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80°F for JP–4 and Jet B fuels for use on

the Boeing Model 747–400/–400F

equipped with Rolls Royce RB211–

524G–T/H–T engines.

On January 30, 2001, the FAA issued

Summary Notice No. PE–2001–08 (66

FR 8839; February 2, 2001) which

inadvertently includes a request for

comments on Boeing’s petition for

exemption. The original comment

period on Boeing’s request closed on

November 13, 2000, and this notice

withdraws the summary of Boeing’s

petition from Summary Notice No. PE–

2001–08.

[FR Doc. 01–4545 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc.; Special Committee 159;

Global Positioning System (GPS)

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 of a request from the

Department of Transportation (DOT) for

RTCA to develop appropriate material

for DOT consideration in preparing its

comments on an FCC Notice of

Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM), ‘‘In the

Matter of Revision of Part 15 of the

Commission’s Rules Regarding UltraWideband Transmission Systems.’’

In response to this request, RTCA’s

Program management Committee has

tasked Special Committee 159, Global

Positioning System (GPS), to develop a

response. Special Committee 159’s next

recommended submission, the Second

Interim Report titled Ultra-Wideband

Technology Radio Frequency Inference

Effects to Global Positioning System

Receivers and Interference Encounter

Scenario Development, is being

produced in two phases:

Phase I. The report segment produced

in the first phase, Preliminary Aviation

Approached Segments for the Second

Interim Report, has been provided to the

Program Management Committee for

review and was forwarded to DOT on

February 13, 2001. This report

represented a work in progress and is

posted to the RTCA web site

(www.rtca.org) on the Program

Management Committee (PMC) page.

Phase II. The complete Second

Interim Report will finalized in the

second phase and will include the

phase I work as well as new material.

The complete report will be posted to

the RTCA web site by March 12, 2001.

The Program Management Committee

will consider the completed Second

Interim for approval at its meeting on

March 27, 2001, before it is forwarded

to DOT.

Persons wishing to obtain

information, or have questions/

comments, should contact RTCA, Inc.,

Attn: Mr. Jerry Bryant, at (202) 833–

9339 (phone), (202) 833–9424

(facsimile), or jbryant@rtca.org (e-mail).

Issued in Washington, DC on February 15,

2001.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 01–4546 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8932]

Requested Administrative Waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a requested administrative waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

CALEDONIA.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law

105–383, the Secretary of

Transportation, as represented by the

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-

build requirement of the coastwise laws

under certain circumstances. A request

for such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

The vessel is currently operating in

Washington’s San Juan Islands under a

small vessel waiver granted pursuant to

actions in Docket MARAD–2000–7075.

The current application involves a new

owner and new operating area.

Interested parties may comment on the

effect this action may have on U.S.

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD

determines that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR Part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8932.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–2307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of

Pub. L. 105–383 provides authority to

the Secretary of Transportation to

administratively waive the U.S.-build

requirements of the Jones Act, and other

statutes, for small commercial passenger

vessels (no more than 12 passengers).

This authority has been delegated to the

Maritime Administration per 49 CFR

1.66, Delegations to the Maritime

Administrator, as amended. By this

notice, MARAD is publishing

information on a vessel for which a

request for a U.S.-build waiver has been

received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commenter’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

Build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested. Name of

vessel: CALEDONIA. Owner: California

Maritime Academy Foundation, Inc.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘84.9′ in length by 8.6′ in width, and

9.4′ in depth; accommodating not more

than 12 passengers; 99 gross tons.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘Vessel’s intended use is as a crewed

charter vessel [by Alaska and NW

Charters, LLC] in S.E. Alaska

accommodating not more than 12

passengers. The intended geographic

region is from Dixon Entrance on the

South to a latitude equal to Skagway,

Alaska on the north and to a point 50

miles west of Sitka, Alaska on the west.

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Thus, the entire S.E. Alaskan waterways

area.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1973. Place of

construction: Holland—or Foreign.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘We feel this will have

little impact on existing operators as we

ALREADY operate a Crewed Charter

Business in S.E. Alaska (FOR THE PAST

THREE YEARS) and are in the process

of SELLING our existing Crewed Charter

Boat ‘‘High Scooter’’ and thus will

ONLY be substituting vessels. Thus, the

real impact is very marginal.

Our current web page is

www.alaskanwcharters.com. There are

other existing boats in the region both

foreign and U.S., which operate similar

operations and most if not all run at 95

to 100% full basis. There are even

vessels, which are currently booked into

2002 because the demand for such

charters is extremely high. As most of

the existing boats have well established

client bases—as do we—the impact of

this—substitution vessel for our existing

vessel will be non-existent.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘As the

vessel was built almost 30 years ago and

as new vessels of this size are too

expensive to make a profitable charter

business out of—the impact will again

be nonexistent. Additionally, as we are

planning some changes and

redecorating of the 30 year old vessel—

to bring the vessel into 2001 standards—

it will actually bring additional business

to the vessel and ship builders in the

area.’’

Dated: February 20, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–2001–8929]

Frontier Spirit, Frontier Mariner, and

Frontier Explorer—Applicability of

Preferred Mortgage, Ownership and

Control Requirements To Obtain a

Fishery Endorsement

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a petition requesting MARAD to

issue a determination that the

ownership and control requirements

and the preferred mortgage

requirements of the American Fisheries

Act of 1998 and 46 CFR part 356 are in

conflict with an international

investment agreement.

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration

(‘‘MARAD’’) is soliciting public

comments on a petition from the owners

and mortgagees of the vessels

FRONTIER SPIRIT—Official Number

951441, FRONTIER MARINER—Official

Number 951440, and FRONTIER

EXPLORER—Official Number 975015

(hereinafter the ‘‘Vessels’’). The petition

requests that MARAD issue a decision

that the American Fisheries Act of 1998

(‘‘AFA’’), Division C, Title II, Subtitle I,

Public Law 105–277, and our

regulations at 46 CFR Part 356 (65 FR

44860 (July 19, 2000)) are in conflict

with the U.S.-Japan Treaty and Protocol

Regarding Friendship, Commerce and

Navigation, 206 UNTS 143, TIAS 2863,

4 UST 2063 (1953) (‘‘U.S.-Japan FCN’’ or

‘‘Treaty’’). The petition is submitted

pursuant to 46 CFR 356.53 and 213(g) of

AFA, which provide that the

requirements of the AFA and the

implementing regulations will not apply

to the owners or mortgagees of a U.S.-

flag vessel documented with a fishery

endorsement to the extent that the

provisions of the AFA conflict with an

existing international agreement relating

to foreign investment to which the

United States is a party. This notice sets

forth the provisions of the international

agreement that the Petitioner alleges are

in conflict with the AFA and 46 CFR

Part 356 and the arguments submitted

by the Petitioner in support of its

request. If MARAD determines that the

AFA and MARAD’s implementing

regulations conflict with the U.S.-Japan

FCN, the requirements of 46 CFR Part

356 and the AFA will not apply to the

extent of the inconsistency.

Accordingly, interested parties are

invited to submit their views on this

petition and whether there is a conflict

between the U.S.-Japan FCN and the

requirements of both the AFA and 46

CFR Part 356. In addition to receiving

the views of interested parties, MARAD

will consult with other Departments and

Agencies within the Federal

Government that have responsibility or

expertise related to the interpretation of

or application of international

investment agreements.

DATES: You should submit your

comments early enough to ensure that

Docket Management receives them not

later than March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

the docket number that appears at the

top of this document. Written comments

may be submitted by mail to the Docket

Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dms.dot.gov/submit/. All comments will

become part of this docket and will be

available for inspection and copying at

the above address between 10 a.m. and

5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,

except Federal Holidays. An electronic

version of this document and all

documents entered into this docket are

available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

T. Marquez, Jr. of the Office of Chief

Counsel at (202) 366–5320. You may

send mail to John T. Marquez, Jr.,

Maritime Administration, Office of

Chief Counsel, Room 7228, MAR–222,

400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001 or you may send e-mail to

John.Marquez@marad.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The AFA was enacted in 1998 to give

U.S. interests a priority in the harvest of

U.S.-fishery resources by increasing the

requirements for U.S. Citizen

ownership, control and financing of

U.S.-flag vessels documented with a

fishery endorsement. MARAD was

charged with promulgating

implementing regulations for fishing

vessels of 100 feet or greater in

registered length while the Coast Guard

retains responsibility for vessels under

100 feet.

Section 202 of the AFA, raises, with

some exceptions, the U.S.-Citizen

ownership and control standards for

U.S.-flag vessels that are documented

with a fishery endorsement and

operating in U.S.-waters. The ownership

and control standard was increased

from the controlling interest standard

(greater than 50%) of section 2(b) of

Shipping Act, 1916 (‘‘1916 Act’’), as

amended, 46 App. U.S.C. § 802(b), to the

standard contained in section 2(c) of the

1916 Act, 46 App. U.S.C. § 802(c),

which requires that 75 percent of the

ownership and control in a vessel

owning entity be vested in U.S. Citizens.

In addition, section 204 of the AFA

repeals the ownership grandfather

‘‘savings provision’’ in the AntiReflagging Act of 1987, Public Law 100–

239, section 7(b), 101 Stat 1778 (1988),

which permits foreign control of

companies owning certain fishing

vessels.