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1Formerly Guilford Rail System. 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements 

Award recipients will be required to 

maintain specific data on program 

participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the agreement or who 

benefit from the award funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three work days prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Karene Grad, 

ECA/A/S/U, SA–5, Floor 4, Department 

of State, Washington, DC 20522–0504; email GradKX@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/A/S/U– 

10–01. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–16926 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6696] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Arshile 

Gorky: A Retrospective’’ 

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 ‘‘Arshile 

Gorky: A Retrospective,’’ 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 Philadelphia 

Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, from 

on or about October 8, 2009, until on or 

about January 10, 2010; at the Museum 

of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 

from on or about June 6, 2010, until on 

or about September 6, 2010, 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 Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8048). The address 

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

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

DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: July 9, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–16934 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–32 (Sub-No. 100)] 

Boston and Maine Corporation, Inc. 

and Springfiled Terminal Railway 

Company—Adverse Discontinuance— 

New England Southern Railroad Co., 

Inc. 

On June 19, 2009, Pan Am Railways 1

and its subsidiaries, Boston and Maine 

Corporation, Inc. (B&M), and 

Springfield Terminal Railway Company 

(ST) (collectively, Pan Am), filed an 

application under 49 U.S.C. 10903 

asking the Board to authorize the thirdparty, or ‘‘adverse,’’ discontinuance of 

operating authority of New England 

Southern Railroad Co., Inc. (NES), over 

approximately 27 miles of B&M’s New 

Hampshire Main Line (Line), extending 

from milepost B80.68 at Penacook to 

milepost B56 at Manchester, NH, and 

including (1) the portion of the former 

Claremont and Concord Railroad line 

from the switch to the New Hampshire 

Main Line valuation station 41+98; and 

(2) one track for interchange purposes in 

the B&M yard at Manchester. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service ZIP Codes 03101, 03106, 03301, 

03303, and 03304. 

Pan Am states that NES has been 

operating the Line under a lease which 

was entered into on January 14, 1985, 

and which provides that either party 

may terminate it on 90 days’ written 

notice to the other party once the initial 

10-year term expires. Pan Am states 

that, on or about April 27, 2007, it gave 

NES written notice of termination, 

effective on or about August 1, 2007, 

and indicated that it would assume 

operating the Line under its own 

operating plan. According to Pan Am, 

NES, in a letter dated July 21, 2007, 

responded that it would not file for 

discontinuance. Pan Am states that the 

adverse discontinuance is necessary to 

remove NES’s interest in the Line from 

Board jurisdiction and enable Pan Am 

to pursue contract remedies under state 

law. 

In a decision served in this 

proceeding on February 12, 2008, the 

Board granted a petition filed by Pan 

Am for exemptions from several 

statutory provisions and for waivers of 

certain Board regulations governing rail 

line discontinuances. The Board 

required Pan Am to serve a copy of the 

decision on all of the Line’s shippers 

and connecting carriers, the U.S. 

Railroad Retirement Board, and the 


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2According to Pan Am’s certificate of service, a 

copy of the waiver request was served on the 

Governor of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire 

Public Utility Commission, and the Bureau of Rail 

and Transit of New Hampshire. 

headquarters of all duly certified labor 

organizations 2

Pan Am states that the Line does not 

contain federally granted rights-of-way. 

Any documentation in Pan Am’s 

possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. Pan 

Am’s entire case in chief for adverse 

discontinuance was filed with the 

application. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment–Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

Any interested person may file 

written comments concerning the 

proposed adverse discontinuance or 

protests (including protestant’s entire 

opposition case) by August 30, 2009. 

Replies and rebuttal to written 

comments and protests shall be filed 

and served by applicants by September 

14, 2009. Because Pan Am intends to 

conduct operations on the Line, all 

interested persons should be aware that 

this application is for adverse 

discontinuance and will not result in 

the abandonment of existing operations. 

Therefore, the public use provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 10905 (49 CFR 1152.28) and 

the trail use provisions 16 U.S.C. 

1247(d) (49 CFR 1152.29) will not 

apply. 

Persons opposing the proposed 

adverse discontinuance who wish to 

participate actively and fully in the 

process should file a protest. Persons 

who may oppose the adverse 

discontinuance but who do not wish to 

participate fully in the process by 

submitting verified statements of 

witnesses containing detailed evidence 

should file comments. Parties seeking 

information concerning the filing of 

protests should refer to 49 CFR 1152.25. 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–32 

(Sub-No. 100) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001; and (2) Michael Q. Geary, Pan Am 

Railways, 1700 Iron Horse Park, North 

Billerica, MA 01877. Filings may be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 

attach a document and otherwise 

comply with the instructions found on 

the Board’s http://www.stb.dot.gov Web 

site, at the ‘‘E–FILING’’ link. Any person 

submitting a filing in the traditional 

paper format should send the original 

and 10 copies of the filing to the Board 

with a certificate of service. Except as 

otherwise set forth in 49 CFR 1152, 

every document filed with the Board 

must be served on all parties to this 

adverse discontinuance proceeding. See 

49 CFR 1104.12(a). 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment/ 

discontinuance procedures may contact 

the Board’s Office of Public Assistance, 

Governmental Affairs and Compliance 

at (202) 245–0230 or refer to the full 

abandonment/discontinuance 

regulations at 49 CFR 1152. [Assistance 

for the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 10, 2009. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–16889 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Seeking OMB Approval 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FAA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) revision of a current information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on February 

2, 2009, vol. 74, no. 20, page 5885. This 

information is used to issue special 

flight authorizations for non-revenue 

operations of Stage 2 airplanes at U.S. 

airports. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

August 17, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Title: Changes in Permissible Stage 2 

Airplane Operations. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0652. 

Forms(s): There are no FAA forms 

associated with this collection. 

Affected Public: An estimated 50 

Respondents 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Response: Approximately 14.4 minutes 

per response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 12 hours annually. 

Abstract: This information is used to 

issue special flight authorizations for 

non-revenue operations of Stage 2 

airplanes at U.S. airports. Only a 

minimal amount of data is requested to 

identify the affected parties and 

determine whether the purpose for the 

flight is one of those enumerated by law. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer. 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimates of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 

2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–16807 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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