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Santa Cruz County Flood Control 

District prior to final design and 

construction. 

• GSA shall submit preliminary set of 

plans, a hydrology/hydraulics report, 

and a CLOMR for the project will be 

submitted to the EPA for comment prior 

to final design and construction. 

• Since the Proposed Action would 

involve demolition of existing 

structures, GSA shall engage an 

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response 

Act certified inspector to inspect all 

structures to be demolished. If 

Regulated Asbestos Containing Material 

is present in the structures, GSA shall 

develop a work plan to remove, 

transport, and dispose of these 

materials. 

• At least 10 days prior to demolition 

of any structure GSA shall provide the 

ADEQ National Emission Standard 

Hazardous Air Pollutant coordinator 

with a National Emission Standard 

Hazardous Air Pollutant notification 

form for each structure to be 

demolished. 

• GSA shall notify the Santa Cruz 

County Flood Control District and the 

Arizona Department of Water Resources 

prior to undertaking any work that 

would disturb the rainfall and stream 

level gauges on the upstream headwall 

of the culverts on Ephraim Canyon/Las 

Canoas Wash. In accordance with NEPA 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the regulations 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality (40 CFR 1500–1508), and the 

Department’s implementing regulations 

(22 CFR part 161, and in particular 22 

CFR 161.7(c)) and based on the findings 

and mitigation measures above, the 

Department of State finds that the 

project described in the attached 

Revised GSA EA is not a federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. Therefore, no 

Environmental Impact statement will be 

prepared. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Edward Alexander Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31502 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7235] 

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 as indicated 

below. 

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan 

for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific 

Advisory Board will meet on January 6– 

7, 2011 at the St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. The 

meeting will be from 9 a.m. until 

approximately 5 p.m. on both days and 

is open to the public. 

The meeting will be hosted by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby, 

who leads implementation of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief (PEPFAR). 

The PEPFAR Scientific Advisory 

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 the international discourse 

regarding appropriate and resourced 

responses. Topics for the January 6–7th 

meeting will include an overview of 

PEPFAR-funded evaluations, priority 

setting within HIV/AIDS Care, 

Treatment and Prevention areas, and 

recommendations to the Ambassador on 

the future direction of evaluation and 

research within PEPFAR. 

The public may attend this meeting as 

seating capacity allows. To RSVP and 

for those requesting reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, Tiffany Peoples: E-mail 

(PeoplesTN2@state.gov), by December 

29, 2010. Requests made after that time 

will be considered, but might not be 

possible to accommodate. While the 

meeting is open to public attendance, 

the Board will determine procedures for 

public participation and will announce 

those procedures at the meeting. 

For further information about the 

meeting, please contact Paul Bouey, 

Deputy Coordinator, Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator at (202) 663– 

2440 or BoueyPD@state.gov. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Paul D. Bouey, 

Deputy Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Global 

AIDS Coordinator, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31498 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7261] 

Meeting of the United States-Oman 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation Pursuant to the United 

States-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation 

ACTION: Notice of the meeting of the 

U.S.-Oman Joint Forum on 

Environmental Cooperation and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

providing notice that the United States 

and Oman intend to hold a meeting of 

the U.S.-Oman Joint Forum on 

Environmental Cooperation (‘‘Joint 

Forum’’) in Muscat, Oman, on January 9, 

2011, at a venue to be announced. The 

Governments created the Joint Forum in 

connection with the U.S.-Oman 

Memorandum of Understanding on 

Environmental Cooperation (‘‘MOU’’). If 

you are interested in attending, please 

email Abby Lindsay at 

LindsayA@state.gov for the specific time 

and place. See below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details on the background 

and purpose of the meeting. 

During the meeting, the U.S. and 

Oman will present a brief history of 

U.S.-Oman environmental cooperation, 

a review of activities under the 2006– 

2008 Work Program, presentations on 

selected activities, and presentation and 

signature of the 2011–2014 Plan of 

Action. The entire meeting will be open 

to the public and include public 

question and answer sessions. The 

Department of State invites interested 

organizations and members of the 

public to submit written comments or 

suggestions regarding items to include 

on the agenda and to attend the meeting. 

In preparing comments, we encourage 

submitters to refer to the following 

documents: 

• U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, 

• 2006–2008 Work Program Pursuant 

to the U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, 

• Chapter 17 of the U.S.-Oman Free 

Trade Agreement, 

• Final Environmental Review of the 

U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. 

These documents are available at: 

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/env/trade/ 

oman/index.htm. 

DATES: The U.S. and Oman will hold the 

Joint Forum meeting on January 9, 2011, 

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in attending, please email Abby Lindsay 

at LindsayA@state.gov for the specific 

time and place. To ensure timely 

consideration, please submit comments 

and suggestions in writing no later than 

January 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments or suggestions via e-mail 

(LindsayA@state.gov) or fax ((202) 647– 

5947) to Abby Lindsay, Office of 

Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, with the subject line ‘‘U.S.-Oman 

Joint Forum Meeting.’’ 

For those with access to the Internet, 

comments may be submitted at the 

following address: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/ 

home.html#home. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Lindsay, Telephone (202) 647– 

8772. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Section 

2 of the U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, the United States and 

Oman announced the establishment of a 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation. The mandate of the Joint 

Forum is to broaden and deepen 

effective cooperation on environmental 

issues between Oman and the United 

States. It was intended provide a venue 

for the two Governments to discuss 

ways in which they could work together 

to strengthen the capacity of Oman to 

protect and conserve the environment. 

The Joint Forum is expected to develop 

a Plan of Action towards meeting this 

goal. 

The 2006–2008 Work Program 

identified priorities for environmental 

cooperation between the United States 

and Oman, with the goal of building 

human and institutional capacity in the 

management and conservation of 

natural resources. The priorities were: 

(a) Environmental laws and regulations, 

(b) Environmental impact assessments, 

(c) Environmental incentives, (d) Public 

participation in environmental 

protection, (e) Integrated water 

resources management and protection, 

(f) Coastal protection and preservation 

of marine resources, (g) Protected area 

management and conservation of flora 

and fauna, (h) Cleaner production and 

environmental technology, (i) Chemical 

hazardous waste management and 

disposal, and (j) Environmental disaster 

preparedness. Some indicative actions 

the U.S. and Oman have undertaken in 

these areas include workshops on 

environmental impact assessment, a 

regional workshop for CITES 

Management Authorities, and a course 

on public participation in 

environmental law. Ongoing work 

includes technical assistance to Oman 

on marine turtle conservation and 

cooperation on sustainable tourism in 

protected areas. The Department of the 

Interior, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, the United States Coast Guard, 

and others have been involved in 

implementing these activities. Officials 

from U.S. and Omani agencies will 

present and discuss their activities at 

the Joint Forum meeting. 

In the 2011–2014 Plan of Action, we 

seek to build upon the progress made in 

the previous Work Program and 

anticipate defining four main priority 

areas for cooperation activities: 

Institutional and policy strengthening 

for effective implementation and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

including natural resource-related laws; 

Biodiversity conservation and improved 

management of protected areas, and 

other ecologically important 

ecosystems; Improved private sector 

environmental performance; and 

Environmental education, transparency 

and public participation in 

environmental decision-making and 

enforcement. At the meeting, the Joint 

Forum will review cooperation 

activities and the two Governments are 

expected to sign the new Plan of Action. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Willem H. Brakel, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31504 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to rescind the 

FHWA’s Buy America waiver for the use 

of non-domestic steel pipe; A53 Grade 

B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall for the 

construction of a Recovery Act project 

on SR 60, Section A40, in Allegheny 

County, Pennsylvania. 

DATES: The effective date of the 

rescission is December 16, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via e-mail at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail 

at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office 

hours for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., est., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including the application 

of protective coatings) that are 

permanently incorporated in a Federalaid construction project. The regulation 

also provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice is to rescind the Buy America 

waiver that was processed and 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 19, 2010, at 75 FR 64394, for 

the use of non-domestic steel pipe; A53 

Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall for a 

portion of sign support structure no. S– 

28760 proposed for Recovery Act 

project on SR 60 in Alleghany County, 

PA. 

During the notice and comment 

period leading up to the publication of 

the October 19 notice, the Pennsylvania 

Department of Transportation 

(PennDOT) considered the use of steel 

pipe API 5L, Grade B, PSL 2 as an 

alternate equivalent product to steel 

pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall. 

However, it appeared that the steel slab 

to be used in the production of the pipe 

was not available domestically. During 

the 15-day comment period following 

the publication of the October 19 notice, 

the FHWA received a comment that 

steel pipe API 5L, including the steel 

slab to be used in production, could be 

produced domestically. After verifying 

that PennDOT is willing to approve the 

use of API 5L, Grade B, PSL 2 as an 

alternate to steel pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ 

OD, 0.375′′ wall and verifying that API 

5L, Grade B, PSL 2 can be produced 

domestically, the FHWA has 

determined that a Buy America waiver 

for steel pipe A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 

0.375′′ wall is no longer necessary. 

Therefore, the Buy America waiver 

issued on October 19 in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 64394) for steel pipe 


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