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Australia—Exporting Authority—

Department of Industry, Tourism and 

Resources; Importing Authority—

Australian Customs Service. 

Bangladesh—Ministry of Commerce. 

Belarus—Department of Finance. 

Botswana—Ministry of Minerals, Energy 

and Water Resources. 

Brazil—Ministry of Mines and Energy. 

Canada—Natural Resources Canada. 

Central African Republic—Ministry of 

Energy and Mining. 

China—General Administration of 

Quality Supervision, Inspection and 

Quarantine. 

Democratic Republic of the Congo—

Ministry of Mines. 

Republic of Congo—Ministry of Mines. 

Croatia—Ministry of Economy. 

European Community—DG/External 

Relations/A.2. 

Ghana—Precious Minerals and 

Marketing Company Ltd. 

Guinea—Ministry of Mines and 

Geology. 

Guyana—Geology and Mines 

Commission. 

India—The Gem and Jewelry Export 

Promotion Council. 

Indonesia—Directorate General of 

Foreign Trade of the Ministry of 

Trade. 

Israel—The Diamond Controller. 

Ivory Coast—Ministry of Mines and 

Energy. 

Japan—Ministry of Economy, Trade and 

Industry. 

Republic of Korea—Ministry of 

Commerce, Industry and Energy. 

Laos—Ministry of Finance. 

Lebanon—Ministry of Economy and 

Trade. 

Lesotho—Commissioner of Mines and 

Geology. 

Liberia—Ministry of Lands, Mines and 

Energy. 

Malaysia—Ministry of International 

Trade and Industry. 

Mauritius—Ministry of Commerce. 

Namibia—Ministry of Mines and 

Energy. 

New Zealand—Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs and Trade. 

Norway—The Norwegian Goldsmiths’

Association. 

Russia—Gokhran, Ministry of Finance. 

Sierra Leone—Government Gold and 

Diamond Office. 

Singapore—Singapore Customs. 

South Africa—South African Diamond 

Board. 

Sri Lanka—National Gem and Jewelry 

Authority. 

Switzerland—State Secretariat for 

Economic Affairs. 

Chinese Taipei—Bureau of Foreign 

Trade. 

Tanzania—Commissioner for Minerals. 

Thailand—Ministry of Commerce. 

Togo—Ministry of Mines and Geology. 

Turkey—Istanbul Gold Exchange. 

Ukraine—State Gemological Centre of 

Ukraine. 

United Arab Emirates—Dubai Metals 

and Commodities Center. 

United States of America—Importing 

Authority—United States Bureau of 

Customs and Border Protection; 

Exporting Authority—Bureau of the 

Census. 

Vietnam—Ministry of Trade. 

Zimbabwe—Ministry of Mines and 

Mining Development. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

John D. Negroponte, 

Deputy Secretary of State, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. E8–20736 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Airport Improvement Program Grant 

Assurances; Proposed Modifications 

and Opportunity To Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of modification of 

Airport Improvement Program grant 

application requirements and of the 

opportunity to comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to modify 

the standard grant application 

requirements that are required of a 

sponsor of a nonprimary airport before 

receiving a grant under the Airport 

Improvement Program (AIP). The FAA 

is providing an opportunity for public 

comment on proposals to modify the 

grant application requirements. 

Sponsors of nonprimary airports are 

now required to provide a variety of 

information when submitting an AIP 

grant application. This modification 

would require that a sponsor of a 

nonprimary airport submit a list of the 

aircraft (fixed wing and rotary wing) 

that are based on the airport. 

DATES: Comments are invited. 

Comments must be submitted on or 

before October 8, 2008. Any necessary 

or appropriate revision to the 

application requirements resulting from 

the comments received will be adopted 

as of the date of a subsequent 

publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be delivered 

or mailed to the FAA, Airports 

Financial Assistance Division, APP–

500, Room 619, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Wayne Heibeck, Airports Planning and 

Programming Division, APP 2, Room 

620, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–8775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to 

be considered for AIP grant funds, a 

sponsor (the grant applicant) must meet 

certain requirements and provide 

certain information regarding the project 

for which grant funds are being sought. 

The Secretary must receive this 

information from a sponsor (applicant) 

seeking financial assistance for airport 

planning, airport development, noise 

compatibility planning or noise 

mitigation under Title 49, U.S.C., as 

amended. Decisions to award 

discretionary grants are made on the 

basis of a number of factors. 

Nonprimary airports that have not 

provided verifiable data regarding the 

number of aircraft that are based at the 

airport hinder FAA from determining 

whether a project at that airport is 

justified. Therefore, if a nonprimary 

airport has not provided the verifiable 

based aircraft information, FAA will 

consider the failure to provide the 

information as a factor when 

considering a request from that airport 

for discretionary funding. 

Discussion of Modifications 

FAA prescribes the information that 

must be contained in a grant 

application. For nonprimary airport 

grant applications, FAA has determined 

that accurate information on based 

aircraft is an important element of 

justification for many proposed AIP 

projects at nonprimary airports. In 

addition, based aircraft data supports 

the airport’s importance in the biennial 

Report to Congress—the National Plan 

of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 

and in the Airport Master Record (the 

Form 5010). A based aircraft is an 

operational aircraft that is registered in 

the FAA Aircraft Registry that is at the 

airport the majority of the year. 

Registered aircraft are defined in 

Chapter 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

Part 47. An operational aircraft is an 

aircraft that is in a condition for safe 

operation. 

FAA may require a sponsor for a 

nonprimary airport to include a list of 

the based aircraft at the airport, 

including the ‘‘N-number’’ for each 

aircraft when submitting a grant 

application or may require the sponsor 

to update the list of based aircraft 

submitted with the most recent Form 

5010 inspection. 

The FAA manages the AIP in 

accordance with statutory direction and 

agency policies and criteria. Decisions 

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to award discretionary grants are made 

on the basis of a number of factors, 

including project evaluation under the 

National Priority System and the current 

operations and number of aircraft that 

are based at an airport. Nonprimary 

airports that have not provided 

verifiable data on the number of based 

aircraft at the airport deprive FAA of a 

tool for reviewing discretionary 

requests. Therefore, if a nonprimary 

airport has not provided a list of based 

aircraft at the airport, including ‘‘Nnumber’’, FAA will consider the failure 

to provide the information as a factor 

when considering a request from the 

airport for discretionary funding. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 27, 

2008. 

Wayne Heibeck, 

Deputy Director, Office of Airport Planning 

and Programming. 

[FR Doc. E8–20459 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee Meeting on Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ARAC) to discuss transport airplane 

and engine (TAE) issues. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, October 1, 2008, starting at 

9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Arrange 

for oral presentations by September 16, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: FAA–Northwest Mountain 

Region Office, Transport Standards Staff 

conference room, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., 

Renton, WA 98507. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralen Gao, Office of Rulemaking, ARM–

209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3168, FAX (202) 267–5075, or 

e-mail at ralen.gao@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of 

an ARAC meeting to be held October 1, 

2008. 

The agenda for the meeting is as 

follows: 

• Opening Remarks, Review Agenda 

and Minutes. 

• FAA Report. 

• Excom Report. 

• Transport Canada Report. 

• Airplane-level Safety Analysis 

Working Group Report. 

• Task 4 Status. 

• Propeller Harmonization Working 

Group (HWG) Report. 

• Ice protection HWG Report. 

• Airworthiness Assurance HWG 

Report. 

• Avionics HWG Report. 

• Halon Replacement as Fire 

Extinguishing Agent. 

• Any Other Business. 

• Action Item Review. 

Attendance is open to the public, but 

will be limited to the availability of 

meeting room space. Please confirm 

your attendance with the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section no later than 

September 16, 2008. Entrance to the 

FAA facility will require presentation of 

a valid passport or state-issued (US) 

identification (e.g, driver’s license). 

Please plan on arriving at least 20 

minutes in advance of meeting to 

facilitate entrance screening. 

For persons participating by 

telephone, the call-in number is (202) 

366–3920; the pass code is ‘‘2816.’’ To 

insure that sufficient telephone lines are 

available, please notify the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of your intent to 

participate by telephone by September 

16, 2008. Anyone calling from outside 

the Seattle, WA metropolitan area will 

be responsible for paying long-distance 

charges. 

The public must make arrangements 

by September 16, 2008, to present oral 

statements at the meeting. Written 

statements may be presented to the 

ARAC at any time by providing 25 

copies to the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

or by providing copies at the meeting. 

Copies of the documents to be presented 

to ARAC for decision by the FAA may 

be made available by contacting the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

If you need assistance or require a 

reasonable accommodation for the 

meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Sign and oral interpretation, as well as 

a listening device, can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 3, 

2008. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E8–20747 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Environmental Impact Report: 

San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

a joint Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

(EIS/EIR). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), and The San Francisco 

County Transportation Authority 

(Authority), is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report (EIS/EIR) will be 

prepared for the proposed Yerba Buena 

Island (YBI) Ramps Improvement 

Project on Interstate 80 (I–80) in San 

Francisco County, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Cordoba, San Francisco County 

Transportation Authority, 100 Van Ness 

Avenue, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94102, Telephone (415) 955–2904 or 

Melanie Brent, Caltrans District 4 Office 

of Environmental Analysis, 111 Grand 

Avenue, Oakland, CA 94623, Telephone 

(510) 286–5231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) environmental responsibilities 

for highway projects pursuant to 23 

U.S.C. 327. In cooperation with 

Caltrans, the Authority will prepare a 

joint EIS/EIR for the proposed YBI 

Ramps Improvement Project at Yerba 

Buena Island in the City and County of 

San Francisco, California. Caltrans is the 

lead agency under NEPA and the 

Authority is the lead agency under the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA). 

YBI is located in San Francisco Bay, 

between Oakland and San Francisco, 

and is accessible by vehicles only via 

the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 

(SFOBB), which is a critical link in the 

interstate network, providing access 

between San Francisco and the East 

Bay. The only access to Treasure Island, 

located north of YBI, and the only land 

access to the active U.S. Coast Guard 

facilities on the south side of YBI, is 

also from the SFOBB and the associated 

on- and off-ramps. 

The proposed project would replace 

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