Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Renewal, 18602 [E8-7075]

Download as PDF 18602 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 66 / Friday, April 4, 2008 / Notices We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: • 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 Application (DS–160) will be used to 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), ´ DS–156K (Nonimmigrant Fiance Application), DS–157 (Nonimmigrant Supplemental Visa Application), DS– 158 (Contact Information and Work History Application), and DS–3052 (Nonimmigrant V Visa Application). Methodology: The DS–160 will be submitted electronically to the Department via the internet. The applicant will be instructed to print a confirmation page 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. [FR Doc. E8–6989 Filed 4–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Renewal Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of renewal. ebenthall on PRODPC61 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:24 Apr 03, 2008 Jkt 214001 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. [FR Doc. E8–7075 Filed 4–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 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, PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 66 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7075]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Renewal

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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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 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.
 [FR Doc. E8-7075 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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