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• the short- and medium-term impact 

on economic growth, job creation, and 

competitiveness; 

• the feasibility; and 

• the implications for, and 

consistency with, bilateral and 

multilateral trade obligations. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted no later than February 3, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Weiner, Deputy Assistant U.S. 

Trade Representative for Europe, (202) 

395–9679, or Kate Kalutkiewicz, 

Director for European Affairs, (202) 

395–9460, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Transatlantic trade and 

investment flows constitute the largest 

economic relationship in the world, 

creating jobs, increasing economic 

growth, and driving competitiveness on 

both sides of the Atlantic. The United 

States and the EU are committed to 

identifying new ways of strengthening 

their economic relationship and 

developing its full potential. A number 

of studies and proposals have advocated 

new bilateral trade, investment, and 

other economic agreements to access the 

untapped economic opportunities of the 

relationship. The High Level Working 

Group on Jobs and Growth will consider 

these and other proposals aimed at 

promoting job creation and growth 

through expanded trade and investment. 

Upon completing its analysis, the 

Working Group will consider and 

recommend practical means necessary 

to implement any policy measures it 

identifies. These could include a range 

of possible initiatives, from enhanced 

regulatory cooperation to negotiation of 

one or more bilateral trade agreements 

addressing the issues above. 

The Working Group will provide an 

interim update to Leaders on the status 

of its work in June 2012. It will submit 

a report with findings, conclusions, and 

recommendations to the Leaders by the 

end of 2012. 

Submissions: To facilitate expeditious 

handling, the public is strongly 

encouraged to submit documents 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2012–0001. Submissions should 

contain the term ‘‘U.S.–EU High Level 

Working Group’’ in the ‘‘Type 

comment:’’ field on http:// 

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docket, enter the docket number in the 

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Find a reference to this notice by 

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submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘Comments’’ field. 

L. Daniel Mullaney, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Europe and the Middle East. 

[FR Doc. 2012–329 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Meeting and Webinar on Integrated 

Dynamic Transit Operations; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 

Transportation System Joint Program 

Office (ITS JPO) will host a free public 

meeting and webinar to obtain 

stakeholder input on concepts, 

opportunities, and needs for the 

Integrated Dynamic Transit Operations 

(IDTO) operational concept on January 

26, 2012 from 1:30–4:30 p.m. and 

January 27, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. (EST) at the Washington Marriott 

Wardman Park, Washington Room, 2660 

Woodley Road NW., Washington, DC 

20008. 

Persons planning to attend any part of 

the public meeting or participate in the 

three-hour webinar should register by 

January 19, 2012 using the following 

link: http://www.itsa.org/component/ 

forme/?fid=6. For additional questions, 

please contact Adam Hopps at 

ahopps@itsa.org or (202) 680–0091. 

The IDTO public meeting will bring 

stakeholders together as part of an 

interactive forum to discuss 

opportunities, needs, transformative 

goals, and performance measures. 

Outcomes from this workshop will 

provide an important foundation to the 

overall vision and an operational 

concept for the IDTO. The first half of 

the public meeting will be delivered via 

webcast for those participants who are 

not able to participate in person. An 

electronic feedback form will be made 

available to allow participants to 

provide additional input. The meeting 

will follow the Transportation Research 

Board annual meeting. 

Background 

The overarching goal of the Transit 

Connected Vehicle for Mobility program 

is to improve public transportation by 

increasing transit productivity, 

efficiency, and accessibility; mitigating 

congestion in an integrated 

transportation environment; and 

providing travelers better transportation 

information and transit services. 

Transit-oriented Connected Vehicle for 

Mobility applications support dynamic 

system operations and management, 

enable a convenient and quality travel 

experience, and provide an informationrich environment to meet the needs of 

travelers and system operators across all 

modes. 

Issued in Washington, DC on the 4th day 

of January 2012. 

John Augustine, 

Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–313 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Emergency Locator Transmitters 

(ELTs) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to cancel 

Technical Standard Order (TSO)–C91a, 

Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) 

Equipment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

FAA’s intent to cancel TSO–C91a, 

Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) 

Equipment. The effect of the cancelled 

TSO will result in no new TSO–C91a 

design or production approvals. 

However, cancellation will not affect 

production according to an existing TSO 

authorization (TSOA). Articles 

produced under an existing TSOA can 

still be installed according to existing 

airworthiness approvals and 

applications for new airworthiness 

approvals will still be processed. This 

action does not impact operation of 

TSO–C91a ELTs, and these ELTs will 

continue to satisfy the 14 Code of 


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Federal Regulation (14 CFR) § 91.207 

ELT equipage requirement. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 10, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Albert Sayadian, AIR–130, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 470 L’Enfant 

Plaza, Suite 4102 Washington, DC 

20024. Telephone (202) 385–4652, fax 

(202) 385–4651, email to: 

Albert.Sayadian@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

You are invited to comment on the 

cancellation of the TSO by submitting 

written data, views, or arguments to the 

above address. You are requested to use 

the attached comment sheet to make the 

comment review process more efficient. 

Comments received may be examined, 

both before and after the closing date, in 

suite 4102 at the above address, 

weekdays except federal holidays, 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The 

Director, Aircraft Certification Service, 

will consider all comments received on 

or before the closing date. 

Background 

On December 23, 1992, the FAA 

published technical standard order 

(TSO–C126), 406 MHz Emergency 

Locator Transmitters (ELT), for which 

numerous TSO authorizations have 

been approved. On December 17, 2008, 

the FAA published a revision to the 

TSO, TSO–C126a. The TSO is a 

minimum performance standard for 

ELTs that utilize the 406.0 to 406.1 MHz 

band. TSO–C126 and TSO–C126a 406 

MHz ELTS are monitored by the CospasSarsat system, an international satellitebased search and rescue (SAR) distress 

alert detection and information 

distribution system. 

On February 1, 2009 Cospas-Sarsat 

stopped processing signals from 121.5 

MHz ELTs. It now only processes 

signals from 406 MHz ELTs. The 

decision to discontinue processing of 

the 121.5 MHz signal was made by the 

International Cospas-Sarsat program 

with guidance from the United Nations. 

This was made due to the problems 

within the 121.5 MHz frequency band 

which inundated SAR authorities with 

poor accuracy and numerous false 

alerts, thus impacting the effectiveness 

of lifesaving services. The 406 MHz ELT 

technology is an advance over the older 

121.5 MHz ELT technology. 

TSO–C126a incorporates technology 

that makes the ELT equipment more 

accurate and reliable than the 121.5 

MHz ELT equipment built to the 

minimum performance standards in 

TSO–C91a. Examples of these 

improvements are: (1) Global satellite 

coverage; (2) a unique beacon 

identification which is required to be 

registered so that if an alert is launched 

the rescued coordination center can 

confirm whether the distress is real, 

who they are looking for, and where the 

search should begin; (3) 406 MHz ELTs 

can be received by geostationary 

satellites which are always visible and 

provide instantaneous alerting and, (4) 

increased position accuracy that reduces 

the search area to less than two nautical 

miles in radius. Additionally, 406 MHz 

ELTs which have a GPS position input 

can potentially reduce the search area to 

within 100 yards of the accident site. 

The performance and benefits of 

TSO–C126a equipment surpasses TSO– 

C91a equipment. The 406 MHz 

technology is mature and prevalent in 

the ELT market today. The FAA feels 

new TSO authorizations for ELTs 

should be accomplished to TSO–C126a, 

or subsequent, and it is appropriate to 

cancel TSO–C91a. 

Susan J. M. Cabler, 

Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–300 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge 

(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC 

Approvals and Disapprovals. In 

December 2011, there were two 

applications approved. This notice also 

includes information on two other 

applications, one approved in 

September 2011 and one approved in 

November 2011, inadvertently left off 

the September 2011 and November 2011 

notices, respectively. Additionally, nine 

approved amendments to previously 

approved applications are listed. 

SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly 

notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals 

and disapprovals 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). This notice is published 

pursuant to paragraph d of § 158.29. 

PFC Applications Approved 

Public Agency: County of Onslow, 

Jacksonville, North Carolina. 

Application Number: 11–08–C–00– 

0AJ. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $10,066,502. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: 

November 1, 2011. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

April 1, 2029. 

Class of Air Carriers Not Required To 

Collect PEG’s: Air taxi commercial 

operators filing FAA Form 1800–31. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information contained in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that the approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at Albert J. 

Ellis Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Terminal development—design and 

construction. 

Site utilities—design and construction. 

Stormwater facilities—design and 

construction. 

Airside/apron—design and 

construction. 

Landside/roadway—design and 

construction. 

General aviation terminal/apron— 

design and construction. 

Airport beacon relocation—design and 

construction. 

Air traffic control tower site study. 

Security/wildlife fencing—design and 

construction. 

Airfield drainage improvements— 

design and construction. 

Emergency access road improvements— 

design and construction. 

PFC application development. 

PFC program administration. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection: 

Land acquisition. 

Air traffic control tower design. 

Air traffic control tower construction. 

Brief Description of Disapproved 

Project: 

Maintenance equipment building— 

design. 

Determination: Disapproved. The 

FAA determined that this project does 

not meet the requirements of 

§ 158.15(b). It is not eligible in 

accordance with paragraph 501 of FAA 

Order 5100.38C, Airport Improvement 

Program Handbook, June 28, 2005. 

Decision Date: September 8, 2011. 

For Further Information Contact: John 

Marshall, Atlanta Airports District 

Office, (404) 305–7153. 

Public Agency: Cities of Fort Collins 

and Loveland, Loveland, Colorado. 


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