Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2011 / Notices 77585 

Dated: December 7, 2011. 

Michael S. Coffee, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Washington, DC. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31982 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6828] 

Meeting of Advisory Committee on the 

Secretary of State’s Strategic Dialogue 

With Civil Society 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), the Advisory Committee on the 

Secretary of State’s Strategic Dialogue 

With Civil Society will convene in 

Washington, DC on January 17, 2012. 

The Committee provides advice on the 

formulation of U.S. policies, proposals, 

and strategies for engagement with, and 

protection of, civil society worldwide. 

The objective of this meeting is to 

review the progress of the Committee’s 

five subcommittees. The meeting is 

open to the public and will be streamed 

live at https:// 

statedept.connectsolutions.com/ 

csenglish. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 17, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of State, Room 

1107, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, 

DC This meeting is open to public 

participation, though seating is limited. 

Entry to the building is controlled. To 

obtain pre-clearance for entry provide, 

by January 11, your name, professional 

affiliation, valid government-issued ID 

number, passport number and country 

of issuance, or driver’s license number 

and state of issuance, date of birth, and 

citizenship to Dara Duncan via email to 

civilsociety@state.gov or facsimile to 

(202) 736–7961. One of the following 

forms of valid photo identification will 

be required for entry into the meeting: 

U.S. driver’s license, U.S. Government 

identification card, or any valid 

passport. Enter the Department of State 

from the entrance on C Street. In view 

of escorting requirements, nonGovernment attendees should plan to 

arrive 15 minutes before the meeting 

begins. 

Written comments may also be 

submitted to Dara Duncan via the 

contact information above. All 

comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the U.S. 

Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., 

Room 1317, Washington, DC 20520. 

Please call ahead to (202) 736–7824 to 

facilitate entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dara 

Duncan, Committee Executive 

Secretary, U.S. Department of State, 

2201 C Street, NW., Room 1317, 

Washington, DC 20520; (202) 736–7824; 

fax (202) 736–7961; 

civilsociety@state.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1 (800) 877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

Requests for reasonable accommodation 

for access to the facility or proceedings 

may be made by contacting Dara 

Duncan at the contact information 

provided above prior to January 2. 

Requests made after that date will be 

considered, but might not be possible to 

fulfill. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public and will 

be streamed live at: https:// 

statedept.connectsolutions.com/ 

csenglish. Agenda items to be covered 

include: (1) Introductions, (2) 

Presentations by the Chairs of the 

Subcommittees, (3) Public Comment, (4) 

General Discussion, (5) Adjournment. 

Anyone who would like to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff. The agenda 

will allow time for people to make oral 

statements of two minutes or less. 

Individuals wishing to make an oral 

statement should submit this request in 

writing by January 2, 2012 to be 

scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments and requests of time for oral 

comments must be sent to Dara Duncan, 

Committee Executive Secretary, at the 

contact information provided above. 

Personal data is requested for building 

entry pursuant to Pub. L. 99–399 

(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; 

Pub. L. 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 Privacy Impact Assessment for 

VACS–D at http://www.state.gov/ 

documents/organization/100305.pdf for 

additional information. 

Dated: December 5, 2011. 

Dara Duncan, 

Policy Coordinator, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31985 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice to Manufacturers of Airport 

Lighting and Navigation Aid 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), US DOT. 

ACTION: Notice to manufacturers of 

airport lighting and navigation aid 

equipment. 

SUMMARY: Projects funded under the 

Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 

must meet the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

50101, Buy American Preferences. The 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

is considering issuing waivers to foreign 

manufacturers of certain airport lighting 

and navigation aid equipment that is lit 

with Light Emitting Diode (LED) 

lighting. This notice requests 

information from manufacturers of 

systems meeting the technical 

requirements to determine whether a 

waiver to the Buy American Preferences 

should be issued. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Nancy S. Williams, Airports 

Financial Assistance, APP 501, Room 

619, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

manages a federal grant program for 

airports called the Airport Improvement 

Program (AIP). AIP grant recipients 

must follow 49 U.S.C. 50101, Buy 

American Preferences. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 50101(b)(3), the 

Secretary of Transportation may waive 

the Buy American Preference 

requirement if the goods are not 

produced in a sufficient and reasonably 

available amount or are not of a 

satisfactory quality. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

request manufacturers of L–850A, 

L850B, L852K, and L852S LED airport 

lighting equipment, LED Runway End 

Identified Lighting (REIL) equipment, 

and LED Precision Approach Path 

Indicator (PAPI) equipment, both 

domestic and foreign, to advise FAA of 

the system that they manufacture and 

whether it can meet the FAA Advisory 

Circular technical requirements. The 

detailed instructions for submitting the 

qualifications statement, including 


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forms, may be found on the FAA Web 

site at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ 

procurement/ 

federal_contract_provisions/at the tab 

entitled, Airport Lighting and 

Navigation Aid Equipment Request For 

Qualifications. The FAA wants to 

determine if there is sufficient quantity 

of domestic manufacturers capable of 

meeting the FAA technical 

requirements. If the FAA cannot find 

that there are USA manufacturers, it 

will issue a nationwide waiver to the 

foreign manufacturers identified as 

being capable of meeting the technical 

requirements. 

Technical Requirements: FAA 

Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5345–46D, 

Specification for Runway and Taxiway 

Light Fixtures provides the technical 

requirements for the L–850A, L–850B, 

L–852K and L–852S lighting equipment. 

FAA Advisory Circular 150/5345–51B, 

Specifications for Discharge-Type 

Flashing Light Equipment, provides the 

technical requirements for the REILs. 

FAA Advisory Circular 150/5345–28G, 

Precision Approach Path Indicator 

(PAPI) Systems, provides the technical 

requirements for the PAPI equipment. 

After review, the FAA may issue a 

nationwide waiver to Buy American 

Preferences for foreign manufacturers or 

United States manufacturers that do not 

meet the Buy American Preference 

requirements. Waivers will not be 

issued for manufacturers that do not 

fully meet the technical requirements. 

This ‘‘nationwide waiver’’ allows 

equipment to be used on airport projects 

without having to receive separate 

project waivers. Having a nationwide 

waiver allows projects to start quickly 

without have to wait for the Buy 

American analysis to be completed for 

every project, while still assuring the 

funds used for airport projects meet the 

requirements of the Act. 

Items that have been granted a 

‘‘nationwide waiver’’ can be found on 

the FAA Web site at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/procurement/ 

federal_contract_provisions/at the tab 

entitled, Equipment Meeting Buy 

American Requirements. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 7, 

2011. 

Frank J. San Martin, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31993 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2011–0126] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Renewal of Two Previously Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to renew two 

information collections, which are 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

October 11, 2010. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention DOT Desk Officer. You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2011–0126. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title1: A Guide to Reporting Highway 

Statistics. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0032. 

Abstract: A Guide to Reporting 

Highway Statistics provides for the 

collection of information by describing 

policies and procedures for assembling 

highway related data from the existing 

files of State agencies. The data includes 

motor-vehicle registration and fees, 

motor-fuel use and taxation, driver 

licensing, and highway taxation and 

finance. Federal, State, and local 

governments use the data for 

transportation policy discussions and 

decisions. Motor-fuel data are used in 

attributing receipts to the Highway 

Trust Fund and subsequently in the 

apportionment formula that are used to 

distribute Federal-aid Highway Funds. 

The data are published annually in the 

FHWA’s Highway Statistics. 

Information from Highway Statistics is 

used in the joint FHWA and Federal 

Transit Administration required 

biennial report to Congress, Status of the 

Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and 

Transit: Conditions and Performance, 

which contrasts present status to future 

investment needs. 

Respondents: State and local 

governments of the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated average 

reporting burden per response for the 

annual collection and processing of the 

data is 825 hours for each of the States 

(including local governments), the 

District of Columbia and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

estimated total annual burden for all 

respondents is 42,900 hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ralph Erickson, (202) 366–9235, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of 

Policy, Office of Highway Policy 

Information, Highway Funding and 

Motor Fuels Division (HPPI–10), 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Title 2: Highway Performance 

Monitoring System (HPMS). 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0028. 

Abstract: The HPMS data that is 

collected is used for management 

decisions that affect transportation, 

including estimates of the Nation’s 

future highway needs and assessments 

of highway system performance. The 

information is used by the FHWA to 

develop and implement legislation and 

by State and Federal transportation 

officials to adequately plan, design, and 

administer effective, safe, and efficient 

transportation systems. This data is 

essential to the FHWA and Congress in 

evaluating the effectiveness of the 

Federal-aid highway program. The 

HPMS also provides miles, lane-miles 

and travel components of the Federalaid Highway Fund apportionment 

formulae. The data that is required by 

the HPMS has recently been reassessed 

and streamlined by the FHWA. 

Respondents: State governments of 

the 50 States, the District of Columbia 

and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated average burden 


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