47046 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 149 / Friday, August 2, 2013 / Notices 

extension of an OMB-approved 

information collection. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Type of 

respondents 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden 

per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual burden 

(hours) 

Private Sector .................................................................................. 1,800 1 10 300 

State/Local/Tribal Government ........................................................ 1,800 1 10 300 

Totals ........................................................................................ 3,600 ............................ ............................ 600 

Type of 

respondents 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden 

per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Private Sector .................................................................................. 1,800 1 10 300 

State/Local/Tribal Government ........................................................ 1,800 1 10 300 

Totals ........................................................................................ 3,600 ............................ ............................ 600 

Dated: July 30, 2013. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Director, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18635 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8403] 

Suggestions for Environmental 

Cooperation Pursuant to the United 

States-Colombia Environmental 

Cooperation Agreement 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of preparation of and 

request for comments regarding the first 

United States—Colombia Environmental 

Cooperation Work Program. 

SUMMARY: The Department invites the 

public, including NGOs, educational 

institutions, private sector enterprises 

and other interested persons, to submit 

written comments or suggestions 

regarding items for inclusion in the first 

Work Program for implementing the 

United States—Colombia Environmental 

Cooperation Agreement, which entered 

into force on June 28, 2013. We 

encourage submitters to refer to: (1) The 

U.S.—Colombia Environmental 

Cooperation Agreement; (2) Chapter 18 

(Environment) of the U.S.—Colombia 

Trade Promotion Agreement; and (3) the 

Environmental Review of the U.S.— 

Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. 

These documents are available at: 

http://www.state.gov/e/oes/eqt/trade/ 

c51527.htm. 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

August 16, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be emailed to 

(MartirTorresMC@state.gov) or faxed 

((202) 647–5947) to Maina MartirTorres, Office of Environmental Quality 

and Transboundary Issues, Bureau of 

Oceans and International Environmental 

and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department 

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

Colombia Environmental Cooperation.’’ 

If you have access to the Internet, you 

can view and comment on this notice by 

going to: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!home and searching on docket 

number: DOS–2013–0013 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Maina Martir-Torres, telephone (202) 

647–4750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

U.S.-Colombia Environmental 

Cooperation Agreement 

The United States—Colombia 

Environmental Cooperation Agreement 

(ECA) entered into force on June 28, 

2013. The United States and Colombia 

negotiated the ECA in parallel with the 

U.S.—Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement. The ECA establishes a 

framework to promote cooperation on 

environmental protection, sustainable 

management of natural resources, 

conservation and protection of 

biodiversity, and strengthening of 

environmental law enforcement. Article 

III of the ECA establishes an 

Environmental Cooperation 

Commission (ECC), which is responsible 

for developing work programs that 

reflect the parties’ priorities for 

cooperative environmental activities. 

We are requesting suggestions for 

cooperative environmental activities to 

consider for inclusion in the first Work 

Program. For additional information, 

please visit: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

eqt/trade/index.htm.Disclaimer: This 

Public Notice is a request for comments 

and suggestions, and is not a request for 

applications. No granting of money is 

directly associated with this request for 

suggestions for the Work Program. There 

is no expectation of resources or 

funding associated with any comments 

or suggestions for the Work Program or 

the Plan of Action. 

Dated: July 23, 2013. 

Deborah E. Klepp, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18666 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8404] 

Waiver of Restriction on Assistance to 

the Central Government of Suriname 

Pursuant to Section 7031(b)(3) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Div. I, Pub. 

L.112–74) (‘‘the Act’’), as carried 

forward by the Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2013 (Div. F, Pub. 

L. 113–6), and Department of State 

Delegation of Authority Number 245–1, 

I hereby determine that it is important 

to the national interest of the United 

States to waive the requirements of 

Section 7031(b)(1) of the Act and similar 

provisions of law in prior year Acts with 

respect to Suriname and I hereby waive 

this restriction. 

This determination and the 

accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification shall be reported to the 

Congress, and the determination shall 

be published in the Federal Register. 


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Dated: July 19, 2013. 

William J. Burns, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18670 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0265] 

Proposed Policy for Discontinuance of 

Certain Instrument Approach 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: As, new technology facilitates 

the introduction of area navigation 

(RNAV) instrument approach 

procedures over the past decade, the 

number of procedures available in the 

National Airspace System has nearly 

doubled. The complexity and cost to the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

of maintaining the existing ground 

based navigational infrastructure while 

expanding the new RNAV capability is 

not sustainable. The FAA is considering 

the cancellation of certain Nondirectional Beacon (NDB) and Very High 

Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional 

Radio Range (VOR) instrument 

approach procedures (IAP) at airports 

that have multiple instrument approach 

procedures. The FAA proposes specific 

criteria to guide the identification and 

selection of appropriate NDB and VOR 

instrument approach procedures that 

can be considered for cancellation. The 

VOR IAPs associated with this 

cancellation initiative would be selected 

from the criteria outlined below. This 

Notice is not a part of the FAA’s VOR 

minimum operating network (MON) 

initiative. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 1, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number 2013–0265 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations 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. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

• Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

• Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

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

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations 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. 

This proposal is subject to change after 

review of public comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning this action, 

contact Mr. Larry Strout, Aeronautical 

Navigational Products, Terminal 

Products Group, Central Products Team 

Manager, Air Traffic Organization, AJV– 

353, Federal Aviation Administration, 

6500 S. MacArthur BLVD, Oklahoma 

City, OK 73169; telephone (405) 954– 

5070, email AMC–ATO–IFPCancellations@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Title 49 of the United States Code, 

section 40103, vests the Administrator 

with broad authority to regulate the safe 

and efficient use of the navigable 

airspace. The Administrator is 

authorized to issue rules and regulations 

to govern the flight, navigation, 

protection, and identification of aircraft 

for the protection of persons and 

property on the ground, and for the 

efficient use of the navigable airspace 

(49 U.S.C. 40103(b)). The Administrator 

also is authorized under § 44701(a)(5) to 

promote safe flight of civil aircraft in air 

commerce by prescribing regulations 

and minimum standards for other 

practices, methods, and procedures 

necessary for safety in air commerce and 

national security. 

Background 

The FAA is continuing to expand the 

availability and capability of area 

navigation (RNAV) to improve safety 

and efficiency within the National 

Airspace System (NAS). A major 

enhancement is the introduction of 

Wide Area Augmentation System 

(WAAS) capable RNAV instrument 

approach procedures that provide for 

near-precision vertical guidance. 

As a result of new RNAV instrument 

approach procedures, the number of 

instrument approach procedures 

available to the public has nearly 

doubled over the past decade and will 

continue to grow with the public’s 

demand for new WAAS procedures. The 

complexity and cost of maintaining 

existing ground-based navigational 

infrastructure while expanding new 

RNAV capability is exceeding the FAA’s 

current staffing and budget allocations 

and projections over the next five years. 

To meet the public’s demand for WAAS 

capable RNAV procedures, the FAA 

must manage the growth in the number 

of instrument approach procedures and 

finds that certain redundant groundbased procedures can be eliminated 

without affecting safety or access to 

airports. 

To help identify viable strategies for 

cancellation of ground-based 

procedures, the FAA awarded a grant to 

the Flight Safety Foundation. In 

conducting its research, the Flight 

Safety Foundation held meetings with 

FAA and Department of Defense (DOD) 

personnel and key industry interest 

groups. Outreach conducted by the 

Foundation identified that most NDB 

procedures are no longer desired, except 

in support of certain DOD operations 

and flight schools. The Flight Safety 

Foundation also found user support for 

cancelling some VOR procedures when 

multiple IAPs are available. Results of 

the Flight Safety Foundation study were 

published in the report titled ‘‘A 

Recommended Process: Safely Reducing 

Redundant or Underutilized Instrument 

Approach Procedures.’’ The report is 

available for review at: https://www.faa.

gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/

procedures/reports/media/FAA_Grant_

Flight_Safety_Foundation_Inc2010G023.pdf. 

By this notice, the FAA seeks 

comments on proposed criteria that 

would facilitate the FAA’s 

determination of which procedures can 

be considered for cancellation. After 

reviewing the comments submitted to 

this notice, the FAA will use the criteria 

for selection of potential NDB and VOR 

procedures for cancellation. Once the 

criteria are established and the FAA 


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