51216 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 191 / Monday, October 5, 2009 / Notices 

to 15 CFR 2006.13, except confidential 

business information exempt from 

public inspection in accordance with 15 

CFR 2006.15. Comments may be viewed 

on the http://www.regulations.gov 

website by entering docket number 

USTR–2009–0001 in the search field on 

the home page. 

Stanford K. McCoy, 

Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property and 

Innovation. 

[FR Doc. E9–23872 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA 2009–0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments; 

Renewed Approval of Information 

Collection; State Right-of-Way 

Operations Manuals, OMB Control 

Number: 2125–0586 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comment regarding our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve a renewed 

information collection. The information 

we collect is provided by each State 

Department of Transportation (State) in 

its right-of-way operations manuals. The 

right-of-way manuals contain detailed 

descriptions of procedures the State will 

follow to show compliance with Federal 

regulations found in 23 CFR Part 710 

and 49 CFR Part 24. 23 CFR 710.201(c) 

sets out the requirement for the right-ofway operations manual. Specifically, 

each manual shall describe functions 

and procedures for all phases of the real 

estate program, including appraisal and 

appraisal review, negotiation and 

eminent domain, property management, 

and relocation assistance. The State 

shall update the manual periodically to 

reflect changes in operations and submit 

the updated manual for approval by the 

FHWA. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 required the FHWA to publish 

notice for this information collection in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

FHWA–2009–0100 by any of the 

following methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Facer, 785–228–2544, Office of 

Real Estate Services, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: State Right-of-Way Operations 

Manuals. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0586. 

Background: It is the responsibility of 

each State Department of Transportation 

(State) to acquire, manage and dispose 

of real property in compliance with the 

legal requirements of State and Federal 

laws and regulations. Part of providing 

assurance of compliance is to describe 

in a right-of-way procedural (operations) 

manual the organization, policies and 

procedures of the State to such an extent 

that these guide State employees, local 

acquiring agencies, and contractors who 

acquire and manage real property that is 

used for a federally funded 

transportation project. Procedural 

manuals assure the FHWA that the 

requirements of the Uniform Relocation 

Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act) 

will be met. The State responsibility to 

prepare and maintain an up-to-date 

right-of-way procedural manual is set 

out in 23 CFR 710.201(c). The regulation 

allows States flexibility in determining 

how to meet the manual requirement. 

This flexibility allows States to prepare 

manuals in the format of their choosing, 

to the level of detail necessitated by 

State complexities. Each State decides 

how it will provide service to 

individuals and businesses affected by 

Federal or federally-assisted projects, 

while at the same time reducing the 

burden of government regulation. States 

are required to update manuals to reflect 

changes in Federal requirements for 

programs administered under Title 23 

U.S.C. The State manuals may be 

submitted to FHWA electronically or 

made available by posting on the State 

Web site. 

Respondents: State Departments of 

Transportation (52, including the 

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico). 

Frequency: Once initially, then States 

update their operations manuals for 

review. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 75 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75 hours for each of the 52 State 

Departments of Transportation. The 

total is 3,900 burden hours annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA oversight of the 

right-of-way program; (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 without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The agency will summarize 

and/or include your comments in the 

request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 29, 2009. 

Judith Kane, 

Acting Chief, Management Programs and 

Analysis Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–23881 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fourth Meeting—Special Committee 

222: Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 222: Inmarsat Aeronautical 

Mobile Satellite (Route) Services 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 222: Inmarsat 

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) 

Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 9 

a.m.–5 p.m. and Wednesday, November 

18, 2009 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hosted by SkyTerra, Reston, 

VA. An RSVP to SkyTerra is required by 


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