Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 179 / Friday, September 14, 2012 / Notices 56909 

31/2012 is hereby amended to include 

the following areas as adversely affected 

by the disaster: 

Primary Parishes: (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): 

Assumption, Saint Helena, Saint 

James, Terrebonne, Washington. 

Contiguous Parishes/Counties: 

(Economic Injury Loans Only): 

Louisiana: 

East Feliciana, Iberia, Saint Martin, 

Saint Mary. 

Mississippi: 

Marion, Walthall. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22628 Filed 9–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8025] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Tokyo 

1955–70: A New Avant-Garde’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 

appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 

257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby 

determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Tokyo 

1955–70: A New Avant-Garde,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 

from on or about November 18, 2012, 

until on or about February 25, 2013, and 

at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

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

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22711 Filed 9–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC); Renewal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces the 

charter renewal of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ARAC), a Federal Advisory Committee 

that works with industry and the public 

to improve the development of the 

FAA’s regulations. This charter renewal 

will take effect on September 17, 2012, 

and will expire after 2 years. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Butner, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–5093; fax (202) 

267–5075; email Renee.Butner@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), the FAA is giving notice of the 

charter renewal for the ARAC. The 

ARAC was established to provide advice 

and recommendations to FAA on 

regulatory matters. The ARAC is 

composed of member organizations and 

associations that represent the various 

aviation industry segments. The 

diversity of the Committee ensures the 

requisite range of views and expertise 

necessary to discharge its 

responsibilities. See the ARAC Web site 

for details on pending tasks at http:// 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ 

rulemaking/committees/documents/. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

September 10, 2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22713 Filed 9–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Comment Period Extension 

for the Revised Draft Environmental 

Impact Report/Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the California High-Speed Train Project 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), United States 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of comment period 

extension. 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that the comment 

period for the Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section of 

the California High-Speed Train (HST) 

Project (Project) issued on June 20, 2012 

has been extended and shall now end 

on October 19, 2012. FRA and the 

Project sponsor, the California High 

Speed Rail Authority (Authority), made 

this decision to be responsive to 

stakeholder requests and to encourage 

comprehensive public participation. 

FRA is the lead Federal agency and 

Authority is the lead state agency for the 

environmental review process. Public 

hearings were held on August 27, 

August 28, and August 29, 2012, in the 

Cities of Fresno, Hanford, and 

Bakersfield, CA respectively. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

Supplemental Draft EIS for the Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section should be provided 

to the California High-Speed Rail 

Authority on or before October 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Supplemental Draft EIS should be sent 

to the California High-Speed Rail 

Authority, EIR/EIS Comments, 770 L 

Street, Suite 800, Sacramento, CA 

95814, or may be submitted online at 

Fresno_Bakersfield@hsr.ca.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Valenstein, Chief, Environment 

and Systems Planning Division, Office 

of Railroad Policy and Development, 

Federal Railroad Administration, U.S., 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., MS–20, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202– 

493–6368). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Once 

completed, the California HST system 

will provide intercity, high-speed 

passenger rail service on more than 800 

miles of tracks throughout California, 

connecting the major population centers 

of Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay 

Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, 

the Inland Empire, Orange County, and 

San Diego. It will use state-of-the-art, 

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