28546 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 97 / Monday, May 21, 2007 / Notices 

OSDBU is responsible for the 

implementation and execution of the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

activities on behalf of small businesses 

in accordance with Section 8, 15 and 31 

of the Small Business Act (SBA), as 

amended. The OSDBU also administers 

the provisions of Title 49, the Minority 

Resource Center (MRC) which includes 

the duties of advocacy, outreach and 

financial services on behalf of small and 

disadvantaged business and those 

certified under CFR 49 parts 23 and or 

26 as Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprises (DBE). This request solicits 

competitive proposals from business 

centered community-based 

organizations, transportation-related 

trade associations, colleges and 

universities, community colleges or 

chambers of commerce for participation 

in OSDBU’s Small Business 

Transportation Resource Centers 

(SBTRC) under the Minority Resource 

Center (MRC) program. 

OSDBU will enter into Cooperative 

Agreements with these organizations to 

outreach to the small business 

community in their designated region 

and provide financial and technical 

assistance, business training programs 

such as, business assessment, 

management training, counseling, 

technical assistance, marketing and 

outreach, and the dissemination of 

information, to encourage and assist 

small businesses to become better 

prepared to compete for, obtain, and 

manage DOT funded transportationrelated contracts and subcontracts at the 

Federal, State and local levels. Eligible 

applicants must be registered with the 

Internal Revenue Service as 501 C(6) or 

501 C(3) tax-exempt organizations. 

To apply for funding, applicants must 

be registered with grants.gov. 

Registration with grants.gov may take 

two to five days before the system will 

allow you to apply for grants using the 

grants.gov Web site http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). Submit application 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided. Applications for grant 

funding must be submitted 

electronically to OSDBU through the 

grants.gov Web site. 

DATES: Proposals must be submitted to 

Grants.gov by June 15, 2007, 4 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. Proposals 

received after the deadline will be 

considered non-responsive and will not 

be reviewed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Art Jackson, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 400 

7th Street, SW., Room 9414, 

Washington, DC 20590, Tel. 202–366–

1930 or 800–532–1169. Office hours are 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Issued on: May 15, 2007. 

Denise Rodriguez-Lopez, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization (OSDBU). 

[FR Doc. E7–9692 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Ninth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 206/EUROCAE WG 76 

Plenary 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 206 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 206: 

Aeronautical Information Services Data 

Link. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 

11–15, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Grand Hotel Tyska torget 2, Box 1152, 

600 41 Norrkoping, Sweden. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036–5133; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org; 

(2) Hosted by LFV Group—Swedish 

Airports and Air Navigation Services; 

Onsite Contact: telephone +46–11–

36401; Web site: http:// 

www.grandhotel.elite.se, e-mail: 

info.grandhotel@elite.se; (3) Contact 

Person: Roger Li, Vikoplan 11, S–601 79 

Norrkoping, Sweden, telephone +46–

11–192713; Mobile +46–709–189148; 

Fax: +46–11–192246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

206 meeting/EUROCE WG 76. The 

agenda will include: 

• June 11: 

• Opening Season (Chairman’s 

Remarks and Introductions, Review and 

Approve Meeting. Agenda and Minutes, 

Discussion, Action Item Review). 

• Report on the May Task Force 

committee to harmonize the Met and 

AIS OSEDs. 

• Due to the need to focus on 

finishing the document, there will be no 

general presentation at Norrkoping. If a 

presentation will enhance the ability to 

complete the document, it will be 

accepted. 

• Breakout of Subgroup 1. 

• Breakout of Subgroup 2. 

• June 12: 

• Subgroup 1 and Subgroup 2 

Meetings. 

• June 13: 

• Subgroup 1 and Subgroup 2 

Meetings. 

• June 14: 

• Subgroup 1 and Subgroup 2 

Meetings. 

• June 15: 

• Plenary Session. 

• Closing Session (Other Business, 

Date and Place of Next Meeting, Closing 

Remarks, Adjourn). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

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 May 10, 

2007. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 07–2498 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2007–28176] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

CAROLINA GALE. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383 and Pub. L. 107–295, the Secretary 

of Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- 

build requirement of the coastwise laws 

under certain circumstances. A request 

for such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2007–

28176 at http://dms.dot.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 


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