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BILLING CODE 6335-01-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Industry and Security Bureau Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet on May 15, 2008, 10 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to materials and related technology.

Agenda Public Session 1. Opening Remarks and Introduction. 2. Report of Composite Working Group and Chemical Equipment Subgroup. a. CWG General Technology Note white paper. b. Wassenaar non-paper on 1C010. 3. Report of Eric McClafferty on response received from the chemical processing equipment representatives regarding the ECCN review process. 4. Update on webinars, export training modules on BIS webpage. 5. Public comments from teleconference and physical attendees. 6. Any other business.

Closed Session 7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at *Yspringer@bis.doc.gov* no later than May 8, 2008. A limited number of seats will be available during the public session of the meeting.

Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the materials should be forwarded prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer via e-mail. The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on April 25, 2008, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with matters the premature disclosure of which would likely frustrate the implementation of a proposed agency action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).

The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public. For more information, call Yvette Springer at

(202)482-2813. Dated: April 28, 2008. Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E8-9587 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-JT-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Rice University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC. *Comments:* None received. *Decision:* Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order. *Docket Number:* 08-008. *Applicant:* Rice University, Houston, TX 77005. *Instrument:* Low Temperature Microscopy Scanning Probe. *Manufacturer:* Nano Magnetics Instruments, Ltd., Turkey. *Intended Use:* See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008. *Reasons:* This instrument can supply 300mK scanning Hall probe microscopy with 50 NM special resolution, which is essential to the intended use. *Docket Number:* 08-009. *Applicant:* University of Michigan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2300 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136. *Instrument:* Heating Microscope Optical Dilatometer. *Manufacturer:* Expert System Solutions, Italy. *Intended Use:* See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008. *Reasons:* This instrument can be used for sintering shrinkage up to 1600 degrees centigrade, thermal expansion down to room temperature and cristobalite transformation at 215 degrees centigrade. An essential feature of the equipment is that it performs a non-contact optical measurement. April 24, 2008. Faye Robinson, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration. [FR Doc. E8-9445 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration University of Southern California; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. *Docket Number:* 08-007. *Applicant:* University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9045. *Instrument:* Transmission Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100. *Manufacturer:* Jeol, Inc., Japan. *Intended Use:* See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008. *Comments:* None received. *Decision:* Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were ordered. *Reasons:* The foreign instrument is an electron microscope and is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring an electron microscope. We know of no electron microscope, or any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of each instrument. Dated: April 24, 2008. Faye Robinson, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration. [FR Doc. E8-9447 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration A-570-831 Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the 12th New Shipper Reviews AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (“Department”) is conducting new shipper reviews (“NSRs”) of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) that cover the period of review (“POR”) of November 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007. *See Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China* , 59 FR 59209 (November 16, 1994) (“ *Order* ”). On June 29, 2007, the Department initiated semi-annual new shipper reviews for Shandong Chenhe International Trading Co., Ltd. (“Chenhe”), Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd. (“QTF”), Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd. (“Golden Bird”), Jining Yongjia Trade Co., Ltd. (“Yongjia”) and Shenzhen Greening Trading Co., Ltd. (“Greening”). *See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews* , 72 FR 38057 (July 12, 2007) (“ *Initiation of NSRs* ”). We preliminarily determine that Golden Bird, Greening, QTF and Yongjia have made sales in the United States at less than normal value (“NV”). We also preliminarily determine that Chenhe has not made sales in the United States at less than NV. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to assess antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific assessment rates are above *de minimis* . EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock and Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202)482-1394 and

(202)482-0413, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Case History General Background On May 17, May 21 and May 28, 2007, the Department received requests for new shipper reviews from Chenhe, QTF, Golden Bird, Yongjia, and Greening, respectively. On June 12, 2007, the Department requested additional information from QTF, Golden Bird, and QTF, respectively regarding their new shipper review submissions. On June 13, 2007, Petitioners 1 submitted comments regarding Chenhe's, QTF's, Golden Bird's, and Yongjia's new shipper submissions. 1 The Fresh Garlic Producers Association and its individual members: Christopher Ranch LLC, the Garlic Company, Valley Garlic and Vessey and Company, (collectively known as “Petitioners”). On June 14, 2007, QTF, Golden Bird, and Yongjia submitted additional information regarding their new shipper review submissions. Additionally, on June 19 and June 21, 2007, QTF, Golden Bird, Yongjia, and Chenhe submitted letters regarding Petitioners' June 13, 2007 comments. On June 29, 2007, the Department initiated semi-annual new shipper reviews of QTF, Golden Bird, Yongjia, Chenhe, and Greening. *See Initiation of NSRs* , 72 FR 38057. On July 2, 2007, after initiating the reviews, the Department issued antidumping duty questionnaires to the five companies participating in the new shipper reviews. The Department subsequently issued supplemental questionnaires and received responses from all companies under review between September 2007 and March 2008. Extension of Preliminary Results On November 16, 2007, the Department extended the preliminary results of these new shipper reviews to March 25, 2008. *See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Reviews* , 72 FR 64579 (November 16, 2007). Additionally, on March 6, 2008, the Department extended the preliminary results a second time to April 24, 2008. *See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Reviews* , 73 FR 12079 (March 6, 2008). Expansion of the POR On April 23, 2008, we issued a memorandum extending the end of the POR from April 30, 2007 to May 17, 2007, to capture entries of two of the new shippers' merchandise into the United States market. See Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, Senior Analyst, through Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9: Expansion of the Period of Review in the New Shipper Reviews of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China, (April 23, 2008). Surrogate Country and Surrogate Values On August 23, 2007, the Department sent interested parties a letter requesting comments on the surrogate country and information pertaining to valuing factors of production. On October 31, 2007, QTF, Yongjia, and Golden Bird submitted comments on the surrogate country and information pertaining to valuing factors of production. Additionally, on November 26, 2007, the Department extended the deadline to submit information pertaining to valuing factors of production to December 17, 2007. On December 17, 2007, Petitioners submitted information pertaining to valuing factors of production. On December 17 and December 27, 2007, Chenhe submitted information and rebuttal comments pertaining to valuing factors of production. No other party has submitted surrogate values or surrogate country comments on the record of this proceeding. Scope of the Order The products covered by this *Order* are all grades of garlic, whole or separated into constituent cloves, whether or not peeled, fresh, chilled, frozen, provisionally preserved, or packed in water or other neutral substance, but not prepared or preserved by the addition of other ingredients or heat processing. The differences between grades are based on color, size, sheathing, and level of decay. The scope of this order does not include the following:

(a)garlic that has been mechanically harvested and that is primarily, but not exclusively, destined for non-fresh use; or

(b)garlic that has been specially prepared and cultivated prior to planting and then harvested and otherwise prepared for use as seed. The subject merchandise is used principally as a food product and for seasoning. The subject garlic is currently classifiable under subheadings 0703.20.0010, 0703.20.0020, 0703.20.0090, 0710.80.7060, 0710.80.9750, 0711.90.6000, and 2005.90.9700 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this order is dispositive. In order to be excluded from the *Order* , garlic entered under the HTSUS subheadings listed above that is

(1)mechanically harvested and primarily, but not exclusively, destined for non-fresh use or

(2)specially prepared and cultivated prior to planting and then harvested and otherwise prepared for use as seed must be accompanied by declarations to CBP to that effect. Verification Following the publication of these preliminary results, we intend to verify, as provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (“the Act”), sales and cost information submitted by respondents, as appropriate. At verification, we will use standard verification procedures, including on-site inspection of the manufacturer's facilities, the examination of relevant sales and financial records, and the selection of original source documentation containing relevant information. We will prepare verification reports outlining our verification results and place these reports on file in the Central Records Unit, room 1117 of the main Commerce building. *Bona Fide* Analysis Consistent with the Department's practice, we investigated the *bona fide* nature of the sale made by each new shipper, Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia, respectively for these reviews. In evaluating whether or not a single sale in a new shipper review is commercially reasonable, and therefore *bona fide* , the Department considers, *inter alia* , such factors as:

(1)the timing of the sale;

(2)the price and quantity;

(3)the expenses arising from the transaction;

(4)whether the goods were resold at a profit; and

(5)whether the transaction was made on an arm's-length basis. *See Tianjin Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. United States* , 366 F. Supp. 2d 1246, 1250 (CIT 2005). Accordingly, the Department considers a number of factors in its *bona fides* analysis, “all of which may speak to the commercial realities surrounding an alleged sale of subject merchandise.” *See Hebei New Donghua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. v. United States* , 374 F. Supp. 2d 1333, 1342 (CIT 2005) (citing *Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review and Rescission of New Shipper Review* , 67 FR 11283 (March 13, 2002) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum). We preliminarily find that the new shipper sales made by Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia, respectively, were made on a *bona fide* basis. Specifically, we found that:

(1)the price and quantity of each new shipper sale was within the range of the prices and quantities of other entries of subject merchandise from the PRC into the United States during the POR;

(2)the new shipper and its customer did not incur any extraordinary expenses arising from the transaction;

(3)each new shipper sale was made between unaffiliated parties at arm's length;

(4)there is no record evidence that indicates that each new shipper sale was not made based on commercial principles;

(5)the sale was resold at a profit; and

(6)the timing of each new shipper sale is not an indicator of a sale made on a non- *bona fide* basis. 2 Based on our investigation into the bona fide nature of each new shipper sale, the questionnaire responses submitted by each new shipper, as well as each new shipper's eligibility for a separate rate ( *see* Separate Rates Determination section below) and the Department's determination that each new shipper was not affiliated with any exporter or producer that had previously shipped subject merchandise to the United States, we preliminarily determine that each new shipper has met the requirements to qualify as a new shipper during the POR. Therefore, for purposes of these preliminary results, we are treating each new shipper's sale of subject merchandise to the United States as an appropriate transaction for these reviews. 2 *See* Memorandum from Julia Hancock, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, “Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: *Bona Fide* Nature of the Sale Under Review for Shandong Chenhe International Trading Co., Ltd.,” dated April 22, 2008; Memorandum from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, “Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: *Bona Fide* Nature of the Sale Under Review for Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd.,” dated April 22, 2008; Memorandum from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, “Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: *Bona Fide* Nature of the Sale Under Review for Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd.,” dated April 22, 2008; Memorandum from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, “Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: *Bona Fide* Nature of the Sale Under Review for Jining Yongjia Trade Co., Ltd.,” dated April 22, 2008; and, Memorandum from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, “Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: *Bona Fide* Nature of the Sale Under Review for Shenzhen Greening Trading Co., Ltd.,” dated April 22, 2008. Non-Market Economy Country Status In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the PRC has been treated as a non-market economy (“NME”) country. In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by the administering authority. *See Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the 2004/2005 Administrative Review and Notice of Rescission of 2004/2005 New Shipper Review* , 71 FR 66304 (November 14, 2006). None of the parties to this proceeding has contested such treatment. Accordingly, we calculated NV in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME countries. Separate Rates Determination A designation of a country as an NME remains in effect until it is revoked by the Department. *See* section 771(18)(C) of the Act. Accordingly, there is a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the PRC are subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's standard policy to assign all exporters of the merchandise subject to review in NME countries a single rate unless an exporter can affirmatively demonstrate an absence of government control, both in law ( *de jure* ) and in fact ( *de facto* ), with respect to exports. To establish whether a company is sufficiently independent to be entitled to a separate, company-specific rate, the Department analyzes each exporting entity in an NME country under the test established in the Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic of China (“Sparklers”), 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by the * Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People's Republic of China * , 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) (“ *Silicon Carbide* ”). A. Absence of De Jure Control The Department considers the following *de jure* criteria in determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate rate:

(1)an absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an individual exporter's business and export licenses; and

(2)any legislative enactments decentralizing control of companies. Throughout the course of this proceeding, the new shippers have placed a number of documents on the record to demonstrate absence of *de jure* control including business licenses, financial statements, and narrative information regarding government laws and regulations on corporate ownership, and the companies' operations and selection of management. Specifically, the new shippers have placed on the record the “Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China” and the “Administrative Regulations of the People's Republic of China Governing the Registration of Legal Corporations.” The Department has analyzed such PRC laws and found that they establish an absence of *de jure* control. *See, e.g., Honey from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review* , 72 FR 102, 105 (January 3, 2006), unchanged in *Honey from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Final Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review* , 72 FR 37715, 37716 (July 11, 2007). We have no information in this proceeding that would cause us to reconsider this determination. Thus, we believe that the evidence on the record supports a preliminary finding of an absence of *de jure* government control based on:

(1)an absence of restrictive stipulations associated with the exporter's business license; and

(2)the legal authority on the record decentralizing control over the respondent. B. Absence of De Facto Control The absence of *de facto* governmental control over exports is based on whether a company:

(1)sets its own export prices independent of the government and other exporters;

(2)retains the proceeds from its export sales and makes independent decisions regarding the disposition of profits or financing of losses;

(3)has the authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other agreements; and

(4)has autonomy from the government regarding the selection of management. *See Silicon Carbide* , 59 FR at 22587 and *Sparklers* , 56 FR at 20589; *see also Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Furfuryl Alcohol From the People's Republic of China* , 60 FR 22544, 22545 (May 8, 1995). The Department conducted a separate-rates analysis for each new shipper. In their questionnaire responses, each new shipper submitted evidence indicating an absence of *de facto* governmental control over its export activities. Specifically, this evidence indicates that:

(1)each new shipper sets its own export prices independent of the government and without the approval of a government authority;

(2)each new shipper retains the proceeds from its sales and makes independent decisions regarding the disposition of profits or financing of losses;

(3)each new shipper has a general manager, branch manager or division manager with the authority to negotiate and bind the company in an agreement;

(4)the general manager is selected by the board of directors or company employees, and the general manager appoints the deputy managers and the manager of each department; and

(5)there is no restriction on each new shipper's use of export revenues. The questionnaire responses of each new shipper do not suggest that pricing is coordinated among exporters. During our analysis of the information on the record, we found no information indicating the existence of government control. Therefore, the Department preliminarily finds that each new shipper has established, *prima facie* , that they qualify for separate rates under the criteria established by *Silicon Carbide* and *Sparklers* . Surrogate Country When the Department is investigating imports from an NME country, section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs it to base NV, in most circumstances, on the NME producer's factors of production (“FOPs”), valued in a surrogate market economy country or countries considered to be appropriate by the Department. In accordance with section 773(c)(4) of the Act, in valuing the FOPs, the Department shall utilize, to the extent possible, the prices or costs of FOPs in one or more market economy countries that are:

(1)at a level of economic development comparable to that of the NME country; and

(2)significant producers of comparable merchandise. The sources of the surrogate factor values are discussed under the “Normal Value” section below and in the Memorandum to the File from Paul Walker, Senior Analyst, Office 9, “New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Surrogate Values for the Preliminary Results,” dated April 22, 2008 (“Factor Valuation Memo”). As discussed in the “Separate Rates” section, above, the Department considers the PRC to be an NME country. The Department has treated the PRC as an NME country in all previous antidumping proceedings. In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by the administering authority. None of the parties to this proceeding contested such treatment. Accordingly, we treated the PRC as an NME country for purposes of these reviews and calculated NV, pursuant to section 773(c) of the Act, by valuing the FOPs in a surrogate country. The Department determined that India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, and Egypt are countries comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development. *See* Memorandum from Ron Lorentzen, Director, Office of Policy, to Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, China/NME Group, Office 9, “Antidumping Administrative Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Request for a List of Surrogate Countries,” dated August 1, 2007. Moreover, it is the Department's practice to select an appropriate surrogate country based on the availability and reliability of data from the countries. *See* Department Policy Bulletin No. 04.1: Non-Market Economy Surrogate Country Selection Process (March 1, 2004). In this case, the Department has found that India and Egypt are both significant producers of comparable merchandise. The Department finds India to be a reliable source for surrogate values because India is at a similar level of economic development pursuant to 773(c)(4) of the Act, is a significant producer of comparable merchandise, and has publicly available and reliable data. Furthermore, the Department notes that India has been the primary surrogate country in past segments, and the only surrogate value data submitted on the record are from Indian sources. Given the above facts, the Department is preliminarily selecting India as the surrogate country for the PRC on the basis that:

(1)it is at a similar level of economic development pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act;

(2)it is a significant producer of comparable merchandise; and

(3)we have reliable data from India that we can use to value the FOPs. Fair Value Comparisons To determine whether sales of the subject merchandise made by Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia to the United States were at prices below NV, we compared each company's export price (“EP”) to NV, as described below. U.S. Price In accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, we calculated the EP for sales to the United States for Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia because the first sale to an unaffiliated party was made before the date of importation and the use of constructed EP (“CEP”) was not otherwise warranted. We calculated EP based on the price to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States. In accordance with section 772(c) of the Act, as appropriate, we deducted from the starting price to unaffiliated purchasers foreign inland freight, and brokerage and handling. For Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia, each of these services was either provided by an NME vendor or paid for using an NME currency. Thus, we based the deduction of these movement charges on surrogate values. *See* Factor Valuation Memo for details regarding the surrogate values for movement expenses. Additionally, Chenhe reported certain U.S. Customs duties, U.S. brokerage and handling, and other expenses that must be deducted from the starting price to unaffiliated purchasers. Accordingly, we will deduct these expenses from the starting price to unaffiliated purchasers, as reported by Chenhe. *See* Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, Senior Analyst, Office 9, “Company Analysis Memorandum in the Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”): Shandong Chenhe,” dated April 22, 2008. Normal Value A. Methodology Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that the Department shall determine NV using an FOP methodology if the merchandise is exported from an NME country and the information does not permit the calculation of NV using home market prices, third-country prices, or constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act. The Department calculates NV using each of the FOPs that a respondent consumes in the production of a unit of the subject merchandise because the presence of government controls on various aspects of NMEs renders price comparisons and the calculation of production costs invalid under the Department's normal methodologies. However, there are circumstances in which the Department will modify its standard FOP methodology, choosing to apply a surrogate value to an intermediate input instead of the individual FOPs used to produce that intermediate input. In some cases, a respondent may report factors used to produce an intermediate input that account for an insignificant share of total output. When the potential increase in accuracy to the overall calculation that results from valuing each of the FOPs is outweighed by the resources, time, and burden such an analysis would place on all parties to the proceeding, the Department has valued the intermediate input directly using a surrogate value. *See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Polyvinyl Alcohol from the People's Republic of China* , 68 FR 47538 (August 11, 2003), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1 (citing to *Final Results of First New Shipper Review and First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China* , 66 FR 31204 (June 11, 2001)). In the 9 th administrative review, the Department recognized that there were serious discrepancies between the reported FOPs of the different respondents and that the standard FOP methodology might not be adequate to apply in future reviews. *See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review* , 70 FR 34082 (June 13, 2005). In the 10 th administrative review, the Department conducted a “harvest verification” of several garlic producers in the PRC, interviewing farmers, studying farming techniques, and reviewing standard PRC garlic production record-keeping. 3 In analyzing the questionnaire responses and “harvest verification” reports in the 10 th administrative review, the Department determined that, to capture the complete costs of producing fresh garlic, the methodology of valuing the intermediate product, the fresh garlic bulb, would more accurately capture the complete costs of producing subject merchandise. *See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Results of New Shipper Reviews* , 71 FR 26329 (May 4, 2006) (“ * 10 th Review Final Results * ”), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. In the two previous administrative reviews, the Department also stated that “should a respondent be able to provide sufficient factual evidence that it maintains the necessary information in its internal books and records that would allow us to establish the completeness and accuracy of the reported FOPs, we will revisit this issue and consider whether to use its reported FOPs in the calculation of NV.” * See 10 th Review Final Results * , 71 FR at 26331; *Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission and Preliminary Results of the Eleventh Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews* , 71 FR 71510, 71520 (December 11, 2006). 3 *See* Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, Senior Case Analyst; Intermediate Input Methodology Memoranda from the 10th Administrative Review Final Results and 11th Administrative Review Preliminary Results (April 22, 2008), in which the Department placed the Intermediate Input Methodology memos from the tenth and eleventh Administrative Reviews on the record of this proceeding, inclusive of the verification reports resulting from the “harvest verification.” In the course of these reviews, the Department has requested and obtained detailed information from the respondents with respect to each company's garlic production practices. Questionnaire responses revealed that only Yongjia had farming operations to grow fresh garlic. 4 However, based on our analysis of the information on the record and for the reasons outlined in the Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, from Paul Walker, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, “New Shipper Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order on Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Intermediate Input Methodology,” dated April 22, 2008 (“Intermediate Product Memo”), we continue to believe that the sole respondent that farmed garlic, Yongjia, was unable to accurately record and substantiate the complete costs of growing garlic during the POR. 4 Specifically, Chenhe, Greening, QTF, and Golden Bird are all processors and exporters of fresh garlic that purchased whole garlic bulbs and processed it for export. Consequently, the FOPs provided by each all begin with whole garlic bulbs and not the factors that are used to grow whole garlic bulbs. Thus, in the preliminary results for these new shipper reviews, in order to eliminate the distortions in our calculation of NV, for all of the reasons identified above and described in the Intermediate Product Memo, the Department applied an “intermediate-product valuation methodology” to all companies. Using this methodology, the Department calculated NV by starting with a surrogate value for the garlic bulb ( *i.e.* , the “intermediate product”), adjusted for yield losses during the processing stages, and adding the respondents' processing costs, which were calculated using their reported usage rates for processing fresh garlic. For a complete explanation of the Department's analysis, and for a more detailed analysis of these issues with respect to each respondent, *see* the Intermediate Product Memo. B. Factor Valuations In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, the Department calculated NV based on the intermediate product value and processing FOPs reported by the respondents for the POR. To calculate NV, the Department multiplied the reported per-unit factor quantities by publicly available surrogate values in India with the exception of the surrogate value for ocean freight, which we obtained from an international freight company. In selecting the surrogate values, the Department considered the quality, specificity, and contemporaneity of the data. As appropriate, the Department adjusted input prices by including freight costs to make them delivered prices. The Department calculated these freight costs based on the shorter of the reported distance from the domestic supplier to the factory or the distance from the port in accordance with the decision in *Sigma Corporation v. United States* , 117 F.3d 1401 (Fed. Cir. 1997). The Department made currency conversions into U.S. dollars, in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act, based on the exchange rates in effect on the dates of the U.S. sale(s) as certified by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Additionally, during the POR, Greening purchased all of certain inputs from a market economy supplier and paid for the inputs in a market economy currency. The Department has instituted a rebuttable presumption that market economy input prices are the best available information for valuing an input when the total volume of the input purchased from all market economy sources during the period of investigation or review exceeds 33 percent of the total volume of the input purchased from all sources during the period. In these cases, unless case-specific facts provide adequate grounds to rebut the Department's presumption, the Department will use the weighted-average market economy purchase price to value the input. Alternatively, when the volume of an NME firm's purchases of an input from market economy suppliers during the period is below 33 percent of its total volume of purchases of the input during the period, but where these purchases are otherwise valid and there is no reason to disregard the prices, the Department will weight-average the weighted-average market economy purchase price with an appropriate surrogate value (“SV”) according to their respective shares of the total volume of purchases, unless case-specific facts provide adequate grounds to rebut the presumption. When a firm has made market economy input purchases that may have been dumped or subsidized, are not *bona fide* , or are otherwise not acceptable for use in a dumping calculation, the Department will exclude them from the numerator of the ratio to ensure a fair determination of whether valid market economy purchases meet the 33-percent threshold. *See Antidumping Methodologies: Market Economy Inputs, Expected Non-Market Economy Wages, Duty Drawback; and Request for Comments* , 71 FR 61716, 61717-18 (October 19, 2006). Accordingly, we valued Greening's inputs using the market economy prices paid for the inputs where the total volume of the input purchased from all market economy sources during the POI exceeded 33 percent of the total volume of the input purchased from all sources during that period. Where appropriate, we increased the market economy prices of inputs by freight expenses. *See* Factor Valuation Memorandum. For a detailed description of all actual values used for market-economy inputs, see Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, Senior Analyst, Office 9, “Company Analysis Memorandum in the Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”): Shenzhen Greening,” dated April 22, 2008. Moreover, in applying the intermediate input methodology, the Department sought foremost to identify the best available surrogate value for the fresh garlic bulb input to production, as opposed to identifying a surrogate value for garlic seed. Therefore, the Department has valued the fresh garlic bulb using prices for the size range “super-A” grade garlic bulb in India, as published by Azadpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (“APMC”) in its “Market Information Bulletin” (the “Bulletin”). Azadpur APMC is the largest fruit and vegetable market in Asia and has become a “National Distribution Centre” for important Indian agricultural products such as garlic. The Bulletin is published by the Azadpur APMC on each trading day and contains, among other things, a list of all fruits and vegetables sold on the previous trading day, the amount (by weight) of each fruit or vegetable sold on that day, and a low, high and modal price for each commodity sold. The Department notes that the “A” grade garlic typically ranges from 40 - 55 millimeters (“mm”) in diameter, and the “super-A” grade garlic ranges from 40 mm and above in diameter. However, the Department also finds that garlic that ranges from 55 mm in diameter and above is the “super-A” grade garlic. *See* Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, “Placing Market Research Report on the Record,” dated April 22, 2008. As the Department determined in past reviews, the price at which garlic is sold is heavily dependent upon physical characteristics such as bulb size. * See, e.g., 10 th Review Final Results * , 71 FR 26329 at Comment 2; Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the Eleventh Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 34438, 34440 (June 22, 2007) (“ * 11 th Review Final Results * ”), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2. Accordingly, the Department finds that it is important to use surrogate Indian garlic values reflecting sales of garlic bulbs of similar diameter to that of Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia merchandise during the POR. Therefore, for these preliminary results, the Department finds that the “super-A” grade garlic data from Azadpur APMC are the best available and most appropriate information on the record to value the garlic bulb input, pursuant to section 773(c) of the Act, for the reasons stated below. The Department has found that the data from Azadpur APMC satisfy the Department's surrogate value selection criteria. * See 11 th Review Final Results * at Comment 2. Because the Department is able to identify the grades of Indian garlic that correspond to various diameter ranges and because Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia reported the size of the garlic bulb they sold during the POR, the Department is calculating the surrogate value for the garlic bulb input using a simple average of the Azadpur APMC data for “super-A” grade garlic for Chenhe, Greening, Golden Bird, QTF, and Yongjia. For further discussion of the Department's calculation for the surrogate value for the garlic bulb, as well as other surrogate values used, *see* the Factor Valuation Memo. Preliminary Results of the Reviews As a result of our review, we preliminarily find that the following margins exist for the period November 1, 2006 through May 17, 2007 5 : 5 The POR has been extended until May 17, 2007, so as to capture entries from Chenhe and Greening which, though shipped prior to April 30, 2007 did not enter the U.S. market until after, respectively. *See* Memorandum to the File from Julia Hancock, Senior Case Analyst, Office 9, “Expansion of the Period of Review in the New Shipper Reviews of Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China,” dated April 23, 2008. Fresh Garlic from the PRC Exporter/Manufacturer Weighted-Average Margin (Percent) Exported and Produced by Shandong Chenhe International Trading Co., Ltd. 0.00 Exported and Produced by Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd. 32.85 Exported by Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd. and Produced by Cangshan County Hongyang Vegetables & Foods Co., Ltd. 13.89 Exported by Jining Yongjia Trade Co., Ltd. and Produced by Jinxiang County Shanfu Frozen Co., Ltd. 18.94 Exported and Produced by Shenzhen Greening Trading Co., Ltd. 2.15 The Department will disclose to parties of this proceeding the calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), for the final results in an antidumping duty new shipper review, interested parties may submit publicly available information to value FOPs within 20 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results. Interested parties must provide the Department with supporting documentation for the publicly available information to value each FOP. Additionally, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final results of this new shipper review, interested parties may submit factual information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information submitted by an interested party less than ten days before, on, or after, the applicable deadline for submission of such factual information. The Department notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1) permits new information only insofar as it rebuts, clarifies, or corrects information recently placed on the record. Therefore, parties should take note that new surrogate value data that are introduced following the 20-day deadline generally will not fall within the meaning and applicability of 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1). *See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Rescission* , in Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2. Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of this new shipper review. *See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in such briefs or comments, may be filed no later than 5 days after the deadline for submitting the case briefs. *See* 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). The Department requests that interested parties provide an executive summary of each argument contained within the case briefs and rebuttal briefs. Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of publication of these preliminary results. *See* 19 CFR 351.310(c). Requests should contain the following information:

(1)the party's name, address, and telephone number;

(2)the number of participants; and

(3)a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If we receive a request for a hearing, we plan to hold the hearing seven days after the deadline for submission of the rebuttal briefs at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. The Department intends to issue the final results of these new shipper reviews, which will include the results of its analysis raised in any such comments, within 90 days of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Assessment Rates Upon completion of the final results, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of review. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, the Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we will calculate importer-specific (or customer) *ad valorem* duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of the dumping margins calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this is above *de minimis* . Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements, when imposed, will be effective upon publication of the final results of these new shipper reviews for all shipments of subject merchandise from Chenhe, Greening, QTF, Golden Bird, and Yongjia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:

(1)for subject merchandise produced and exported by Chenhe, produced and exported by Greening, produced and exported by QTF, produced by Cangshan County Hongyang Vegetables & Foods Co., Ltd. and exported by Golden Bird, or produced by Jinxiang County Shanfu Frozen Co., Ltd. and exported by Yongjia, the cash-deposit rate will be that established in the final results of these reviews;

(2)for subject merchandise exported by Golden Bird but not manufactured by Cangshan County Hongyang Vegetables & Foods Co., Ltd. and for subject merchandise exported by Yongjia but not manufactured by Jinxiang County Shanfu Frozen Co., Ltd., the cash deposit rate will continue to be the PRC-wide rate ( *i.e.* , 376.67 percent); and

(3)for subject merchandise exported by Chenhe, Greening, and QTF, but manufactured by any other party, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate ( *i.e.* , 376.67 percent). If the cash deposit rate calculated in the final results is zero or *de minimis* , no cash deposit will be required for those specific producer-exporter combinations. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Notification to Interested Parties This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with sections 751(a)(1), 751(a)(2)(B), and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(h) and 351.221(b)(4). Dated: April 22, 2008. David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E8-9597 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN: 0648-XH57 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee and Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC)will hold a public meeting. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Providence Airport, One Thurber Street, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone:

(401)734-9600). *Council address* : Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

(302)674-2331. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

(302)674-2331, extension 19. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purposes of this meeting are: to examine the biology, fisheries, and current stock status for Atlantic mackerel, Loligo and Illex squid and butterfish; to review staff analyses regarding proposed specifications and related management measures for the 2009 fishing year; and, to make recommendations to the Council's Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee relative to the 2009 quota specifications and other management measures. The Council's SSC will meet simultaneously with the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee to provide its input and advice concerning the 2009 quota specifications and other management measures developed by the Monitoring Committee. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Bryan at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office,

(302)674-2331 extension 18, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Dated: April 28, 2008. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E8-9600 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN: 0648-XH55 New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Herring Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 9 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102; telephone:

(207)774-5611. *Council address* : New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone:

(978)465-0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the committee's agenda are as follows: 1. There will be one hour scheduled at the beginning of this meeting (9 a.m.) for the public to provide scoping comments on Amendment 4 to the Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 2. Review and discuss comments and recommendations from the April 30, 2008 Herring Advisory Panel Meeting. 3. Review and discuss updated Atlantic herring stock/fishery information. 4. Receive a report regarding the current sea sampling (observer) program, and review/discuss updated sea sampling data for the herring fishery. 5. Review and discuss existing shore-side bycatch monitoring initiatives for the herring fishery. 6. Continue work on the development of management alternatives for consideration in Amendment 4 to the Herring FMP. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES ) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.* Dated: April 28, 2008. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E8-9598 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN: 0648-XH56 New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat/MPA/Ecosystem Committee, in May, 2008, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate. DATES: This meeting will be held on Friday, May 16, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 30 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:

(508)339-2200; fax:

(508)339-1040. *Council address* : New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone:

(978)465-0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will review the Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 Phase 1 Proposed Action document and the Draft Gear Effects and Habitat Vulnerability components of the Risk Assessment for Phase 2 of the Omnibus Habitat Amendment. The Committee will also generically discuss tool options for minimizing the adverse impacts of fishing on essential fish habitat. The Committee will also consider other topics at their discretion. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at

(978)465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.* Dated: April 28, 2008. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E8-9599 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Docket Number: 080424599-8600-01] National Weather Service Support for Special Event AGENCY: National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. SUMMARY: The National Weather Service

(NWS)proposes to update its policy regarding NWS support for special events such as athletic competitions and festivals. These events can put large numbers of spectators and participants in harm's way if adverse weather conditions occur. This policy update is intended to clarify the role of NWS in providing products and services as well as address the role of private sector weather providers in providing complementary services. DATES: The agency must receive comments on or before June 30, 2008. ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to the following address: *nwssp.comments@noaa.gov* or land mail address below. The proposed policy is available electronically at *http://weather.gov/sp/specialevents.htm* Requests for hard copies should be sent to Special Events, Room 11430, 1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Wendy Levine, at 301-713-3380 or by e-mail at *wendy.levine@noaa.gov.* Dated: April 28, 2008. David Murray, Director, Management and Organization Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, NWS. [FR Doc. E8-9614 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-KE-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Docket Number 080328487-8488-01] Revision to the Remote Community Alert Systems Program AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to reopen the application solicitation period and to amend the application requirements for the Remote Community Alert Systems Program, which was announced in the **Federal Register** on February 8, 2008. The notice informs applicants that NOAA reopens the competition and establishes a new due date for applications of May 23, 2008, clarifies the submission requirements concerning an abstract page and project description, and clarifies that eligible applicants include U.S. Commonwealths and Territories. It also removes a typographical error which referenced a required “item 5” which does not exist in the text. Finally, it advises applicants that they can amend or resubmit their applications, if they so choose, by the new application deadline. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Craig Hodan, NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, Room 3348, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Phone: 301-713-9480 x 187, e-mail: *craig.hodan@noaa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA publishes this notice to make changes to the Remote Community Alert Systems Program, which was announced in the **Federal Register** on February 8, 2008 (73 FR 7528). This notice reopens the application solicitation period for the Remote Community Alert System Program published in the **Federal Register** notice cited above. The new deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on May 23, 2008. Applicants who submitted proposals may amend or resubmit their applications by the newly established date. All applications received after April 11, 2008 and by the new deadline will be considered timely and will be evaluated by the program. Also, NOAA amends the “Eligibility” paragraph to clarify that eligible applicants include those from U.S. Commonwealths and Territories. The current language reads: “Eligible applicants are States and Tribal Communities.” NOAA amends this language to read: “Eligible applicants are States (including U.S. Commonwealths and Territories) and Tribal Communities.” In addition, this notice clarifies the requirement to submit an abstract page and project description as part of the application, and removes reference to the submission of an “item 5” which does not exist in the text and was a typographical error. The Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity (NWS-NWSPO-2008-2001322) for this program requires, as part of the application, an abstract and a project description. However, section IV.B of the FFO contained misleading language that erroneously implied that these two documents were not required to be submitted by the due date: “Failure to submit items 1, 4 and 5 by the application date will result in the application not being reviewed.” This notice clarifies that the abstract and project description are required to be submitted by the application due date in order for the application to be considered for funding. Therefore, the text of the third sentence of Section IV.B. is revised to read: “Failure to submit items 1 through 4 by the application date will result in the application not being reviewed.” The Announcement presently explains what the abstract page and project description should contain. Limitation of Liability In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if this program is cancelled because of other agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. Applicants are hereby given notice that funding for the Fiscal Year 2008 program is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations. Universal Identifier Applicants should be aware they are required to provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System

(DUNS)number during the application process. See the October 30, 2002, **Federal Register** , (67, FR 66177) for additional information. Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at *http://www.dunandbradstreet.com.* National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)NOAA must analyze the potential environmental impacts, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant projects or proposals which are seeking NOAA federal funding opportunities. Detailed information on NOAA compliance with NEPA can be found at the following NOAA NEPA Web site: *http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/,* including our NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, *http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/NAO216_6_TOC.pdf* , and the Council on Environmental Quality implementation regulations, *http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm* . Consequently, as part of an applicant's package, and under their description of their program activities, applicants are required to provide detailed information on the activities to be conducted, locations, sites, species and habitat to be affected, possible construction activities, and any environmental concerns that may exist (e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous or toxic chemicals, introduction of non-indigenous species, impacts to endangered and threatened species, aquaculture projects, and impacts to coral reef systems). In addition to providing specific information that will serve as the basis for any required impact analyses, applicants may also be requested to assist NOAA in drafting of an environmental assessment, if NOAA determines an assessment is required. Applicants will also be required to cooperate with NOAA in identifying feasible measures to reduce or avoid any identified adverse environmental impacts of their proposal. The failure to do so shall be grounds for not selecting an application. In some cases if additional information is required after an application is selected, funds can be withheld by the Grants Officer under a special award condition requiring the recipient to submit additional environmental compliance information sufficient to enable NOAA to make an assessment on any impacts that a project may have on the environment. The Department of Commerce Preaward Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the **Federal Register** notice of October 1, 2001 (66 FR 49917), as amended by the **Federal Register** notice published on October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66109), are applicable to this solicitation. Paperwork Reduction Act This document contains collection-of-information requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The requirement for an abstract and project description fall under the approval for Standard Form 424. The use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, SF-LLL, and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)under the respective control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0348-0046, and 0605-0001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number. Executive Order 12866 This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) It has been determined that this notice does not contain policies with Federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132. Administrative Procedure Act/ Regulatory Flexibility Act Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules concerning public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.* ) are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not been prepared. Dated: April 28, 2008. David Murray, Director, Management and Organization Division, NWS CFO. [FR Doc. E8-9616 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-KE-P CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [CPSC Docket No. 08-C0008] Kohl's Department Stores, Inc., Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the **Federal Register** in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally accepted Settlement Agreement with Kohl's Department Stores, Inc., containing a civil penalty of $35,000.00. DATES: Any interested person may ask the Commission not to accept this agreement or otherwise comment on its contents by filing a written request with the Office of the Secretary by May 16, 2008. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to comment on this Settlement Agreement should send written comments to the Comment 08-C0008, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth B. Popkin, Trial Attorney, Legal Division, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408; telephone

(301)504-7612. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Agreement and Order appears below. Dated: April 23, 2008. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary. Settlement Agreement 1. In accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20, Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. (“Kohl's”) and the staff (“Staff”) of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (“Commission”) enter into this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”). The Agreement and the incorporated attached Order (“Order”) settle the Staffs allegations set forth below. Parties 2. The Commission is an independent federal regulatory agency established pursuant to, and responsible for the enforcement of, the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051-2084 (“CPSA”). 3. Kohl's is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal offices located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. At all times relevant hereto, Kohl's sold apparel, accessories, and other products. Staff Allegations 4. From August 3 to September 1, 2006, Kohl's held for sale and/or sold, at Kohl's stores and Kohls.com, 9,626 Candie's brand children's hoodie sweatshirts with drawstrings through the hood, style number 38g041k (“Drawstring Sweatshirts”). 5. Kohl's sold the Drawstring Sweatshirts to consumers. 6. The Drawstring Sweatshirts are “consumer product[s],” and, at all times relevant hereto, Kohl's was a “retailer” of those consumer products, which were “distributed in commerce,” as those terms are defined in CPSA sections 3(a)(l), (6), (11), and (12), 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(l), (6), (11), and (12). 7. In February 1996, the Staff issued the Guidelines for Drawstrings on Children's Upper Outerwear (“Guidelines”) to help prevent children from strangling or entangling on neck and waist drawstrings. The Guidelines state that drawstrings can cause, and have caused, injuries and deaths when they catch on items such as playground equipment, bus doors, or cribs. In the Guidelines, the Staff recommends that there be no hood and neck drawstrings in children's upper outerwear sized 2T to 12. 8. In June 1997, ASTM adopted a voluntary standard, ASTM F1816-97, that incorporated the Guidelines. The Guidelines state that firms should be aware of the hazards and should be sure garments they sell conform to the voluntary standard. 9. On May 19, 2006, the Commission posted on its Web site a letter from the Commission's Director of the Office of Compliance to manufacturers, importers, and retailers of children's upper outerwear. The letter urges them to make certain that all children's upper outerwear sold in the United States complies with ASTM F1816-97. The letter states that the Staff considers children's upper outerwear with drawstrings at the hood or neck area to be defective and to present a substantial risk of injury to young children under Federal Hazardous Substances Act (“FHSA”) section 15(c), 15 U.S.C. 1274(c). The letter also notes the CPSA's section 15(b) reporting requirements. 10. Kohl's reported to the Commission that there had been no incidents or injuries from the Drawstring Sweatshirts. 11. Kohl's distribution in commerce of the Drawstring Sweatshirts did not meet the Guidelines or ASTM F1816-97, failed to comport with the Staff's May 2006 defect notice, and posed a strangulation hazard to children. 12. On September 20, 2006, the Commission, in cooperation with Kohl's and the manufacturer, announced a recall of the Drawstring Sweatshirts, informing consumers that they should immediately remove the drawstrings to eliminate the hazard. 13. Kohl's had presumed and actual knowledge that the Drawstring Sweatshirts distributed in commerce posed a strangulation hazard and presented a substantial risk of injury to children under FHSA section 15(c)(1), 15 U.S.C. 1274(c)(l). Kohl's had obtained information that reasonably supported the conclusion that the Drawstring Sweatshirts contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard or that they created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death. CPSA sections 1 5(b)(2) and (3), 15 U.S.C. 2064(b)(2) and (3), required Kohl's to immediately inform the Commission of the defect and risk. 14. Kohl's knowingly failed to immediately inform the Commission about the Drawstring Sweatshirts as required by CPSA sections 15(b)(2) and (3), 15 U.S.C. 2064(b)(2) and (3), and as the term “knowingly” is defined in CPSA section 20(d), 15 U.S.C. 2069(d). This failure violated CPSA section 19(a)(4), 15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(4). Pursuant to CPSA section 20, 15 U.S.C. 2069, this failure subjected Kohl's to civil penalties. Kohl's Response 15. Kohl's denies the Staff's allegations above, including, but not limited to, the allegations that Kohl's failed to immediately inform the Commission about the Drawstring Sweatshirts as required by CPSA Sections 15(b)(2) and

(3)or otherwise violated the CPSA or FHSA. 16. In order to supply products to Kohl's, vendors are required to represent and warrant to Kohl's that all merchandise delivered to Kohl's will comply with all existing laws, regulations, standards, orders, and rulings, including, but not limited to, the CPSA and the FHSA. 17. On August 31, 2006, an investigator with the Commission alerted Kohl's to the presence of the Drawstring Sweatshirts in Kohl's stores. Within 24 hours, Kohl's

(i)had the Drawstring Sweatshirts pulled from the Kohls.com Web site,

(ii)sent notice to all Kohl's stores to pull the Drawstring Sweatshirts, and

(iii)took additional steps to prevent further sales of the Drawstring Sweatshirts. 18. On September 1, 2006, also within 24 hours of being notified of the Drawstring Sweatshirts by the investigator with the Commission, Kohl's filed a Section 15(b) Report with the Commission. 19. Kohl's, in cooperation with the manufacturer and the Commission, recalled approximately 4,400 units of the Drawstring Sweatshirts. The remaining 5,200 units represent units that Kohl's immediately removed from Kohl's distribution channels. As part of the recall, Kohl's posted recall notices in all Kohl's stores and on the Kohls.com Web site. Kohl's also independently sent e-mail notifications to all known online purchasers based on the availability of “ship to” addresses. Agreement of the Parties 20. Under the CPSA, the Commission has jurisdiction over this matter and over Kohl's. 21. The parties enter into the Agreement for settlement purposes only. The Agreement does not constitute an admission by Kohl's, or a determination by the Commission, that Kohl's has violated the CPSA. 22. In settlement of the Staff's allegations, Kohl's shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00). The civil penalty shall be paid within twenty

(20)calendar days of service of the Commission's final Order accepting the Agreement. The payment shall be by check payable to the order of the United States Treasury. 23. Upon provisional acceptance of the Agreement, the Agreement shall be placed on the public record and published in the **Federal Register** in accordance with the procedures set forth in 16 CFR 1118.20(e). In accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20(f), if the Commission does not receive any written request not to accept the Agreement within fifteen

(15)calendar days, the Agreement shall be deemed finally accepted on the sixteenth

(16th)calendar day after the date it is published in the **Federal Register** . 24. Upon the Commission's final acceptance of the Agreement and issuance of the final Order, Kohl's knowingly, voluntarily, and completely waives any rights it may have regarding the Staff's allegations to the following:

(1)An administrative or judicial hearing;

(2)judicial review or other challenge or contest of the validity of the Order or of the Commission's actions;

(3)a determination by the Commission of whether Kohl's failed to comply with the CPSA and its underlying regulations;

(4)a statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law; and

(5)any claims under the Equal Access to Justice Act. 25. Upon issuance of, and Kohl's compliance with, the final Order, the Commission regards this matter as resolved and agrees not to bring a civil penalty action against Kohl's based upon the Staff's allegations contained herein regarding the Drawstring Sweatshirts. 26. The Commission may publicize the terms of the Agreement and the Order. 27. The Agreement and the Order shall apply to, and be binding upon, Kohl's and each of its successors and assigns. 28. The Commission issues the Order under the provisions of the CPSA, and violation of the Order may subject Kohl's to appropriate legal action. 29. The Agreement may be used in interpreting the Order. Understandings, agreements, representations, or interpretations apart from those contained in the Agreement and the Order may not be used to vary or contradict their terms. The Agreement shall not be waived, amended, modified, or otherwise altered without written agreement thereto executed by the party against whom such waiver, amendment, modification, or alteration is sought to be enforced. 30. If any provision of the Agreement and the Order is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the terms of the Agreement and the Order, such provision shall be fully severable. The balance of the Agreement and the Order shall remain in full force and effect, unless the Commission and Kohl's agree that severing the provision materially affects the purpose of the Agreement and the Order. 31. Pursuant to section 6(d) of the Interim Delegation of Authority ordered by the Commission on February 1, 2008, the Commission delegated to the Assistant Executive Director for Compliance and Field Operations the authority to act, with the concurrence of the General Counsel, for the Commission under 16 CFR 1118.20 with respect to Staff allegations that any person or firm violated 15 U.S.C. 2068, where the total amount of the settlement involves no more than $100,000. Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. Dated: April 3, 2008. By: Richard Schepp, *Exec. Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary* . Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. N56 W 17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Staff J. Gibson Mullan, *Assistant Executive Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations.* Ronald U. Yelenik, *Acting Director, Legal Division, Office of Compliance and Field Operations.* Dated: 4-16-08. By: Seth B. Popkin, *Trial Attorney, Legal Division, Office of Compliance and Field Operations.* Order Upon consideration of the Settlement Agreement entered into between Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. (“Kohl's”) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“Commission”) staff, and the Commission having jurisdiction over the subject matter and over Kohl's, and pursuant to the authority delegated in section 6(d) of the Interim Delegation of Authority ordered by the Commission on February 1, 2008, and it appearing that the Settlement Agreement and the Order are in the public interest, it is *Ordered,* that the Settlement Agreement be, and hereby is, accepted; and it is *Further ordered,* that Kohl's shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00). The civil penalty shall be paid within twenty

(20)calendar days of service of the Commission's final Order accepting the Agreement. The payment shall be made by check payable to the order of the United States Treasury. Upon the failure of Kohl's to make the foregoing payment when due, interest on the unpaid amount shall accrue and be paid by Kohl's at the federal legal rate of interest set forth at 28 U.S.C. 1961(a) and (b). Provisionally accepted and provisional Order issued on the 22nd day of April, 2008. By Order of the Commission. Todd A. Stevenson, *Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.* [FR Doc. E8-9274 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355-01-M DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per Diem Rates AGENCY: DoD, Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee. ACTION: Notice of Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per Diem Rates. SUMMARY: The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 258. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and Possessions of the United States. AEA changes announced in Bulletin Number 194 remain in effect. Bulletin Number 258 is being published in the **Federal Register** to assure that travelers are paid per diem at the most current rates. DATES: *Effective Date:* May 1, 2008. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document gives notice of revisions in per diem rates prescribed by the Per Diem Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee for non-foreign areas outside the continental United States. It supersedes Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 257. Distribution of Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletins by mail was discontinued. Per Diem Bulletins published periodically in the **Federal Register** now constitute the only notification of revisions in per diem rates to agencies and establishments outside the Department of Defense. For more information or questions about per diem rates, please contact your local travel office. The text of the Bulletin follows: Dated: April 24, 2008. Patricia L. Toppings, OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. BILLING CODE 5001-06-P EN01MY08.000 EN01MY08.001 EN01MY08.002 EN01MY08.003 EN01MY08.004 [FR Doc. E8-9395 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-C DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; SPADAC, Inc.; Correction AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. ACTION: Notice; correction. SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy published a notice in the **Federal Register** , 73 FR 19056, on April 8, 2008, announcing its intent to grant to SPADAC, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States and certain foreign countries. The notice is being corrected to reflect the Government's interest in the invention. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Manak, Head, Technology Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-5320, telephone: 202-767-3083, fax: 202-404-7920, or e-mail: *rita.manak@nrl.navy.mil.* Correction In the **Federal Register** of April 8, 2008, in FR Doc. E8-7261, make the following changes: 1. In the first column, on page 19056, correct the SUMMARY section to read: “The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to SPADAC Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government's interest in the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 7,120,620: Method and System for Forecasting Events and Threats Based on Geospatial Modeling, Navy Case No. 96,695 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.” Dated: April 25, 2008. T.M. Cruz, Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E8-9565 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810-FF-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA Nos.: 84.381A and 84.381B] Notice Announcing the Technical Assistance Workshop for Fiscal Year

(FY)2008 for the Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Languages, With Concurrent Teacher Certification (TCT-B) and the Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow Programs for Master's Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Language Education (TCT-M) AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Higher Education Programs, Department of Education. SUMMARY: The Department expects to hold two competitions for new grants under the Teachers for Competitive Tomorrow programs in FY 2008. This notice provides information about a one-day technical assistance workshop to assist institutions of higher education interested in applying for FY 2008 new awards under the TCT-B and TCT-M programs. Program and Department staff will present information to potential applicants about the purpose of the TCT programs, grant competition highlights, the peer review process, and the Grants.gov Web site, as well as suggestions for writing a quality grant proposal. Although the Department has not yet announced an application deadline date in the **Federal Register** for the FY 2008 TCT-B and TCT-M competitions, the Department is holding this workshop to give potential applicants guidance for preparing applications for the competitions we expect to conduct in FY 2008. Specific requirements for the FY 2008 competitions will be published in separate notices inviting applications for the TCT-B and TCT-M programs. This notice announces the technical assistance workshop only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Sniegoski, Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow programs (TCT), U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 7092, Washington, DC 20006-8524. Telephone:

(202)502-7686. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person listed in this section. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technical assistance workshop will be held at the following location: U.S. Department of Education, Barnard Auditorium, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. The Technical Assistance Workshop session will be held on May 14, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the day of the session. There is no fee for this workshop. However, space is limited. Attendees must make their own travel and hotel reservations. We encourage attendance from both those who will be responsible for writing the grant proposal and those who will provide technical support for uploading the application materials onto the Grants.gov Apply site. Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities Attending the Technical Assistance Workshop The technical assistance workshop is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternative format), notify the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least two weeks before the scheduled workshop date. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. *Electronic Access to This Document:* You can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

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(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the **Federal Register** . Free Internet access to the official edition of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9801 et seq. Dated: April 25, 2008. Diane Auer Jones, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. E8-9594 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration [BPA File No.: TRM-12] 2012 Tiered Rate Methodology Proceeding; Public Hearings and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of proposed tiered rate methodology. SUMMARY: BPA is proposing to adopt a new tiered rate design for setting its Priority Firm Power

(PF)rates beginning with the FY 2012-2013 rate period. The primary feature of this Tiered Rate Methodology

(TRM)proposal is one rate tier (Tier 1) based on generation output and costs attributed to BPA's current Federal base system resources and a second rate tier (Tier 2) based on the generation and costs associated with newly acquired resources. The TRM is part of BPA's effort to achieve the overall policy objectives of the Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy (Policy). Under this Policy, BPA will offer 20-year Regional Dialogue Contracts to its Federal agency and public utility customers for power priced at a tiered PF rate. The TRM is intended to provide customers with a predictable and durable means by which to calculate BPA's PF tiered rate for the term of these contracts. Determinations of specific rate levels applicable to these contracts will not be established in this proceeding. Rather the specific rate levels will be developed consistent with the TRM in the respective Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) section 7(i) rate proceedings during the term of this TRM. BPA intends to set the actual power rates on a two-year cycle throughout the term of the Regional Dialogue contracts beginning with the FY 2012-2013 rate period. BPA is commencing this proceeding under section 7 of the Northwest Power Act to establish the TRM. Entities wishing to become a formal party to the proceeding must file a petition to intervene, notifying BPA in writing of their intention to do so in conformance with the requirements stated in this Notice. DATES: Petitions to intervene must be received no later than 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), on May 7, 2008. Proposed hearing dates are supplied in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION , Part I.A. below. Non-party participants may make written comments between May 2, 2008, and July 10, 2008. Comments must be received by 5 p.m., PDT, on July 10, 2008, in order to be considered in the Record of Decision. ADDRESSES: Petitions to intervene should be directed to Camille Blakely, Hearing Clerk, LP-7, Bonneville Power Administration, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 or by e-mail to: *trm12rate@bpa.gov,* and must be received no later than 5 p.m., PDT, on May 7, 2008. In addition, a copy of the petition must be served concurrently on BPA's General Counsel directed to Peter J. Burger, LP-7, Office of General Counsel, Bonneville Power Administration, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 or by e-mail to: *pjburger@bpa.gov.* (See Part III

(A)for more information.) Written comments can be submitted online at BPA's Web site *http://www.bpa.gov/comment,* or by mail to: BPA Public Affairs, DKE-7, P.O. Box 14428, Portland, OR 97293-4428. Please identify written or electronic comments as “TRM-12 Proceeding” comments. Documents will be available for public viewing after May 9, 2008. The documents are available at: *http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase,* or at BPA's Public Information Center, BPA Headquarters Building, 1st Floor, 905 NE 11th, Portland, Oregon, and will be provided to parties on a compact disk

(CD)at the prehearing conference to be held on May 9, 2008, beginning at 1:30 p.m., Room 223, 911 NE 11th, Portland, Oregon. Due to increased security requirements, attendees should allow additional time to enter the building and complete the required screening process. Photo identification will be required for entry. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nita Burbank, Lead Public Affairs Specialist, Power Policy Development, PFP-6, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208. Interested persons may also call 503-230-3458 or 1-800-622-4519 (toll-free). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents Part I. Introduction and Procedural Background Part II. Policy Guidance and Scope of Hearing Part III. Public Participation Part IV. The Tiered Rates Methodology Part I—Introduction and Procedural Background Section 7(i) of the Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. section 839e(i), requires that BPA's rates be established according to certain procedures. These procedures include, among other things: Publication of a notice of the proposed rates in the **Federal Register** ; one or more hearings conducted as expeditiously as practicable by a Hearing Officer; public opportunity to provide both oral and written views related to the proposed rates; opportunity to offer refutation or rebuttal of submitted material; and a decision by the Administrator based on the record. This proceeding is governed by section 1010 of BPA's Rules of Procedure Governing Rate Hearings, 51 FR 7611

(1986)(BPA Hearing Procedures). These procedures implement the statutory section 7(i) requirements. Section 1010.7 of the BPA Hearing Procedures prohibits *ex parte* communications. The *ex parte* rule applies to all BPA and DOE employees and contractors. Except as provided below, any outside communications with BPA and/or DOE personnel regarding BPA's rate case by other Executive Branch agencies, Congress, existing or potential BPA customers (including tribes), and nonprofit or public interest groups are considered outside communications and are subject to the *ex parte* rule. The general rule does not apply to communications relating to:

(1)Matters of procedure only (the status of the rate case, for example);

(2)exchanges of data in the course of business or under the Freedom of Information Act;

(3)requests for factual information;

(4)matters BPA is responsible for under statutes other than the ratemaking provisions; or

(5)matters that all parties agree may be made on an *ex parte* basis. The *ex parte* rule remains in effect until the Administrator's Final ROD is issued, which is scheduled to occur on or about September 29, 2008. The Bonneville Project Act, 16 U.S.C. section 832, the Flood Control Act of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 825s, the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act, 16 U.S.C. 838, and the Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 839, provide guidance regarding BPA ratemaking. The Northwest Power Act requires BPA to set rates that are sufficient to recover, in accordance with sound business principles, the cost of acquiring, conserving and transmitting electric power, including amortization of the Federal investment in the FCRPS over a reasonable period of years, and certain other costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator. BPA's proposed TRM is available for viewing and downloading on BPA's website at *http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase* and is discussed in Part IV below. BPA will be conducting a formal rate proceeding open to rate case parties. Interested parties must file petitions to intervene in order to take part in the formal hearing as discussed in Part III

(A)below. A proposed schedule for the formal process is as follows. The Hearing Officer will establish a final schedule at the prehearing conference. Prehearing/BPA Direct Case 05/09/08 Clarification 05/14-15/08 Motions to Strike 05/16/08 Data Request Deadline 05/16/08 Answers to Motions to Strike 05/22/08 Data Response Deadline 05/22/08 Parties file Direct Cases 06/13/08 Clarification 06/18-19/08 Motions to Strike 06/20/08 Data Request Deadline 06/20/08 Answers to Motions to Strike 06/26/08 Data Response Deadline 06/26/08 Litigants file Rebuttal 07/10/08 Close of Participant Comments 07/10/08 Clarification 07/14-15/08 Motions to Strike 07/16/08 Data Request Deadline 07/16/08 Answers to Motions to Strike 07/22/08 Data Response Deadline 07/22/08 Cross-Examination 07/24-25/08 Initial Briefs Filed 08/04/08 Oral Argument 08/07/08 Draft ROD Issued 09/02/08 Briefs on Exceptions 09/08/08 Final ROD and Final TRM Issued 09/29/08 Part II—Policy Guidance and Scope of Hearing A. Overview and Background The Regional Dialogue process began in April 2002 when a group of BPA's Pacific Northwest electric utility customers submitted a joint customer proposal to BPA that addressed both near-term and long-term contract and rate issues. Since then, BPA, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council), customers, and other interested parties have worked on these near- and long-term issues. Considering the depth and complexity of many of these issues, BPA determined that it would address the issues in two phases. The first phase of the Regional Dialogue, referred to as the Near-Term Policy, addressed issues that had to be resolved in order to replace power rates that expired in September 2006. See Bonneville Power Administration's Policy for Power Supply Role for Fiscal Years 2007-2011 (February 2005). The issues in the second phase were addressed in BPA's Long-Term Regional Dialogue Final Policy and Record of Decision, which were published on July 19, 2007. The Long-Term Regional Dialogue Final Policy is expected to be implemented through new power sales contracts and the TRM, which will be established in this rate case. This proposed TRM provides for a two-tiered PF rate design applicable to firm requirements power service for public utility customers that sign a Regional Dialogue Contract that provides for tiered rates. The TRM establishes a predictable and durable means by which to calculate BPA's PF tiered rate, beginning in FY 2012 when power deliveries commence. Tiered rate design differentiates between the costs of service associated with Tier 1 System Resources and the cost associated with additional amounts of power needed to serve any remaining portion of public utility customers' Net Requirement (Tier 2). Rate Period High Water Marks (RHWM), determined according to this TRM, are the basis for determining how much of each customer's Net Requirement purchase from BPA is charged Tier 1 rates and how much may be charged Tier 2 rates. This TRM specifies how rates will be developed that ensure to the maximum extent possible that customers purchasing at Tier 1 rates do not pay any of the costs of serving other public utility customers' above RHWH load. Each customer may purchase up to its RHWM, limited by its Net Requirement, at Tier 1 rates. To meet its above-RHWM load, a customer may purchase Federal power, procure non-Federal power or a combination of the two. To the extent a customer purchases Federal power for its above-RHWM load, a PF Tier 2 rate(s) will be applied to this portion of their Federal power service. B. Scope of the TRM-12 Proceeding This section provides guidance to the Hearing Officer as to those matters that are within the scope of the rate case, and those that are outside the scope. 1. Regional Dialogue Policy and Contracts The design and scope of the power products and issues related to the terms and conditions of the Regional Dialogue contract are not determined in rate cases nor are they established by the TRM. Pursuant to section 1010.3(f) of BPA Hearing Procedures, the Administrator hereby directs the Hearing Officer to exclude from the record any materials attempted to be submitted or arguments attempted to be made in the proceeding that seek to address the design and scope of the power products and terms and conditions of the Regional Dialogue contracts. 2. DSI Service The decision regarding whether BPA will provide service and/or benefits to its Direct Service Industry

(DSI)customers beginning in FY 2012 will be made in a supplemental process as outlined in the Long-Term Regional Dialogue Final Policy. It should be noted that while the decision on DSI service and the manner, if any of such service will be determined in a separate process, the allocation of any cost associated with any DSI service under the TRM is a proper issue in this proceeding. Pursuant to section 1010.3(f) of the BPA Hearing Procedures, the Administrator directs the Hearing Officer to exclude from the record any materials attempted to be submitted or arguments attempted to be made in the proceeding that seek to in any way address the decision to serve the DSIs and the nature and manner of such service, except as any such material is relevant to the issue of the appropriate allocation of any cost associated with any DSI service under the TRM. C. The National Environmental Policy Act 1. Potential Environmental Impacts As discussed in this section, potential environmental impacts of BPA's proposed actions are assessed through appropriate analysis and documentation under the NEPA. The NEPA process is conducted separately from BPA's formal rate proceedings. Therefore, pursuant to section 1010.3(f) of the BPA Hearing Procedures, the Administrator directs the Hearing Officer to exclude from the record all evidence and argument that seek in any way to address the potential environmental impacts of the proposed TRM. 2. The National Environmental Policy Act BPA is in the process of assessing the potential environmental effects that could result from implementation of its proposed TRM, consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Because this proposal implicates BPA's ongoing business practices, BPA is reviewing the proposal in light of BPA's Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (Business Plan EIS), completed in June 1995 (DOE/EIS-0183), as refreshed April 2007. This EIS evaluates environmental impacts potentially resulting from a range of business plan alternatives that can be varied by applying policy modules, including modules specifically designed for varying tiered rate methodologies. Any combination of alternative policy modules should allow BPA to balance its costs and revenues. In August 1995, the BPA Administrator issued a Record of Decision (Business Plan ROD) that adopted the Market-Driven Alternative from the Business Plan EIS. This alternative was selected because, among other reasons, it allows BPA to:

(1)Recover costs through rates;

(2)competitively market BPA's products and services;

(3)develop rates that meet customer needs for clarity and simplicity;

(4)continue to meet BPA's legal mandates; and

(5)avoid adverse environmental impacts. In April 2007, BPA completed and issued a Supplement Analysis to the Business Plan EIS. The Supplement Analysis found that the Business Plan EIS's relationship-based and policy-level analysis of potential environmental impacts from BPA's business practices remains valid, and that BPA's current business practices are still consistent with BPA's Market-Driven approach. The Business Plan EIS and ROD thus continue to provide a sound basis for making determinations under NEPA concerning BPA's business-related decisions. Because the proposed TRM likely would assist BPA in accomplishing the goals identified in the Business Plan ROD, the proposal appears consistent with these aspects of the Market-Driven Alternative. In addition, the proposed TRM is similar to the types of tiered rate constructs identified and considered in the Business Plan EIS; thus, implementation of this proposal would not be expected to result in significantly different environmental impacts from those examined in the Business Plan EIS. Therefore, BPA expects that the proposed TRM likely will fall within the scope of the Market-Driven Alternative that was evaluated in the Business Plan EIS and adopted in the Business Plan ROD. As part of the Administrator's ROD that will be prepared for the proposed TRM, BPA may tier its decision under NEPA to the Business Plan ROD. However, depending upon the ongoing environmental review, BPA may, instead, issue another appropriate NEPA document. During the public review and comment period for the TRM, persons interested in submitting comments regarding its potential environmental effects may do so by submitting comments to Katherine Pierce, NEPA Compliance Officer, KEC-4, Bonneville Power Administration, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232. Any such comments received by July 10, 2008, will be considered by BPA's NEPA compliance staff in the NEPA process that will be conducted for the proposed TRM. Part III—Public Participation A. Distinguishing Between “Participants” and “Parties” BPA distinguishes between “participants in” and “parties to” the section 7(i) hearing process. Apart from the formal hearing process, BPA will accept comments, views, opinions, and information from “participants,” who are defined in the BPA Hearing Procedures as persons who may submit comments without being subject to the duties of, or having the privileges of, parties. Participants' written and oral comments will be made a part of the official record and considered by the Administrator when making his decision. Participants are not entitled to participate in the prehearing conference; may not cross-examine parties' witnesses, seek discovery, or serve or be served with documents; and are not subject to the same procedural requirements as parties. The views of participants are important to BPA. Written comments by participants will be included in the record if they are received by 5 p.m., PDT, on July 10, 2008. Written views, supporting information, questions, and arguments should be submitted to BPA Public Affairs at the address listed in the Addresses section. Persons wishing to become a party to BPA's rate proceeding must notify BPA in writing and file a Petition to Intervene with the Hearing Officer. Petitioners may designate no more than two representatives upon whom service of documents will be made. Petitions to Intervene must state the name and address of the person requesting party status and the person's interest in the hearing. Petitions to Intervene as parties in the rate proceeding are due to the Hearing Officer by 5 p.m., PDT, on May 7, 2008, and should be directed as stated in the Addresses section above. Petitioners must explain their interests in sufficient detail to permit the Hearing Officer to determine whether they have a relevant interest in the proceeding. Pursuant to section 1010.1(d) of BPA Hearing Procedures, BPA waives the requirement in section 1010.4(d) that an opposition to an intervention petition must be filed and served 24 hours before the prehearing conference. Any opposition to an intervention petition may instead be made at the prehearing conference. Any party, including BPA, may oppose a petition for intervention. Persons who have been denied party status in any past BPA rate proceeding shall continue to be denied party status unless they establish a significant change of circumstances. All timely applications will be ruled on by the Hearing Officer. Late interventions are strongly disfavored. B. Developing the Record The record will comprise, among other things, verbal and written comments made by participants, including the transcripts of all hearings, any written materials submitted by the parties, documents developed by BPA staff, and other materials accepted into the record by the Hearing Officer. Written comments by participants will be included in the record if they are received by 5 p.m., PDT, on July 10, 2008. The Hearing Officer will then review the record, supplement it if necessary, and will certify the record to the Administrator for decision. The Administrator will adopt the final TRM based on the entire record, which includes the record certified by the Hearing Officer, as described above. The basis for the final TRM first will be expressed in the Administrator's Draft ROD. Parties will have an opportunity to respond to the Draft ROD as provided in the BPA Hearing Procedures. The Administrator will serve copies of the Final ROD on all parties. The ROD will also be publicly available at *http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase.* BPA must continue to meet with customers in the ordinary course of business during the rate case. To comport with the rate case procedural rule prohibiting ex parte communications, BPA will provide the prescribed notice of meetings involving rate case issues in order to permit the opportunity for participation by all rate case parties. These meetings may be held on very short notice. Consequently, parties should be prepared to devote the necessary resources to participate fully in every aspect of the rate proceeding and attend meetings any day during the course of the rate case. Part IV—The Tiered Rate Methodology The TRM establishes a predictable and durable means by which to tier and calculate BPA's Priority Firm

(PF)power rate. Specific determinations of rate levels will be made in each general rate case in a manner consistent with the TRM in the respective section 7(i) proceedings applicable during the term of this TRM. Tiered PF rates will be implemented beginning in FY 2012 when power deliveries under new contracts commence. The TRM provides for a two-tiered PF rate design applicable to requirements firm power service for those customers that participate in the contracts that provide for tiered rate service. Tiered rate design differentiates between the costs of service associated with the existing Federal system (Tier 1) and the cost associated with additional amounts of power needed to serve the remaining portion of customers' net requirements (Tier 2). This TRM specifies how rates will be developed that assure to the extent possible that customers will be able to purchase Tier 1 power that does not include the costs of serving other customers' load growth. The TRM addresses:

(1)How to determine a customer's eligibility to purchase power at Tier 1 rates;

(2)how to determine the amount of power to be charged at Tier 1 rates;

(3)how costs will be allocated to the PF Tier 1 and Tier 2 rate pools;

(4)how rates for Tier 1 and Tier 2 sales will be designed; and

(5)how rates for resource support services will be designed. The cost allocation and rate design methods will be implemented in each BPA power rate case during the term of the Regional Dialogue contracts, except under limited circumstances. Power rates will be calculated on a two-year cycle under the TRM. Rate Period High Water Marks (RHWM), determined according to this TRM, are the basis for separating which portion of each customer's net requirements purchase from BPA is charged Tier 1 rates and which is charged Tier 2 rates. Each customer may purchase up to its RHWM, limited by its net requirement, at Tier 1 rates. To meet its above-RHWM load, a customer may purchase Federal power, procure non-Federal power or both. To the extent a customer purchases Federal power to meet its above RHWH load, a PF Tier 2 rate will be applied to the Federal power service. BPA will limit the sum of all RHWMs to the planned firm power output of the existing Federal system as it is currently defined, plus a limited amount of augmentation. For purposes of the TRM, BPA will calculate the projected amounts of Federal system resource output, contract purchases, and contract obligations necessary for developing tiered rates for each rate period. The projected output of resources assigned to each rate tier will be used in the determination of RHWMs, which will be incorporated in the ratemaking process. In each applicable rate proposal, BPA will allocate all of its costs into three cost pools for determining Tier 1 rates and a number of Tier 2 cost pools corresponding to the Tier 2 rate alternatives that customers have selected. In each rate case, BPA will define risk mitigation mechanisms and set rates to support BPA's then-current Agency financial risk standard(s). The Agency financial risk standard(s) is

(are)set in BPA's 10-Year Financial Plan, or its successor, subject to any required review in a 7(i) rate proceeding. The proposed TRM includes a rate design for Tier 1 rates that includes three components: customer charges, demand rates and load shaping rates. However, there are significant changes in the billing determinants to which these rates apply from BPA's current rate structure. There will be three customer charges, only two of which will be applicable to any particular product selected by the customer. The Composite Customer Charge and the Non-Slice Customer Charge will be applicable to purchasers of the Load Following and Block products, including the block portion of the Slice/Block product. The Composite Customer Charge and the Slice Customer Charge will be applicable to purchasers of the Slice portion of the Slice/Block product. The Demand Charge will apply to Load Following and Block with Shaping Capacity purchasers and will be charged to a portion of each customer's maximum hourly load in each month. The Load Shaping Charge will apply to Load Following and Block purchasers and will be charged to a portion of each customer's energy load during each diurnal period of each month. BPA's proposed TRM is available for viewing and downloading on BPA's Web site at *http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase* . Copies will also be available for viewing at BPA's Public Information Center, BPA Headquarters Building, 1st Floor, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Issued this 24th day of April, 2008. Stephen J. Wright, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. [FR Doc. E8-9572 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 April 23, 2008. Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: *Docket Numbers:* RP96-272-074. *Applicants:* Northern Natural Gas Company. *Description:* Northern Natural Gas Company submits 50 Revised Sheet 66A *et al.* of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 1 effective April 22, 2008. *Filed Date:* 04/21/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0153. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 5, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP99-518-105. *Applicants:* Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation. *Description:* Gas Transmission Northwest Corp submits Fifteenth Revised Sheet 24 *et al.* to FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1-A, to become effective 4/23/08. *Filed Date:* 04/22/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0081. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 05, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-319-000. *Applicants:* Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. *Description:* Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC submits its entire FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Sheet Volume 1 and Third Revised Volume 2 as set forth in Appendix C. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0100. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* GP94-2-017. *Applicants:* Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. *Description:* Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation submits its refund report. *Filed Date:* 04/11/2008. *Accession:* 20080415-0157. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-9475 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 April 25, 2008. Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: *Docket Numbers:* RP96-383-085. *Applicants:* Dominion Transmission, Inc. *Description:* Dominion Transmission, Inc. submits Tenth Revised Sheet 1405 effective April 18, 2008. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0217. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-200-001. *Applicants:* Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. *Description:* Guardian Pipeline, LLC submits executed copies of the nine service agreements. *Filed Date:* 04/23/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080424-0107. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 5, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-320-000. *Applicants:* Northern Natural Gas Company. *Description:* Petition of Northern Natural Gas Company for limited waiver of tariff provisions. *Filed Date:* 04/23/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080424-0007. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 5, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-321-000. *Applicants:* Northern Natural Gas Company. *Description:* Northern Natural Gas Company submits 1 Revised Tenth Revised Sheet 135 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 1, to become effective 5/24/08. *Filed Date:* 04/23/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080424-0008. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 5, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-322-000. *Applicants:* Canyon Creek Compression Company. *Description:* Canyon Creek Compression Company submits Third Revised Sheet 0 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1, to become effective 5/19/08. *Filed Date:* 04/24/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080425-0004. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-323-000. *Applicants:* Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. *Description:* Horizon Pipeline Company, LLC submits First Revised Sheet 0 and First Revised Sheet 221 to FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume 1, to become effective 5/19/08. *Filed Date:* 04/24/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080425-0002. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 06, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-324-000. *Applicants:* Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC. *Description:* Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC submits First Revised Sheet 0 et al. to their FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume 1, to become effective 5/19/08. *Filed Date:* 04/24/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080425-0003. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* RP08-325-000. *Applicants:* Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC. *Description:* Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC submits First Revised Sheet 0 and First Revised Sheet 241 to FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume 1, to become effective 5/19/08. *Filed Date:* 04/24/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080425-0001. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* CP07-207-001. *Applicants:* Colorado Interstate Gas Company. *Description:* Colorado Interstate Gas Company submits Fifteenth Revised sheet No. 7, et al., to the First Revised Volume No. 1, effective May 5, 2008. *Filed Date:* 04/21/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080424-0226. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* CP07-406-002. *Applicants:* Monroe Gas Storage Company, L.P. *Description:* Monroe Gas Storage Company, L.P. submits application for limited amendment of the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued 12/21/07 for approval of the First Revised Pro Forma FERC Gas Tariff. *Filed Date:* 04/15/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0012. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, May 9, 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-9542 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 April 22, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers:* EC08-67-000. *Applicants:* LS Power Development, LLC; Luminus Management, LLC. *Description:* LS Power Development, LLC and Luminus Management, LLC submit a supplement to their joint application submitted 4/8/08. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0285. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Numbers:* EG08-64-000. *Applicants:* Valencia Power, LLC. *Description:* Self Certification Notice of Valencia Power, LLC as an Exempt Wholesale Generator. *Filed Date:* 04/21/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-5188. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 12, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER01-48-009. *Applicants:* Powerex Corp. *Description:* Power Corp submits an update to its Notice of a Non-Natural Change in Status. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0184. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-770-003. *Applicants:* AIG Energy Inc. *Description:* AIG Energy, Inc submits a notice of non-material change in status. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0001. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-774-007. *Applicants:* Eagle Energy Partners I, LP *Description:* Eagle Energy Partners I, LP submits Notice of Non-Material Change in Status from the characteristics upon which FERC relied in granting Eagle market-based rate authority concerning an Energy Management Agreement etc. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0010. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER04-1215-002. *Applicants:* Anthracite Power and Light Company. *Description:* Anthracite Power and Light Co submits additional information re its exemption from submitting any regularly scheduled market power analysis etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0055. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-665-004. *Applicants:* Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc. *Description:* Triennial Report and Request for Finding of Category 1 Seller of Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc. *Filed Date:* 04/21/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-5172. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 12, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1555-002. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Operating Companies submits Settlement Agreement with the Cleco Power, LLC *et al.* in compliance with FERC's 3/17/08 Order. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0030. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-441-003. *Applicants:* Velocity American Energy Master I, L.P. *Description:* Velocity American Energy Master I, LP submits Substitute Original Sheet 1 to FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0032. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-518-001. *Applicants:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern California Edison submits a revised rate sheet to its Transmission Owner Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 6. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0003. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-589-001. *Applicants:* Edison Mission Solutions, L.L.C. *Description:* Edison Mission Solutions LLC supplements the notice of succession filed on 2/22/08 and request that its First Revised Rate Schedule FERC 1 be made effective on 2/23/08. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0045. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-797-001. *Applicants:* HEEP Fund Inc. *Description:* HEEP Fund Inc. request for additional information and tariff amendments. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0256. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-832-000. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc. *Description:* ISO New England, Inc. *et al.* submits proposed revisions to Section II of the ISO Tariff to comply with FERC's Order 890-A. *Filed Date:* 04/15/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0198. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-833-001. *Applicants:* Progress Energy Service Company; Florida Power & Light Company. *Description:* Florida Power & Light Co's Certificate of Concurrence re Rate Schedule 200—Facilities Interconnection Agreement with Orlando Utilities Commission. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0002. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-833-000. *Applicants:* Progress Energy Service Company. *Description:* Progress Energy Services Co *et al.* submits an executed 230 kV Facilities Interconnection Agreement with Florida Power Corp. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0029. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-834-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc's proposed amendments to certain Market Power Mitigation Measures set forth in Attachment H to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff etc. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0033. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-836-000. *Applicants:* Champion Energy Marketing LLC. *Description:* Champion Energy Marketing LLC submits an application for market-based rate authority. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0255. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-837-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection, LLC submits amendments to Schedule 12—Appendix under ER08-837. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0254. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-838-000. *Applicants:* Affordable Power, L.P. *Description:* Affordable Power LP submits the Application for Market-Based Rate Authorization and Request for Waivers, Blanket Authorizations, and Expedited Action. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0253. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-839-000. *Applicants:* Northeast Utilities Service Company. *Description:* NU Companies submits Notices of Cancellation to terminate certain transmission service agreements under the NU Companies' open-access transmission tariff. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0252. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-840-000. *Applicants:* Xcel Energy Services, Inc. *Description:* Xcel Energy Services, Inc on behalf of Northern States Power Co submits a Notice of Termination of the Municipal Transmission Service Agreement etc. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-0257. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-841-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection, LLC submits revisions to the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and Operating Agreement. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0004. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-842-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. submits revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff etc. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0005. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-843-000. *Applicants:* Public Service Company of New Mexico. *Description:* Public Service Company of New Mexico submits a Contract for Capital Construction and Interconnection at Tri-State's Willard 115kV Switching Station dated 4/17/08 between itself and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0006. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-844-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Mississippi Inc. submits a Notice of Termination of the executed Interconnection and Operating Agreement and Generator Imbalance Agreement filed on 8/11/00 with Gen Power McAdams LLC etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0007. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-845-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Operating Companies submits a mutually-executed Dynamic Transfer Operating Agreement designated as ESI Service Agreement 498 under FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 3 etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0008. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-846-000. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company submits First Revised Sheet 1 and 2 to the APS FERC Electric Tariff, Volume 5. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-0009. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-847-000. *Applicants:* Union Electric Company. *Description:* Ameren UE submits an amendment to the Interchange Agreement between Union Electric Company and Entergy Arkansas Inc. in order to terminate one of the Delivery Points sets forth in Appendix I etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0046. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-848-000. *Applicants:* GearyEnergy, LLC. *Description:* GearyEnergy, LLC submits Petition for Acceptance of Initial Tariff, Waivers and Blanket Authority, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1 under which it will engage in wholesale sales of electric energy & capacity etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0047. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-849-000. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company submits Amendment 1 to the currently effective Interconnection and Operating Agreement with Gila River Power, LP etc. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0048. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-850-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. submits proposed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff and its Open Access Transmission Tariff etc. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0049. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER96-1947-022; ER03-160-008; ER02-900-008; ER02-1052-008. *Applicants:* LS Power Marketing, LLC; Las Vegas Power Company, LLC; Sugar Creek Power Company, LLC; West Georgia Generating Company, LLC. *Description:* Notification of change of status re LS Power Marketing LLC *et al.* *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080422-0044. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: *Docket Numbers:* ES08-44-000. *Applicants:* El Paso Electric Company. *Description:* Application of El Paso Electric Company for Authorization Under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for Issuance of Long-Term Bonds. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-5099. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following open access transmission tariff filings: *Docket Numbers:* OA07-43-003. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company's Annual Compliance Report on Penalty Assessments and Distribution as Required by Order Nos. 890 and 890-A. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-5102. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA07-53-003. *Applicants:* Progress Energy, Inc. *Description:* Annual Informational Filing of Penalty Revenues Distribution for Carolina Power & Light Company and Florida Power Corporation. *Filed Date:* 04/17/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-5023. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 8, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA07-25-003. *Applicants:* Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. *Description:* Order No. 890 Penalty Refund Report OATT Filing of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. *Filed Date:* 04/16/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-5029. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA08-106-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc submits the FPA Section 206 Compliance Filing of Non-Rate Terms and Conditions as set forth in Order 890-A. *Filed Date:* 04/15/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080417-0037. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA08-109-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Annual Compliance Report of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Regarding Unreserved Use and Late Study Penalties. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-5188. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA08-111-000. *Applicants:* Portland General Electric Company. *Description:* Annual Informational Filing on Operational Penalty Assessments and Distributions as Required by Order Nos. 890 and 890-A. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080421-5095. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA08-96-001. *Applicants:* Southern Company Services, Inc. *Description:* Southern Company Services, Inc. Annual Report of Penalty Assessments and Distributions in accordance with Order Nos. 890 and 890-A. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-5115. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA08-97-001. *Applicants:* MidAmerican Energy Company. *Description:* Annual Informational Report on Penalty Assessments and Distributions as required by Order Nos. 890 and 890-A of MidAmerican Energy Company. *Filed Date:* 04/18/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080418-5121. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 9, 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-9543 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0061; FRL-8560-6] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2025.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0481 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this document announces that an Information Collection Request

(ICR)has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 2, 2008. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0061, to

(1)EPA online using *http://www.regulations.gov* (our preferred method), or by email to *docket.oeca@epa.gov,* or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and

(2)OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:

(202)564-4113; fax number:

(202)564-0050; email address: *williams.learia@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0061, which is available for public viewing online at *http://www.regulations.gov,* in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is

(HAP)if it emits or has the potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. Owners or operators must submit notification reports upon the construction or reconstruction of any friction materials manufacturing facility. Semiannual reports for periods of operation during which the emission limitation has exceeded (or reports certifying that no exceedances have occurred) also are required. Affected entities must retain reports and records for a total of five years: Two years at the site and the remaining three years at an off-site location. Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are properly installed and that the operating standard is being met. The information generated by monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements described in this ICR are used by the Agency to ensure that facilities that are affected by the standard continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous compliance with the regulation. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. *Burden Statement:* The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 162 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or either disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. *Respondents/Affected Entities:* Friction materials manufacturing. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 4. *Frequency of Response:* Annually, semiannually, initially and occasionally. *Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:* 1,296. *Estimated Total Annual Cost:* $104,512, which is comprised of $1,088 in O&M costs, $103,424 in labor costs, and no annualized capital costs. *Changes in the Estimates:* There is no change in the labor hours or cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR except for the correction of a small mathematical error in the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations:

(1)The regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and

(2)the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden to industry. Dated: April 24, 2008. Sara Hisel-McCoy, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E8-9609 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0062; FRL-8560-7] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1974.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0488 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this document announces that an Information Collection Request

(ICR)has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget

(1)EPA online using *http://www.regulations.gov* (our preferred method), or by e-mail to *docket.oeca@epa.gov,* or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and

(202)564-4113; fax number:

(202)564-0050; e-mail address: *williams.learia@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0062, which is available for public viewing online at *http://www.regulations.gov,* in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is

(202)566-1927. Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at *http://www.regulations.gov,* to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select “docket search,” then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted either electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at *http://www.regulations.gov,* as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to *http://www.regulations.gov.* *Title:* NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing (Renewal). *ICR Numbers:* EPA ICR Number 1974.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0488. *ICR Status:* This ICR is schedule to expire on July 31, 2008. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the **Federal Register** when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by publication in the **Federal Register** or by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. *Abstract:* The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Cellulose Products Manufacturing were proposed on August 28, 2000 (65 FR 52166) and promulgated on June 11, 2002 (67 FR 40043). These standards apply to any existing, reconstructed, or new affected sources. These standards apply to each operation that is a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAP), which includes both the miscellaneous viscose processes source category and the cellulose ethers productions source category. The viscose process includes the cellulose food casing, rayon, cellulosic sponge, and cellophane operations, and the cellulose ethers includes all of the cellulose ether operations. Respondents of affected sources are subject to the requirements of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, the General Provisions, unless the regulation specifies otherwise. Owners or operators must submit notification that the facility is subject to the rule; notification of performance test; notification of compliance status (including results of performance tests and other initial compliance demonstrations) and semiannual compliance reports. Owners or operators of cellulose products manufacturing facilities subject to the rule must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUU, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and other information that have been determined to be private. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. *Burden Statement:* The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 141 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to: Review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. *Respondents/Affected Entities:* Cellulose products manufacturing. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 13. *Frequency of Response:* Weekly, semiannually, and occasionally. *Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:* 12,088. *Estimated Total Annual Cost:* $965,095, which includes $1,014 in O&M costs, $964,081 in labor costs, and no annualized capital costs. *Changes in the Estimates:* There is no change in the labor hours or cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. It should be noted that the previous ICR rounded the burden cost down to the nearest one thousand. In this ICR, the exact cost figure is reported which results in an apparent increase in the cost when, in fact, no increase has occurred. Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR, thus there is no change in burden to industry. Dated: April 15, 2008. Sara Hisel-McCoy, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E8-9612 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8560-8] Notice of Charter Renewal for the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

(EFAB)AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board

(EFAB)will be renewed for an additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App section 9(c). The purpose of EFAB is to provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator of EPA on issues associated with environmental financing. It is determined that EFAB is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be directed to Vanessa Bowie, Environmental Finance Program, U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 (Mailcode 2731R), Telephone

(202)564-5186, or *bowie.vanessa@epa.gov* . Dated: April 24, 2008. Terry Ouverson, Acting Director, OETI. [FR Doc. E8-9610 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8560-5] Notice of Open Meeting, Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB), Workshop on Financial Assurance AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board will hold an open meeting of its Financial Assurance Project Workgroup. EFAB is chartered with providing analysis and advice to the EPA Administrator and EPA program offices on issues relating to environmental finance. The purpose of this meeting is for the EFAB to gather information and ideas with respect to the use of insurance as a financial assurance tool in EPA programs. The day will be structured to address this issue via a series of presentations and panel discussions involving Federal environmental officials, State insurance regulators, insurance underwriters, insurance industry professionals, and State environmental regulators. The meeting is open to the public with seating available on a first come first served basis. Due to building security requirements, all members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register in advance no later than Friday, June 6, 2008. DATES: June 17, 2008 from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. ADDRESSES: EPA Region 2 Lower Manhattan Office, 290 Broadway, 30th Floor Conference Room, New York, NY 10007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the workshop or to obtain further information, contact Pamela Scott, U.S. EPA, EFAB Staff, at 202-564-6368 or *scott.pamela@epa.gov.* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Pamela Scott at 202-564-6368 or *scott.pamela@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of disability, please contact Pamela Scott, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: April 24, 2008. Terry Ouverson, Acting Director, Office of Enterprise Technology and Innovation. [FR Doc. E8-9607 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, Comments Requested April 25, 2008. SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA)of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following information collection(s). Comments are requested concerning

(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid OMB control number. DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 2, 2008. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (e-mail address: *nfraser@omb.eop.gov* ), and to the Federal Communications Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: *PRA@fcc.gov* ). Include in the e-mails the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below or, if there is no OMB control number, the Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail contact the person listed below to make alternate arrangements. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at PRA@fcc.gov or at

(202)418-0217. To view or obtain a copy of an information collection request

(ICR)submitted to OMB:

(1)Go to this OMB/GSA Web page: *http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain* ,

(2)look for the section of the Web page called “Currently Under Review,”

(3)click on the downward-pointing arrow in the “Select Agency” box below the “Currently Under Review” heading,

(4)select “Federal Communications Commission” from the list of agencies presented in the “Select Agency” box,

(5)click the “Submit” button to the right of the “Select Agency” box, and

(6)when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of the ICR you want to view (or its title if there is no OMB control number) and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0816. *Title:* Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting, FCC Form 477. *Form Number:* FCC Form 477. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and state, local or tribal government. *Number of Respondents and Responses:* 1,400 respondents; 2,800 responses. *Estimated Time per Response:* 46.0 hours. *Obligation to respond:* Mandatory, as required by the Commission's rules implementing section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 157nt, and the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 160, 161, 201-205, 215, 218-220, 251-271, 303(r), 332, 403, 502, and 503. *Frequency of Response:* Semi-annual reporting requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 128,800 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* $0.00. *Privacy Act Impact Assessment:* No impacts. *Nature of Extent of Confidentiality:* Respondents may request confidential treatment for competitively sensitive information by using a drop-down box located on the first page of Form 477. If the Commission receives a request for release pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, the respondent is notified and afforded an opportunity to show why the data should not be released under 47 CFR 0.459(b) of the Commission's rules. Additionally, the Commission only releases aggregated (non-company specific) information in its published reports. *Needs and Uses:* The information is necessary to evaluate the status of local telephone competition and the status of broadband services deployment. The information assists the Commission in preparing the report mandated by section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and it is used by the Commission to evaluate the efficacy of Commission rules and policies adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-9604 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS)gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at the Mound Plant, near Dayton, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

(SEC)under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 3, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC: Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked in any areas at the Mound Plant site from October 1, 1949, through February 28, 1959, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. This designation became effective on April 2, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 2, 2008, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *OCAS@CDC.GOV.* Dated: April 14, 2008. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E8-9544 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS)gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

(SEC)under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 3, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC: Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored for radiation exposure while working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from January 1, 1950, through December 31, 1973, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. This designation became effective on April 2, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 2, 2008, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *OCAS@CDC.GOV.* Dated: April 14, 2008. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E8-9545 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS)gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

(AWE)who worked at the Combustion Engineering site in Windsor, Connecticut, from January 1, 1965, through December 31, 1972, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. This designation became effective on April 2, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384 *l* (14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 2, 2008, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *OCAS@CDC.GOV.* Dated: April 14, 2008. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E8-9546 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Projects *Title:* Mentoring Children of Prisoners Service Delivery Demonstration Project Data Collection. *OMB No.:* New Collection. *Description:* The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments, as reauthorized (2006), amended Title IV-B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629-629e) providing funding for a service delivery demonstration project for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners

(MCP)program. Grantees shall identify children of prisoners not being served by the grant program, provide families of identified children with a voucher for mentoring services and a list of quality mentoring programs, and monitor the delivery of mentoring services provided. The Family and Youth Services Bureau

(FYSB)of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), United States Department of Health and Human Services, administers the MCP program. The MCP program provides children of prisoners with caring adult mentors, supporting one-to-one mentoring relationships. Research in other populations has shown that such relationships can lead to reductions in risk behaviors and improvements in academic, behavioral, and psychological outcomes in children and youth. Although the MCP program was developed based on research documenting the efficacy of mentoring as a general intervention strategy, it is not yet known if this particular intervention yields positive outcomes for the children of prisoners population. Little is known about how mentoring relationships work for these youth and how effective mentoring relationships for children of prisoners differ from effective mentoring relationships for other youth. In addition, little is known about children of prisoners in general and thus a survey of MCP program youth has the potential to provide important data about this relatively unstudied population. The evaluation and data collection proposed in this notice are to fulfill the statutory requirement under Section 8, subsection h(l) of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, as amended, that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services evaluate outcomes of the MCP service delivery demonstration project and report to Congress on the findings. The information collected will also be used for accountability monitoring, management improvement, and research. Data collection will ensure that grantees know that mentoring relationships are meeting the established milestones and that mentoring activities are faithful to characteristics established by research as essential to success. Data collected will allow ACF to compare the MCP service delivery demonstration project with the MCP grant program. Data collected will also support grantees as they carry out ongoing responsibilities and manage information for internal use. *Respondents:* Public, faith-based and community organizations applying to and implementing the MCP service delivery demonstration project. Annual Burden Estimates Instrument Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Total burden hours Child Application 4,200 1 .5 2,100 Program Application 325 1 2 650 MentorPRO Basic: Mentoring Practices and Relationship Data 250 120 .5 15,000 Baseline Youth Survey 3,000 1 .5 1,500 Follow-up Youth Survey 2,000 1 .5 1,000 Relationship Quality Survey 2,250 1 .5 1,125 Program Survey 250 1 .5 125 Mentor Survey 2,000 1 .5 1,000 Payment Information 1 52 2 104 *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 22,604. In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail address: *infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.* All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. The Department specifically requests comments on:

(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication. Dated: April 23, 2008. Janean Chambers, Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E8-9292 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2007-E-0457] (formerly Docket No. 2007E-0138) Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; ARTEFILL AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)has determined the regulatory review period for ARTEFILL and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that medical device. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and petitions to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to *http://www.regulations.gov* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Friedman, Office of Regulatory Policy, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, rm. 6222, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-3602. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-417) and the Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act (Public Law 100-670) generally provide that a patent may be extended for a period of up to 5 years so long as the patented item (human drug product, animal drug product, medical device, food additive, or color additive) was subject to regulatory review by FDA before the item was marketed. Under these acts, a product's regulatory review period forms the basis for determining the amount of extension an applicant may receive. A regulatory review period consists of two periods of time: A testing phase and an approval phase. For medical devices, the testing phase begins with a clinical investigation of the device and runs until the approval phase begins. The approval phase starts with the initial submission of an application to market the device and continues until permission to market the device is granted. Although only a portion of a regulatory review period may count toward the actual amount of extension that the Director of Patents and Trademarks may award (half the testing phase must be subtracted as well as any time that may have occurred before the patent was issued), FDA's determination of the length of a regulatory review period for a medical device will include all of the testing phase and approval phase as specified in 35 U.S.C. 156(g)(3)(B). FDA recently approved for marketing the medical device, ARTEFILL. ARTEFILL is indicated for correction of nasolabial folds. Subsequent to this approval, the Patent and Trademark Office received a patent term restoration application for ARTEFILL (U.S. Patent No. 5,344,452) from Artes Medical USA, Inc., and the Patent and Trademark Office requested FDA's assistance in determining this patent's eligibility for patent term restoration. In a letter dated May 16, 2007, FDA advised the Patent and Trademark Office that this medical device had undergone a regulatory review period and that the approval of ARTEFILL represented the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the product. Thereafter, the Patent and Trademark Office requested that FDA determine the product's regulatory review period. FDA has determined that the applicable regulatory review period for ARTEFILL is 3,530 days. Of this time, 1,859 days occurred during the testing phase of the regulatory review period, while 1671 days occurred during the approval phase. These periods of time were derived from the following dates: 1. *The date an exemption under section 520(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 360j(g)) involving this device became effective* : February 28, 1997. FDA has verified the applicant's claim that the date the investigational device exemption

(IDE)required under section 520(g) of the act for human tests to begin became effective February 28, 1997. 2. *The date an application was initially submitted with respect to the device under section 515 of the act (21 U.S.C. 360e)* : April 1, 2002. FDA has verified the applicant's claim that the premarket approval application

(PMA)for ARTEFILL (PMA P020012) was initially submitted April 1, 2002. 3. *The date the application was approved* : October 27, 2006. FDA has verified the applicant's claim that PMA P020012 was approved on October 27, 2006. This determination of the regulatory review period establishes the maximum potential length of a patent extension. However, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office applies several statutory limitations in its calculations of the actual period for patent extension. In its application for patent extension, this applicant seeks 1,827 days of patent term extension. Anyone with knowledge that any of the dates as published are incorrect may submit to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES ) written or electronic comments and ask for a redetermination by June 30, 2008. Furthermore, any interested person may petition FDA for a determination regarding whether the applicant for extension acted with due diligence during the regulatory review period by October 28, 2008. To meet its burden, the petition must contain sufficient facts to merit an FDA investigation. (See H. Rept. 857, part 1, 98th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 41-42, 1984.) Petitions should be in the format specified in 21 CFR 10.30. Comments and petitions should be submitted to the Division of Dockets Management. Three copies of any mailed information are to be submitted, except that individuals may submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. Comments and petitions may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please note that on January 15, 2008, the FDA Division of Dockets Management Web site transitioned to the Federal Dockets Management System (FDMS). FDMS is a Government-wide, electronic docket management system. Electronic comments or submissions will be accepted by FDA only through FDMS at *http://www.regulations.gov* . Dated: April 21, 2008. Jane A. Axelrad, Associate Director for Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. [FR Doc. E8-9592 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2006-E-0196] (formerly Docket No. 2006E-0500) Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; AZILECT AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)has determined the regulatory review period for AZILECT and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and petitions to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to *http://www.regulations.gov* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Friedman, Office of Regulatory Policy, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, rm. 6222, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-3602. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-417) and the Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act (Public Law 100-670) generally provide that a patent may be extended for a period of up to 5 years so long as the patented item (human drug product, animal drug product, medical device, food additive, or color additive) was subject to regulatory review by FDA before the item was marketed. Under these acts, a product's regulatory review period forms the basis for determining the amount of extension an applicant may receive. A regulatory review period consists of two periods of time: A testing phase and an approval phase. For human drug products, the testing phase begins when the exemption to permit the clinical investigations of the human drug product becomes effective and runs until the approval phase begins. The approval phase starts with the initial submission of an application to market the human drug product and continues until FDA grants permission to market the drug product. Although only a portion of a regulatory review period may count toward the actual amount of extension that the Director of Patents and Trademarks may award (for example, half the testing phase must be subtracted as well as any time that may have occurred before the patent was issued), FDA's determination of the length of a regulatory review period for a human drug product will include all of the testing phase and approval phase as specified in 35 U.S.C. 156(g)(1)(B). FDA approved for marketing the human drug product AZILECT (rasagiline mesylate). AZILECT is indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease as initial monotherapy and as adjunct therapy to levodopa. Subsequent to this approval, the Patent and Trademark Office received a patent term restoration application for AZILECT (U.S. Patent No. 5,453,446) from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., and the Patent and Trademark Office requested FDA's assistance in determining this patent's eligibility for patent term restoration. In a letter dated February 6, 2007, FDA advised the Patent and Trademark Office that this human drug product had undergone a regulatory review period and that the approval of AZILECT represented the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the product. Thereafter, the Patent and Trademark Office requested that FDA determine the product's regulatory review period. FDA has determined that the applicable regulatory review period for AZILECT is 4,269 days. Of this time, 3,284 days occurred during the testing phase of the regulatory review period, while 985 days occurred during the approval phase. These periods of time were derived from the following dates: 1. *The date an exemption under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) became effective* : September 9, 1994. The applicant claims September 12, 1994, as the date the investigational new drug application

(IND)became effective. However, FDA records indicate that the IND effective date was September 9, 1994, which was 30 days after FDA receipt of the IND. 2. *The date the application was initially submitted with respect to the human drug product under section 505(b) of the act* : September 5, 2003. FDA has verified the applicant's claim that the new drug application

(NDA)for Azilect (NDA 21-641) was initially submitted on September 5, 2003. 3. *The date the application was approved* : May 16, 2006. FDA has verified the applicant's claim that NDA 21-641 was approved on May 16, 2006. This determination of the regulatory review period establishes the maximum potential length of a patent extension. However, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office applies several statutory limitations in its calculations of the actual period for patent extension. In its application for patent extension, this applicant seeks 1,827 days of patent term extension. Anyone with knowledge that any of the dates as published are incorrect may submit to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES ) written or electronic comments and ask for a redetermination by June 30, 2008. Furthermore, any interested person may petition FDA for a determination regarding whether the applicant for extension acted with due diligence during the regulatory review period by October 28, 2008. To meet its burden, the petition must contain sufficient facts to merit an FDA investigation. (See H. Rept. 857, part 1, 98th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 41-42, 1984.) Petitions should be in the format specified in 21 CFR 10.30. Comments and petitions should be submitted to the Division of Dockets Management. Three copies of any mailed information are to be submitted, except that individuals may submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. Comments and petitions may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please note that on January 15, 2008, the FDA Division of Dockets Management Web site transitioned to the Federal Dockets Management System (FDMS). FDMS is a Government-wide, electronic docket management system. Electronic comments or submissions will be accepted by FDA only through FDMS at *http://www.regulations.gov* . Dated: April 21, 2008. Jane A. Axelrad, Associate Director for Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. [FR Doc. E8-9591 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. *Name of Committee* : Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. *General Function of the Committee* : To provide advice and recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. *Date and Time* : The meeting will be held on June 12, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Location* : Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, & C, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD. *Contact Person* : Neel J. Patel, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ-480), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 240-276-3700, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512624. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the **Federal Register** about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting. *Agenda* : The committee will discuss, make recommendations and vote on a premarket approval application for the ProGEL Surgical Sealant sponsored by NeoMend, Inc. The device is indicated to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists as an adjunct to the standard procedure (sutures/staples) for closing intraoperative air leaks. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is available at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm* , click on the year 2008 and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link. *Procedure* : Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before May 29, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled for approximately 30 minutes at the beginning of the committee deliberations and for approximately 30 minutes near the end of committee deliberations. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before May 21, 2008. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 22, 2008. Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact AnnMarie Williams, Conference Management Staff, at 240-276-8932, at least 7 days in advance of the meeting. FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at *http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm* for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: April 22, 2008. Randall W. Lutter, Deputy Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E8-9537 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. *Name of Committee* : Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee. *General Function of the Committee* : To provide advice and recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. *Date and Time* : The meeting will be held on June 17, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and June 18, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. *Location* : Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Advisory Committee Conference Room, rm. 1066, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD. *Contact Persons* : Yvette Waples or John Lauttman, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-7001, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: *yvette.waples@fda.hhs.gov* , or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512534. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the **Federal Register** about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site and call the appropriate advisory committee hotline/phone line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting. *Agenda* : On June 17, 2008, the committee will discuss biologic licensing application

(BLA)125261, ustekinumab, a human monoclonal antibody, Centocor, Inc., proposed for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis. On June 18, 2008, the committee will discuss supplemental biologic licensing application

(sBLA)103795/5350, etanercept, a lyophilized powder for subcutaneous injection, Immunex Corp., proposed for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis in the pediatric population. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is available at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm* , click on the year 2008 and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link. *Procedure* : Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before June 3, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before May 27, 2008. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 28, 2008. Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Yvette Waples or John Lauttman at least 7 days in advance of the meeting. FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at *http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm* for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: April 22, 2008. Randall W. Lutter, Deputy Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E8-9549 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources And Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA)publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(301)443-1129. Comments are invited on:

(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(NEW)The Health Center program supports Community Health Centers (CHCs), Migrant Health Centers (MHCs), Health Care for the Homeless

(HCH)projects, and Public Housing Primary Care

(PHPC)programs. Health Centers

(HCs)receive grants from HRSA to provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved populations. The proposed Patient Survey will collect in-depth information about HC patients, their health status, the reasons they seek care at HCs, their diagnoses, the services they utilize at HCs and elsewhere, the quality of those services, and their satisfaction with the care they receive, through personal interviews of a stratified random sample of HC patients. The survey pre-test, which is the subject of this Notice, will serve as a pilot test of the survey instrument, survey sampling methodologies and procedures. This pre-test will also include cognitive interviews to ensure that the questions are being understood as was intended; as a result, it is estimated that each pre-test patient interview will take 2 hours. The Patient Survey being pre-tested builds on previous periodic User-Visit Surveys which were conducted to learn about the process and outcomes of care in CHCs and HCH programs. The original questionnaires were derived from the National Health Interview Survey

(NHIS)and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Conformance with the NHIS and NHAMCS allowed comparisons between these NCHS surveys and the previous CHC and HCH User-Visit Surveys. The new Patient Survey was developed using a questionnaire methodology similar to that used in the past, and so will allow some longitudinal comparisons for CHCs and HCH programs with the previous User-Visit survey data, including monitoring of process outcomes over time. In addition, this survey will include interviews of patients drawn from migrant populations and from residents of public housing, populations not included in the previous surveys. The estimated response burden for the pilot test is as follows: Pretest Type of respondent; activity involved Number of respondents Responses per respondent Total number of responses Burden per response (hours) Total hour burden Grantee/Site Recuitment 2 3 6 3.75 22.5 Patient Recuitment 90 1 90 .167 15 Patient Survey 70 1 70 2 140 Total—Pretest 92 166 177.5 Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: April 24, 2008. Alexandra Huttinger, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E8-9517 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing. ADDRESSES: Licensing information and copies of the U.S. patent applications listed below may be obtained by writing to the indicated licensing contact at the Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, Maryland 20852-3804; telephone: 301/496-7057; fax: 301/402-0220. A signed Confidential Disclosure Agreement will be required to receive copies of the patent applications. Human and Improved Murine Monoclonal Antibodies Against CD22 *Description of Technology:* CD22 is a cell surface protein that is highly expressed in a number of B cell lymphomas, such as hairy cell leukemia (HCL), non-Hodgkins lymphoma

(NHL)and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Several clinical trials using anti-CD22 antibodies are ongoing. However, all of these antibodies are murine in nature, and have the potential to elicit immune responses in patients. The immunogenicity may adversely affect the ability to provide patients with repeated doses of a therapeutic comprising the antibody, limiting the clinical application of those therapeutics. In order to address the issue of immunogenicity in a patient, NIH inventors have generated two anti-CD22 antibodies of human origin. Each antibody has the ability to recognize CD22 on the surface of Raji cells. Thus, these antibodies represent an attractive alternative to the murine anti-CD22 antibodies currently being tested in clinical trials. Additionally, the inventors have generated a modified murine anti-CD22 antibody with increased binding affinity and solubility. This antibody could also be a suitable alternative for the murine antibodies currently available. *Applications:* Use as an antibody therapeutic for B cell lymphomas. Use in an immunotoxin therapeutic for B cell lymphomas. Diagnostic for the detection of CD22 positive tumors. *Advantages:* Antibody against a proven target for immunotherapy. Fully human antibody reduces potential immunogenicity, thereby allowing repeated dosing. Murine antibody has increased binding affinity and solubility relative to current murine anti-CD22 antibodies. *Benefits:* The antibody based therapeutic market is likely to grow steadily in the next decade, with the present estimate of the market at more than ten billion U.S. dollars. Approximately five billion U.S. dollars are spent annually for treatment of lymphoma. The development of a successful antibody therapeutic for B cell lymphomas would occupy a significant portion of that market as approximately eighty-five percent of all lymphomas are B cell-linked. *Inventors:* Dimiter S. Dimitrov *et al.* (NCI). *Patent Status:* U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/042,329 filed 04 Apr 2008 (HHS Reference No. E-080-2008/0-US-01). *Licensing Status:* Available for licensing. *Licensing Contact:* David A. Lambertson, PhD; 301-435-4632; *lambertsond@mail.nih.gov.* *Collaborative Research Opportunity:* The NCI CCR Nanobiology Program is seeking statements of capability or interest from parties interested in collaborative research to further develop, evaluate, or commercialize anti-CD22 human monoclonal antibodies. Please contact John D. Hewes, PhD at 301-435-3121 or *hewesj@mail.nih.gov* for more information. Human Monoclonal Antibody Against Mesothelin *Description of Technology:* Mesothelin is a cell surface protein that is naturally expressed at very low levels. However, the expression of mesothelin is significantly increased in aggressive tumors, such as mesotheliomas and pancreatic and ovarian tumors. As a result, mesothelin is an excellent candidate for tumor targeted immunotherapeutics. Currently, the only antibodies against mesothelin that are available for clinical trials are of murine origin. These antibodies have the potential to elicit immune responses in patients, which may adversely affect the ability to provide patients with repeated doses. As a result, the clinical application of the antibodies may be limited. In order to address the issue of immunogenicity in patients, NIH inventors have generated an anti-mesothelin antibody of human origin. The antibody has the ability to efficiently recognize mesothelin on the surface of cells, and induce ADCC in mesothelin-positive cells. Thus, this antibody represents an attractive alternative to the murine anti-mesothelin antibodies currently available. *Applications:* Use as an antibody therapeutic for mesotheliomas and pancreatic and ovarian tumors. Use in an immunotoxin therapeutic for mesotheliomas and pancreatic and ovarian tumors. Diagnostic for the detection of mesothelin positive tumors. Research agent for the detection of mesothelin. *Advantages:* Fully human antibody reduces potential immunogenicity, thereby allowing repeated dosing. First human antibody against mesothelin. *Benefits:* The antibody based therapeutic market is likely to grow steadily in the next decade, with the present estimate of the market at more than ten billion U.S. dollars. The development of a successful antibody therapeutic for mesotheliomas and pancreatic and ovarian cancers would occupy a significant portion of that market. *Inventors:* Dimiter S. Dimitrov *et al.* (NCI). *Patent Status:* U.S. Provisional Application filed 27 Mar 2008 (HHS Reference No. E-079-2008/0-US-01) *Licensing Status:* Available for licensing. *Licensing Contact:* David A. Lambertson, PhD; 301-435-4632; *lambertsond@mail.nih.gov.* *Collaborative Research Opportunity:* The NCI CCR Nanobiology Program is seeking statements of capability or interest from parties interested in collaborative research to further develop, evaluate, or commercialize the antibody. Please contact John D. Hewes, PhD at 301-435-3121 or *hewesj@mail.nih.gov* for more information. New Insect SF-9ET Cell Line for Determining Baculovirus Titers *Description of Technology:* The baculovirus based protein expression system has gained increased prominence as a method for expressing recombinant proteins that are used in a wide range of biomedical applications. An important step in the use of this system is the ability to determine the virus infectious titer, i.e., the number of active baculovirus particles produced during an infection of the insect host cell. The current “gold standard” methods used for determining baculovirus titers, such as the plaque and end point dilution assays, can be costly, take a long time to complete (up to 7-8 days), and are sometimes difficult to interpret as they involve observing the cytopathic effects

(CPE)that baculovirus infection has on the infected insect host cell. To solve these problems, a modified insect cell line, SF-9ET, was developed to genetically express the green fluorescent protein

(GFP)when infected with baculovirus. In these cells, the gene for GFP is placed under the control of a baculovirus promoter so that the cells express GFP when they are infected with the virus. The baculovirus titer can then be quantitated from the level of GFP expression in the insect host cell. The results are obtained within 3 days compared to the 7-8 day period typical of the traditional CPE based methods. The GFP based system is capable of replacing the traditional methods as it is faster, more accurate and may be less expensive than the currently used systems. This proprietary technology can become an indispensible tool for the quantitation of baculovirus titers; a step that is important in the production of recombinant proteins and vaccine like particles

(VLPs)for academic and commercial purposes. *Applications:* Baculovirus based recombinant protein expression. *Advantages:* Fast, accurate, and inexpensive determination of baculovirus titers for protein expression. *Inventors:* Ralph F. Hopkins III and Dominic Esposito (SAIC/NCI). *Patent Status:* U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/019,562 filed 07 Jan 2008 (HHS Reference No. E-009-2008/0-US-01). *Licensing Status:* Available for exclusive or non-exclusive licensing. *Licensing Contact:* Jasbir (Jesse) S. Kindra, J.D., M.S.; 301-435-5170; *kindraj@mail.nih.gov.* A Molecular Grading System for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ

(DCIS)of the Breast: A New Molecular Diagnostic To Determine Disease Stages of DCIS *Description of Technology:* The technology describes the comprehensive profiling of Ductal Carcinoma in situ

(DCIS)in breast cancer patients. The inventors have developed a molecular grading system for DCIS utilizing both gene expression profiling and genomic change profiling. The inventors have identified molecular profiles that identify early stage patients at risk of disease progression requiring more aggressive therapy. These observations suggest that a clinical assay could be developed for the grading of DCIS. Furthermore, the invention demonstrates that the profiles correlate with the molecular grade and with cell proliferation, suggesting that a clinical assay using routine methods, based on the nuclear grade and staining for Ki67 as a measure of proliferation, could also potentially be developed. *Advantages and Applications:* The technology has the potential of being developed into an accurate diagnostic test for DCIS patients according to their risk of tumor progression. The diagnostic profiling can assist physicians in making clinically informed and personalized therapy decisions for DCIS patients. In the studies, tissue samples collected via laser capture micro-dissection from in situ breast cancer patients were used, which validate and authenticate the relevance of the study. *Development Status:* Larger clinical study is currently being planned. *Inventors:* Paul S. Meltzer *et al.* (NCI). *Patent Status:* U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/936,526 filed 20 Jun 2007 (HHS Reference No. E-192-2007/0-US-01). *Licensing Status:* Available for exclusive and non-exclusive licensing. *Licensing Contact:* Mojdeh Bahar, J.D.; 301-435-2950; *baharm@mail.nih.gov.* *Collaborative Research Opportunity:* The National Cancer Institute, Genetics Branch, is seeking statements of capability or interest from parties interested in collaborative research to further develop, evaluate, or commercialize molecular grading of DCIS. Please contact John D. Hewes, Ph.D. at 301-435-3121 or *hewesj@mail.nih.gov* for more information. April 24, 2008. David Sadowski, Deputy Director, Division of Technology Development and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health. [FR Doc. E8-9535 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. *Name of Committee:* National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel. *Date:* June 19, 2008. *Time:* 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. *Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications. *Place:* National Institutes of Health, One Democracy Plaza, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call). *Contact Person:* Sooyoun (Sonia) Kim, MS, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, NIDCR/NIH, 6701 Democracy Blvd, Rm 675, Bethesda, MD 20892-4878,

(301)594-4827, *kims@email.nidr.nih.gov.* (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.121, Oral Diseases and Disorders Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: April 23, 2008. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E8-9404 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140-01-M DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary Public Workshop: Privacy Compliance Fundamentals—PTAs, PIAs, and SORNs AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Notice announcing public workshop. SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, “Privacy Compliance Fundamentals—PTAs, PIAs, and SORNs.” DATES: The workshop will be held on May 23, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held in the auditorium at the DHS Offices at the GSA Regional Headquarters Building located at 7th and D Streets, SW., Washington, DC, 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara Baker, Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528; by telephone 703-235-0780; by facsimile 703-235-0442; or by e-mail at *privacyworkshop@dhs.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security

(DHS)Privacy Office is holding a public workshop that will provide in-depth training on the privacy compliance process at DHS, and specifically how to write privacy impact assessments

(PIAs)and systems of records notices (SORNs). A case study will be used to illustrate a step-by-step approach to researching, preparing, and writing these documents. The workshop will highlight the Privacy Impact Assessments: Official Guidance and introduce the System of Records Notices: Official Guidance for DHS. The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee for attendance. *Registration and Security:* In order to facilitate security requirements of the GSA facility, attendees must register in advance for this workshop. Registration closes at 9 a.m., Monday, May 19, 2008. To register, please send an e-mail to *privacyworkshop@dhs.gov* , with the name of the workshop (“Privacy Compliance Fundamentals—PTAs, PIAs, and SORNs”) in the subject line, and your full name and organizational affiliation in the body of the email. Alternatively, you may call 703-235-0780 to register and to provide the Privacy Office with your full name and organizational affiliation. All attendees who are employed by a federal agency will be required to show their federal agency employee photo identification badge to enter the building. Attendees who do not possess a federal agency employee photo identification badge will need to show a form of government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license, in order to verify their previously-provided registration information. This is a security requirement of the facility. The Privacy Office will only use your name for the security purposes of this specific workshop and to contact you in the event of a change to the workshop. *Special Assistance:* Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should indicate this in their admittance request and are encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible. John W. Kropf, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E8-9519 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-3286-EM] Ohio; Emergency and Related Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Ohio (FEMA-3286-EM), dated April 24, 2008, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 24, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter dated April 24, 2008, the President declared an emergency declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows: I have determined that the impact in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from the record snow and near record snow during the period of March 7-9, 2008, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the State of Ohio. In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and administrative expenses. You are authorized to provide emergency protective measures, including snow removal, under the Public Assistance program to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety. Other forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act may be added at a later date, as you deem appropriate. This emergency assistance will be provided for any continuous 48-hour period during or proximate to the incident period. You may extend the period of assistance, as warranted. This assistance excludes regular time costs for the sub-grantees' regular employees. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs in the designated areas. Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act. The Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA)hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, Department of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Michael H. Smith, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency. I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Ohio to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency: Ashtabula, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Crawford, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Geauga, Greene, Hardin, Huron, Lake, Morrow, Richland, Union, and Wyandot Counties for emergency protective measures (Category B), including snow removal, under the Public Assistance program for any continuous 48-hour period during or proximate to the incident period. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers

(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050 Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. E8-9531 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1751-DR] Arkansas; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1751-DR), dated March 26, 2008, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 22, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Arkansas is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of March 26, 2008. Cleburne, Jefferson, Lee, Miller, Phillips, and Sebastian Counties for Individual Assistance. Crawford, St. Francis, and White Counties for Individual Assistance (already designated for Public Assistance.) Searcy and Yell Counties for Individual Assistance (already designated for Public Assistance, including direct Federal assistance.) Clark, Cleburne, Lee, Little River, Mississippi, Phillips, and Pike Counties for Public Assistance. Hot Spring and Washington Counties for Public Assistance (already designated for Individual Assistance and emergency protective measures [Category B], limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.) (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers

(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In Presidential Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.) R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. E8-9533 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1749-DR] Missouri; Amendment No. 4 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Missouri (FEMA-1749-DR), dated March 19, 2008, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 23, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,

(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Missouri is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of March 19, 2008. Douglas and Ozark Counties for Public Assistance (already designated for emergency protective measures [Category B], limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.) (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers

(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In Presidential Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050 Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households—Other Needs, 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.) R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. E8-9530 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Submission of Agency Information Collection the Office of Management and Budget AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA)is submitting this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for reinstatement of the Indian Child Welfare Annual Report form. The information collected will aid the BIA in fulfilling requirements of law. This reinstatement meets the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 2, 2008. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments regarding this proposal to the Desk Officer of the Department of the Interior by facsimile to 202-395-6566. You may also send comments by e-mail to: *OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov* . Copies of comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to Kevin Sanders, Acting Chief, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone

(202)513-7621. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of information form or requests for additional information should be directed to Kevin Sanders, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone

(202)513-7621. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The information collection required by the use of this form is necessary to comply with Public Law 95-608, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and as codified in 25 CFR part 23, Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). This information is collected through the use of a consolidated caseload form by tribal ICWA program directors who are the providers of the ICWA services. The information is used to determine the extent of service needs in local Indian communities, assessment of the ICWA program effectiveness, and to provide data for the annual program budget justification. The responses to this request for information collection are voluntary and the aggregated report is not considered confidential. The public is not required to respond unless a currently valid OMB control number is displayed. II. Request for Comments A request for comments was published January 28, 2008 (73 FR 5207). No comments were received. You may submit comments to OMB at the address provided in the ADDRESSES section with a copy to the Bureau of Indian Affairs within 30 days concerning the following:

(a)The necessity of this information collection 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 the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(c)Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and,

(d)Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the respondents, such as through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that an agency may not sponsor nor request, and an individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it has a valid OMB Control Number. Please note that all comments received will be available for public review. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address or other personally identifiable information, be advised that your entire comment—including your personally identifiable information—may be made public at any time. While you may request that we withhold your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We do not consider anonymous comments. All comments from representatives of businesses or organizations will be made public in their entirety. OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days after publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** , but may respond after 30 days; therefore, your comments should be submitted to OMB within 30 days of publication to assure maximum consideration. III. Data *Title:* Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Child Welfare Act Annual Report, 25 CFR part 23. *OMB Control Number:* 1076-0131. *Type of Review:* Reinstatement. *Brief Description of Collection:* Indian tribes are required to collect selected data on Indian child welfare cases and submit them to the Bureau for consolidation. This data is useful on a local level, to the tribes and tribal organizations that collect it, for case management purposes and on nationwide bases for planning and budget purposes. *Respondents:* Indian tribes or tribal entities who are operating programs for Indian tribes. *Number of Respondents:* 536. *Estimated Time per Response:* 30 minutes. *Frequency of Response:* Quarterly. *Estimated Annual Burden to Respondents:* 1072 hours. Dated: April 25, 2008. Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia, Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. E8-9528 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-4J-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Information Collection Activities, Submission to the Office of Management and Budget AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request for the 25 CFR part 256, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA)Housing Improvement Program, OMB Control # 1076-0084, is being submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget for reinstatement. The collection expired during the renewal process. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 2, 2008. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments regarding this proposal to the Desk Officer of the Department of the Interior by facsimile to 202-395-6566. You may also send comments by e-mail to: *OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov* . Copies of comments should refer to the proposal by name and/ or OMB Control Number and should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone 907-586-7397. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of information form or requests for additional information should be directed to Les Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone 907-586-7397. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The information is needed to establish an applicant's eligibility to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program and to establish the priority order in which eligible applicants may receive services under the program. A **Federal Register** notice requesting comments was published on October 30, 2007 (72 FR61365). No comments were received. II. Method of Collection The housing regulations at 25 CFR part 256 contain the program eligibility and selection criteria (§§ 256.6, 256.8, 256.9, 256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which must be met by prospective applicants seeking program services. Information collected from applicants under these regulations provides eligibility and selection data used by the local servicing housing office to establish whether an applicant is eligible to receive services. The local servicing housing office may be a tribal housing office under a Public Law 93-638, Indian Self-Determination contract or a Self-Governance annual funding agreement, or part of the BIA. Additionally, the data is used by the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs to establish whether a request for waiver of a specific housing regulation is in the best interest of the applicant and the Federal Government. III. Data

(1)*Title of the Collection of Information:* Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing Improvement Program, 25 CFR Part 256. *OMB Control Number:* 1076-0084. *Type of Review:* Reinstatement of an information collection.

(2)*Summary of the Collection of Information:* The collection of information provides pertinent data concerning an applicant's eligibility to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program and includes: *A. Applicant Information including:* Name, current address, telephone number, date of birth, Social Security Number, tribe, roll number, reservation, marital status, name of spouse, date of birth of spouse, tribe of spouse, and roll number of spouse. *B.* *Family Information including:* Name, date of birth, relationship to applicant, and tribe/roll number. *C. Income Information:* Earned and unearned income. *D. Housing Information including:* Location of the house to be repaired, constructed, or purchased; description of housing assistance for which applying; knowledge of receipt of prior Housing Improvement Program assistance, amount, to whom and when; ownership or rental; availability of electricity and name of electric company; type of sewer system; water source; number of bedrooms; size of house; and bathroom facilities. *E. Land Information including:* Landowner; legal status of land; or type of interest in land. *F. General Information including:* Prior receipt of services under the Housing Improvement Program and description of such; ownership of other housing and description of such; identification of Housing and Urban Development funded house and current status of project; identification of other sources of housing assistance for which the applicant has applied and been denied assistance if applying for a new housing unit or purchase of an existing standard unit; and advisement and description of any severe health problem, handicap or permanent disability. *G. Applicant Certification including:* Signature of applicant and date, and signature of spouse and date.

(3)*Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the Information:* Submission of this information is required in order to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program. The information is collected to determine applicant eligibility for services and applicant priority order to receive services under the program.

(4)*Description of Affected Entities:* Individual members of federally recognized Indian tribes who are living within a designated tribal or legally defined service area. Lack of funding drives our number of respondents which we will estimate as one

(1)to keep the information collection current. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 8,000. *Proposed Frequency of Response:* Annually or less frequently, depending on length of waiting list, funding availability and dynamics of service population. *Estimated Number of Annual Responses:* 8,000. *Estimated Time per Application:* 1 hour. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 8,000 hours. IV. Request for Comments We specifically request your comments concerning the following: 1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden to collect the information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and, 4. How to minimize the burden of the information collection on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; the comments will also become a matter of public record. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The comments, names and addresses of commenters will be available for public view during regular business hours. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We may withhold comments for other reasons, but we will not consider anonymous comments. The complete comments for businesses or organizations will be made public, including the representative's name. OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days after publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** , but may respond after 30 days; therefore, your comments should be submitted to OMB within 30 days to assure maximum consideration. Dated: April 25, 2008. Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia, Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. E8-9529 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-4J-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Grant Program to Build Tribal Energy Development Capacity AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Solicitation of Proposals. SUMMARY: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to Indian tribes for use in developing and sustaining the managerial and technical capacity needed to develop energy resources on Indian land, and to properly account for resulting energy production and revenues. In furtherance of this goal, the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development is soliciting proposals from tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations. The Department will use a competitive evaluation process to select several proposed projects to receive an award. DATES: Submit grant proposals by June 30, 2008. We will not consider grant proposals received after this date. ADDRESSES: You must submit the Tribal Energy Development Capacity proposal by mail or hand-carry to the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Attention: Tribal Energy Development Capacity Proposal, Room 20—South Interior Building, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darryl Francois, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Room 20—South Interior Building, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245, Telephone

(202)219-0740 or Fax

(202)208-4564. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background B. Items To Consider Before Preparing an Application for a Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant C. How To Prepare an Application for Tribal Energy Development Capacity Funding D. Submission of Application in Digital Format E. Award Evaluation and Administrative Information F. When To Submit G. Where To Submit H. Transfer of Funds I. Reporting Requirements for Award Recipients A. Background Title V, section 503 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58) amends Title XXVI (Indian Energy) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to offer Indian tribes the opportunity to enter into a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement

(TERA)with the Department of the Interior. The intent of these agreements is to promote tribal oversight and management of energy and mineral resource development on tribal lands and further the goal of Indian Self-Determination. A TERA offers a tribe an entirely new alternative for entering into energy-related business agreements and leases and for granting rights-of-way for pipelines and electric transmission and distribution lines without further approval of the Secretary. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that the Secretary, before approving a TERA with a tribe, make a determination of a tribe's capacity to manage the full scope of administrative, regulatory, and energy resource development that the tribe proposes to assume under an approved TERA. Recognizing that a tribe wanting to enter into a TERA with the Department may need technical assistance in building its management capacity, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 also authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to Indian tribes for use in developing and sustaining the managerial and technical capacity needed to develop energy resources on Indian land, and to properly account for resulting energy production and revenues. In furtherance of this goal, the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development

(IEED)is soliciting proposals from tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations to achieve the following goals: • Evaluate the type and range of energy development activities that a tribe may want to pursue. • Determine the current level of scientific, technical, administrative, or financial management capacity of the tribe to assume responsibility for the identified development activities; and • Determine which scientific, technical, administrative, or financial management capacities need enhancement and what process and/or procedures the grantee may use to eliminate capacity gaps, or sustain the continued development of their energy development capacity into the future. B. Items To Consider Before Preparing an Application for a Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant 1. Trust Land Status Tribal Energy Development Capacity

(TEDC)funding can be made available only to tribes whose lands are held in trust or restricted fee by the Federal government. Congress has appropriated these funds to develop tribal capacity to manage the full scope of administrative, regulatory, and energy resource development only on Indian trust or restricted fee lands. 2. Tribes' Compliance History The IEED will monitor all TEDC grants for statutory and regulatory compliance to assure that awarded funds are correctly applied to approved projects. Tribes that expend funds on unapproved functions may forfeit remaining funds in that proposal year, as well as future year TEDC funding. Consequently, IEED may request a tribe to provide a summary of any funds it has received in past years through other projects approved by IEED, and IEED may conduct a review of prior award expenditures before making a decision on current year proposals. 3. BIA Sanction List Tribes who are currently under BIA sanction resulting from non compliance with the Single Audit Act may be ineligible from being considered for an award. 4. Multi-Year Proposals The IEED cannot fund multi-year TEDC proposals. Therefore, all proposals should be designed to be completed in one year. 5. What the Tribal Energy Development Capacity Award Cannot Fund As stated above, these funds are used specifically to assist tribes in an assessment of their ability to manage the full scope of administrative, regulatory, and technical energy resource development work only. Examples of items that cannot be funded include, but are not limited to the following: • Purchasing and/or leasing of equipment for the development of energy and mineral resources; • Establishing or operating a tribal office, and/or purchase of office equipment not specific to the assessment project. Tribal salaries may be included only if they are directly involved in the proposal and only for the duration of the proposal; • Indirect costs and overhead as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); • Purchase of project equipment such as computers, vehicles, field gear, etc.; • The payment of fees or procurement of any services associated with energy assessment or exploration or development activity; • Legal fees; • Research and development of unproven technologies; • Training; • Contracted negotiation fees; • Purchase of resource assessment data; and • Any other activities not authorized by the tribal resolution or by the contract. C. How To Prepare an Application for Tribal Energy Development Capacity Funding Applications must be prepared in accordance with this section. A complete application for TEDC funding must contain the following components: • A current tribal resolution authorizing the proposal; • A proposal describing the planned activities and deliverable products; • A detailed budget estimate. A detailed description of each of the required components follows. 1. *Mandatory Component:* Tribal Resolution. The tribal resolution must be current, and it must be signed. It must authorize tribal approval for a TEDC proposal in the same fiscal year as that of the proposal and must explicitly refer to the proposal being submitted. 2. *Mandatory Component:* Tribal Energy Development Capacity Proposal. A tribe must present its TEDC proposal in the format prescribed in this section. The proposal should be well organized, contain as much detail as possible, yet be presented succinctly to allow a quick and thorough understanding of the proposal by the IEED evaluation team. The proposal must include the following sections:

(a)Tribal point of contact and contact information, including telephone and fax numbers, and tribal responsible parties for technical execution and administration of the project;

(b)Include a short summary overview of the proposal that includes the reason for the proposed project, the total funding requested for the project, and the elements described in (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and

(j)of this part.

(c)Energy resource development potential: Describe in relevant detail the tribe's identified energy resources and existing or planned exploration and assessment.

(d)Energy resource development history and current status: Provide examples of the tribe's experience with energy resource development activities (both in the target area for capacity assessment and other energy resource development activities).

(e)Existing energy resource development capabilities: Describe in relevant detail the tribe's existing capabilities in comparison with the spectrum of capabilities and the spectrum of abilities necessary for successful energy development, including, but not limited to the following: • Land and lease management. • Technical, scientific, and engineering assessment. • Financial and revenue management. • Environmental monitoring and assessment. • Regulatory monitoring and development (especially Federal, State, and tribal environmental and safety regulations).

(f)Describe in relevant detail plans the tribe has for energy development and growth including any current efforts to develop governmental institutions or independent business entities related to energy development activities.

(g)Describe in relevant detail any existing or planned tribal projects or programs, including but not limited to, staff, training, or budget resources, that could be applied to completion of the objectives in the accompanying proposal and future development of those objectives.

(h)*Technical Summary and Current Status:* Describe in relevant detail the proposal. Acknowledge any existing capacity assessments or building efforts already underway or previously completed. Give examples of the tribe's experience with energy development activities (both in the target area for capacity assessment and other energy development activities). Describe future plans the tribe has for energy development and growth. The proposed new study should not duplicate previous work. Describe the tribe's existing capabilities in comparison with the spectrum of abilities necessary for successful energy development, including but not limited to the following: • Land and lease management. • Technical, scientific and engineering assessment. • Financial and revenue management. • Environmental monitoring and assessment. • Regulatory monitoring and development (especially Federal, State, and tribal environmental and safety regulations).

(i)*Proposal Objectives, Goals and Scope of Work:* Describe the work proposed and the project goals and objectives expected to be achieved by the proposal. Specifically, identify the areas on which the proposal's assessment will focus. Describe in relevant detail the scope of work and justify a particular approach to be used in assessing the tribe's capacity to manage energy development activities and determine proposed next steps to be taken to eliminate identified skill gaps.

(j)*Deliverable Products:* Describe the deliverable products that the proposed project will generate. Discuss and provide deadlines for planned status reports as well as the final report.

(k)*Resumes of Key Personnel:* Provide the resumes of key personnel who will do the project work. The resumes should provide information on each individual's expertise. If subcontractors are used, these should also be disclosed. 3. *Mandatory Component:* Detailed Budget Estimate. A detailed budget estimate is required for the funding level requested. The detail not only provides the tribe with an estimate of costs, but it also provides IEED with the means of evaluating each proposal. This line-by-line budget must fully detail all projected and anticipated expenditures under the TEDC proposal. The ranking committee reviews each budget estimate to determine whether the budget is reasonable and can produce the results outlined under the proposal. Each proposal should have a budget. The budget should break out contract and consulting fees, travel, and all other relevant proposal expenses. Preparation of the budget portion of a proposal should be considered a top priority. A TEDC proposal that includes sound budget projections will receive a more favorable ranking over those proposals that fail to provide appropriate budget projections. The budget should provide a comprehensive breakdown for those proposal line items that involve several components or contain numerous sub-functions. The budget breakdown should include, at a minimum the following:

(a)*Contracted Personnel Costs:* This includes all contracted personnel and consultants, their respective positions and time (staff-hour) allocations for the proposed functions of a project. Personnel funded under the Public Law 93-638 Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program must have documented professional qualifications necessary to perform the work. Attach position descriptions to the budget estimate. If a consultant is to be hired for a fixed fee, itemize the consultant's expenses as part of the project budget. Consultant fees must be accompanied by documentation that clearly identifies the qualifications of the proposed consultants, specifics how the consultant(s) are to be used and includes a line item breakdown of costs associated with each consultant activity.

(b)*Travel Estimates:* Estimates should be itemized by airfare and vehicle rental, lodging and per diem, based on the current federal government per diem schedule.

(c)*Data Collection and Analysis Costs:* These costs should be itemized in sufficient detail for the reviewer to evaluate the charges.

(d)*Other Expenses:* Include computer rental, report generation, drafting, and advertising costs for a proposal. As previously stated, a tribe or tribal organization that expends TEDC funds on unapproved project functions is subject to forfeiture of any remaining funds in that project year as well as sanctions against receipt of any future year TEDC funding. D. Submission of Application in Digital Format Submit the application in digital form. Acceptable formats are MS Word, WordPerfect, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Image and graphic files may be JPG, TIF, or other PC bit image file formats. Files must be saved with filenames that clearly identify the file being submitted. File name extensions must clearly indicate the software application used for preparation of the documents, (i.e., .wpd, .doc, pdf.) Documents requiring an original signature, such as cover letters, tribal resolutions, and other letters of tribal authorization must also be submitted in hard copy (paper) form. If you have any additional questions concerning the Tribal Energy Development Capacity proposal submission process, please contact Darryl Francois at

(202)208-7253. E. Award Evaluation and Administrative Information 1. Ranking Criteria The proposal ranking criteria factors and associated scores as follows:

(a)Energy resource potential, 25 points.

(b)Energy resource development history and current status, 15 points.

(c)Existing energy resource development capabilities, 15 points.

(d)Demonstrated willingness to develop independent energy resource development business entity, 20 points.

(e)Intent to develop and retain energy development capacity within tribal government or business entities, 10 points.

(f)Tribal commitment of staff, training, or monetary resources, 15 points. 2. Ranking of Proposals and Award Letters The TEDC review committee will rank the tribal energy development capacity proposals using the ranking criteria. The evaluation team will then forward the rated requests to the Director of IEED (Director) for approval. Once approved, the Director will submit all proposals to the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs for concurrence and announcement of awards to the selected tribes, via written notice. Those tribes not receiving an award will also be notified in writing. F. When To Submit The IEED will accept applications at any time before June 30, 2008, and will send a notification of receipt to the return address on the application package, along with a determination of whether or not the application is complete. However, the technical evaluation of the proposal will begin only after June 30, 2008. G. Where To Submit Applicants must submit the Tribal Energy Development Capacity proposals to IEED at ATTN: Tribal Energy Development Capacity Proposal, South Interior Building—Room 20, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245. A tribe may fax a complete TEDC proposal to IEED prior to the deadline for submission of proposals; however, an original signature copy, including all signed tribal resolutions and/or letters of tribal authorization, must be received in IEED's office within 5 working days after the deadline. H. Transfer of Funds IEED will transfer a tribe's TEDC funds to the BIA Regional Office that serves that tribe, via a sub-allotment funding document coded for the tribe's TEDC proposal. The tribe should be anticipating the transfer of funds and be in contact with their budget personnel contacts at the Regional and Agency office levels. Tribes receiving TEDC awards must establish a new 638 contract to complete the transfer process, or use an existing 638 contract, as applicable. I. Reporting Requirements for Award Recipients 1. Quarterly Reporting Requirements During the life of the TEDC project, quarterly reports are to be submitted to the IEED project coordinator assigned to your project. The beginning and ending quarter periods are to be based on the actual start date of the TEDC project. This date can be determined between the IEED project coordinator and the tribe. The quarterly report can be a one to two page summary of events, accomplishments, problems and/or results that took place during the quarter. Quarterly reports are due two weeks after the end of a project's fiscal quarter. 2. Final Reporting Requirements The tribe must deliver all products and data generated by the proposed assessment project to IEED through the TEDC project coordinator within two weeks after completion of the project. IEED requires that deliverable products be provided in digital format, along with printed hard copies. Reports can be provided in either WordPerfect, MS Word or PDF format. Spreadsheet data can be provided in MS Excel or PDF formats. Images can be provided in PDF, JPEG, TIFF, or any of the Windows metafile formats. When a tribe prepares a proposal for a TEDC project, it must describe the deliverable products and include a requirement that the products be prepared in standard format (see format description above). Each proposal's budget estimate will provide funding for a total of six printed and six digital copies of the final report to be distributed as follows:

(a)The tribe will receive two printed and two digital copies of the TEDC report.

(b)IEED will receive four printed copies and four digital copies of the report sent to the IEED—Capacity Development Report, South Interior Building—Room 20, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245. IEED will transmit one of these copies to the tribe's BIA Regional Office, and one copy to the tribe's BIA Agency office. Two printed and two digital copies will then reside with IEED. Dated: April 18, 2008. Carl J. Artman, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. E8-9512 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-04-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA-350-1610-DR] Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Alturas Resource Management Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM)policies, the BLM announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan

(RMP)for the Alturas Field Office. The California State Director has signed the ROD, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and RMP are available upon request from the Field Manager, Alturas Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 708 West 12th Street Alturas, CA 96101, or via the internet at *http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/planning.html.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Jeff Fontana, Public Affairs Officer, Bureau of Land Management, 2950 Riverside Dr., Susanville, CA 96130, telephone

(530)257-0456, or e-mail your request to: *necarmp@ca.blm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alturas Field Office includes approximately 503,045 acres in northeastern California. The geographic area includes BLM-administered lands within the counties of Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, and Siskiyou, California. The Alturas RMP was developed in coordination with the Eagle Lake and Surprise Field Office RMPs to provide a consistent framework for managing public lands and resource uses in northeast California and far northwest Nevada. BLM officially initiated the planning process for the Draft Alturas Resource Management Plan

(RMP)with publication of a Notice of Intent in the **Federal Register** on July 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 140). Issues related to resource management in the Alturas planning area were assembled during the scoping process consisting of public scoping meetings, field tours, socioeconomic workshops, and interactions with federal, state, tribal, and county collaborators. The RMP describes management actions to meet desired resource conditions for vegetation communities, wildlife habitats, and cultural and visual resources. It also outlines actions for recreation, protection of sensitive natural and cultural resources, livestock grazing, wild and scenic rivers, guidance for energy and mineral development, land tenure adjustments, and other planning issues raised during the scoping process. The Alturas RMP designated seven Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs): Ash Valley ACEC (1,322 acres); Timbered Crater (17,896 acres); Emigrant Trials (1,750 acres); Mountain Peaks (3,500 acres); Old-Growth Juniper (3,115 acres); Mount Dome (1,510 acres); and Yankee Jim/Likely Tablelands/Fitzhugh Creek (1,400 acres). The following types of resource use limitations apply to these ACECs:

(1)New rights-of-way exclusion;

(2)Visual Resource Management Class II;

(3)Certain restrictions to energy and mineral development; and

(4)Motorized travel permitted only on designated open routes. The BLM's Draft Alturas RMP/Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)(April 2006) presented five alternatives to help the BLM and interested parties understand the various ways of addressing issues in the region. Upon evaluation of the alternatives and associated impacts described in the Draft RMP/EIS and based on public and agency comments on that document, the BLM prepared the Alturas Proposed RMP and Final EIS which was released on June 15, 2007. The Proposed RMP is comprised of the preferred alternative identified in the Draft RMP/EIS with small changes as a result of comments received. Two protest letters on the Alturas Proposed RMP were received and resolved by the BLM Director. The BLM determined that the Proposed Action, as described in the Proposed RMP and Final EIS, best meets the purpose and need for the project. The Governor of the State of California in his letter dated September 17, 2007 stated, “Pursuant to 43 CFR 1603-2, and after consulting with affected State and Local agencies, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research

(OPR)has not found any inconsistencies with any state or local plans, policies, or programs with regards to this [Proposed] Resource Management Plan.” The decisions identifying designated routes of travel for motorized vehicles are implementation decisions and are appealable to the Interior Board of Land Appeals

(IBLA)under 43 CFR part 4. These decisions are contained in Chapter 2.16.6 and shown on Map TRAVEL-2 of the RMP. Any party adversely affected by the BLM's decision(s) to identify, evaluate, define, delineate, and/or select specific routes as available for motorized use within designated areas of travel as set forth in the Alturas Resource Management Plan may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice of Availability. The appeal must be filed with the Alturas Field Manager at the above listed address. Please consult 43 CFR part 4 for further information on the IBLA appeal process. Tim Burke, Alturas Field Office Manager. [FR Doc. E8-9520 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-40-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA-350-1610-DR] Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Eagle Lake Resource Management Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM)policies, the BLM announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan

(RMP)for the Eagle Lake Field Office. The California State Director has signed the ROD, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and RMP are available upon request from the Field Manager, Eagle Lake Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville, CA 96130, or via the internet at *http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/planning.html.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information contact Jeff Fontana, Public Affairs Officer, Bureau of Land Management, 2950 Riverside Dr., Susanville, CA 96130, telephone

(530)257-0456, or e-mail your request to: *necarmp@ca.blm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Eagle Lake Field Office includes approximately 1,022,767 acres in northeastern California and northwest Nevada. The geographic area includes BLM-administered lands within the counties of Lassen, Plumas, and Sierra, California, and Washoe, Nevada. BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands it manages for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Eagle Lake RMP was developed in coordination with the Alturas and Surprise Field Office RMPs to provide a consistent framework for managing public lands and resource uses in northeast California and northwest Nevada. BLM officially initiated the planning process for the Draft Eagle Lake Resource Management Plan

(RMP)with publication of a Notice of Intent in the **Federal Register** on July 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 140). Issues related to resource management in the Eagle Lake planning area were assembled during the scoping process consisting of public scoping meetings, field tours, socioeconomic workshops, and interactions with federal, state, tribal, and county collaborators. The RMP describes management actions to meet desired resource conditions for vegetation communities, wildlife habitats, and cultural and visual resources. It also outlines actions for recreation, protection of sensitive natural and cultural resources, livestock grazing, wild and scenic rivers, guidance for energy and mineral development, land tenure adjustments, and other planning issues raised during the scoping process. The Eagle Lake RMP designated seven Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs): Eagle Lake Basin (34,320 acres); Susan River (2,495 acres); Pines Dunes (2,887 acres); Willow Creek (2,130 acres); Lower Smoke Creek (894 acres); Buffalo Creek Canyons (36,515 acres); and North Dry Valley (10,156 acres). The following types of resource use limitations apply to these ACECs:

(1)New rights-of-way avoidance areas;

(2)Visual Resource Management Class II;

(3)Certain restrictions to energy and mineral development; and

(4)Motorized travel permitted only on designated open routes. The BLM's Draft Eagle Lake RMP/Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)(April 2006) presented five alternatives to help the BLM and interested parties understand the various ways of addressing issues in the region. Upon evaluation of the alternatives and associated impacts described in the Draft RMP/EIS and based on public and agency comments on that document, the BLM prepared the Eagle Lake Proposed RMP and Final EIS which was released on June 15, 2007. The Proposed RMP is comprised of the preferred alternative identified in the Draft RMP/EIS with small changes as a result of comments received. Ten protest letters on the Eagle Lake proposed RMP were received and resolved by the BLM Director. The BLM determined that the Proposed Action, as described in the Proposed RMP and Final EIS, best meets the purpose and need for the project. The Governor of the State of California in his letter September 17, 2007 stated, “Pursuant to 43 CFR 1603-2, and after consulting with affected State and Local agencies, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research

(IBLA)under 43 CFR, Part 4. These decisions are contained in Chapter 2.16.6 and shown on Map TRAVEL-2 of the RMP. Any party adversely affected by the BLM's decision(s) to identify, evaluate, define, delineate, and/or select specific routes as available for motorized use within designated areas of travel as set forth in the Eagle Lake Resource Management Plan may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice of Availability. The appeal must be filed with the Eagle Lake Field Manager at the above listed address. Please consult 43 CFR part 4 for further information on the IBLA appeal process. Dayne Barron, Field Manager. [FR Doc. E8-9521 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-40-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA-190-07-1610] Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Surprise Resource Management Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), policies, the BLM announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan

(RMP)for the Surprise Field Office. The California State Director has signed the ROD, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and RMP are available upon request from the Field Manager, Surprise Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 602 Cressler Street Cedarville, California 96104, or via the internet at *http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/planning.html.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Jeff Fontana, Public Affairs Officer, Bureau of Land Management, 2950 Riverside Dr., Susanville, CA 96130, telephone

(530)257-0456, or e-mail your request to: *necarmp@ca.blm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Surprise Field Office includes approximately 1,220,644 acres in northeastern California and northwest Nevada. The geographic area includes BLM-administered lands within the counties of Modoc and Lassen, California, and Humboldt and Washoe, Nevada. The Surprise RMP was developed in coordination with the Alturas and Eagle Lake Field Office RMPs to provide a consistent framework for managing public lands and resource uses in northeast California and northwest Nevada. BLM officially initiated the planning process for the Draft Surprise Resource Management Plan

(RMP)with publication of a Notice of Intent in the **Federal Register** on July 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 140). Issues related to resource management in the Surprise planning area were established during the scoping process consisting of public scoping meetings, field tours, socioeconomic workshops, and interactions with Federal, state, tribal, and county collaborators. The RMP describes management actions to meet desired resource conditions for vegetation communities, wildlife habitats, and cultural and visual resources. It also outlines actions for recreation, protection of sensitive natural and cultural resources, livestock grazing, guidance for energy and mineral development, land tenure adjustments, and other planning issues raised during the scoping process. The Surprise RMP designated three Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs): Massacre Rim ACEC (44,870 acres); Bitner ACEC (1,921 acres); and Rahilly-Gravelly ACEC/RNA (957 acres). The following types of resource use limitations apply to these ACECs:

(1)New rights-of-way exclusion or avoidance;

(2)Visual Resource Management Class II;

(3)Certain restrictions to energy and mineral development; and

(4)Motorized travel permitted only on designated open routes. The BLM's Draft Surprise RMP/Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)(April 2006) presented five alternatives to help the BLM and interested parties understand the various ways of addressing issues in the region. Upon evaluation of the alternatives and associated impacts described in the Draft RMP/EIS and based on public and agency comments on that document, the BLM prepared the Surprise Proposed RMP and Final EIS which was released on June 15, 2007. The Proposed RMP is comprised of the preferred alternative identified in the Draft RMP/EIS with small changes as a result of comments received. Six protest letters on the Surprise proposed RMP were received and resolved by the BLM Director. The BLM determined that the Proposed Action, as described in the Proposed RMP and Final EIS, best meets the purpose and need for the project. The Governor of the State of California in his letter September 17, 2007 stated, “Pursuant to 43 CFR 1603-2, and after consulting with affected State and Local agencies, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research

(IBLA)under 43 CFR Part 4. These decisions are contained in Chapter 2.14.4 and shown on Map TRAVEL-1 of the RMP. Any party adversely affected by the BLM's decision(s) to identify, evaluate, define, delineate, and/or select specific routes as available for motorized use within designated areas of travel as set forth in the Surprise Resource Management Plan may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice of Availability. The appeal must be filed with the Surprise Field Manager at the above listed address. Please consult 43 CFR Part 4 for further information on the IBLA appeal process. Dated: December 10, 2007. Shane Deforest, Surprise Field Office Manager. [FR Doc. E8-9513 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-40-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA-190-08-1220-PN] Notice of Closure of BLM Public Lands Within the Clear Creek Management Area AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of closure to all forms of entry and public use of approximately 31,000 acres of public lands within the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA), referred to as the Serpentine Area of Environmental Concern

(ACEC)and portions of adjacent BLM-administered lands, located in southern San Benito County and western Fresno County, California. SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subpart 8364.1, an Order has been issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hollister Field Office, closing to all forms of entry and public use certain BLM-administered public lands. This closure is necessary to protect public land users from human health risks associated with exposure to airborne asbestos in the CCMA based upon a final report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that concludes that public use activities could expose an individual to excess lifetime cancer risks. The order will remain in effect while the BLM completes a Resource Management Plan for the CCMA to determine if and how visitor use can occur without associated excess health risks. This closure affects approximately 31,000 acres of public lands located within the Bureau of Land Management's Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA). DATES: The Order was issued and became effective on May 1, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Cooper, Hollister Field Manager, BLM, Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, California, 95023. Telephone: 831-630-5010 Fax: 831-630-5055, during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CCMA is a remote area with hundreds of miles of roads and trails that were created to support historic timber harvesting and mining activities. The 63,000 acre area is a popular location for off-highway vehicle

(OHV)recreation. A variety of other recreation activities also occur within the CCMA, including hunting, rock-hounding, wildlife watching, and hiking. This is a unique geological area with serpentine soils that contain naturally occurring asbestos. BLM has issued the Closure Order in response to the results of a study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)that concludes public use activities could expose an individual to excess lifetime cancer risks. *Closure Order:* Pursuant to 43 CFR 8364.1, BLM has issued an Order closing approximately 31,000 acres of public land to all forms of entry and public use within the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA). The area is referred to as the Serpentine Area of Environmental Concern

(ACEC)and portions of adjacent BLM-administered lands in lower Clear Creek Canyon, located in southern San Benito County and western Fresno County, California. The lands include portions of Mount Diablo Principal Meridian: Township 17 South, Ranges 11 and 12 East; Township 18 South, Ranges 11, 12 and 13 East, and Township 19 South, Range 13 East. This closure is necessary to protect public land users from human health risks associated with exposure to airborne asbestos in the CCMA based upon a final report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that concludes that public use activities could expose an individual to excess lifetime cancer risks. The order will remain in effect while the BLM completes a Resource Management Plan for the CCMA to determine if and how visitor use can occur without associated excess health risks. The following persons are exempt from the identified restrictions:

(1)Federal, State, or local law enforcement officers, while engaged in the execution of their official duties.

(2)BLM personnel or their representatives while engaged in the execution of their official duties.

(3)Any member of an organized rescue, fire-fighting force, or emergency medical services organization while in the performance of their official duties.

(4)Any member of a federal, state, or local government agencies while in the performance of an official duty.

(5)Any person in receipt of a written authorization of exemption obtained from the authorized officer. Private landowners within the restricted area and persons with valid existing rights-of-way, mining claims, or leases must request in writing access permission from Hollister Field Manager at the address listed below. During the closure period the area will be clearly posted. Informational signs will be posted at main entry points to locations affected by this Order. Maps of the closed area will be posted with the Order at key locations that provide access to the closed area, and may also be obtained at the Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, California 95023. Failure to comply with this order is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months Pursuant to 43 CFR, subpart 8360.0-7. Dated: April 3, 2008. Rick Cooper, Hollister Field Manager. [FR Doc. E8-9681 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-40-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW176446] Coal Exploration License, WY AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to participate with Black Butte Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in the following-described lands in Sweetwater County, WY: T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming Sec. 2: Lot 4; Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, S 1/2 NE 1/4 ; T. 19 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming Sec. 26: N 1/2 NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 NW 1/4 . Containing 319.83 acres, more or less. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain structural and quality information of the coal. The proposed exploration program is fully described and will be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the Bureau of Land Management. ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under number WYW176446): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY 82901. The written notice should be sent to the following addresses: Black Butte Coal Company, Attn: Clark Fritz, P.O. Box 98, Point of Rocks, WY 82901, and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published in the Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week of April 28, 2008, and in the **Federal Register** . Any party electing to participate in this exploration program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and Black Butte Coal Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section above, no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the **Federal Register** . The foregoing is published in the **Federal Register** pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1). Dated: April 21, 2008. Larry Claypool, Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. [FR Doc. E8-9195 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-22-P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office on Violence Against Women; Notice of Establishment AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Justice. ACTION: Notice of establishment. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the establishment of the Violence Against Women in Indian Country Task Force (hereinafter “the Task Force”). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Justice hereby gives notice of establishment of the Violence Against Women in Indian Country Task Force, a statutorily mandated Federal Advisory Committee. The Attorney General has established the Task Force pursuant to the requirements of section 904 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), Public Law 109-162. The Task Force will advise the National Institute of Justice and the Office on Violence Against Women regarding the development and implementation of a program of research on violence against Indian women, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and murder. As required by the VAWA 2005, the Task Force is composed of members representing national tribal domestic violence and sexual assault organizations, tribal governments, and national tribal organizations. The Task Force will function solely as an advisory body in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter will be filed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, has appointed the following members to serve on the Task Force: Ms. Karen Artichoker, Director of Administration and Shelter Services, Cangleska, Inc., Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Ms. Jacqueline Agtuca, Director of Public Policy, Clan Star, Inc., San Francisco, California; Ms. Jolanda Ingram, Director, Niwhongwhxw STOP the Violence Coalition, Hoopa, California; The Honorable Billy Jo (“BJ”) Jones, Director, Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Training Institute, Chief Judge, Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe, Rapid City, South Dakota; Ms. Cheryl Neskahi Coan, Director of Training, Southwest Center for Law & Policy, Tucson, Arizona; Ms. Shannon Cozzoni, First Assistant Attorney General, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Ms. Vikki Shirley, First Lady, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Ms. Lori Jump, Program Manager, Advocacy Resource Center, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Victim Services Program, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Ms. Denise Morris, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska; Mr. Arlen Quetawki, Zuni Pueblo Law Enforcement Consultant, Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; Ms. Patricia Megeshick, Program Director, Ft. Peck Family Violence Resource Center, Poplar, Montana; Ms. Bernadette LaSarte, Program Director, Couer d'Alene Tribal Domestic Violence Program, Plummer, Idaho; Ms. Nancy Soctomah, Project Coordinator, Peaceful Relations Domestic Violence Response Program, Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine; Senator Theresa Two Bulls, Senator, South Dakota Senate, Oglala Sioux tribal prosecutor, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Ms. Virginia Davis, Associate Counsel, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC.; Ms. Pamela Iron, Executive Director, National Indian Women's Health Resource Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mr. Dana Grey Jim, Staff Attorney, Cherokee Nation, Secretary, Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dated: April 23, 2008. Cindy Dyer, Director, Office on Violence Against Women. [FR Doc. E8-9576 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-FX-P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [OMB Number 1140-0020] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter. The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for “sixty days” until June 30, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Barbara Terrell, Firearms Enforcement Branch, 99 New York Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20226. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; —Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; —Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and —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 or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection

(1)*Type of Information Collection:* Extension of a currently approved collection.

(2)*Title of the Form/Collection:* Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter.

(3)*Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection:* Form Number: ATF F 4473 (5300.9) Part 1. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

(4)*Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary:* Individuals or households. *Other:* Business or other for-profit. The form is used to determine the eligibility (under the Gun Control Act) of a person to receive a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee and to establish the identity of the buyer. It is also used in law enforcement investigations/inspections to trace firearms.

(5)*An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:* It is estimated that 10,225,000 respondents will complete a 25 minute form.

(6)*An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection:* There are an estimated 4,260,417 annual total burden hours associated with this collection. If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530. Dated: April 28, 2008. Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. E8-9615 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-FY-P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Federal Bureau of Investigation Meeting of the CJIS Advisory Policy Board AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice. ACTION: Meeting notice. SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Criminal Justice Information Services

(CJTS)Advisory Policy Board (APB). The CJIS APB is a federal advisory committee established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting announcement is being published as required by Section 10 of the FACA. The CJIS APB is responsible for reviewing policy issues and appropriate technical and operational issues related to the programs administered by the FBI's CJIS Division, and thereafter, making appropriate recommendations to the FBI Director. The programs administered by the CJIS Division are the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the Interstate Identification Index, Law Enforcement Online, National Crime Information Center, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the National Incident-Based Reporting System, Law Enforcement National Data Exchange, and Uniform Crime Reporting. The meeting will be open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis. Any member of the public wishing to file a written statement concerning the CJIS Division programs or wishing to address this session should notify Senior CJTS Advisor Roy G. Weise at

(304)625-2730 at least 24 hours prior to the start of the session. The notification should contain the requestor's name, corporate designation, and consumer affiliation or government designation along with a short statement describing the topic to be addressed and the time needed for the presentation. A requestor will ordinarily be allowed no more than 15 minutes to present a topic. *Dates and Times:* The APB will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., on June 11-12, 2008. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas,

(501)370-3225. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be addressed to Mrs. Margery E. Broadwater; Management and Program Analyst; Advisory Groups Management Unit; Liaison, Advisory, Training and Statistics Section; FBI CJIS Division; Module C3; 1000 Custer Hollow Road; Clarksburg; West Virginia 26306-0149; telephone

(304)625-2446; facsimile

(304)625-5090. Dated: April 18, 2008. Roy G. Weise, Senior CJIS Advisor, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [FR Doc. E8-9547 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-02-M DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Enhancing Skills of Colombian Trade Unionists AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor. *Announcement Type:* New. Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications. The full announcement is posted on *http://www.Grants.Gov* as well as on the DOL Web site at *http://www.dol.gov/ilab.* *Funding Opportunity Number:* SGA 08-09. *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* Not applicable. *Key Dates:* The closing date for receipt of applications is June 6, 2008 via Grants.gov. *Executive Summary:* This notice contains all of the information and forms needed to apply for grant funding. The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, announces the availability of up to USD $1.25 million to be granted by Cooperative Agreement for a project to improve trade union skills of Colombian trade unionists through a U.S. based training program. I. Funding Opportunity Description The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), announces the availability of $1.25 million to be awarded by Cooperative Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “grant” or “Cooperative Agreement”) to a qualifying international organization that has experience working to promote core labor standards and improve labor-management relations in Colombia by working in a tripartite manner (government, employers, and unions). ILAB is authorized to award and administer this program by the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007). The Cooperative Agreement awarded under this initiative will be managed by ILAB's Office of Trade and Labor Affairs. The duration of the project funded by this solicitation is two to three years. The start date of program activities will be negotiated upon award of the Cooperative Agreement, but will be no later than September 30, 2008. The full Solicitation for Grant Application is posted on *http://www.Grants.Gov* under U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB. Only Applications submitted through *http://www.Grants.Gov* will be accepted. If you need to speak to a person concerning these grants, or if you have issues regarding access to the Grants.gov Web site, you may telephone Lisa Harvey at 202-693-4570 (not a toll-free number). Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of April, 2008. Lisa Harvey, Grant Officer. [FR Doc. E8-9470 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-28-P MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION [MCC FR 08-04] Agency Information Collection Request; Comment Request AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation. ACTION: 30 Day Notice. SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites public comment on a proposed information collection request. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections. This document describes on collection of information which the Millennium Challenge Corporation intends to seek OMB approval. DATES: Please submit comments by June 12, 2008. ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, email your request, including your address, phone number, Form/OMB number to *Kellytj@mcc.gov,* or call Thomas Kelly, Director, Economic Policy at

(202)521-3600. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection must be received within 30-days of this notice, and directed to the Desk Officer at the following address: *OMB Desk Officer:* David Rostker, OMB/ORIA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended, the Millennium Challenge Corporation

(MCC)is publishing the following summary of a proposed information collection for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments on:

(i)The necessity and utility of the proposed collection of information for the proper performance of the agency's functions;

(ii)the accuracy of the estimated burden;

(iii)the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(iv)the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including various technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. *Proposed Project:* A survey of international development organizations to assist in measuring MCC's leadership role in development practice. This survey, conducted by an independent organization, will become a part of MCC's data measuring its performance under the provisions of the Government Performance Results Act of 1993. It will seek to measure how MCC is affecting change in the manner development assistance is administered by other organizations providing similar assistance. *Abstract:* *Type of Information Collection Request:* New Request. *Title of Information Collection:* Leadership in Development Assistance Survey. *Use:* The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199) established the Millennium Challenge Corporation

(MCC)to reduce poverty through sustainable economic growth to poor countries demonstrating through their policy performance their commitment to good governance. One of MCC's strategic goals, as stated in its strategic plan developed pursuant to GPRA, is to “advance the international development practice.” This survey will gather information regarding how MCC's unique model of assistance is impacting the development assistance community. In particular, it will measure whether other organizations recognize the distinguishing characteristics of MCC's approach to providing foreign assistance, whether they believe that MCC's approach represents best practice, and whether they are modifying their own assistance programs to include elements of MCC's approach. The survey will be conducted by phone to organizations and individuals selected by MCC. Data gathered by the independent survey will be provided to MCC for the purpose of assessing its performance with respect to the above-stated strategic goal. *Frequency:* Biannual. *Affected Public:* International donors, Foundations, Think Tanks, Academicians. *Biannual Number of Respondents:* 300. *Total Biannual Responses:* 300. *Average Burden per Response:* 10 minutes. *Total Biannual Hours:* 50 hours. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320.8(d). Dated: April 22, 2008. William G. Anderson, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel, Millennium Challenge Corporation. [FR Doc. E8-9536 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9211-03-P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: (08-041)] Notice of Information Collection AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of information collection. SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). DATES: All comments should be submitted within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Sharon Mar, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Office of Management and Budget; Room 10236; New Executive Office Building; Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Dr. Walter Kit, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW., JB000, Washington, DC 20546,

(202)358-1350, *Walter.Kit-1@nasa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The LIST System form is used primarily to support services at GSFC dependent upon accurate locator type information. The Personal Identifiable Information

(PII)is maintained, protected, and used for mandatory security functions. The system also serves as a tool for performing short and long-term institutional planning. II. Method of Collection Approximately 46% of the data is collected electronically by means of the data entry screen that duplicates the Goddard Space Flight Center form GSFC 24-27 in the LISTS system. The remaining data is keyed into the system from hardcopy version of form GSFC 24-27. III. Data *Title:* Locator and Information Services Tracking System (LISTS) Form. *OMB Number:* 2700-0064. *Type of review:* Extension of currently approved collection. *Affected Public:* Federal government, individuals or households, and business or other for-profit. *Responses Per Respondent:* 1. *Annual Responses:* 8,455. *Hours Per Request:* 0.08 hours/5 minutes. *Annual Burden Hours:* 702. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on:

(1)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has practical utility;

(2)the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;

(3)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection. They will also become a matter of public record. Gary Cox, Associate Chief Information Officer (Acting). [FR Doc. E8-9349 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-13-P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: (08-040)] Notice of Information Collection Under OMB Review AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of information collection under OMB review. SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). DATES: All comments should be submitted within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Sharon Mar, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Room 10236; New Executive Office Building; Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Dr. Walter Kit, NASA PRA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW., JE0000, Washington, DC 20546,

(202)358-1350, *Walter.Kit-1@nasa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This information collection has to do with recordkeeping and reporting required to ensure proper accounting of Federal funds and property provided under NASA cooperative agreements with commercial firms. II. Method of Collection Electronic funds transfer is used for payment under Treasury guidance. In addition, NASA encourages the use of computer technology and is participating in Federal efforts to extend the use of information technology to more Government processes via the Internet. Specifically, progress has been made in the area of property reporting, most of it being done electronically. III. Data *Title:* Cooperative Agreements with Commercial Firms. *OMB Number:* 2700-0092. *Type of review:* Revision of Currently Approved Collection. *Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 288. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 1496. *Estimated Total Annual Cost to Government:* $0. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on:

(1)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has practical utility;

(2)the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;

(3)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(NASA)announces a meeting of the Planetary Protection Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting from the scientific community and other persons scientific and technical information relevant to program planning. DATES: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, May 23, 2008, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. ADDRESSES: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, room 180-703C, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marian Norris, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546,

(202)358-4452, fax

(202)358-4118, or *mnorris@nasa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public up to the capacity of the room. The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics: —Planning for Mars Sample Return and the Sample Receiving Facility. —Review of Microbial Reduction and Inventory Technologies. It is imperative that the meeting be held on these dates to accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants. Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory security requirements, including the presentation of a valid Government issued picture ID, before receiving an access badge. Foreign nationals attending this meeting will be required to provide the following information no less than 7 working days prior to the meeting: Full name; gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; visa/green card information (number, type, expiration date); passport information (number, country, expiration date); employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address, country, telephone); title/position of attendee. Additional information may be requested. A Passport and Visa must be presented at the time of entrance to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To expedite admittance, attendees with U.S. citizenship can provide identifying information 5 working days in advance by contacting Marian Norris via e-mail at *mnorris@nasa.gov* or by telephone at

(202)358-4452. Dated: April 24, 2008. P. Diane Rausch, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [FR Doc. E8-9516 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-13-P NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION COMMISSION Notice of Availability for Public Comment on NPREC Draft Standards AGENCY: National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission is announcing the release and availability for public comment on its Draft Standards for the Prevention, Detection, Response, and Monitoring of Sexual Abuse in Adult Prisons, Jails, and supplemental standards for facilities holding Immigration Detainees. DATES: The comment period will begin May 5, 2008 and close on July, 7, 2008. All comments must be received by 5 p.m. E.D.T. on Monday, July 7, 2008. ADDRESSES: The preferred comment method is via the Microsoft Word form accessible at the NPREC Web site ( *http://www.nprec.us* ). This form can be downloaded and used to submit comments via mail, e-mail and/or fax. E-mailed comment forms should be sent to *comments@nprec.us* . To submit via mail, fill out the form, then print and mail to: National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, 1440 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005-2111. Faxed forms should be sent to

(202)233-1089. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the comment process should be directed to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission at

(202)233-1090. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (“NPREC” or “the Commission”) is a bipartisan panel created by Congress as part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Commission is charged with studying federal, state and local government policies and practices related to the prevention, detection, response and monitoring of sexual abuse in correctional and detention facilities in the United States. Consistent with the Act, the Commission's recommendations will be designed to make the prevention of sexual abuse a top priority in America's jails, prisons, lock-ups, juvenile facilities, and other detention facilities. Since its creation, the Commission has undertaken a comprehensive legal and factual study of the penological, physical, mental, medical, social and economic impacts of prison sexual abuse on federal, state and local government functions and on the communities and social institutions in which they operate. Upon completion of its study, the Commission will report its findings, conclusions and recommendations to the President, Congress, the U.S. Attorney General and other federal and state officials. As a key component of its report, the panel will include the statutorily required zero-tolerance standards. This notice is to announce the release of Draft Standards for the Prevention, Detection, Response, and Monitoring of Sexual Abuse in Adult Prisons, Jails, and supplemental standards for facilities holding Immigration Detainees, for a public comment period of 60 days. Written comments about these draft standards are invited from the public, as well as affected agencies and organizations. This draft can be accessed and downloaded from the NPREC Web site: *http://www.nprec.us* . A hard copy of the NPREC draft standards is available by mailing a request to the NPREC address, by telephoning

(202)233-1090, or via e-mail at *nprec@nprec.us* . Separate draft standards for Lock-Ups, Juvenile and Community Corrections facilities will become available for public comment in June 2008. Separate notice and comment forms will be posted for this purpose in June. Dated: April 24, 2008. Margaret M. Chiara, General Counsel, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. [FR Doc. E8-9596 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-18-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388] PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 35 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Susquehanna Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-14 and NPF-22 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Susquehanna Steam Electric Station is located in northeastern Pennsylvania

(PA)in Salem Township, approximately 5 miles northeast of the Borough of Berwick, PA, 20 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre, PA, and 50 miles northwest of Allentown, PA. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and several reasonable alternative energy sources. The draft Supplement 35 to the GEIS is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at *http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.* The Accession Number for the draft Supplement 35 to the GEIS is ML081140337. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at *pdr@nrc.gov.* In addition, the McBride Memorial Library—located at 500 N. Market St., Berwick, PA 18603—and the Mill Memorial Library—located at 495 E. Main St., Nanticoke, PA 18634—have agreed to make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection. Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by July 21, 2008; the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so. Written comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T-6D59, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at *SusquehannaEIS@nrc.gov.* All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on May 28, 2008, at the The Eagles Building, 107 South Market St., Berwick, PA 18603. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include:

(1)A presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and

(2)the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Drew Stuyvenberg, the NRC Environmental Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 4006, or by e-mail at *SusquehannaEIS@nrc.gov* no later than May 23, 2008. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual, oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Stuyvenberg's attention no later than May 16, 2008, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Drew Stuyvenberg, Renewal Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Stuyvenberg may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April, 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Louise Lund, Branch Chief, Renewal Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E8-9593 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Federal Register Notice Agency Holding the Meetings: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Date: Week of April 28, 2008. Place: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Status: Public and Closed. Additional Matters to be Considered: Week of April 28, 2008 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:55 p.m., Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative). a. Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR; WestCAN “Petition for Review” of Board Order denying oral argument on contention admissibility in the Indian Point license renewal proceeding (Tentative). b. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Diablo Canyon ISFSI, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace's Motion for Reconsideration of CLI-08-05 & San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace's Request for Admission of Late-Filed Contention 6 Re Diablo Canyon Environmental Assessment (Tentative). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address— *http://www.nrc.gov* . *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings call (recording)—(301) 415-1292. Contact person for more information: Michelle Schroll,

(301)415-1662. Additional Information By a vote of 4-0 on April 24 and 25, 2008, the Commission determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the Commission's rules that “Affirmation of: a. Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR; WestCAN “Petition for Review” of Board Order denying oral argument on contention admissibility in the Indian Point license renewal proceeding (Tentative) and b. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Diablo Canyon ISFSI, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace's Motion for Reconsideration of CLI-08-05 & San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace's Request for Admission of Late-Filed Contention 6 Re Diablo Canyon Environmental Assessment (Tentative)” be held April 30, 2008, and on less than one week's notice to the public. The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: *http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policy-making/schedule.html.* The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format ( *e.g.* braille, large print), please notify the NRC's Disability Program Coordinator, Rohn Brown, at 301-415-2279, TDD: 301-415-2100, or by e-mail at *Rohn.Brown@nrc.gov.* Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. This notice is distributed by mail to several hundred subscribers; if you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969). In addition, distribution of this meeting notice over the Internet system is available. If you are interested in receiving this Commission meeting schedule electronically, please send an electronic message to *dkw@nrc.gov.* Dated: April 28, 2008. R. Michelle Schroll, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 08-1204 Filed 4-29-08; 10:58 am]

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