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compliance with 46 CFR 91.60–10
(Cargo Ship Safety Equipment
Certificate). Until regulations are issued,
ABS, NCB, and any other organization
designated by the Coast Guard, will
follow the procedures in NVIC 10–97.
NVIC 10–97 is available on the World
Wide Web at: http://www.dot.gov/
dotinfo/uscg/hq/g-m/gmhome.htm in
‘‘Publications, Reports and Forms.’’
Paper or CD–ROM copies will soon be
available for a free through the National
Technical Information Service, 5285
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161,
telephone 703–605–6000, or fax 703–
321–8547.
Dated: December 23, 1997.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and
Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97–34090 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[AC No. 183–35G CHG 1]

Proposed Changes to Advisory
Circular on Airworthiness Designee
Function Codes and Consolidated
Directory for DMIR/DAR/ODAR/DAS/
DOA AND SFAR NO. 36
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

This notice is proposing two
changes to AC 183–35G. The proposed
changes address revising the description
of the DAR–F and ODAR–F Codes and
Functions No. 08 and the DAR–T and
ODAR–T Codes and Functions No. 23.
these Codes and Functions are changed
to address the new airworthiness
approval identified in FAA Order
8130.21B.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 15, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments and
requests for copies of the proposed AC
to: Federal Aviation Administration;
ATTN: Evangeline Raines, AFS–640,
P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK
73125.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Rice, AFS–640, at the above
address; telephone (405) 954–6484,
(8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Designee Standard Branch, AFS–640,
has made changes to AC 183–35G, FAA
DAR, DAS, DOA, AND SFAR PART 36
DIRECTORY, to address the new
airworthiness approval identified in
SUMMARY:

FAA Order 8130.21B. The proposed
changes address revised the description
of the DAR–F and ODAR–F Codes and
Functions No. 08 and the ODAR–T
Codes and Functions No. 23.
08 Issue original standard airworthiness
certificate for U.S. registered aircraft and
original airworthiness approvals for engines,
propellers, parts and appliances that conform
to the approved design requirements and are
in a condition for safe operation.

The new verbiage for DAR–T and
ODAR–T Codes and function number
will read:
23 Issue recurrent airworthiness
certificate for U.S. registered aircraft,
including Very Light Aircraft (VLA) and
recurrent airworthiness approvals for
engines, propellers, parts and appliances that
conform to the approved design requirements
and are in a condition for safe operation.

The FAA intends to revise and
republish the advisory circular to seek
public comment each time it is
proposed to add or delete an authorized
function. Additional areas of delegation
will be selected and authorized by the
Director of Airworthiness based on
recommendations from the other FAA
elements and the aviation community.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Bill M. Pickelsimer,
Assistant Manager, Regulatory Support
Division.
[FR Doc. 97–34047 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse
Prevention Programs for Personnel
Engaged in Specified Aviation
Activities
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The FAA has determined that
the minimum percentage rate for drug
testing for the period January 1, 1998,
through December 31, 1998, will remain
at 25 percent of covered aviation
employees for random drug testing and
will decrease to 10 percent of covered
aviation employees for random alcohol
testing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Patrice M. Kelly, Office of Aviation
Medicine, Drug Abatement Division,
Program Implementation and Special
Projects Branch (AAM–810), Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20591; telephone (202) 267–8976.
SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Administrator’s Determination of 1998
Random Drug and Alcohol Testing
Rates
In final rules published in the Federal
Register on February 15, and December
2, 1994 (59 FR 7380 and 62218,
respectively), the FAA announced that
it will set future minimum annual
percentage rates for random alcohol and
drug testing for aviation industry
employers according to the results
which the employers experience
conducting random alcohol and drug
testing during each calendar year. The
rules set forth the formula for
calculating an annual aviation industry
‘‘violation rate’’ for random alcohol
testing and an annual aviation industry
‘‘positive rate’’ for random drug testing.
The ‘‘violation rate’’ for random alcohol
tests means the number of covered
employees found during random tests
given under 14 CFR part 121, appendix
J to have an alcohol concentration of
0.04 or greater plus the number of
employees who refused a random
alcohol test, divided by the total
reported number of employees given
random alcohol tests plus the total
reported number of employees who
refused a random test. The ‘‘positive
rate’’ means the number of positive
results for random drug tests conducted
under 14 CFR part 121, appendix I plus
the number of refusals to take random
drug tests, divided by the total number
of random drug tests plus the number of
refusals to take random drug tests. The
violation rate and the positive rate are
calculated using information required to
be submitted to the FAA by specified
aviation industry employers as part of
an FAA Management Information
System (MIS) and form the basis for
maintaining or adjusting the minimum
annual percentage rates for random
alcohol and drug testing as indicated in
the following paragraphs.
When the annual percentage rate for
random alcohol testing is 25 percent or
more, the FAA Administrator may lower
the rate to 10 percent if data received
under the MIS reporting requirements
for two consecutive calendar years
indicate that the violation rate is less
than 0.5 percent.
When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random alcohol
testing is 50 percent, the FAA
Administrator may lower the rate to 25
percent if data received under the MIS
reporting requirements for two
consecutive calendar years indicate that
the violation rate is less than 1.0 percent
but equal to or greater than 0.5 percent.
When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random alcohol

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testing is 10 percent, and the data
received under the MIS reporting
requirements for that calendar year
indicate that the violation rate is equal
to or greater than 0.5 percent but less
than 1.0 percent, the FAA Administrator
must increase the minimum annual
percentage rate for random alcohol
testing to 25 percent.
When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random alcohol
testing is 25 percent or less, and the data
received under the MIS reporting
requirements for that calendar year
indicate that the violation rate is equal
to or greater than 1.0 percent, the FAA
Administrator must increase the
minimum annual percentage rate for
random alcohol testing to 50 percent.
When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
is 50 percent, the FAA Administrator
may lower the rate to 25 percent if data
received under the MIS reporting
requirements for two consecutive
calendar years indicate that the positive
rate is less than 1.0 percent.
When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
is 25 percent, and the data received
under the MIS reporting requirements
for any calendar year indicate that the
reported positive rate is equal to or
greater than 1.0 percent, the
Administrator will increase the
minimum annual percentage rate for
random drug testing to 50 percent.
There is a one year lag in the
adjustment in the minimum annual
percentage rates for random drug and
alcohol testing because MIS data for a
given calendar year is not reported to
the FAA until the following calendar
year. For example, MIS data for 1996 is
not reported to the FAA until March 15,
1997, and any rate adjustments resulting
from the 1996 data are not effective
until January 1, 1998, following
publication by the FAA of a notice in
the Federal Register.
The minimum annual percentage rate
for random alcohol testing was 25
percent for calendar year 1996. In this
notice, the FAA announces that it has
determined that the violation rate for
calendar year 1996 is less than one-half
of one percent positive, at
approximately 0.08 percent. The 1995
violation rate was also less than one-half
of one percent. Since the violation rate
is less than 0.5 percent for two
consecutive calendar years, the
minimum annual percentage rate for
random alcohol testing for aviation
industry employers for calendar year
1998 will be lowered to 10 percent.
The minimum annual percentage rate
for random drug testing was also 25
percent in calendar year 1996.

Therefore, the FAA is also announcing
that it has determined that the positive
rate for calendar year 1996 is less than
1 percent, at approximately 0.71
percent, and that the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
for aviation industry employers for
calendar year 1998 will remain at 25
percent.
Dated: December 23, 1997.
Jon L. Jordan,
Federal Air Surgeon.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield Counties, CO
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and Federal
Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent and public
scoping meetings.
AGENCY:

The FHWA and FTA are
jointly issuing this notice to advise the
public that an environmental impact
statement/4(f) evaluation will be
prepared for transportation
improvements in Pitkin, Eagle and
Garfield Counties, Colorado.
Five scoping meetings will be held
from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the
following locations and dates as part of
the preparation of the EIS/4(f)
evaluation:
Tuesday, February 17, 1998: Rifle City
Hall, 202 Railroad Avenue, Rifle, CO
Wednesday, February 18, 1998:
Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado
Avenue, Carbondale, CO
Thursday, February 19, 1998: Basalt
High School, 150 Cottonwood Drive,
Basalt, CO
Monday, February 23, 1998: Garfield
County Courthouse, 109 8th Street,
Glenwood Springs, CO
Tuesday, February 24, 1998: Aspen City
Hall, 130 South Galena, Aspen, CO
A 45-day scoping period will begin on
January 6, 1998 and conclude on March
2, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Kulbacki, FHWA Colorado
Division, 555 Zang Street, Room 250;
Lakewood, Colorado 80228,
Telephone (303) 969–6730
Dave Beckhouse, FTA Region VIII, 216
16th Street, Suite 650; Denver,
Colorado 80202, Telephone (303)
844–3242
Joe Tempel, Colorado Department of
Transportation, 4201 East Arkansas,
SUMMARY:

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Room 212; Denver, Colorado 80222,
Telephone (303) 757–9771
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA and FTA in cooperation with the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA),
the Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT) and the Roaring
Fork Railroad Holding Authority
(RFRHA) will prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) and Section 4(f)
evaluation on a proposal to make major
transportation improvements in the
Roaring Fork Valley from Glenwood
Springs to the Aspen Airport, a distance
of approximately 40 miles. The purpose
of these improvements is to
accommodate current and projected
travel demands through the corridor.
The proposed improvements will be
identified in a Corridor Investment
Study which will be combined with the
EIS. At a minimum, the alternatives to
be considered in the EIS/4(f) evaluation
include the following:
(1) The No Build Alternative—This
will include transportation
improvements previously cleared.
(2) A Transportation System
Management (TSM)—This will consist
of low cost improvements to the existing
transportation system to maximize its
capacity and efficiency.
(3) Improved Bus Alternative—This
will consist of adding additional buses
to the existing bus system in the Roaring
Fork Valley. HOV and Exclusive Bus
Lane alternatives will be addressed.
(4) Multimodal Alternatives—These
will consist of trail, rail and highway
improvements. Various alignments,
Station locations, technologies and
access control plans (highway and rail)
will be assessed along the rail corridor
and SH82. Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) elements will be
incorporated into all of the Multimodal
Alternatives to maximize the efficiency
of the transportation system. Initial
scoping meetings with local agencies
and the general public will begin in
January and be completed in March
1998. Letters will be sent to the
appropriate federal, state and local
agencies describing the proposed action
and requesting comments. The general
public will receive notices on location
and time of the scoping meetings
through newspaper advertisements and
individual correspondence. These
scoping meetings provide a forum for
interaction between the public and
government officials during the EIS/4(f)
development. To ensure that a full range
of issues related to this proposed action
are addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this