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a wage subsidy to help bridge the salary
gap between their old and new
employment. To receive the ATAA
benefits, workers must be TAA and
ATAA certified.
Key workload data on ATAA is
needed to measure program activities
and to allocate program and
administrative funds to the State
Agencies administering the Trade
programs for the Secretary. States will
provide this information on the ATAA
Activities Report (ATAAAR).
Regulations published at 617.61 give
the Secretary authority to require the
States to report the data described in
this directive; therefore the respondents’
obligation to fulfill these requirements
is mandatory.
II. Review Focus. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed collection of
the Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance Activities Report (ATAAAR),
and is particularly interested in
comments which:
• 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
agency’s 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 submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions. Type of Review:
New collection.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance Activities Report (ATAAAR),
ETA.
OMB Number: New.
Record Keeping: Respondent is
expected to maintain records which
support the requested data for three
years.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Burden: 50 Responses × 50 minutes =
41.5 hours.
Total Respondents: 50.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 200.
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Average Time per Response: 50
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 166.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$120,250.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 7, 2005.
Emily Stover Derocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
[FR Doc. E5–7496 Filed 12–16–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification
The following parties have filed
petitions to modify the application of
existing safety standards under section
101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977.
1. Blue Mountain Energy, Inc.
[Docket No. M–2005–076–C]
Blue Mountain Energy, Inc., 3607
County Road #65, Rangely, Colorado
81648 has filed a petition to modify the
application of 30 CFR 75.312(c) (Main
mine fan examinations and records) to
its Deserado Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 05–
03505) located in Rio Blanco County,
Colorado. The petitioner requests a
modification of the existing standard to
permit testing of the automatic fan
signal device at least every 31 days
without shutting down the fan and
without removing miners from the
mine. The petition has listed in this
petition specific procedures that will be
followed when the proposed alternative
method is implemented. The petitioner
asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as the existing
standard.
2. Alcoa, Inc.
75221
Counties, Texas. The petitioner requests
a modification of the existing standard
to permit disabling the ground fault and
ground check circuits while lowering
and raising a dragline boom or mast
using the dragline on-board generators.
The petitioner has listed specific
procedures in this petition that will be
followed when the proposed alternative
method is implemented. The petitioner
asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as the existing
standard.
3. Advent Mining, LLC
[Docket No. M–2005–078–C]
Advent Mining, LLC, 3603 State
Route 370, Sebree, Kentucky 42455 has
filed a petition to modify the
application of 30 CFR 75.1101–1(b)
(Deluge-type water spray systems) to its
Onton #9 Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 15–
18547) located in Webster County,
Kentucky. The petitioner requests a
modification of the existing standard to
permit an alternative method
compliance in lieu of using blow-off
dust covers for the nozzles of a delugetype water spray system. The petitioner
asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as the existing
standard.
Request for Comments
Persons interested in these petitions
are encouraged to submit comments via
e-mail: zzMSHA-Comments@dol.gov;
Fax: (202) 693–9441; or Regular Mail/
Hand Delivery/Courier: Mine Safety and
Health Administration, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209. All
comments must be postmarked or
received in that office on or before
January 18, 2006. Copies of these
petitions are available for inspection at
that address.
Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 13th day
of December 2005.
Rebecca J. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. E5–7504 Filed 12–16–05; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. M–2005–077–C]
Alcoa, Inc., 3990 John D. Harper
Road, Rockdale, Texas 76567 has filed
a petition to modify the application of
30 CFR 77.803 (Fail safe ground check
circuits on high-voltage resistance
grounded systems) to its Three Oaks
Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 41–04085) located
in Lee and Bastrop Counties, Texas, and
its Sandow Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 41–
00356) located in Lee and Milam
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 05–20]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1,
2005 through September 30, 2005)
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
quarter July 1, 2005 through September
30, 2005, with respect to either
assistance provided under Section 605
of the Millennium Challenge Act of
2003 (Pub. L. 108–199, Division D (the
Act)), or transfers of funds to other
federal agencies pursuant to Section 619
of that Act. The following report shall
be made available to the public by
means of publication in the Federal
Register and on the Internet Web site of
the MCC (https://www.mcc.gov) in
accordance with Section 612(b) of the
Act.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Disbursements
Measures
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2005
Quarter 4
Total obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2.475 million
Land Tenure Project ........
$36 mil. ...........
Increase Land Titling and
Security.
.........................
Finance Project ................
$37 mil. ...........
Increase Competition in
the Financial Sector.
.........................
Agricultural Business Investment Project.
$4 mil. .............
Improve Agricultural Projection Technologies
and Market Capacity in
Rural Areas.
.........................
Program Administration
and Control.
$15.464 mil. ....
.....................................
Program Objective
Obligated
Program goal
$2.475 mil.
Disbursements
Country: Honduras
Year: 2005
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras
Rural Development
Project.
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Increase the productivity
and business skills of
farmers who operate
small and medium-size
farms and their employees.
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Legislative proposal (‘‘loin de cadrage’’) reflecting
the PNF submitted to Parliament and passed.
Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, and/or digitized.
Average time and cost required to carry out property-related transactions at the local and/or national land services offices. Time/cost to respond
to information request, issue titles and to modify
titles after the first land right.
Number of land disputes reported and resolved in
the target zones and sites of implementation.
Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated
and ready for titling.
Promote knowledge and awareness of land tenure
reforms among inhabitants in the zones (surveys).
Submission to Parliament and passage of new laws
recommended by outside experts and relevant
commissions.
CPA Association (CSC) list of accountants registered.
Maximum check clearing delay.
Volume of funds in payment system and number of
transactions.
Public awareness of new financial instruments (surveys).
Report of credit and payment information to a central database.
Number of holders of new denomination T-bill holdings, and T-bill issuance outside Antananarivo as
measured by Central Bank report of redemption
date.
Volume of production covered by warehouse receipts in the zones.
Volume of MFI lending in the zones.
MFI portfolio-at-risk delinquency rate.
Number of new bank accounts in the zones.
Number of rural producers receiving or soliciting information from ABCs about the opportunities.
Zones identified and description of beneficiaries
within each zone submitted.
Number of cost-effective investment strategies developed.
Number of plans prepared.
Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received.
n/a.
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $00**
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Measures
Hours of technical assistance delivered to Program
Farmers (thousands).
Funds lent by MCA–Honduras to financial institutions (cumulative).
Hours of technical assistance to financial institutions (cumulative).
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Program Objective
Obligated
Program goal
Transportation Project ......
$126 mil. .........
Program Administration
and Control.
$12.122 mil. ....
Reduce transportation
costs between targeted
production centers and
national, regional and
global markets.
.....................................
Disbursements
Measures
.........................
Lien Registry equipment installed.
Kilometers of farm-to-market road upgraded (cumulative).
Kilometers of highway upgraded.
Kilometers of secondary road upgraded.
Number of weight stations built.
$0
** The compact entered into force on September 30, the last day of the quarter, and therefore no disbursements were made in the quarter.
Transfers under 619b
U.S. agency to which funds were transferred
Amount
Country
U.S. Agency for International Development ................................................................
$60,000,000
NA
Dated: December 13, 2005.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional and Public
Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05–24179 Filed 12–16–05; 8:45 am]
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ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Federal Register
Agreements in Force as of December
31, 2004 Between the American
Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Representative
Office in the United States
Office of the Federal Register,
NARA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
agreements.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The American Institute in
Taiwan has concluded a number of
agreements with the Taipei Economic
and Cultural Representative Office in
the United States (formerly the
Coordination Council for North
American Affairs) in order to maintain
cultural, commercial and other
unofficial relations between the
American people and the people of
Taiwan. The Director of the Federal
Register is publishing the list of these
agreements on behalf of the American
Institute in Taiwan in the public
interest.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cultural,
commercial and other unofficial
relations between the American people
and the people of Taiwan are
maintained on a non-governmental basis
through the American Institute in
Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit
corporation created under the Taiwan
Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 93 Stat.
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14). The Coordination Council for North
American Affairs (CCNAA) was
established as the nongovernmental
Taiwan counterpart to AIT. On October
10, 1995 the CCNAA was renamed the
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States (TECRO).
Under section 12 of the Act,
agreements concluded between AIT and
TECRO (CCNAA) are transmitted to the
Congress, and according to sections 6
and 10(a) of the Act, such agreements
have full force and effect under the law
of the United States.
The texts of the agreements are
available from the American Institute in
Taiwan, 1700 North Moore Street, Suite
1700, Arlington, Virginia 22209. For
further information, please telephone
(703) 525–8474, or fax (703) 841–1385.
Following is a list of agreements
between AIT and TECRO (CCNAA)
which were in force as of December 31,
2004.
Dated: November 22, 2005.
Barbara J. Schrage,
Trustee and Managing Director ad interim,
American Institute in Taiwan.
Dated: December 14, 2005.
Raymond A. Mosley,
Director of the Federal Register.
AIT–TECRO Agreements
In Force as of December 31, 2004
Status of TECRO
The Exchange of Letters concerning
the change in the name of the
Coordination Council for North
American Affairs (CCNAA) to the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Representative
Office in the United States (TECRO).
Signed December 27, 1994 and January
3, 1995. Entered into force January 3,
1995.
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Description of program
or project
Threshold Program.
Agriculture
1. Guidelines for a cooperative
program in the agriculture sciences.
Signed January 15 and 28, 1986. Entered
into force January 28, 1986.
2. Amendment amending the 1986
guidelines for a cooperative program in
the agricultural sciences. Effected by
exchange of letters September 1 and 11,
1989. Entered into force September 11,
1989.
3. Cooperative service agreement to
facilitate fruit and vegetable inspection
through their designated
representatives, the United States
Department of Agriculture Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
and the Taiwan Provincial Fruit
Marketing Cooperative (TPFMC)
supervised by the Taiwan Council of
Agriculture (COA). Signed April 28,
1993. Entered into force April 28, 1993.
4. Memorandum of agreement
concerning sanitary/phytosanitary and
agricultural standards. Signed
November 4, 1993. Entered into force
November 4, 1993.
5. Agreement amending the
guidelines for the cooperative program
in agricultural sciences. Signed October
30, 2001. Entered into force October 30,
2001.
Aviation
1. Memorandum of agreement
concerning the arrangement for certain
aeronautical equipment and services
relating to civil aviation (NAT–I–845),
with annexes. Signed September 24 and
October 23, 1981. Entered into force
October 23, 1981.
2. Amendment amending the
memorandum of agreement concerning
aeronautical equipment and services of
September 24 and October 23, 1981.
Signed September 18 and 23, 1985.
Entered into force September 3, 1985.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 05-20]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1, 2005 through September 30,
2005)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[[Page 75222]]
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, with respect to
either assistance provided under Section 605 of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199, Division D (the Act)), or
transfers of funds to other federal agencies pursuant to Section 619 of
that Act. The following report shall be made available to the public by
means of publication in the Federal Register and on the Internet Web
site of the MCC (https://www.mcc.gov) in accordance with Section 612(b)
of the Act.
Assistance Provided Under Section 605
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Projects Obligated Objectives Disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Madagascar Year: 2005 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2.475 million
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Tenure Project............ $36 mil.......... Increase Land ................. Legislative proposal
Titling and (``loin de cadrage'')
Security. reflecting the PNF
submitted to
Parliament and
passed.
Percentage of land
documents
inventoried,
restored, and/or
digitized.
Average time and cost
required to carry out
property-related
transactions at the
local and/or national
land services
offices. Time/cost to
respond to
information request,
issue titles and to
modify titles after
the first land right.
Number of land
disputes reported and
resolved in the
target zones and
sites of
implementation.
Percentage of land in
the zones that is
demarcated and ready
for titling.
Promote knowledge and
awareness of land
tenure reforms among
inhabitants in the
zones (surveys).
Finance Project................ $37 mil.......... Increase ................. Submission to
Competition in Parliament and
the Financial passage of new laws
Sector. recommended by
outside experts and
relevant commissions.
CPA Association (CSC)
list of accountants
registered.
Maximum check clearing
delay.
Volume of funds in
payment system and
number of
transactions.
Public awareness of
new financial
instruments
(surveys).
Report of credit and
payment information
to a central
database.
Number of holders of
new denomination T-
bill holdings, and T-
bill issuance outside
Antananarivo as
measured by Central
Bank report of
redemption date.
Volume of production
covered by warehouse
receipts in the
zones.
Volume of MFI lending
in the zones.
MFI portfolio-at-risk
delinquency rate.
Number of new bank
accounts in the
zones.
Agricultural Business $4 mil........... Improve ................. Number of rural
Investment Project. Agricultural producers receiving
Projection or soliciting
Technologies and information from ABCs
Market Capacity about the
in Rural Areas. opportunities.
Zones identified and
description of
beneficiaries within
each zone submitted.
Number of cost-
effective investment
strategies developed.
Number of plans
prepared.
Number of farmers and
business employing
technical assistance
received.
n/a.
Program Administration and $15.464 mil...... ................. $2.475 mil.
Control.
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Program Objective Obligated Program goal Disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Honduras Year: 2005 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $00**
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rural Development Project...... $72 mil.......... Increase the ................. Hours of technical
productivity and assistance delivered
business skills to Program Farmers
of farmers who (thousands).
operate small Funds lent by MCA-
and medium-size Honduras to financial
farms and their institutions
employees. (cumulative).
Hours of technical
assistance to
financial
institutions
(cumulative).
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Lien Registry
equipment installed.
Kilometers of farm-to-
market road upgraded
(cumulative).
Transportation Project......... $126 mil......... Reduce ................. Kilometers of highway
transportation upgraded.
costs between Kilometers of
targeted secondary road
production upgraded.
centers and Number of weight
national, stations built.
regional and
global markets.
Program Administration and $12.122 mil...... ................. $0
Control.
--------------------------------
** The compact entered into force on September 30, the last day of the quarter, and therefore no disbursements
were made in the quarter.
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Transfers under 619b
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. agency to which funds were
transferred Amount Country Description of program or project
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. Agency for International $60,000,000 NA Threshold Program.
Development.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated: December 13, 2005.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
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