Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2012 / Notices 38375 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: June 20, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15743 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5345–53D, 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program; Proposed 

Update and Opportunity to Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), US DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of update of AC150/ 

5345–53C to AC150/5345–53D. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to replace 

AC150/5345–53C with AC150/5345– 

53D to clarify the criteria under the 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program (ALECP) for 

acceptance of an organization as a third 

party certification body (third party 

certifier) and how manufacturers may 

get equipment qualified under the 

program. The Secretary of 

Transportation is providing notice in 

the Federal Register of, and an 

opportunity for public comment on 

AC150/5345–53D, Airport Lighting 

Equipment Certification Program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be delivered 

or mailed to the FAA, Airport 

Engineering Division, AAS–100, Room 

621, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard L. Smith, Electronic Engineer, 

Airport Engineering Division, AAS–100, 

Room 621, FAA, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–9529. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Advisory 

Circular 150/5345–53D, Airport 

Lighting Equipment Certification 

Program, draft document is available on 

the Internet. The direct Internet address 

is: http://www.faa.gov/airports/

resources/draft_advisory_circulars. 

Letter to Manufacturers under the 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program June 12, 2012: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) Draft Advisory Circular (AC) 150/ 

5345–53D, Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program, is being 

circulated to interested industry 

associations to obtain comments and 

recommendations of actions to be taken. 

Please review this draft and submit 

comments as appropriate. Additionally, 

comments should be submitted on a 

separate document and not embedded 

in the draft AC. Additionally, please 

provide justification for all comments 

regarding oppositions with 

recommended modifications. The Office 

of Airport Safety and Standards may 

revise the final document as a result of 

comments received after further review. 

This AC describes the Airport 

Lighting Equipment Certification 

Program (ALECP). It provides 

information on how an organization can 

get Federal Aviation Administration 

acceptance as a third party certification 

body (third party certifier) and how 

manufacturers may get equipment 

qualified under the program. 

Comments received prior to July 31, 

2012, will be considered for inclusion in 

the advisory circular. Concurrence with 

the enclosure is requested. POC is 

Richard.L.Smith@faa.gov, phone 202– 

267–9529. 

The document may be obtained in 

Adobe Acrobat PDF format from the 

FAA Airports Internet site at http://

www.faa.gov/airports/resources/draft_

advisory_circulars/. Changes to this 

document are color-coded in bold blue 

for your convenience. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 13, 

2012. 

Michael J. O’Donnell, 

Director, Office of Airport Safety and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15737 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Taos Regional Airport 

Layout Plan Improvements, Taos, NM 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

Location: The Taos Regional Airport 

(SKX) is located in north Taos County, 

New Mexico, approximately seven miles 

northwest of the Town of Taos. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this 

Notice to advise the public that it has 

prepared a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for a proposed new 

runway and associated facilities and 

improvements at the Taos Regional 

Airport, Taos, New Mexico. The FEIS 

reflects the Section 106 consultations 

between the FAA, the Taos Pueblo, 

Town of Taos, National Park Service, 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, New Mexico State Historic 

Preservation Officer (SHPO), and the 

New Mexico Department of 

Transportation regarding adverse effects 

on the Taos Pueblo World Heritage Site 

and other traditional cultural properties 

within the National Register Eligible 

Historic District associated with the 

Taos Pueblo. The FEIS also includes 

floodplain impact evaluations. 

The FAA is seeking comments on 

those sections of the FEIS that have 

been updated and/or contain 

information that has become available 

since the release of the DEIS. Please see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for more information. 

The FAA is providing a thirty day (30) 

day FEIS review period. The FEIS 

review period begins on the date of the 

publication of this Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register, and will close 

on July 30, 2012. The FAA must receive 

written comments on these subsections 

postmarked no later than July 30, 2012. 

Comments received after that date may 

not be considered by the FAA. 

All comments on the FEIS are to be 

submitted to Mr. Dean McMath of the 

FAA, at the address shown in the 

section below entitled, ‘‘For Further 

Information or to Submit Comments’’. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, 

as the lead Federal agency, has prepared 

the EIS for the proposed new runway 

and related facilities and improvements 

at SKX. The Department of Interior 

National Park Service and the Taos 

Pueblo are Cooperating Agencies for the 

preparation of the EIS. 

The airport development action 

proposed by the Town of Taos (the 

Airport Sponsor) is the construction of 

a new runway at SKX that would be 

8,600 feet long and 100 feet wide. 

Related facilities and improvements 

proposed by the Airport Sponsor 

include grading and drainage 

improvements, taxiways, new airfield 

lighting, communication equipment, 

and navigational aids associated with 

the new runway; shortening the existing 

Runway 4/22 by 420 feet; construction 

of a new airport access road; and, 

extension of an on-airport access road. 

The FAA published a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

in October, 2006. The DEIS was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). The DEIS comparatively 

assessed and disclosed the potential 

future impacts of the No-Action 


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