Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 36 / Friday, February 22, 2008 / Notices 9847 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0158. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Public 

Diplomacy Evaluation Office (PDEO). 

• Form Number: None. 

• Respondents: Respondents of 

program assessments and/or program 

monitoring of public diplomacy 

activities under the collection may 

include program applicants, 

participants, alumni, administrators, 

and hosts or grantee organizations 

involved in the programs that PDEO is 

assessing or evaluating. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25,131. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

25,131. 

• Average Hours Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 12,565 

hours. 

• Frequency: On Occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to 30 days from February 22, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments and 

questions to Katherine Astrich, the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), who may be reached at 

202–395–4718. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: kastrich@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD-ROM 

submissions): Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

• Fax: 202–395–6974 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection and supporting 

documents from Melinda L. Crowley, 

U.S. Department of State, Public 

Diplomacy Evaluation Office (PDEO), 

301 4th Street SW., Room 848 (SA–44), 

Washington, DC 20547, who may be 

reached on 202–203–7136 or at 

CrowleyML@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, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

information collection allows PDEO the 

ability to regularly collect necessary 

data from program participants. The 

performance measurement and 

evaluation data obtained from program 

participants allows PDEO to better 

assess and improve the DOS exchange 

and public diplomacy programs, while 

complying with the reporting 

requirements mandated by Congress and 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

These programs assist the Department of 

State’s mission to promote a balanced 

and accurate view of the United States 

and build world partnerships. 

Methodology: Data captured through 

this information collection will be 

derived from respondents’ electronic 

surveys, personal interviews and/or 

focus groups. Respondents include 

program applicants, participants, 

alumni, administrators, hosts and 

grantee organizations involved in the 

programs that PDEO is assessing or 

evaluating. 

Dated: February 8, 2008. 

Rick Ruth, 

Executive Director, Public Diplomacy 

Evaluation Office, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–3369 Filed 2–21–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6105] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘El 

Greco to Velazquez: Art During the 

Reign of Philip III’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘El Greco to 

Velazquez: Art During the Reign of 

Philip III’’, imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the The Museum of Fine Arts, 

Boston, MA, from on or about April 20, 

2008, until on or about July 27, 2008; at 

the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke 

University, Durham, NC, from on or 

about August 21, 2008, until on or about 

November 9, 2008; and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. Public Notice of these 

Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Richard 

Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8058). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 

DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: February 14, 2008. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–3344 Filed 2–21–08; 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 Centennial 

Airport, Englewood, CO 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise-exposure 

maps (NEM’s) submitted for Centennial 

Airport, Englewood, CO, 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. In conjunction with the 

NEM’s, the FAA also announces that it 

is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program (NCP) submitted 

for Centennial Airport, per 14 CFR Part 

150. This program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before August 12, 

2008. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the 

NEM’s and the start of the FAA’s review 

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of the associated NCP is February 14, 

2008. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 22, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Bruce, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Denver Airports District 

Office, 26805 E. 68th Avenue, Suite 224, 

Denver, CO 80249, telephone: 303–342–

1264, e-mail: linda.bruce@faa.gov. 

Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program also should be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the FAA’s finding that 

NEM’s submitted for Centennial Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of 14 CFR Part 150, 

effective February 14, 2008. Further, the 

FAA is reviewing that airport’s 

proposed NCP, which will be approved 

or disapproved on or before August 12, 

2008. This notice also announces the 

availability of this proposed program for 

public review and comment. 

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

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Act’’), an airport operator may submit to 

the FAA NEM’s that meet applicable 

regulations and depict non-compatible 

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 NEM’s that are found by the 

FAA to be in compliance with the 

requirements of Title 14 Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 150, Airport Noise 

Compatibility Planning (14 CFR Part 

150), promulgated pursuant to the Act, 

may submit to the FAA for approval a 

NCP that sets forth the measures the 

operator has taken or proposes to take 

to reduce existing non-compatible uses 

and prevent the introduction of 

additional non-compatible uses. 

The Arapahoe County Public Airport 

Authority owns and operates Centennial 

Airport, located in the Denver suburb of 

Englewood, CO. In April 2002, the 

Executive Director of the Arapahoe 

County Public Airport Authority 

requested the FAA to review the NCP 

and NEM’s for Centennial Airport, 

contained in the Centennial Airport 

FAR Part 150 Noise Exposure and Land 

Use Compatibility Study Program. The 

FAA requested corrections be made to 

the NCP, and worked with the airport 

authority to revise the study. 

Subsequently, the airport authority 

submitted to FAA a revised version of 

the compatibility study program in 

August 2003. Due to unrelated issues, 

FAA action on the study was delayed 

until June 2006, when the FAA issued 

a grant to the Arapahoe County Public 

Airport Authority to update Centennial 

Airport’s noise exposure maps. This 

update was completed in November 

2007. 

On December 1, 2007, the Executive 

Director of the Arapahoe County Public 

Airport Authority submitted to the FAA 

NEM’s, descriptions, and other 

documentation developed as part of an 

update to the Centennial Airport FAR 

Part 150 Noise Exposure and Land Use 

Compatibility Study Program. The 

authority requested the FAA to review 

this material and the NEM’s, as 

described in section 47503 of the Act; 

and approve the noise mitigation 

measures, to be implemented jointly by 

the airport and surrounding 

communities, as a NCP under section 

47504 of the Act. 

These updated NEM’s reference in 

this notice are the maps that FAA has 

determined are in compliance with 

application requirements. Further, the 

NCP submitted in conjunction with 

these updated NEM’s and referenced in 

this notice, is the final version of the 

Centennial Airport FAR Part 150 Noise 

Exposure and Land Use Compatibility 

Study Program, dated August 2003. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the NEM’s and related descriptions 

submitted for Centennial Airport. The 

specific documentation determined to 

constitute the NEM’s includes the 

following from the Centennial Airport 

FAR Part 150 Noise Exposure and Land 

Use Compatibility Study Program and 

Centennial Airport Noise Contour Map 

Update: 

• Supplemental chapter, titled 

Centennial Airport Noise Contour Map 

Update: Noise Contour and Population 

Analysis, provides—

—Updates to Forecasts of Aviation 

Activity (see pages 1–4) 

—Figure 4, Revised 2006 Existing Noise 

Exposure Map (page 13) 

—Figure 5, Revised Future 2012 Noise 

Exposure Map (page 15) 

• Section B describes prior forecasts 

of aviation activity. 

• Section C describes noise analysis 

used to develop the existing and future 

contours. 

• Section D describes land use 

analysis. 

• Section F describes the noise 

abatement alternative evaluation, 

including prior existing Noise Exposure 

Map (Figure F.17). 

• Section G summarizes actions and 

recommendations, including prior 

Future Noise Exposure Map (Figure 

G.4). 

• Section H—Public and Airport User 

Consultation Summary. 

• Appendix—Public Hearing 

Comments and Responses and Public 

Involvement Plan. 

The FAA has determined that these 

maps for Centennial Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on February 14, 2008. The 

FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s NEM’s is limited to a finding 

that the maps were developed in 

accordance with the procedures 

contained in appendix A of 14 CFR part 

150. Such determination does not 

constitute approval of the applicant’s 

data, information or plans, or a 

commitment to approve a NCP 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 NEM 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 NEM’s 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 14 

CFR Part 150 or through the FAA’s 

review of NEM’s. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport sponsor 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 sponsor, 

under 14 CFR Part 150.21, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

NCP for Centennial Airport, also 

effective on February 14, 2008. 

Preliminary review of the submitted 

material indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of a NCP, 

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 12, 2008. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

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CFR Part 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 or 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 land 

use authorities. Electronic versions of 

the noise exposure map update and the 

proposed noise compatibility program 

are available at the following Internet 

sites: 

1. http://www.faa.gov/ 

airports_airtraffic/airports/ 

regional_guidance/northwest mountain/ 

environmental/. 

2. www.centennialairport.com. 

ADDRESSES: Paper copies of these 

documents are available for examination 

at the following locations: 

1. Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW., Suite 315, Renton, Washington 

98057–3356, (425) 227–2611. 

2. Federal Aviation Administration, 

Denver Airports District Office, 26805 E. 

68th Avenue, Suite 224, Denver, CO 

80249–6361, (303) 342–1264. 

3. Arapahoe County Public Airport 

Authority, 7800 South Peoria Street, 

Englewood, CO 80112, (303) 790–0598. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

14, 2008. 

Donna P. Taylor, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 08–788 Filed 2–21–08: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2008–04] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before March 13, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA–

2007–28456 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Shaver (202) 267–9681 or 

Katrina Holiday (202) 267–3603, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15, 

2008. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2007–28456. 

Petitioner: Gordon Burin. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 65.83. 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks relief to apply for a 

mechanic certificate without exercising 

the privileges and ratings within the 

preceding 24 months. 

[FR Doc. E8–3398 Filed 2–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Action 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

Federal actions taken by the California 

Department of Transportation 

(Department) pursuant to its assigned 

responsibilities under 23 U.S.C. 327, as 

well as actions by other Federal 

agencies, are final within the meaning of 

23 U.S.C. 139 (l)(1). The actions relate 

to a proposed Interstate 80 Across the 

Top Bus/Carpool Lanes Project (Post 

Miles 0.3 to 10.4), from west of West El 

Camino Avenue to Watt Avenue in 

Sacramento County, State of California. 

This action grants approval for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, FHWA, on behalf 

of the Department, is advising the 

public of final actions subject to 23 

U.S.C. 139 (l)(1). These actions have 

been taken by the Department pursuant 

to its assigned responsibilities under 23 

U.S.C. 327, as well as by other Federal 

agencies. A claim seeking judicial 

review of the Federal agency actions on 

the highway project will be barred 

unless the claim is filed on or before 

August 20, 2008. If the Federal law that 

authorizes judicial review of a claim 

provides a time period of less than 180 

days for filing such claim, then that 

shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Webb, Supervisory Environmental 

Planner, California Department of 

Transportation, 2389 Gateway Oaks Dr., 

Sacramento, CA 95833, weekdays 

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., (916) 

274–0588, John_Webb@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Department and 

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