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Washington, DC 20522–0132, who may 

be reached on 202–261–8200 or 

millerkd2@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary to 

properly perform 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. 

Abstract of proposed collection: 

The Office of Overseas Schools of the 

Department of State (A/OPR/OS) is 

responsible for determining that 

adequate educational opportunities 

exist at Foreign Service Posts for 

dependents of U.S. Government 

personnel stationed abroad, and for 

assisting American-sponsored overseas 

schools to demonstrate U.S. educational 

philosophy and practice. The 

information gathered provides the 

technical and professional staff of A/ 

OPR/OS the means by which 

obligations, expenditures and 

reimbursements of the grant funds are 

monitored to ensure the grantee is in 

compliance with the terms of the grant. 

Methodology: 

Information is collected via electronic 

and paper submission. 

Dated: February 7, 2007. 

Peggy Philbin, 

Executive Director, Bureau of Administration, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–3212 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise-Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of 

Noise-Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review for Great Falls 

International Airport, Great Falls, MT 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise-exposure 

maps (NEM) submitted by the Director 

of Aviation for Great Falls International 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR 

Part 150, are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. The FAA also 

announces that it is reviewing a 

proposed noise-compatibility program, 

submitted for Great Falls International 

Airport under Part 150, in conjunction 

with the noise-exposure map. This 

program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before August 9, 

2007. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The effective 

data of the FAA’s determination on the 

noise-exposure maps and of the start of 

its review of the associated noisecompatibility program is February 13, 

2007. The public comment period ends 

April 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Gates, Federal Aviation Administration, 

Helena Airports District Office, 2725 

Skyway Drive, Suite 2, Helena MT 

59602, telephone 406–449–5271. 

Comments on the proposed noisecompatibility program also should be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the FAA’s finding that 

the noise-exposure maps submitted for 

Great Falls International Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

February 13, 2007. Further, the FAA is 

reviewing that airport’s proposed noisecompatibility program, which will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

August 13, 2007. This notice also 

announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C., 47503 (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), an 

airport operator may submit to the FAA 

noise-exposure maps that meet 

applicable regulations and depict noncompatible land uses, as of the date of 

submission of such maps; a description 

of projected aircraft operations; and the 

ways in which such operations will 

affect such maps. The Act requires such 

maps to be developed in consultation 

with interested and affected parties in 

the local community, government 

agencies, and persons using the airport. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted noise-exposure maps that are 

found by the FAA to be in compliance 

with the requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations (FAR), Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit to the FAA for approval a noisecompatibility program that sets forth 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The Director of Aviation for the Great 

Falls International Airport submitted to 

the FAA on February 2, 2007, noiseexposure maps, descriptions and other 

documentation, produced during the 

Great Falls International Airport FAR 

Part 150 Study, dated September 2006. 

It was requested that the FAA review 

this material as the noise-exposure 

maps, as described in section 47503 of 

the Act, and that the noise-mitigation 

measures, to be implemented jointly by 

the airport and surrounding 

communities, be approved as a noisecompatibility program under section 

47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise-exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by the Director 

of Aviation for the Great Falls 

International Airport. The specific 

documentation determined to constitute 

the noise-exposure maps includes the 

following from the Great Falls 

International Airport Part 150 Noisecompatibility Study Update: 

• Supplemental Chapter (pages xxi–

xxv) describes updates to Forecasts of 

Aviation Activity. 

• B Section describes prior forecasts 

of Aviation Activity. 

• Section C describes the input data 

used to develop the existing and future 

contours. 

• Section D describes Land Use 

Analysis. 

• Section F describes the noise 

abatement alternative evaluation. 

• Page F.16 includes revisions to 

Land Use and Noise Contour Map 

Analysis. 

• Figure F.7, page F.19—Existing 

(2005) Existing Noise-exposure Map. 

• Figure G–1, page G.3—Future 

(2016) Noise-exposure Map. 

• Section G summarizes Actions and 

Recommendations. 

• Section H—Public and Airport User 

Consultation Summary. 

• Appendix 2—Public Hearing 

Comments and Responses. 

• Appendix 5—Comments Outside 

the Public Hearing Comment Period. 

The FAA has determined that these 

maps for Great Falls International 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on February 

13, 2007. The FAA’s determination on 

an airport operator’s noise-exposure 

maps is limited to a finding that the 

maps were developed in accordance 

with the procedures contained in 

appendix A of FAR Part 150. Such 

determination does not constitute 

approval of the applicant’s data, 

information or plans, or a commitment 

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program or to fund the implementation 

of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise-exposure contours 

depicted on a noise-exposure map 

submitted under section 47503 of the 

Act, it should be noted that the FAA is 

not involved in any way in determining 

the relative locations of specific 

properties with regard to the depicted 

noise contours, or in interpreting the 

noise-exposure maps to resolve 

questions concerning, for example, 

which properties should be covered by 

the provisions of section 47506 of the 

Act. These functions are inseparable 

from the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under Part 

150 or through the FAA’s review of 

noise-exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise-exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted those 

maps, or with those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under section 

47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 

under section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise-compatibility program for Great 

Falls International Airport, also effective 

on February 13, 2007. Preliminary 

review of the submitted material 

indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of noisecompatibility programs, but requires 

further review 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 August 13, 2007. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR Part 150, § 150.33. The primary 

considerations in the evaluation process 

are whether the proposed measures may 

reduce the level of aviation safety, 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, or be reasonably 

consistent with obtaining the goal of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses and preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. The 

FAA will consider, to the extent 

practicable, all comments, other than 

those properly addressed to local landuse authorities. Copies of the noiseexposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noisecompatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW.; Suite 315, Renton, Washington 

98057–3356. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Helena Airports District Office, 2725 

Skyway Drive, Suite 2, Helena, MT 

59602. 

Great Falls International Airport, 2800 

Terminal Drive, Great Falls, MT 

59404. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

13, 2007. 

Donna P. Taylor, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–861 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–27281] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension 

of Currently Approved Information 

Collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

April 27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FHWA–2007–27281 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room 401 

on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chung Eng, 202–366–8043, Office of 

Transportation Operations, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 

hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Work Zone Safety and Mobility. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0600. 

Background: As amended on 

September 9, 2004, 23 CFR 630, Subpart 

J ‘‘Work Zone Safety and Mobility’’

requires State and local transportation 

agencies that receive Federal-aid 

highway funding to use available work 

zone information and data to assess and 

manage the work zone impacts of 

highway projects. While this Rule does 

not require the reporting or submission 

of work zone data, it does: 

• Require agencies to use work zone 

data at both the project and process 

levels to manage and improve work 

zone safety and mobility; 

• At the project level, require 

agencies to use field observations, 

available work zone crash data, and 

operational information to manage the 

work zone impacts of individual 

projects; 

• At the process level, require 

agencies to analyze work zone crash and 

operational data from multiple projects 

to improve agency processes and 

procedures, and continually pursue the 

improvement of overall work zone 

safety and mobility; and 

• Recommend that agencies maintain 

elements of the data and information 

resources that are necessary to support 

the use of work zone data for the 

activities above. 

Most of the data needed to conduct 

work zone performance monitoring 

during project implementation as well 

as post-implementation assessments 

should be readily available from preexisting sources. However, data 

collection or data storage and retrieval 

systems may need to be altered to take 

full advantage of available information 

resources. 

Respondents: The State Departments 

of Transportation (or equivalent) in the 

50 States, the District of Columbia, and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 


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