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and, Mr. Sim Farar of California. The 

seventh seat on the Commission is 

currently vacant. 

The following individual has been 

nominated to the Commission but 

awaits Senate confirmation as of this 

writing: Anne Wedner of Illinois. Ms. 

Wedner will replace Mr. Jay Snyder on 

the Commission. 

The Commission was established 

under Section 604 of the United States 

Information and Educational Exchange 

Act of 1948, commonly known as the 

Smith-Mundt Act, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 1469) and Section 8 of 

Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 

1977. The U.S. Advisory Commission 

on Public Diplomacy is authorized by 

Public Law 101–246 (2009), 22 U.S.C. 

6553, and has been further authorized 

through September 20, 2011. 

Dated: June 15, 2011. 

Matthew C. Armstrong, 

Executive Director, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15628 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7473] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 

2011, in Room 5–1224 of the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the fifty fourth Session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Subcommittee on 

Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 

Vessels Safety (SLF) to be held at the 

IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 

January 16–20, 2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda. 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies. 

—Development of second generation 

intact stability criteria 

—Development of performance 

standards on time-dependent 

survivability of passenger ships in 

damaged condition. 

— Development of guidelines for 

verification of damage stability 

requirements for tankers. 

—Revision of the damage stability 

regulations for ro-ro passenger ships. 

—Development of amendments to 

SOLAS chapter II–1 subdivision 

standards for cargo ships. 

—Revision of SOLAS chapter II–1 

subdivision and damage stability 

regulations. 

—Development of provisions to ensure 

the integrity and uniform 

implementation of the 1969 TM 

Convention. 

—Development of amendments to part B 

of the 2008 IS Code on towing and 

anchor operations. 

—Consideration of IACS unified 

interpretations. 

—Development of amendments to the 

criterion for maximum angle of heel 

in turns of the 2008 IS Code. 

—Development of amendments to 

SOLAS regulation II–1/4 concerning 

subdivision standards for cargo ships. 

—Biennial agenda and provisional 

agenda for SLF 55. 

—Election of Chairman and ViceChairman for 2013. 

—Any other business. 

—Report to the Maritime Safety 

Committee. 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its fifty fourth session. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, LCDR Catherine 

Phillips, by e-mail at 

Catherine.A.Phillips@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1374, by fax at (202) 

372–1925, or in writing at Commandant 

(CG–5212), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street, SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 

20593–7126 not later than July 14, 2011, 

7 days prior to the meeting. Requests 

made after July 14, 2011 might not be 

able to be accommodated. Please note 

that due to security considerations, two 

valid, government issued photo 

identifications must be presented to 

gain entrance to the Headquarters 

building. The Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance (public transportation is not 

generally available). However, parking 

in the vicinity of the building is 

extremely limited. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: http://www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: June 14, 2011. 

Greg O’Brien, 

Shipping Coordinating Committee, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15627 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Nueces County, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22 

and 43 TAC § 2.5(e)(2), the FHWA and 

the Texas Department of Transportation 

(TxDOT) are issuing this notice to 

advise the public that an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for the proposed United States (US) 

Highway 181 Harbor Bridge 

replacement/State Highway (SH) 286 

(Crosstown Expressway) improvement 

project in Nueces County, Texas. The 

project and study limits include the US 

181 and Beach Avenue interchange on 

the north and the SH 286 and Morgan 

Avenue interchange on the south. Areas 

within the city of Corpus Christi are 

included in the study area. The project 

will be developed in compliance with 

Section 6002 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) 

and the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Punske, P.E., District Engineer, 

Federal Highway Administration— 

Texas Division, 300 East 8th Street, 

Austin, Texas 78701. Telephone: 512– 

536–5960. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The US 

181 Harbor Bridge project is listed in the 

Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning 

Organization’s Metropolitan 

Transportation Plan 2010–2035 (the 

long range transportation plan) as 

construction of a new bridge over the 

Corpus Christi Ship Channel. An NOI 

for this project was first published on 

May 20, 2005, for proposed 

improvements that included 

replacement of the existing Harbor 

Bridge and approaches where US 181 

crosses the Corpus Christi Ship 

Channel, a roadway distance of 

approximately 2.25 miles. On March 20, 

2007, a revised NOI was published to 

advise the public that the study limits 

described in the 2005 NOI had been 

expanded to accommodate added 

capacity that might have included 

managed lanes or various tolling 

strategies; the primary change was to the 

southern limit which would have 

extended the project along SH 286 to SH 

358 (South Padre Island Drive). On 

November 3, 2010, the revised NOI 

published in 2007 was rescinded, via a 

notice in the Federal Register, because 

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