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protection of incapacitated adults;

international issues involved in

reciprocal arrangements for enforcement

of support obligations; and whether U.S.

policy on commercial law unification

should be based on the balancing of

provisions of various legal systems, or

should adopt economic objectives as the

guiding standard. Additional topics may

be considered as time permits.

Members of the general public may

attend up to the capacity of the meeting

room, which may be limited, and

participate subject to the direction of the

Chair. The meeting will be held in

Conference Room 1107 at the

Department of State; entry should be

only via the Diplomatic entrance at 22d

and ‘‘C’’ Streets, N.W. As access to the

building is controlled, the office

indicated below should be notified by

mail or fax not later than Friday,

November 14, of the name, address, firm

or affiliation if any, social security

number and date of birth of persons

wishing to attend. Providing this

information permits us to pre-clear

participants and avoid delays that

otherwise may occur due to security

procedures.

To register for the meeting with the

above information or to request copies

of documents on particular topics,

please contact the Office of the Assistant

Legal Adviser for Private International

Law (L/PIL), attention Harold S.

Burman, Advisory Committee Executive

Director, at 2430 ‘‘E’’ Street, N.W., Suite

355 South Building, Washington D.C.

20037–2800, or notify Ms. Rosalia

Gonzales by fax at (202) 776–8482,

phone (202) 776–8420, or by e-mail at

pildb@his.com. Members of the public

are also invited to request information

on the Department’s program in this

field.

Peter H. Pfund,

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private

International Law.

[FR Doc. 97–29582 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

SES Performance Review Board;

Notice

AGENCY: Trade and Development

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

appointment of members of the Trade

and Development Agency’s Performance

Review Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deirdre E. Curley, Assistant Director for

Management, Trade and Development

Agency, 1621 N. Kent Street, Arlington,

VA 22209–2131, (703) 875–4357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

4314(c) (1) through (5), U.S.C., requires

each agency to establish, in accordance

with regulations prescribed by the

Office of Personnel Management, one or

more SES performance review boards.

The board shall review and evaluate the

initial appraisal of a senior executive’s

performance by the supervisor, along

with any recommendations to the

appointing authority relative to the

performance of the senior executive.

The following have been selected as

acting members of the Performance

Review Board of the Trade and

Development Agency: Lois E. Hartman,

Deputy Director (retired), Office of

Human Resources, Agency for

International Development; James

Sullivan, Director, Office of Energy and

Infrastructure, Bureau for Research and

Development, Agency for International

Development; and John L. Wilkinson,

Associate Assistant Administrator,

Bureau for Global Programs, Agency for

International Development.

Dated: November 5, 1997.

Deirdre E. Curley,

Assistant Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 97–29620 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review, Akron-Canton

Regional Airport, Akron, OH

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the Akron-Canton

Regional Airport Authority for AkronCanton Regional Airport under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Public Law 96–193) and 14 CFR Part

150 are in compliance with applicable

requirements. The FAA also announces

that it is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for Akron-Canton Regional

Airport under Part 150 in conjunction

with the noise exposure map, and that

this program will be approved or

disapproved on or before April 14, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps and of the start of its

review of the associated noise

compatibility program is October 16,

1997. The public comment period ends

December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence C. King, Program Manager,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Detroit Airports District Office, Willow

Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road,

Belleville, Michigan 48111. Comments

on the proposed noise compatibility

program should also be submitted to the

above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Akron-Canton Regional Airport are

in compliance with applicable

requirements of Part 150, effective

October 16, 1997. Further, FAA is

reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program for that airport

which will be approved or disapproved

on or before April 14, 1998. This notice

also announces the availability of this

program for public review and

comment.

Under section 103 of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as

‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps

which meet applicable regulations and

which depict noncompatible land uses

as of the date of submission of such

maps, a description of projected aircraft

operations, and the ways in which such

operations will affect such maps. The

Act requires such maps to be developed

in consultation with interested and

affected parties in the local community,

government agencies, and persons using

the airport.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by the FAA to be in compliance

with the requirements of Federal

Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

Akron-Canton Regional Airport

Authority submitted to the FAA on

September 22, 1997, noise exposure

maps, descriptions and other

documentation which were produced

during the Akron-Canton Regional

Airport Noise Compatibility Study

update dated 1997. It was requested that

the FAA review this material as the

noise exposure maps, as described in

section 103(a)(1) of the Act, and that the
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noise mitigation measures, to be

implemented jointly by the airport and

surrounding communities, be approved

as a noise compatibility program under

section 104(b) of the Act.

The FAA has completed its review of

the noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by AkronCanton Regional Airport Authority. The

specific maps under consideration are

Figure 8.2, Pages 107–108 of the NEM,

and Figure 4.1, Pages 43–44 of the NCP,

in the submission. The FAA has

determined that these maps for AkronCanton Regional Airport are in

compliance with applicable

requirements. This determination is

effective October 16, 1997. FAA’s

determination on an airport operator’s

noise exposure maps is limited to a

finding that the maps were developed in

accordance with the procedures

contained in appendix A of FAR Part

150. Such determination does not

constitute approval of the applicant’s

data, information or plans, or a

commitment to approve a noise

compatibility program or to fund the

implementation of that program.

If questions arise concerning the

precise relationship of specific

properties to noise exposure contours

depicted on a noise exposure map

submitted under section 103 of the Act,

it should be noted that the FAA is not

involved in any way in determining the

relative locations of specific properties

with regard to the depicted noise

contours, or in interpreting the noise

exposure maps to resolve questions

concerning, for example, which

properties should be covered by the

provisions of section 107 of the Act.

These functions are inseparable from

the ultimate land use control and

planning responsibilities of local

government. These local responsibilities

are not changed in any way under Part

150 or through FAA’s review of noise

exposure maps. Therefore, the

responsibility for the detail overlaying

of noise exposure contours onto the map

depicting properties on the surface rests

exclusively with the airport operator

which submitted those maps, or with

those public agencies and planning

agencies with which consultation is

required under section 103 of the Act.

The FAA has relied on the certification

of by the airport operator, under section

150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the

statutorily required consultation has

been accomplished.

The FAA has formally received the

noise compatibility program for AkronCan Regional Airport, also effective on

October 16, 1997. Preliminary review of

the submitted material indicates that it

conforms to the requirements for the

submittal of noise compatibility

programs, but that further review will be

necessary prior to approval or

disapproval of the program. The formal

review period, limited by law to a

maximum of 180 days, will be

completed on or before April 14, 1998.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

conducted under the provisions of 14

CFR Part 150, section 150.33. The

primary considerations in the

evaluation process are whether the

proposed measures may reduce the level

of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commerce, or be reasonably consistent

with obtaining the goal of reducing

existing noncompatible land uses and

preventing the introduction of

additional noncompatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed program with

specific reference to these factors. All

comments, other than those properly

addressed to local land use authorities,

will be considered by the FAA to the

extent practicable. Copies of the noise

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of

the maps, and the proposed noise

compatibility program are available for

examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Detroit Airports District Office,

Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck

Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111

Mr. Frederick J. Krum, Director of

Aviation, Akron-Canton Regional

Airport, 5400 Lauby Road, N.W., P.O.

Box 9, North Canton, OH 44720–1598

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Belleville, Michigan, on October

16, 1997.

Lawrence C. King,

Acting Assistant Manager, Detroit Airports

District Office FAA Great Lakes Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Approval of Noise Compatibility

Program Sarasota-Bradenton

International Airport Sarasota, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

findings on the noise compatibility

program submitted by the Sarasota

Manatee Airport Authority under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Public Law 96–193) and 14 CFR Part

150. These findings are made in

recognition of the description of Federal

and nonfederal responsibilities in

Senate Report No. 96–52 (1980). On

May 7, 1996 and April 15, 1997, the

FAA determined that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the Sarasota

Manatee Airport Authority under Part

150 were in compliance with applicable

requirements. On October 9, 1997, the

Administrator approved the SarasotaBradenton International Airport noise

compatibility program. All of the

program measures were fully approved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s approval of the SarasotaBradenton International Airport noise

compatibility program is October 9,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal

Aviation Administration, Orlando

Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine

National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando

Florida 32822, (407) 812–6331,

Extension 29. Documents reflecting this

FAA action may be reviewed at this

same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA has

given its overall approval to the noise

compatibility program for SarasotaBradenton International Airport,

effective October 9, 1997.

Under Section 104(a) of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), an

airport operator who has previously

submitted a noise exposure map may

submit to the FAA a noise compatibility

program which sets forth the measures

taken or proposed by the airport

operator for the reduction of existing

noncompatible land uses and

prevention of additional noncompatible

land uses within the area covered by the

noise exposure maps. The Act requires

such programs to be developed in

consultation with interested and

affected parties including local

communities, government agencies,

airport users, and FAA personnel.

Each airport noise compatibility

program developed in accordance with

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part

150 is a local program, not a Federal

program. The FAA does not substitute

its judgment for that of the airport

proprietor with respect to which

measure should be recommended for

action. The FAA’s approval or

disapproval of FAR Part 150 program

recommendations is measured

according to the standards expressed in