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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Twenty-Fourth RTCA SC-223 IPS and AeroMACS Plenary

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Twenty-Fourth RTCA SC-223 IPS and AeroMACS Plenary.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a
meeting of Twenty-Fourth RTCA SC-223 IPS and AeroMACS Plenary. SC-223
is a subcommittee to RTCA.

DATES: October 22-October 27, 2017 9:00-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The MITRE Corporation, 7515
Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Morrison at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or<PHONE_NUMBER>, or The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite
910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax at
(202) 833-9434, or Web site at http://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., App.), notice is
hereby given for a meeting of the Twenty-Fourth RTCA SC-223 IPS and
AeroMACS Plenary. The agenda will include the following:

October 22-27, 2017 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

1. Welcome, Introductions, Administrative Remarks
2. Review of previous meeting notes and action items
3. Review of Current State of Industry Standards
    a. ICAO WG-I
    b. AEEC IPS Sub Committee
4. Current State of Industry Activities
    a. SESAR Programs
    b. ESA IRIS Precursor
    c. Any Other Activities
5. IPS Technical Discussions
    a. Review of IPS high level profile
    b. Review of IPS RFC detail Profiles
    c. Prioritization of additional IETF RFCs for Profiling
6. Any Other Topics of Interest
7. Plans for Next Meetings
8. Review of Action Items and Meeting Summary
9. Adjourn

    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space
availability. Registration is required to attend. With the approval of
the chairman, 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2017.
Mohannad Dawoud,
Management & Program Analyst, Partnership Contracts Branch, ANG-A17,
NextGen, Procurement Services Division, Federal Aviation
Administration.
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arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File No. SR-EDGX-2015-03 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File No. SR-EDGX-2015-03. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File No. SR-EDGX-2015-03 and should be
submitted on or before February 5, 2015.
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    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\80\
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register: February 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 27)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-57268; File No. SR-Amex-2006-31]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC; Order
Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and
3 Thereto, Relating to Annual Shareholder Meeting Requirements

February 4, 2008.

I. Introduction

    On April 7, 2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change to amend Section 704 (Annual Meetings) of the Amex
Company Guide.\3\ On December 13, 2007, the Exchange filed Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change. On December 20, 2007, the Exchange
filed Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change. The proposed rule
change, as amended by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 thereto, was published for
comment in the Federal Register on December 28, 2007.\4\ On January 4,
2008, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 3 to the proposed rule
change.\5\ The Commission received no comments regarding the proposal.
This order approves the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 thereto.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Section 704 of the Amex Company Guide.
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57016 (December 20,
2007), 72 FR 73911.
    \5\ In Amendment No. 3, Amex made several minor typographical
corrections to the proposed rule text of Exhibit 5 to accurately
reflect the names of certain securities. Because Amendment No. 3 is
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II. Description of the Proposal

    Amex seeks to amend its annual shareholder meeting requirement
applicable to its listed issuers. Currently, Section 704 of the Amex
Company Guide requires all listed companies to hold an annual meeting
of their shareholders in accordance with such listed company's charter,
by-laws, and applicable state or other laws. An annual meeting allows
the equity owners of a company the opportunity to elect directors and
meet with management to discuss company affairs. The Exchange believes,
however, that this requirement is not necessary for certain issuers of
specific types of securities because the holders of such securities do
not directly participate as equity holders and vote in the election of
directors. In addition, Amex seeks to clarify when an issuer should
hold its annual meeting and remove the notice requirement for delayed
annual meetings.
    First, Amex proposes to amend Section 704 of its Company Guide to
explicitly state that an issuer generally must hold an annual meeting
within one year of the end of its fiscal year if it is subject to the
annual shareholder meeting requirement. In addition, a new listing that
was not previously subject to the requirement to hold an annual meeting
would be required to hold its first annual shareholder meeting within
one year of its fiscal year end following the date of listing. Amex
proposes two exceptions to these general requirements: (1) An issuer is
not required to hold an annual meeting if its fiscal year is less than
twelve months long as a result of a change in its fiscal year end; and
(2) an issuer does not have to hold an annual meeting in the same year
in which it completes its initial public offering.
    Amex also proposes to list a variety of securities, the issuers of
which should not be subject to the foregoing general

annual shareholder meeting requirement. For example, Amex proposes to
exempt from the requirement issuers of a number of securities listed
pursuant to Section 107 (Other Securities) of the Company Guide and
certain other securities issued by various passive business
organizations.\6\ The Exchange states that these types of securities
are typically not an issuer's primary equity security, and their
holders have only limited economic interests or other rights, which do
not include voting rights. Although many of these products are issued
by operating companies with listed equity securities and are thus
subject to an annual meeting requirement pursuant to the primary
market's rules, the Exchange stated in its filing that the Company
Guide should specifically exempt from such requirement those operating
companies which do not issue common stock or voting preferred stock.\7\
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    \6\ The various types of securities which the Exchange believes
should not be subject to the annual shareholder meeting requirement
include: bonds and debentures; currency and index warrants; trust
preferred securities; contingent value rights; equity-linked term
notes; index-linked exchangeable notes; index-linked securities;
commodity-linked securities; currency-linked securities; trust
certificate securities; investment trusts based on securities of
individual issuers, stock indexes, or debt instruments; equity
derivatives; trust issued receipts; commodity-based trust shares;
currency trust shares; certain partnership interests; and paired
trust shares. Amex believes that the foregoing securities should be
exempt because they do not entitle their respective holders to
voting rights.
    \7\ The Commission notes that issuers of convertible bonds and/
or debentures listed pursuant to Section 104 of the Amex Company
Guide are not exempt from the annual shareholder meeting requirement
because such issuers must hold annual shareholder meetings with
respect to the underlying common stock. See infra note 15 and
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    Similarly, Amex proposes to exempt from the general annual meeting
requirement portfolio depository receipts and index fund shares, which
are securities issued by unit investment trusts (``UITs'') and open-end
management investment companies, respectively (collectively, ``ETFs''),
and typically organized as business trusts. ETFs, which are generally
passive investment vehicles that seek to match the performance of an
index, must obtain an exemptive order from the Commission before they
offer securities. As a result, their operations are circumscribed by
numerous representations and conditions contained in the applicable
orders, and they do not typically experience the need for operational
or other changes requiring a shareholder vote, and, by extension, a
shareholder meeting.\8\ In addition, UITs do not have boards of
directors, which the UITs' unitholders would need to elect.\9\
Accordingly, the Exchange submits that Section 704 of the Amex Company
Guide should specifically exclude ETFs from the annual shareholder
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    \8\ The Exchange states that ETFs are registered under, and
remain subject to, the Investment Company Act of 1940, which already
imposes various shareholder-voting requirements that may be
applicable to the ETFs.
    \9\ The Exchange states that UITs are typically operated or
administered by a corporate trustee, and the portfolio of a UIT,
which generally consists of a fixed pool of securities, is not
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    Amex further proposes to exempt from the annual meeting requirement
issuers of a variety of trust issued receipts (``TIRs'') \10\ based on
securities, commodities, and currencies. Traditional TIRs (i.e.,
HOLDRs) are securities issued by a trust that holds, but does not
manage, specific securities on behalf of investors in the trust. Other
types of TIRs also include Commodity-Based Trust Shares \11\ and
Currency Trust Shares.\12\ The Exchange states that these trusts
typically do not hold shareholder (or unitholder) meetings because the
trusts have no board of directors and essentially serve as conduits for
the investors' indirect investments in the underlying securities,
commodities, and/or currencies of the trusts. Similarly, the Exchange
lists Partnership Units, which are securities issued by a partnership
that invests in a combination of futures contracts, options on futures
contracts, forward contracts, commodities, and/or securities.\13\ A
holder of a Partnership Unit does not have the right of equity
ownership of the partnership, but instead, obtains a beneficial
interest in the partnership. Because the partnership is a conduit for
the investment in the underlying assets, the operation and management
of the partnership is performed by a general partner without holding
annual meetings. Lastly, Paired Trust Shares (also known as MACROS) are
securities designed to track either the positive or negative
performance of a benchmark underlying asset.\14\ The shares are issued
by a trust in pairs, with the trust not holding the underlying asset,
but instead holding only short-term U.S. Treasuries and cash
equivalents. As the market price of the underlying asset fluctuates,
U.S. Treasuries and cash are moved between the trusts. As indicated
above in connection with TIRs, issuers of Paired Trust Shares typically
do not hold shareholder (or unitholder) meetings because the trusts
have no board of directors and essentially serve as conduits for the
investors' indirect investments in the performance of the underlying
benchmark asset. As a result, Amex believes that Section 704 of the
Amex Company Guide should specifically exempt the issuers of TIRs,
Commodity-Based Trust Shares, Currency Trust Share Shares, Partnership
Units, and Paired Trust Shares from the annual shareholder meeting
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    \10\ A trust issued receipt is defined in Amex Rule 1200(b) as a
security: (1) That is issued by a trust which holds specified
securities deposited with the trust; (2) that, when aggregated in
some specified minimum number, may be surrendered to the trust by
the beneficial owner to receive the securities; and (3) that pays
beneficial owners dividends and other distributions on the deposited
securities, if any are declared and paid to the trustee by an issuer
of the deposited securities.
    \11\ See Amex Rule 1200A.
    \12\ See Amex Rule 1200B.
    \13\ See Amex Rule 1500.
    \14\ See Amex Rule 1400.
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    For these reasons, Amex states that it has not generally required
issuers of these securities to hold annual shareholder meetings in the
past, consistent with their respective governance and organizational
documents. However, in order to provide greater certainty and
transparency for listed issuers, Amex believes it is appropriate to
revise Section 704 of the Company Guide to clarify that only issuers of
voting and non-voting common stock and voting preferred stock, and
their equivalents (e.g., callable common stock) are required to hold an
annual shareholder meeting. With respect to the proposed list of
securities, the issuers of which would be exempt from holding an annual
meeting, if such issuers also list common stock or voting preferred
stock, or their equivalent, such issuers must still hold an annual
meeting for the holders of that common stock or voting preferred stock,
or their equivalent.\15\ In addition, the Exchange notes that the
proposed annual meeting requirement and the listed exemptions from such
requirement do not supplant any applicable state or Federal securities
laws concerning annual shareholder meetings.
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    \15\ See proposed Commentary .01 to Section 704 of the Amex
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    Finally, Amex proposes to remove the provision from Section 704 of
the Company Guide that requires an issuer, who is unable to hold an
annual shareholder meeting in a timely manner, to notify the Exchange
and the stockholders of such issuer of the reasons for the delay, and
then use good faith efforts to hold the meeting as soon as reasonably
practicable in light of the

circumstances causing the delay. Amex believes it is more appropriate
to address annual meeting delays through its ``Continued Listing and
Evaluation and Follow-Up'' procedures which are part of the rules
governing suspension and delisting under Section 1009(a)(i) of the
Company Guide.\16\ Amex states that it currently does not rely on such
notification required in Section 704 of the Company Guide to monitor
compliance with the annual shareholder meeting requirement. Instead,
the Exchange staff utilizes an electronic database supplemented by
manual review of proxy statements and, in the case of issuers that do
not file proxy statements, other Commission filings to determine
compliance. The electronic database receives public filings on a real-
time basis (i.e., deemed to be within one business day) and generates
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    \16\ See Section 1009(a) of the Amex Company Guide.
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III. Discussion

    After careful consideration, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities
exchange.\17\ In particular, the Commission believes that the proposal
is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\18\ which requires,
among other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be
designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and
a national market system, and in general, to protect investors and the
public interest.
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    \17\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission
notes that it has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Commission believes that the Exchange's proposal relating to
the annual shareholder meeting requirement for listed issuers is
consistent with the Act. Specifically, the Commission believes that
clarifying that the issuers of voting and non-voting common stock and
voting preferred stock, and their equivalents (e.g., callable common
stock) are required to hold an annual shareholder meeting, the time
frame within which such issuer is required to hold its annual
shareholder meeting, and the general exceptions to this proposed rule
will provide additional transparency and certainty to the annual
shareholder meeting requirement.
    In addition, with respect to the proposed list of securities, the
issuers of which would be exempt under the Exchange's rules to hold an
annual shareholder meeting, the Commission believes that the proposal
furthers the removal of impediments to a free and open market while
continuing to ensure the protection of investors and the public
interest, two principles set forth in Section 6(b)(5) of the Act. The
Commission believes the right of shareholders to vote at an annual
meeting is an essential and important one. The Commission, however,
agrees with Amex that the requirement to hold an annual shareholder
meeting may not be necessary for certain issuers of specific types of
securities because the holders of such securities do not directly
participate as equity holders and vote in the election of directors or
on the affairs, operations, or policies of the company. The Commission
notes that, although many of the securities proposed to be exempt from
the general requirement are issued by operating companies that have
also issued listed equity securities and would nevertheless be subject
to the annual shareholder meeting requirement, only those issuers which
do not issue common stock or voting preferred stock or their equivalent
would be exempt from the annual shareholder meeting requirement. The
Commission further notes that the proposed annual shareholder meeting
requirement and the listed exemptions from such requirement do not
supplant any applicable state or federal securities laws concerning
annual shareholder meetings.\19\
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    \19\ The Commission submits that listed issuers that would be
exempt under Section 704 of the Amex Company Guide, as proposed,
would not be precluded from holding special meetings of holders of
the relevant securities.
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    Finally, the Commission believes that Amex's proposal to remove the
provisions relating to notification of a delayed annual shareholder
meeting and the use of good faith efforts to hold such meeting as soon
as reasonably practicable is consistent with the Act. The Exchange
states that it does not rely on the notification requirement from
issuers to monitor compliance of the annual shareholder meeting
requirement, but, instead, actively utilizes a real-time electronic
database and manual review of proxy statements or other Commission
filings to determine compliance. It appears that Amex's notification
procedures provide it with timely information to enforce compliance
with the annual shareholder meeting requirement. Further, in the
absence of a compelling regulatory concern, the Commission believes
that it is a reasonable exercise of the Exchange's self-regulatory
oversight to choose the means of best addressing compliance with its
proposed annual shareholder meeting requirement. The Commission also
notes that the proposal to remove the provision regarding the use of
good faith efforts to hold the annual shareholder meeting as soon as
reasonably practicable is similar to, and conforms with, the equivalent
annual shareholder meeting rules of other national securities
exchanges.\20\ The Commission further notes that under the proposed
rule change, companies will be required to hold their annual
shareholder meeting within the specific time periods set forth in
Section 704 of the Amex Company Guide. Thus, the new rule will require
stricter adherence to the annual shareholder meeting requirement, in
furtherance of the public interest and investor protection. Companies
that do not comply with the annual shareholder meeting time periods
will be in violation of the Exchange's new rules.
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    \20\ See, e.g., Rule IM-4350-8 (Shareholder Meetings) of The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Sections 302 and 401 of the Listed Company
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IV. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\21\ that the proposed rule change (SR-Amex-2006-31), as modified
by Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 thereto, be, and it hereby is, approved.
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    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
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    \22\ See 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2007-1709; FRL-8509-3]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Nevada; Washoe County 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a revision to the Washoe County
portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan. Submitted by the State
of Nevada on May 30, 2007, this plan revision consists of a maintenance
plan prepared for the purpose of providing for continued attainment of
the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard in Washoe County
through the year 2014 and thereby satisfying the related requirements
under section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act and EPA's phase 1 rule
implementing the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard.
EPA is proposing this action pursuant to those provisions of the Clean
Air Act that obligate the Agency to take action on submittals of state
implementation plans and plan.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by February 19, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by EPA-R09-OAR-2007-1079,
by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Eleanor Kaplan at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please
also send a copy by e-mail to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
     Fax: Eleanor Kaplan, Planning Office (AIR-2), at fax
number<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail or deliver: Eleanor Kaplan, Planning Office (AIR-2),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, California 94105-3901. Hand or courier deliveries are
accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays except
for legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries
of boxed information.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov,

including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which

means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment
directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail

address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some

information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Planning Office (AIR-2),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, California, 94105-3901. To inspect the hard copy
materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours
with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eleanor Kaplan, Planning Office (AIR-
2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>;
fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 30, 2007, the Nevada Division of
Environmental Protection (NDEP) submitted the Maintenance Plan for the
Washoe County 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Area (April 2007) (``Washoe
County Ozone Maintenance Plan'') to EPA for approval as a revision to
the

Washoe County portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP).
The Washoe County Ozone Maintenance Plan was developed by the Washoe
County District Health Department, Air Quality Management Division
(Washoe County AQMD) and adopted by the Washoe County District Board of
Health (District Board of Health) on April 26, 2007. Washoe County AQMD
prepared the plan to provide for continued attainment of the 8-hour
ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) through 2014 and to
thereby satisfy the requirements of section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air
Act (CAA or ``Act'') and EPA's phase 1 rule implementing the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. EPA is proposing to approve the Washoe County Ozone
Maintenance Plan as a revision to the Washoe County portion of the
Nevada SIP because we find that the submitted ozone maintenance plan
meets all of the applicable requirements of CAA section 110(a)(1) and
our phase 1 rule implementing the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
    In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we
are approving the Washoe County Ozone Maintenance Plan in a direct
final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP
revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments,
however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule
and address the comments in subsequent action based on this proposed
rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: November 29, 2007.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Industry Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hosting a public
meeting for the Aircraft Access to System Wide Information Management
(AAtS) Phase 2 Working Group. The Working Group Meeting will be a forum
for discussions regarding the operational needs for a capability such
as AAtS. This meeting is not a precursor to a request for proposal
(RFP) or request for offer (RFO). The FAA is not seeking or accepting
unsolicited proposals.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on November 17, 2014, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at The MITRE Corporation,
MITRE-1 Building (H), 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Biruk Abraham, ANG-C53, Operational
Improvements Portfolio Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA's System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program is one
of seven transformational programs of the NextGen portfolio. SWIM
utilizes a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to exchange aviation
data and services without the restrictive, time consuming and expensive
process of developing unique interfaces for the multitude of systems
and equipment used by the National Airspace System (NAS).
    The Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) initiative provides a global
extension of the NAS SOA to aircraft using air to ground network
services, selected and funded by aircraft operators, exchanging data
between aircraft and the NAS. The AAtS capabilities established in
Phase 1 are significant in that near real-time

NAS data is now available to support strategic and tactical traffic
management and flight operations up to, but not including, those uses
directly affecting aircraft trajectories. Through AAtS, aircraft are
provided a means to connect to a collection of common aeronautical,
meteorological, and traffic management information sources from
multiple services including the FAA, National Weather Service (NWS),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and airports, creating a shared
and globally interoperable aviation information environment.
    Phase 2 of the AAtS initiative facilitates a common information
environment supporting flight crew involvement in the collaborative
decision making process even further. AAtS will not implement a
specific infrastructure for the creation of the service link to the
aircraft. The AAtS Demonstrations and Concept development teams will
define a set of operational and technical recommendations to be used as
guidance to drive infrastructure development. Furthermore, AAtS
provides information which is non-critical only.
    The AAtS Phase 2 Working Group Meeting will be a forum for
discussions regarding the operational needs for a capability such as
AAtS. Questions to be answered in the next phase of AAtS activities
include: What information is needed for a more successful operation,
how the information is used, and what information could the operator
provide back to the FAA for other operators to base decisions upon.
Individuals attending the meeting will have an opportunity to
participate in AAtS Working Group discussions involving Title 14 Code
of Federal Regulation parts 121, 135 and 91 Operational demonstrations
with an Electronic Flight Bag application as well as developmental
discussions regarding AAtS utility in defining, updating, and
manipulating trajectories. Participant insight is valuable in
progressing AAtS IP Data Link capabilities into a bi-directional
exchange of data between ground to ground and air to ground operational
functionality.

Registration

    To attend the meeting, participants must register via email by
close of business day Wednesday, November 12, 2014. In accordance with
security procedures, participants must provide the following
information to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Full Name, Company, Phone
Number, and U. S. Citizen (Y/N).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27, 2014.
Paul Fontaine,
Director, NextGen Advanced Concepts & Technology Development.
[FR Doc. 2014-25827 Filed 10-29-14; 8:45 am]
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