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in attending, please email Abby Lindsay 

at LindsayA@state.gov for the specific 

time and place. To ensure timely 

consideration, please submit comments 

and suggestions in writing no later than 

January 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments or suggestions via e-mail 

(LindsayA@state.gov) or fax ((202) 647– 

5947) to Abby Lindsay, Office of 

Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, with the subject line ‘‘U.S.-Oman 

Joint Forum Meeting.’’ 

For those with access to the Internet, 

comments may be submitted at the 

following address: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/ 

home.html#home. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Lindsay, Telephone (202) 647– 

8772. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Section 

2 of the U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, the United States and 

Oman announced the establishment of a 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation. The mandate of the Joint 

Forum is to broaden and deepen 

effective cooperation on environmental 

issues between Oman and the United 

States. It was intended provide a venue 

for the two Governments to discuss 

ways in which they could work together 

to strengthen the capacity of Oman to 

protect and conserve the environment. 

The Joint Forum is expected to develop 

a Plan of Action towards meeting this 

goal. 

The 2006–2008 Work Program 

identified priorities for environmental 

cooperation between the United States 

and Oman, with the goal of building 

human and institutional capacity in the 

management and conservation of 

natural resources. The priorities were: 

(a) Environmental laws and regulations, 

(b) Environmental impact assessments, 

(c) Environmental incentives, (d) Public 

participation in environmental 

protection, (e) Integrated water 

resources management and protection, 

(f) Coastal protection and preservation 

of marine resources, (g) Protected area 

management and conservation of flora 

and fauna, (h) Cleaner production and 

environmental technology, (i) Chemical 

hazardous waste management and 

disposal, and (j) Environmental disaster 

preparedness. Some indicative actions 

the U.S. and Oman have undertaken in 

these areas include workshops on 

environmental impact assessment, a 

regional workshop for CITES 

Management Authorities, and a course 

on public participation in 

environmental law. Ongoing work 

includes technical assistance to Oman 

on marine turtle conservation and 

cooperation on sustainable tourism in 

protected areas. The Department of the 

Interior, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, the United States Coast Guard, 

and others have been involved in 

implementing these activities. Officials 

from U.S. and Omani agencies will 

present and discuss their activities at 

the Joint Forum meeting. 

In the 2011–2014 Plan of Action, we 

seek to build upon the progress made in 

the previous Work Program and 

anticipate defining four main priority 

areas for cooperation activities: 

Institutional and policy strengthening 

for effective implementation and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

including natural resource-related laws; 

Biodiversity conservation and improved 

management of protected areas, and 

other ecologically important 

ecosystems; Improved private sector 

environmental performance; and 

Environmental education, transparency 

and public participation in 

environmental decision-making and 

enforcement. At the meeting, the Joint 

Forum will review cooperation 

activities and the two Governments are 

expected to sign the new Plan of Action. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Willem H. Brakel, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31504 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to rescind the 

FHWA’s Buy America waiver for the use 

of non-domestic steel pipe; A53 Grade 

B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall for the 

construction of a Recovery Act project 

on SR 60, Section A40, in Allegheny 

County, Pennsylvania. 

DATES: The effective date of the 

rescission is December 16, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via e-mail at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail 

at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office 

hours for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., est., 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 the application 

of protective coatings) that are 

permanently incorporated in a Federalaid 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 is to rescind the Buy America 

waiver that was processed and 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 19, 2010, at 75 FR 64394, for 

the use of non-domestic steel pipe; A53 

Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall for a 

portion of sign support structure no. S– 

28760 proposed for Recovery Act 

project on SR 60 in Alleghany County, 

PA. 

During the notice and comment 

period leading up to the publication of 

the October 19 notice, the Pennsylvania 

Department of Transportation 

(PennDOT) considered the use of steel 

pipe API 5L, Grade B, PSL 2 as an 

alternate equivalent product to steel 

pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall. 

However, it appeared that the steel slab 

to be used in the production of the pipe 

was not available domestically. During 

the 15-day comment period following 

the publication of the October 19 notice, 

the FHWA received a comment that 

steel pipe API 5L, including the steel 

slab to be used in production, could be 

produced domestically. After verifying 

that PennDOT is willing to approve the 

use of API 5L, Grade B, PSL 2 as an 

alternate to steel pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ 

OD, 0.375′′ wall and verifying that API 

5L, Grade B, PSL 2 can be produced 

domestically, the FHWA has 

determined that a Buy America waiver 

for steel pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 

0.375′′ wall is no longer necessary. 

Therefore, the Buy America waiver 

issued on October 19 in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 64394) for steel pipe 


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A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall is 

rescinded. 

The FHWA invites public comment 

on this finding for an additional 15 days 

following the effective date of the 

finding. Comments may be submitted to 

the FHWA’s Web site via the link 

provided to the Pennsylvania waiver 

page noted above http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=51. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410). 

Issued on: December 7, 2010. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31421 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in Nevada 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by 

FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to I–15 Corridor 

Improvements from Sahara Avenue to 

US 95 and related local arterial 

improvements, collectively known as 

Project NEON, in Clark County in the 

State of Nevada. Those actions grant 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before June 13, 2011. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

less than 180 days for filing such claim, 

then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Mr. Abdelmoez Abdalla, 

Environmental Program Manager, 

Federal Highway Administration, 705 

North Plaza Street, Carson City, Nevada 

89701–0602; telephone: (775) 687–1231; 

e- mail 

Abdelmoez.Abdalla@fhwa.dot.gov. The 

FHWA Nevada Division Office’s regular 

business hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

(Pacific Standard Time). For the Nevada 

Department of Transportation (NDOT): 

Mr. Steve M. Cooke, P.E., Chief, 

Environmental Services Division, 

Nevada Department of Transportation, 

1263 South Stewart Street, Carson City, 

Nevada 89712; telephone: (775) 888– 

7686; e-mail: scooke@dot.state.nv.us. 

The NDOT office’s regular business 

hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific 

Standard Time). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA has taken 

final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1) by approving the ‘‘Record of 

Decision’’ for the following highway 

project in Clark County in the State of 

Nevada: Project NEON. The proposed 

project would involve improvements to 

the Interstate 15 (I–15) corridor and 

major street connections beginning 

south of the I–15/Sahara Avenue 

interchange and continuing to the I–15/ 

US 95/I–515 interchange (the Las Vegas 

Spaghetti Bowl) on the north end, 

covering a distance of 3.7 miles. The 

actions taken by FHWA, and the laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

are described in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the project, approved on May 28, 

2010 (FHWA–NV–EIS–09–01–F), in the 

FHWA Record of Decision issued on 

October 21, 2010, and in other 

documents in the FHWA or NDOT 

project records. The FEIS, ROD and 

other project records are available by 

contacting FHWA or NDOT at the 

addresses provided above. The FHWA 

FEIS and ROD can also be viewed at the 

project Web site at http:// 

www.ndotprojectneon.com, or viewed at 

public libraries in the project area. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act 

(FAHA) [23 U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 

128]; Public Hearing [23 U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Noise: Procedures for Abatement of 

Highway Traffic Noise and Construction 

Noise [23 U.S.C. 109(h), 109(i); 42 

U.S.C. 4331, 4332; sec. 339(b), Pub. L. 

104–59, 109 Stat. 568, 605; 49 CFR 

1.48(b)]. 

4. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303] 

and Section 6(f) of the Land and Water 

Conservation Act as amended [16 U.S.C 

4601]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–470(ll)]; Archeological 

and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act [25 

U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

6. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536]; Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667 (d)]; Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712]. 

7. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)]. 

8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990, 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988, 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 11593, Protection and 

Enhancement of Cultural Resources; 

E.O. 13007, Indian Sacred Sites; E.O. 

1328, Preserve America; E.O. 13175, 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 11514, 

Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E. O. 13112, 

Invasive Species. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: December 9, 2010. 

Susan Klekar, 

Division Administrator, Carson City, Nevada. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31424 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2010 0109] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before February 14, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Moore, Maritime 


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