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(3) Serve as advocates for American
Indian students with special education
needs by providing advice and
recommendations regarding best
practices, effective program
coordination strategies, and
recommendations for improved
educational programming.
(4) Provide advice and
recommendations for the preparation of
information required to be submitted to
the Secretary of Education under section
611(h)(2)(D).
(5) Provide advice and recommend
policies concerning effective inter/intraagency collaboration, including
modifications to regulations, and the
elimination of barriers to inter/intraagency programs and activities.
(6) Report and direct all
correspondence to the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs through the
Director, BIE with a courtesy copy to the
Designated Federal Official (DFO).
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Membership
(a) As required by IDEA of 2004,
section 611(h)(6), the Advisory Board
shall be composed of individuals
involved in or concerned with the
education and provision of services to
Indian infants, toddlers, children, and
youth with disabilities. The Advisory
Board composition will reflect a broad
range of viewpoints and will include at
least one (1) member representing each
of the following interests: Indians with
disabilities; teachers of children with
disabilities; Indian parents or guardians
of children with disabilities; service
providers, State Education Officials;
Local Education Officials; State
Interagency Coordinating Councils (for
States having Indian reservations); tribal
representatives or tribal organization
representatives; and other members
representing the various divisions and
entities of the BIE.
(b) The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs may provide the Secretary of the
Interior recommendations for the
chairperson; however, the chairperson
and other Advisory Board members will
be appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Advisory Board members
shall serve staggered terms of 2 years or
3 years from the date of their
appointment.
Miscellaneous
(a) Members of the Advisory Board
will not receive compensation, but will
be reimbursed for travel, including
subsistence, and other necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in
Government Service under 5 U.S.C.
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(b) A member may not participate in
matters that will directly affect, or
appear to affect, the financial interests
of the member or the member’s spouse
or minor children, unless authorized by
the DFO. Compensation from
employment does not constitute a
financial interest of the member so long
as the matter before the Advisory Board
will not have a special or distinct effect
on the member or the member’s
employer, other than as part of a class.
The provisions of this paragraph do not
affect any other statutory or regulatory
ethical obligations to which a member
may be subject.
(c) The Advisory Board meets at least
twice a year, budget permitting, but
additional meetings may be held as
deemed necessary by the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs or DFO.
(d) All Advisory Board meetings are
open to the public in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
regulations.
Nomination Information
(a) Nominations are requested from
individuals, organizations, and federally
recognized tribes, as well as from State
Directors of Special Education (within
the 23 States in which BIE-funded
schools are located) concerned with the
education of Indian children with
disabilities as described above.
(b) Nominees should have expertise
and knowledge of the issues and/or
needs of American Indian children with
disabilities. Such knowledge and
expertise are needed to provide advice
and recommendations to the BIE
regarding the needs of American Indian
children with disabilities.
(c) A summary of the candidate’s
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qualifications (resume or curriculum
vitae) must be included with the
nomination application. Nominees must
have the ability to attend Advisory
Board meetings, carry out Advisory
Board assignments, participate in
teleconference calls, and work in
groups.
(d) The Department of the Interior is
committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks diverse Advisory
Board membership, which is bound by
the Indian Preference Act of 1990 (25
U.S.C. 472).
Dated: March 26, 2009.
George T. Skibine,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Economic Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Advisory Board of Exceptional
Children
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is
announcing that the Advisory Board for
Exceptional Children (Advisory Board)
will hold its next meeting in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose
of the meeting is to meet the mandates
of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) on Indian
children with disabilities.
DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on
Thursday, April 30, 2009, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Friday, May 1, 2009,
from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday,
May 2, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local
Time.
ADDRESSES: The April 30th and May 1st
meetings will be held at the Bureau of
Indian Education, Albuquerque Service
Center, Division of Performance and
Accountability, 1011 Indian School
Road NW., Room 277, Albuquerque, NM
87103; telephone 505–563–5274. The
May 2, 2009, meeting will be held at the
Marriot Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Blvd.
NE., Albuquerque, NM; telephone 505–
881–6800.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jeff Hamley, Designated Federal Official,
Bureau of Indian Education,
Albuquerque Service Center, Division of
Performance and Accountability, 1011
Indian School Road NW., P.O. Box
1088, Suite 332, Albuquerque, NM
87103; telephone 505–563–5260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Board was established to
advise the Secretary of the Interior,
through the Assistant Secretary-Indian
Affairs, on the needs of Indian children
with disabilities, as mandated by the
Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004
(Pub. L. 108–446).
The following items will be on the
agenda:
• Advisory Board Workgroups
address: State Performance Plan
Indicators (SPP), Annual Performance
Report (APR), and Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP) verification;
• Public Call 11:30–12 MT,
Conference Number 1–888–387–8686,
Pass code 4274201;
• Organization issues of Advisory
Board;
• APR and Data Exceptions for BIE.
The meetings are open to the public.
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Dated: April 8, 2009.
Grayford Payne,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
and Economic Development.
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act, the
Clean Water Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, the
Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean
Air Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on April 13, 2009, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States, et al.
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v. INVISTA, S.a r.l, Civil Action
Number 1:09–cv–00244, was lodged
with the United States District Court for
the District of Delaware. The Consent
Decree resolves claims against INVISTA
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S.a r.l. (‘‘INVISTA’’) brought by the
United States on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’) under the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA), 42 U.S.C. 11001 to 11050; the
Clean Water Act (CWA), 42 U.S.C. 1251
to 1387; the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 to
6992k; the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 to 136y; Section
103(a) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9603(a); the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C.
300f to 300j–26; and the Clean Air Act
(CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q
(hereinafter ‘‘Environmental
Requirements’’). The Consent Decree
also resolves the claims against
INVISTA brought by the State of
Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control,
the State of South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control,
and the Chattanooga-Hamilton County
Air Pollution Control Board.
In this action, the United States seeks
civil penalties and injunctive relief for
the violations of Environmental
Requirements identified in Appendices
A, B, and C to the lodged Consent
Decree that INVISTA voluntarily
identified to the EPA after conducting
its compliance management system and
a series of comprehensive audits of
facilities that INVISTA acquired in
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April 2004 from E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company. The facilities
covered by these allegations are located
at Athens, GA; Calhoun, GA; Camden,
SC; Chattanooga, TN; Dalton, GA;
Kinston, NC; LaPorte, TX; Martinsville,
VA; Orange (also called Sabine), TX;
Seaford, DE; Victoria, TX; and
Waynesboro, VA.
The settlement resolves the violations
that are set forth in Appendices A, B,
and C to the Consent Decree. INVISTA
has certified in the Decree that it has
corrected the violations alleged in
Appendix A. INVISTA has agreed to
implement injunctive relief measures to
resolve the alleged Clean Air Act
violations in Appendices B and C
under: the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and/or New Source
Review program at the Seaford,
Chattanooga, Victoria, and Camden
Facilities; the Benzene National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants program for the Orange and
Victoria Facilities; the Leak Detection
and Repair program for the Orange and
Victoria Facilities; and the New Source
Performance Standards program for the
Orange Facility.
The Department of Justice will
receive, for a period of 30 days from the
date of this publication, comments
relating to the proposed Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and either e-mailed to
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
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States et al. v. INVISTA, S.a r.l, DOJ Ref.
No. 90–5–2–1–08892.
The proposed Consent Decree along
with the Appendices and relevant
excerpts of the Final Audit Report
referenced therein may be examined at
the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566–1927. During the public
comment period, the proposed Consent
Decree may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web
site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decree.html. A copy of the
proposed Consent Decree may be
obtained by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
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Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a
request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number
(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a
copy of the Consent Decree (without
appendices) from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the
amount of $6.75 (.25 cents per page
reproduction costs), payable to the U.S.
Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives
[OMB Number 1140–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of information
collection under review: Certification of
Qualifying State Relief from Disabilities
Program.
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF), will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
‘‘sixty days’’ until June 15, 2009. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have comments especially on
the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions,
or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information,
please contact Barbara Terrell, Firearms
Enforcement Branch, 99 New York
Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20226.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more
of the following four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Advisory Board of Exceptional Children
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing that the Advisory Board
for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board) will hold its next meeting in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is to meet the
mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
(IDEA) on Indian children with disabilities.
DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, April 30, 2009, from
8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Friday, May 1, 2009, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
and Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local Time.
ADDRESSES: The April 30th and May 1st meetings will be held at the
Bureau of Indian Education, Albuquerque Service Center, Division of
Performance and Accountability, 1011 Indian School Road NW., Room 277,
Albuquerque, NM 87103; telephone 505-563-5274. The May 2, 2009, meeting
will be held at the Marriot Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE.,
Albuquerque, NM; telephone 505-881-6800.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jeff Hamley, Designated Federal
Official, Bureau of Indian Education, Albuquerque Service Center,
Division of Performance and Accountability, 1011 Indian School Road
NW., P.O. Box 1088, Suite 332, Albuquerque, NM 87103; telephone 505-
563-5260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board was established to advise
the Secretary of the Interior, through the Assistant Secretary-Indian
Affairs, on the needs of Indian children with disabilities, as mandated
by the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-446).
The following items will be on the agenda:
Advisory Board Workgroups address: State Performance Plan
Indicators (SPP), Annual Performance Report (APR), and Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP) verification;
Public Call 11:30-12 MT, Conference Number 1-888-387-8686,
Pass code 4274201;
Organization issues of Advisory Board;
APR and Data Exceptions for BIE.
The meetings are open to the public.
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Dated: April 8, 2009.
Grayford Payne,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E9-8724 Filed 4-15-09; 8:45 am]
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