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and non-citizen nationals who complete 

and submit the Application for a U.S. 

Passport by Mail. Passport applicants 

can either download the DS–82 from the 

Internet or obtain one from an 

Acceptance Facility/Passport Agency. 

The form must be completed, signed, 

and submitted along with the 

applicant’s previous U.S. passport. 

U.S. citizens overseas may download 

the DS–82 from the Internet or obtain 

one from the nearest U.S. Embassy or 

Consulate. As noted on the form, U.S. 

citizens overseas (except Canada) must 

apply for their passport at the nearest 

U.S. Embassy or Consulate in 

accordance with instructions on the 

Embassy/Consulate Web site. 

The Department estimates that these 

changes will not result in an increase in 

the current burden time of 40 minutes. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Brenda S. Sprague, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22019 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8459] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory 

Board 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), the PEPFAR Scientific 

Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Board’’) will meet from October 

2–3, 2013 at the Sheraton Crystal City at 

1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202. The meeting will last 

from 9 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. 

on October 2nd and from 9 a.m. until 

approximately 3 p.m. on October 3rd 

and is open to the public. 

The meeting will be hosted by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, and led by Ambassador 

Eric Goosby, who leads implementation 

of the President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). 

The Board serves the Global AIDS 

Coordinator in a solely advisory 

capacity concerning scientific, 

implementation, and policy issues 

related to the global response to HIV/ 

AIDS. These issues will be of concern as 

they influence the priorities and 

direction of PEPFAR evaluation and 

research, the content of national and 

international strategies and 

implementation, and the role of 

PEPFAR in international discourse 

regarding an appropriate and resourced 

response. Topics for the meeting will 

include an update on current PEPFARfunded implementation science 

activities; recommendations to 

Ambassador Goosby on the care and 

treatment cascade, adherence/retention 

issues; and research priorities for the 

PEPFAR portfolio. 

The public may attend this meeting as 

seating capacity allows. Admittance to 

the meeting will be by means of a prearranged clearance list. In order to be 

placed on the list and, if applicable, to 

request reasonable accommodation, 

please register at www.regonline.com/ 

pepfarsab. While the meeting is open to 

public attendance, the Board will 

determine procedures for public 

participation. Requests for reasonable 

accommodation that are made after 

September 25, might not be possible to 

fulfill. 

For further information about the 

meeting, please contact Dr. Amy 

DuBois, Acting Director of the Office of 

Research and Science, Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator at 

PEPFAR_SAB@state.gov. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Amy DuBois, 

Acting Director, Office of Research and 

Science, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8460] 

Determinations Regarding Use of 

Chemical Weapons in Syria Under the 

Chemical and Biological Weapons 

Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 

1991 

AGENCY: Bureau of International 

Security and Nonproliferation, 

Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Government has determined on August 

2, pursuant to Section 306(a) of the 

Chemical and Biological Weapons 

Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 

1991, 22 U.S.C. 5604(a), that the 

Government of Syria has used chemical 

weapons in violation of international 

law or lethal chemical weapons against 

its own nationals. In addition, the 

United States Government has 

determined and certified to Congress 

pursuant to section 307(d) of the Act (22 

U.S.C. 5605(d)) that it is essential to the 

national security interests of the United 

States to partially waive the application 

of the sanctions required under Section 

307(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 5605(a)) 

with respect to activities in furtherance 

of United States policies regarding the 

Syrian conflict. The following is notice 

of sanctions to be imposed pursuant to 

Section 307(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 

5605(a)), subject to the waiver described 

above. 

DATES: Effective Date: Upon publication 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela K. Durham, Office of Missile, 

Biological, and Chemical 

Nonproliferation, Bureau of 

International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State, 

Telephone (202) 647–4930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Sections 306(a), 307(a), and 307(d) of 

the Chemical and Biological Weapons 

Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 

1991, as amended (22 U.S.C. 5604(a) 

and 5605(a)), on August 2, 2013 the 

Under Secretary of State for Political 

Affairs: (1) Determined that the 

Government of Syria has used chemical 

weapons in violation of international 

law or lethal chemical weapons against 

its own nationals; and (2) determined 

and certified to Congress that it is 

essential to the national security 

interests of the United States to partially 

waive the application of the sanctions 

required under Section 307(a) with 

respect to certain activities determined 

by the United States Government to be 

in furtherance of United States policies 

regarding the Syrian conflict. As a 

result, the following sanctions are 

hereby imposed, subject to waivers as 

described above: 

1. Foreign Assistance: Termination of 

assistance to Syria under the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, except for 

urgent humanitarian assistance and food 

or other agricultural commodities or 

products. 

2. Arms Sales: Termination of (a) sales 

to Syria under the Arms Export Control 

Act of any defense articles, defense 

services, or design and construction 

services, and (b) licenses for the export 

to Syria of any item on the United States 

Munitions List. 

3. Arms Sales Financing: Termination 

of all foreign military financing for Syria 

under the Arms Export Control Act. 

4. Denial of United States Government 

Credit or Other Financial Assistance: 

Denial to Syria of any credit, credit 

guarantees, or other financial assistance 

by any department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States 

Government, including the ExportImport Bank of the United States. 

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Prohibition on the export to Syria of any 

goods or technology on that part of the 

control list established under section 

2404(c)(1) of the Appendix to Title 50. 

Determinations that activities are in 

furtherance of United States policies 

regarding the Syrian conflict, and thus 

the application of the above sanctions is 

excepted, will be made on a case-bycase basis with the involvement of the 

Department of State, using existing 

interagency procedures to the maximum 

extent possible. These measures shall be 

implemented by the responsible 

departments and agencies of the United 

States Government and will remain in 

place for at least one year or until 

further notice. 

Dated: September 4, 2013. 

Thomas M. Countryman, 

Assistant Secretary of State for International 

Security and Nonproliferation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22032 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0087] 

Advisory Committee for Aviation 

Consumer Protection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of fifth meeting of 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

fifth meeting of the Advisory Committee 

for Aviation Consumer Protection. 

DATES: The fifth meeting of the advisory 

committee is scheduled for October 8, 

2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Elwood Pete Quesada Auditorium 

located on the third floor of the Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA) 

headquarters at 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC. 

Attendance is open to the public up to 

the room’s capacity of 125 attendees. 

However, since access to the FAA 

headquarters building is controlled for 

security purposes, any member of the 

general public who plans to attend this 

meeting must notify the Department 

contact identified below at least five (5) 

calendar days prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register to attend the meeting, please 

contact Max Slaiman, Research Analyst, 

Centra Technology, Inc., slaimanm@

centratechnology.com; 703–894–6910. 

For other information please contact 

Kathleen Blank Riether, Senior 

Attorney, Office of Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings, 

kathleen.blankriether@dot.gov; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 

20590; 202–366–9342 (phone), 202– 

366–5944 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On May 24, 2012, the Secretary, as 

mandated by Section 411 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–95, 126 Stat. 11 (2012)), 

established the Advisory Committee on 

Aviation Consumer Protection and 

announced those persons appointed as 

members. The committee’s charter, 

drafted in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, sets forth 

policies for the operation of the advisory 

committee and is available on the 

Department’s Web site at http://

facasms.fido.gov/committee/

charters.aspx?cid=2448&aid=47. 

The fifth meeting of the committee is 

scheduled for Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

in the Elwood Pete Quesada Auditorium 

located on the third floor of the FAA 

headquarters at 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. At 

the meeting the DOT’s Office of 

Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings 

(Enforcement Office) will provide an 

update on the implementation status of 

the committee’s initial set of 

recommendations to the Secretary 

submitted to Congress on March 22, 

2013. Other issues to be discussed 

include making consumer rights 

information available to the public on 

airport posters, delays in the clearance 

of passengers arriving on international 

flights through the U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection facilities at U.S. 

airports, customized airfare pricing and 

potential consumer protection issues, 

and the committee’s recommendations 

for calendar year 2013 to the Secretary 

of Transportation on additional needed 

consumer protection measures. 

As announced in the notices of 

previous meetings of the committee, the 

meeting will be open to the public, and, 

time permitting, comments by members 

of the public are invited. Since access to 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

headquarters building is controlled for 

security purposes, we ask that any 

member of the general public who plans 

to attend the fifth meeting notify the 

Department contact noted above no later 

than five (5) calendar days prior to the 

meeting. Attendance will be necessarily 

limited by the size of the meeting room. 

Members of the public may present 

written comments at any time. The 

docket number referenced above (OST– 

2012–0087, available at https://

www.regulations.gov,) has been 

established for committee documents 

including any written comments that 

may be filed. At the discretion of the 

Chairperson and time permitting, after 

completion of the planned agenda, 

individual members of the public may 

provide oral comments. Any oral 

comments presented must be limited to 

the objectives of the committee and will 

be limited to five (5) minutes per 

person. Individual members of the 

public who wish to present oral 

comments must notify the Department 

contact noted above via email that they 

wish to attend and present oral 

comments at least five (5) calendar days 

prior to the meeting. 

Persons with a disability who plan to 

attend the meeting and require special 

accommodations, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should notify 

the Department contact noted above at 

least seven (7) calendar days prior to the 

meeting. Persons attending with a 

service animal should also advise us of 

that fact so that it can be taken into 

account in connection with space and 

possible allergy issues. 

Notice of this meeting is being 

provided in accordance with the FACA 

and the General Services 

Administration regulations covering 

management of Federal advisory 

committees. (41 CFR Part 102–3.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 3, 

2013. 

Samuel Podberesky, 

Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Aging Aircraft 

Program (Widespread Fatigue 

Damage) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 


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