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capacity of the room. Interested persons 

may seek further information by writing: 

Chief, Lifesaving and Fire Safety 

Division, Commandant (CG–5214), U.S. 

Coast Guard Headquarters, Room 1308, 

2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20593–0001, by calling: Mr. R. 

Eberly at (202) 372–1393, or by e-mail 

at Randall.Eberly@uscg.mil. 

Dated: November 20, 2007. 

Mark W. Skolnicki, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–23166 Filed 11–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5970] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Subcommittee on Radio 

Communications and Search and 

Rescue of the Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct open 

meetings at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 

December 13, 2007, Wednesday, January 

9, February 20, March 12, and April 2, 

2008. The meetings will be held in suite 

1060 of the Radio Technical 

Commission for Maritime Services 

(RTCM), 1800 North Kent Street, 

Arlington, VA 22209. These meetings 

are to prepare for the 12th Session of the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) Subcommittee on 

Radiocommunications and Search and 

Rescue (COMSAR) scheduled for April 

6–10, 2008 in London, England. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Global Maritime Distress and Safety 

System (GMDSS); 

—International Telecommunication 

Union (ITU) Radiocommunication 

matters; 

—Satellite services (Inmarsat and 

COSPAS–SARSAT); 

—Matters concerning search and rescue; 

—Developments in maritime 

radiocommunication systems and 

technology; 

—Revision of the International 

Aeronautical and Maritime Search 

and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual; 

—Replacements for use of NBDP (radio 

telex) for maritime distress and safety 

communications in maritime MF/HF 

bands; 

—Guidelines for uniform operating 

limitations of high-speed craft; and 

—Development of an e-navigation 

strategy. 

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the rooms. Interested 

persons may seek information, 

including meeting room numbers, by 

writing: Mr. Russell S. Levin, U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, Commandant (CG–

622), Jemal Building Room JR10–1216, 

1900 Half Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20593 or by sending e-mail to 

Russell.S.Levin@USCG.mil. 

Dated: November 21, 2007. 

Mark W. Skolnicki, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–23167 Filed 11–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice 

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, 

Ryan Field, Baton Rouge, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Greater Baton 

Rouge Airport District under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 

14 CFR part 150. These findings are 

made in recognition of the description 

of Federal and nonfederal 

responsibilities in Senate Report No. 

96–52 (1980). On July 30, 2007, the FAA 

determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Greater Baton 

Rouge Airport District under part 150 

were in compliance with applicable 

requirements. On November 13, 2007, 

the FAA approved the Baton Rouge 

Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field noise 

compatibility program. Most of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. No program elements relating 

to new or revised flight procedures for 

noise abatement were proposed by the 

airport operator. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Baton 

Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field 

noise compatibility program is 

November 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lance E. Key (ASW 615), 2601 

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 

76137–4298. Documents reflecting this 

FAA action may be reviewed at this 

same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for Baton Rouge 

Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field, 

effective November 13, 2007. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a noise exposure map may 

submit to the FAA a noise compatibility 

program which sets forth the measures 

taken or proposed by the airport 

operator for the reduction of existing 

non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

noise exposure maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 

150 is a local program, not a Federal 

program. The FAA does not substitute 

its judgment for that of the airport 

proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of FAR part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR part 

150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

FAR part 150, section 150.5. Approval 

is not a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

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action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Regional Office in 

Fort Worth, Texas. 

The Greater Baton Rouge Airport 

District submitted to the FAA on May 

14, 2007 the noise exposure maps, 

descriptions, and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study conducted from May 

2005 through May 2007. The Baton 

Route Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field 

noise exposure maps were determined 

by FAA to be in compliance with 

applicable requirements on July 30, 

2007. Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 7, 2007. 

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan 

Airport, Ryan Field Part 150 study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from November 2007 to the year 2011. 

It was requested that the FAA evaluate 

and approve this material as a noise 

compatibility program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

August 7, 2007, and was required by a 

provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The submitted program contained ten 

proposed actions for noise mitigation 

located on and/or off the airport. The 

FAA completed its review and 

determined that the procedural and 

substantive requirements of the Act and 

FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The 

overall program, therefore, was 

approved by the FAA effective 

November 13, 2007. 

Outright approval was granted for 

nine of the specific program elements. 

Only one program element, Land Use 

Element 3a, was ‘‘Disapproved Pending 

Submittal of Additional Information to 

the FAA’’. Under this program element, 

the Airport District asked the FAA to 

approve the voluntary land acquisition 

of one hundred eight (108) acres of 

undeveloped land that was zoned to 

allow incompatible development within 

the 2011 65 DNL around Baton Rouge 

Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field. The 

acreage in question amounted to 13 

separate parcels in various locations 

northwest, northeast, east and southeast 

of the airport. In disapproving this 

program element, the FAA found the 

land in question to be zoned 

commercial or industrial (a compatible 

use under Part 150 guidelines), however 

the involved local zoning districts all 

permit a variety of noise-sensitive land 

uses; to include libraries, nursing 

homes, assisted living residences and 

hospitals (noncompatible use) within 

the areas described. In addition, it was 

determined that undeveloped, 

residential-zoned land (noncompatible 

use) northwest, northeast, and east of 

the Airport is inside the 65 DNL. The 

FAA therefore determined that 

supporting documentation would need 

to be provided showing that (1) the 

Airport is in compliance with its Grant 

Assurance 31, (2) appropriate existing 

and proposed new local land use 

controls are inadequate to prevent 

noncompatible development, and (3) 

noncompatible development of the 

parcel(s) is highly likely. 

The nine program elements approved 

by the FAA included: Five Land Use 

Elements that addressed City/Parish 

compatible use planning around the 

airport; the development of an airport 

noise information program; the 

acquisition of seven (7) homes at 

various locations around the airport 

(within the 65 DNL); the offer to sound 

insulate ninety-two (92) homes located 

with the 65 DNL contour; and the offer 

to purchase noise servitudes from those 

owners who do not wish to participate 

in the sound insulation program or 

who’s house cannot accommodate the 

sound insulation process. 

Four Program Management Elements 

were approved that established a system 

for logging and tracking noise 

complaints; developing and maintaining 

a log for recording engine maintenance 

run-ups on the airport; periodically 

reviewing the Part 150 Study to 

determine if changing airport conditions 

warrant further review; and preparing a 

plan to deal with the disposal or 

development of noise lands acquired by 

the airport under previous noise 

mitigation actions. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Airports Division Manager on 

November 13, 2007. The Record of 

Approval, as well as other evaluation 

materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Ryan 

Field. The Record of Approval also will 

be available on-line at http:// 

www.faa.gov/apr/environmental/ 

14cfr150/index14.cfm. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, November 21, 

2007. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5873 Filed 11–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2007 0014] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before January 28, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Jackson, Maritime Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–0284; 

or E-Mail: Rita.Jackson@dot.gov. Copies 

of this collection can also be obtained 

from that office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Request for Waiver 

of Service Obligation, Request for 

Deferment of Service Obligation and 

Application for Review. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–00510. 

Form Numbers: MA–935, MA–936, 

MA–937. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: This information collection 

is essential for determining if a student 

or graduate of the United States 

Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) 

or subsidized student or graduate of a 

State maritime academy has a waive 

able situation preventing them from 

fulfilling the requirements of a service 

obligation contract signed at the time of 

their enrollment in a Federal maritime 


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