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of $1,409.30. We then round this 

amount to $1,400. Accordingly, the 

election worker coverage threshold 

amount is $1,400 for 2008. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 

Program Nos. 96.001 Social Security—

Disability Insurance; 96.002 Social 

Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004 

Social Security—Survivors Insurance; 96.006 

Supplemental Security Income). 

Dated: October 19, 2007. 

Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. E7–21070 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2007–0083] 

Notice of Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board 

Membership 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

Title 5, U.S. Code 4314(c)(4), requires 

that the appointment of Performance 

Review Board members be published in 

the Federal Register before service on 

said Board begins. 

The following persons will serve on 

the Performance Review Board, which 

oversees the evaluation of performance 

appraisals of Senior Executive Service 

members of the Social Security 

Administration: 

JoEllen Felice*, Rogelio Gomez, Pete 

Herrera*, Lewis Kaiser*, Eileen 

McDaniel*, Marcia Mosley*, Gregory 

Pace, Ronald Raborg, Ramona 

Schuenemeyer*, Donna Siegel, Roy 

Snyder*, Tom Tobin, Tina Waddell*. 

*New Member. 

Dated: October 18, 2007. 

Reginald F. Wells, 

Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5974] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: DS 4053, Department of 

State Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program 

Application, OMB 1405–0161 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 

days for public comment in the Federal 

Register preceding submission to OMB. 

We are conducting this process in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Department of State Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

Program Application. 

OMB Control Number: OMB 1405–

0161. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

Originating Office: Bureau of 

Administration, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization—A/ 

SDBU. 

Form Number: DS–4053. 

Respondents: Small and large forprofit companies planning to team 

together in an official mentor-prote ́ge ́

capacity to improve the likelihood of 

winning DOS contracts. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 14 

respondents per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 14 

per year. 

Average Hours Per Response: 21. 

Total Estimated Burden: 294. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain Benefit. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 60 days 

from October 25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: culbrethpb@state.gov. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): A/SDBU, Patricia 

Culbreth, SA–6, Room L–500, 

Washington, DC 20522–0602. 

• Fax: 703–875–6825. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1701 

North Ft. Myer Drive, Arlington, 

Virginia 22209. 

You must include the DS form 

number, information collection title, 

and OMB control number in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting documents, to 

Patricia Culbreth, A/SDBU, Patricia 

Culbreth, SA–6, Room L–500, 

Washington, DC 20522–0602 who may 

be reached on 703–875–6881. E-mail: 

culbrethpb@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: This 

information collection facilitates 

continuation of a mentor-prote ́ge ́

program that encourages business 

agreements between small and large forprofit companies planning to team 

together in an official mentor-prote ́ge ́

capacity to improve the likelihood of 

winning DOS contracts. This program 

assists the State Department OSDBU 

office in reaching its small business 

goals. 

Methodology: Respondents may 

submit the information by e-mail using 

DS–4053, or by letter using fax or postal 

mail. 

Additional Information: None. 

Dated: October 10, 2007. 

Gregory N. Mayberry, 

Operations Director, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–21044 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Cessation of Printing and 

Hard Copy Distribution of Advisory 

Circulars Issued by the Aircraft 

Certification Service 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of cessation of printing 

and hard copy distribution of advisory 

circulars (AC) issued by the Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

cessation of printing and distribution of 

advisory circulars issued by the Aircraft 

Certification Service. Technology 

currently allows advisory circulars to be 

posted to a public Web site, the 

Regulator and Guidance Library, http:// 

rgl.faa.gov/ for easy public access. 

Because of this easy public access, the 

Aircraft Certification Service 

determined that it is no longer necessary 

to print and distribute a hard copy of 

advisory circulars as it has done in the 

past. This will not only make it easier 

for the public to have access to advisory 

circulars issued by the Aircraft 

Certification Service almost 

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1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41722, the FAA 

Acting Administrator and the Secretary of 

Transportation have determined that a scheduling 

reduction meeting is needed to address peak hour 

schedules that exceed capacity. The meeting will 

begin on October 23, 2007. Notice of the meeting 

was published in the Federal Register on October 

22, 2007. 

immediately upon issuance, it will also 

result in a cost savings. 

DATES: This cessation of printing and 

distribution of advisory circulars issued 

by the Aircraft Certification Service is 

effective October 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roberta Katson, Acting Manager, 

Planning and Program Management 

Division, AIR–500, FAA, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, phone: 202–

493–4633, e-mail: 

roberta.katson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the past, the only way for the 

public to see advisory circulars issued 

by the Aircraft Certification Service was 

to receive a printed copy in the mail. 

The FAA provided means for anyone in 

the public to be placed on a mailing list 

to receive (or have the opportunity to 

purchase, if the advisory circular was 

larger than a certain size) copies of these 

documents. Technology now allows us 

to make advisory circulars immediately 

available to the public upon issuance, 

via an easily-accessible Web site, the 

Regulatory and Guidance Library, 

http://rgl.faa.gov. Because of the ease of 

access of this Web site, and because not 

printing our advisory circulars would be 

a cost-saving measure for the 

government, we decided to cease 

printing advisory circulars issued by the 

Aircraft Certification Service of the 

FAA, effective October 1, 2007. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 15, 

2007. 

Dorenda D. Baker, 

Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–5263 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Airport Level Designation for 

John F. Kennedy International Airport 

for the Summer 2008 Scheduling 

Season 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of schedule coordination. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces that New York’s John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 

been designated a Level 3 Coordinated 

Airport for the summer 2008 scheduling 

season in accordance with the 

International Air Transport Association 

(IATA) Worldwide Scheduling 

Guidelines. This notice supercedes the 

September 24, 2007, notice that 

designated JFK a Level 2 Schedules 

Facilitated Airport. 72 FR 54317. Based 

on a recently completed capacity 

analysis, a review of last summer’s 

demand, the projections for summer 

2008, and the agency’s decision to seek 

voluntary schedule reductions from 

domestic air carriers, the FAA has 

determined that a Level 3 airport 

declaration is warranted. The primary 

coordination constraint is runway/air 

traffic control capacity. 

JFK is experiencing increased 

congestion and delay. Comparing the 

period of October 2006 through July 

2007 to the same period in the previous 

year, the average daily operations at JFK 

increased 23 percent; the average daily 

arrivals with delays greater than one 

hour increased 114 percent; and on-time 

gate arrivals within 15 minutes of 

scheduled time decreased from 69.7 

percent to 61.2 percent. The average 

taxi-out delay increased 19 percent from 

30 to almost 36 minutes. On-time 

departures within 15 minutes of 

scheduled time declined from 74.7 

percent to 65.2 percent. Much of this 

delay is attributed to volume and is not 

likely to be entirely mitigated by shortterm air traffic control procedural 

enhancements, airport or airspace 

efficiency gains, or airport infrastructure 

changes. For example, from February 

2007 through July 2007, JFK’s average 

airport capacity was 81 operations per 

hour while demand during the busiest 

hour, 4 p.m., was over 110 scheduled 

arrivals and departures during summer 

2007. Adjacent hours had fewer 

scheduled flights but still above the 

average hourly capacity rate. 

Under a preliminary review of the 

schedule submissions for summer 2008, 

the FAA notes that there are proposed 

schedule increases by domestic carriers 

and foreign flag carriers. These 

proposed schedules will result in a 

significant increase of operations at JFK. 

While JFK has available capacity for 

additional flights during some periods 

of the day, certain hours are currently 

beyond capacity and would get only 

worse if the schedules were 

implemented as proposed. Thus, based 

on the level of congestion experienced 

this past summer season, the planned 

increases for next summer, and the 

decision to seek voluntary reductions of 

existing schedules from domestic 

operators through a scheduling 

reduction meeting,1 an immediate Level 

3 designation is warranted. 

The FAA has established a target of 80 

total operations per hour at JFK from 6 

a.m. through 9:59 p.m., local time, 

except for the hours between 3 p.m. and 

7:59 p.m., when the target will be 81 

total operations per hour. A copy of the 

notice including additional details of 

the FAA analyses and the airport’s 

capacity is available on the FAA Web 

site at http://www.faa.gov and in Docket 

No. FAA–2007–29320. 

Under this Level 3 designation, the 

FAA will accept the schedule 

information previously submitted to the 

FAA. The FAA will grant historic status 

for the operations of foreign flag air 

carriers based on their summer 2007 

flights if requested for summer 2008. 

For domestic air carriers, the base level 

of operations, both international and 

domestic, will be determined as part of 

the scheduling reduction meeting 

process. The FAA will continue to seek 

voluntary solutions to accommodate 

flight requests but overall demand must 

be within the airport’s practical capacity 

if there is to be a successful reduction 

of delays. Carriers with new flights 

planned for peak hours should consider 

alternative schedules, especially for 

those planned in the late afternoon and 

evening hours. 

ADDRESSES: Any change to schedule 

information for summer 2008 may be 

submitted by mail to Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–240, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile: 202–267–7277; ARINC: 

DCAYAXD; or by e-mail to: 7-AWAslotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Komal K. Jain, Regulations Division, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

number: 202–267–3073. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 19, 

2007. 

Rebecca B. MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 07–5269 Filed 10–22–07; 9:30 am] 

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