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PCAOB’s EGC analysis, the comment 

letters received, and the PCAOB’s 

response. In connection with the 

PCAOB’s filing and the Commission’s 

review, 

A. The Commission finds that the 

Proposed Rules are consistent with the 

requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 

and the securities laws and are 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest or for the protection of 

investors; and 

B. Separately, the Commission finds 

that the application of the Proposed 

Rules to EGC audits is necessary or 

appropriate in the public interest, after 

considering the protection of investors 

and whether the action will promote 

efficiency, competition, and capital 

formation. 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 107 of the Act and Section 

19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, that the 

Proposed Rules (File No. PCAOB–2012– 

01) be and hereby are approved. 

By the Commission. 

Elizabeth M. Murphy. 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30739 Filed 12–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8130] 

Overseas Schools Advisory Council; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Overseas Schools Advisory 

Council, Department of State, will hold 

its Executive Committee Meeting on 

Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. 

in Conference Room 1107, Department 

of State Building, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC The meeting is open to 

the public and will last until 

approximately 12:00 p.m. 

The Overseas Schools Advisory 

Council works closely with the U.S. 

business community in improving those 

American-sponsored schools overseas 

that are assisted by the Department of 

State and attended by dependents of 

U.S. Government families and children 

of employees of U.S. corporations and 

foundations abroad. 

This meeting will deal with issues 

related to the work and the support 

provided by the Overseas Schools 

Advisory Council to the Americansponsored overseas schools. In addition 

there will be a report and discussion 

about the status of the Councilsponsored project to expand the World 

Virtual School. 

Members of the public may attend the 

meeting and join in the discussion, 

subject to the instructions of the Chair. 

Admittance of public members will be 

limited to the seating available. Access 

to the State Department is controlled, 

and individual building passes are 

required for all attendees. Persons who 

plan to attend should advise the office 

of Dr. Keith D. Miller, Department of 

State, 

Office of Overseas Schools, telephone 

202–261–8200, prior to January 14, 

2013. Each visitor will be asked to 

provide his/her date of birth and either 

driver’s license or passport number at 

the time of registration and attendance, 

and must carry a valid photo ID to the 

meeting. 

Personal data is requested pursuant to 

Public Law 99–399 (Omnibus 

Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 

107–56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and 

Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 

the collection is to validate the identity 

of individuals who enter Department 

facilities. The data will be entered into 

the Visitor Access Control System 

(VACS–D) database. Please see the 

Security Records System of Records 

Notice (State-36) at http:// 

www.state.gov/documents/organization/ 

103419.pdf for additional information. 

Any requests for reasonable 

accommodation should be made at the 

time of registration. All such requests 

will be considered, however, requests 

made after January 10th might not be 

possible to fill. All attendees must use 

the C Street entrance to the building. 

Dated: December 17, 2012. 

Keith D. Miller, 

Executive Secretary, Overseas Schools 

Advisory Council. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30863 Filed 12–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8132] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL): Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Study Group on the Hague 

Judgments Project 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

of a public meeting of the Study Group 

on the Judgments Project in the Hague 

Conference on Private International 

Law. 

Last April, the General Affairs and 

Policy Council of the Hague Conference 

decided to proceed with the Judgments 

Project as follows: 

(1) A Working Group was established 

to draft proposals for inclusion in an 

instrument on the recognition and 

enforcement of judgments; and 

(2) An Experts’ Group will convene 

separately to give further consideration 

to whether it would be desirable and 

feasible to include in this or another 

instrument provisions on jurisdiction. 

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague 

Conference has announced that two 

meetings will be held in The Hague 

during the latter part of February 

(precise dates to be determined): The 

Working Group on recognition and 

enforcement of judgments will meet, 

followed by a meeting of the Experts’ 

Group on jurisdiction and related 

issues. 

The purpose of the meeting of the 

Study Group is to obtain the views of 

concerned stakeholders on these 

matters; specifically, reactions to the 

issue papers that are being prepared by 

the Permanent Bureau for the Hague 

meetings. Those issue papers will be 

circulated, as soon as they become 

available, to those individuals who 

advise that they intend to participate in 

the public meeting. This is not a 

meeting of the full Advisory Committee. 

Time and Place: The meeting will 

take place on Wednesday, January 23, 

2013 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., EST 

in Room 240, South Building, State 

Department Annex 4. Participants 

should arrive at the Navy Hill gate at the 

corner of 23rd Street NW. and D Street 

NW. before 8:30 a.m. for visitor 

screening. Persons arriving later will 

need to make arrangements for entry 

using the contact information provided 

below. If you are unable to attend the 

public meeting and would like to 

participate from a remote location, 

teleconferencing will be available. 

Public Participation: This meeting is 

open to the public, subject to the 

capacity of the meeting room. 

Access to Navy Hill is strictly 

controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, 

those planning to attend in person are 

requested to email or phone Tricia 

Smeltzer (smeltzertk@state.gov, 202– 

776–8423) or Niesha Toms 

(tomsnn@state.gov, 202–776–8420) and 

provide your full name, address, date of 

birth, citizenship, driver’s license or 

passport number, affiliation, and email 

address. This will greatly facilitate 

entry. 

Participants will be met at the Navy 

Hill gate at 23rd and D Streets NW., and 

will be escorted to the South Building. 

A member of the public needing 

reasonable accommodation should 

advise Ms. Smeltzer or Ms. Toms not 

later than January 16, 2013. Requests 

made after that date will be considered, 

but might not be able to be fulfilled. If 

you would like to participate by 

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telephone, please contact Ms. Smeltzer 

or Ms. Toms to obtain the call-in 

number and other information. 

Data from the public is requested 

pursuant to Public Law 99–399 

(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; 

Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT 

Act); and Executive Order 13356. The 

purpose of the collection is to validate 

the identity of individuals who enter 

Department facilities. The data will be 

entered into the Visitor Access Control 

System (VACS–D) database. Please see 

the Security Records System of Records 

Notice (State-36) at http:// 

www.state.gov/documents/organization/ 

103419.pdf for additional information. 

Dated: December 12, 2012. 

Keith Loken, 

Assistant Legal Adviser, Private International 

Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30865 Filed 12–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8131] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting of the 

Study Group on Family Law 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

of a public meeting of the Study Group 

on Family Law to discuss the 

recognition and enforcement of foreign 

civil protection orders. Pursuant to a 

decision of the General Affairs and 

Policy Council of the Hague Conference 

on Private International Law, the 

Conference’s Permanent Bureau has 

published a Questionnaire for Member 

States on the Recognition and 

Enforcement of Foreign Civil Protection 

Orders, which is available at http:// 

www.hcch.net/upload/wop/ 

gap2013pd04a_en.doc. The purpose of 

the public meeting is to obtain 

comments on Part VI of that 

questionnaire, which seeks views on a 

potential international instrument in the 

area of civil protection orders. This is 

not a meeting of the full Advisory 

Committee. 

Time and Place: The meeting will 

take place on Monday, January 14, 2013, 

at 1:00 p.m. EST and is tentatively 

scheduled to last until 4:00 p.m. EST. 

The meeting will be held in Room 240, 

South Building, State Department 

Annex 4. Participants should plan to 

arrive at the Navy Hill gate at the corner 

of 23rd Street NW., and D Street NW., 

by 12:30 p.m. for visitor screening. If 

you are unable to attend the public 

meeting and would like to participate 

from a remote location, teleconferencing 

will be available. 

Public Participation: This meeting is 

open to the public, subject to the 

capacity of the meeting room. Access to 

the building is strictly controlled. For 

pre-clearance purposes, those planning 

to attend should phone Tricia Smeltzer 

(202–776–8423) or Niesha Toms (202– 

776–8420) and provide your full name, 

affiliation, address, and email address. 

This will greatly facilitate entry into the 

building. A member of the public 

needing reasonable accommodation 

should advise Ms. Smeltzer or Ms. Toms 

not later than January 7, 2013. Requests 

made after that date will be considered, 

but might not be able to be fulfilled. If 

you would like to participate by 

telephone, please contact Ms. Smeltzer 

or Ms. Toms to obtain the call-in 

number and other information. 

Data from the public is requested 

pursuant to Public Law 99–399 

(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; 

Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT 

Act); and Executive Order 13356. The 

purpose of the collection is to validate 

the identity of individuals who enter 

Department facilities. The data will be 

entered into the Visitor Access Control 

System (VACS–D) database. Please see 

the Security Records System of Records 

Notice (State-36) at http:// 

www.state.gov/documents/organization/ 

103419.pdf for additional information. 

Dated: December 12, 2012. 

Michael S. Coffee, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Office of Legal Adviser, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30862 Filed 12–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0072] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated August 

28, 2012, Capital Passenger Car, Inc. 

(CPC) of Orrville, OH, has petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR part 

223—Safety Glazing Standards— 

Locomotives, Passenger Cars and 

Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2012–0072. 

CPC has petitioned for a permanent 

waiver of compliance for a 28-seat 

parlour car (RPCX 3850) named ‘‘C&B 

Marshall.’’ This car was built by 

Pullman in 1947, and since 1989 has 

operated on lease for passenger 

excursions that are limited to regional 

railroads, namely Buffalo and Pittsburgh 

Railroad, Columbia and Ohio River 

Railroad, Ohio Central Railroad 

(Genesee and Wyoming), and Wheeling 

and Lake Erie Railway. The car typically 

operates between 1,000 and 2,000 miles 

per year on about six weekends at 

speeds of 45 mph or less, mostly on 

single-track rail lines through areas 

largely rural in nature. When not being 

used, this car is stored at the Orrville 

Railroad Heritage Society, Inc.’s Pine 

Street Yard in Orrville, OH, on the 

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. 

There are two end windows in the Bend vestibule, one right and one left. 

Both the right side and left side of the 

car contain eight windows each. No 

Type I or Type II FRA-certified glazing 

is currently installed in the car. 

However, all side windows are 1⁄4-inch 

panes of Duplate ASI PPG Safety Glass. 

Some of these side windows are 

equipped with double panes. Also, each 

end window is 1⁄4-inch pane of Duplate 

ASI PPG Safety Glass. CPC states that 

barring one incident of vandalism in the 

spring of 2010 when the car was in 

storage—resulting in several cracked 

windows—there has been no accident or 

injury attributed to window glazing 

since this car came under its present 

ownership in 1988. CPC states that 

besides the prohibitive cost 

(approximately $30,000) involved in 

retrofitting the car with FRA-certified 

glazing, side-lining the car for this 

purpose will be catastrophic because 

most of its revenue comes from the 

operation of this car on steam and diesel 

powered excursions. Therefore, CPC is 

requesting this relief. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

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