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III. Ordering Paragraphs
[Order No. 99]
It is Ordered:
1. Docket No. RM2008–3 is
established for the purpose of
considering the Request of the United
States Postal Service for Commission
Order Amending the established Costing
Methodologies for Purposes of Preparing
the FY 2008 Annual Compliance Report,
filed August 11, 2008.
2. An informal technical conference to
explore and clarify proposals is
scheduled for August 27, 2008 at 10
a.m. in the Commission’s hearing room.
3. Interested persons may file initial
comments on or before September 8,
2008.
4. Reply comments may be filed on or
before September 15, 2008.
5. William C. Miller is designated as
the Public Representative representing
the interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
6. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register.
[Order No. 102]
1. The Motion of the United States
Postal Service to Supplement the List of
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Its Proposed Costing Changes for
Purposes of Preparing the FY 2008
Annual Compliance Report, filed
August 18, 2008, is granted.
2. The proposal described in this
Order will be considered under the
current procedural schedule in Docket
No. RM2008–2.
3. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3652.
By the Commission.
Judith M. Grady,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–20694 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter VI
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking for
Programs Authorized Under Title IV
and Title II of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as Amended
AGENCY:
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Notice of invitation for public
comment and establishment of
negotiated rulemaking committees.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: We announce our intention to
establish negotiated rulemaking
committees to prepare proposed
regulations under Title IV and, possibly,
Title II of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA). The
committees will include representatives
of organizations or groups with interests
that are significantly affected by the
subject matter of the proposed
regulations. We also announce six
public hearings, at which interested
parties may suggest issues that should
be considered for action by the
negotiating committees. In addition, for
anyone unable to attend a public
hearing, we announce that the
Department will accept written
comments.
The dates, times, and locations
of the public hearings are listed under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice. We must receive written
comments suggesting issues that should
be considered for action by the
DATES:
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negotiating committees on or before
October 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to Wendy Macias, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 8017, Washington, DC
20006, or by fax to Wendy Macias at
(202) 502–7874. You may also e-mail
your comments to HEOA08@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about the public hearings,
see https://www.ed.gov/HEOA or contact:
Mary Miller, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
8066, Washington, DC 20006.
Telephone: (202) 502–7824. You may
also e-mail your questions about the
public hearings to: Mary.Miller@ed.gov.
For information about negotiated
rulemaking in general, see The
Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title
IV Regulations, Frequently Asked
Questions at https://www.ed.gov/HEOA.
For further information contact: Wendy
Macias, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 8017,
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone (202)
502–7526. You may also e-mail your
questions about negotiated rulemaking
to: Wendy.Macias@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by
contacting the person responsible for
information about the public hearings.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We intend
to develop proposed regulations to
implement the changes made to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) by
the Higher Education Opportunity Act
of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110–315.
Section 492 of the HEA, as amended by
the HEOA, requires that, before
publishing any proposed regulations to
implement programs authorized under
Title IV of the HEA, the Secretary obtain
public involvement in the development
of the proposed regulations. After
obtaining advice and recommendations
from the public, the Secretary uses a
negotiated rulemaking process to
develop the proposed regulations. In
addition, section 201(2) of the HEOA
added a provision to section 207(c) of
the HEA that requires the Secretary to
submit to a negotiated rulemaking
process any regulations the Secretary
chooses to develop under amended
section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, regarding
the prohibition on a teacher preparation
program from which the State has
withdrawn approval or terminated
financial support from accepting or
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enrolling any student who receives Title
IV aid.
We intend to develop proposed
regulations by following the negotiated
rulemaking procedures in section 492 of
the HEA. We anticipate using the
negotiated rulemaking procedures in
section 492 of the HEA to develop any
regulations for the new teacher
preparation program provision in
section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, although
the Secretary is not required to do so.
After a complete review of the HEOA
and the public comments presented at
the public hearings and through written
submission, we will publish a
subsequent notice (or notices)
announcing the specific subject areas for
which we intend to establish negotiated
rulemaking committees, and a request
for nominations for individual
negotiators for those committees who
represent the interests significantly
affected by the proposed regulations.
We anticipate that we will announce
our intent to establish most of the
negotiated rulemaking committees by
the end of this year, with negotiations
beginning in February 2009. For subject
areas for which implementation must
occur more quickly, the schedule will
be expedited.
For general information on the
implementation of the HEOA, see
https://www.ed.gov/HEOA.
Public Hearings
We will hold six public hearings for
interested parties to discuss the agenda
for the negotiated rulemaking sessions.
The public hearings will be held on:
• September 19, 2008 at Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth,
Texas;
• September 29, 2008 at the
University of Rhode Island, in
Providence, Rhode Island;
• October 2, 2008 at Pepperdine
University, in Malibu, California;
• October 6, 2008 at Johnson C. Smith
University, in Charlotte, North Carolina;
• October 8, 2008 at the U.S.
Department of Education in
Washington, DC; and
• October 15, 2008 at Cuyahoga
Community College, in Cleveland, Ohio.
The public hearings will be held from
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., local time, with the
exception of the hearing at Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth,
Texas, which will be held from 10:00
a.m.–4:00 p.m., local time. Further
information on the public hearing sites,
including addresses and directions, is
available at https://www.ed.gov/HEOA.
Individuals desiring to present
comments at the public hearings are
encouraged to do so. It is likely that
each participant choosing to make a
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statement will be limited to five
minutes. Individuals interested in
making oral statements will be able to
register to make a statement beginning
at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the public
hearing (9:30 a.m. on the day of the
public hearing for the hearing at Texas
Christian University) at the
Department’s on-site registration table
on a first-come, first-served basis. If
additional time slots remain,
individuals may be given additional
time to speak. If no time slots remain,
the Department has reserved one
additional hour at the end of the day for
individuals who were not able to
register to speak. The amount of time
available will depend upon the number
of individuals who register to speak.
Speakers may also submit written
comments. In addition, for anyone
unable to attend a public hearing, the
Department will accept written
comments through October 8, 2008. (See
the ADDRESSES sections of this notice for
submission information.)
The public hearing sites are accessible
to individuals with disabilities.
Individuals needing an auxiliary aid or
service to participate in a meeting (e.g.,
interpreting service, assistive listening
device, or materials in alternative
format), should notify the contact
person for information about hearings
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in this notice in advance of the
scheduled meeting date. Although we
will attempt to meet any request we
receive, 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 may view this document, in text
or Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF), on the Internet at the following
site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister. To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site. If you have
questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office toll free at
1–888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (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: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a; Pub.
L. 110–315, § 201(2).
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Dated: September 3, 2008.
Cheryl A. Oldham,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E8–20776 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 070720390–81114–02]
RIN 0648–AV28
Fisheries in the Western Pacific;
Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish
Fisheries; Management Measures for
the Northern Mariana Islands
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would
establish Federal permitting and
reporting requirements for all
commercial bottomfish vessels fishing
in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ) around the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The
proposed rule would also close certain
EEZ waters around the CNMI to
bottomfish fishing by vessels over 40 ft
(12.2 m) long. Vessel monitoring system
units would be installed on these
vessels, and the operators of these
vessels would be required to submit
Federal sales reports in addition to
catch reports. This proposed rule is
intended to ensure adequate collection
of information about the CNMI
commercial bottomfish fishery, provide
for sustained community participation,
and maintain a consistent supply of
locally-caught bottomfish to CNMI
markets and seafood consumers.
Combined, these measures are intended
to prevent the depletion of bottomfish
stocks in the CNMI, and to sustain the
fisheries that depend on them.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule
must be received by October 23, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
amendment, identified by 0648–AV28,
may be sent to either of the following
addresses:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal
www.regulations.gov; or
• Mail: William L. Robinson,
Regional Administrator, NMFS, Pacific
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Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani
Blvd, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–
4700.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to
www.regulations.gov without change.
All personal identifying information
(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted
voluntarily by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (if you wish to
remain anonymous, enter ‘‘NA’’ in the
required name and organization fields).
Attachments to electronic comments
will be accepted in Microsoft Word or
Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file
formats only.
Copies of the Fishery Management
Plan for Bottomfish and Seamount
Groundfish Fisheries of the Western
Pacific Region (Bottomfish FMP) and
proposed Amendment 10 are available
from the Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council), 1164
Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI
96813, tel 808–522–8220, fax 808–522–
8226, or www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR, 808–944–2271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Federal Register document is also
accessible at the Office of the Federal
Register web site www.gpoaccess.gov/fr.
The bottomfish fishery around the
Northern Mariana Islands is managed
under the Bottomfish FMP, which was
developed by the Council, and approved
and implemented by NMFS. The
Council has submitted Bottomfish FMP
Amendment 10 to NMFS for review
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). This proposed
rule would implement the management
provisions recommended in
Amendment 10, if the amendment is
approved by the Secretary of Commerce.
CNMI nearshore areas have been
fished for years by bottomfish fishermen
who engage in a mix of subsistence,
recreational, and small-scale
commercial fishing. These fishermen
typically operate small vessels (less than
25 ft (7.6 m)), and tend to fish more in
the summer months when weather and
sea conditions are calmer. Most of these
small vessels target shallow-water
bottomfish, but some also target deepwater species. The catch from these
small vessels is destined for local
markets and consumers in the CNMI,
and is usually not exported.
In addition to small vessels, several
larger vessels (over 40 ft (12.2 m) in
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length) also target deep-water
bottomfish at offshore seamounts and
banks. In 2006, for example, there were
six large vessels targeting bottomfish
around the CNMI. Landings from these
large vessels are offloaded on Saipan
and in other CNMI commercial ports,
and are often exported by air to Japan.
Thus, the catch from these large vessels
does not enter local markets as a food
supply for CNMI residents. If these
vessels were to target bottomfish in
nearshore waters around CNMI, the
resulting fishing pressure could be
excessive on bottomfish stocks at
nearshore banks, potentially threatening
both the fish stocks and the fisheries
that have historically been dependent
on these resources.
The CNMI is relatively close to Guam,
and it is possible for large bottomfish
vessels based in Guam to travel to
fishing grounds in the CNMI. NMFS
recently implemented a final rule that
prohibits large vessels (i.e., greater than
50 ft (15.2 m)) from bottomfish fishing
within 50 nm (80.5 km) around Guam
(71 FR 64474; November 2, 2006).
Without similar closed areas around the
CNMI, operators of these large Guambased vessels may choose to fish for
bottomfish within U.S. EEZ waters
around the CNMI. This could result in
excessive fishing pressure on bottomfish
stocks at nearshore banks, potentially
threatening both the fish stocks and the
fisheries that have historically been
dependent on these resources.
In addition to the possibility of Guambased vessels entering the CNMI
bottomfish fishery, the Council is
concerned about several other issues
regarding bottomfish fishing in the
CNMI. First, existing data collection
programs in the CNMI are insufficient to
monitor catches and determine the
impacts of the fishery on the bottomfish
stocks being harvested, or to determine
the species composition and amount of
discarded catch. Second, large
bottomfish vessels need to harvest
relatively large catches to cover
operational costs, and these large
catches could deplete nearshore stocks.
Stock depletion would threaten the
sustainability of the CNMI bottomfish
fishery, and if catch rates were
significantly reduced, small vessels
would not be able to continue operating.
Finally, because the catches from large
vessels are typically exported,
traditional patterns of supply and
consumption of bottomfish in the local
community would be disrupted.
In response to these concerns, the
Council developed Amendment 10 with
the following objectives: (1) ensure that
adequate information is routinely
collected for the CNMI offshore
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter VI
Office of Postsecondary Education; Notice of Negotiated
Rulemaking for Programs Authorized Under Title IV and Title II of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of invitation for public comment and establishment of
negotiated rulemaking committees.
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SUMMARY: We announce our intention to establish negotiated rulemaking
committees to prepare proposed regulations under Title IV and,
possibly, Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA). The committees will include representatives of organizations or
groups with interests that are significantly affected by the subject
matter of the proposed regulations. We also announce six public
hearings, at which interested parties may suggest issues that should be
considered for action by the negotiating committees. In addition, for
anyone unable to attend a public hearing, we announce that the
Department will accept written comments.
DATES: The dates, times, and locations of the public hearings are
listed under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. We
must receive written comments suggesting issues that should be
considered for action by the
[[Page 51991]]
negotiating committees on or before October 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments to Wendy Macias, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 8017, Washington, DC
20006, or by fax to Wendy Macias at (202) 502-7874. You may also e-mail
your comments to HEOA08@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the public
hearings, see https://www.ed.gov/HEOA or contact: Mary Miller, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 8066, Washington, DC
20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7824. You may also e-mail your questions
about the public hearings to: Mary.Miller@ed.gov.
For information about negotiated rulemaking in general, see The
Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV Regulations, Frequently
Asked Questions at https://www.ed.gov/HEOA. For further information
contact: Wendy Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 8017, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone (202) 502-7526. You may
also e-mail your questions about negotiated rulemaking to:
Wendy.Macias@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the person responsible for information about
the public hearings.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We intend to develop proposed regulations to
implement the changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) by
the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110-
315. Section 492 of the HEA, as amended by the HEOA, requires that,
before publishing any proposed regulations to implement programs
authorized under Title IV of the HEA, the Secretary obtain public
involvement in the development of the proposed regulations. After
obtaining advice and recommendations from the public, the Secretary
uses a negotiated rulemaking process to develop the proposed
regulations. In addition, section 201(2) of the HEOA added a provision
to section 207(c) of the HEA that requires the Secretary to submit to a
negotiated rulemaking process any regulations the Secretary chooses to
develop under amended section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, regarding the
prohibition on a teacher preparation program from which the State has
withdrawn approval or terminated financial support from accepting or
enrolling any student who receives Title IV aid.
We intend to develop proposed regulations by following the
negotiated rulemaking procedures in section 492 of the HEA. We
anticipate using the negotiated rulemaking procedures in section 492 of
the HEA to develop any regulations for the new teacher preparation
program provision in section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, although the
Secretary is not required to do so. After a complete review of the HEOA
and the public comments presented at the public hearings and through
written submission, we will publish a subsequent notice (or notices)
announcing the specific subject areas for which we intend to establish
negotiated rulemaking committees, and a request for nominations for
individual negotiators for those committees who represent the interests
significantly affected by the proposed regulations.
We anticipate that we will announce our intent to establish most of
the negotiated rulemaking committees by the end of this year, with
negotiations beginning in February 2009. For subject areas for which
implementation must occur more quickly, the schedule will be expedited.
For general information on the implementation of the HEOA, see
https://www.ed.gov/HEOA.
Public Hearings
We will hold six public hearings for interested parties to discuss
the agenda for the negotiated rulemaking sessions. The public hearings
will be held on:
September 19, 2008 at Texas Christian University in Fort
Worth, Texas;
September 29, 2008 at the University of Rhode Island, in
Providence, Rhode Island;
October 2, 2008 at Pepperdine University, in Malibu,
California;
October 6, 2008 at Johnson C. Smith University, in
Charlotte, North Carolina;
October 8, 2008 at the U.S. Department of Education in
Washington, DC; and
October 15, 2008 at Cuyahoga Community College, in
Cleveland, Ohio.
The public hearings will be held from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., local time,
with the exception of the hearing at Texas Christian University in Fort
Worth, Texas, which will be held from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., local time.
Further information on the public hearing sites, including addresses
and directions, is available at https://www.ed.gov/HEOA.
Individuals desiring to present comments at the public hearings are
encouraged to do so. It is likely that each participant choosing to
make a statement will be limited to five minutes. Individuals
interested in making oral statements will be able to register to make a
statement beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the public hearing (9:30
a.m. on the day of the public hearing for the hearing at Texas
Christian University) at the Department's on-site registration table on
a first-come, first-served basis. If additional time slots remain,
individuals may be given additional time to speak. If no time slots
remain, the Department has reserved one additional hour at the end of
the day for individuals who were not able to register to speak. The
amount of time available will depend upon the number of individuals who
register to speak. Speakers may also submit written comments. In
addition, for anyone unable to attend a public hearing, the Department
will accept written comments through October 8, 2008. (See the
ADDRESSES sections of this notice for submission information.)
The public hearing sites are accessible to individuals with
disabilities. Individuals needing an auxiliary aid or service to
participate in a meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive
listening device, or materials in alternative format), should notify
the contact person for information about hearings listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in this notice in advance of the scheduled
meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet any request we receive,
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 may view this document, in text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF), on the Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/
news/fedregister. To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which
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Dated: September 3, 2008.
Cheryl A. Oldham,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E8-20776 Filed 9-5-08; 8:45 am]
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