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D. Solicitation Deadline Extension 

Applications for discretionary 

projects were generally solicited 

through FHWA Division offices to the 

State DOTs in early January 2007, with 

a deadline of March 30, 2007. This 

solicitation extends the deadline to 

April 30, 2007, except for the HfL 

program, which shall close two weeks 

after the publication of this notice. By 

this notice, and by the dissemination of 

the Supplemental Action Memoranda 

for the discretionary programs, the 

FHWA is issuing new notices amending 

prior notices and re-soliciting 

applications for these programs in 

accordance with their statutory criteria 

under a merit based selection process. 

This notice also clarifies that project 

applications should specify safety and 

congestion reduction benefits associated 

with the project, improvement, or 

activity. The amended grant application 

procedures are posted at http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/discretionary/ 

currsol.htm and will be distributed 

electronically to all FHWA Division 

offices and through the Division offices 

to the State DOTs. 

The Administrator, acting on behalf of 

the Secretary, may amend, revise, waive 

or modify the terms for funding set forth 

in this notice at any time. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315. 

Issued on: March 16, 2007. 

J. Richard Capka, 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–5161 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Individuals 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13405 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of six 

newly-designated individuals whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13405 of June 16, 2006, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Certain Persons 

Undermining Democratic Processes or 

Institutions in Belarus.’’

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of six individuals identified in 

this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 

13405, is effective on February 27, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW. (Treasury Annex), 

Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622–

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

Information about this designation 

and additional information concerning 

OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web 

site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, Tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On June 16, 2006, the President 

issued Executive Order 13405 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–06). In the 

Order, the President declared a national 

emergency to address political 

repression, electoral fraud, and public 

corruption in Belarus. The Order 

imposes economic sanctions on persons 

responsible for actions or policies that 

undermine democratic processes or 

institutions in Belarus. The President 

identified ten individuals as subject to 

the economic sanctions in the Annex to 

the Order. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property, and 

interests in property, that are in, or 

hereafter come within, the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons for persons listed in the 

Annex and those persons determined by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, after 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in 

subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through 

(a)(ii)(E) of Section 1. On February 27, 

2007, the Director of OFAC exercised 

the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority 

to designate, pursuant to one or more of 

the criteria set forth in Section 1, 

subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through 

(a)(ii)(E) of the Order, the following six 

individuals, whose names have been 

added to the list of Specially Designated 

Nationals and whose property and 

interests in property are blocked, 

pursuant to Executive Order 13405: 

1. MIKLASHEVICH, Petr Petrovich (a.k.a. 

MIKLASHEVICH, Piotr Piatrovich); DOB 

1954; POB Kosuta, Minsk district, Belarus; 

nationality Belarus; Prosecutor General 

(individual) [Belarus] 

2. PODOBED, Yuri Nikolaevich; DOB 5 

March 1962; POB Slutsk, Minsk district, 

Belarus; nationality Belarus; Lieutenant 

Colonel of the Special Riot Police in Minsk 

(OMON) (individual) [Belarus] 

3. RADKOV, Aleksandr Mikhailovich 

(a.k.a. RADZKOU, Alaksandr Mikhailavich); 

DOB 1 July 1951; POB Votnya, Belarus; 

nationality Belarus; Minister of Education 

(individual) [Belarus] 

4. RUSAKEVICH, Vladimir Vasilyevich 

(a.k.a. RUSAKEVICH, Uladzimir Vasilievich); 

DOB 13 September 1947; POB Vygonoshchi, 

Belarus; nationality Belarus; Minister of 

Information (individual) [Belarus] 

5. SIVAKOV, Yury; DOB 5 August 1946; 

POB Onory, Kirov district, Belarus; 

nationality Belarus; former Minister of the 

Interior; former Minister of Sport and 

Tourism (individual) [Belarus] 

6. SLIZHEVSKY, Oleg Leonidovich (a.k.a. 

SLIZHEUSKI, Aleh Leanidavich); nationality 

Belarus; Head of the Public Associations 

Department (individual) [Belarus] 

Dated: February 27, 2007. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. E7–5265 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission has scheduled a meeting 

for April 19–20, 2007 in the Almas 

Temple, adjacent to the Hamilton 

Crowne Plaza Hotel, at 1315 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005. The 

meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end 

at 5 p.m. each day. The meeting is open 

to the public. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

carry out a study of the benefits under 

the laws of the United States that are 

provided to compensate and assist 

veterans and their survivors for 

disabilities and deaths attributable to 

military service. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

feature updates on the progress of the 

studies being conducted by the Center 

for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the 

Institute of Medicine (IOM). The 

Commission will receive presentations 

on CNA’s preliminary survey results 

and several draft Issue Papers in various 

stages of development. There will be 

additional discussions with CNA on the 

topic of earned income, employment 

and compensation. The Commission 

will also receive comments from 

interested parties on the research topics 

approved for study and analysis by the 

Commission on October 14, 2005, and 

posted on the Commission’s Web site 

during March 2007 for public comment. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral statements to the 

Commission on April 19. Oral 

presentations will be limited to five 


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minutes or less, depending on the 

number of participants. Interested 

parties may also provide written 

comments for review by the 

Commission prior to the meeting or at 

any time by e-mail to 

veterans@vetscommission.com or by 

mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive 

Director, Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1392 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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