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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, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Thomas 

Lawrence: Regency Power and 

Brilliance,’’ 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 Yale Center for British Art, 

New Haven, CT, from on or about 

February 24, 2011, until on or about 

June 5, 2011, 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: December 7, 2010. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7264] 

Review of the Designation of Gama’a 

al-Islamiyya, (IG and Other Aliases); as 

a Foreign Terrorist Organization 

Pursuant to Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

Amended 

Based upon a review of the 

Administrative Record assembled in 

this matter pursuant to Section 

219(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 

1189(a)(4)(C)) (‘‘INA’’), and in 

consultation with the Attorney General 

and the Secretary of the Treasury, I 

conclude that the circumstances that 

were the basis for the 2004 redesignation of the aforementioned 

organization as a foreign terrorist 

organization have not changed in such 

a manner as to warrant revocation of the 

designation and that the national 

security of the United States does not 

warrant a revocation of the designation. 

Therefore, I hereby determine that the 

designation of the aforementioned 

organization as a foreign terrorist 

organization, pursuant to Section 219 of 

the INA (8 U.S.C. 1189), shall be 

maintained. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: December 6, 2010. 

James B. Steinberg, 

Deputy Secretary of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs 

[Public Notice 7269] 

Finding of No Significant Impact From 

the Expansion, Renovation, Operation 

and Maintenance of the Nogales 

Mariposa Commercial and Pedestrian 

Border Crossing 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

publishing a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) for the proposed 

expansion, renovation, operation and 

maintenance of the Nogales Mariposa 

Commercial and Pedestrian Border 

Crossing between Nogales, Arizona and 

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stewart Tuttle, Coordinator of Border 

Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. 

U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20520, phone 

202–647–6356, or e-mail: 

Tuttlesd@state.gov. General information 

about Presidential Permits is available 

on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/ 

p/wha/rt/permit/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following represents the text of the State 

Department-approved FONSI—The 

General Services Administration 

(‘‘GSA’’) has submitted an application 

for a Presidential permit to expand, 

renovate, operate and maintain the 

Nogales Mariposa Commercial and 

Pedestrian Border Crossing between 

Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, 

Mexico. The Department of State (the 

‘‘Department’’) has determined that 

under Executive Order 11423, as 

amended, a Presidential permit is 

required for the proposed alteration of 

the existing border crossing since it 

would involve a significant 

modification in a piercing of the United 

States-Mexico border. See 75 FR 14487 

(March 25, 2010). 

The Nogales Land Port of Entry 

(LPOE) was constructed in 1973 and is 

located at the U.S.-Mexico border 

between the City of Nogales, Arizona 

and the City of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 

approximately 65 miles south of 

Tucson, Arizona. The LPOE is a fullservice facility inspecting primarily 

commercial vehicles, but also 

personally-owned vehicles and 

pedestrians entering the U.S. from 

Mexico. Today the LPOE is one of the 

ten busiest cargo ports along the entire 

U.S.-Mexico border. As a result of the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), the LPOE serves as the 

primary commercial truck route 

between the U.S. and Mexico in the 

Nogales area and is a linchpin in the 

international trade infrastructure 

between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. 

GSA has sought a Presidential permit 

because of the need for an upgrade to 

the current LPOE facilities necessitated 

by the increased trade volume between 

the U.S. and Mexico brought about by 

NAFTA. Pedestrian crossings have 

tripled since 2002 and are expected to 

increase nearly 200 percent by 2025. 

Bus traffic at the LPOE doubled between 

2002 and 2006. Currently, the LPOE 

processes approximately 1,000 

commercial vehicles per day. This 

figure is expected to increase to 1,730 

per day by 2030. The current LPOE 

infrastructure does not conform to 

GSA’s current guidelines governing 

layout, minimum vehicle clearances, 

pedestrian and employee safety and 

national security. Due to its outdated 

equipment and inefficient traffic 

circulation, the existing LPOE 

configuration will not be able to handle 

the predicted increases in traffic 

volume. Congress in the Reinvestment 

and Recovery Act of 2009 provided 

$199 million to upgrade current 

facilities and completion of this upgrade 

is a priority project for both GSA and 

the Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) published an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the proposed 

expansion, renovation, operation and 

maintenance of the Nogales Mariposa 

Commercial and Pedestrian Border 

Crossing between Nogales, Arizona and 

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on June, 12, 

2009. Based on that EA, GSA then also 

issued its own FONSI on August 7, 2009 

concluded that the Nogales project is 

not a major federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment that would require an 

environmental impact statement and 

gave public notice of its finding of no 

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2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 30090. In response to 

comments from both the Department of 

State and the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ), GSA had prepared a 

revised EA published on June 29, 2010, 

which it furnished the State Department 

as part of its application. The State 

Department staff has reviewed that 

document and concluded that all of 

State’s comments and suggestions have 

been satisfied. Therefore, based on the 

findings and mitigation measure set 

forth below, we recommend that you 

adopt the revised EA (which is hereby 

incorporated by reference) and conclude 

that project described in the revised EA 

is not a federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment and that an Environmental 

Impact statement is not required. 

The State Department has determined 

that based upon these documents, all 

procedural requirements have been met 

and granting the Presidential permit for 

this border crossing is not a federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

no Environmental Impact Statement 

will be prepared. 

Findings 

1. The General Services 

Administration has previously 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 30090FR 74, No. 120, Doc E9–14781, 

June 24, 2009) its determination that 

expansion, renovation, operation and 

maintenance of the Nogales Mariposa 

Commercial and Pedestrian Border 

Crossing between Nogales, Arizona and 

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico will not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment. 

2. All NEPA procedural requirements 

have been met, including a 30-day 

public notice period and coordination 

with federal, state, and local 

government agencies, as well as with 

Native Americans tribes. 

3. The environmental commitments 

(mitigation measures) set forth below 

will offset any negative impacts 

identified by the in the revised GSA or 

updated EA (referenced above). 

4. No disputes or controversies have 

arisen regarding the accuracy or 

presentation of environmental effects, as 

documented in the revised GSA or 

updated EA. 

5. The Proposed Action would have 

no impact on historic properties. 

Pursuant to Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act, GSA 

consulted with the Arizona State 

Historic Preservation Office, the Tohono 

O’odham Nation, and the Hopi Tribe. 

The Arizona State Historic Preservation 

Office and the Hopi Tribe concurred 

with this finding in letters which are 

attached to the revised EA available on 

the GSA website. 

6. Pursuant to Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), GSA, as 

the lead federal agency, determined that 

the Proposed Action would not affect 

any proposed or designated critical 

habitat, and the Department concurs 

with this decision that implementation 

of the project will not adversely affect 

any threatened or endangered species. 

7. All soil disturbance and shrub 

removal will be minimized during 

relocation. 

8. Implementation of this action will 

have no adverse impact on any Indian 

Trust Assets. 

9. Implementation of this action will 

not violate federal, state, or local law. 

Mitigation Measures 

The following mitigation and 

monitoring measures will be 

implemented to ensure that the action 

will not have not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment: 

• Upon completion of the Arizona 

Department of Transportation small area 

transportation study, the GSA will 

reevaluate the impacts of the preferred 

alternative on local and regional traffic 

and provide the Department with 

supporting information for the Regional 

Transportation Plan. 

• During final design, GSA will 

develop traffic control and trailblazing 

plans to warn drivers and pedestrians of 

the construction activities and ensure 

safe travel through the area. 

• During final design, GSA will 

develop construction sequencing plans 

ensure smooth border operations and 

maintain pedestrian, commercial, and 

non-commercial traffic flow. 

• The contractor shall stabilize open 

storage piles and disturbed areas by 

covering and/or applying water or 

chemical/organic dust palliative where 

appropriate. This applies to both 

inactive and active sites, during 

workdays, weekends, holidays, and 

windy conditions. 

• The contractor shall install wind 

fencing and phase grading operations 

where appropriate, and operate water 

trucks for stabilization of surfaces under 

windy conditions. 

• When hauling material and 

operating non-earthmoving equipment, 

the contractor shall prevent spillage and 

limit speeds to 15 mph. 

• The contractor shall limit the speed 

of earth-moving equipment to 10 mph. 

• The contractor shall reduce use, 

trips and unnecessary idling from heavy 

equipment. 

• The contractor shall maintain and 

tune vehicle engines per manufacturer’s 

specifications to perform at EPA 

certification levels and to perform at 

verified standards applicable to retrofit 

technologies. 

• The contractor shall employ 

periodic, unscheduled inspections to 

limit unnecessary idling and to ensure 

that construction equipment is properly 

maintained, tuned, and modified 

consistent with established 

specifications. 

• The contractor shall prohibit any 

tampering with engines and require 

continuing adherence to manufacturer’s 

recommendations. 

• The contractor shall, if practicable, 

lease newer and cleaner equipment 

meeting the most stringent of applicable 

federal or state Standards. 

• The contractor shall utilize 

equipment that has EPA-registered 

particulate traps and other appropriate 

controls where suitable to reduce 

emissions of diesel particulate matter 

and other pollutants at the construction 

site. 

• The contractor shall prepare an 

inventory of all equipment prior to 

construction and identify the suitability 

of add-on emission controls for each 

piece of equipment before 

groundbreaking. The suitability of 

control devices is based on: Whether 

there is reduced normal availability of 

the construction equipment due to 

increased downtime and/or power 

output, whether there may be significant 

damage caused to the construction 

equipment engine, or whether there may 

be a significant risk to nearby workers 

or the public. 

• The contractor shall utilize the 

cleanest available fuel engines in 

construction equipment and identify 

opportunities for electrification. 

• The contractor shall use low sulfur 

fuel (diesel with 15 parts per million or 

less) in engines where alternative fuels 

such as biodiesel and natural gas are not 

possible. 

• The contractor shall develop a 

construction-traffic and parking 

management plan that minimizes traffic 

interference and maintains traffic flow. 

• The contractor shall not disturb any 

of the drainages surrounding the project 

a until a determination has been made 

by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

that the project may proceed under a 

Nationwide Permit and an individual 

Water Quality Certification from the 

ADEQ has been obtained. Additionally, 

an individual Water Quality 

Certification would be obtained from 

the Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality. 

• GSA shall submit a preliminary set 

of plans, a hydrology/hydraulics report, 

and a CLOMR for the project to the 


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Santa Cruz County Flood Control 

District prior to final design and 

construction. 

• GSA shall submit preliminary set of 

plans, a hydrology/hydraulics report, 

and a CLOMR for the project will be 

submitted to the EPA for comment prior 

to final design and construction. 

• Since the Proposed Action would 

involve demolition of existing 

structures, GSA shall engage an 

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response 

Act certified inspector to inspect all 

structures to be demolished. If 

Regulated Asbestos Containing Material 

is present in the structures, GSA shall 

develop a work plan to remove, 

transport, and dispose of these 

materials. 

• At least 10 days prior to demolition 

of any structure GSA shall provide the 

ADEQ National Emission Standard 

Hazardous Air Pollutant coordinator 

with a National Emission Standard 

Hazardous Air Pollutant notification 

form for each structure to be 

demolished. 

• GSA shall notify the Santa Cruz 

County Flood Control District and the 

Arizona Department of Water Resources 

prior to undertaking any work that 

would disturb the rainfall and stream 

level gauges on the upstream headwall 

of the culverts on Ephraim Canyon/Las 

Canoas Wash. In accordance with NEPA 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the regulations 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality (40 CFR 1500–1508), and the 

Department’s implementing regulations 

(22 CFR part 161, and in particular 22 

CFR 161.7(c)) and based on the findings 

and mitigation measures above, the 

Department of State finds that the 

project described in the attached 

Revised GSA EA is not a federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. Therefore, no 

Environmental Impact statement will be 

prepared. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Edward Alexander Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7235] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory 

Board 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), the PEPFAR Scientific 

Advisory Board hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Board,’’ will meet as indicated 

below. 

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan 

for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific 

Advisory Board will meet on January 6– 

7, 2011 at the St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. The 

meeting will be from 9 a.m. until 

approximately 5 p.m. on both days and 

is open to the public. 

The meeting will be hosted by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby, 

who leads implementation of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief (PEPFAR). 

The PEPFAR Scientific Advisory 

Board serves the Global AIDS 

Coordinator in a solely advisory 

capacity concerning scientific, 

implementation, and policy issues 

related to the global response to HIV/ 

AIDS. These issues will be of concern as 

they influence the priorities and 

direction of PEPFAR evaluation and 

research, the content of national and 

international strategies and 

implementation, and the role of 

PEPFAR in the international discourse 

regarding appropriate and resourced 

responses. Topics for the January 6–7th 

meeting will include an overview of 

PEPFAR-funded evaluations, priority 

setting within HIV/AIDS Care, 

Treatment and Prevention areas, and 

recommendations to the Ambassador on 

the future direction of evaluation and 

research within PEPFAR. 

The public may attend this meeting as 

seating capacity allows. To RSVP and 

for those requesting reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, Tiffany Peoples: E-mail 

(PeoplesTN2@state.gov), by December 

29, 2010. Requests made after that time 

will be considered, but might not be 

possible to accommodate. While the 

meeting is open to public attendance, 

the Board will determine procedures for 

public participation and will announce 

those procedures at the meeting. 

For further information about the 

meeting, please contact Paul Bouey, 

Deputy Coordinator, Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator at (202) 663– 

2440 or BoueyPD@state.gov. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Paul D. Bouey, 

Deputy Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Global 

AIDS Coordinator, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7261] 

Meeting of the United States-Oman 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation Pursuant to the United 

States-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation 

ACTION: Notice of the meeting of the 

U.S.-Oman Joint Forum on 

Environmental Cooperation and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

providing notice that the United States 

and Oman intend to hold a meeting of 

the U.S.-Oman Joint Forum on 

Environmental Cooperation (‘‘Joint 

Forum’’) in Muscat, Oman, on January 9, 

2011, at a venue to be announced. The 

Governments created the Joint Forum in 

connection with the U.S.-Oman 

Memorandum of Understanding on 

Environmental Cooperation (‘‘MOU’’). If 

you are interested in attending, please 

email Abby Lindsay at 

LindsayA@state.gov for the specific time 

and place. See below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details on the background 

and purpose of the meeting. 

During the meeting, the U.S. and 

Oman will present a brief history of 

U.S.-Oman environmental cooperation, 

a review of activities under the 2006– 

2008 Work Program, presentations on 

selected activities, and presentation and 

signature of the 2011–2014 Plan of 

Action. The entire meeting will be open 

to the public and include public 

question and answer sessions. The 

Department of State invites interested 

organizations and members of the 

public to submit written comments or 

suggestions regarding items to include 

on the agenda and to attend the meeting. 

In preparing comments, we encourage 

submitters to refer to the following 

documents: 

• U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, 

• 2006–2008 Work Program Pursuant 

to the U.S.-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, 

• Chapter 17 of the U.S.-Oman Free 

Trade Agreement, 

• Final Environmental Review of the 

U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. 

These documents are available at: 

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/env/trade/ 

oman/index.htm. 

DATES: The U.S. and Oman will hold the 

Joint Forum meeting on January 9, 2011, 

in Muscat, Oman. If you are interested 


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