74048 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 12, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Luis CdeBaca, 

Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30004 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8112] 

Culturally Significant Object Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Connecting Collections: Collecting 

Connections. 50 Years of PreColumbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

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 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the object to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Connecting 

Collections: Collecting Connections. 50 

Years of Pre-Columbian Art at 

Dumbarton Oaks,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, is of cultural 

significance. The object is imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit object at Dumbarton Oaks, 

Washington, DC, from on or about 

December 18, 2012, until on or about 

January 4, 2014, 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 

description of the exhibit object, 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: November 30, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30000 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8113] 

Foreign Affairs Policy Board Meeting 

Notice; Closed Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 

the Department of State announces a 

meeting of the Foreign Affairs Policy 

Board to take place on January 3, 2013, 

at the Department of State, Washington, 

DC. 

The Foreign Affairs Policy Board 

reviews and assesses: (1) Global threats 

and opportunities; (2) trends that 

implicate core national security 

interests; (3) tools and capacities of the 

civilian foreign affairs agencies; and (4) 

priorities and strategic frameworks for 

U.S. foreign policy. Pursuant to section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App § 10(d), 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), it has been 

determined that this meeting will be 

closed to the public as the Board will be 

reviewing and discussing matters 

properly classified in accordance with 

Executive Order 13526. 

For more information, contact 

Samantha Raddatz at (202) 647–2372. 

Dated: December 4, 2012. 

Marisa McAuliffe, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a public interest Buy 

America waiver is appropriate for the 

use of American and Canadian steel and 

iron products in the construction of the 

New International Trade Crossing 

(NITC) project. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is December 13, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via email at 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The NITC project is a new border 

crossing proposed by the State of 

Michigan and the Government of 

Canada over the Detroit River linking 

Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario. 

The State of Michigan and Canada 

signed a Crossing Agreement on June 

15, 2012, authorizing the construction of 

the NITC. This Crossing Agreement 

provides a framework for a Crossing 

Authority established by Canada to 

design, construct, finance, operate, and 

maintain a new International Crossing 

between Canada and Michigan, under 

the oversight of a jointly established 

International Authority, and through 

one or more Public-Private Agreements 

with one or more private sector 

Concessionaires. 

The Michigan components of the 

project that are not funded by the 

private sector Concessionaire(s) or by 

the US Federal government will be 

financed entirely with funds advanced 

by Canada (the ‘‘Canadian 

Contributions’’). These components 

include the interchange linking the 

bridge to I–75, the Michigan approach, 

and the Michigan plaza (collectively, 

the ‘‘Michigan Components’’). A record 

of decision (ROD) was signed by the 

FHWA for the NITC project on January 

14, 2009, pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), after 

extensive consideration of various 

alternatives, including the no build 

alternative, that were identified in the 

draft environmental impact statement 

(DEIS). 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. Here, the 

Governor of Michigan requests a waiver 

from Buy America on the basis that a 

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