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Grants Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient’s responsible officer identified 

in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.1b The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

For Assistance Awards involving the 

Palestinian Authority: All awards made 

under this competition must be 

executed according to all relevant laws 

and policies regarding assistance to the 

Palestinian Authority. Organizations 

should consult with relevant Public 

Affairs Offices before entering into any 

formal arrangements or agreements with 

Palestinian organizations or institutions. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements: 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’ OMB Circular 

A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for State, Local 

and Indian Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following 

websites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You 

must provide ECA with a hard copy 

original plus one copy of the following 

reports: 

1. A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

2. One interim program report 

3. Financial reports 

4. Quarterly newsletters that highlight 

program activities and successes are 

strongly recommended. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. (Please refer to IV. 

Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. All reports must be sent to the 

ECA Grants Officer and ECA Program 

Officer listed in the final assistance 

award document. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements: 

Organizations awarded grants will be 

required to maintain specific data on 

program participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Anna 

Mussman, Office of Citizen Exchanges, 

ECA/PE/C/PY, Room 568, U.S. 

Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547. 

Telephone: (202) 203–7506 Fax number: 

(202) 203–7529, Internet address: 

MussmanAP@state.gov. All 

correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–08–13. 

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: December 5, 2007. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affair, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–24188 Filed 12–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifth Meeting, Special Committee 215 

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) 

Services Next Generation Satellite 

Services and Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 215, Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services, Next 

Generation Satellite Services and 

Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a second meeting 

of RTCA Special Committee 215, 

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) 

Services, Next Generation Satellite 

Services and Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held January 

22–23, 2007, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Continental Airlines, 600 Jefferson 

Street, Concourse Level—Training 

Room C, Houston, TX 77002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org 

for directions. POC: Mr. David Pitoniak, 

Phone: 713–324–3907. Note: Dress is 

Business Casual. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

215 meeting. The agenda will include: 

• January 22: 

• Opening Plenary Session (Welcome, 

Introductions, and Administrative 

Remarks, Review and Approval of 

Agenda for Fifth Plenary. 

• Review and Approval of Fourth 

Meeting Summary (215–045; RTCA 

Paper No. 295–07/SC215–011). 

• Review of Action List Outstanding 

Actions. 

• DO–262 Normative Appendix. 

• Report from DO–262 Working 

Groups. 

• Review and Discussion of 

Remaining Sections. 

• DO–270—Normative Appendix. 

• Overview of Approach for 

Normative Appendix. 

• Review of DO–270 Normative 

Appendix. 

• Closing Plenary Session (Other 

Business, Schedule Next Plenary 

Meeting, Adjourn—Wednesday, 

January 23, 2007; 12 noon). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

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With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 

2007. 

Editoral Note: This document was received 

at the Office of the Federal Register December 

7, 2007. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee (Acting). 

[FR Doc. 07–6037 Filed 12–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

with certain requirements of its safety 

standards. The individual petition is 

described below, including the party 

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions 

involved, the nature of the relief being 

requested, and the petitioner’s 

arguments in favor of relief. 

The Finger Lakes Railway Corporation 

(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–

2001–10215) 

The Finger Lakes Railway Corporation 

(FGLK), seeks an extension of a waiver 

of compliance from certain provisions of 

Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR Part 

223 that requires certified glazing for 

four passenger coaches, Car Numbers: 

FGLK 7201, FGLK 7202, FGLK 7601, 

and FGLK7602. In addition, FGLK 

petitions to add two more coaches in the 

waiver: FGLK 1642, and FGLK 1643. 

The FGLK petition states that the cars 

are still operating in the same service 

environment with no changes to speed, 

or line segments and are following the 

conditions stipulated in the existing 

waiver. For the added two coaches, 

FGLK provided the following 

information in support of its petition. 

The cars were built in 1916, by the 

Harlen and Harrington Company for 

what used to be Norfolk & Western 

Railroad. The cars are all of steel 

construction. They were refurbished in 

1989–1990, and used on the Maine 

Coast Railroad for excursion until 2002, 

when the cars were moved to New York 

State for use on the Niagara and Western 

New York Railroad excursion train. 

The cars have been stored on FGLK in 

Geneva, New York, since October 2004. 

The current windows are sealed 3/8’’

thick safety glass in Adlake Company 

Frames. There is no damage to the 

windows at this time. In all aspects, 

these two cars will be utilized in the 

same manner and in the same locations 

as the four cars currently operating 

under Docket Number FRA–2001–

10215. 

FGLK has requested updated 

quotations for FRA-compliant 

replacement window glass. These costs 

reflect the application of 49 CFR Part 

223, glass into all passenger coaches 

currently operating under Docket 

Number FRA–2001–10215, and the two 

additional coaches that are being 

requested in this petition. FGLK stated 

that glass replacement continues to be 

an extremely high cost for an excursion 

operation and would jeopardize any 

chance of profitability for such 

operation for quite some time. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2001–

10215) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–19478). 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 10, 

2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr. 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–24189 Filed 12–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

with certain requirements of its safety 

standards. The individual petition is 

described below, including the party 

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions 

involved, the nature of the relief being 

requested, and the petitioner’s 

arguments in favor of relief. 

The Oregon Pacific Railroad (Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2007–

28096) 

The Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR), 

seeks a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of Safety Glazing 

Standards, 49 CFR part 223 that requires 

certified glazing for four self-propelled 

switcher locomotives. 

OPR operates on two disconnected 

rail lines in the Portland area consisting 

of the former East Portland Traction 

Company and Molalla Western Railway, 

which were merged in 1997, to become 

the OPR. Over the years, a waiver was 

granted in 1993, for several of the units. 

An upturn in business has required 

placing several units not in compliance 

into service, as follows: 

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