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separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

and 

(3) Taking steps to implement policies 

which reflect a respect for minority 

rights and the rule of law. 

This Determination and related 

Memorandum of Justification shall be 

provided to the appropriate committees 

of the Congress. This Determination 

shall be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Condoleezza Rice, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–20914 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6345] 

Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice 

of Meeting October 21, 2008 

SUMMARY: The Defense Trade Advisory 

Group (DTAG) will meet on October 21, 

2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Loy 

Henderson Conference Room at the U.S. 

Department of State, Harry S. Truman 

Building, Washington, DC. The meeting 

will be open to the public. Entry and 

registration will begin at 8:45. Please 

use the building entrance located at 

23rd Street, NW., Washington, DC 

between C&D Streets. The purpose of 

the meeting will be to discuss current 

defense trade issues and topics for 

further study. 

As access to the Department of State 

facilities is controlled, persons wishing 

to attend the meeting must notify the 

DTAG Executive Secretariat by COB 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008. If notified 

after this date, the DTAG Secretariat 

cannot guarantee that the Department’s 

Bureau of Diplomatic Security can 

complete the necessary processing 

required to attend the October 21 

plenary. Each non-member observer or 

DTAG member needing building access 

that wishes to attend this plenary 

session should provide: His/her name; 

company or organizational affiliation; 

phone number; date of birth; and 

identifying data such as driver’s license 

number, U.S. Government ID, or U.S. 

Military ID, to the DTAG Secretariat 

contact person, Allie Frantz, via e-mail 

at FrantzA@state.gov. DTAG members 

planning to attend the plenary session 

should notify the DTAG Secretariat 

contact person, Allie Frantz, at the email provided above. A RSVP list will 

be provided to Diplomatic Security and 

the Reception Desk at the 23rd Street 

Entrance. One of the following forms of 

valid photo identification will be 

required for admission to the 

Department of State building: U.S. 

driver’s license, U.S. passport, U.S. 

Government ID or other valid photo ID. 

DATES: The DTAG meeting will be held 

on October 21, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 

1 p.m. and is open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Loy Henderson Conference Room at 

the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. 

Truman Building, Washington, DC. 

DTAG members and non-member 

observers are required to pre-register 

due to security reasons. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who need 

additional information regarding these 

meetings or the DTAG should contact 

the DTAG Executive Secretariat contact 

person, Allie Frantz, PM/DDTC, SA–1, 

12th Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls, Bureau of Political-Military 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–0112; telephone 

(202) 736–9220; FAX (202) 261–8199; or 

e-mail FrantzA@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

(a) Background 

The membership of this advisory 

committee consists of private sector 

defense trade representatives who 

advise the Department on policies, 

regulations, and technical issues 

affecting defense trade. Individuals 

interested in defense trade issues are 

invited to attend and will be able to 

participate in the discussion in 

accordance with the Chair’s 

instructions. Members of the public 

may, if they wish, submit a brief 

statement to the committee in writing. 

October 21, 2008 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Meeting—Topics for discussion and 

assigned time frames are as follows: 

9:30–9:45 Call to order by DTAG 

Chairman, followed by Opening 

Remarks from Department of State 

Official(s). 9:45–10 Update on the three 

topics addressed at the June 19, 2008 

open plenary; Self-Financing Options 

for the Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls (including the DTAG Working 

Group’s presentation of their report), the 

UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation 

Treaty Implementing Regulations, and 

the new USML Category VIII regulations 

implementing Section 17(c) of the 

Export Administration Act. 10–11:15 

DTAG Working Group on the U.S. 

Munitions List (USML) Review 

presentation. 11:30–12:45 DTAG 

Working Group on ITAR Definitions 

presentation. 12:45–1 Closing Remarks. 

(b) Availability of Materials for the 

Meetings 

The agenda and materials pertaining 

to the topics for discussion will be 

posted on the Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls’ Web site at http:// 

pmddtc.state.gov/index.htm no later 

than October 17, 2008. 

(c) Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

The DTAG will accept written public 

comments as well as oral public 

comments. Comments should be 

relevant to the topics for discussion. 

Public participation at the open meeting 

will be based on recognition by the 

chair and may not exceed 5 minutes per 

speaker. Written comments should be 

sent to the DTAG Executive Secretariat 

contact person no later than October 14, 

2008 so that the comments may be made 

available to the DTAG members for 

consideration. Written comments 

should be supplied to the DTAG 

Executive Secretariat contact person at 

the mailing address or email provided 

above, in Adobe Acrobat or Word 

format. 

Note: The DTAG operates under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, and all public 

comments will be made available for public 

inspection, and might be posted on DDTC’s 

Web site. 

(d) Meeting Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access the open 

meeting referenced above should 

contact Ms. Frantz at least five business 

days prior to the meeting so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

Robert S. Kovac, 

Designated Federal Official, Defense Trade 

Advisory Group, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–20912 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2008–0259; OMB 

Control No.: 2106–0009] 

Pricing and Multilateral Affairs 

Division; Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Request for 

Comments; [Renewed Approval of] 

Information Collection: Exemption 

From Passenger Tariff-filing 

Requirements in Certain Instances, 

and Mandatory Electronic Filing of 

Residual Passenger Tariffs 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 


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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, this notice 

announces the Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Office of the 

Secretary’s (OST) intention to request 

clearance and renewal of a previously 

approved information collection. This 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its expected burden. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow the 

public to submit comments on our 

application to renew ICR 2106–0009, 14 

CFR Part 221—Constructing, 

Publications, Filing and Posting of 

Tariffs of Air Carriers and Foreign Air 

Carriers. The pre-existing information 

collection request previously approved 

by OMB expires on September 30, 2008. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by: November 10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: For submitting comments: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail or Hand Delivery: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Dockets 

Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

Fax comments: 202–493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kiser, 202–366–2435 or Bernice Gray, 

202–366–2418, Pricing and Multilateral 

Affairs Division, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W86–

319 or W86–433, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Exemption from Passenger 

Tariff-filing Requirements in Certain 

Instances, and Mandatory Electronic 

Filing of Residual Passenger Tariffs. 

OMB Control No.: 2106–0009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Background: Section 41504 of Title 49 

of the United States Code, requires 

every U.S. and foreign air carrier to file 

with the Department and keep open for 

public inspection, tariffs showing all 

prices for ‘‘foreign air transportation’’

between points served by that carrier, as 

well as all the rules relating to that 

transportation to the extent required by 

the Department. This requirement 

includes passenger fares, related charges 

and governing rules. The detailed tarifffiling rules and authority for approvals, 

rejections, and waivers are established 

by 14 CFR Part 221. Once tariffs are 

allowed to become effective by the 

Department, these tariffs become legally 

binding terms in the contract of carriage 

for international air transportation. 

In several rulemaking proceedings, 

the Department determined that the 

amount of tariff material filed by 

carriers exceeded our regulatory 

requirements in certain respects; that 

alternative methods existed for 

protecting consumers and other 

elements of the public interest that are 

more effective than filed tariffs; and that 

procedures should be developed to 

foster the electronic filing and the 

review of those tariffs, which should 

continue to be filed. On November 30, 

1995, the Department published a final 

rule (Exemption From Property TariffFiling Requirement for 14 CFR Parts 221 

and 292, Docket No. 49827) exempting 

carriers from their regulatory duty to file 

tariffs for foreign air transportation of 

cargo. 

In the final rule (Notice of Exemption 

from Passenger Tariff-Filing 

Requirements In Certain Instances, 

Docket OST–97–2050–12), issued July 

21, 1999, the Department determined 

that the filing of certain tariffs with the 

Department for foreign air 

transportation of passengers is no longer 

necessary or appropriate, and 

accordingly granted another exemption 

from the tariff-filing requirement set 

forth in Part 221. The rule also required 

that all remaining tariffs be filed 

electronically. A substantial number of 

provisions in Part 221 were removed, 

where redundant or out-dated given 

present regulatory practices existed. 

On October 7, 1999, the Assistant 

Secretary issued a notice under 14 CFR 

Part 293, Notice of Exemption from the 

Department’s Tariff-Filing Requirement, 

Docket OST–97–2050–14, specifying the 

terms of the exemptions for markets in 

Category A (no fare filing(s), Category B 

(normal one-way economy fare filing(s) 

only or Category C (filing all fares), 

taking into account specific factors 

present in each market. The notice also 

specified which general rules must 

continue to be filed. 

On September 12, 2005, the Assistant 

Secretary issued a Notice of Exemption 

from the Department’s Tariff-Filing 

Requirements, Docket OST–97–2050–

15, updating the list of countries added 

to the tariff-filing exemptions under 14 

CFR 293 for country-pair markets, 

transferring more countries between 

categories, and increasing the number of 

exempted countries from the tariff-filing 

requirements. 

On April 8, 2008, the Assistant 

Secretary issued a third notice (Notice 

of Exemption from the Department’s 

Tariff-Filing Requirements, Docket 

OST–97–2050–18), updating the list of 

countries added to the tariff-filing 

exemptions under 14 CFR 293 for 

country-pair markets, transferring more 

countries between categories and 

increasing the number of exempted 

countries from the tariff-filing 

requirements. Most of the changes in the 

2005 and 2008 notices moved countries 

into Category A (not fare filing(s), 

reflecting the increasing number of 

‘‘open skies’’ air services agreements 

between the United States and its 

trading partners. The effect on the 

burden hours can not be determined at 

this time for the newest updated list of 

tariff-filing exemptions. Because of 

exemptions that have been granted to 

U.S. and foreign carriers from the 

statutory and regulatory duty to file 

international passenger tariffs for many 

markets, the burden of such filings has 

been substantially reduced. When the 

final rule was issued in July 1999, we 

estimated the total annual burden on 

respondents at 650,000 hours. In 2007, 

the Department received 45,840 

electronic filings, with an estimated 

annual burden of 229,200 burden hours. 

This reflected the fact that fewer 

markets were subject to filing 

requirements, but the reduction was 

tempered somewhat by a higher 

frequency of filings in markets still 

subject to filing. Considering these 

offsetting factors, we anticipate a 

modest further reduction of burden in 

the future. 

Respondents: The vast majority of the 

air carriers filing international tariffs are 

large operators with revenues in excess 

of several million dollars each year. 

Small air carriers operating aircraft with 

60 seats or less and 18,000 pounds 

payload or less that offer on-demand airtaxi service are not required to file such 

tariffs. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 229,200. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, by the use of electronic 

means, including the use of automated 


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collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: August 29, 2008. 

Patricia Lawton, 

IT Policy Oversight, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–20851 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2009–22842] 

Notice of Opportunity To Participate, 

Criteria Requirements and Application 

Procedure for Participation in the 

Military Airport Program (MAP) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of criteria and 

application procedures for designation 

or redesignation, for the fiscal year 2009 

MAP. 

SUMMARY: In anticipation of congress 

enacting an extension of the Airport 

Improvement Program (AIP) the FAA is 

publishing this annual notice. This 

notice announces the criteria, 

application procedures, and schedule to 

be applied by the Secretary of 

Transportation in designating or 

redesignating, and funding capital 

development annually for up to 15 

current (joint-use) or former military 

airports seeking designation or 

redesignation to participate in the MAP. 

While FAA currently has continuing 

authority to designate or redesignate 

airports, FAA does not have authority to 

issue grants for fiscal year 2009 MAP, 

and will not have authority until 

Congress enacts legislation enabling 

FAA to issue grants. 

The MAP allows the Secretary to 

designate current (joint-use) or former 

military airports to receive grants from 

the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). 

The Secretary is authorized to designate 

an airport (other than an airport 

designated before August 24, 1994) only 

if: 

(1) The airport is a former military 

installation closed or realigned under 

the Title 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2687 

(announcement of closures of large 

Department of Defense installations 

after September 30, 1977), or under 

Section 201 or 2905 of the Defense 

Authorization Amendments and Base 

Closure and Realignment Acts; or (2) the 

airport is a military installation with 

both military and civil aircraft 

operations. 

The Secretary shall consider for 

designation only those current or former 

military airports, at least partly 

converted to civilian airports as part of 

the national air transportation system, 

that will reduce delays at airports with 

more than 20,000 hours of annual 

delays in commercial passenger aircraft 

takeoffs and landings, or will enhance 

airport and air traffic control system 

capacity in metropolitan areas, or 

reduce current and projected flight 

delays (49 U.S.C. 47118(c)). 

DATES: Applications must be received 

on or before November 10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit an original and two 

copies of Standard Form (SF) 424, 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance,’’

prescribed by the Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–102, available at 

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

airports/regional_guidance/ 

northwest_mountain/ 

airports_resources/forms/media/ 

applications/application_sf_424.doc 

along with any supporting and 

justifying documentation. Applicant 

should specifically request to be 

considered for designation or 

redesignation to participate in the fiscal 

year 2009 MAP. Submission should be 

sent to the Regional FAA Airports 

Division or Airports District Office that 

serves the airport. Applicants may find 

the proper office on the FAA Web site 

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

airports/regional_guidance/ or may 

contact the office below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kendall Ball (Kendall.Ball@faa.gov), 

Airports Financial Assistance Division 

(APP–500), Office of Airport Planning 

and Programming, Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–7436. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Description of the Program 

The MAP provides capital 

development assistance to civil airport 

sponsors of designated current (jointuse) military airfields or former military 

airports that are included in the FAA’s 

National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems (NPIAS). Airports designated to 

the MAP may obtain funds from a setaside (currently four percent) of AIP 

discretionary funds for airport 

development, including certain projects 

not otherwise eligible for AIP assistance. 

These airports are also eligible to 

receive grants from other categories of 

AIP funding. 

Number of Airports 

A maximum of 15 airports per fiscal 

year (FY) may participate in the MAP. 

There are 5 slots available for 

designation or redesignation in FY 2009. 

There is no general aviation slot 

available this year. 

Term of Designation 

The maximum term is five fiscal years 

following designation. The FAA can 

designate airports for a period of less 

than five years. The FAA will evaluate 

the conversion needs of the airport in its 

capital development plan to determine 

the appropriate length of designation. 

Redesignation 

Previously designated airports may 

apply for redesignation of an additional 

term not to exceed five years. Those 

airports must meet current eligibility 

requirements in 49 U.S.C. 47118(a) at 

the beginning of each grant period and 

have MAP eligible projects. The FAA 

will evaluate applications for 

redesignation primarily in terms of 

warranted projects fundable only under 

the MAP as these candidates tend to 

have fewer conversion needs than new 

candidates. The FAA wants MAP 

airports to graduate to regular AIP 

participation. 

Eligible Projects 

In addition to eligible AIP projects, 

MAP can fund fuel farms, utility 

systems, surface automobile parking 

lots, hangars, and air cargo terminals up 

to 50,000 square feet. Designated or 

redesignated military airports can 

receive not more than $7,000,000 for 

each fiscal year after 2005 for projects to 

construct, improve, or repair terminal 

building facilities. Designated or 

redesignated military airports can 

receive not more than $7,000,000 for 

each fiscal year after 2005 for MAP 

eligible projects that include hangars, 

cargo facilities, fuel farms, automobile 

surface parking, and utility work. 

Designation Considerations 

In making designations of new 

candidate airports, the Secretary of 

Transportation may only designate an 

airport (other than an airport so 

designated before August 24, 1994) if it 

meets the following general 

requirements: 

(1) The airport is a former military 

installation closed or realigned under: 

(A) Section 2687 of Title 10; 

(B) Section 201 of the Defense 

Authorization Amendments and Base 


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