Sunshine Act Meeting-September 25-6:30 p.m., 52262-52263 [E8-20986]

Download as PDF 52262 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 9, 2008 / Notices Vegetative Restoration project on the Belt Creek Ranger District of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. A Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2005 (pages 60274–60275). Dated: August 27, 2008. Lesley W. Thompson, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. E8–20746 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of meeting. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee will hold meetings on September 16, 2008 and September 22, 2008 or September 23, 2008 at the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. This Committee, established by the Secretary of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice to the Secretary on implementing the terms of the Federal Interagency Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region and other matters raised by the Secretary. DATES: The meetings will be held September 16, 2008, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m., and September 22, 2008, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m. or September 23, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at noon. Selection of final meeting dates can be viewed at https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/ ltfac/. ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. For Further Information or to Request an Accommodation (One Week Prior to Meeting Date) Contact: Arla Hams, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to be covered on the agenda on September 16, 2008: (1) New member orientation, and (2) public comment. Items to be covered on the agenda on September 22 or September 23 include: (1) Preparation for SNPLMA Round 10, and (2) committee operations. All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:08 Sep 08, 2008 Jkt 214001 encouraged to attend at the above address. Issues may be brought to the attention of the Committee during the open public comment period at the meeting or by filing written statements with the secretary for the Committee before or after the meeting. Please refer any written comments to the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the contact address stated above. This Federal Register notice will be published less than 15 calendar days based on these exceptional circumstances: (1) The 2008 LTFAC has only recently received a preliminary confirmation (August 22, 2008); and (2) there will be timely meeting notification through the LTBMLJ Web site at https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/ ltfac/. Dated: September 2, 2008. Terri Marceron, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. E8–20703 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board will hold a meeting on Thursday, October 2, 2008. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.2. The meeting agenda includes the following: (1) Welcome/Introductions; (2) Members visit areas in Land Between The Lakes; (3) Board discussion on morning visits relating to dispersed recreation/ education; (4) Update on Nature Watch; (5) LBL Updates; (6) Board Discussion of Comments Received. The meeting is open to the public. Written comments are invited and may be mailed to: William P. Lisowsky, Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211. Written comments must be received at Land Between The Lakes by September 25, 2008, in order for copies to be provided to the members at the meeting. Board members will review written comments received, and at their request, oral clarification may be requested at a future meeting. SUMMARY: Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 The meeting will be held at the Land Between The Lakes Administrative Building, Golden Pond, Kentucky, and will be open to the public. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Byers, Advisory Board Liaison, Land Between The Lakes, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211, 270–924–2002. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the morning of October 2, 2008, Advisory Board members will visit various locations throughout Land Between The Lakes to research dispersed recreation/ education opportunities. These visits will be done in small groups to different locations; the full board will not be visiting the same location. No official business of the board will take place during these morning visits. Dated: September 5, 2008. William P. Lisowsky, Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes. [FR Doc. E8–20883 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P Meeting of the Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board PO 00000 The meeting will be held on October 2, 2008, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., CDT. DATES: Sfmt 4703 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD Sunshine Act Meeting—September 25—6:30 p.m. In connection with its investigation into the cause of a January 30, 2007, propane explosion at the Little General Store in Ghent, West Virginia, the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that it will convene a public meeting on September 25, 2008, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Tamarack Conference Center Ballroom, One Tamarack Park, Beckley, WV 25801—Telephone # (304)–256–6843. At the meeting CSB staff will present to the Board the results of their investigation into this incident. Key issues involved in the investigation concern emergency evacuation, hazardous materials incident training for firefighters, 911 Call Center preparations, propane company procedures, and propane technician training. This will be followed by a public comment period prior to a Board vote on the report. On January 30, 2007, four people were killed and five others were seriously injured when propane vapors from a storage tank ignited and exploded at the Little General convenience store and gasoline station in Ghent, West Virginia. E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 9, 2008 / Notices Propane was used as fuel inside the building. The explosion leveled the store, destroyed a responding ambulance, and damaged other nearby vehicles. On the day of the incident, a propane technician was preparing to transfer liquid propane from an existing tank to a newly installed replacement tank. When the technician removed a plug from the existing tank’s liquid withdrawal valve, liquid propane unexpectedly released and formed a vapor cloud. About 15 minutes after the release began, a 911 call was made. Shortly after, emergency responders and another propane technician arrived on scene. Little General employees closed the store but did not evacuate. Minutes after the emergency responders arrived, the propane ignited killing the two propane technicians and two emergency responders in the area of the tank, injuring four store employees inside the building and two other emergency responders outside. Following the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board will consider whether to approve the final report and recommendations. All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings presented by staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has considered the final staff presentation, listened to the witnesses and the public comments and approved the staff report will there be an approved final record of this incident. The meeting will be open to the public. Please notify CSB if a translator or interpreter is needed, at least 5 business days prior to the public meeting. For more information, please contact the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202) 261–7600, or visit our Web site at: https:// www.csb.gov. Christopher W. Warner, General Counsel. [FR Doc. E8–20986 Filed 9–5–08; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6350–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:08 Sep 08, 2008 Jkt 214001 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: 2008 Company Organization Survey. Form Number(s): NC–99001, NC– 99007. OMB Control Number: 0607–0444. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 127,517. Number of Respondents: 48,000. Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 40 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the annual Company Organization Survey (COS) in order to update and maintain a central, multipurpose Business Register (BR). In particular, the COS supplies critical information on the organizational structure, operating characteristics, and employment and payroll of multilocation enterprises. The 2008 COS will direct inquiries to multi-establishment enterprises and selected single-establishment companies. The 2008 COS collection will differ from 2007 in the following ways: due to the 2007 COS being conducted in coordination with the 2007 Economic Census, the 2008 COS has decreased its sample size by about 50%, however, with more detailed inquiries being added (revision to the research and development question) to the 2008 COS and the inclusion of form, NC–99007 (only for single unit establishments), there will be an overall increase in the reporting response burden. Note that we will also mail Form NC–99001 for the 2008 COS. Form NC–99001 is mailed to multilocation enterprises. We ask questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, ownership or control by a foreign parent, and ownership of foreign affiliates; research and development, and employees from a professional employer organization. Establishment inquiries include questions on operational status, mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual payroll of the establishments. In addition to the mailing of multilocation enterprises, the Census Bureau will mail Form NC–99007 to some large single-location enterprises that may have added locations. Form NC–99007 contains questions on ownership and control by a domestic company, number of locations of operation, physical location, locations of operation, and inquiries on mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual payroll for each separate location. The information collected by the COS is used to maintain and update the BR. The BR serves two fundamental PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52263 purposes: First and most important, it provides sampling populations and enumeration lists for the Census Bureau’s economic surveys and censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical foundation underlying those programs. Essential for this purpose is the BR’s ability to identify all known United States business establishments and their parent companies. Further, the BR must accurately record basic business attributes needed to control sampling and enumeration. These attributes include industrial and geographic classifications, measures of size and economic activity, ownership characteristics, and contact information (for example, name and address). Second, it provides establishment data that serve as the basis for the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series. The CBP reports present data on number of establishments, first quarter payroll, annual payroll, and mid-March employment summarized by industry and employment size class for the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and countyequivalents. No other annual or more frequent series of industry statistics provides comparable detail, particularly for small geographic areas. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, and State, Local or Tribal Government. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 195, 224 and 225. 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: September 3, 2008. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E8–20780 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52262-52263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20986]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting--September 25--6:30 p.m.

    In connection with its investigation into the cause of a January 
30, 2007, propane explosion at the Little General Store in Ghent, West 
Virginia, the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board (CSB) announces that it will convene a public meeting on 
September 25, 2008, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Tamarack Conference 
Center Ballroom, One Tamarack Park, Beckley, WV 25801--Telephone 
 (304)-256-6843.
    At the meeting CSB staff will present to the Board the results of 
their investigation into this incident. Key issues involved in the 
investigation concern emergency evacuation, hazardous materials 
incident training for firefighters, 911 Call Center preparations, 
propane company procedures, and propane technician training. This will 
be followed by a public comment period prior to a Board vote on the 
report.
    On January 30, 2007, four people were killed and five others were 
seriously injured when propane vapors from a storage tank ignited and 
exploded at the Little General convenience store and gasoline station 
in Ghent, West Virginia.

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Propane was used as fuel inside the building. The explosion leveled the 
store, destroyed a responding ambulance, and damaged other nearby 
vehicles.
    On the day of the incident, a propane technician was preparing to 
transfer liquid propane from an existing tank to a newly installed 
replacement tank. When the technician removed a plug from the existing 
tank's liquid withdrawal valve, liquid propane unexpectedly released 
and formed a vapor cloud. About 15 minutes after the release began, a 
911 call was made. Shortly after, emergency responders and another 
propane technician arrived on scene. Little General employees closed 
the store but did not evacuate. Minutes after the emergency responders 
arrived, the propane ignited killing the two propane technicians and 
two emergency responders in the area of the tank, injuring four store 
employees inside the building and two other emergency responders 
outside.
    Following the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board 
will consider whether to approve the final report and recommendations. 
All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to 
allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors 
involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings 
presented by staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has 
considered the final staff presentation, listened to the witnesses and 
the public comments and approved the staff report will there be an 
approved final record of this incident.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Please notify CSB if a 
translator or interpreter is needed, at least 5 business days prior to 
the public meeting. For more information, please contact the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202) 261-7600, or visit our 
Web site at: https://www.csb.gov.

Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E8-20986 Filed 9-5-08; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6350-01-P

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