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ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Presidential disaster declaration 

for the State of Louisiana, dated 08/31/ 

2012 is hereby amended to include the 

following areas as adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Parishes: (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Saint 

Charles. 

All Contiguous Parishes have 

previously been declared. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22374 Filed 9–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[PUBLIC NOTICE 8020] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘The 

Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘The Body 

Beautiful in Ancient Greece,’’ imported 

from abroad for temporary exhibition 

within the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Portland Art 

Museum, Portland, Oregon, from on or 

about October 6, 2012, until on or about 

January 6, 2013, the Dallas Museum of 

Art, Dallas, Texas, from on or about May 

5, 2013, until on or about October 6, 

2013, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

I have ordered that Public Notice of 

these Determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22445 Filed 9–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8019] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Picasso Black and White’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Picasso 

Black and White,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners or custodians. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Solomon R. 

Guggenheim Museum, New York, New 

York, from on or about October 5, 2012, 

until on or about January 23, 2013, and 

at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: September 5, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22447 Filed 9–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC); New Task 

Assignment for the ARAC: 

Establishment of Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working 

Group 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the ARAC 

a new task arising from 

recommendations of the Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The ARC 

recommended ways to ensure that the 

FAA’s airman testing and training 

materials better support reduction of 

fatal general aviation accidents. The 

new task is to integrate 14 CFR part 61 

aeronautical knowledge and flight 

proficiency requirements for the private 

pilot and flight instructor certificates 

and the instrument rating into a single 

Airman Certification Standards 

document for each type of certificate 

and rating; to develop a detailed 

proposal to realign FAA training 

handbooks with the Airman 

Certification Standards documents; and 

to propose knowledge test item bank 

questions consistent with the integrated 

Airman Certification Standards 

documents and the principles set forth 

in the ARC’s recommendations. 

This action item informs the public of 

the new ARAC’s task and solicits 

membership for the new Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working Group 

(Working Group). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van 

L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory Support 

Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, 

AFS 600, FAA Mike Monroney 

Aeronautical Center P.O. Box 25082 

Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone 

(405) 954–4431, email 

van.l.kerns@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Background 

The FAA established ARAC to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s 

rulemaking activities. ARAC’s objectives 

are to improve the development of the 

FAA’s regulations by providing 

information, advice, and 

recommendations related to aviation 

issues. 

On September 21, 2011, the FAA 

chartered the ARC for the U.S. aviation 

community to develop 

recommendations for more effective 

training and testing in the areas of 

aeronautical knowledge and flight 

proficiency required for safer operation 

in today’s National Airspace System 

(NAS). 

The FAA’s charge to the ARC was to 

help ensure that FAA’s technical 

information related to existing standards 

for airman knowledge and skill tests, 

computer testing supplements, 

knowledge test guides, practical test 

standards and training handbooks 

incorporates the most current, relevant, 

and effective approaches to training and 

testing. The FAA specifically tasked the 

ARC with providing recommendations 

on a process for ongoing stakeholder 

participation in developing the content 

of these materials, and methodologies 

for developing better test item bank 

questions. The FAA also asked the ARC 

to develop a prioritized list of 

certificates and ratings to update. 

This new task is the FAA’s response 

to several of the ARC’s 

recommendations. Establishment of the 

ARAC’s Working Group creates a 

process by which the stakeholders’ real 

world aviation education and training 

expertise can contribute to the 

development of materials and 

methodologies. In accordance with the 

ARC’s recommended certificate and 

rating priorities, the Working Group will 

address the private pilot, flight 

instructor, and instrument rating 

training and testing materials by 

developing an integrated Airman 

Certification Standards document for 

each one. 

By aligning the aeronautical 

knowledge testing standards required by 

14 CFR part 61 with the flight 

proficiency standards set out in the 

existing Practical Test Standards (PTS), 

the integrated Airman Certification 

Standard will enhance the relevance, 

reliability, validity, and effectiveness of 

aeronautical knowledge testing and 

training materials and thus support the 

FAA’s goal of reducing fatal general 

aviation accidents. The FAA is also 

tasking the ARAC’s Working Group to 

develop a detailed proposal to realign 

and, as appropriate, streamline and 

consolidate existing FAA guidance 

material (e.g., handbooks) with each 

integrated Airman Certification 

Standards documents; and to propose 

methodologies to ensure that knowledge 

test item bank questions are consistent 

with both the Airman Certification 

Standards documents and the test 

question development principles set 

forth in the ARC’s recommendations. 

In August 2012, the ARAC’s Executive 

Committee discussed the proposed 

actions for this tasking. This notice 

advises the public that the FAA has 

assigned, and the Executive Committee 

has accepted, a new task to develop the 

items listed below. The FAA has 

specifically tasked the ARAC’s Working 

Group to support the FAA’s goal to 

enhance general aviation safety and 

reduce the fatal general aviation 

accident rate by providing: 

(1) An integrated Airman Certification 

Standards document that aligns the 

aeronautical knowledge testing 

standards required by 14 CFR part 61 

with the flight proficiency standards 

(‘‘Areas of Operation’’) set out in 14 CFR 

part 61 and the existing Practical Test 

Standards (PTS) for (a) the private pilot 

and (b) flight instructor certificates and 

(c) the instrument rating. To accomplish 

this task, the Working Group should 

follow the ARC’s recommendations to 

integrate appropriate elements of 

aeronautical knowledge and risk 

management into each Area of 

Operation in the current Practical Test 

Standards documents. 

(2) A recommendation on priorities 

for revision of additional certificates 

and ratings, along with ways to ensure 

expert review of any revisions to these 

documents. 

(3) A detailed proposal to realign and, 

as appropriate, streamline and 

consolidate existing FAA guidance 

material (e.g., the handbooks listed 

below) with the integrated Airman 

Certification Standards documents 

developed in accordance with item (1). 

The Working Group will also develop 

and recommend a process for review 

and revision of these materials. 

(4) Proposed knowledge test item 

bank questions that are consistent with 

both the newly developed Airman 

Certification Standards documents and 

the test question development 

principles set forth in the ARC’s 

recommendations. The Working Group 

will also recommend options that 

provide for expert outside review 

(‘‘boarding’’) of proposed questions 

while safeguarding the integrity of the 

testing process. 

The Working Group is expected to 

develop a report containing each of the 

listed elements. Any disagreements 

should be documented, including the 

rationale for each position and the 

reasons for the disagreement. 

In developing this report, the Working 

Group shall familiarize itself with: 

1. A Report to the FAA from the 

Airman Testing Standards and Training 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee: 

Recommendations to Enhance Airman 

Knowledge Test Content and Its 

Processes and Methodologies for 

Training and Testing (www.faa.gov/ 

aircraft/draft_docs/arc). 

2. Aeronautical knowledge standards 

set forth in 14 CFR part 61, Certification: 

Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground 

Instructors. 

3. Flight proficiency standards set 

forth in 14 CFR part 61, Certification: 

Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground 

Instructors. 

4. FAA Airman Knowledge Test 

Guide (FAA–G–8082–17E). 

5. Current Practical Test Standards 

documents for Private Pilot Airplane 

(FAA–S–8081–14B); Flight Instructor 

Airplane (FAA–S–8081–6C); and 

Instrument Rating for Airplane, 

Helicopter, and Powered Lift (FAA–S– 

8081–4E). 

6. Current FAA guidance materials, to 

include the Pilot’s Handbook of 

Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA–H– 

8083–25A); the Airplane Flying 

Handbook (FAA–H–8083–3A); the 

Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA– 

H–8083–9A); the Instrument Flying 

Handbook (FAA–H–8083–15A); and the 

Instrument Procedures Handbook 

(FAA–H–8083–1A). 

Schedule 

The recommendations must be 

forwarded to the ARAC Executive 

Committee for review and approval no 

later than September 30, 2013. 

ARAC Acceptance of New Task 

The ARAC’s Executive Committee has 

accepted the task and assigned it to the 

newly-established ARAC Working 

Group. The Working Group serves as 

staff to ARAC and assists in the analysis 

of the assigned new task. ARAC must 

review and approve the Working 

Group’s recommendations. If ARAC 

accepts the Working Group’s 

recommendations, it will send them to 

the FAA in the form of a written report. 

Working Group Activity 

The Working Group must comply 

with the procedures adopted by ARAC. 

As part of the procedures, the Working 

Group must: 

1. Recommend a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan, for 

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consideration at the next ARAC 

Executive Committee meeting held 

following publication of this notice. 

2. Provide a status report at each 

meeting of the ARAC Executive 

Committee. 

3. Draft the recommendations report 

and required analyses and/or any other 

related materials or documents. 

4. Present the final recommendations 

to the ARAC Executive Committee for 

review and approval. 

Participation in the ARAC Working 

Group 

The Working Group will be 

comprised of aviation professionals 

with experience and expertise in airman 

training and testing, and technical 

experts having an interest in the 

assigned new task. The FAA would like 

a wide range of members to ensure that 

all aspects of airman testing and 

training, including best practices, are 

considered in the development of its 

recommendations. 

If you wish to become a member of 

the Working Group, please write the 

person listed under the caption FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

expressing such desire. Describe your 

interest in the new task and state the 

expertise you would bring to the 

Working Group. We must receive all 

requests by October 2, 2012. 

The ARAC Executive Committee and 

the FAA will review the requests and 

advise you whether your request is 

approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the Working Group, you must actively 

participate by attending all meetings 

and providing written comments when 

requested to do so. You must devote the 

resources necessary to support the 

Working Group in meeting any assigned 

deadlines. You must keep your 

management chain, and those you may 

represent, advised of the Working 

Group’s activities and decisions to 

ensure the proposed technical solutions 

do not conflict with your sponsoring 

organization’s position, when the 

subject is presented to ARAC for 

approval. Once the Working Group has 

begun deliberations, members will not 

be added or substituted without the 

approval of the FAA and the Working 

Group chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. ARAC meetings are open 

to the public. However, ARAC Working 

Group’s meetings are not open to the 

public, except to the extent individuals 

with an interest and expertise are 

selected to attend. The FAA will make 

no public announcement of the Working 

Group’s meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 5, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22451 Filed 9–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

60th Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 135, Environmental 

Conditions and Test Procedures for 

Airborne Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT) 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 135, Environmental 

Conditions and Test Procedures for 

Airborne Equipment 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the sixtieth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

135, Environmental Conditions and Test 

Procedures for Airborne Equipment 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 8, 2012 from 9 a.m.—5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

FAA Aircraft Certification Office, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Ft. Worth, TX 76137. 

Foreign Nationals will need to complete 

a Foreign National Authorization Form. 

Send a completed form to host/point of 

contact: Daniele Jordan at the following 

email address: Danielle.Jordan@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street, 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, 

or by telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 

833–9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web 

site at http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 135. The agenda will include 

the following: 

November 8, 2012 

• Chairmen’s Opening Remarks, 

Introductions. 

• Introduce FAA Representative 

• Approval of Summary from the FiftyNinth Meeting 

• Presentation on the rotorcraft DO–160 

environmental qualification of 

equipment 

• Review open proposal’s for User’s 

Guide’s 

• Review Working Group activities 

• Section 4 

• Section 5 

• Section 8 

• Section 16 

• Section 20 

• Section 21 

• RTCA Workspace Discussion 

• New/Unfinished Business 

• Errata Sheet 

• Schedule for Users Guide 

• Establish Date for Next SC–135 

Meeting 

• Closing/Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 

2012. 

David Sicard, 

Manager, Business Operations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22466 Filed 9–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Ninth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Battery and Battery Systems—Small 

and Medium Size 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Battery and Battery Systems—Small and 

Medium Size. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the ninth meeting 

of the RTCA Special Committee 225, 

Rechargeable Lithium Battery and 

Battery Systems—Small and Medium 

Size. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 9–11, 2012, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. 

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