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For more information, contact 

Matthew Zartman, Deputy Executive 

Director of the International Security 

Advisory Board, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520, telephone: (202) 

736–4244. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

George W. Look, 

Executive Director, International Security 

Advisory Board, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–5023 Filed 3–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending March 9, 2007 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under Sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1383 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2007–27527. 

Date Filed: March 6, 2007. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

PTC COMP Mail Vote 528, Resolution 

011a Mileage Manual Non-TC 

Member/Non-Iata Carrier Sectors 

(Memo 1375). 

Intended effective date: 15 March 2007. 

Docket Number: OST–2007–27535. 

Date Filed: March 7, 2007. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

Mail Vote 527—Resolution 010k, TC3 

Japan, Korea-South East Asia, Special 

Passenger Amending Resolution 

between Korea (Rep. of) and China 

excluding Hong Kong SAR and Macao 

SAR, Mongolia, Philippines (Memo 

1064). 

Intended effective date: 15 March 2007. 

Docket Number: OST–2007–27564. 

Date Filed: March 9, 2007. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC2 Europe-Africa, Expedited 

Resolution 002dg (Memo 0245). 

Intended effective date: 1 April 2007. 

Docket Number: OST–2007–27568. 

Date Filed: March 9, 2007. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

PTC COMP Mail Vote 529, Cancellation 

of Composite Resolutions 001m, 001o, 

001w, 002dd, 005aa, 035, 048, 125, 

210, 211, 785a (Memo 1377). 

Intended effective date: 1 April 2007. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E7–5025 Filed 3–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2007–09] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of the FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before April 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–2006–26238] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov . 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 am and 5 

pm, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033, Tyneka Thomas 

(202) 267–7626 , or Frances Shaver 

(202) 267–9681, Office of Rulemaking 

(ARM–1), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9, 

2007. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2006–26238. 

Petitioner: International Council of 

Air Shows, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

61.3 (a) and (c). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

International Council of Air Shows, Inc., 

seeks an exemption, to the extent 

necessary, to allow its pilots to operate 

civil aircraft without having a pilot 

certificate or medical certificate in his or 

her possession during the flight. 

[FR Doc. E7–5061 Filed 3–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Nueces County, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

revised notice to advise the public that 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) is being prepared for the proposed 

U.S. Highway 181 Harbor Bridge 

replacement/State Highway (SH) 286 

(Crosstown Expressway) improvement 

highway project in Nueces County, 

Texas, and that the project and study 

limits described in the May 20, 2005, 

Notice of Intent (NOI) have been 

expanded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald E. Davis, District Engineer, 

Federal Highway Administration—

Texas Division, 300 East 8th Street, 

Austin, Texas 78701. Telephone: 512–

536–5960. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Texas 

Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 

is preparing an EIS for a proposal to 


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replace the existing US 181 Harbor 

Bridge and construct improvements to 

SH 286 in Nueces County, Texas. The 

proposed improvements described in 

the original NOI would involve 

replacement of the existing Harbor 

Bridge and approaches where US 181 

crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel 

for a roadway distance of approximately 

2.25 miles. Since the original NOI was 

published on May 20, 2005, the project 

and study limits have been expanded to 

accommodate added capacity that may 

include managed lanes or various 

tolling strategies. The project limits are 

defined as the limits of the schematic 

design effort and the study limits are 

defined as the limits of potential 

impacts from the proposed action. The 

new project limits are as follows: the 

northern limit is the US 181 and Beach 

Avenue interchange located north of the 

Corpus Christi Ship Channel but south 

of the Nueces Bay Causeway; the 

southern limit is the SH 286 and SH 358 

(South Padre Island Drive) interchange; 

the eastern limit is the Interstate 

Highway (IH) 37/US 181 intersection 

with Shoreline Boulevard; and the 

western limit is the IH 37 and Nueces 

Bay Boulevard interchange. The new 

project limits total approximately 7.5 

miles in length from north to south 

along US 181 and SH 286, and 2.1 miles 

in length from east to west along IH 37. 

The new study limits are as follows: the 

northern limit is the US 181 and SH 35 

interchange just south of Gregory; the 

southern limit is the SH 286 and SH 358 

(South Padre Island Drive) interchange; 

the eastern limit is Shoreline Boulevard; 

and the western limit is the IH 37 and 

SH 358 (North Padre Island Drive) 

interchange. 

The proposed Harbor Bridge and SH 

286 improvements are based on several 

needs: safety concerns, lack of capacity, 

connectivity to local roadways, poor 

level of service and increasing traffic 

demand. In addition to those needs, the 

bridge’s existing structure also has 

deficiencies, including high 

maintenance costs and shipping height 

restrictions. The improvements to both 

the Harbor Bridge and SH 286 will 

address the structural deficiencies and 

improve safety, connectivity, and level 

of service, while identifying future 

plans for the US 181 and SH 286 

roadway structure, and the areas served 

by these two highways. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include (1) Taking no action, and (2) 

replacing the existing US 181 Harbor 

Bridge and approach roads, including 

SH 286, with a facility that meets 

current highway standards. A 

Feasibility Study completed in 2003 

evaluated four corridor alternatives 

along existing alignments—new location 

alignments and a No-build alternative—

resulting in the identification of a 

recommended study corridor for the 

bridge replacement component. 

Capacity improvements and interchange 

design alternatives will be evaluated 

along the SH 286 corridor. A reasonable 

number of alignment alternatives will be 

identified and evaluated in the EIS, as 

well as the No-build Alternative, based 

on input from federal, state, and local 

agencies, as well as private 

organizations and concerned citizens. 

Alternative designs and funding 

alternatives will include tolling options 

or new managed lanes. 

Impacts caused by the construction 

and operation of the proposed 

improvements would vary according to 

the alternative alignment utilized. 

Impacts generally would include the 

following: Impacts to residences and 

businesses, including potential 

relocation; impacts to parkland; 

transportation impacts (construction 

detours, construction traffic, and 

mobility improvement); air and noise 

impacts from construction equipment 

and operation of the roadway; social 

and economic impacts, including 

impacts to minority and low-income 

residences; impacts to historic cultural 

resources; endangered and threatened 

species and impacts to waters of the 

U.S. including wetlands from right-ofway encroachment; and potential 

indirect and cumulative impacts. 

A letter that describes the proposed 

action and a request for comments will 

be sent to appropriate federal, state, and 

local agencies, and to private 

organizations and citizens who have 

previously expressed interest in the 

proposal. In conjunction with the 

Feasibility Study completed in June 

2003, TxDOT developed a public 

involvement plan, sponsored three 

citizens’ advisory committee (CAC) 

meetings, held two public meetings, and 

distributed two newsletters. Initial 

agency and public scoping meetings 

were held in June 2005. An agency 

scoping meeting will be held by TxDOT 

on May 17, 2007, to brief agency 

representatives on the revised limits of 

the project area, introduce project team 

members, obtain comments pertaining 

to the scope of the EIS, identify 

important issues, set goals, and respond 

to questions. A continuing public 

involvement program will include a 

project mailing list, project Web site, 

project newsletters, a May 17, 2007, 

public scoping meeting (public notice 

will be given of the time and place), and 

numerous informal meetings with 

interested citizens and stakeholders. In 

addition, a public hearing will be held 

after the publication of the Draft EIS. 

Public notice will be given of the time 

and place of the hearing. The Draft EIS 

will be available for public and agency 

review and comment prior to the public 

hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to the FHWA at the address 

provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

Planning, and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program) 

Issued on: March 14, 2007. 

Donald E. Davis, 

District Engineer, Austin, Texas. 

[FR Doc. 07–1338 Filed 3–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8916–A 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8916–A, Reconciliation of Cost of Goods 

Sold Reported on Schedule M–3. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 21, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Carolyn N. Brown, 

at (202) 622–6688, or at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 


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