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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 2, 2005 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Deadline for Notification of Intent To
Use the Airport Improvement Program
(AIP) Sponsor, Cargo, and Nonprimary
Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2005
Notice of Intent To Rule on Application
To Impose and Use the Revenue From
a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at
Key West International Airport, Key
West, FL
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces May
1, 2005, as the deadline for each airport
sponsor to notify the FAA that it will
use its fiscal year 2005 entitlement
funds to accomplish projects identified
in the Airports Capital Improvement
Plan that was formulated in the spring
of 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Barry Molar, Manager, Airports
Financial Assistance Division, Office of
Airport Planning and Programming,
APP–500, on (202) 267–3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
47105(f) of title 49, United States Code,
provides that the sponsor of each airport
to which funds are apportioned shall
notify the Secretary by such time and in
a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of
the sponsor’s intent to apply for the
funds apportioned to it (entitlements).
This notice applies only to those
airports that have received such
entitlements, except those nonprimary
airports located in designated Block
Grant States. Notification of the
sponsor’s intent to apply during fiscal
year 2005 for any of its available
entitlement funds including those
unused from prior years, shall be in the
form of inclusion of projects for fiscal
year 2005 in the Airports Capital
Improvement Plan.
This notice is promulgated to
expedite and prioritize grants in the
final quarter of the fiscal year. Absent an
acceptable application by May 1, 2005,
FAA will defer an airport’s entitlement
funds until the next fiscal year.
Pursuant to the authority and
limitations in section 47117(f), FAA will
issue discretionary grants in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the
aggregate amount of deferred
entitlement funds. Airport sponsors may
request unused entitlements after
September 30, 2005.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14,
2005.
Barry L. Molar,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance
Division.
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Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on
application.
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and
invites public comment on the
application to impose and use the
revenue from a PFC at Key West
International Airport under the
provisions of the Aviation Safety and
Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title
IX of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.
101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
in triplicate to the FAA at the following
address: Orlando Airports District
Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive,
Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
be mailed or delivered to Peter Horton,
Director of Airports of the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners
at the following address: Key West
International Airport, 3491 S. Roosevelt
Boulevard, Key West, Florida, 33040.
Air carriers and foreign air carriers
may submit copies of written comments
previously provided to the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners
under § 158.23 of Part 158.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Moore, Program Manager,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando FL, 32822, (407) 812–6331,
extension 120. The application may be
reviewed in person at this same
location.
The FAA
proposes to rule and invites public
comment on the application to impose
and use the revenue from a PFC at Key
West International Airport under the
provisions of the Aviation Safety and
Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title
IX of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.
101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
On January 25, 2005, The FAA
determined that the application to
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impose and use the revenues from a PFC
submitted by Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners was
substantially complete within the
requirements of section 158.25 of Part
158. The FAA will approve or
disapprove the application, in whole or
in part, no later than April 11, 2005.
The following is a brief overview of
the application.
PFC Application No.: 05–09–C–00–
EYW.
Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.
Proposed charge effective dates: July
1, 2005.
Proposed charge expiration date:
November 1, 2005.
Total estimated net PFC revenue:
$361,645.
Brief description of proposed
project(s): PFC Application; Construct
New Terminal (Phase 3); Construct
Safety Area, Runway 9/27 (Phase 3);
Noise Improvement Program, Renovate
50 homes (Design & Construction);
Install Perimeter Fencing (Phase 2);
Approach Clearing, Runway 9/27;
Construct Taxiway A Extension (Phase
2) & T–Hanger Taxiways (at Florida
Keys Marathon Airport, MTH);
Rehabilitate Terminal Canopy, Phase 2
(MTH); Relocate Wind Sock &
Segmented Circle (MTH): Acquire Backup Generator for Airport Beacon (MTH).
Class or classes of air carriers which
the public agency has requested not be
required to collect PFCs: Commercial
Air Carriers with less than one percent
(1%) of total passenger enplanements.
Any person may inspect the
application in person at the FAA office
listed above under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents germane to the
application in person at the Monroe
County Board of County
Commissioners.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, on January 26,
2005.
Bart Vernace,
Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District
Office, Southern Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub–No. 4)]
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures–
Productivity Adjustment
AGENCY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 2, 2005 / Notices
Proposed adoption of a Railroad
Cost Recovery Procedures productivity
adjustment.
ACTION:
The Surface Transportation
Board proposes to adopt 1.035 (3.5%) as
the measure of average change in
railroad productivity for the 1999–2003
(5-year) period. The current value of
2.2% was developed for the 1998 to
2002 period.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Comments are due February 16,
2005.
The proposed
productivity adjustment is effective
March 3, 2005.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Send comments (an original
and 10 copies) referring to STB Ex Parte
No. 290 (Sub-No. 4) to: Surface
Transportation Board, 1925 K Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001.
ADDRESSES:
H.
Jeff Warren, (202) 565–1533. Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information is contained in
the Board’s decision, which is available
on our Web site https://www.stb.dot.gov.
To purchase a copy of the full decision,
write to, e-mail or call the Board’s
contractor, ASAP Document Solutions;
9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham,
MD 20706; e-mail asapdc@verizon.net;
phone (202) 306–4004. [Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through FIRS: 1–800–877–8339.]
This action will not significantly
affect either the quality of the human
environment or energy conservation.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we
conclude that our action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Decided: January 25, 2005.
By the Board, Chairman Nober, ViceChairman Buttrey, and Commissioner
Mulvey.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34652]
BNSF Railway Company 1—Temporary
Trackage Rights Exemption—Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has agreed to grant temporary overhead
trackage rights to the BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) over UP’s rail line
between Stockton, CA, UP milepost
88.90 (Fresno Subdivision) and
Bakersfield, CA, UP milepost 313.6
(Mojave Subdivision), a distance of
approximately 225 miles.
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on January 23, 2005, and
the temporary trackage rights are
intended to expire on February 5, 2005.
The purpose of the temporary trackage
rights is to allow BNSF to bridge its
train service while its main lines are out
of service due to programmed track,
roadbed, and structural maintenance.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee affected by the acquisition of
the temporary 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), and, in accordance with the
decision of the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit in United Transportation UnionGeneral Committee of Adjustment (GO–
386) v. Surface Transportation Board,
No. 03–1212, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS
6496 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 6, 2004), any
employee affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights
will be protected by the conditions set
out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). If it 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
automatically stay the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34652, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Sarah W.
1 Effective January 20, 2005, the name of ‘‘The
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Company’’ was changed to ‘‘BNSF Railway
Company.’’
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Bailiff, The Burlington Northern and
Santa Fe Railway Company, PO Box
961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161–0039.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 26, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
[REG–154000–04]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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
proposed rulemaking regulations, REG–
154000–04 Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking) Diesel Fuel and Kerosene
Excise Tax; Dye Injection.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 4, 2005 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Paul Finger, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6512, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulations should be
directed to Larnice Mack at Internal
Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224, or at (202) 622–3179, or
through the Internet at
(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking;
Diesel Fuel and Kerosene Excise Tax;
Dye Injection.
OMB Number: 1545–1418.
Regulation Project Number: REG–
154000–04.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub-No. 4)]
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
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ACTION: Proposed adoption of a Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures
productivity adjustment.
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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board proposes to adopt 1.035
(3.5%) as the measure of average change in railroad productivity for
the 1999-2003 (5-year) period. The current value of 2.2% was developed
for the 1998 to 2002 period.
DATES: Comments are due February 16, 2005.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The proposed productivity adjustment is effective March
3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments (an original and 10 copies) referring to STB
Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub-No. 4) to: Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H. Jeff Warren, (202) 565-1533.
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's decision, which is available on our Web site https://
www.stb.dot.gov. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, e-
mail or call the Board's contractor, ASAP Document Solutions; 9332
Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706; e-mail asapdc@verizon.net;
phone (202) 306-4004. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available
through FIRS: 1-800-877-8339.]
This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the
human environment or energy conservation.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we conclude that our action will not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Decided: January 25, 2005.
By the Board, Chairman Nober, Vice-Chairman Buttrey, and
Commissioner Mulvey.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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