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all vegetables, angora, apples, apricots,
artichokes, asparagus;
Barley, beefalo, broccoli, buffalo,
cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cattle and
calves, cauliflower, celery, cherries,
chickens, corn, cotton (field or row
crop), cucumbers;
Dry beans, ducks, eggplant, eggs, elk,
emu, fish (specify), flax seed, furbearing animals (specify), geese, grapes,
green beans, green peas;
Hay, hogs, honey, honeydew melon,
horses, legumes, lettuce, llamas, milk,
millet, mules, muskmelon;
Nectarines, oats, okra, onions, ostrich,
other field crops (specify), other fruits
(specify), other livestock (specify), other
vegetables (specify);
Peaches, pears, pecans, peppers,
pheasant, plums, popcorn, potatoes,
pumpkins, quail, radishes, raspberries,
rye;
Safflower, seed crops (specify),
semen, sheep and lamb, silage, snap
beans, sorghum grain, soybeans, squash,
strawberries, sugar beets, sunflower
seeds, sweet corn;
Tomatoes, trees (specify), triticale,
turkeys, turnips, vetch, walnuts,
watermelon, wheat, and wool.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1631, 7 CFR
2.22(a)(3)(v) and 2.81(a)(5), and 9 CFR
205.101(e).
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
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comments must be received in the
Western Regional Office by September
1, 2007. The address is 300 North Los
Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles,
CA 90012. Persons wishing to e-mail
their comments, or to present their
comments verbally at the meeting, or
who desire additional information
should contact Barbara de La Viez, Civil
Rights Analyst, Eastern Regional Office,
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at
(202) 376–7533 [TDY] 202–376–8116],
or by e-mail at bdelaviez@usccr.gov.
Hearing impaired persons who will
attend the meeting and require the
services of a sign language interpreter
should contact the Eastern Regional
Office at least ten (10) working days
before the scheduled date of the
planning meeting.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Western Regional Office, as they become
available, both before and after the
meeting. Persons interested in the work
of this advisory committee are advised
to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern
Regional Office at the above e-mail or
street address.
The meeting will be conducted
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the Commission and
FACA.
Dated at Washington, DC, August 3, 2007.
Ivy L. Davis,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs
Coordination Unit.
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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Hawaii State Advisory
Committee
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights and the regulations of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a meeting of the Hawaii
Advisory Committee will convene at 1
p.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. on Monday,
August 20, 2007 in the auditorium of
the Hawaii state capitol located at 415
S. Beretania St. in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The purpose of the briefing is to hear
from experts about the proposed Native
Hawaiian Government Reorganization
Act of 2007, Akaka bill, which seeks to
establish a process for Native Hawaiians
to gain federal recognition. There will
be an open session for members of the
public to make short statements to the
Committee.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
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United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, August 16,
2007; 5 p.m.
PLACE: Via Teleconference; Public Call
In Number: 1–800–597–7623.
Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes of August 2,
Meeting
III. Management and Operations
• 2009 Budget
IV. Program Planning
• Commissioner Responses to
Briefing Reports
V. State Advisory Committee Issues
• New Jersey SAC
• South Carolina SAC
• Vermont SAC
VI. Future Agenda Items
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VII. Adjourn
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Manuel Alba, Press and
Communications (202) 376–8582.
Dated: August 6, 2007.
Kenneth L. Marcus,
Staff Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: West Coast Community
Economic Data Collection.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 2,931.
Number of Respondents: 1,115.
Average Hours per Response:
Business survey, 45 minutes; household
survey, 30 minutes; visitor prequestionnaire, 5 minutes; and visitor
questionnaire, 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: NOAA, National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
proposes to collect information
pertaining to the economic utilization of
marine resources by coastal
communities on the West Coast that will
improve fishery management; satisfy
legal mandates under Executive Order
12866, Title 16 of the Magnuson Steven
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and quantify
achievement of the performances
measures in the NMFS Strategic
Operating Plans. To this end, economic
data from eight representative small-to
medium-sized communities will be
surveyed to determine the communities’
economic structure and utilization of
marine resources. Households,
businesses, and visitors to the
communities will be surveyed as to
their regional economic impact in the
community.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, business or other for profit
organizations.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
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calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov.)
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2007 Business Expenses
Supplement to the Annual Wholesale
and Retail Trade Surveys.
Form Number(s): SA–42A(SUP), SA–
42(ESUP), SA–44(ASUP), SA–44(ESUP),
SA–45(ASUP), SA–45(ESUP), SA–
721A(SUP), SA–721E(SUP), SA–
722A(SUP), SA–722E(SUP).
Agency Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 76,580.
Number of Respondents: 28,363.
Average Hours per Response: 2.7
hours.
Needs and Uses: The 2007 Business
Expenses Supplement (BES) will
supplement basic economic statistics
produced by the 2007 Economic Census
of Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and
Accommodation and Food Services
Industries with estimates of detailed
operating expenses. Further, it will
provide measures of value produced for
wholesale trade and retail trade.
Essential measurement of the Nation’s
economy requires compilation of
comprehensive and reliable data on
both economic outputs (e.g., sales) and
inputs (e.g., utilities and advertising
expenses). This supplement is the sole
source of comprehensive expenses input
data for covered industries. The Census
Bureau will collect the information by
means of a mail canvass with electronic
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reporting option directed to a sample of
business units that represent one or
more domestic establishments in
covered industries. Results will be
presented primarily in electronic reports
containing statistical summaries by
industry for the United States.
This information collection is part of
the 2007 Economic Census, which is
required by law under Title 13, United
States Code (U.S.C.). Section 131 of this
statute directs the taking of a census of
businesses, including the distributive
trades, service establishments, and
transportation, at 5-year intervals.
Section 224 makes reporting mandatory.
Section 193 authorizes surveys that
collect supplementary statistics related
to the main topic of the censuses.
Finally, Section 195 permits the use of
statistical sampling methods.
Information on business operating
expenses was compiled in the 2002
Business Expenses Survey covering
wholesale distributors, retail trade,
accommodation and food services, and
selected service industries. Data on
operating expenses for selected service
industries are currently compiled by the
Census Bureau’s Service Annual
Survey.
The economic census is a primary
source of facts about the structure and
functioning of the Nation’s economy. It
provides essential information for
government, industry, business, and the
general public. For the 2007 Business
Expenses Supplement, the Federal
government is the primary user of the
resulting data. In particular, the Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA), the
Federal agency that produces gross
domestic product (GDP) estimates and
maintains the national economic
accounts. The benchmark input-output
(I–O) accounts at BEA use the BES data
to produce national estimates of value
added, gross output, and intermediate
inputs. These national estimates serve
as a benchmark for the annual industry
accounts, which provide the control
totals for the GDP-by-state accounts.
Additionally, data from the benchmark
I–O and annual I–O accounts are used
by the GDP-by-state accounts to remove
purchased services from Census Bureau
source data on manufacturing, mining,
and construction because BEA’s concept
of value added excludes such services.
Previously, BEA’s GDP-by-state
accounts used only the national
benchmark I–O table as a source for the
purchased services. BEA recently made
advances in its annual I–O accounts
program, enhancing the reliability of
those statistics. Thus, the GDP-by-state
estimates now incorporate the
purchased services as measured by both
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the annual and benchmark I–O
accounts.
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board, in
turn, uses the BEA’s national accounts
for analyzing productivity trends and
industry-level price changes. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the data
for measurement of industry
productivity. The Economic Research
Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture uses the data for analysis of
national food marketing systems.
Industry, business, and academia use
the data for evaluating value added and
profit margins occurring within the
business sector.
A specific objective of this
supplement is to continue
implementation of recommendations
made in the Gross National Product
Data Improvement Project (Creamer)
Report (the Advisory Committee on
Gross National Product Data
Improvement, 1977), prepared under the
auspices of the Office of Management
and Budget; recommendations made in
the Boskin Report on the Quality of
Economic Statistics (President’s Council
of Economic Advisers, 1983); the (‘‘MidDecade Strategic Review of BEA’s
Economic Accounts’’ (Survey of Current
Business, February 1995); and
recommendations of BEA’s advisory
council.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131, 193, 195, and 224.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer, either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: West Coast Community Economic Data Collection.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 2,931.
Number of Respondents: 1,115.
Average Hours per Response: Business survey, 45 minutes; household
survey, 30 minutes; visitor pre-questionnaire, 5 minutes; and visitor
questionnaire, 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
proposes to collect information pertaining to the economic utilization
of marine resources by coastal communities on the West Coast that will
improve fishery management; satisfy legal mandates under Executive
Order 12866, Title 16 of the Magnuson Steven Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and quantify achievement of the
performances measures in the NMFS Strategic Operating Plans. To this
end, economic data from eight representative small-to medium-sized
communities will be surveyed to determine the communities' economic
structure and utilization of marine resources. Households, businesses,
and visitors to the communities will be surveyed as to their regional
economic impact in the community.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for
profit organizations.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by
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calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov.)
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or
David--Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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