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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12784 and #12785] 

Vermont Disaster Number VT–00021 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 7. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Vermont 

(FEMA—4022—DR), dated 09/01/2011. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Irene. Incident Period: 08/27/2011 through 

09/02/2011. 

Effective Date: 12/22/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 12/15/2011. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

06/01/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing And 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of Vermont, 

dated 09/01/2011 is hereby amended to 

extend the deadline for filing 

applications for physical damages as a 

result of this disaster to 12/15/2011. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33831 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12909 and #12910] 

Virginia Disaster Number VA–00037 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the Commonwealth of 

Virginia (FEMA–4042–DR), dated 

11/04/2011. 

Incident: Earthquake. Incident Period: 08/23/2011 through 

10/25/2011. 

Effective Date: 12/21/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 03/05/2012. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

08/06/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the Commonwealth of 

Virginia, dated 11/04/2011 is hereby 

amended to extend the deadline for 

filing applications for physical damages 

as a result of this disaster to 03/05/2012. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33839 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12976 and #12977] 

Alaska Disaster # AK–00022 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Alaska (FEMA–4050–DR), 

dated 12/22/2011. 

Incident: Severe Winter Storms and 

Flooding. Incident Period: 11/08/2011 through 

11/10/2011 

Effective Date: 12/22/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 02/21/2012. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 09/24/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

12/22/2011, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Bering Strait REAA, 

Lower Kuskokwim REAA, Lower 

Yukon REAA, North Slope 

Borough, Southwest Region REAA. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.125 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 12976B and for 

economic injury is 12977B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33837 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7714] 

Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law: Notice of Renewal of Charter 

The Charter of the Department of 

State’s Advisory Committee on Private 

International Law has been renewed, 

effective for a two-year period. Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

notification of the renewal was provided 

to the Senate Foreign Relations 

Committee, the House Foreign Affairs 

Committee, and the Library of Congress 

on December 16, 2011. The Advisory 

Committee assists the State Department 

to monitor domestic and international 

developments in private international 

law; provides a means for state, local 

and private sector viewpoints to be 

made available to the Department; and 

provides information to assist in the 

development of positions for efforts to 

harmonize or negotiate uniform rules of 

private law at the international level 

through model national laws, legal 

guidelines, treaties, and other means. 


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The Advisory Committee focuses on 

work undertaken or proposed in various 

international bodies, including but not 

limited to the Hague Conference on 

Private International Law; the United 

Nations Commission on International 

Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the 

International Institute for the 

Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), 

and the Organization of American States 

(OAS). 

Topics considered by the Advisory 

Committee have included, for example: 

jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign 

judgments; party choice of forum; 

arbitration rules; enforcement of foreign 

arbitral awards; the protection of 

minors; inter-country adoption; child 

abduction; cross-border insolvency; 

electronic commerce; secured finance; 

carriage of goods by sea and by other 

modes of transportation; cross-border 

securities transactions; online dispute 

resolution; international leasing and 

franchising; and other topics of current 

interest in private law as they arise. 

Advisory Committee meetings are 

open to the public, and participation by 

the public is encouraged. Interested 

persons, organizations, academic 

centers and others can participate in all 

aspects of the Committee’s work. 

Notices of meetings are published in the 

Federal Register at least 15 calendar 

days prior to the meeting date, unless 

circumstances require that the meeting 

be held with a shorter notice period. 

Interested parties can obtain additional 

information from the Office of the 

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private 

International Law (L/PIL), Department 

of State, at (202) 776–8420, fax 776– 

8482, or by email to Tricia Smeltzer at 

SmeltzerTK@State.gov. 

Dated: December 23, 2011. 

Harold S. Burman, 

Executive Director, Department of State 

Advisory, Committee on Private International 

Law. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33830 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice of Limitation on Claims Against 

a Proposed Transportation Project 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA, 

FTA and other agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by FHWA, 

FTA, and other agencies that are final 

within the meaning of Federal 

transportation law. The actions relate to 

the Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing 

Project in Clark County, Washington 

and Multnomah County, Oregon. 

DATES: By this notice, FHWA and FTA 

are advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions announced 

herein for the listed transportation 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before July 3, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McAvoy, Major Project Manager, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Western Federal Lands Highway 

Division, 610 E. Fifth Street, Vancouver, 

WA 98661; telephone: (360) 619–7591; 

and email: john.mcavoy@dot.gov, or 

Terence Plaskon, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of Planning 

and the Environment, FTA; telephone: 

(202) 366–0442; and email: terence.

plaskon@dot.gov. FHWA and FTA 

headquarters are located at 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA, FTA and other 

agencies have taken final agency actions 

by issuing licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the transportation project 

in the States of Oregon and Washington. 

Federal Lead Agencies: Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) and 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA). 

Project Sponsors: Oregon and 

Washington Departments of 

Transportation (ODOT, WSDOT), 

Southwest Washington Regional 

Transportation Council (RTC), Metro, 

Clark County Public Transportation 

Benefit Area (C–TRAN), and Tri-County 

Metropolitan Transportation District 

(TriMet). Project Description: The 

project is a bridge, transit, highway, and 

bicycle and pedestrian improvement 

project, consisting of a new river 

crossing over the Columbia River, 

improvements to highway interchanges 

and the local street network, bicycle and 

pedestrian improvements, and an 

extension of light rail from the Expo 

Center in Portland (OR) to Clark College 

in Vancouver (WA). The actions by the 

Federal and other agencies on this 

project, as well as the laws under which 

such actions were taken, are described 

in the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the project 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 23, 2011, and in the Record 

of Decision issued on December 7, 2011. 

The FEIS and ROD are available by 

contacting FHWA at the address above 

or can be downloaded from the project 

Web site at 

www.columbiarivercrossing.org. 

This notice applies to all FHWA, 

FTA, and other agency decisions on the 

listed project as of the issuance date of 

this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including, but 

not limited to those arising under the 

following laws, as amended: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4347]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 

109]; the Federal transit statutes [49 

U.S.C. Chapter 53]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, as amended [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Anadromous 

Fish Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

757(a)–757(f)]; Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661– 

667(e)]; Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act of 

1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et 

seq.]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 

U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470f]; Archaeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470aa–470mm]; Archaeological 

and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469c–2]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act [25 

U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)); American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996); Farmland 

Protection Policy Act [7 U.S.C. 4201– 

4209]; the Uniform Relocation 

Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as 

amended [42 U.S.C. 61]. 

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1377 

[Section 404, Section 401, Section 319]; 

Coastal Zone Management Act [16 

U.S.C. 1451–1465]; Land and Water 

Conservation Fund [16 U.S.C. 4601–4– 

4601–11]; Safe Drinking Water Act [42 

U.S.C. 300f et seq.]; Rivers and Harbors 

Act of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 401–406]; TEA– 

21 Wetlands Mitigation [23 U.S.C. 

103(b)(6)(m), 133(b)(11)]; Flood Disaster 

Protection Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4129]. 

8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, 


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