Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 15 / Thursday, January 23, 2014 / Notices 3915 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8607] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on 

Judgments and Other Cross-Border 

Insolvency Issues 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, gives notice of a 

public meeting to discuss future work 

related to the recognition and 

enforcement of insolvency-derived 

judgments, along with other crossborder insolvency issues under 

consideration in the United Nations 

Commission on International Trade Law 

(UNCITRAL). The public meeting will 

take place on Wednesday, February 12, 

2014 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. EDT. 

This is not a meeting of the full 

Advisory Committee. 

At its December 2013 session, 

UNCITRAL’s Working Group V 

(Insolvency) determined that, among its 

possible areas of future work, the 

recognition and enforcement of 

insolvency-derived judgments should be 

the top priority. The decision of the 

United Kingdom Supreme Court in 

Rubin v. Eurofinance SA highlighted the 

need for work on this topic, as the 

UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border 

Insolvency does not provide an explicit 

solution for cross-border harmonization, 

leading to significant uncertainty. The 

Working Group intends, at an 

appropriate time, to request a mandate 

from the UNCITRAL Commission to 

work on this topic, most likely by 

developing a supplement to the Model 

Law. 

Working Group V is also continuing 

its work on enterprise group insolvency 

issues. It plans to develop a set of model 

legislative provisions that would 

facilitate the cross-border insolvency of 

enterprise group members, addressing 

topics such as provision of access to 

foreign courts for foreign representatives 

and creditors of insolvency proceedings 

involving enterprise group members, 

provision of standing for group 

members to participate in the 

insolvency proceedings of other 

members, the use of synthetic 

proceedings, joint appointment of 

insolvency representatives for group 

members, and appropriate forms of 

relief. The Working Group also plans to 

continue discussing the responsibilities 

of corporate directors in the vicinity of 

insolvency, examining how such 

responsibilities should be applied in the 

context of enterprise groups. Finally, the 

Working Group also plans to discuss the 

insolvency of micro, small, and medium 

enterprises (MSMEs); it will evaluate 

the guidance currently provided by the 

Legislative Guide on Insolvency and 

determine whether further work is 

merited (and whether any such work 

should take the form of legislative 

guidance or model legislative 

provisions). 

The purpose of the public meeting is 

to obtain the views of concerned 

stakeholders on all four of the above 

topics: (1) The recognition and 

enforcement of insolvency-derived 

judgments (i.e., what approach should 

be taken by model legislative 

provisions), (2) facilitating the crossborder insolvency of enterprise groups 

(i.e., what approach should be taken by 

model legislative provisions), (3) 

responsibilities of corporate directors in 

enterprise groups in the vicinity of 

insolvency (i.e., what approach should 

UNCITRAL take), and (4) MSME 

insolvency issues (i.e., whether further 

work is needed, and what form any such 

work should take). Those who cannot 

attend but wish to comment are 

welcome to do so by email to Tim 

Schnabel at SchnabelTR@state.gov. 

Time and Place: The meeting will 

take place from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 

p.m. in Room 4835, Harry S Truman 

Building, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520. Participants 

should plan to arrive at the C Street 

entrance by 8:30 a.m. for visitor 

screening. If you are unable to attend 

the public meeting and would like to 

participate from a remote location, 

teleconferencing will be available. 

Public Participation: This meeting is 

open to the public, subject to the 

capacity of the meeting room. Access to 

the building is strictly controlled. For 

pre-clearance purposes, those planning 

to attend should email pil@state.gov 

providing full name, address, date of 

birth, citizenship, driver’s license or 

passport number, and email address. 

This information will greatly facilitate 

entry into the building. A member of the 

public needing reasonable 

accommodation should email pil@

state.gov not later than February 5, 

2014. Requests made after that date will 

be considered, but might not be able to 

be fulfilled. If you would like to 

participate by telephone, please email 

pil@state.gov to obtain the call-in 

number and other information. 

Data from the public is requested 

pursuant to Public Law 99–399 

(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; 

Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT 

Act); and Executive Order 13356. The 

purpose of the collection is to validate 

the identity of individuals who enter 

Department facilities. 

The data will be entered into the 

Visitor Access Control System (VACS– 

D) database. Please see the Security 

Records System of Records Notice 

(State-36) at http://www.state.gov/

documents/organization/103419.pdf for 

additional information. 

Dated: January 17, 2014. 

Timothy R. Schnabel, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Office of Legal Adviser, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01327 Filed 1–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for Transportation 

Improvements on I–95 in New London 

County, Connecticut 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice to Rescind a Notice of 

Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that, effective 

immediately, we are rescinding the 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed transportation 

improvements along the I–95 Corridor 

in New London County, CT. The NOI 

was published in the Federal Register 

(FR) on August 22, 2007 (FR Vol. 72, 

No. 162, p. 47119; FR Doc 07–4127). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eloise Powell, Team Leader for 

Planning, Environment, and Research, 

FHWA Connecticut Division, 628–2 

Hebron Avenue, Suite 303, Glastonbury, 

CT 06033, Telephone: (860) 494–7566, 

Email: eloise.powell@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

Connecticut Department of 

Transportation (CTDOT), issued a NOI 

on August 22, 2007, to prepare an EIS 

for proposed transportation 

improvements along the I–95 corridor in 

New London County, CT, between 

Interchange Exits 70 and 84, for a 

distance of approximately 12.3 miles. 

The purposes of the proposed 

improvements were to improve safety 

and provide increased capacity to meet 

future traffic demands. Due to the reprioritization of major transportation 

projects in Connecticut and funding 

constraints, the CTDOT is no longer 

pursuing this project. Therefore, the 

NOI for this project is rescinded. 


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