18312 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 11, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5691] 

Fourth Public Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Persons With 

Disabilities 

Summary: The Advisory Committee 

on Persons with Disabilities will 

conduct its fourth public meeting on 

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 9 a.m.–

4 p.m. in the Ronald Reagan Building 

and International Trade Center, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. For directions, 

see, http://www.itcdc.com/index.php. 

Attendees must have valid, 

government-issued identification, such 

as a Driver’s License or passport, in 

order to enter the building. Attendees 

requiring reasonable accommodation 

should indicate their requirements one 

week prior to the event to Stephanie 

Ortoleva at ortolevas@state.gov. 

The Advisory Committee is made up 

of the Secretary of State, the 

Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 

International Development and an 

Executive Director (all ex-officio 

members); and eight members from 

outside the United States government: 

Senda Benaissa, Joni Eareckson Tada, 

Vail Horton, John Kemp, Albert H. 

Linden, Jr., Kathleen Martinez, John 

Register and James E. Vermillion. 

Established on June 23, 2004, the 

Advisory Committee serves the 

Secretary and the Administrator in an 

advisory capacity with respect to the 

consideration of the interests of persons 

with disabilities in formulation and 

implementation of U.S. foreign policy 

and foreign assistance. The Committee 

is established under the general 

authority of the Secretary and the 

Department of State as set forth in Title 

22 of the United States Code, in 

particular Sections 2656 and 2651a, and 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

Stephanie Ortoleva, 

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

Labor, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–6873 Filed 4–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5753] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 7, 

2007, in Room 1422 of the United States 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 

2100 2nd Street SW., Washington, DC 

20593–0001. The purpose of this 

meeting is to prepare for the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) International Conference on the 

Removal of Wrecks, 2007, scheduled 

from 14–18 May 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. 

The provisional agenda calls for the 

Conference to consider a draft 

convention on the removal of wrecks, 

the text of which has been prepared by 

the IMO Legal Committee, and any draft 

Conference resolutions. The agenda also 

calls for the adoption of the Final Act 

and any instruments, recommendations 

and resolutions resulting from the work 

of the Conference as well as signature of 

the Final Act. 

Members of the public are invited to 

attend the SHC meeting up to the 

seating capacity of the room. To 

facilitate the building security process, 

those who plan to attend should call or 

send an e-mail two days before the 

meeting. Upon request, participating by 

phone may be an option. For further 

information please contact Captain 

Chuck Michel or Lieutenant 

Commander Laurina Spolidoro, at U.S. 

Coast Guard, Office of Maritime and 

International Law (CG–0941), 2100 

Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20593–0001; e-mail 

Laurina.M.Spolidoro@uscg.mil, 

telephone (202) 372–3794; fax (202) 

372–3972. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Michael E. Tousley, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–6865 Filed 4–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Surface Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing Commission 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and 

time. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the location 

and time of the first meeting of the 

National Surface Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing Commission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

Wells, Chief Economist, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 202–366–

9224, jack.wells@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Federal Register Notice dated March 12, 

2007, the U.S. Department of 

Transportation the ‘‘Department’’) 

issued a notice of intent to form the 

National Surface Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing Commission 

(the ‘‘Financing Commission’’), in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(‘‘FACA’’) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’) (Pub. L. 109–

59, 119 Stat. 1144). Section 11142(a) of 

SAFETEA–LU established the National 

Surface Transportation Infrastructure 

Financing Commission and charged it to 

analyze future highway and transit 

needs and the finances of the Highway 

Trust Fund and to make 

recommendations regarding alternative 

approaches to financing transportation 

infrastructure. 

Notice of Meeting Location and Time 

The Department has set April 25, 

2007, as the date for the inaugural 

Financing Commission meeting. The 

meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. at the Oklahoma City 

Memorial Room (Room 2230) in the 

Department’s headquarters building, 

located at 400 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Issued on April 6, 2007. 

Jack Wells, 

Chief Economist, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 07–1808 Filed 4–6–07; 3:01 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–27804] 

Proposed Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) Assigning 

Certain Federal Environmental 

Responsibilities to the State of 

California, Including National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Authority for Certain Categorical 

Exclusions (CEs) 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), California 

Office, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed MOU, 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the FHWA and the State of California, 

acting by and through its Department of 

Transportation (State), propose to enter 

into a MOU pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 326. 

The MOU would transfer to the State 

the FHWA’s authority and 

responsibility for determining whether 

certain designated activities within the 

geographic boundaries of the State, as 

specified in the proposed MOU, are 


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