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Time: The public meeting will take 

place at the Department of State, Office 

of Private International Law, 2430 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC on 

Wednesday October 8, 2008 from 11 

a.m. EST to 1 p.m. EST. Public 

Participation: Advisory Committee 

Study Group meetings are open to the 

public, subject to the capacity of the 

meeting room. Access to the meeting 

building is controlled; persons wishing 

to attend should contact Tricia Smeltzer 

or Niesha Toms of the Department of 

State’s Legal Adviser’s Office at 

SmeltzerTK@state.gov or 

TomsNN@state.gov and provide your 

name, e-mail address, and mailing 

address to get admission into the 

meeting or to get directions to the office. 

Additional meeting information can also 

be obtained from Rachel Wallace at 

WallaceRA@state.gov or telephone (202) 

647–2324. Persons who cannot attend 

but who wish to comment on any of the 

proposals are welcome to do so by email to Michael Dennis at 

DennisMJ@state.gov. If you are unable to 

attend the public meeting and you 

would like to participate by 

teleconferencing, please contact Tricia 

Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 202–776–

8420 to receive the conference call-in 

number and the relevant information. 

Dated: September 3, 2008. 

Rachel A. Wallace, 

Office of IP Enforcement, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–21012 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6346] 

Advisory Committee International 

Postal and Delivery Services 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee 

meeting announcement. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Department of State gives 

notice of the third meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on International 

Postal and Delivery Services. This 

Committee has been formed in 

fulfillment of the provisions of the 2006 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act (Pub. L. 109–435) and in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. 

Public input: Any member of the 

public interested in providing public 

input to the meeting should contact Mr. 

Chris Wood, whose contact information 

is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. Each 

individual providing oral input is 

requested to limit his or her comments 

to five minutes. Requests to be added to 

the speaker list must be received in 

writing (letter, e-mail or fax) prior to the 

close of business on October 3, 2008; 

written comments from members of the 

public for distribution at this meeting 

must reach Mr. Wood by letter, e-mail 

or fax by this same date. 

Meeting agenda: The agenda of the 

meeting will include a review of the 

results of the 24th UPU Congress held 

in Geneva from 23 July to 12 August 

2008 and other subjects of interest to 

Advisory Committee members and the 

public. 

Date: October 8, 2008 from 3 p.m. to 

about 6 p.m. (open to the public). 

Location: The American Institute of 

Architects (Boardroom), 1735 New York 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20006. 

For further information, please 

contact Christopher Wood, Office of 

Technical Specialized Agencies (IO/T), 

Bureau of International Organization 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at 

(202) 647–1044, woodcs@state.gov. 

Dated: September 3, 2008. 

Dennis M. Delehanty, 

Foreign Affairs Officer, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–21013 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending August 22, 

2008 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). 

The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2007–

0066. 

Date Filed: August 19, 2008. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: September 9, 2008. 

Description: Application of Hainan 

Airlines Co. Limited (‘‘Hainan 

Airlines’’) requesting an exemption and 

amended foreign air carrier permit 

authorizing it to engage in charter 

foreign air transportation of persons, 

property and mail between a point or 

points in the People’s Republic of 

China, on the one hand, and a point or 

points in the United States, on the other 

hand, and to engage in other charters. 

Hainan Airlines also requests a 

statement of authorization under Part 

212 to perform a single charter flight 

between October 19–21, 2008. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E8–21054 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[4910–RY] 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on State Highway 99 (Segment E) in 

Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA 

and Other Federal Agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, Grand Parkway (State Highway 

99) Segment E, from Interstate Highway 

10 (I–10) to United States Highway 290 

(U.S. 290) in Harris County, Texas. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits, 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 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 March 9, 2009. 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: Mr. 

Gregory Punske, P.E., District Engineer, 

District B (South), Federal Highway 

Administration, 300 East 8th Street, 

Room 826, Austin, Texas 78701; 


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telephone: (512) 536–5960; e-mail: 

gregory.punske@fhwa.dot.gov. The 

FHWA Texas Division Office’s normal 

business hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 

(central time) Monday through Friday. 

You may also contact Dianna Noble, 

P.E., Environmental Affairs Division, 

Texas Department of Transportation, 

118 E. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas 

78704; telephone: (512) 416–2734; email: dnoble@dot.state.tx.us. The Texas 

Department of Transportation normal 

business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(central time) Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the following highway 

project in the State of Texas: Grand 

Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment E 

from I–10 to U.S. 290 in Harris County; 

FHWA Project Reference Number: 

FHWA–TX–EIS–02–01–F. The project 

will be a 22.4 km (13.9 mi) long, fourlane controlled access toll road with 

intermittent frontage roads, gradeseparated intersections with exit and 

entrance ramps at eight intersecting 

roadways, and elevated directional 

interchanges at State Highway 99 and 

U.S. 290. It will begin in western Harris 

County at Franz Road near I–10. It will 

then proceed north through Harris 

County and end at U.S. 290. The 

purpose of the project is to efficiently 

link the suburban communities and 

major roadways, enhance mobility and 

safety, and respond to economic growth. 

The actions by the Federal agencies, and 

the laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the project, approved on November 

19, 2007, in the FHWA Record of 

Decision (ROD) issued on June 24, 2008, 

and in other documents in the FHWA 

administrative record. The FEIS, ROD, 

and other documents in the FHWA 

administrative record file are available 

by contacting the FHWA or the Texas 

Department of Transportation at the 

addresses provided above. The FHWA 

FEIS and ROD can be viewed and 

downloaded from the Grand Parkway 

Association Web site at http:// 

www.grandpky.com/segments/e/. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–

4335]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–

7671(q). 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544] Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661–

667(d)], Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 

U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–(ll)]; Archeological and 

Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]. 

6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–

2000(d)(1)]; Farmland Protection Policy 

Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 4201–4209]. 

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1342; 

Land and Water Conservation Fund 

(LWCF), 16 U.S.C. 4601–4604. 

8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 11514 Protection and 

Enhancement of Environmental Quality. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: September 3, 2008. 

Gregory S. Punske, 

District Engineer, Austin. 

[FR Doc. E8–20975 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket: PHMSA–2007–0056] 

Pipeline Safety: Agency Information 

Collection Activities: Notice of Request 

for Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collections 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that 

PHMSA is forwarding an Information 

Collection Request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

renewal and extension of four existing 

information collections. On May 22, 

2008 (73 FR 29846), PHMSA published 

a Federal Register notice soliciting 

comments on these information 

collections. No comments were 

received. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow the public an additional 30 

days to submit comments on the 

information collections described 

below. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Department of Transportation, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameron Satterthwaite at (202) 366–

1319, or by e-mail at 

cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations requires PHMSA to provide 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies information collection 

requests that PHMSA will be submitting 

to OMB for renewal and extension. 

These information collections are 

contained in the pipeline safety 

regulations, 49 CFR parts 190–199. 

PHMSA has revised burden estimates, 

where appropriate, to reflect current 

reporting levels or adjustments based on 

changes in proposed or final rules 

published since the information 

collections were last approved. The 

following information is provided for 

each information collection: (1) Title of 

the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) type of request; (4) 

abstract of the information collection 

activity; (5) description of affected 

public; (6) estimate of total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden; 

and (7) frequency of collection. PHMSA 

will request a three-year term of 

approval for each information collection 

activity. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collections: 

Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow 

Valves—Customer Notification. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0593. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Pipeline operators are 

required to provide notifications about 


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