Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2004 / Notices 71095

14 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

Number SR–Phlx–2004–80 and should 

be submitted on or before December 29, 

2004.

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.14

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3537 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Recognition by Singapore of U.S. Law 

Schools Under the U.S.—Singapore 

Free Trade Agreement

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for comments 

concerning recognition by Singapore of 

U.S. law schools under the U.S.—

Singapore Free Trade Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

seeking public comment in selecting 

four U.S. law schools whose degrees 

will be recognized by Singapore for 

admission to the Singapore bar, as 

required under the U.S.—Singapore 

Free Trade Agreement.

DATES: Written comments are due by 

noon, Monday, January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0511@ustr.eop.gov.

Submissions by facsimile: Janice 

Shields, Office of Southeast Asia, the 

Pacific and Pharmaceutical Policy, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, (202) 395–6813. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. (See requirements for 

submissions below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions should be directed to Elena 

Bryan, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for Southeast Asia and 

the Pacific, (202) 395–6813 or Will 

Martyn, Associate General Counsel, 

(202) 395–3582.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

The U.S.—Singapore Free Trade 

Agreement (‘‘FTA’’) entered into force 

on January 1, 2004. The text of the FTA, 

including side letters, can be found on 

the USTR Web site at http://

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/

Bilateral/Singapore_FTA/Final_Texts/

Section_Index.html. As part of its 

obligations in the FTA, Singapore 

committed to the recognition of the 

degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence 

(‘‘J.D.’’) or equivalent law degree, 

conferred by one of four U.S. law 

schools to be designated later, for the 

purposes of admission into the 

Singapore Bar. 

At the time of signature of the FTA, 

Singapore and the United States also 

signed a side letter on legal services, 

which establishes the following criteria 

for such recognition:

(a) Such recognition will only be 

conferred on persons who are Singapore 

citizens or Singapore Permanent 

Residents at the time they receive the 

J.D. or equivalent law degree from one 

of the four designated U.S. law schools; 

(b) Such recognition will only apply 

to a J.D. or equivalent law degree 

obtained by a full-time internal 

candidate (as defined in Singapore 

legislation) after a 3-year course of 

study, the entire course of which was 

conducted within the United States; 

(c) Such recognition will only be 

conferred on persons who have been 

ranked by the law school as being 

amongst the highest 40 percent, in terms 

of academic performance, of the total 

number of law school graduates in the 

same batch who have been conferred 

that degree by that law school; and 

(d) The person seeking recognition 

must obtain the Diploma in Singapore 

law conferred by the National 

University of Singapore, attend and pass 

the Postgraduate Legal Practice Course 

organized by the Board of Legal 

Education, complete the prescribed 

periods of pupilage, and comply with 

all other requirements which may be 

imposed from time to time by Singapore 

on graduates from non-Singapore law 

schools provided that such additional 

requirements does not discriminate 

against graduates of U.S. law schools 

vis-a ́-vis graduates from other nonSingapore law schools. 

Singapore has proposed that the law 

schools of Columbia University, 

Harvard University, New York 

University and Yale University be so 

designated. 

2. Public Comment 

USTR invites written comments on 

whether the law schools of Columbia 

University, Harvard University, New 

York University and Yale University 

should be designated as the four whose 

degrees will be recognized by 

Singapore. Submitters who oppose 

designation of one or more of these law 

schools should provide reasons for 

opposition, propose an alternative law 

school, and provide reasons that this 

alternative should be accepted. 

Written comments must be received 

no later than noon, Monday, January 3, 

2005. 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to facilitate prompt 

processing of submissions, USTR 

strongly urges and prefers electronic (email) submissions in response to this 

notice. In the event that an e-mail 

submission is impossible, submissions 

should be made by facsimile. 

Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject 

line: Singapore FTA-Law Schools’

followed by ‘‘Written Comments.’’

Documents should be submitted as 

either Adobe PDF, WordPerfect, 

MSWord, or text (.TXT) files. 

Supporting documentation submitted as 

spreadsheets is acceptable as Quattro 

Pro or Excel. For any document 

containing business confidential 

information submitted electronically, 

the file name of the business 

confidential version should begin with 

the characters ‘‘BC-’’. A public version 

of the document should also be 

submitted, with a file name beginning 

with the characters ‘‘P-’’. The ‘‘P-’’ or 

‘‘BC-’’should be followed by the name of 

the submitter. Persons who make 

submissions by e-mail should not 

provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

All documents will be placed in a file 

open to public inspection pursuant to 

15 CFR 2003.5, except confidential 

business information exempt from 

public inspection in accordance with 15 

CFR 2003.6. Confidential business 

information submitted in accordance 

with 15 CFR 2003.6 must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’

at the top of each page, including any 

cover letter or cover page, and must be 

accompanied by a nonconfidential 

summary of the confidential 

information. All public documents and 

nonconfidential summaries shall be 

available for public inspection in the 

USTR Reading Room. The USTR 

Reading Room is open to the public, by 

appointment only, from 10 a.m. to 12 

noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. An appointment to 

review the file may be made by calling 

(202) 395–6186. Appointments must be 

scheduled at least 48 hours in advance. 

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General information concerning USTR 

may be obtained by accessing its 

Internet Web site (http://www.ustr.gov).

Barbara Weisel, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 04–26923 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice Before Waiver With Respect to 

Land at Raleigh County Memorial 

Airport, Beckley, WV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with 

respect to land. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is publishing notice 

of proposed release of 8.379 acres of 

land at the Raleigh County Memorial 

Airport, Beckley, West Virginia to the 

Raleigh County Airport Authority and 

the Raleigh County Commission for the 

development of an industrial park. 

There are no impacts to the Airport and 

the land is not needed for airport 

development as shown on the Airport 

Layout Plan. Fair Market Value of the 

land will be paid to the Raleigh County 

Airport and the Raleigh County 

Commission, and used for Airport 

purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Connie Boley-Lilly, Program 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Beckley Airport District 

Office, 176 Airport Circle, Room 101, 

Beaver, West Virginia 25813. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Thomas 

Cochran, Airport Manager, Raleigh 

County Memorial Airport at the 

following address: Thomas Cochran, 

Airport Manager, Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, 176 Airport Circle, 

Room 105, Beaver, West Virginia 25813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Connie Boley-Lilly, Program Specialist, 

Beckley Airport District Office, (304) 

252–6216 ext. 125, FAX (304) 253–8028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

5, 2000, new authorizing legislation 

became effective. That bill, the Wendell 

H. Ford Aviation investment and 

Reform Act for the 21st Century, Public 

Law 10–181 (April 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61) 

(AIR 21) requires that a 30 day public 

notice must be provided before the 

Secretary may waive any condition 

imposed on an interest in surplus 

property.

Issued in Beckley, West Virginia on 

November 17, 2004. 

Larry F. Clark, 

Manager, Beckley Airport District Office, 

Eastern Region.

[FR Doc. 04–26980 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice; 

Georgetown Municipal Airport, 

Georgetown, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that it 

is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program that was 

submitted for Georgetown Municipal 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (the Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement, hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR 

part 150 by the City of Georgetown. This 

program was submitted subsequent to a 

determination by FAA that associated 

noise exposure maps submitted under 

14 CFR part 150 for the Georgetown 

Municipal Airport were in compliance 

with applicable requirements, effective 

January 26, 2004. The proposed noise 

compatibility program will be approved 

or disapproved on or before May 29, 

2005.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of 

the start of FAA’s review of the noise 

compatibility program is November 30, 

2004. The public comment period ends 

January 29, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Paul Blackford, Environmental 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Texas Airports 

Development Office, ASW–650, 2601 

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 

76193–0650. Telephone (817) 222–5607. 

Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program should also be 

submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for Georgetown 

Municipal Airport, which will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

May 29, 2005. This notice also 

announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for 

Georgetown Municipal Airport, effective 

on November 29, 2004. The airport 

operator has requested that the FAA 

review this material and that the noise 

mitigation measures, to be implemented 

jointly by the airport and surrounding 

communities, be approved as a noise 

compatibility program under section 

47504 of the Act. Preliminary review of 

the submitted material indicates that it 

conforms to FAR part 150 requirements 

for the submittal of noise compatibility 

programs, but that further review will be 

necessary prior to approval or 

disapproval of the program. The formal 

review period, limited by law to a 

maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before May 29, 2005. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary considerations in the 

evaluation process are whether the 

proposed measured may reduce the 

level of aviation safety or create an 

undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, and whether they are 

reasonably consistent with obtaining the 

goal of reducing existing noncompatible land uses and preventing the 

introduction of additional noncompatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments relating to these factors, other 

than those properly addressed to local 

land use authorities, will be considered 

by the FAA to the extent practicable. 

Copies of the noise exposure maps and 

the proposed noise compatibility 

program are available for examination at 

the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76193–0650; City of Georgetown, 

P.O. Box 409, Georgetown, Texas 78627 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.