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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
INVESTIGATION BOARD
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces
changes in the membership of the
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board for the Chemical Safety
and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
DATES: Effective November 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Kirkpatrick, Office of
General Counsel, (202) 261–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C.
4314(c)(1) requires each agency to
establish, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Office of
Personnel Management, a performance
review board (PRB). The PRB reviews
initial performance ratings of members
of the Senior Executive Service (SES)
and makes recommendations on
performance ratings and awards for
senior executives. Because the CSB is a
small independent Federal agency, the
SES members of the CSB’s PRB are
being drawn from other Federal
agencies.
The CSB Board Member Delegated
Interim Executive and Administrative
Authority has appointed the following
individuals to the CSB Senior Executive
Service Performance Review Board:
PRB Chair—William B. Wark, Board
Member, Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board.
PRB Member—Curtis Bowling,
Director of Environmental Readiness
and Safety, Office of the Secretary of
Defense/Chairman, Department of
Defense Explosives Safety Board.
Mr. Wark replaces John S. Bresland
(formerly Board Member, Chemical
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board)
as Chair of the PRB. Mr. Bowling
replaces Leon A. Wilson, Jr. (formerly
Executive Director, Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled). The service of Mr.
Bresland and Mr. Wilson on the PRB
has ended. Their appointments were
originally announced in the Federal
Register of October 8, 2003 (68 FR
58063) (Bresland) and January 11, 2007
(72 FR 1317) (Wilson).
Lawrence W. Roffee (Executive
Director, United States Access Board)
continues to serve as a Member of the
PRB, as announced in the Federal
Register of January 11, 2007 (72 FR
1317).
This notice is published in the
Federal Register pursuant to the
requirement of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).
Dated: November 8, 2007.
Raymond C. Porfiri,
Deputy General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Monthly Retail
Trade Survey
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, 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,
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To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before January 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Scott Scheleur, U.S.
Census Bureau, Room 8K181, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC
20233–6500, (301) 763–2713.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Abstract
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey
provides estimates of monthly retail
sales, end-of-month merchandise
inventories, and quarterly e-commerce
sales of retailers in the United States by
selected kinds of business. Also, it
provides monthly sales of food service
establishments. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) uses this
information to prepare the National
Income and Products Accounts and to
benchmark the annual input-output
tables. Statistics provided from the
Monthly Retail Trade Survey are used to
calculate the gross domestic product
(GDP).
Estimates produced from the Monthly
Retail Trade Survey are based on a
probability sample. The sample design
consists of one fixed panel where all
cases are requested to report sales and/
or inventories each month.
Listed below are the series of retail
form numbers and a description of each
form:
Description
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SM–44(06)SE ............................................................................................
SM–44(06)SS ............................................................................................
SM–44(06)B ..............................................................................................
SM–44(06)BE ............................................................................................
SM–44(06)BS ............................................................................................
SM–45(06)S ..............................................................................................
SM–45(06)SE ............................................................................................
SM–45(06)SS ............................................................................................
SM–45(06)B ..............................................................................................
SM–45(06)BE ............................................................................................
SM–45(06)BS ............................................................................................
SM–72(06)S ..............................................................................................
SM–20(06)I ...............................................................................................
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II. Method of Collection
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
This information will be collected by
mail, fax, and telephone follow-up.
Bureau of Industry and Security
III. Data
[Docket No. 071107679–7690–01]
OMB Control Number: 0607–0717.
Form Number: SM–44(06)S, SM–
44(06)SE, SM–44(06)SS, SM–44(06)B,
SM–44(06)BE, SM–44(06)BS, SM–
45(06)S, SM–45(06)SE, SM–45(06)SS,
SM–45(06)B, SM–45(06)BE, SM–
45(06)BS, SM–72(06)S, and SM–20(06)I.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Retail and Food
Services firms in the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 7
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$367,640.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Section 182.
Impact of Implementation of the
Chemical Weapons Convention on
Commercial Activities Involving
‘‘Schedule 1’’ Chemicals During
Calendar Year 2007
IV. Request for Comments
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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
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
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;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) is seeking public
comments on the impact that
implementation of the Chemical
Weapons Convention, through the
Chemical Weapons Convention
Implementation Act and the Chemical
Weapons Convention Regulations, has
had on commercial activities involving
‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals during calendar
year 2007. The purpose of this notice of
inquiry is to collect information to assist
BIS in its preparation of the annual
certification to the Congress, which is
required under Condition 9 of Senate
Resolution 75, April 24, 1997, in which
the Senate gave its advice and consent
to the ratification of the Chemical
Weapons Convention.
DATES: Comments must be received by
December 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
E-mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov. Include
the phrase ‘‘Schedule 1 Notice of
Inquiry’’ in the subject line;
Fax: (202) 482–3355 (Attn: Willard
Fisher);
Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier:
Willard Fisher, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
Security, Regulatory Policy Division,
14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC
20230.
For
questions on the Chemical Weapons
Convention requirements for ‘‘Schedule
1’’ chemicals, contact Timir Misra,
Treaty Compliance Division, Office of
Nonproliferation and Treaty
Compliance, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Phone: (703) 605–4400. For questions
on the submission of comments, contact
Willard Fisher, Regulatory Policy
Division, Office of Exporter Services,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Phone: (202)
482–2440.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Background
In providing its advice and consent to
the ratification of the Convention on the
Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling, and Use of
Chemical Weapons and Their
Destruction, commonly called the
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
(the Convention), the Senate included,
in Senate Resolution 75 (S. Res. 75,
April 24, 1997), several conditions to its
ratification. Condition 9, titled
‘‘Protection of Advanced
Biotechnology,’’ calls for the President
to certify to Congress on an annual basis
that ‘‘the legitimate commercial
activities and interests of chemical,
biotechnology, and pharmaceutical
firms in the United States are not being
significantly harmed by the limitations
of the Convention on access to, and
production of, those chemicals and
toxins listed in Schedule 1.’’ On July 8,
2004, President Bush, by Executive
Order 13346, delegated his authority to
make the annual certification to the
Secretary of Commerce.
The CWC is an international arms
control treaty that contains certain
verification provisions. In order to
implement these verification provisions,
the CWC established the Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW). The CWC imposes
certain obligations on countries that
have ratified the Convention (i.e., States
Parties), among which are the enactment
of legislation to prohibit the production,
storage, and use of chemical weapons,
and the establishment of a National
Authority to serve as the national focal
point for effective liaison with the
OPCW and other States Parties for the
purpose of achieving the object and
purpose of the Convention and the
implementation of its provisions. The
CWC also requires each State Party to
implement a comprehensive data
declaration and inspection regime to
provide transparency and to verify that
both the public and private sectors of
the State Party are not engaged in
activities prohibited under the CWC.
‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals consist of
those toxic chemicals and precursors set
forth in the CWC ‘‘Annex on
Chemicals’’ and in Supplement No. 1 to
part 712 of the Chemical Weapons
Convention Regulations (CWCR) (15
CFR parts 710–722). The CWC
identified these toxic chemicals and
precursors as posing a high risk to the
object and purpose of the Convention.
The CWC restricts the production of
‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals for protective
purposes to two facilities per State
Party. The CWC Article-by-Article
Analysis submitted to the Senate in
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Monthly Retail
Trade Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, 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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before January 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Scott Scheleur, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8K181,
4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233-6500, (301) 763-2713.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Abstract
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey provides estimates of monthly
retail sales, end-of-month merchandise inventories, and quarterly e-
commerce sales of retailers in the United States by selected kinds of
business. Also, it provides monthly sales of food service
establishments. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses this
information to prepare the National Income and Products Accounts and to
benchmark the annual input-output tables. Statistics provided from the
Monthly Retail Trade Survey are used to calculate the gross domestic
product (GDP).
Estimates produced from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey are based
on a probability sample. The sample design consists of one fixed panel
where all cases are requested to report sales and/or inventories each
month.
Listed below are the series of retail form numbers and a
description of each form:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Series Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SM-44(06)S......................... Non Department Store/Sales Only/WO
E-Commerce.
SM-44(06)SE........................ Non Department Store/Sales Only W E-
Commerce.
SM-44(06)SS........................ Non Department Store/Sales Only/
Screener.
SM-44(06)B......................... Non Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/WO E-Commerce.
SM-44(06)BE........................ Non Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/W E-Commerce.
SM-44(06)BS........................ Non Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/Screener.
SM-45(06)S......................... Department Store/Sales Only/WO E-
Commerce.
SM-45(06)SE........................ Department Store/Sales Only/W E-
Commerce.
SM-45(06)SS........................ Department Store/Sales Only/
Screener.
SM-45(06)B......................... Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/WO E-Commerce.
SM-45(06)BE........................ Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/W E-Commerce.
SM-45(06)BS........................ Department Store/Sales and
Inventory/Screener.
SM-72(06)S......................... Food Services/Sales Only/WO E-
Commerce.
SM-20(06)I......................... Non Department and Department Store/
Inventory Only.
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II. Method of Collection
This information will be collected by mail, fax, and telephone
follow-up.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0717.
Form Number: SM-44(06)S, SM-44(06)SE, SM-44(06)SS, SM-44(06)B, SM-
44(06)BE, SM-44(06)BS, SM-45(06)S, SM-45(06)SE, SM-45(06)SS, SM-
45(06)B, SM-45(06)BE, SM-45(06)BS, SM-72(06)S, and SM-20(06)I.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Retail and Food Services firms in the United
States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 7 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $367,640.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 182.
IV. Request for Comments
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
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques 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; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22234 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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