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1MER recently acquired incidental overhead 

trackage rights over the Line as part of its 

acquisition of a connecting line. See Mo. E. R.R.— 

Acquis. & Change of Operator Exemption—V & S 

Ry., FD 36550 (STB served Nov. 10, 2021). 

2CMRC has been authorized to lease and operate 

the Line since 2003. See Cent. Midland Ry.––Lease 

& Operation Exemption––Union Pac. R.R., FD 

34308 (STB served Jan. 27, 2003). In 2016, it was 

authorized to continue to lease and operate the Line 

under a renewed lease agreement (Lease). See Cent. 

Midland Ry.––Renewal of Lease Exemption with 

Interchange Commitment––Union Pac. R.R. 

Lackland Sub-Div., FD 35989 (STB served Jan. 29, 

2016). 

2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 

523 of December 22, 2021. 

Stacy E. White, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01576 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11636] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy (ACPD) will hold a 

virtual public meeting from 12:00 p.m. 

until 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 

2022. In addition to previewing the 

2021 Comprehensive Annual Report on 

Public Diplomacy and International 

Broadcasting, the meeting will feature a 

panel of Public Affairs Officers at U.S. 

Embassies in Africa, South Central Asia, 

and the Western Hemisphere. Building 

on the 2021 Comprehensive Annual 

Report findings, panelists will address 

current challenges to and opportunities 

for the practice of public diplomacy in 

the field. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

including the media and members and 

staff of governmental and nongovernmental organizations. To obtain 

the web conference link and password, 

please register here: https://

www.eventbrite.com/e/fieldperspectives-on-the-practice-of-publicdiplomacy-tickets-247362085657. To 

request reasonable accommodation, 

please email ACPD Program Assistant 

Kristy Zamary at ZamaryKK@state.gov. 

Please send any request for reasonable 

accommodation no later than February 

11, 2022. Requests received after that 

date will be considered but might not be 

possible to fulfill. Attendees should 

plan to enter the web conference 

waiting room by 11:50 a.m. to allow for 

a prompt start. 

Since 1948, the ACPD has been 

charged with appraising activities 

intended to understand, inform, and 

influence foreign publics and to 

increase the understanding of, and 

support for, these same activities. The 

ACPD conducts research that provides 

honest assessments of public diplomacy 

efforts, and disseminates findings 

through reports, white papers, and other 

publications. It also holds public 

symposiums that generate informed 

discussions on public diplomacy issues 

and events. The Commission reports to 

the President, Secretary of State, and 

Congress and is supported by the Office 

of the Under Secretary of State for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. 

For more information on the U.S. 

Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy, please visit https://

www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/undersecretary-for-public-diplomacy-andpublic-affairs/united-states-advisorycommission-on-public-diplomacy/, or 

contact Executive Director Vivian S. 

Walker at WalkerVS@state.gov or Senior 

Advisor Deneyse Kirkpatrick at 

kirkpatrickda2@state.gov. 

Vivian S. Walker, 

Executive Director, U.S. Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01631 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11639] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Being Imported for 

Conservation, Scientific Research, and 

Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object, entitled 

‘‘A Banquet Still Life’’ by Jan Davidsz. 

de Heem, being imported from abroad 

pursuant to an agreement with its 

foreign owner or custodian for 

temporary conservation, scientific 

research, and exhibition or display at 

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty 

Center, Los Angeles, California, and at 

possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

its temporary conservation, scientific 

research, and exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned are in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi 

D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office 

of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, L/ 

PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA–5), Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 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 Delegation of Authority No. 

523 of December 22, 2021. 

Stacy E. White, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36574] 

Missouri Eastern Railroad, LLC— 

Change in Operator Exemption With 

Interchange Commitment—Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

Missouri Eastern Railroad, LLC 

(MER), a Class III rail carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption pursuant 

to 49 CFR 1150.41 to assume operation 

of approximately 8.65 miles of rail line 

between Vigus, Mo. (milepost 19.0) and 

Rock Island Jct., Mo. (milepost 10.35), 

along with connected sidings and 

ancillary tracks (collectively, the Line).1

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 

owns the Line, and Central Midland 

Railway Company (CMRC) currently 

operates the Line under a lease.2

According to the verified notice, MER 

has entered into an agreement with 

CMRC—with UP’s consent—under 

which CMRC will assign its interest in 

the Lease to MER, and under which 

MER will replace CMRC as the common 

carrier rail service provider on the Line 

subject to the same terms, conditions, 

and restrictions. 

As required under 49 CFR 

1150.43(h)(1), MER certifies in its 

verified notice that the Lease contains 

an interchange commitment that applies 

to traffic that originates or terminates on 

the Line. Under the interchange 

commitment, the annual rent due to UP 

depends on the percentage of rail traffic 

originating or terminating on the Line 

that is interchanged with UP via the 

Terminal Railroad Association of St. 


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