5868 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 24 / Monday, February 6, 2012 / Notices 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

February 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be emailed 

(pratherta@state.gov) or faxed ((202) 

647–5947) to Tiffany Prather, Office of 

Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, with the subject line ‘‘U.S.-Jordan 

Environmental Cooperation Work 

Program.’’ If you have access to the 

Internet, you may make comments 

electronically by going to http://contactus.state.gov/app/ask and searching on 

public notice number 7735. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tiffany Prather, telephone (202) 647– 

4548. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States and Jordan announced the 

establishment of the U.S.-Jordan Joint 

Forum on Environmental Technical 

Cooperation (Joint Forum) when they 

signed the U.S.-Jordan Joint Statement 

on Environmental Technical 

Cooperation (Joint Statement), on 

October 24, 2000, along with the U.S.- 

Jordan FTA. The Joint Forum is to meet 

regularly and advance environmental 

protection in Jordan by developing 

environmental technical cooperation 

initiatives, which take into account 

environmental priorities, and which are 

agreed to by the two governments. In 

paragraph 4 of the Joint Statement, the 

countries identify an initial focus of 

technical cooperation on Jordanian 

environmental quality issues and the 

development and effective 

implementation of Jordanian 

environmental laws, as defined in 

Articles 5.4 and 18.2(a) of the U.S.- 

Jordan FTA. 

The Joint Forum has met twice since 

2000—in September 2004 and March 

2009—and issued two plans for 

implementing the Joint Statement. The 

first—a Plan of Action—focused on 

implementing a strategic vision for 

Jordan’s Ministry of Environment, 

established in 2002, to promote 

sustainable economic growth and 

development. The plan outlined 

activities to, among other things, 

strengthen the Ministry’s capacity for 

setting, implementing, and ensuring 

compliance with environmental 

standards; harness market forces to 

protect the environment while bringing 

economic benefits; undertake industrial 

wastewater treatment and hazardous 

waste management for a target region; 

seek out economic benefits of 

ecotourism; and promote the 

development of a regional network of 

environmental lawmakers and 

enforcement officials. 

The second, a Work Program for 

2008–2011, identifies long-term goals 

and specifies activities in four priority 

areas. The long-term goals are to 

achieve: (1) Compliance with 

obligations in Article 5 (Environment) of 

the U.S.-Jordan FTA; (2) improved 

protection and conservation of the 

environment, including natural 

resources; (3) transparency and 

meaningful public participation in 

environmental decision-making; and (4) 

a culture of environmental protection 

and compliance with environmental 

laws through, among other things, the 

promotion of economic opportunities, 

voluntary measures to enhance 

environmental performance, and job 

creation. The priority areas are: (1) 

Institutional and policy strengthening; 

(2) biodiversity conservation and 

improved management of protected 

areas; (3) improved private sector 

environmental performance; and (4) 

environmental education, transparency, 

and public participation in 

environmental decision-making and 

enforcement. 

For the 2012–2013 Work Program, we 

anticipate building upon the 

cooperative work initiated under the 

previous two plans. We are requesting 

suggestions that may be considered for 

inclusion in the next Work Program. 

Disclaimer: This Public Notice is a 

request for comments and suggestions, 

and is not a request for applications. No 

granting of money is directly associated 

with this request for suggestions for the 

Work Program. There is no expectation 

of resources or funding associated with 

any comments or suggestions for the 

Work Program. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

George Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2624 Filed 2–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Public Availability of the Department of 

Transportation FY 2011 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Availability of 

FY 2011 Service Contract Inventories. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–117), Department of Transportation 

is publishing this notice to advise the 

public of the availability of the FY 2011 

Service Contract Inventory. This 

inventory provides information on 

service contract actions over $25,000 

that were made in FY 2011. The 

information is organized by function to 

show how contracted resources are 

distributed throughout the agency. The 

inventory has been developed in 

accordance with guidance issued on 

November 5, 2010 by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

OFPP’s guidance is available at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of 

Transportation has posted its inventory 

and a summary of the inventory and the 

Service Contract Inventory Analysis 

Report on the Department of 

Transportation’s homepage at the 

following link: http://www.dot.gov/ost/

m60/serv_contract_inv_2011.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Ames 

Owens in the Senior Procurement 

Executive office at (202) 366–9614 or 

ames.owens@dot.gov. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Ames Owens, 

Associate Director of Commercial Services 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2566 Filed 2–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9x–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0386] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection: 

Motor Carrier Identification Report 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval to extend an ICR entitled, 

Motor Carrier Identification Report,’’ 

which is used to identify FMCSA 

regulated entities, to help prioritize the 

agency’s activities, to aid in assessing 

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