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1Public Law 104–50, 109 Stat. 436 (November 15, 

1995). 

2 61 FR 24348; May 14, 1996. 

3 64 FR 32926; June 18, 1999. 

4See 63 FR 49151, September 14, 1998; 65 FR 

19958–01, April 13, 2000; 69 FR 17469–02, April 

2, 2004. 

5See Public Law 108–176, § 224(b), 117 Stat. 

2490, 2528 (codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. 

40110(d)(4)). 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7601] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 

December 7, 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 guidelines on safe 

return to port for passenger ships; 

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 

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 email 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 December 1, 

2011. Requests made after December 1, 

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: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: November 7, 2011. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29326 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1243] 

Designation of Administrative Judges 

and Delegation of Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) gives notice that 

the FAA Administrator has: designated 

the Director and Dispute Resolution 

Officers of the Office of Dispute 

Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA) as 

Administrative Judges for all matters 

within the ODRA’s jurisdiction; and 

delegated authority to the ODRA that 

supersedes and replaces previous 

delegations of authority. The FAA is 

publishing the text of the Designation 

and Delegation, executed on October 12, 

2011, so that it is available to interested 

parties. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie A. Collins, Dispute Resolution 

Officer and Administrative Judge for the 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition (AGC–70), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Street SW., Room 323, Washington, DC 

20591; telephone (202) 267–3290; 

facsimile (202) 267–3720. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In 1995 Congress, through the 

Department of Transportation 

Appropriations Act, directed the FAA 

‘‘to develop and implement, not later 

than April 1, 1996, an acquisition 

management system that addressed the 

unique needs of the agency and, at a 

minimum, provided for more timely and 

cost effective acquisitions of equipment 

and materials.’’ 1 In response, the FAA 

developed the Acquisition Management 

System (AMS), a system of policy 

guidance for the management of FAA 

procurement, and as a part of the AMS, 

created the Office of Dispute Resolution 

for Acquisition (ODRA) to facilitate the 

Administrator’s review of procurement 

protests and contract disputes.2

Subsequently, the FAA promulgated 

rules of procedure governing the 

ODRA’s dispute resolution process by 

publishing a final rule entitled, 

Procedures for Protests and Contract 

Disputes; Amendment of Equal Access 

to Justice Act Regulations (effective June 

28, 1999).3 In addition to the rules of 

procedures, ODRA operates pursuant to 

a series of delegations of authority from 

the Administrator. Over time, the 

authority delegated to the ODRA by the 

Administrator expanded to include the 

authority of the ODRA Director, among 

other things, ‘‘to execute and issue, on 

behalf of the Administrator, Orders and 

Final Decisions for the Administrator in 

all matters’’ under the ODRA’s 

jurisdiction valued at not more than $10 

Million.4 Congress provided further 

confirmation as to the FAA’s dispute 

resolution authority in the Vision 100– 

Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act 

of 2003 (2003 Reauthorization Act), 

which expressly provided the ODRA 

with exclusive jurisdiction over bid 

protests and contract disputes under the 

AMS.5 Specifically, the 2003 

Reauthorization Act provided at 

Subsection (b)(2)(4), under the title 

‘‘Adjudication of Certain Bid Protests 

and Contract Disputes,’’ that ‘‘[a] bid 

protest or contract dispute that is not 

addressed or resolved through 

alternative dispute resolution shall be 

adjudicated by the Administrator, 

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through Dispute Resolution Officers or 

Special Masters of the Federal Aviation 

Administration Office of Dispute 

Resolution for Acquisition, acting 

pursuant to Sections 46102, 46104, 

46105, 46106 and 46107 and shall be 

subject to judicial review under Section 

46110 and Section 504 of Title 5.’’ On 

January 12, 2011, the FAA proposed to 

update and streamline the ODRA’s 

procedural rules by publishing a notice 

of proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register amended Procedures for 

Protests and Contracts Dispute (76 FR 

2035) which, among other things, 

reorganized and streamlined the rules, 

and harmonized them with current 

statutory and other authority. On 

September 7, 2011, the FAA adopted the 

proposed rule, publishing it as a final 

rule (76 FR 55217) in the Federal 

Register, with an effective date of 

October 7, 2011. The full text of the 

FAA Administrator’s October 12, 2011 

Designation and Delegation provides as 

follows: 

In furtherance of an efficient FAA 

acquisition dispute resolution process, 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 106(f)(2), 

§§ 40101, et seq., 46101, et. seq., 40110 

and 14 CFR part 17, I hereby designate 

the Director and the Dispute Resolution 

Officers of the Office of Dispute 

Resolution for Acquisition (‘‘ODRA’’) as 

Administrative Judges for all matters 

within the ODRA’s jurisdiction and 

hereby delegate authority to the ODRA 

Director as follows: 

a. To administer and conduct 

proceedings in individual bid protests, 

contract disputes and Circular A–76 

contests, to appoint ODRA Dispute 

Resolution Officers/Administrative 

Judges and Special Masters to 

adjudicate all or portions of individual 

bid protests, contract disputes and 

contests; and to prepare findings and 

recommendations as well as proposed 

final orders in such cases; 

b. To grant or deny dismissal or 

summary relief in bid protests, contract 

disputes or contests; 

c. To stay an award or the 

performance of a contract temporarily, 

for no more than ten (10) business days, 

pending an Administrator’s decision on 

a permanent stay. A stay will only be 

ordered by the ODRA in cases where the 

ODRA, based on the submissions of the 

parties, finds compelling reasons which 

would justify a stay, and recommends a 

stay to the Administrator; 

d. To dismiss bid protests, contract 

disputes or contests, based on 

settlement agreements or voluntary 

withdrawals by the parties that 

instituted such proceedings; 

e. To issue procedural and other 

interlocutory orders aimed at proper 

and efficient case management, 

including, without limitation, 

scheduling orders, subpoenas, sanctions 

orders for failure of discovery, and the 

like; 

f. To issue protective orders aimed at 

prohibiting the public dissemination of 

certain information and materials 

provided to the ODRA and opposing 

parties during the course of bid protest, 

contract dispute or contest proceedings, 

including, but not limited to, documents 

or other materials reflecting trade 

secrets, confidential financial 

information and other proprietary or 

competition-sensitive data, as well as 

confidential Agency source selection 

information the disclosure of which 

might jeopardize future Agency 

procurement activities; 

g. To utilize voluntary alternative 

dispute resolution (ADR) methods as the 

primary means of dispute resolution, in 

accordance with established Department 

of Transportation and FAA policies for 

using ADR to the maximum extent 

practicable; 

h. To appoint ODRA Dispute 

Resolution Officers/Administrative 

Judges and Special Masters to engage 

with parties in voluntary, mutually 

agreeable ADR efforts aimed at resolving 

acquisition related disputes at the 

earliest possible stage, even before any 

formal protest, contract dispute or 

contest is filed with the ODRA; 

i. To execute and issue, on behalf of 

the Administrator, final FAA decisions 

and orders in all matters within the 

ODRA’s jurisdiction, provided that such 

matters involve either: (1) A bid protest 

concerning an acquisition having a 

minimum dollar value of not more than 

ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00); or 

(2) a contract dispute involving a total 

amount to be adjudicated, exclusive of 

interest, legal fees or costs, or not more 

than ten million dollars 

($10,000,000.00). This Delegation does 

not preclude the Director of the ODRA 

from requesting, in any matter before 

the ODRA, that the order setting forth 

the final decision of the FAA be 

executed by the Administrator; 

j. To execute and issue orders and 

final decisions on behalf of the 

Administrator for any applications 

made pursuant to the Equal Access to 

Justice Act for matters within the 

ODRA’s jurisdiction; 

k. To take all other reasonable steps 

deemed necessary and proper for the 

management of the FAA Dispute 

Resolution System and for the 

resolution of bid protests, contract 

disputes, or contests, in accordance 

with the Acquisition Management 

System and applicable law. 

The foregoing authority may be redelegated by the Director to ODRA 

Dispute Resolution Officers/ 

Administrative Judges and to Special 

Masters. This Delegation supersedes and 

replaces the Delegations issued to the 

Director of the ODRA on July 29, 1998, 

March 27, 2000, March 10, 2004 

(Delegation), March 10, 2004 (OMB 

Circular A–76 Delegation), and March 

31, 2010. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 12, 

2011. 

Marc L. Warren, 

Acting Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29336 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Suspension of Preparation of 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Replacement General 

Aviation Airport, Mesquite, Clark 

County, NV 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of suspension of 

preparation of Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) as the Lead 

Agency for the proposed project is 

issuing this notice to advise the public 

the FAA has suspended preparation of 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for a proposed Replacement 

General Aviation (GA) Airport in 

Mesquite, Clark County, Nevada. The 

FAA received a letter dated September 

27, 2011, from the City of Mesquite, 

Nevada asking the FAA to suspend any 

further work on the EIS. The reasons for 

this action include the local economic 

conditions in Mesquite and other local 

fiscal and budgetary constraints. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

AWP–610.1, Airports Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, California 90009–2007, 

Telephone: 310/725–3615. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2004, the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of 

Intent in the Federal Register (69 FR 

71097) to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

construction and operation of a 

proposed Replacement General Aviation 

(GA) Airport, for the City of Mesquite in 

eastern Clark County, Nevada. The City 

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