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BILLING CODE 4191-02-C DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 5870] United States-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Board; Public Announcement of a Science and Technology Program for Competitive Grants to Support International, Collaborative Projects in Science and Technology Between U.S. and Egyptian Cooperators AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Jones, Program Administrator, U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Grants Program, USAID/Cairo, Unit 64900, Box 5, APO AE 09839-4900; phone: 011-(20-2) 2522-6887; fax: 011-(20-2) 2522-7041;

E-mail: *bljones@usaid.gov.* The 2007 Program Announcement, including proposal guidelines, will be available starting July 2, 2007 on the Joint Board Web site: *http://www.usembassy.egnet.net/usegypt/joint-st.htm.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: This program is established under 22 U.S.C. 2656d and the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. A solicitation for this program will begin July 2, 2007.

This program will provide modest grants for successfully competitive proposals for binational collaborative projects and other activities submitted by U.S. and Egyptian experts. Projects must help the United States and Egypt utilize science and apply technology by providing opportunities to exchange ideas, information, skills, and techniques, and to collaborate on scientific and technological endeavors of mutual interest and benefit. Proposals which fully meet the submission requirements as outlined in the Program Announcement will receive peer reviews.

Proposals considered for funding in fiscal year 2008 must be postmarked by October 22, 2007. All proposals will be considered; however, special consideration will be given to proposals that address priority areas defined by the Joint Board. These include priorities in the areas of information technology, environmental technologies, biotechnology, energy, standards and metrology, manufacturing technologies, and others. More information and copies of the Program Announcement and Application may be obtained by request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Robert S. Senseney, Senior Advisor for Science Partnerships, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, U.S. Department of State and Chair, U.S.-Egypt S&T Joint Board at

(202)663-3246 or *SenseneyRS@state.gov.* Dated: July 24, 2007. Shirley Hart, Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Department of State. [FR Doc. E7-14807 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710-09-P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 5871] United States-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Board; Public Announcement of a Science and Technology Program for Competitive Grants To Support Junior Scientist Development Visits by U.S. and Egyptian Scientists AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Barbara Jones, Program Administrator, U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Grants Program, USAID/Cairo, Unit 64900, Box 5, APO AE 09839-4900; phone: 011-(20-2) 2522-6887; fax: 011 (20-2) 2522-7041; E-mail: *bljones@usaid.gov* . The 2007 Program guidelines for Junior Scientist Development visits will be available starting July 2, 2007 on the Joint Board Web site: *http://egypt.usembassy.gov/usegypt.htm* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: This program is established under 22 U.S.C. 2656d and the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. A solicitation for this program will begin July 2, 2007. This program will provide modest grants for successfully competitive proposals for development visits by U.S. Junior Scientists to Egypt and Junior Egyptian Scientists to the United States. Applicants must be scientists who have received their PhD within the past ten years. U.S. applicants only may have a Master's degree or be currently enrolled in a PhD program. Applications considered for funding must be postmarked by October 29, 2007. All proposals which fully meet the submission requirements will be considered. More information and copies of the Program Announcement and Application may be obtained upon request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Robert S. Senseney, Senior Advisor for Science Partnerships, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, U.S. Department of State and Chair, U.S.-Egypt S&T Joint Board at

(202)663-3246 or *SenseneyRS@state.gov* . Dated: July 24, 2007. Shirley Hart, Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Department of State. [FR Doc. E7-14806 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710-09-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending June 22, 2007 The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 *et seq.* ). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings. *Docket Number:* OST-2007-28547. *Date Filed:* June 18, 2007. *Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope:* July 9, 2007. *Description:* Application of First Choice Airways Limited (“First Choice”), requesting an exemption and an amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing First Choice to conduct:

(i)Charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from any point(s) behind any European Community Member State via any point(s) in the European Community Member States and intermediate points to any point(s) in the United States and beyond;

(ii)charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point(s) in the United States and any point(s) in the European Common Aviation Area;

(iii)other charters pursuant to Part 212; and

(iv)charters as authorized in the future under the U.S.-E.U. Agreement. *Docket Number:* OST-2006-26702. *Date Filed:* June 18, 2007. *Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope:* July 9, 2007. *Description:* Application of Flying Service N.V. (“Flying Service”), requesting an amendment to its foreign air carrier permit for additional authority to the full extent authorized by the US-EC Agreement to enable it to engage in:

(i)Foreign air transportation of persons and property from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond; and

(ii)foreign air transportation of persons and property between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area. Flying Service further requests corresponding amendment to its exemption to enable it to provide the additional service described above pending issuance of an effective foreign air carrier permit and such additional or other relief as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate. *Docket Number:* OST-2007-28550. *Date Filed:* June 18, 2007. *Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope:* July 9, 2007. *Description:* Application of Aer Lingus Limited (“Aer Lingus”), requesting an exemption and an amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing Aer Lingus to conduct operations to and from the United States to the full extent authorized by the recently signed United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement (“U.S.-E.U. Agreement”), for flight operations on or after March 30, 2008, including authority to engage in:

(i)Scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from any point(s) behind any Member State(s) of the European Community via any point(s) in any Member State(s) and intermediate points to any point(s) in the United States and beyond;

(ii)scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point(s) in the United States and any point(s) in any member of the European Common Aviation Area;

(iii)scheduled and charter foreign cargo air transportation between any point(s) in the United States and any other point(s);

(iv)other charters pursuant to Part 212; and

(v)transportation authorized by any additional route or other right(s) made available to European Community carriers in the future. *Docket Number:* OST-1996-923. *Date Filed:* June 21, 2007. *Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope:* July 12, 2007. *Description:* Application of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. (“Virgin Atlantic”), requesting an amendment to its existing foreign air carrier permit to provide:

(i)Foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond;

(ii)foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area;

(iii)foreign scheduled and charter cargo air transportation between any point or points in the United States and any other point or points;

(iv)other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212; and transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Community carriers in the future. Virgin Atlantic also requests exemption authority to enable it to provide services covered by its foreign air carrier permit. *Docket Number:* OST-2007-28588. *Date Filed:* June 22, 2007. *Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope:* July 13, 2007. *Description:* Application of Skybus Airlines, Inc., requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Port Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio on the one hand, and Nassau, Bahamas and Cancun, Mexico on the other. Barbara J. Hairston, Supervisory Docket Officer, Docket Operations, Alternate Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. E7-14794 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. FAA-2007-28350] Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period for the Draft Air Quality General Conformity Determination

(DGCD)for Proposed Southwest Airlines Commercial Air Service at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Air Quality General Conformity Determination and notice of public comment period. SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FAA has prepared a Draft General Conformity Determination

(DGCD)for Proposed Operations of Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). In accordance with Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), FAA has assessed whether the emissions that would result from FAA's action in approving the proposed operation specifications (OpSpec) for Southwest's proposed operations at SFO conform to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). DATES: Submit comments on or before August 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: The DGCD is available for review until August 30, 2007: 1. Electronically on the Department of Transportation's Docket Management System

(DMS)at *http://dms.dot.gov/.* Do a simple search for docket number 28350. 2. Hard copies are available for review between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at SFO at the offices of the City of San Francisco: Planning Design & Construction, Singapore/Delta Building, 710 N. McDonnell Road, Second Floor, Suite S232, San Francisco, CA 94128. 3. To request mailed hard copies of the DGCD, contact Ms. Joan Seward, All Weather Operations Program Manager ASW-230.1, FAA SW. Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Forth Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817-222-5256; e-mail: *Joan.M.Seward@faa.gov.* You may submit comments, identified by docket number FAA-2007-28350, by any of the following methods: 1. By mail to: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; 2. By hand delivery to Docket Management Facility 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays; 3. By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251; or 4. By electronic submission through the DMS Web site at *http://dms.dot.gov/submit/.* See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional information about electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joan Seward, telephone: 817-222-5256; e-mail: *Joan.M.Seward@faa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 2, 2007, Southwest submitted a request to FAA for approval to re-initiate scheduled passenger service at SFO commencing August 26, 2007. Southwest had served SFO until February 2001, but discontinued service. As required by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR 119.51), Southwest applied to the FAA to amend Southwest's OpSpecs to include SFO, thereby authorizing Southwest to conduct scheduled SFO service. The request to the FAA detailed Southwest's startup plans, commencing on August 26, 2007, with 18 daily landing/take-off cycles (LTOs), which would produce emissions below the General Conformity de minimis thresholds, and contained other information for the FAA to conduct the environmental review required under the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)(40 CFR parts 1500-1508), Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act

(CAA)(40 CFR 93.150 *et seq.* ), and by FAA Order 1050.1E *Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures.* FAA issued an OpSpec to Southwest for this initial level of operations accompanied by a NEPA environmental categorical exclusion determining that the 18 daily LTOs were below de minimis thresholds and were not regionally significant. Southwest wishes to grow their operations to 40 LTOs within 2 years. Comment Filing Instructions All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN). You may submit comments electronically through the DMS Web site at *http://dms.dot.gov/submit/.* You have the option of submitting comments either by typing your comment into the DMS or by uploading a previously completed comment document as a file. If you upload a file it must be in one of the following file format types: MSWord (versions 95-97); MSWord for Mac (versions 6-8); Rich Text File (RTF); American Standard Code Information Interchange (ASCII)(TXT); Portable Document Format (PDF); or WordPerfect

(WPD)(versions 7-8). See the Electronic Submission Help & Guidelines screen at *http://dms.dot.gov/help/es_help.cfm* for additional guidance. The FAA will accept comments on the DCGD until August 30, 2007. Written comments must be postmarked and electronic submissions received by not later than midnight August 30, 2007. After FAA reviews and addresses all comments, FAA will publish a notice of availability of the Final General Conformity Determination. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2007. Carol E. Giles, Acting Director, Flight Standards Service. [FR Doc. 07-3720 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]

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