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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 3, 2008 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
24, 2008.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services
Division, AES–200.
[FR Doc. E8–28506 Filed 12–2–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Release Certain
Properties From all Terms, Conditions,
Reservations and Restrictions of a
Quitclaim Deed Agreement Between
the City of Palatka and the Federal
Aviation Administration for the Kay
Larkin Field, Palatka Municipal Airport,
Palatka, FL
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
AGENCY:
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W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office,
Southern Region.
[FR Doc. E8–28504 Filed 12–2–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The FAA hereby provides
notice of intent to release certain airport
properties (14.26 acres) at the Kay
Larkin Field, Palatka Municipal Airport,
Palatka, FL from the conditions,
reservations, and restrictions as
contained in an Agreement between the
FAA and the City of Palatka, dated
February 28, 1947. The release of
property will allow the City of Palatka
to dispose of the property for other than
aeronautical purposes. The property is
located in the Section 3, Township 10
South, Range 26 East, of Putnam
County. The parcel is currently
designated as non-aeronautical use. The
property will be disposed of for the
purpose of allowing for the construction
of a floating dock manufacturing
facility. The fair market value of the
property has been determined by
appraisal to be $25,000 per acre
($356,500). The airport will receive fair
market value for the property, which
will be subsequently reinvested in
another eligible airport improvement
project.
Documents reflecting the Sponsor’s
request are available, by appointment
only, for inspection at the City of
Palatka and the FAA Airports District
Office.
DATES: January 2, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation
Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century (AIR–21) requires the FAA to
provide an opportunity for public notice
and comment prior to the ‘‘waiver’’ or
‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s Federal
obligation to use certain airport land for
non-aeronautical purposes.
SUMMARY:
Documents are available for
review at the City of Palatka, 201 North
2nd Street, Palataka, FL 32117, and the
FAA Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, FL 32822. Written comments
on the Sponsor’s request must be
delivered or mailed to: Richard Owen,
Program Manager, Orlando Airports
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National
Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822–
5024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Owen, Program Manager,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, FL 32822–5024.
ADDRESSES:
Federal Aviation Administration
Public Notice for Waiver of
Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with
respect to land.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is considering a
proposal to change a portion of the
airport from aeronautical use to nonaeronautical use and to authorize the
sale of certain airport property. The sale
will include a perpetual navigational
easement, precluding the building of
any structures. The area is a 28.665-acre
parcel of vacant land located east of the
airport. The land was acquired via
warranty deed dated November 18,
1987, recorded November 23, 1987, in
Randolph County, Book No. 246, Page
No. 490–491. There are no impacts to
the airport by allowing the airport to sell
the property. The land is not needed for
aeronautical use.
Approval does not constitute a
commitment by the FAA to financially
assist in the disposal of the subject
airport property nor a determination of
eligibility for grant-in aid funding from
the FAA. The disposition of the
proceeds from the sale of the airport
property will be in accordance with
FAA’s Policy and Procedures
Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue,
published in the Federal Register on
February 16, 1999. In accordance with
Section 47107(h) of Title 49, United
States Code, this notice is required to be
published in the Federal Register 30
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days before modifying the land-use
assurance that requires the property to
be used for an aeronautical purpose.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Documents reflecting this
FAA action may be reviewed at 2300
East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, IL
60018, or at Randolph County Airport,
Winchester, Indiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James G. Keefer, Manager, Chicago
Airports District Office, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2300 East
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois
60018. Telephone Number 847–294–
7336/FAX Number 847–294–7046.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following
is a legal description of the property: A
parcel of land situated in the Southwest
Quarter of Section 24, Township 20
North, Range 14 East, White River
Township, Randolph County, Indiana
and being a part of the 40 Acre Tract as
described in Randolph County Deed
Records Volume 205, Page 49 and being
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a brass plug at the
northwest corner of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 24, said corner
being the northwest corner of the
aforesaid 40 acre tract; thence North
89°26′56″ East 1304.61 feet along the
half section line said line also being the
approximately centerline of State
Highway #32 to a P.K. Nail said P.K.
nail being witnessed by an iron pin
South 00°10′18″ East 30 feet; Thence
South 00°10′18″ East 749.99 feet along
an existing fence line to an iron pin;
thence South 71°58′12″ West 1373.66
feet to a railroad spike on the west line
of said Section 24; thence North
00°1′45″ West 1162.60 feet to the point
of beginning containing 28.665 acres,
more or less, and being subject to all
legal easements and highways or record.
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on
November 21, 2008.
James G. Keefer,
Manager, Chicago Airports District Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Safety Advisory 2008–02
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory;
Safety Appliance Securement, Potential
Failure of Welded Hand Brake Supports
on GVSR 200000 Series Flatcars.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety
Advisory 2008–02 in order to provide
guidance to interested parties
concerning the inspection and repair of
GVSR series flatcars that have been
modified to add welded vertical hand
brake supports. FRA’s Office of Safety
Assurance and Compliance Motive
Power and Equipment (MP&E) Division
has been notified of a catastrophic
failure of the welded securement of the
vertical hand brake support on Flatcar
GVSR 209000. The failure occurred on
May 29, 2008, and resulted in the
fatality of a Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
train crewmember.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Blankenship, Mechanical Engineer,
MP&E Division (RRS–14); FRA Office of
Safety Assurance and Compliance, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, telephone: (202) 493–6446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
29, 2008, at approximately 10:17 a.m.
(CST), a railroad employee was riding a
cut of four cars while attempting to set
the hand brake on Flatcar GVSR 209000.
During this task, the hand brake support
angles, which had been previously
welded, suddenly broke; this may have
contributed to the employee falling
under the rolling equipment, resulting
in the fatality. Preliminary details of this
incident indicate that the welded
vertical hand brake support angles had
an ‘‘old break’’ condition that allowed
the remaining weld to fail when force
was applied to the hand brake. Field
investigation of the failed vertical hand
brake support indicates that the hand
brake and/or brackets were improperly
applied or not mechanically fastened.
See Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Sections 231.110B3,
231.1(a)(4)(iii), and 231.27(a)(4)(iii),
requiring hand brake housing to be
securely fastened to a car.
Flatcars in the GVSR 200000 series
were built in Chicago, IL, by Thrall
Manufacturing in 1973, with a
horizontal hand brake assembly that
was later modified for vertical hand
brake operation. The flatcars that may
have been modified from horizontal
application to vertical application are in
the following series and are owned by
UP:
• GVSR 209000–209002
• GVSR 202000–202034
• GVSR 205000–205004
• GVSR 208000–208002
• GVSR 213000–213004
FRA believes there may be other flatcars
that have been similarly converted and
that they may be subjected to the same
type of failure.
Recommended Action: Recognizing
the need to ensure safety, FRA
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recommends that railroads and car
owners operating flatcars that have a
vertical hand brake support that is
welded to the carbody carefully inspect
the cars to determine the adequacy of
any welded securement. Any car found
with a defective condition should be
immediately handled for repair in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 20303 and
repaired in accordance with accepted
industry practice or by using approved
fasteners as outlined in 49 CFR Section
231.1(a)(4)(iii). Welding, where present,
must be done in accordance with
industry practice, as specified in
American Welding Society Standards
D1 and D15. FRA further recommends
that UP inspect all of the above noted
series flatcars and immediately handle
for repair those cars found with
defective fastening conditions. UP is
encouraged to work closely with FRA by
furnishing its MP&E Division with a
complete list of affected cars, any
inspection findings, a list of repairs
made to the cars, and the date repairs
were completed on the cars.
FRA may modify this Safety Advisory
2008–02, issue additional safety
advisories, or take other appropriate
action necessary to ensure the highest
level of safety on the Nation’s railroads.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
26, 2008.
Jo Strang,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. E8–28652 Filed 12–2–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designations Pursuant to
Executive Order 13469 of July 25, 2008
‘‘Blocking Property of Additional
Persons Undermining Democratic
Processes or Institutions in
Zimbabwe’’ (the ‘‘Order’’)
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
twenty-one newly-designated entities
and four individuals whose property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to the Order.
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the twenty-one entities and
four individuals identified in this
notice, pursuant to the Order is effective
November 25, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
SUMMARY:
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Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW. (Treasury Annex),
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202–622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
Information about this designation
and additional information concerning
OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web
site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On July 25, 2008, the President issued
Executive Order 13469 with respect to
Zimbabwe pursuant to, inter alia, the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–06). In the
Order, the President took additional
steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13288 of March 7, 2003, and relied upon
for additional steps taken in Executive
Order 13391 of November 22, 2005, in
order to address the continued political
repression and the undermining of
democratic processes and institutions in
Zimbabwe.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property, and
interests in property, that are in, or
hereafter come within, the United States
or the possession or control of United
States persons for persons determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State,
to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in
subparagraphs (a)(i) through (a)(viii) of
Section 1. On November 25, 2008, the
Director of OFAC designated, pursuant
to one or more of the criteria set forth
in subparagraphs (a)(i) through (a)(viii)
of Section 1 of the Order, the following
twenty-one entities and four
individuals, whose names have been
added to the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and whose property and
interests in property are blocked,
pursuant to the Order:
Entities
1. ALPHA INTERNATIONAL
(PRIVATE) LTD (a.k.a. ALPHA
INTERNATIONAL (PRIVATE)
LIMITED), Flat 1, Aileen Gardens, 51A
Park Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15
2SP, United Kingdom [ZIMBABWE].
2. BRECO (ASIA PACIFIC) LTD, First
Floor, Falcon Cliff, Palace Road,
Douglas, IM2 4LB, Man, Isle of;
Business Registration Document #
M78647 (United Kingdom)
[ZIMBABWE].
3. BRECO (EASTERN EUROPE) LTD
(a.k.a. BRECO (EASTERN EUROPE)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Safety Advisory 2008-02
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory; Safety Appliance Securement,
Potential Failure of Welded Hand Brake Supports on GVSR 200000 Series
Flatcars.
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SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2008-02 in order to provide
guidance to interested parties concerning the inspection and repair of
GVSR series flatcars that have been modified to add welded vertical
hand brake supports. FRA's Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance
Motive Power and Equipment (MP&E) Division has been notified of a
catastrophic failure of the welded securement of the vertical hand
brake support on Flatcar GVSR 209000. The failure occurred on May 29,
2008, and resulted in the fatality of a Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
train crewmember.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Blankenship, Mechanical Engineer,
MP&E Division (RRS-14); FRA Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202)
493-6446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 29, 2008, at approximately 10:17 a.m.
(CST), a railroad employee was riding a cut of four cars while
attempting to set the hand brake on Flatcar GVSR 209000. During this
task, the hand brake support angles, which had been previously welded,
suddenly broke; this may have contributed to the employee falling under
the rolling equipment, resulting in the fatality. Preliminary details
of this incident indicate that the welded vertical hand brake support
angles had an ``old break'' condition that allowed the remaining weld
to fail when force was applied to the hand brake. Field investigation
of the failed vertical hand brake support indicates that the hand brake
and/or brackets were improperly applied or not mechanically fastened.
See Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sections 231.110B3,
231.1(a)(4)(iii), and 231.27(a)(4)(iii), requiring hand brake housing
to be securely fastened to a car.
Flatcars in the GVSR 200000 series were built in Chicago, IL, by
Thrall Manufacturing in 1973, with a horizontal hand brake assembly
that was later modified for vertical hand brake operation. The flatcars
that may have been modified from horizontal application to vertical
application are in the following series and are owned by UP:
GVSR 209000-209002
GVSR 202000-202034
GVSR 205000-205004
GVSR 208000-208002
GVSR 213000-213004
FRA believes there may be other flatcars that have been similarly
converted and that they may be subjected to the same type of failure.
Recommended Action: Recognizing the need to ensure safety, FRA
recommends that railroads and car owners operating flatcars that have a
vertical hand brake support that is welded to the carbody carefully
inspect the cars to determine the adequacy of any welded securement.
Any car found with a defective condition should be immediately handled
for repair in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 20303 and repaired in
accordance with accepted industry practice or by using approved
fasteners as outlined in 49 CFR Section 231.1(a)(4)(iii). Welding,
where present, must be done in accordance with industry practice, as
specified in American Welding Society Standards D1 and D15. FRA further
recommends that UP inspect all of the above noted series flatcars and
immediately handle for repair those cars found with defective fastening
conditions. UP is encouraged to work closely with FRA by furnishing its
MP&E Division with a complete list of affected cars, any inspection
findings, a list of repairs made to the cars, and the date repairs were
completed on the cars.
FRA may modify this Safety Advisory 2008-02, issue additional
safety advisories, or take other appropriate action necessary to ensure
the highest level of safety on the Nation's railroads.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2008.
Jo Strang,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. E8-28652 Filed 12-2-08; 8:45 am]
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