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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6891] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Architecture as Icon: Perception and 

Representation of Architecture in 

Byzantine 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 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Architecture 

as Icon: Perception and Representation 

of Architecture in Byzantine 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 

Princeton University Art Museum, 

Princeton, NJ, from on or about March 

6, 2010, until on or about June 6, 2010, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. Public Notice of these 

Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/632–6473). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–5, L/PD, 

Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522– 

0505. 

Dated: January 27, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2274 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6890] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs; Secondary School Student 

Sponsor On-Site Reviews 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department has 

designated United States organizations 

to conduct Secondary School Student 

exchange programs since 1949, 

following passage of the United States 

Information and Educational Exchange 

Act of 1948 and adoption of 22 CFR part 

62—Exchange Visitor Program 

regulations (14 FR 4592, July 22, 1949). 

Over the last 60 years, more than 

850,000 foreign exchange students have 

lived in and learned about America 

through these Secondary School 

Student programs. Educational and 

cultural exchanges are the cornerstone 

of U.S. public diplomacy and an integral 

component of American foreign policy. 

Secondary School Student exchange 

programs promote mutual 

understanding by providing foreign 

students the opportunity to study in 

American high schools while living 

with American host families. Not only 

are the students themselves positively 

transformed and enriched by these 

experiences, but so too are their 

families, friends, and teachers in their 

home countries. 

Globalization and the changing 

demographics of potential American 

host families, however, are having an 

impact on the traditional Secondary 

School Student exchange model. As a 

result, the Department has taken steps 

over the past several years to clarify and 

amend existing regulations; identify 

program issues that require further 

attention; cap program growth; more 

closely monitor sponsor performance; 

evaluate sponsor compliance; and, 

when necessary, impose administrative 

sanctions up to an including the 

revocation of the sponsor’s program 

designation. In addition to these efforts, 

the Department has determined that a 

comprehensive review of each 

individual designated sponsor 

organization and its business practices 

is necessary to assist the Department in 

meeting both its policy objectives and 

oversight obligations for this category of 

exchange. The review of individual 

designated sponsors is conducted under 

the Department’s regulatory authorities 

set forth at 22 CFR part 62. 

Initially, the Department will conduct 

on-site reviews of all fee charging 

program sponsors. Excluded from this 

first round of review are all Rotary 

programs, schools, school districts, and 

government programs. Following the 

first round of on-site reviews, the 

Department will determine whether to 

conduct on-site reviews of some or all 

of the remaining non-fee-charging 

sponsors, or if a comparable review of 

these programs can be conducted 

through some alternative method. 

The Department intends to examine a 

broad range of sponsor operations. The 

process will encompass in-depth 

financial review; examination of 

program pricing structures; appraisal of 

organizational operating models; review 

of hiring criteria and training policies 

for program employees and agents; 

evaluation of third party contractor 

relationships; and standard operating 

procedures, especially those related to 

the screening and selection of host 

families and the repatriation of program 

participants. Other areas of review will 

include, but are not limited to, decisionmaking processes (including the 

numbers of students accepted); selfimposed compliance mechanisms; 

procedures for handling student 

problems; standards for the selection of 

housing with host families; and policies 

for refunding deposits or payments 

when applicants cannot participate due 

to visa denial or sponsor inability to 

secure a placement. The Department 

will also examine the relationships 

between sponsors and third parties, 

including foreign partners. In the case of 

foreign partners, the Department will 

review their role in the overall 

placement process and the fees they 

charge for their services. The 

Department will scrutinize all 

contractual relationships under which 

designated sponsors outsource ‘‘core’’ 

services, i.e., the screening, selection, 

placement, orientation, and monitoring 

functions that constitute the core 

elements of international exchange 

programming. 

It is the Department’s intention that 

the burden of these reviews on sponsors 

will be minimal. Most document 

production will precede the on-site 

reviews and will involve standard and 

already existing business documents. 

The on-site portion of the review will 

entail interviews with key employees 

and review of files, but may also involve 

other follow-on areas of inquiry. 

Sponsors will be given at least ten 

business days’ notice of the on-site 

review at which time they will be asked 

to submit required documentation 

within five business days. The 

Department will try to be flexible with 

scheduling of reviews to ensure the 

availability of the sponsor’s responsible 

officer, alternate responsible officer(s), 

and other key employees who will need 

to be interviewed. Many of the reviews 

will be completed in two business days 

by two-person teams of Department 

employees from the Office of 

Designation and the Office of Exchange 

Coordination and Compliance. 

Individual circumstances, however, may 

result in the Department bringing 

additional staff or extending the length 


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of the review. In addition, a 

representative from both the 

Department’s Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs Grants Office and Youth 

Programs Division will join the review 

teams for those sponsors that place 

secondary school students under the 

terms of grant awards. 

These reviews will not replace the 

redesignation process nor alter the 

requirements that sponsors submit 

applications for redesignation prior to 

the expiration of their current 

designations. Nor will the reviews take 

the place of the annual data reports 

required by regulation. Following the 

reviews, the Department will compile 

and share best practices and lessons 

learned with the exchange community. 

The Department recognizes it may also 

find operations that require the 

imposition of corrective action plans, or 

it may find that some entities no longer 

meet the eligibility requirements 

necessary to retain their designations. 

The Department believes that these 

reviews will provide an opportunity for 

continued growth of the partnership 

between the Department and program 

sponsors necessary and that the reviews 

will further our shared goal of ensuring 

that these young and potentially 

vulnerable exchange program 

participants all return to their countries 

with fond and meaningful memories of 

their successful exchange adventure in 

the United States of America. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Stanley S. Colvin, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector 

Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2266 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2009–0019 (Notice 

No. 09–7)] 

Information Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

approval. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval and extension until September 

30, 2012, for the following information 

collection request (ICR): OMB Control 

No. 2137–0051, ‘‘Rulemaking, Special 

Permits, and Preemption Requirements.’’ 

This notice announces OMB approval 

and extension until November 30, 2012, 

for the following ICR: OMB Control No. 

2137–0613, ‘‘Subsidiary Hazard Class 

and Number/Type of Packagings.’’ 

This notice announces OMB approval 

and extension until January 31, 2013 for 

the following ICR: OMB Control No. 

2137–0510, ‘‘Radioactive (RAM) 

Transportation Requirements.’’ 

DATE: The expiration dates for these 

ICRs are either September 30, 2012, 

November 30, 2012, or January 31, 2013 

as indicated under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of an 

information collection should be 

directed to Deborah Boothe or Steven 

Andrews, Office of Hazardous Materials 

Standards (PHH–10), Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Boothe or Steven Andrew, 

Office of Hazardous Materials Standards 

(PHH–10), Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001, Telephone (202) 366– 

8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) require that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(s)) and specify that no person is 

required to respond to an information 

collection unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, PHMSA has received OMB 

approval for renewal of the following 

ICRs: 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0051. 

Title: ‘‘Rulemaking, Special Permits, 

and Preemption Requirements.’’ 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2012. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0613. 

Title: ‘‘Subsidiary Hazard Class and 

Number/Type of Packagings.’’ 

Expiration Date: November 30, 2012. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0510. 

Title: ‘‘Radioactive (RAM) 

Transportation Requirements.’’ 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2013. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2010. 

Edward T. Mazzullo, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2306 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236, as 

detailed below. 

Grenada Railway, LLC 

[Docket Number FRA–2009–0122] 

The Grenada Railway, LCC (GRYR) 

seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

Automatic Block Signal System (ABS) 

on the entire railroad line between, but 

not including, the point of ownership at 

the Tennessee State Line, milepost (MP) 

403.3 (Canadian National connection) 

to, but not including, the point of 

ownership at MP 703.8, near Davis, 

Mississippi (Canadian National 

connection). A northbound operative 

approach signal will be installed at MP 

404.0 and a southbound operative 

approach signal will be installed at MP 

702.8. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is that the ABS is no longer 

needed in the current or foreseeable 

future operations of GRYR. There are 

substantial costs in maintaining the 

ABS. GRYR will operate under Rule 

520, Other Than Main Track. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

these matters without an oral hearing. 

However, if a specific request for an oral 

hearing is accompanied by a showing 

that the party is unable to adequately 

present his or her position by written 


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