Department of Transportation February 27, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on November 21st, 2005. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

RailCrew Xpress, LLC (RCXLLC), a noncarrier, and its wholly owned subsidiary, RailCrew Xpress, Corp. (RCXCORP), also a noncarrier (together with the other parties to these transactions, applicants), have filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 for RXCCORP to acquire all of the stock of two federally regulated motor passenger carriers, Raudin McCormick, Inc. (RMI) (MC-184860), and JLS, Inc., d/b/a AAA Limo (JLS) (MC-225657), and for RCXLLC to acquire control of Brown's Crew Car of Wyoming, Inc., d/b/a Armadillo Express (Brown's), a federally regulated motor passenger carrier (MC-168832), by acquiring all of its stock. Persons wishing to oppose this application must follow the rules at 49 CFR 1182.5 and 1182.8. The Board has tentatively approved the transactions, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces FMCSA's plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and comment. The ICR is related to Commercial Driver's License (CDL) policies and practices among the 50 States and the District of Columbia (referred to as the 51 jurisdictions). On October 26, 2005, the agency published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period to solicit the public's views on the information collection pertaining to this subject. Ten comments were received.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements between the I-70 and State Route Z interchange and the U.S. Route 63 and State Route AC interchange in Boone County and the City of Columbia, Missouri.

This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Pinedale, WY. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft executing new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) approach procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field. This action would improve the safety of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing these new procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field, Pinedale, WY.

This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 7848), Airspace Docket No. 03-AWA- 2, FAA Docket No. FAA-2005-22509. In that rule, inadvertent errors were made in the airport description of the St. Louis Class B airspace area. This action corrects those errors.

The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) renewal of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notices with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on November 16, 2005, vol. 70 220, page 69624. Standards have been established for the operation of agricultural aircraft and for the dispensing of chemicals, pesticides, and toxic substances. Information collected shows applicant compliance and eligibility for certification by FAA.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D turboshaft engines. This AD requires removing certain fuel pumps from service and installing serviceable fuel pumps. This AD results from a report that an acceptance test facility used test equipment that was out of calibration, on certain fuel pumps, and those fuel pumps might have been accepted with a limitation in the maximum available fuel flow. We are issuing this AD to prevent reduced helicopter performance, subsequent loss of control of the helicopter, or accident.

The Department is proposing to amend its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and section 504 regulations to update requirements concerning rail station platforms, clarify that public transit providers are required to make modifications to policies and practices to ensure that their programs are accessible to individuals with disabilities, and codify the Department's practice concerning the issuance of guidance on disability matters. Comment Closing Date: Comments should be submitted by April 28, 2006 for the proposed regulatory changes in this notice. Comments should be submitted by May 30, 2006 for responses to the seven items under the heading ``Request for Comment on Other Issues.'' Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.