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Award recipients will be required to provide reports analyzing their evaluation findings to ECA in their regular program reports. (Please refer to IV. Application and Submission Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program Monitoring and Evaluation information.

All data collected, including survey responses and contact information, must be maintained for a minimum of three years and provided to ECA upon request.

All reports must be sent to the ECA Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer listed in the final assistance award document.
VII. Agency Contacts

For questions about this announcement, contact: Elizabeth J. Latham, U.S. Department of State, Study of the U.S. Branch, ECA/A/E/USS, SA– 5, 4th floor, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20037, LathamEJ@state.gov, (202) 632–3338.

All correspondence with ECA concerning this RFGP should reference the above title and number ECA/A/E/ USS–12–22–23.

Please read the complete announcement before sending inquiries or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP deadline has passed, ECA staff may not discuss this competition with applicants until the proposal review process has been completed.

VIII. Other Information

Notice

The terms and conditions published in this RFGP are binding and may not be modified by any ECA representative. Explanatory information provided by ECA that contradicts published language will not be binding. Issuance of the RFGP does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the Government. ECA reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal budgets in accordance with the needs of the program and the availability of funds. Awards made will be subject to periodic reporting and evaluation requirements per section VI.3 above.

Dated: October 27, 2011. J. Adam Ereli, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011–28426 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–05–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE** 

**[Public Notice: 7676]**

**Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:**  **‘‘Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art’’** 

**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 ‘‘Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art,’’ 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 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, from on or about January 14, 2012, until on or about April 29, 2012, 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

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**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: October 28, 2011. J. Adam Ereli, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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**BILLING CODE 4710–05–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION** 

**Office of the Secretary**

**Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity**  **and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)**  **During the Week Ending September 17, 2011** 

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq. ). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0172.

Date Filed: September 13, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 4, 2011.

Description: Application of Nordic Global Airlines Oy d/b/a Nordic Global Airlines Ltd (‘‘NGA’’) requesting a foreign air carrier permit to the full extent authorized by the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the European Community and the Member States of the European Community to enable it to engage in foreign air transportation of property and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points outside the United States, and any other transportation authorized by additional rights made available to European Community carriers in the future. NGA further requests exemption authority to enable it to provide the services described above pending issuance of a foreign air carrier permit, and requests such additional or other relief as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0174.

Date Filed: September 15, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 6, 2011.

Description: Application of JetBlue Airways Corporation (‘‘JetBlue’’) requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity and requests the Department to designate JetBlue to the Colombian government authorizing


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JetBlue to engage in foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Bogota, Colombia, utilizing 7 frequencies per week commencing on or about January 15, 2012.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011–28493 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity**  **and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)**  **During the Week Ending September 10, 2011** 

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq. ). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0169.

Date Filed: September 9, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: September 30, 2011.

Description: Application of Sun Air Express, LLC d/b/a Sun Air International requesting authority to operate scheduled passenger service as a commuter air carrier.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0171.

Date Filed: September 9, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: September 30, 2011.

Description: Application of Air Atlanta Icelandic (‘‘AAI’’) requesting the Department amend its foreign air carrier permit so that AAI can exercise new rights recently made available to Icelandic air carriers pursuant to the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union and its Member States and Iceland and Norway. AAI also requests an exemption to the extent necessary to enable it to provide the services covered by this application while AAI’s request for an amended foreign air carrier permit is pending.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011–28496 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity**  **and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)**  **During the Week Ending October 15, 2011** 

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et.
seq. ). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0190.

Date Filed: October 12, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: November 2, 2011.

Description: Application of Laser Airlines, C.A. (‘‘Laser’’) requesting an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit authorizing Laser to provide: (i) Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Caracas, Venezuela (‘‘CCS’’), on the one hand, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida (‘‘FLL’’), on the other hand; and (ii) charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Maiquetia (‘‘MIQ’’), Valencia (‘‘VLN’’) and Margarita Island (‘‘PMV’’), Venezuela, on the one hand, and FLL, on the other hand, and other charter flights.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011–28491 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION** 

**Office of the Secretary**

**Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed the Week Ending September 10,**  **2011**

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the Sections 412 and 414 of the Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures governing proceedings to enforce these provisions. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011–
0167.

Date Filed: September 6, 2011. Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.

Subject: PTC COMP Mail Vote 690 Resolution 024d Currency Names, Codes, Rounding Units and Acceptability of Currencies—Kyrgyzstan (Memo PTC COMP 1647). Intended Effective Date: 1 November 2011.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011–28484 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Letters of Interest for Credit Assistance Under the Transportation**  **Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

**ACTION :**  Notice of funding availability.

**SUMMARY :**  The DOT’s TIFIA Joint Program Office (JPO) announces the availability of a limited amount of funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 to provide credit assistance. Under TIFIA, the DOT provides secured (direct) loans, lines of credit, and loan guarantees to public and private applicants for eligible surface transportation projects of regional or national significance. Projects must meet statutorily specified criteria to be selected for credit assistance.

Because demand for the TIFIA program exceeds budgetary resources, the DOT is utilizing periodic fixed-date solicitations. This notice outlines the