Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges With the Arts of Islamic Culture”, 77582-77583 [2011-31984]
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procedures used to implement them,
beginning on or about January 3, 2012.
Background
The guidelines governing ECA’s grant
program were established in 1983 and
have been modified from time-to-time to
comply with new directives and
mandates. The four modifications
outlined in this announcement will
serve to further support the
Department’s Greening Diplomacy
Initiative, help the Department adhere
to new OMB guidance to all Federal
agencies to streamline, standardize and
simplify grants processes, allow for
expanded monitoring and oversight over
programs and increase opportunities for
new organizations to compete for ECA
programs.
The modifications are:
(1) Eliminating use of the Federal
Register to announce ECA grant funding
opportunities referred to as Request for
Grant Proposals (RFGPs) and rely
exclusively on the Grants.gov and ECA
Web sites for this purpose.
(2) Requiring all applicants
submitting proposals in response to
RFGPs to utilize the grants.gov web—
portal site exclusively for submission of
grant proposals. Thus, eliminating the
current ‘‘hard- copy’’ submission
option.
(3) Increasing the ‘‘pilot grant limit’’
for awards to organizations with less
than four years of experience
conducting international exchanges
from the current $60,000 level
established in 1983 to $130,000 which
reflects a comparable ceiling in today’s
dollars, adjusted for inflation. ECA will
also update the pilot grant limit from
time to time in the future, not to exceed
the 1983 level adjusted for inflation.
(4) Modifying ECA’s current grant
renewal process to allow for Option
Years for certain programs. Individual
announcements for competed programs
will contain information on whether a
program will be renewed through
additional awards or through the use of
option years, pending successful
performance and the availability of
funds.
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For additional information please
contact Hans Posey, Program
Management Division, ECA/EX/PM,
U.S. Department of State, 2200 C Street
NW., Washington, DC 20037, (202) 632–
6385, email: PoseyHE@state.gov.
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Dated: December 6, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7725]
[Public Notice: 7726]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Cindy
Sherman’’
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, and Delegation of
Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000
(and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I
hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Cindy
Sherman,’’ 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 Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York, from on or about
February 26, 2012, until on or about
June 11, 2012, the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
California, from on or about July 14,
2012, until on or about October 7, 2012,
the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, from on or about November
3, 2012, until on or about February 10,
2013, and the Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, Texas, from on or about March
17, 2013, until on or about June 9, 2013,
and at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the
national interest. I have ordered that
Public Notice of these Determinations
be published in the Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Paul W.
Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: (202) 632–6469). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional Information
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Dated: December 7, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
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Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Beauty
and Belief: Crossing Bridges With the
Arts of Islamic Culture’’
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, and Delegation of
Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000
(and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I
hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Beauty and
Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of
Islamic Culture,’’ 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 Brigham
Young University Museum of Art,
Provo, Utah, from on or about February
24, 2012, until on or about September
29, 2012, the Indianapolis Museum of
Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, from on or
about November 2, 2012, until on or
about January 13, 2013, the Newark
Museum, Newark, New Jersey, from on
or about February 13, 2013, until on or
about May 19, 2013, the Portland Art
Museum, Portland, Oregon, from on or
about June 15, 2013, until on or about
September 8, 2013, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these Determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Paul W.
Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: (202) 632–6469). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: December 6, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 7728]
Vantage Pipeline US LP; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues,
and To Initiate Consultation Under
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act for the Proposed
Vantage Pipeline Project
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December 9, 2011.
The staff of the United States
Department of State (DOS) will prepare
an environmental assessment (EA) that
will discuss the environmental impacts
of the Vantage Pipeline Project
involving construction, operation, and
maintenance of facilities at the U.S.Canada border by Vantage Pipeline US
LP (Vantage) in Williams and Divide
Counties, North Dakota. This EA will be
used by the DOS in its decision-making
process to determine whether the
project would serve the national interest
and be issued a Presidential Permit.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the DOS will use to
gather input from the public and
interested agencies on the project. Your
input will help the DOS staff determine
what issues need to be evaluated in the
EA. Please note that the scoping period
will close on January 17, 2011.
This notice is being sent to the DOS’
current environmental mailing list for
this project. State and local government
representatives are asked to notify their
constituents of this planned project and
encourage them to comment on their
areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, you may have already been or
may be contacted by a pipeline
company representative about the
acquisition of an easement to construct,
operate, and maintain the proposed
facilities. The company would seek to
negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the project is
approved by the DOS, that approval
conveys with it the right of eminent
domain. Therefore, if easement
negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings
where compensation would be
determined in accordance with state
law.
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Additionally, the DOS has determined
that issuance of a Presidential Permit for
the Vantage Pipeline Project triggers
review under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act and
is consequently initiating the required
consultation under that statute.
Consultation will be conducted with
State Historic Preservation Officers,
Indian tribes, and the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, and other
consulting parties, as appropriate, to
determine the locations (if any) of
potential sites for inclusion on the
National Register of Historic Places as
well as the potential eligibility and
findings of effect for cultural resources
identified within the Vantage Pipeline
Project Area of Potential Effect.
A fact sheet prepared by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ is available for your review
on the DOS’ Web site for the project (see
the Additional Information section,
below). Although the proposed Vantage
project involves an ethane pipeline,
many of the typically asked questions
addressed in the fact sheet also apply to
this project. It is also available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
Vantage proposes to construct and
operate 77.4 miles of 10-inch-diameter
ethane 1 pipeline in Williams and
Divide Counties, North Dakota. The
project would also include the
installation of mainline valves at seven
locations along the pipeline and the use
of various ancillary facilities (e.g.,
access roads, yards). According to
Applicant, the Vantage Pipeline Project
would serve the national interest by
providing the natural gas, oil, and
ethane-producing Bakken Formation
region of North Dakota with access to
the existing ethane infrastructure and
market associated with the Alberta
Ethane Gathering System in Alberta.
Currently no market exists for
petrochemical grade (also known as
‘‘specification’’ or ‘‘pure grade’’) ethane
in North Dakota; however, the
construction of the Vantage Pipeline
will make it feasible to extract the
ethane byproduct from North Dakotaproduced natural gas and export it for
1 According to the application, the ethane
transported in the Vantage Pipeline is a flammable
liquid that is non-corrosive, odorless, and colorless.
It has similar characteristics to natural gas, the fuel
that is used in furnaces to heat homes. Ethane is
currently used as a feedstock by the Alberta
petrochemical industry and is ultimately converted
to plastics, anti-freeze, rubber, detergents, solvents,
and like products.
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use in the Canadian petrochemical
industry. The Applicant contends that
the pipeline will therefore enhance
exports from the United States, allow
U.S. natural gas producers to recognize
benefits from an existing resource from
which they are not presently
recognizing any financial benefit, and
will contribute to the national economy
in terms of job creation and tax
payments.
The general location of the project
facilities is at https://
www.vantagepipeline.state.gov.
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities
would disturb about 700 acres of land
for the aboveground facilities and the
pipeline. Following construction, about
280 acres would be maintained for
permanent operation of the project’s
facilities; the remaining acreage would
be restored and allowed to revert to
former uses.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the DOS take into
account the environmental impacts that
could result from the approval of a
Presidential Permit authorizing
construction, operation, and
maintenance of pipeline facilities of
natural gas liquids to be located at the
international border of the United States
and Canada. NEPA also requires the
DOS to discover and address concerns
the public may have about proposals.
This process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’
The main goal of the scoping process is
to focus the analysis in the EA on the
important environmental issues. By this
notice, the DOS requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to
address in the EA. All comments
received will be considered during the
preparation of the EA.
In the EA, the DOS will discuss
impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the
proposed project under these general
headings:
• Geology and soils;
• Water resources and wetlands;
• Vegetation and wildlife (including
endangered and threatened species);
• Land use, recreation, and visual
resources;
• Socioeconomics;
• Cultural resources;
• Air quality and noise;
• Public safety; and
• Cumulative impacts.
The DOS will also evaluate reasonable
alternatives to the proposed project or
portions of the project, and make
recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource
areas.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7725]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges With the Arts of
Islamic Culture''
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, and Delegation of Authority No.
236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority
No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with
the Arts of Islamic Culture,'' 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 Brigham Young University Museum of Art,
Provo, Utah, from on or about February 24, 2012, until on or about
September 29, 2012, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis,
Indiana, from on or about November 2, 2012, until on or about January
13, 2013, the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, from on or about
February 13, 2013, until on or about May 19, 2013, the Portland Art
Museum, Portland, Oregon, from on or about June 15, 2013, until on or
about September 8, 2013, and at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have
ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a
list of the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202)
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD,
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.
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Dated: December 6, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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