5614 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 23 / Friday, February 3, 2012 / Notices 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

Sean J. Greene, 

Associate Administrator for Innovation and 

Investment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2188 Filed 2–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7785] 

Department of State FY11 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of the release of the 

Department of State FY11 Service 

Contract Inventory. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

publically released its Service Contract 

Inventory for FY11 and its analysis of 

the FY10 inventory. They are available 

here: http://csm.state.gov/. Section 743 

of Division C of the FY 2010 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

Public Law 111–117, requires 

Department of State, and other civilian 

agencies, to submit an annual inventory 

of service contracts. A service contract 

inventory is a tool to assess an agency 

in its ability to contract services in 

support of its mission and operation and 

whether the contractors’ skills are being 

utilized in an appropriate manner. 

DATES: The FY11 inventory and FY10 

analysis is available on the 

Department’s Web site as of Jan. 31, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Passaro, Director, A/CSM, (703) 

875–5114, passaroja@state.gov. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Jason Passaro, 

Director, A/CSM, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2467 Filed 2–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7786] 

In the Matter of the Keystone XL 

Pipeline 

This notice is to inform the public 

that the Department of State has denied 

the Application of TransCanada 

Keystone Pipeline, L.P. for a 

Presidential Permit Authorizing the 

Construction, Operation, and 

Maintenance of Pipeline Facilities for 

the Importation of Crude Oil to be 

located at the United States-Canada 

Border, received by the Department of 

State on September 19, 2008, as directed 

by the Presidential Memorandum for the 

Secretary of State Implementing 

Provisions of the Temporary Payroll Tax 

Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Relating 

to the Keystone XL Pipeline Permit, 

dated January 18, 2012. The full text of 

the Presidential Memorandum is as 

follows: 

Presidential Memorandum—Implementing 

Provisions of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut 

Continuation Act of 2011 Relating to the 

Keystone XL Pipeline Permit 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF 

STATE 

SUBJECT: Implementing Provisions of the 

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act 

of 2011 Relating to the Keystone XL Pipeline 

Permit 

The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut 

Continuation Act of 2011 requires a 

determination, within 60 days of enactment, 

of whether the Keystone XL pipeline project 

as set forth in the permit application filed on 

September 19, 2008 (including amendments) 

(the ‘‘Keystone XL pipeline project’’) would 

serve the national interest. The State 

Department had previously explained, on 

November 10, 2011, that it was seeking 

additional information concerning whether 

that project served the national interest, as 

necessary to grant the permit. Based on its 

experience and in order to consider relevant 

environmental issues and the consequences 

of the project on energy security, the 

economy, and foreign policy, the State 

Department indicated that its review could 

be complete as early as the first quarter of 

2013. 

I have determined, based upon your 

recommendation, including the State 

Department’s view that 60 days is an 

insufficient period to obtain and assess the 

necessary information, that the Keystone XL 

pipeline project, as presented and analyzed 

at this time, would not serve the national 

interest. 

Accordingly, by the authority vested in me 

as President by the Constitution and the laws 

of the United States including section 301 of 

title 3, United States Code, and in 

furtherance of Executive Order 13337 of 

April 30, 2004 to the extent compatible with 

this memorandum, I direct you to submit the 

report to the Congress as specified in section 

501(b)(2) of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut 

Continuation Act of 2011 and to issue a 

denial of the Keystone XL pipeline permit 

application. 

This memorandum is not intended to, and 

does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 

or in equity by any party against the United 

States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other 

person. 

You are hereby authorized and directed to 

publish this memorandum in the Federal 

Register. 

BARACK OBAMA 

Issued in Washington DC on February 1, 

2012. 

Dated: February 1, 2012. 

George Sibley, 

Director, Bureau of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs/Office 

of Environmental Policy, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2615 Filed 2–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7758] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 

14, 2012, in Room 5–1224 of the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the twentieth Session of the 

International Maritime Organization’s 

(IMO) Subcommittee on Flag State 

Implementation to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 

26–30, 2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

Adoption of the agenda; 

Decisions of other IMO bodies; 

Responsibilities of Governments and 

measures to encourage flag State 

compliance; 

Mandatory reports under 

International Convention for the 

Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 

1973, as modified by the Protocol of 

1978 (MARPOL 73/78); 

Casualty statistics and investigations; 

Harmonization of port State control 

activities; 

Port State Control (PSC) Guidelines 

on seafarers’ hours of rest and PSC 

guidelines in relation to the Maritime 

Labour Convention, 2006; 

Development of guidelines on port 

State control under the 2004 Ballast 

Water Management (BWM) Convention; 

Comprehensive analysis of difficulties 

encountered in the implementation of 

IMO instruments; 

Review of the Survey Guidelines 

under the Harmonized System of Survey 

and Certification (HSSC) and the 

annexes to the Code for the 

Implementation of Mandatory IMO 

Instruments; 

Consideration of International 

Association of Classification Societies 

(IACS) unified interpretations; 

Review of the IMO Instruments 

Implementation Code; 

Development of a Code for 

Recognized Organizations; 

Measures to protect the safety of 

persons rescued at sea; 


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