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For additional information, please 

contact: Thomas B. O’Brien, Jr., General 

Counsel, at ASTM International, 100 

Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, 

PA 19428, telephone 610–832–9597, email address tobrien@astm.org. 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–5413 Filed 6–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to The National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Open DeviceNet Vendor 

Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on May 

31, 2006, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Open DeviceNet 

Vendor Association, Inc. (‘‘ODVA’’) has 

filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, ITT Industries, Inc., White 

Plains, NY; Northwire, Inc., Osceola, 

WI; Moog, Inc., East Aurora, NY; RFID, 

Inc., Aurora, CO; AGM Electronics, Inc., 

Tucson, AZ; N-Tron Corporation, 

Mobile, AL; Seiko Epson, Nagano-kon, 

Japan; ARCX, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 

Canada; Bird Electronic Corporation, 

Solon, OH; EIM Controls, Inc., Missouri 

City, TX; ifak systems GmbH, 

Magdeburg, Germany; Rockwell 

Automation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI; 

ProSoft Technology, Bakersfield, CA; 

Baldor Electric, Fort Smith, AR; 

AquaSensors, LLC, Menomonee Falls, 

WI; and Toyogiken Co., Ltd., Nagano, 

Japan have been added as parties to this 

venture. 

Also, Danaher Motion/Kollmorgen, 

Radford, VA; DVT Corporation, Duluth, 

GA; Flexible Machine Controls, 

Wendywood, South Africa; Intelligent 

Motion Systems, Marlborough, CT; MKS 

Instruments, CIT Group, Austin, TX; 

NSK Precision Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, 

Japan; Scientific Technologies, Inc., 

Freemont, CA; Shanghai Aton Electric 

Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of 

China; Wind River Systems, Inc., 

Alameda, CA; and Power-IO, Naperville, 

IL have withdrawn as parties to this 

venture. Also, Beckhoff Industrie 

Elektronik has changed its name to 

Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Nurnberg, 

Germany. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and ODVA 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On June 21, 1995, ODVA filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 15, 1996 (61 FR 6039). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 10, 2006. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 7, 2006 (71 FR 11453). 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–5414 Filed 6–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation (OPIC). 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provision of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), agencies are required to 

publish a Notice in the Federal Register 

notifying the public, that the Agency is 

preparing an information collection 

request for OMB review, approval, and 

request public review and comment on 

the submission. Comments are being 

solicited on the need for the 

information; the accuracy of the 

Agency’s burden estimate; the quality, 

practical utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the reporting burden, 

including automated collection 

techniques by use of other forms of 

technology. The proposed form under 

review is summarized below. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 17, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form 

and the request for review prepared for 

submission to OMB may be obtained 

from the Agency submitting officer. 

Comments on the form should be 

submitted to the Agency Submitting 

Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie 

S. Bryant, Records Management Officer, 

Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20527; 202–336–

8563. 

OMB Contact: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of 

Information and Regulator Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Mr. David Rostker, 725 17th 

Street, Room 10102, NW., Washington, 

DC 20503; (202) 395–3897. 

Summary Form Under Review 

Type of Request: Renewal/Revision. 

Title: Expedited Screening 

Questionnaire On-Lending 

Transactions. 

Form Number: OPIC–168 (a & b). 

Frequency of Use: Once per investor 

per project. 

Type of Respondents: Business or 

other institution (except farms); 

individuals. 

Description of Affected Public: U.S. 

companies or citizens investing 

overseas. 

Reporting Hours: 4.0 hours per 

project. 

Number of Responses: 300 per year. 

Federal Cost: $17,000 per year. 

Authority for Information Collection: 

Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), and 240A 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended. 

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The 

application is the principal document 

used by OPIC to determine the 

investor’s and the project’s eligibility for 

debt financing, assess the environmental 

impact and developmental effects of the 

project, measure the economic effects 

for the U.S. and the host country’s 

economy, and collect information for 

underwriting analysis. 

Dated: June 8, 2006. 

Eli Landy, 

Senior Counsel for Administrative Law, 

Department of Legal Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 06–5433 Filed 6–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Required Interest Rate Assumption for 

Determining Variable-Rate Premium for 

Single-Employer Plans; Interest 

Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan 

Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of interest rates and 

assumptions. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

of the interest rates and assumptions to 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

5Telephone conversation between Sudhir 

Bhattacharyya, Assistant General Counsel, and Mia 

Zur, Special Counsel, Division of Market 

Regulation, Commission, on June 7, 2006. 

6An odd-lot order is an order for less than 100 

shares. 

7See Commentary .05 of Amex Rule 205, which 

describes the manner of executing odd-lot orders in 

general, and which for Nasdaq securities, references 

be used under certain Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation regulations. These 

rates and assumptions are published 

elsewhere (or can be derived from rates 

published elsewhere), but are collected 

and published in this notice for the 

convenience of the public. Interest rates 

are also published on the PBGC’s Web 

site (http://www.pbgc.gov). 

DATES: The required interest rate for 

determining the variable-rate premium 

under part 4006 applies to premium 

payment years beginning in June 2006. 

The interest assumptions for performing 

multiemployer plan valuations 

following mass withdrawal under part 

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring 

in July 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion, Attorney, Legislative 

and Regulatory Department, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 

202–326–4024. (TTY/TDD users may 

call the Federal relay service toll-free at 

1–800–877–8339 and ask to be 

connected to 202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Variable-Rate Premiums 

Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1) 

of the PBGC’s regulation on Premium 

Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use 

of an assumed interest rate (the 

‘‘required interest rate’’) in determining 

a single-employer plan’s variable-rate 

premium. The required interest rate is 

the ‘‘applicable percentage’’ (currently 

85 percent) of the annual yield on 30- 

year Treasury securities for the month 

preceding the beginning of the plan year 

for which premiums are being paid (the 

‘‘premium payment year’’). The required 

interest rate to be used in determining 

variable-rate premiums for premium 

payment years beginning in June 2006 is 

4.42 percent (i.e., 85 percent of the 5.20 

percent Treasury Securities Rate for 

May 2006). 

The Pension Funding Equity Act of 

2004 (‘‘PFEA’’)—under which the 

required interest rate is 85 percent of the 

annual rate of interest determined by 

the Secretary of the Treasury on 

amounts invested conservatively in 

long-term investment grade corporate 

bonds for the month preceding the 

beginning of the plan year for which 

premiums are being paid—applies only 

for premium payment years beginning 

in 2004 or 2005. Congress is considering 

legislation that would extend the PFEA 

rate for one more year. If legislation that 

changes the rules for determining the 

required interest rate for plan years 

beginning in June 2006 is adopted, the 

PBGC will promptly publish a Federal 

Register notice with the new rate. 

The following table lists the required 

interest rates to be used in determining 

variable-rate premiums for premium 

payment years beginning between July 

2005 and June 2006. 

For premium payment years 

beginning in: 

The required 

interest rate is: 

July 2005 .............................. 4.47 

August 2005 ......................... 4.56 

September 2005 ................... 4.61 

October 2005 ........................ 4.62 

November 2005 .................... 4.83 

December 2005 .................... 4.91 

January 2006 ........................ 3.95 

February 2006 ...................... 3.90 

March 2006 ........................... 3.89 

April 2006 ............................. 4.02 

May 2006 .............................. 4.30 

June 2005 ............................. 4.42 

Multiemployer Plan Valuations 

Following Mass Withdrawal 

The PBGC’s regulation on Duties of 

Plan Sponsor Following Mass 

Withdrawal (29 CFR part 4281) 

prescribes the use of interest 

assumptions under the PBGC’s 

regulation on Allocation of Assets in 

Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR part 

4044). The interest assumptions 

applicable to valuation dates in June 

2006 under part 4044 are contained in 

an amendment to part 4044 published 

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register. 

Tables showing the assumptions 

applicable to prior periods are codified 

in appendix B to 29 CFR part 4044. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 8th day 

of June 2006. 

Vincent K. Snowbarger, 

Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E6–9346 Filed 6–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–53956; File No. SR–Amex–

2006–55] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice 

of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 

of Proposed Rule Change Relating to 

Odd-Lots in Nasdaq Securities 

June 7, 2006. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on May 25, 

2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC 

(‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) submitted to 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by Amex. Amex filed the 

proposed rule change as a ‘‘noncontroversial’’ rule change pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 3 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4 which renders 

it effective upon filing with the 

Commission. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

Amex proposes to extend for an 

additional twelve-month period ending 

June 30, 2007, the Exchange’s pilot 

program for odd-lot execution 

procedures for Nasdaq securities traded 

on the Exchange pursuant to unlisted 

trading privileges. There is no proposed 

new rule text. Amex is making no 

changes to the pilot program as it 

currently operates, other than extending 

it through June 30, 2007.5

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, 

Amex included statements concerning 

the purpose of, and basis for, the 

proposed rule change and discussed any 

comments it received on the proposed 

rule change. The text of these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item IV below. Amex has prepared 

summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Commission approved, and the 

Exchange implemented, a pilot program 

for odd-lot order 6 executions in Nasdaq 

securities transacted on the Exchange 

pursuant to unlisted trading privileges.7


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