14462 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 47 / Friday, March 9, 2012 / Notices 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

W.K. Kellogg Airport, Mr. Lawrence 

Bowron, 15551 S. Airport Road, Battle 

Creek, MI 49015. The Record of 

Approval will also be available on-line 

at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

airports_airtraffic/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/part_150/ 

states/. 

Issued in Romulus, Michigan on February 

17, 2012. 

John L. Mayfield, Jr., 

Manager, Detroit Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5701 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the FAA 

Research, Engineering and Development 

(R,E&D) Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: April 18, 2012—9:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Place: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW—Round Room (10th Floor), 

Washington, DC 20591. 

Purpose: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Attendees 

will have to present picture ID at the 

security desk and be escorted to the 

Round Room. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 24, 

2012. 

Wilson Felder, 

Director, William J. Hughes Technical Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5690 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Space Transportation Infrastructure 

Matching Grants Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for grant 

proposals for the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2012 grant proposals to 

continue the development of a 

Commercial Space Transportation 

infrastructure system that supports the 

National Space Policy and 

Congressional intent. Begun in 2010, the 

program supports the Commercial Space 

Transportation industry by 

identification, prioritization, and 

funding for Commercial Space 

Transportation infrastructure projects. 

This program has been previously 

referred to as the Commercial Space 

Transportation Grants Program. 

The FAA/AST intends to continue 

funding the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

for FY 2012. However, funding has not 

been determined at this time. In order 

for the FAA/AST to swiftly execute 

grant awards within FY 2012, should 

funding be available, the FAA/AST is 

requesting grant applications at this 

time. The FAA/AST intends to receive, 

process, and evaluate the applications 

in a timely manner, and in accordance 

with the notional schedule listed below, 

so should there be available funding, the 

recipients will already be selected and 

the awards can be made within FY 

2012. There remains the possibility that 

no funds will be available in FY 2012 

for the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program. 

If no funds are available, no grant 

applications submitted in response to 

this Notice will be approved and 

funded. 

This Notice will be the only 

solicitation made for FY 2012 projects 

and proposals. The FAA/AST will 

review and evaluate all applications for 

a grant received by the deadline, 

pursuant to 51 U.S.C. Chapter 511. The 

FAA/AST may make one or more grant 

awards based upon its evaluations of the 

submissions. All grants awarded under 

the Space Transportation Infrastructure 

Matching Grants Program are 

discretionary awards. Projects to be 

funded under the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

must carry out commercial space 

transportation infrastructure 

development, as defined in 51 U.S.C. 

51101. 

DATES: In order for the FAA/AST to 

award funds (if appropriated) before the 

end of FY 2012, the following notional 

schedule is provided. 

Submission Open Period Opens: 

March 8, 2012. 

Submission Open Period Closes: May 

11, 2012. 

Review, Selection, and Approval 

Period: May 14, 2012 to June 1, 2012. 

Announcement: July 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants can get more 

information about the Space 

Transportation Infrastructure Matching 

Grants Program, to include a checklist 

for the submission package, by: 

1. Accessing the Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation Web site at: 

http://www.faa.gov/go/ast; or 

2. Contacting Julie Price or Glenn 

Rizner, AST–100, for program 

questions; or 

3. Contacting Greg Carter, AGC–510, 

for legal questions. 

Office Fax Email 

Julie Price ............................................................................................................... 202–493–5486 202–267–5463 Julie.Price@faa.gov. 

Glenn Rizner ........................................................................................................... 202–267–3194 202–267–5463 Glenn.Rizner@faa.gov. 

Greg Carter ............................................................................................................. 202–267–3186 202–267–5261 Greg.Carter@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

is intended to ‘‘ensure the resiliency of 

the space transportation infrastructure 

in the United States.’’ To help further 

establish United States’ Commercial 

Space Transportation-related goals, 

Congress established the Space 

Transportation Infrastructure Matching 

Grants Program, now found in 51 U.S.C. 

Chapter 511—Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants. 

Congressional authorization was 

established FY 1994 for the use of 

Federal monies to fund up to fifty 


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