54648 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: August 28, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21886 Filed 9–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8014] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting for the International Maritime 

Organization’s Marine Environment 

Protection Committee (MEPC). 

The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. 

on Friday, September 21, 2012, in Room 

2501 of the United States Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building, 2100 Second 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the sixty-fourth session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s Marine Environment 

Protection Committee (MEPC 64) to be 

held at the International Maritime 

Organization in London, United 

Kingdom from October 1st to 5th, 2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast 

water; 

—Recycling of ships; 

—Air pollution and energy efficiency; 

—Reduction of GHG emissions from 

ships; 

—Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments; 

—Interpretation of, and amendments to, 

MARPOL and related instruments; 

—Implementation of the OPRC 

Convention and the OPRC–HNS 

Protocol and relevant Conference 

resolutions; 

—Identification and protection of 

Special Areas and Particularly 

Sensitive Sea Areas; 

—Inadequacy of reception facilities; 

—Reports of sub-committees; 

—Work of other bodies; 

—Status of conventions; 

—Harmful anti-fouling systems for 

ships; 

—Promotion of implementation and 

enforcement of MARPOL and related 

instruments; 

—Technical co-operation activities for 

the protection of the marine 

environment; 

—Role of the human element; 

—Noise from commercial shipping and 

its adverse impacts on marine life; 

—Work program of the Committee and 

subsidiary bodies; 

—Application of the Committees’ 

Guidelines; 

—Election of the Chairman and ViceChairman for 2013; 

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. Regina 

Bergner not later than September 11, 

2012, 10 days prior to the meeting. 

Contact should be made by email at 

Regina.R.Bergner@uscg.mil; by phone at 

(202) 372–1431; or in writing to Ms. 

Regina Bergner, Commandant (CG– 

OES–3), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 

2100 2nd Street SW., STOP 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. Requests 

made after September 11, 2012 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). Public parking is 

available in the vicinity of the 

Headquarters building. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: www.uscg.mil/imo. Hard copies of 

documents associated with the 64th 

Session of MEPC will be available at 

this meeting. To request further copies 

of documents please contact Ms. Regina 

Bergner using the contact information 

above. 

Dated: August 29, 2012. 

Brian W. Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21881 Filed 9–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the FAA 

Research, Engineering and Development 

(R, E&D) Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

NAME: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

TIME AND DATE: September 26, 2012—9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

PLACE: JMA Solutions, 600 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Suite 400E, Washington, 

DC 20024. 

PURPOSE: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 of 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Members of 

the public may present a written 

statement to the Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 

2012. 

Catherine A. Bigelow, 

Manager, Research and Development 

Management Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21546 Filed 9–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Seventh Meeting: RTCA NextGen 

Advisory Committee (NAC) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA 

NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the seventh 

meeting of the RTCA NextGen Advisory 

Committee (NAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 4, 2012, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the secured facilities at the United 

States Air Force (USAF), WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 

45433. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, Andy Cebula, 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC, 20036, or by telephone at (202) 330– 

0652/(202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 833– 

9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the NextGen 

Advisory Committee Meeting. The 

agenda will include the following: 


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October, 4, 2012 

Special Facility Access Instructions 

The meeting is being held at the 

secured facilities of the United States 

Air Force (USAF), 

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. All 

members of the public are required to 

register in advance by contacting HQ 

Air Force Operations NextGen Lead 

Service Office via email at 

NextGen@pentagon.af.mil not later than 

September 28, 2012 and provide the 

following: 

• U.S. Citizens without current/valid 

DoD-issued Identification in their 

possession must provide the 

following information: 

• Last name, First name (as it appears 

on your State Issued Drivers’ 

License or ID) 

• State-issued drivers’ license/Stateissued ID Card Number and State of 

Issuance 

• Company 

• Phone number contact 

• Non-U.S. Citizens must provide the 

following information: 

• Full Name as it appears on Passport 

• Country of Citizenship 

• Birthdate and Place of Birth (city 

and country) 

• Passport and Visa Numbers, I–94 

Stamp and Expiration Date 

• Employer and Address—Identify 

whether U.S. or foreign owned 

• Phone number contact 

Note: Attendees must arrive no later than 

1 hour prior to the start of the meeting for 

identification and security screening at 

Wright-Patterson AFB, Gate 19B. 

Agenda 

• Opening of Meeting—Chairman Dave 

Barger, President and CEO JetBlue 

Airways 

• Welcome and Facility Overview— 

Major General James Jones, NAC 

Meeting Host 

• Official Statement of Designated 

Federal Official—The Honorable 

Michael Huerta, FAA Acting 

Administrator. 

• Review and Approval of May 24, 2012 

Meeting Summary 

• Chairman’s Report—Chairman Barger 

• FAA Report—Mr. Huerta 

• Review and Approve 

Recommendation for Submission to 

FAA NextGen Implementation 

Metrics—a recommendation for: 

• Executive-level set of metrics that 

capture an overall status of NextGen 

Implementation 

• Key City Pairs that can be used for 

NextGen Metrics 

• Data Sources for Measuring NextGen 

Fuel Impact 

• A discussion of a preliminary report 

on a critical data source to track and 

analyze the impact of NextGen 

• Non-Technical Barriers to NextGen 

Implementation 

• Open discussion of issues that will 

affect the FAA Tasking on 

Implementing Metroplex 

capabilities 

• Environmental Issues Impacting 

NextGen Implementation 

• A background briefing by FAA 

Environmental Office on the 

Environmental review process for 

NextGen capabilities and the 

impacts on this process by the 

‘‘FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012,’’ followed by an open 

discussion by the Committee. 

• Anticipated Issues for NAC 

consideration and action at the next 

meeting, February 2013 

• Other business 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 28, 

2012. 

David Sicard, 

Manager, Business Operations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21836 Filed 9–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–35] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATE: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before 

September 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0606 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Forseth, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2796, Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356, or Frances Shaver, (202) 

267–4059, Office of Rulemaking (ARM– 

200), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 


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