### 530 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 3 / Thursday, January 5, 2012 / Notices

**SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION**
**[Disaster Declaration #12784 and #12785]**

**Vermont Disaster Number VT–00021**

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Small Business Administration.

**ACTION :**  Amendment 7.

**SUMMARY :**  This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA—4022—DR), dated 09/01/2011.

Incident: Tropical Storm Irene. Incident Period: 08/27/2011 through 09/02/2011.

Effective Date: 12/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/15/2011.

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/01/2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing And Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The notice of the President’s major disaster declaration for the State of Vermont, dated 09/01/2011 is hereby amended to extend the deadline for filing applications for physical damages as a result of this disaster to 12/15/2011.

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. 2011–33831 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8025–01–P**

**SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION**
**[Disaster Declaration #12909 and #12910]**

**Virginia Disaster Number VA–00037**

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Small Business Administration.

**ACTION :**  Amendment 1.

**SUMMARY :**  This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA–4042–DR), dated 11/04/2011.

Incident: Earthquake. Incident Period: 08/23/2011 through 10/25/2011.

Effective Date: 12/21/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/05/2012. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/06/2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The notice of the President’s major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, dated 11/04/2011 is hereby amended to extend the deadline for filing applications for physical damages as a result of this disaster to 03/05/2012.

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. 2011–33839 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8025–01–P**

**SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION**
**[Disaster Declaration #12976 and #12977]**

**Alaska Disaster # AK–00022**

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Small Business Administration.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alaska (FEMA–4050–DR), dated 12/22/2011.

Incident: Severe Winter Storms and Flooding.

Incident Period: 11/08/2011 through 11/10/2011

Effective Date: 12/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 02/21/2012.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/24/2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President’s major disaster declaration on 12/22/2011, Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of governmental nature may file disaster loan applications at the address listed above or other locally announced locations.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster: Primary Counties: Bering Strait REAA, Lower Kuskokwim REAA, Lower Yukon REAA, North Slope Borough, Southwest Region REAA. The Interest Rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Non-Profit Organizations with

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.125Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 For Economic Injury:

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 12976B and for economic injury is 12977B. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

James E. Rivera, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–33837 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8025–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 7714]**

**Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International**  **Law: Notice of Renewal of Charter**

The Charter of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law has been renewed, effective for a two-year period. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notification of the renewal was provided to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Library of Congress on December 16, 2011. The Advisory Committee assists the State Department to monitor domestic and international developments in private international law; provides a means for state, local and private sector viewpoints to be made available to the Department; and provides information to assist in the development of positions for efforts to harmonize or negotiate uniform rules of private law at the international level through model national laws, legal guidelines, treaties, and other means.


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The Advisory Committee focuses on work undertaken or proposed in various international bodies, including but not limited to the Hague Conference on Private International Law; the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and the Organization of American States (OAS).

Topics considered by the Advisory Committee have included, for example: jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments; party choice of forum; arbitration rules; enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; the protection of minors; inter-country adoption; child abduction; cross-border insolvency; electronic commerce; secured finance; carriage of goods by sea and by other modes of transportation; cross-border securities transactions; online dispute resolution; international leasing and franchising; and other topics of current interest in private law as they arise.

Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public, and participation by the public is encouraged. Interested persons, organizations, academic centers and others can participate in all aspects of the Committee’s work. Notices of meetings are published in the Federal Register at least 15 calendar days prior to the meeting date, unless circumstances require that the meeting be held with a shorter notice period. Interested parties can obtain additional information from the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law (L/PIL), Department of State, at (202) 776–8420, fax 776– 8482, or by email to Tricia Smeltzer at SmeltzerTK@State.gov.

Dated: December 23, 2011. Harold S. Burman, Executive Director, Department of State Advisory, Committee on Private International Law.
[FR Doc. 2011–33830 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–08–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Highway Administration**

**Federal Transit Administration**

**Notice of Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Transportation Project** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions by FHWA, FTA and other agencies. **SUMMARY :**  This notice announces final environmental actions taken by FHWA, FTA, and other agencies that are final within the meaning of Federal transportation law. The actions relate to the Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing Project in Clark County, Washington and Multnomah County, Oregon.

**DATES :**  By this notice, FHWA and FTA are advising the public of final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim seeking judicial review of the Federal agency actions announced herein for the listed transportation project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before July 3, 2012.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  John McAvoy, Major Project Manager, Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, 610 E. Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661; telephone: (360) 619–7591; and email: john.mcavoy@dot.gov, or Terence Plaskon, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and the Environment, FTA; telephone: (202) 366–0442; and email: terence. plaskon@dot.gov. FHWA and FTA headquarters are located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice is hereby given that FHWA, FTA and other agencies have taken final agency actions by issuing licenses, permits, and approvals for the transportation project in the States of Oregon and Washington. Federal Lead Agencies: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Project Sponsors: Oregon and Washington Departments of Transportation (ODOT, WSDOT), Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC), Metro, Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (C–TRAN), and Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet). Project Description: The project is a bridge, transit, highway, and bicycle and pedestrian improvement project, consisting of a new river crossing over the Columbia River, improvements to highway interchanges and the local street network, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, and an extension of light rail from the Expo Center in Portland (OR) to Clark College in Vancouver (WA). The actions by the Federal and other agencies on this project, as well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the project published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2011, and in the Record of Decision issued on December 7, 2011. The FEIS and ROD are available by contacting FHWA at the address above or can be downloaded from the project Web site at www.columbiarivercrossing.org.

This notice applies to all FHWA, FTA, and other agency decisions on the listed project as of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such actions were taken, including, but not limited to those arising under the following laws, as amended:

1. General: National Environmental Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4347]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109]; the Federal transit statutes [49 U.S.C. Chapter 53].

2. Air: Clean Air Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)].

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 U.S.C. 319].

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Anadromous Fish Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 757(a)–757(f)]; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661– 667(e)]; Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq. ]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712].

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470f]; Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 U.S.C. 470aa–470mm]; Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469–469c–2]; Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013].

6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 2000(d)(1)); American Indian Religious Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996); Farmland Protection Policy Act [7 U.S.C. 4201– 4209]; the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended [42 U.S.C. 61].

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1377 [Section 404, Section 401, Section 319]; Coastal Zone Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1451–1465]; Land and Water Conservation Fund [16 U.S.C. 4601–4– 4601–11]; Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. ]; Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 401–406]; TEA– 21 Wetlands Mitigation [23 U.S.C. 103(b)(6)(m), 133(b)(11)]; Flood Disaster Protection Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4129].

8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898,