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BILLING CODE 3410-11-M DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Information Collection Activity; Comment Request AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's
(USDA)Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or Agency, invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 1, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele L. Brooks, Acting Director, Program Development & Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5159 South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone:
(202)720-0736. FAX:
(202)720-4120. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* 7 CFR Part 1753, Telecommunications System Construction Policies and Procedures. *OMB Control Number:* 0572-0059. *Type of Request:* Revision of a currently approved collection package. *Abstract:* In order to facilitate the programmatic interest of the RE Act, and, in order to assure that loans made or guaranteed by the Agency are adequately secured, the Agency, as a secured lender, has established certain forms for materials, equipment and construction of electric and telecommunications systems. The use of standard forms, construction contracts, and procurement procedures helps assure the Agency that appropriate standards and specifications are maintained, the Agency's loan security is not adversely affected; and the loan and loan guarantee funds are used effectively and for the intended purposes. Over the past year and a half, the Agency has undertaken a comprehensive review of its Telecommunications Program contracts. The purpose of this undertaking is to improve customer service to the Agency's rural borrowers with a more efficient and effective means to complete a contract transaction as well as improve the internal efficiency of processing contracts. *Estimate of Burden:* Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit and non-profit institutions. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 513. *Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent:* 10. *Estimate Total Annual Burden on Respondents:* 10,592 hours. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, USDA Rural Development at
(202)720-7853. Comments are invited on
(a)Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumption used;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques on other forms of information technology. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record. James M. Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. E7-14974 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-15-P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a briefing meeting of the Illinois Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 10 a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. on August 17, 2007, at the Dirksen Federal Building, Courtroom 1719, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604. The purpose of the meeting is to gather data regarding the enforcement of prohibitions against religious discrimination in prisons. The agenda will include panels of presenters knowledgeable of the topic, including prisoners' rights advocates; state, county, and federal prison officials; clergy who serve the religious needs of inmates; and legal scholars. Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office by August 24, 2007. The address is 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603. Persons wishing to email their comments, or to present their comments verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Carolyn Allen, Administrative Assistant,
(312)353-8311, TDD/TTY
(312)353-8362, or by email: *callen@usccr.gov.* Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten
(10)working days before the scheduled date of the meeting. Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Midwestern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's website, *http://www.usccr.gov,* or to contact the Midwestern Regional Office at the above email or street address. The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA. Dated in Washington, DC, July 30, 2007. Ivy Davis, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. [FR Doc. E7-15028 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335-02-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [T-3-2007] Foreign-Trade Zone 7—Mayaguez, PR; Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority Merck Sharpe & Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico Inc. (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing); Notice of Approval On May 10, 2007, the Executive Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ)Board filed an application submitted by the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of FTZ 7, requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority on behalf of Merck Sharpe & Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc., within FTZ 7, at the MOVA Pharmaceutical Corporation pharmaceutical manufacturing facility located in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The application was processed in accordance with T/IM procedures, as authorized by FTZ Board Orders 1347 (69 FR 52587, 8/30/04) and 1480 (71 FR 55422, 9/22/06), including notice in the **Federal Register** inviting public comment (72 FR 27801, 5/17/07). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed the application and determined that it meets the criteria for approval under T/IM procedures. Pursuant to the authority delegated to the FTZ Board Executive Secretary in Board Orders 1347 and 1480 the application was approved, effective July 23, 2007, until July 23, 2009, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28. Dated: July 23, 2007. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-15030 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of upcoming Sunset Reviews. Background Every five years, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) and the International Trade Commission automatically initiate and conduct a review to determine whether revocation of a countervailing or antidumping duty order or termination of an investigation suspended under section 704 or 734 would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or a counteravailable subsidy (as the case may be) and of material injury. Upcoming Sunset Reviews for September 2007 The following Sunset Reviews are scheduled for initiation in September 2007 and will appear in that month's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year Sunset Reviews. Department contact Antidumping Duty Proceeding Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil (A-351-832) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada (A-122-840) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico (A-201-830) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-804) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Ukraine (A-823-812) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Indonesia (A-560-815) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Moldova (A-841-805) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Countervailing Duty Proceedings Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil (C-351-833) Brandon Farlander
(202)482-0182. Suspended Investigations No Sunset Reviews of suspended investigations are scheduled for initiation in September 2007. The Department's procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth in 19 CFR 351.218. Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in the Department's Policy Bulletin 98.3—Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998). The Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews provides further information regarding what is required of all parties to participate in Sunset Reviews. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the Department will maintain and make available a service list for these proceedings. To facilitate the timely preparation of the service list(s), it is requested that those seeking recognition as interested parties to a proceeding contact the Department in writing within 15 days of the publication of the Notice of Initiation. Please note that if the Department receives a Notice of Intent to Participate from a member of the domestic industry within 15 days of the date of initiation, the review will continue. Thereafter, any interested party wishing to participate in the Sunset Review must provide substantive comments in response to the notice of initiation no later than 30 days after the date of initiation. This notice is not required by statute but is published as a service to the international trading community. Dated: July 23, 2007. Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 07-3767 Filed 8-01-07; 8:45 am]
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