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27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Poetry in 

Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from 

the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 

New York, from on or about April 5, 

2011, until on or about August 14, 2011, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5252 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7325] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday March 

28th, 2011, in Room 1422 of the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the ninety-eighth Session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee 

to be held at the IMO headquarters in 

London, United Kingdom, from April 

4th–8th, 2011. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Guidelines on implementation of the 

2010 Protocol to the International 

Convention on Liability and 

Compensation for Damage in 

Connection with the Carriage of 

Hazardous and Noxious Substances 

by Sea, 1996; 

—Provision of financial security in 

cases of abandonment, personal injury 

to, or death of seafarers; 

—Fair treatment of seafarers in the event 

of a maritime accident; 

—Consideration of a proposal to amend 

the limits of liability of the 1996 

Protocol to the Convention on 

Limitation of Liability for Maritime 

Claims, 1976; 

—Review of national legislation 

regarding piracy; 

—Matters arising from the 105th regular 

session of the IMO Council; 

—Technical cooperation activitites 

related to maritime legislation; 

—Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments 

emanating from the Legal Committee; 

and 

—Any other business. 

—The public should be aware that Legal 

Committee has received a proposal to 

discuss liability and compensation 

issues for transboundary pollution 

damage resulting from offshore oil 

exploration and exploitation 

activities. There is no formal agenda 

item for this proposal, as it has not yet 

been adopted to the work programme, 

but the U.S. delegation anticipates 

receiving an interim report on 

informal, intersessional developments 

on this proposal. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Ms. Bronwyn G. 

Douglass, by e-mail at 

bronwyn.douglass@uscg.mil, by phone 

at (202) 372–3792, by fax at (202) 372– 

3972, or in writing at Commandant (CG– 

0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street, SW., Stop 7121, Washington, DC 

20593–7121 not later than March 21st, 

2011, 7 days prior to the meeting. 

Requests made after March 21st might 

not be able to be accommodated. Please 

note that due to security considerations, 

two valid, government issued photo 

identifications must be presented to 

gain entrance to the Headquarters 

building. The Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance (public transportation is not 

generally available). However, parking 

in the vicinity of the building is 

extremely limited. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: http://www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Jon Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5255 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Pegasus 

Launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force 

Station, Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 (as 

amended), Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA implementing regulations 

(40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

parts 1500 to 1508), and FAA Order 

1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for Pegasus Launches at Cape 

Canaveral Air Force Station. The Final 

EA was prepared to address the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

FAA’s Proposed Action for issuing or 

renewing Launch Operator Licenses to 

operate Pegasus launch vehicles at 

CCAFS. Activities addressed in the 

Final EA include carrier aircraft takeoff 

and landing from a CCAFS runway and 

launch of Pegasus vehicle at an altitude 

of 40,000 feet and approximately 90 

nautical miles offshore over the Atlantic 

Ocean. The Final EA tiers from the Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) for Licensing Launches 

(2001 PEIS) and focuses on localized 

and site-specific effects of FAA issuing 

or renewing Launch Operator Licenses 

to operate Pegasus expendable launch 

vehicles at CCAFS. The 2001 PEIS, 

evaluated the launch impacts associated 

with four vehicle categories (small, 

medium, intermediate, and heavypayload capacities); three propellant 

types (solid, liquid, and hybrid 

propellant); and three launch scenarios 

(land, air, and sea). The Pegasus launch 

vehicle falls within the parameters of 

the small-payload capacity vehicle 

using solid propellant to launch from 


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the air. The 2001 PEIS evaluated the 

impacts of launching 72 small capacity 

rockets, including the Pegasus launch 

vehicle family, over a 10-year period. 

The estimated annual number of 

launches ranged from four to nine 

launches, with an average of seven 

annual launches. The rate of Pegasus 

launches at CCAFS under the FAA’s 

Proposed Action would not be expected 

to exceed the rate of launches analyzed 

in the 2001 PEIS. The only alternative 

to the Proposed Action is the No Action 

Alternative. Under this Alternative, the 

FAA would not issue or renew Launch 

Operator Licenses to operate Pegasus 

launch vehicles at CCAFS. 

Resource areas were considered to 

provide a context for understanding and 

assessing the potential environmental 

effects of the Proposed Action, with 

attention focused on key issues. The 

resources areas considered in the Final 

EA included air quality; biological 

resources (including fish, wildlife, and 

plants); compatible land use; 

Department of Transportation Section 

4(f) resources; hazardous materials, 

pollution prevention, and solid waste; 

historical, architectural, archaeological, 

and cultural resources; noise; 

socioeconomic impacts; and water 

quality (including floodplains and 

wetlands). Potential cumulative impacts 

of the Proposed Action were also 

addressed in the Final EA. 

After careful and thorough 

consideration of available data and 

information on existing conditions and 

potential impacts, the FAA has 

determined that there will be no 

significant short-term, long-term, or 

cumulative impacts to the environment 

or surrounding populations from the 

issuance or renewal of Launch Operator 

Licenses to operate Pegasus launch 

vehicles at CCAFS. The proposed 

Federal action is consistent with 

existing national environmental policies 

and objectives as set forth in Section 

101 of NEPA and other applicable 

environmental requirements and will 

not significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment within the meaning 

of NEPA. Therefore, an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Action is not required and the FAA 

issued a FONSI. 

The FAA has posted the Final EA and 

FONSI on the FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation Web 

site at http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/review/launch/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Program Lead, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 325, Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–5924; Email daniel.czelusniak@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 1, 

2011. 

Michael McElligott, 

Manager, Space Systems Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5242 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2011–0014] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on December 8, 2010 

(Citation 75 FR 76518). No comments 

were received from that notice. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before April 7, 2011. A comment to 

OMB is most effective if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Survey of FTA Stakeholders 

(OMB Number: 2132–0564). 

Abstract: Executive Order 12862, 

‘‘Setting Customer Service Standards,’’ 

requires FTA to identify its customers 

and determine what they think about 

FTA’s service. The survey covered in 

this request will provide FTA with a 

means to gather data directly from its 

stakeholders. The information obtained 

from the survey will be used to assess 

how FTA’s services are perceived by 

stakeholders, determine opportunities 

for improvement and establish goals to 

measure results. The survey will be 

limited to data collections that solicit 

voluntary opinions and will not involve 

information that is required by 

regulations. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,200 hours. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

Comments are Invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: March 2, 2011. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5203 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Proposed Urban Rail system in Austin, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), as the Federal 

lead agency, and the City of Austin (the 

City) intend to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Urban Rail system in 

Austin, Texas. The EIS will be prepared 

in accordance with regulations 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

well as provisions of the recently 

enacted Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU). The 

proposed project, described more 

completely within, is an Urban Rail 

System, similar to Streetcar, that would 

connect key activity centers within 

Central Austin—Mueller TransitOriented Redevelopment (Mueller), the 

University of Texas at Austin (UT) 

campus, the State Capitol Complex 

(Capitol), the central business district 

(CBD), and Austin-Bergstrom 

International Airport (ABIA) with each 


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