65928 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 211 / Wednesday, October 31, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: October 12, 2012. 

Thomas F. Hufford, 

Director, Office of Language Services, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26775 Filed 10–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8079] 

The Secretary of State’s International 

Council on Women’s Business 

Leadership; Notice of Open Meeting 

The Secretary of State’s International 

Council on Women’s Business 

Leadership (ICWBL) will meet from 3:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 

27, 2012, in the Harry S. Truman 

Building at the U.S. Department of 

State, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, 

DC. The meeting will be hosted by U.S. 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham 

Clinton. The ICWBL serves the U.S. 

Government in a solely advisory 

capacity, and provides advice and 

assistance in the formulation of U.S. 

policy, positions, proposals and 

strategies for multilateral and bilateral 

negotiations, business outreach, and 

commercial diplomacy, particularly 

pertaining to the economic 

empowerment of women for global 

economic prosperity, where the State 

Department has the lead negotiating 

authority. The meeting will focus on 

Women and the Economy. 

Subcommittee discussions will be led 

by the Access to Markets Subcommittee, 

the Access to Capital Subcommittee, the 

Capacity Building and Skills Training 

Subcommittee, and the Leadership 

Subcommittee. 

This meeting is open to public 

participation, via live webcast on the 

Internet at http://www.state.gov/e/eb/ 

adcom/icwbl/. The public is invited to 

submit written statements to the 

Secretary of State’s International 

Council on Women’s Business 

Leadership by C.O.B. November 20, 

2012, by either of the following 

methods: 

Send electronic statements to the 

Secretary of State’s International 

Council on Women’s Business 

Leadership at SGWI_ICWBL@state.gov; 

send paper statements via facsimile to 

202–632–9232, attention: Secretary of 

State’s International Council on 

Women’s Business Leadership (ICWBL). 

All statements will be posted on the 

Secretary of State’s ICWBL Web site 

without change, including any business 

or personal information provided such 

as names, addresses, email addresses, or 

telephone numbers. All statements 

received, including attachments and 

other supporting materials, are part of 

the public record and subject to public 

disclosure. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

Meeting summaries of the Council’s 

discussion will be available within 90 

days on the ICWBL Web site http:// 

www.state.gov/e/eb/adcom/icwbl/. 

For additional information, contact 

Senior Coordinator Nancy SmithNissley, Office of Economic Policy 

Analysis and Public Diplomacy, Bureau 

of Economic and Business Affairs, at 

(202) 647–1682 or SmithNissleyN@state.gov. 

Dated: October 17, 2012. 

Todd Schwartz, 

Special Representative, Acting Office of 

Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26778 Filed 10–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

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 Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the use of non-domestic 

Technologie Alpine De Securite (TAS) 

Gazex® Avalanche Exploder in the State 

of Utah and TAS O’Bell Avalanche 

Initiating Blaster for the State of 

Wyoming. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is November 6, 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 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. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate to use nondomestic TAS Gazex® Avalanche 

Exploder for the State of Utah and TAS 

O’Bell Avalanche Initiating Blaster for 

the State of Wyoming. 

In accordance with Title I, Division C, 

section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2012’’ (Pub. L. 112–55), the FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site for TAS Gazex®

Avalanche Exploder for the State of 

Utah (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

construction/contracts/ 

waivers.cfm?id=69) on March 6, and 

TAS O’Bell Avalanche Initiating Blaster 

for State of Wyoming. (http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=71) on March 

22. The FHWA received two comments 

in response to the Utah publication, and 

no comment in response to Wyoming 

publication. Both comments received in 

response to the Utah publication urged 

the use of domestic manufacturers, 

when possible, but did not provide any 

suggested manufacturers. During the 15- 

day comment periods, the FHWA 

conducted additional nationwide 

review to locate potential domestic 

manufacturers of TAS Gazex®

Avalanche Exploder and TAS O’Bell 

Avalanche Initiating Blaster. The 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology-Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership MEP also conducted 

supplier scouting on the Avalanche 

Initiating Blasters and reported that they 

could not find domestic matching items. 

Based on all the information available to 

the agency, the FHWA concludes that 

there are no domestic manufacturers of 

TAS Gazex® Avalanche Exploder for the 

State of Utah and TAS O’Bell Avalanche 

Initiating Blaster for the State of 

Wyoming. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. 

L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), the FHWA 

is providing this notice as its finding 

that a waiver of Buy America 


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