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

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: June 20, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15743 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5345–53D, 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program; Proposed 

Update and Opportunity to Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), US DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of update of AC150/ 

5345–53C to AC150/5345–53D. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to replace 

AC150/5345–53C with AC150/5345– 

53D to clarify the criteria under the 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program (ALECP) for 

acceptance of an organization as a third 

party certification body (third party 

certifier) and how manufacturers may 

get equipment qualified under the 

program. The Secretary of 

Transportation is providing notice in 

the Federal Register of, and an 

opportunity for public comment on 

AC150/5345–53D, Airport Lighting 

Equipment Certification Program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be delivered 

or mailed to the FAA, Airport 

Engineering Division, AAS–100, Room 

621, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard L. Smith, Electronic Engineer, 

Airport Engineering Division, AAS–100, 

Room 621, FAA, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–9529. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Advisory 

Circular 150/5345–53D, Airport 

Lighting Equipment Certification 

Program, draft document is available on 

the Internet. The direct Internet address 

is: http://www.faa.gov/airports/

resources/draft_advisory_circulars. 

Letter to Manufacturers under the 

Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program June 12, 2012: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) Draft Advisory Circular (AC) 150/ 

5345–53D, Airport Lighting Equipment 

Certification Program, is being 

circulated to interested industry 

associations to obtain comments and 

recommendations of actions to be taken. 

Please review this draft and submit 

comments as appropriate. Additionally, 

comments should be submitted on a 

separate document and not embedded 

in the draft AC. Additionally, please 

provide justification for all comments 

regarding oppositions with 

recommended modifications. The Office 

of Airport Safety and Standards may 

revise the final document as a result of 

comments received after further review. 

This AC describes the Airport 

Lighting Equipment Certification 

Program (ALECP). It provides 

information on how an organization can 

get Federal Aviation Administration 

acceptance as a third party certification 

body (third party certifier) and how 

manufacturers may get equipment 

qualified under the program. 

Comments received prior to July 31, 

2012, will be considered for inclusion in 

the advisory circular. Concurrence with 

the enclosure is requested. POC is 

Richard.L.Smith@faa.gov, phone 202– 

267–9529. 

The document may be obtained in 

Adobe Acrobat PDF format from the 

FAA Airports Internet site at http://

www.faa.gov/airports/resources/draft_

advisory_circulars/. Changes to this 

document are color-coded in bold blue 

for your convenience. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 13, 

2012. 

Michael J. O’Donnell, 

Director, Office of Airport Safety and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15737 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Taos Regional Airport 

Layout Plan Improvements, Taos, NM 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

Location: The Taos Regional Airport 

(SKX) is located in north Taos County, 

New Mexico, approximately seven miles 

northwest of the Town of Taos. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this 

Notice to advise the public that it has 

prepared a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for a proposed new 

runway and associated facilities and 

improvements at the Taos Regional 

Airport, Taos, New Mexico. The FEIS 

reflects the Section 106 consultations 

between the FAA, the Taos Pueblo, 

Town of Taos, National Park Service, 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, New Mexico State Historic 

Preservation Officer (SHPO), and the 

New Mexico Department of 

Transportation regarding adverse effects 

on the Taos Pueblo World Heritage Site 

and other traditional cultural properties 

within the National Register Eligible 

Historic District associated with the 

Taos Pueblo. The FEIS also includes 

floodplain impact evaluations. 

The FAA is seeking comments on 

those sections of the FEIS that have 

been updated and/or contain 

information that has become available 

since the release of the DEIS. Please see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for more information. 

The FAA is providing a thirty day (30) 

day FEIS review period. The FEIS 

review period begins on the date of the 

publication of this Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register, and will close 

on July 30, 2012. The FAA must receive 

written comments on these subsections 

postmarked no later than July 30, 2012. 

Comments received after that date may 

not be considered by the FAA. 

All comments on the FEIS are to be 

submitted to Mr. Dean McMath of the 

FAA, at the address shown in the 

section below entitled, ‘‘For Further 

Information or to Submit Comments’’. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, 

as the lead Federal agency, has prepared 

the EIS for the proposed new runway 

and related facilities and improvements 

at SKX. The Department of Interior 

National Park Service and the Taos 

Pueblo are Cooperating Agencies for the 

preparation of the EIS. 

The airport development action 

proposed by the Town of Taos (the 

Airport Sponsor) is the construction of 

a new runway at SKX that would be 

8,600 feet long and 100 feet wide. 

Related facilities and improvements 

proposed by the Airport Sponsor 

include grading and drainage 

improvements, taxiways, new airfield 

lighting, communication equipment, 

and navigational aids associated with 

the new runway; shortening the existing 

Runway 4/22 by 420 feet; construction 

of a new airport access road; and, 

extension of an on-airport access road. 

The FAA published a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

in October, 2006. The DEIS was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). The DEIS comparatively 

assessed and disclosed the potential 

future impacts of the No-Action 


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Alternative and three proposed action 

alternatives designated as Alternative 2– 

C, Alternative 2–D, and Alternative 3. 

Since the publication of the DEIS, the 

FAA has addressed comments received 

on the DEIS; addressed comments on 

the Preliminary FEIS provided by 

Cooperating Agencies; conducted 

additional technical analyses; 

conducted the Section 106 consultation 

process; and prepared the FEIS. The 

Section 106 consultation process 

resulted in the execution of a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 

February 2012. 

Because the DEIS is more than three 

years old, the FAA evaluated the DEIS 

to determine whether the consideration 

of alternatives, affected environment, 

environmental impacts, and mitigation 

measures in the DEIS remains 

applicable, accurate, and valid in 

accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

paragraph 514a and 5050.4B, Section 

1401.b.3. The FAA found that 

substantial changes in these factors have 

not occurred and that a complete 

revision or supplement to the DEIS was 

not warranted. However, FAA’s review 

of current information did note that 

some social and environmental changes 

have occurred since the DEIS was 

published in 2006. The FAA evaluated 

the new information and determined 

that the changes did not affect the range 

of alternatives considered or the 

detailed analysis of alternatives 

conducted in this FEIS. However, to 

document and disclose the social and 

environmental changes that have 

occurred, the FAA prepared a technical 

memorandum that presents the new 

information and discusses any potential 

impacts related to the changed social 

and environmental conditions. The 

technical memorandum is contained in 

the FEIS. 

The FAA is making available the FEIS 

it prepared addressing a proposed new 

runway and associated facilities and 

improvements at the Taos Regional 

Airport. The FEIS discloses: 

• The purpose and need for the 

proposed project; 

• Reasonable alternatives analyzed 

and the FAA’s preferred alternative; 

• Potential environmental impacts 

and consequences associated with those 

alternatives; 

• FAA’s responses to comments it 

received on the DEIS; and 

• How FAA has complied with 

various resource laws, regulations and 

executive orders, including the National 

Environmental Policy Act, Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, Executive Order (EO) 12898, 

‘‘Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low-Income 

Populations’’, and EO 11988, 

‘‘Floodplain Management.’’ 

Public Review and Comment: The 

FEIS is available for review during 

normal business hours at the following 

locations: 

• FAA Southwest Regional Office, 

2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137, 

• Taos Regional Airport, Highway 64 

West, 1 Airport Road, Taos, New 

Mexico 87571, 

• Taos Town Hall, 400 Camino de la 

Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571, and 

• Taos Public Library, 402 Camino de 

la Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571. 

Comments should be as specific as 

possible and address the analysis of 

potential environmental impacts, the 

adequacy of the proposed action, or the 

merits of alternatives and the mitigation 

being considered. Reviewers should 

organize their participation so that it is 

meaningful and makes the agency aware 

of the viewer’s interests and concerns 

using quotations and other specific 

references to the text of the FEIS and 

related documents. This is intended to 

ensure that substantive comments and 

concerns are made available to the FAA 

in a timely manner so that the FAA has 

an opportunity to address them in its 

Record of Decision (ROD). 

Comments can only be accepted with 

the full name and address of the 

individual commenting. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask the FAA in your comment 

to withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, the 

FAA cannot guarantee that it will be 

able to do so. 

After review and consideration of the 

comments received on the FEIS, and 

sometime after the 30-day comment 

period on the FEIS has ended, the FAA 

will issue its ROD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT OR

TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Dean McMath, 

ASW–613, Regional Environmental 

Programs Manager, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Southwest Regional 

Office, Fort Worth, Texas 76193, 

telephone (817) 222–5617. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 19, 

2012. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15735 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Request for Public Comment, Raleigh 

County Memorial Airport, Beckley, WV 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on the proposed release of 

549.63 acres of land currently owned by 

the Raleigh County Commission, 

Sponsor for the Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, Beckley, West 

Virginia. The parcel is located off the 

northwest end of the airport and 

descends in to ‘‘Fat Creek Gorge’’ to a 

depth in excess of 600ft below the 

airport elevation and has no 

aeronautical benefit. The land is 

dormant, no infrastructure exists and 

land has no practical use. Due to terrain, 

no future development opportunities 

exist for the airport. Once released, the 

land will be sold and placed in a 

Conservation Easement, with restriction 

of no future development. Proposed 

buyer would be placing the area of 

request in a conservation easement for 

wildlife enhancement, with no adverse 

impact to the airport. Land will remain 

as compatible use to the airport. Land 

will be sold as surface rights only, no 

conveyance of mineral rights. The 

airport land being released is not 

needed for airport development as 

shown on the Airport Layout Plan. Fair 

Market Value has been determined 

based upon an appraisal of the Property. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Connie Boley-Lilly, Program 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Beckley Airport Field 

Office, 176 Airport Circle, Room 101, 

Beaver, West Virginia 25813. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Tom 

Cochran, Airport Manager of the Raleigh 

County Memorial Airport at the 

following address: Thomas Cochran, 

Airport Manager, Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, 176 Airport Circle, 

Room 105, Beaver, West Virginia 25813. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Boley-Lilly, Program Specialist, 

Beckley Airport Field Office, (304) 252– 

6216 ext. 125, Fax (304) 253–8028. 

Email: Connie.Boley-Lilly@FAA.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 


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