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VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Branch for the 

Study of the United States, ECA/A/E/ 

USS, Room 314, U.S. Department of 

State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547; tel. (202) 453–

8540; fax (202) 453–8533. For specific 

questions on the institutes on American 

Politics and Political Thought or 

Religious Pluralism in the United States, 

please contact Brendan Walsh, 

WalshBM@state.gov. For specific 

questions on the institute on Secondary 

Educators, please contact Jennifer 

Phillips, PhillipsJA@state.gov. For 

specific questions on the institute on 

U.S. Foreign Policy or Contemporary 

American Literature, please contact 

Sanda Chao, ChaoSL@state.gov. All 

correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the title ‘‘Study of the U.S. Institutes’’

and number ECA/A/E/USS–08–05. 

Please read the complete Federal 

Register announcement before sending 

inquiries or submitting proposals. Once 

the RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau 

staff may not discuss this competition 

with applicants until the proposal 

review process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: October 9, 2007. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Receipt of Noise Compatibility 

Program and Request for Review 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that it 

is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program update that was 

submitted for Baltimore/Washington 

International Thurgood Marshall 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47504 et. seq (the Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR 

part 150 by the Maryland Aviation 

Administration. This program was 

submitted subsequent to a 

determination by FAA that associated 

noise exposure maps submitted under 

14 CFR part 150 for Baltimore/ 

Washington International Thurgood 

Marshall Airport were in compliance 

with applicable requirements, effective 

April 3, 2006, Federal Register Doc. 06–

3624. The proposed noise compatibility 

program update will be approved or 

disapproved on or before March 28, 

2008. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the start of FAA’s review of the noise 

compatibility program update is October 

1, 2007. The public comment period 

ends November 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Mendelsohn, Eastern Region, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 23723 

Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, 

Virginia 20166, Telephone: 703–661–

1362. Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program update should 

also be submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program update for 

Baltimore/Washington International 

Thurgood Marshall Airport, which will 

be approved or disapproved on or before 

March 28, 2008. This notice also 

announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program update for 

Baltimore/Washington International 

Thurgood Marshall Airport, effective on 

October 1, 2007. The airport operator 

has requested that the FAA review this 

material and that the noise mitigation 

measures, to be implemented jointly by 

the airport and surrounding 

communities, be approved as a noise 

compatibility program update under 

section 47504 of the Act. Preliminary 

review of the submitted material 

indicates that it conforms to FAR Part 

150 requirements for the submittal of 

noise compatibility programs, but that 

further review will be necessary prior to 

approval or disapproval of the program. 

The formal review period, limited by 

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before March 28, 2008. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary considerations in the 

evaluation process are whether the 

proposed measures may reduce the level 

of aviation safety or create an undue 

burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, and whether they are 

reasonably consistent with obtaining the 

goal of reducing existing noncompatible land uses and preventing the 

introduction of additional noncompatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments relating to these factors, other 

than those properly addressed to local 

land use authorities, will be considered 

by the FAA to the extent practicable. 

Copies of the noise exposure maps and 

the proposed noise compatibility 

program update are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Eastern Region—Airports Division, 1 

Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 

11434. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, 

Dulles, Virginia 20166. 

Maryland Aviation Administration, 

Division of Noise, Real Estate and 

Land Use Compatibility, 991 

Corporate Boulevard, Linthicum, MD 

21090. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Dulles, Virginia, on October 1, 

2007. 

Terry J. Page, 

Manager, Washington Airports District Office. 

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