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• 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.
Abstract of Proposed Collection:
The Nonimmigrant Visa Electronic
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collect biographical and other
information from individuals seeking a
nonimmigrant visa. The consular officer
uses the information collected to
determine the applicant’s eligibility for
a visa. This collection combines
questions from current information
collections DS–156 (Nonimmigrant Visa
Application), DS–156E (Nonimmigrant
Treaty Trader Investor Application),
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Supplemental Visa Application), DS–
158 (Contact Information and Work
History Application), and DS–3052
(Nonimmigrant V Visa Application).
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containing a bar coded record locator,
which will be scanned at the time of
processing. Applicants who submit the
electronic application will no longer
submit paper-based applications to the
Department.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 5, 2008.
Stephen A. Edson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Consular Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee; Renewal
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section
14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, and in accordance with
section 102–3.65, title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, the FAA gives
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notice it has renewed the Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee
(ARAC) for a 2-year period beginning
March 20, 2008. The Committee’s
primary purpose is to provide the public
with an earlier opportunity to
participate in the FAA’s rulemaking
process. It will continue to operate in
accordance with the rules of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and the
Department of Transportation, FAA
Committee Management Order
(1110.30C).
For further information about the
ARAC, please contact Ms. Gerri
Robinson, FAA Office of Rulemaking,
800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591; telephone
number: 202–267–9678.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,
2008.
Pamela A. Hamilton-Powell,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No: FAA–2008–23639]
Deadline for Notification of Intent To
Use the Airport Improvement Program
(AIP) Sponsor, Cargo, and Nonprimary
Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2008
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces June
1, 2008, as the deadline for each airport
sponsor to notify the FAA whether or
not it will use its fiscal year 2008
entitlement funds available under
Public Law 110–190 to accomplish AIPeligible projects that the sponsor
previously identified through the
Airports Capital Improvement Plan
(ACIP) process during the preceding
year. If a sponsor does not declare their
intention regarding the use of 2008
entitlement funds by June 1, 2008, FAA
will be unable to take the necessary
actions to designate these as ‘‘protected’’
carryover funds and these funds would
not be carried over if FAA spending
authority from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund is not extended beyond June
30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Wayne Heibeck, Deputy Director, Office
of Airport Planning and Programming,
APP–2, on (202) 267–8775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
47105(f) of title 49, United States Code,
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provides that the sponsor of each airport
to which funds are apportioned shall
notify the Secretary by such time and in
a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of
the sponsor’s intent to apply for the
funds apportioned to it (entitlements).
This notice applies only to those
airports that have had entitlement funds
apportioned to them, except those
nonprimary airports located in
designated Block Grant States. Sponsors
intending to apply for any of their
available entitlement funds, including
those unused from prior years, shall
submit by June 1, 2008, a written
indication to the designated Airports
District Office (or Regional Office in
regions without Airports District
Offices) that they will advertise, bid,
and submit an application prior to June
10, 2008, or by the date established by
the designated Airport District or
Regional Office.
This notice is promulgated to
expedite and prioritize the grant-making
process. In the past, the FAA has
established a deadline of May 1 for an
airport sponsor to declare that it will
defer use of its entitlement funding.
Considering the AIP program has been
extended for only 9-months into the
middle of a fiscal year, and uncertainty
about additional statutory action before
the end of the fiscal year, the FAA is
establishing June 1 as the deadline for
each airport sponsor to notify the FAA
whether or not it will use its fiscal year
2008 entitlement funds.
Public Law 110–190, enacted on
February 28, 2008, amended section
48103 of title 49, United States Code, to
extend the Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) for the 9-month period
beginning October 1, 2007 and ending
on June 30, 2008. This law enables the
FAA to use a portion of the AIP
obligation authority made available
under Public Law 110–161
(‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2008’’). Although the AIP grant
authority available for FY2008 does not
expire on June 30, 2008, the FAA’s
expenditure authority from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund will expire on
June 30 in the absence of an additional
statutory extension. Therefore, to avoid
the risk of not being able to carryover
funds should an additional extension
not be enacted, AIP funds should be
obligated in FAA’s accounting records
on or before June 20. Obligations must
be made on or before June 20, rather
than June 30 because the FAA’s
accounting systems will be taken offline to perform the end of the month
closeout shortly after this date.
Sponsors have three options available
to them regarding AIP grants during this
9-month period. First, sponsors may
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elect to make an application for a grant
based on entitlements currently
available to them. Sponsors that elect to
take such a grant must submit grant
applications to the FAA no later than
June 10, 2008, in order to meet the June
20, 2008, obligation deadline. Second,
sponsors may elect to wait until after
the June 1, 2008 notification date for
protection of carryover entitlements.
However, if a sponsor does not declare
their intention regarding the use of 2008
entitlement funds by the June 1
deadline, FAA will be unable to take the
necessary actions to designate these as
‘‘protected’’ carryover funds and these
funds would not be carried over if
FAA’s Trust Fund expenditure authority
is not extended beyond June 30, 2008.
Third, sponsors may elect to declare
their intention to carryover the
entitlements prior to the June 1, 2008
deadline through sending an acceptable
written notification of such intention by
June 1, 2008. FAA will then issue
discretionary grants in an aggregate
amount not to exceed the aggregate
amount of deferred entitlement funds
pursuant to the authority and
limitations in section 471 17(f). Airport
sponsors may request their unused
carryover entitlements that have been
deferred after September 30, 2008 as
provided in current law.
If a statutory extension beyond June
30th of FAA’s authority to make
expenditures from the Trust Fund is
enacted, and if additional AIP contract
authority for fiscal year 2008 is made
available, and FAA is therefore able to
use the remaining obligation authority
under Public Law 110–161 through
September 30, 2008, the deadline for
each airport sponsor to notify the FAA
that it will use the remainder of its
entitlement funds will be July 9, 2008.
Sponsors intending to apply for any of
their available entitlement funds,
including those unused from prior
years, those previously apportioned
pursuant to Public Law 110–160, or
those apportioned through a statutory
extension for fiscal year 2008
entitlement funds shall submit by July
9, 2008, a written indication to the
designated Airports District Office (or
Regional Office in regions without
Airports District Offices) that they will
advertise, bid, and submit an
application prior to August 1, 2008, or
by the date established by the
designated Airport District or Regional
Office.
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Issued in Washington, DC on March 28,
2008.
Wayne Heibeck
Deputy Director, FAA Office of Airport
Planning and Programming.
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Hilton ATA Room Morning (9–12 p.m.)
(tentative), WG–6, Interference (GPS
Interference), Colson Board Room.
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• Chairman’s Introductory Remarks.
• Approval of Summary of the
Seventy-Fifth Meeting held January 25,
2008, 2007, RTCA Paper No. 071–
081SC159–962.
• Review Working Group (WG)
Progress and Identify Issues for
Resolution.
Æ GPS/3rd Civil Frequency (WG–1).
Æ GPSIWASS (WG–2).
Æ GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A).
Æ GPS/Inertial (WG–2C).
Æ GPS/Precision Landing Guidance
and (WG–4).
Æ GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance
(WG–5).
Æ GPS/Interference (WG–6).
Æ GPS/Antennas (WG–7).
Æ GPS/GRAS (WG–8).
• Ad Hoc Group—Report—Proposed
Activity—GPS L1 Only MOPS.
• Review of EEJROCAE Activities.
• Assignment/Review of Future
Work.
• Other Business.
• Date and Place of Next Meeting.
Attendance is open to the interested
public but limited to space availability.
With the approval of the chairmen,
members of the public may present oral
statements at the meeting. Persons
wishing to present statements or obtain
information should contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section. Members of the public
may present a written statement to the
committee at any time.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Seventy-Sixth Meeting, RTCA Special
Committee 159: Global Positioning
System (GPS)
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special
Committee 159 meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of
RTCA Special Committee 159: Global
Positioning System (GPS).
DATES: The meeting will be held April
14–18, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(unless stated otherwise).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite
805, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW.,
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036;
telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202)
833–9434; Web site https://www.rtca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is
hereby given for a Special Committee
159 meeting. The plenary agenda will
include:
April 14
• All Day, Working Group 2C, Inertial
(GPS/Inertial), Macintosh-NBAA Room
& Hilton ATA Room.
April 18
Plenary Session
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 26,
2008.
Francisco Estrada C.,
RTCA Advisory Committee.
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April 15
• All Day, Working Group 4,
Precision Landing Guidance (GPS/
LAAS), MacIntosh-NBAA Room &
Hilton ATA Room.
April 16
• All Day, Working Group 2, Wide
Area Augmentation System (GPS/
WAAS), ARINC Room.
• All Day, Working Group 4,
Precision Landing Guidance
(GPSILAAS), MacIntosh-NBAA Room &
Hilton ATA Room.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Forty-Fourth Meeting, RTCA Special
Committee 186: Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B)
April 17
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special
Committee 186 Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B)
meeting.
• All Day, Working Group 4,
Precision Landing Guidance (GPS/
LAAS), MacIntosh-NBAA Room &
SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of
RTCA Special Committee 186
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[FR Doc No: E8-6943]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No: FAA-2008-23639]
Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) Sponsor, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement
Funds for Fiscal Year 2008
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces June 1,
2008, as the deadline for each airport sponsor to notify the FAA
whether or not it will use its fiscal year 2008 entitlement funds
available under Public Law 110-190 to accomplish AIP-eligible projects
that the sponsor previously identified through the Airports Capital
Improvement Plan (ACIP) process during the preceding year. If a sponsor
does not declare their intention regarding the use of 2008 entitlement
funds by June 1, 2008, FAA will be unable to take the necessary actions
to designate these as ``protected'' carryover funds and these funds
would not be carried over if FAA spending authority from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund is not extended beyond June 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wayne Heibeck, Deputy Director,
Office of Airport Planning and Programming, APP-2, on (202) 267-8775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 47105(f) of title 49, United States
Code, provides that the sponsor of each airport to which funds are
apportioned shall notify the Secretary by such time and in a form as
prescribed by the Secretary, of the sponsor's intent to apply for the
funds apportioned to it (entitlements). This notice applies only to
those airports that have had entitlement funds apportioned to them,
except those nonprimary airports located in designated Block Grant
States. Sponsors intending to apply for any of their available
entitlement funds, including those unused from prior years, shall
submit by June 1, 2008, a written indication to the designated Airports
District Office (or Regional Office in regions without Airports
District Offices) that they will advertise, bid, and submit an
application prior to June 10, 2008, or by the date established by the
designated Airport District or Regional Office.
This notice is promulgated to expedite and prioritize the grant-
making process. In the past, the FAA has established a deadline of May
1 for an airport sponsor to declare that it will defer use of its
entitlement funding. Considering the AIP program has been extended for
only 9-months into the middle of a fiscal year, and uncertainty about
additional statutory action before the end of the fiscal year, the FAA
is establishing June 1 as the deadline for each airport sponsor to
notify the FAA whether or not it will use its fiscal year 2008
entitlement funds.
Public Law 110-190, enacted on February 28, 2008, amended section
48103 of title 49, United States Code, to extend the Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) for the 9-month period beginning October 1,
2007 and ending on June 30, 2008. This law enables the FAA to use a
portion of the AIP obligation authority made available under Public Law
110-161 (``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008''). Although the AIP
grant authority available for FY2008 does not expire on June 30, 2008,
the FAA's expenditure authority from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund
will expire on June 30 in the absence of an additional statutory
extension. Therefore, to avoid the risk of not being able to carryover
funds should an additional extension not be enacted, AIP funds should
be obligated in FAA's accounting records on or before June 20.
Obligations must be made on or before June 20, rather than June 30
because the FAA's accounting systems will be taken off-line to perform
the end of the month closeout shortly after this date.
Sponsors have three options available to them regarding AIP grants
during this 9-month period. First, sponsors may
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elect to make an application for a grant based on entitlements
currently available to them. Sponsors that elect to take such a grant
must submit grant applications to the FAA no later than June 10, 2008,
in order to meet the June 20, 2008, obligation deadline. Second,
sponsors may elect to wait until after the June 1, 2008 notification
date for protection of carryover entitlements. However, if a sponsor
does not declare their intention regarding the use of 2008 entitlement
funds by the June 1 deadline, FAA will be unable to take the necessary
actions to designate these as ``protected'' carryover funds and these
funds would not be carried over if FAA's Trust Fund expenditure
authority is not extended beyond June 30, 2008. Third, sponsors may
elect to declare their intention to carryover the entitlements prior to
the June 1, 2008 deadline through sending an acceptable written
notification of such intention by June 1, 2008. FAA will then issue
discretionary grants in an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate
amount of deferred entitlement funds pursuant to the authority and
limitations in section 471 17(f). Airport sponsors may request their
unused carryover entitlements that have been deferred after September
30, 2008 as provided in current law.
If a statutory extension beyond June 30th of FAA's authority to
make expenditures from the Trust Fund is enacted, and if additional AIP
contract authority for fiscal year 2008 is made available, and FAA is
therefore able to use the remaining obligation authority under Public
Law 110-161 through September 30, 2008, the deadline for each airport
sponsor to notify the FAA that it will use the remainder of its
entitlement funds will be July 9, 2008. Sponsors intending to apply for
any of their available entitlement funds, including those unused from
prior years, those previously apportioned pursuant to Public Law 110-
160, or those apportioned through a statutory extension for fiscal year
2008 entitlement funds shall submit by July 9, 2008, a written
indication to the designated Airports District Office (or Regional
Office in regions without Airports District Offices) that they will
advertise, bid, and submit an application prior to August 1, 2008, or
by the date established by the designated Airport District or Regional
Office.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 28, 2008.
Wayne Heibeck
Deputy Director, FAA Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. E8-6943 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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