Notice; Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting, 40302-40303 [E8-16096]
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TABLE 1. DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE SCOPING MEETINGS—Continued
Date
Time
Meeting Locations
Address
September 9, 2008
4 pm – 6 pm
Fajardo, PR
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Salon Centro de Usos Multiples de Fajardo, Estacionamiento Munic¨
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ipal, Ultimo Piso, Esquina de Calle Dr. Lopez y Calle Celis Aguilera,
Fajardo, PR 00738
September 10, 2008
2 pm – 4 pm
Ponce, PR
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Servicio de Extension Agrıcola, 2440 Ave. Las Americas, Ste. 208,
Centro Gubernamental, Ponce, PR 00717–2111
September 11, 2008
7 pm – 9 pm
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Mayaguez, PR
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University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Physics Building,
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Room 310, Mayaguez, PR 00680
Scoping Meetings Code of Conduct
The public is reminded that NMFS
expects participants at the scoping
meetings to conduct themselves
appropriately. At the beginning of each
meeting, a representative of NMFS will
explain the ground rules (e.g., alcohol is
prohibited from the meeting room;
attendees will be called to give their
comments in the order in which they
registered to speak; each attendee will
have an equal amount of time to speak;
attendees may not interrupt one
another; etc.). The NMFS representative
will structure the meeting so that all
attending members of the public will be
able to comment, if they so choose,
regardless of the controversial nature of
the subject(s). Attendees are expected to
respect the ground rules, and those that
do not will be asked to leave the
meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Greg Fairclough
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 8, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a crab workshop
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (NPFMC) will
host a Crab Workshop.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
August 11, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The meeting will be held at
the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West
3rd Avenue, Lupine Room, Anchorage,
AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Fina, NPFMC; telephone: (907)
271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A
workshop to assist crew in the
refinement of proposals for presentation
to the crab committee at its September
15th meeting. The workshop is not
intended to generate any specific crew
consensus or recommendation. Instead,
the workshop is intended to assist crew
members and their representatives in
the drafting of purpose and need
statements and reformulation of their
proposals as alternatives, elements, and
options in a form typically considered
by the Council. Crew members and their
representatives could then present their
revised proposals to the committee for
its consideration. The committee report
to the Council will include any
proposals received and a summary of
the committee’s discussions of those
proposals.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Actions 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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the NPFMC’s intent to
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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 Gail
Bendixen, (907) 271–2809, at least 5
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 9, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Notice; Agricultural Advisory
Committee Meeting
The Commodity Futures Trading
Commission’s Agricultural Advisory
Committee will conduct a public
meeting on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The
meeting will take place in the first floor
hearing room of the Commission’s
Washington, DC headquarters, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20581 from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. The agenda is as follows:
I. Convergence and Basis
II. Settlement Prices, Margin
Requirement, and Credit
III. Agricultural Swaps
IV. Ongoing Research
The meeting is open to the public.
Any member of the public who wishes
to file a written statement with the
Advisory Committee should mail a copy
of the statement to the attention of:
Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o
Chairman, Michael V. Dunn,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC
20581, before the meeting. Members of
the public who wish to make oral
statements should inform Chairman
Dunn in writing at the foregoing address
at least three business days before the
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meeting. Reasonable provision will be
made, if time permits, for oral
presentations of no more than five
minutes each in duration.
For further information concerning
this meeting, please contact Nicole
McNair at (202) 418–5070.
Issued by the Commission in Washington,
DC, on July 9, 2008.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden to the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW.,
Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0088,
Travel Costs, in all correspondence.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward Chambers, Contract Policy
Division, GSA (202) 501–3221.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
A. Purpose
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
FAR 31.205–46, Travel Costs, requires
that, except in extraordinary and
temporary situations, costs incurred by
a contractor for lodging, meals, and
incidental expenses shall be considered
to be reasonable and allowable only to
the extent that they do not exceed on a
daily basis the per diem rates in effect
as of the time of travel as set forth in the
Federal Travel Regulations for travel in
the conterminous 48 United States, the
Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2,
Appendix A, for travel in Alaska,
Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and territories and possessions of
the United States, and the Department
of State Standardized Regulations,
section 925, ‘‘Maximum Travel Per
Diem Allowances for Foreign Areas.’’
The burden generated by this coverage
is in the form of the contractor
preparing a justification whenever a
higher actual expense reimbursement
method is used.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0088]
Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Submission for OMB Review; Travel
Costs
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat has submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve an
extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement
concerning travel costs. A request for
public comments was published at 73
FR 20613 on April 16, 2008. No
comments were received.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 13, 2008.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 5,800.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Total Responses: 58,000.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 14,500.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (VPR),
Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite
OMB Control No. 9000–0088, Travel
Costs, in all correspondence.
Dated: July 3, 2008.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Department of Defense Board of
Actuaries
Department of Defense.
Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Under the provision of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C., appendix as amended),
the Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of
Defense announces that the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the Department of Defense Board of
Actuaries will take place:
DATES: August 28, 2008 (1 p.m.–5 p.m.)
and August 29, 2008 (10 a.m.–1 p.m.).
ADDRESSES: 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite
270, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inger Pettygrove at the DoD Office of the
Actuary, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite
308, Arlington, VA 22203.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of
the meeting: The purpose of the meeting
is for the Board to review DoD actuarial
methods and assumptions to be used in
the valuations of the Education Benefits
Fund, the Military Retirement Fund,
and the Voluntary Separation Incentive
Fund, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 183, Section 2006, Chapter 74
(10 U.S.C. 1464 et seq.), and Section
1175 of Title 10, United States Code.
Agenda: Education Benefits Fund
(August 28, 1 p.m.–5 pm).
Briefing on Investment Experience.
Development in Education Benefits.
Economic Assumptions*.
September 30, 2007 Valuation and
Proposed Per Capita and Amortization
Costs Reserve Programs*.
September 30, 2007 Valuation and
Proposed Per Capita and Amortization
Costs Active Duty Programs*.
Military Retirement Fund and
Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund
(August 29, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.).
Briefing on Retirement Fund
Investment Experience.
September 30, 2007, Valuation of the
Military Retirement System*.
Methods and Assumptions for
September 30, 2008, Valuation*.
Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI)
Fund*.
Recent and Proposed Legislation.
*Board approval required.
Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR
102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the
availability of space, this meeting is
open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Notice; Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Agricultural Advisory
Committee will conduct a public meeting on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The
meeting will take place in the first floor hearing room of the
Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155
21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The agenda
is as follows:
I. Convergence and Basis
II. Settlement Prices, Margin Requirement, and Credit
III. Agricultural Swaps
IV. Ongoing Research
The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public who
wishes to file a written statement with the Advisory Committee should
mail a copy of the statement to the attention of: Agricultural Advisory
Committee, c/o Chairman, Michael V. Dunn, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make
oral statements should inform Chairman Dunn in writing at the foregoing
address at least three business days before the
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meeting. Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for oral
presentations of no more than five minutes each in duration.
For further information concerning this meeting, please contact
Nicole McNair at (202) 418-5070.
Issued by the Commission in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2008.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-16096 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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