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purportedly because of concerns related 

to Avian Influenza. The United States is 

alleging that India’s measures appear to 

be inconsistent with Articles I and XI of 

the General Agreement on Tariffs and 

Trade 1994 (‘‘GATT 1994’’) and Articles 

2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1, 

6.2, 7, and Annex B, paragraphs 2, 5, 

and 6 of the Agreement on the 

Application of Sanitary and 

Phytosanitary Measures. 

Public Comment: Requirements for 

Submissions 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments concerning 

the issues raised in this dispute. Persons 

may submit public comments 

electronically to www.regulations.gov 

docket number USTR–2012–0004. If you 

are unable to provide submissions by 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2012–0004 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

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consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page.) 

The www.regulations.gov site 

provides the option of providing 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

Comments’’ field, or by attaching a 

document using an ‘‘upload file’’ field. 

It is expected that most comments will 

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a document is attached, it is sufficient 

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Comments’’ field. 

A person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such and the submission must be 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

at the top and bottom of the cover page 

and each succeeding page. Any 

comment containing business 

confidential information must be 

submitted by fax to Sandy McKinzy at 

(202) 395–3640. A non-confidential 

summary of the confidential 

information must be submitted to 

www.regulations.gov. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

Information or advice contained in a 

comment submitted, other than business 

confidential information, may be 

determined by USTR to be confidential 

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that 

information or advice may qualify as 

such, the submitter— 

(1) Must clearly so designate the 

information or advice; 

(2) Must clearly mark the material as 

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the 

top and bottom of the cover page and 

each succeeding page; and 

(3) Must provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information or advice. 

Any comment containing confidential 

information must be submitted by fax. A 

non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information must be 

submitted to www.regulations.gov. The 

non-confidential summary will be 

placed in the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 

U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will maintain a 

docket on this dispute settlement 

proceeding accessible to the public at 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2012–0004. 

The public file will include nonconfidential comments received by 

USTR from the public with respect to 

the dispute. If a dispute settlement 

panel is convened or in the event of an 

appeal from such a panel, the U.S. 

submissions, any non-confidential 

submissions, or non-confidential 

summaries of submissions, received 

from other participants in the dispute, 

will be made available to the public on 

USTR’s Web site at www.ustr.gov, and 

the report of the panel, and, if 

applicable, the report of the Appellate 

Body, will be available on the Web site 

of the World Trade Organization, 

www.wto.org. Comments open to public 

inspection may be viewed on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Bradford L. Ward, 

Acting Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for Monitoring and 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7309 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Air Traffic Noise, Fuel Burn, and 

Emissions Modeling Using the 

Aviation Environmental Design Tool 

Version 2a 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Policy Statement. 

SUMMARY: This document provides a 

statement of FAA policy concerning the 

required use of the Aviation 

Environmental Design Tool version 2a 

(AEDT 2a) to analyze noise, fuel burn, 

and emissions for FAA air traffic 

airspace and procedure actions where 

the study area is larger than the 

immediate vicinity of an airport, 

incorporates more than one airport, or 

includes actions above 3,000 feet above 

ground level (AGL). The policy 

statement is intended to ensure 

consistency and quality of analysis 

performed to assess noise, fuel burn, 

and emissions impacts of such actions 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, 

42 United States Code (U.S.C.) §§ 4321 

et seq. 

DATES: Effective March 21, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Cointin, Office of Environment 

and Energy (AEE), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591; Telephone: 

(202) 493–5047. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, describes FAA policies and 

procedures for compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

Under FAA Order 1050.1E, Appendix 

A, Section 2.4c, states ‘‘the [Emissions 

and Dispersion Modeling System] 

EDMS is FAA’s required methodology 

for performing air quality analysis 

modeling for aviation sources.’’ Section 

2.4d states that ‘‘[e]xcept for air toxics 

or where advance written approval has 

been granted to use an equivalent 

methodology and computer model by 

the FAA Office of Environment and 

Energy, the air quality analyses for 

aviation emission sources from airport 

and FAA proposed projects conducted 

to satisfy NEPA, general conformity, and 

49 USC 47106(c) requirements under 

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 

(as amended) must be prepared using 

the most recent EDMS model available 

at the start of the environmental 

analysis process.’’ 

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FAA Order 1050.1E, Appendix A, 

Section 13.2a describes the FAA policy 

to conserve resources such as energy, 

and the requirement ‘‘to identify any 

proposed major changes in stationary 

facilities or the movement of aircraft 

and ground vehicles that would have a 

measurable effect on local supplies of 

energy or natural resources.’’ 

FAA Order 1050.1E, Appendix A, 

Section 14.5e states that for ‘‘air traffic 

airspace actions where the study area is 

larger than the immediate vicinity of an 

airport, incorporates more than one 

airport, or includes actions above 3,000 

feet [Above Ground Level—AGL], noise 

modeling will be conducted using [the 

Noise Integrated Routing System— 

NIRS].’’ 

The FAA developed the AEDT 2a to 

model aircraft noise, fuel burn, and 

emissions for air traffic airspace and 

procedure actions for which the use of 

NIRS is currently required. AEDT 2a has 

the capability to model aircraft 

performance based on fleet mix, airport 

configuration, and operations schedule. 

These data are used to compute aircraft 

noise, fuel burn and emissions 

simultaneously. By standardizing these 

data, AEDT 2a will help FAA 

stakeholders make more informed 

decisions on specific environmental 

impacts of aviation. 

Policy Statement 

Effective March 21, 2012, AEDT 2a is 

the required tool for noise, fuel burn, 

and emissions modeling of air traffic 

airspace and procedure actions where 

the study area is larger than the 

immediate vicinity of an airport, 

incorporates more than one airport, or 

includes actions above 3,000 feet AGL. 

Consistent with current FAA policy and 

practice, the use of AEDT 2a is not 

required for projects whose analysis 

began before the effective date of this 

policy. In the event AEDT 2a is updated 

after the environmental analysis process 

if underway, the updated version may, 

but need not, be used to provide 

additional disclosure concerning noise, 

fuel burn, and emissions. 

FAA–AEE has approved AEDT 2a as 

an ‘‘equivalent methodology’’ to EDMS 

for developing aircraft-only emissions 

inventories when required for air traffic 

airspace and procedure actions. 

FAA–AEE has approved AEDT 2a to 

analyze fuel burn to inform the 

discussion of energy impacts and to 

assist in assessing greenhouse gas 

emissions for air traffic airspace and 

procedure actions. 

FAA–AEE has issued AEDT 2a to 

replace NIRS as the required tool to 

analyze noise and fuel burn for air 

traffic airspace and procedure actions. 

This policy statement is issued to 

ensure consistency and quality of 

analysis performed to comply with 

requirements under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended, 42 United States 

Code (U.S.C.) §§ 4321 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 21, 

2012. 

Lourdes Q. Maurice, 

Executive Director, Office of Environment and 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7354 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA 2012–0074] 

Improvements to the Compliance, 

Safety, Accountability (CSA) Motor 

Carrier Safety Measurement System 

(SMS) 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces planned 

improvements to the Carrier Safety 

Measurement System (SMS) which was 

implemented in December 2010 as part 

of the Agency’s broader Compliance, 

Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative. 

A preview of these improvements will 

be available to motor carriers and law 

enforcement on March 27, 2012. The 

system changes are scheduled to be 

available to the public in July 2012. 

There will be additional opportunity for 

public comment on the changes after the 

preview period ends in July 2012. 

The improvements to SMS announced 

in this notice are based on ongoing 

analysis and feedback from enforcement 

personnel, the motor carrier industry, 

and other stakeholders. The changes 

more effectively identify and prioritize 

high-risk and other unsafe motor 

carriers for enforcement interventions 

designed to reduce commercial motor 

vehicle crashes and hazardous materials 

incidents. 

Starting on March 27, 2012, FMCSA 

will provide motor carriers with the 

ability to preview how the 

improvements impact their individual 

safety data in SMS. These 

improvements include: (1) Changes to 

the SMS methodology that identify 

higher risk carriers while addressing 

industry biases; (2) better applications 

of SMS results for Agency interventions 

by more accurately identifying safety 

sensitive carriers (i.e., carriers 

transporting people and carriers hauling 

hazardous materials (HM)), so that such 

firms can be selected for CSA 

interventions at more stringent levels; 

and, (3) more specific fact-based 

displays of SMS results on the SMS 

Web site. 

The data preview may be found at 

http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/. During the 

data preview period, the Agency 

requests comments on the impacts of 

the changes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2012–0074 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1- 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room 12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. All 

submissions must include the Agency 

name and docket number for this notice. 

See the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information. 

Note that all comments received, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be posted without change 

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

see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground floor of 

the DOT Headquarters Building at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

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Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s Privacy Act System of 

Records Notice for the DOT Federal 

Docket Management System published 

in the Federal Register on January 17, 

2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 

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