow carefully selected,

screened, trained and monitored

individuals between the ages of 18 and

21 to work in truck driver jobs in

interstate commerce. The FMCSA

received the proposal from the

Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)

for approval of a pilot program that

would include providing each

participant with an exemption under 49

CFR part 381. The proposal is available

in the public docket. Under current

regulations, a driver must be at least 21

years of age to operate a commercial

motor vehicle (CMV). We request

comments on TCA’s proposed pilot

program as part of our review process.

DATES: We must receive your comments

by May 21, 2001. We will consider

comments received after the comment

closing date to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: You can mail, fax, hand

deliver or electronically submit written

comments to the Docket Management

Facility, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Dockets Management

Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001

FAX (202) 493–2251, on-line at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit. Comments

submitted on the web site may be typed

on-line or submitted as an attached file

in one of the following acceptable

formats: (1) American Standard Code

Information Interchange (ASCII)(TXT);

(2) MS Word for Mac (Versions 6 to 8);

(4) Portable Document Format (PDF); (5)

Tag Image File Format (TIF); (6) Rich

Text File (RTF); or (7) Word Perfect

(WPD) (Versions 7 and 8). You must

include the docket number that appears

in the heading of this document in your

comment. You can examine and copy

all comments at the above address from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. If you

want notification of receipt of

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or

postcard or include a copy of the

acknowledgment page that appears after

you submit comments electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Angeli Sebastian, Office of Bus and

Truck Standards and Operations, (202)

366–4001, or Ms. Elaine Walls, Office of

the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1394,

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Our office

hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,

e.t., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under longstanding Federal safety

regulations (49 CFR 391.11(b)(1)), the

minimum qualifications for a person to

drive a CMV includes a requirement

that the driver be at least 21 years of age.

In its proposal, TCA states that the

trucking industry has suffered from a

long-standing and chronic shortage of

drivers that has led to significant

competition for drivers among trucking

employers and high turnover. TCA’s

proposal is available for review in the

public docket.

TCA states that many trucking

companies find themselves with

equipment that is unused because they

cannot hire and retain enough safe

drivers. More particularly, TCA states

that the Federal regulation mandating a

minimum age of 21 for interstate drivers

is a barrier to employment because the

usual three-year wait after high school

graduation to enter commercial driver

employment encourages potential

employees to settle in other career

fields.

TCA has asked the FMCSA to approve

a pilot program on behalf of member

companies who are willing to abide by

the standards established for the

program. These carriers would agree to

incur the expense of providing job

opportunities for drivers finishing the

training program and for close

supervision and monitoring of the safety

progress of the younger drivers enrolled

in the program. TCA’s proposal would