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1Public Law 104–50, 109 Stat. 436 (November 15, 

1995). 

2 61 FR 24348; May 14, 1996. 

3 64 FR 32926; June 18, 1999. 

4See 63 FR 49151, September 14, 1998; 65 FR 

19958–01, April 13, 2000; 69 FR 17469–02, April 

2, 2004. 

5See Public Law 108–176, § 224(b), 117 Stat. 

2490, 2528 (codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. 

40110(d)(4)). 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7601] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 

December 7, 2011, 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 fifty fourth 

Session of the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Subcommittee on 

Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 

Vessels Safety (SLF) to be held at the 

IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 

January 16–20, 2012. 

The Primary Matters To Be Considered 

Include 

Adoption of the agenda; 

Decisions of other IMO bodies; 

Development of second generation 

intact stability criteria; 

Development of guidelines on safe 

return to port for passenger ships; 

Development of guidelines for 

verification of damage stability 

requirements for tankers; 

Revision of the damage stability 

regulations for ro-ro passenger ships; 

Development of amendments to 

SOLAS chapter II–1 subdivision 

standards for cargo ships; 

Revision of SOLAS chapter II–1 

subdivision and damage stability 

regulations; 

Development of provisions to ensure 

the integrity and uniform 

implementation of the 1969 TM 

Convention; 

Development of amendments to part B 

of the 2008 IS Code on towing and 

anchor operations; 

Consideration of IACS unified 

interpretations; 

Development of amendments to the 

criterion for maximum angle of heel in 

turns of the 2008 IS Code; 

Development of amendments to 

SOLAS regulation II–1/4 concerning 

subdivision standards for cargo ships; 

Biennial agenda and provisional 

agenda for SLF 55; 

Election of Chairman and ViceChairman for 2013; 

Any other business; 

Report to the Maritime Safety 

Committee 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, LCDR Catherine 

Phillips, by email at 

Catherine.A.Phillips@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1374, by fax at (202) 

372–1925, or in writing at Commandant 

(CG–5212), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 

20593–7126 not later than December 1, 

2011. Requests made after December 1, 

2011 might not be able to be 

accommodated. Please note that due to 

security considerations, two valid, 

government issued photo identifications 

must be presented to gain entrance to 

the Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: November 7, 2011. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29326 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1243] 

Designation of Administrative Judges 

and Delegation of Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) gives notice that 

the FAA Administrator has: designated 

the Director and Dispute Resolution 

Officers of the Office of Dispute 

Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA) as 

Administrative Judges for all matters 

within the ODRA’s jurisdiction; and 

delegated authority to the ODRA that 

supersedes and replaces previous 

delegations of authority. The FAA is 

publishing the text of the Designation 

and Delegation, executed on October 12, 

2011, so that it is available to interested 

parties. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie A. Collins, Dispute Resolution 

Officer and Administrative Judge for the 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition (AGC–70), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Street SW., Room 323, Washington, DC 

20591; telephone (202) 267–3290; 

facsimile (202) 267–3720. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In 1995 Congress, through the 

Department of Transportation 

Appropriations Act, directed the FAA 

‘‘to develop and implement, not later 

than April 1, 1996, an acquisition 

management system that addressed the 

unique needs of the agency and, at a 

minimum, provided for more timely and 

cost effective acquisitions of equipment 

and materials.’’ 1 In response, the FAA 

developed the Acquisition Management 

System (AMS), a system of policy 

guidance for the management of FAA 

procurement, and as a part of the AMS, 

created the Office of Dispute Resolution 

for Acquisition (ODRA) to facilitate the 

Administrator’s review of procurement 

protests and contract disputes.2

Subsequently, the FAA promulgated 

rules of procedure governing the 

ODRA’s dispute resolution process by 

publishing a final rule entitled, 

Procedures for Protests and Contract 

Disputes; Amendment of Equal Access 

to Justice Act Regulations (effective June 

28, 1999).3 In addition to the rules of 

procedures, ODRA operates pursuant to 

a series of delegations of authority from 

the Administrator. Over time, the 

authority delegated to the ODRA by the 

Administrator expanded to include the 

authority of the ODRA Director, among 

other things, ‘‘to execute and issue, on 

behalf of the Administrator, Orders and 

Final Decisions for the Administrator in 

all matters’’ under the ODRA’s 

jurisdiction valued at not more than $10 

Million.4 Congress provided further 

confirmation as to the FAA’s dispute 

resolution authority in the Vision 100– 

Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act 

of 2003 (2003 Reauthorization Act), 

which expressly provided the ODRA 

with exclusive jurisdiction over bid 

protests and contract disputes under the 

AMS.5 Specifically, the 2003 

Reauthorization Act provided at 

Subsection (b)(2)(4), under the title 

‘‘Adjudication of Certain Bid Protests 

and Contract Disputes,’’ that ‘‘[a] bid 

protest or contract dispute that is not 

addressed or resolved through 

alternative dispute resolution shall be 

adjudicated by the Administrator, 

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