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11230, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) NOAA Response to the SAB 

Review of the Ocean Exploration and 

Research Program; (2) NOAA Social 

Science Needs Assessment; (3) Terms of 

Reference and Membership Approach 

for Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration 

Science Program Advisory Working 

Group; (4) National Academy of Public 

Administration Report: Forecasting the 

Future-Assuring the Capacity of the 

National Weather Service; (5) Arctic 

Policy and Management; (6) Arctic 

Science; (7) Climate Working GroupProposed Change in Terms of Reference 

and Working Group Update; (8) 

Ecosystem Sciences and Management 

Working Group-Proposed New Member 

and Working Group Update; (9) 

Environmental Information Services 

Working Group-Membership and 

Working Group Update; and (10) 

Updates from Data Archive and Access 

Requirements and Ocean Exploration 

Advisory Working Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459. Email: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: June 20, 2013. 

Jamie Krauk, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer/Chief 

Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–15279 Filed 6–25–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No: CFPB–2013–0017] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing 

to renew the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for an existing 

information collection titled, Report of 

Terms of Credit Card Plans (Form FR 

2572). 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before July 26, 2013 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

(Attention: PRA Office), 1700 G Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20552. 

Please note that comments submitted 

by fax or email and those submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. In general, all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Sensitive personal information, such as 

account numbers or social security 

numbers, should not be included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Documentation prepared in support of 

this information collection request is 

available at www.reginfo.gov. Requests 

for additional information should be 

directed to the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20552, (202) 435–9575, or email: 

PRA@cfpb.gov. Please do not submit 

comments to this email box. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Report of Terms of 

Credit Card Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 3170–0001. 

Bureau Form Number: FR 2572. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

150. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75. 

Abstract: The Form FR 2572 collects 

data on credit card pricing and 

availability from a sample of at least 150 

financial institutions that offer credit 

cards. The data enable the Bureau to 

present information to the public on 

terms of credit card plans. 

Request for Comments: The Bureau 

issued a 60-day Federal Register notice 

on April 8, 2013, (78 FR 20899). 

Comments were solicited and continue 

to be invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

Bureau’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methods and the 

assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: June 19, 2013. 

Matthew Burton, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 13–C0006] 

Ross Stores, Inc. et al., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 

below is a provisionally-accepted 

Settlement Agreement with Ross Stores, 

Inc. et al., containing a civil penalty of 

$3,900,000.00, within twenty (20) days 

of service of the Commission’s final 

Order accepting the Settlement 

Agreement. 

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by July 11, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to the 

Comment 13–C0006, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Room 820, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– 

4408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary B. Murphy, Assistant General 

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

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4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814–4408; telephone (301) 

504–7809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Agreement and Order appears 

below. 

Dated: June 21, 2013. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

In the Matter of CPSC Docket No. 13– 

C0006, 

Ross Stores, Inc., et al. 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

In accordance with the Consumer 

Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2051– 

2089 (CPSA), and 16 C.F.R. § 1118.20, 

Ross Stores, Inc., Ross Procurement, 

Inc., Ross Merchandising, Inc., and Ross 

Dress for Less (Ross), and the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(Commission), through its staff (Staff), 

hereby enter into this Settlement 

Agreement (Agreement). The Agreement 

and the incorporated attached Order 

(Order) resolve staff’s charges set forth 

below. 

PARTIES 

The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency, established 

pursuant to, and responsible for, the 

enforcement of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act, (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2051– 

2089. By executing this Agreement, staff 

is acting on behalf of the Commission, 

pursuant to 16 C.F.R. § 1118.20(b). The 

Commission issues the Order under the 

provisions of the CPSA. 

Ross is a corporation, organized and 

existing under the laws of Delaware, 

with its principal place of business at 

4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, CA 

94588. 

STAFF CHARGES 

On multiple occasions, and during 

various periods from January 2009 to 

February 2012, Ross sold and/or held 

for sale, 12 series of various styles, 

models, and quantities of children’s 

upper outerwear products with 

drawstrings at the neck and/or waist, for 

a total of approximately 23,000 

garments, including, but not limited to, 

the following: Children’s Apparel 

Network, Ltd. (Children’s Apparel) 

Young Hearts hooded sweater; Byer 

California (Byer) Girls cargo pocket 

jacket with neck and waist drawstring; 

Puma North America Inc. (Puma) USA 

V-Kon training jacket with waist 

drawstrings; LA Fashion Hub, Inc., 

jacket with neck drawstring; LA Fashion 

jacket with neck drawstrings; Umbro 

International, Ltd., jacket with waist 

drawstrings; Hot Chocolate Athletic set 

jacket with waist drawstrings; Bonded 

Apparel hooded fleece jacket with neck 

drawstrings; Me Jane/Louise Paris Ltd., 

fur hood fleece with waist drawstring; 

MeJane Louise Paris, Ltd., fur hood 

bubble jacket with waist drawstrings; 

LANY Group LLC terry hooded 

sweatshirt with neck drawstring; and 

YMI Jeanswear hooded sweatshirt with 

neck drawstrings. The products 

identified in this paragraph are 

collectively referred to as ‘‘Garments.’’ 

Ross sold the Garments to consumers, 

and/or held the Garments for sale with 

the intent to ultimately sell to 

consumers. 

The Garments are ‘‘consumer 

product[s],’’ and at all relevant times, 

Ross was a ‘‘retailer’’ of those consumer 

products, which were ‘‘distributed in 

commerce,’’ as those terms are defined 

in CPSA sections 3(a)(5), (8), and (13), 

15 U.S.C. § 2052(a)(5), (8), and (13). 

In February 1996, staff issued the 

Guidelines for Drawstrings on 

Children’s Upper Outerwear 

(Guidelines) to help prevent children 

from strangling or entangling on neck 

and waist drawstrings. The Guidelines 

state that drawstrings can cause, and 

have caused, injuries and deaths when 

they catch on items, such as playground 

equipment, bus doors, or cribs. In the 

Guidelines, staff recommends that no 

children’s upper outerwear in sizes 2T 

to 12 be manufactured or sold to 

consumers with hood and neck 

drawstrings. 

In June 1997, ASTM adopted a 

voluntary standard (ASTM F1816–97) 

incorporating the Guidelines. The 

Guidelines state that firms should be 

aware of the hazards associated with 

drawstrings and should ensure that 

garments they sell conform to the 

voluntary standard. 

On May 19, 2006, the Commission 

posted on its Web site a letter from the 

Commission’s Director of the Office of 

Compliance to manufacturers, 

importers, and retailers of children’s 

upper outerwear. The letter urges them 

to make certain that all children’s upper 

outerwear sold in the United States 

complies with ASTM F1816–97. The 

letter also states that staff considers 

children’s upper outerwear with 

drawstrings at the hood or neck area to 

be defective and to present a substantial 

risk of injury to young children under 

Federal Hazardous Substances Act 

(FHSA), section 15(c), 15 U.S.C. 

§ 1274(c). The letter also references the 

CPSA’s section 15(b) (15 U.S.C. 

§ 2064(b)) reporting requirements. 

In September 2009, Ross paid a civil 

penalty in the amount of $500,000 to 

settle staff charges that the Firm failed 

to report four children’s upper 

outerwear products that it distributed in 

commerce during various periods in 

2006, 2007, and 2008. Throughout the 

course of that civil penalty matter, Ross 

received repeated reminders about the 

drawstring hazards and applicable law. 

On July 19, 2011, the Commission 

published in the Federal Register a Final 

Rule that designates the hazards 

presented by drawstrings in children’s 

upper outerwear as substantial product 

hazards. The Final Rule, which became 

effective on August 18, 2011, provides 

that ‘‘[c]hildren’s upper outerwear in 

sizes 2T to 16 or the equivalent, and 

having one or more drawstrings, that is 

subject to, but not in conformance with, 

the requirements of’’ the ASTM 

Standard, shall be deemed to be a 

substantial product hazard under CPSA 

section 15(a)(2). 16 C.F.R. § 1120.3(b)(1). 

Staff provided Ross with multiple 

direct notifications of the hazards 

associated with drawstrings on 

children’s upper outerwear. 

Ross’s distribution in commerce of the 

Garments did not comply with the 1996 

staff Guidelines, ASTM F1816–97, 

staff’s May 2006 defect notice, or the 

Final Rule, and posed strangulation 

hazards to children. 

Ross’s distribution of two series of the 

Garments (Children’s Apparel and Byer) 

occurred in part, during the same period 

of time as the investigation and 

negotiation of Ross’s 2009 civil penalty 

matter. Ross’s distribution of four of the 

remaining 10 series of violations 

occurred partially after the effective date 

of the Final Rule; the other six series 

were distributed entirely after the 

effective date of the Final Rule. 

Ross has informed the Commission 

that there have been no reported 

incidents or injuries associated with the 

Garments. 

The Commission, in cooperation with 

Ross and/or other firms that 

manufactured, imported, or distributed 

the Garments announced recalls of the 

Garments. 

Based in part on information available 

through the sources set forth in 

paragraphs 7 through 11, Ross had 

presumed and actual knowledge that the 

Garments distributed in commerce 

posed strangulation hazards and 

presented substantial risks of injury to 

children under FHSA section 15(c)(1), 

15 U.S.C. § 1274(c)(1). Ross obtained 

information that reasonably supported 

the conclusion that the Garments 

contained defects that could create 

substantial product hazards or that the 

Garments created unreasonable risks of 

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serious injury or death. Pursuant to 

CPSA sections 15(b)(3) and (4), 15 

U.S.C. § 2064(b)(3) and (4), Ross was 

required to inform the Commission 

immediately of these defects and risks. 

Ross knowingly and repeatedly failed 

to immediately inform the Commission 

about the Garments, as required by 

CPSA sections 15(b)(3) and (4), 15 

U.S.C. § 2064(b)(3) and (4), and as the 

term ‘‘knowingly’’ is defined in CPSA 

section 20(d), 15 U.S.C. § 2069(d). These 

knowing failures violated CPSA section 

19(a)(4), 15 U.S.C. § 2068(a)(4). Pursuant 

to CPSA section 20, 15 U.S.C. § 2069, 

these knowing failures subjected Ross to 

civil penalties. 

ROSS’S RESPONSE 

Ross denies Staff’s charges above, 

including but not limited to any claim 

that Ross failed to timely report to the 

Commission the sale or distribution of 

any children’s upper outwear products 

with drawstrings pursuant to § 15(b) of 

the CPSA. 

Ross enters into this Agreement to 

settle this matter without the expense of 

litigation. Ross enters into this 

Agreement and agrees to pay the 

amount referenced below in 

compromise of staff’s charges. Ross’s 

entering into this Agreement is not an 

admission of liability of any kind, 

whether legal or factual. 

Ross does not manufacture the 

products it offers for sale in its stores. 

It purchases a wide variety of products, 

including children’s apparel, from 

thousands of vendors and other 

suppliers. Ross distribution centers and 

warehouses processed approximately 57 

million units of children’s apparel in 

2011, and approximately 1.4 million of 

those units were children’s outerwear. 

Consistent with practice in the retail 

industry, Ross contractually requires its 

vendors to supply products that comply 

with all federal, state, and local laws, 

regulations, and standards, and relies on 

its suppliers to provide compliant 

products. Notwithstanding this reliance, 

Ross has implemented policies and 

practices to preclude such garments 

being purchased by Ross, held in 

inventory, or sold in interstate 

commerce. Since the Commission first 

issued the Guidelines in 1996, Ross’s 

children’s apparel purchasing policy 

has prohibited Ross’s apparel buyers 

from purchasing children’s upper 

outerwear with drawstrings. Prior to 

2009, Ross’s management had 

procedures in place that it reasonably 

believed prevented Ross’s purchase of 

children’s upper outwear products with 

drawstrings. 

Ross first learned that it had sold the 

Children’s Apparel and Byer Garments 

upon receiving notice of the fact that 

they were being recalled by the vendors 

in March and April 2010. Prior to that 

time, Ross’s compliance and safety 

personnel and children’s apparel buyers 

had no knowledge, whether actual or 

constructive, that the Garments actually 

supplied by Children’s Apparel and 

Byer contained drawstrings. Ross did 

not file a report pursuant to § 15(b) of 

the CPSA because it believed that the 

Commission was adequately informed 

of the alleged defect, due to the 

Commission’s involvement in the recall 

of these Garments. 

Subsequent to the Children’s Apparel 

and Byer recalls, and in response to 

staff’s investigation regarding those 

Garments, Ross undertook an extensive, 

and voluntary, manual audit of all 

children’s upper outerwear in all of its 

stores and distribution centers in the fall 

and winter of 2011, to determine 

whether it had unintentionally 

purchased other products subject to the 

Final Rule. This voluntary audit 

required Ross’s personnel in all of its 

approximately 1,125 stores, as well as 

its warehouses, to visually inspect all 

items of children’s apparel then in 

inventory, to determine whether certain 

items failed to comply. The audit 

identified 10 of the 12 series of 

Garments, accounting for more than 

19,000 of the approximately 23,000 

Garments, which Ross reported to the 

CPSC. 

Prior to the audit, Ross’s product 

compliance and safety personnel and 

children’s apparel buyers had no 

knowledge, whether actual or 

constructive, that the Garments 

discovered in the audit actually 

supplied by Ross’s suppliers contained 

drawstrings. Ross promptly notified the 

Commission pursuant to § 15(b) of the 

CPSA upon discovering as a result of 

the audit that it had purchased and sold 

many of the Garments, as well as a 

number of other children’s upper 

outerwear products that appeared to 

contain drawstrings, but which Staff 

determined were not subject to the 

Guidelines. 

Upon learning in 2009 that, despite 

the procedures it had in place, the 

Children’s Apparel and Byer Garments 

had been discovered in Ross’s stores, 

Ross began developing new compliance 

measures to augment its existing 

policies, including a product recall 

inventory and sales tracking system, the 

creation of a dedicated product safety 

personnel position to address product 

safety compliance, training, and policy 

issues, increased training of personnel 

who order children’s apparel for sale in 

Ross’s stores and process children’s 

apparel in its distribution centers, an 

enhanced distribution center review 

process, in which children’s outerwear 

is audited for compliance with the Final 

Rule prior to distribution to stores, and 

a point-of-sale register lock system that 

prohibits the sale of recalled products. 

These compliance measures were 

implemented and refined through 2012 

and will continue to be evaluated and 

modified, as appropriate. 

Ross is unaware of any incidents or 

injuries associated with the Garments. 

AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES 

Under the CPSA, the Commission has 

jurisdiction over the matter involving 

the Garments and over Ross. 

The parties enter into the Agreement 

for settlement purposes only. The 

Agreement does not constitute an 

admission by Ross, or a determination 

by the Commission, that Ross 

knowingly violated the CPSA. 

In settlement of staff’s charges, and to 

avoid the cost, distraction, delay, 

uncertainty, and inconvenience of 

protracted litigation or other 

proceedings, Ross shall pay a civil 

penalty in the amount of three million 

nine hundred thousand dollars 

($3,900,000.00). The civil penalty shall 

be paid within twenty (20) calendar 

days of service of the Commission’s 

final Order accepting the Agreement. 

The payment shall be made by 

electronic wire transfer via 

www.pay.gov. 

Following staff’s receipt of this 

Agreement executed on behalf of Ross, 

staff shall promptly submit the 

Agreement to the Commission for 

provisional acceptance. Promptly 

following provisional acceptance of the 

Agreement by the Commission, the 

Agreement shall be placed on the public 

record and published in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with the 

procedures set forth in 16 C.F.R. 

§ 1118.20(e). If within fifteen (15) 

calendar days the Commission does not 

receive any written request not to accept 

the Agreement, the Agreement shall be 

deemed finally accepted on the 

sixteenth (16th) calendar day after the 

date the Agreement is published in the 

Federal Register, in accordance with 16 

C.F.R. § 1118.20(f). 

This Agreement is conditioned upon, 

and subject to, the Commission’s final 

acceptance, as set forth above, and is 

subject to the provisions of 16 C.F.R. 

§ 1118.20(h). Upon the later of: (i) the 

Commission’s final acceptance of this 

Agreement and service of the accepted 

Agreement upon Ross; and (ii) the date 

of issuance of the final Order, this 

Agreement shall be in full force and 

effect and shall be binding upon the 

parties. 

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Effective upon the later of: (i) the 

Commission’s final acceptance of the 

Agreement and service of the accepted 

Agreement upon Ross; and (ii) the date 

of issuance of the final Order, for good 

and valuable consideration, Ross hereby 

expressly and irrevocably waives and 

agrees not to assert any past, present, or 

future rights to the following, in 

connection with the matter described in 

this Agreement: (1) an administrative or 

judicial hearing; (2) judicial review or 

other challenge or contest of the validity 

of the Order or of the Commission’s 

actions; (3) a determination by the 

Commission of whether Ross failed to 

comply with the CPSA and its 

underlying regulations; (4) a statement 

of findings of fact and conclusions of 

law; and (5) any claims under the Equal 

Access to Justice Act. 

Ross represents and agrees that it has 

implemented and will maintain a 

compliance program designed to assure 

compliance with the Final Rule and 

CPSA § 15(b). In addition to the program 

components set out in paragraph 25 of 

this Agreement, Ross represents that the 

ongoing compliance program contains 

(i) written standards and policies; (ii) a 

mechanism for confidential employee 

reporting of compliance-related 

questions or concerns to either a 

compliance officer or to another senior 

manager with authority to act as 

necessary; (iii) appropriate 

communication of company 

compliance-related policies and 

procedures regarding the Final Rule and 

CPSA § 15(b) to all applicable 

employees through training programs, 

or otherwise; (iv) management oversight 

of compliance and appropriate 

personnel responsibility for 

implementing compliance; and (v) a 

policy to retain all compliance-related 

records for at least five (5) years and 

availability of such records to 

Commission staff, upon reasonable 

request. 

Ross represents and agrees that it has 

designed and implemented internal 

controls and procedures that are 

designed to assure that (i) all reporting 

made to the Commission is timely, 

truthful, complete, accurate and in 

accordance with applicable law; and (ii) 

prompt disclosure is made to Ross’s 

management of any significant 

deficiencies or material weaknesses in 

the design or operation of such internal 

controls that are reasonably likely to 

adversely affect in any material respect 

Ross’s ability to record, process and 

report to the Commission in accordance 

with applicable law. 

Upon reasonable request of staff, Ross 

shall provide written documentation of 

its procedures, including, but not 

limited to, the effective dates of its 

procedures and improvements thereto, 

and shall cooperate fully and truthfully 

with staff and shall, upon reasonable 

notice, make available all nonprivileged information and materials, 

and personnel with direct involvement 

in such procedures, if reasonably 

requested by staff in relation to an 

investigation of noncompliance by Ross 

with the Final Rule and/or CPSA 

§ 15(b). 

The parties acknowledge and agree 

that the Commission may publicize the 

terms of the Agreement and the Order 

in a press release or other public notice 

(including but not limited to social 

media, such as Twitter and Facebook), 

the content of which shall substantially 

conform to the terms of this Settlement 

Agreement and any CPSC press releases 

previously issued in connection with 

the recalls of the Garments. 

Ross represents that the Agreement: 

(i) is freely and voluntarily entered into, 

without any degree of duress or 

compulsions whatsoever; (ii) has been 

duly authorized, and (iii) constitutes the 

valid and binding obligation of Ross, 

enforceable against Ross in accordance 

with its terms. The individuals signing 

the Agreement on behalf of Ross 

represent and warrant that they are duly 

authorized by Ross, including Ross 

Stores, Inc., Ross Procurement, Inc., 

Ross Merchandising, Inc., and Ross 

Dress for Less, to execute the 

Agreement. 

The Commission signatories represent 

that they are signing the Agreement in 

their official capacities and that they are 

authorized to execute this Agreement. 

The Agreement is governed by the 

laws of the United States. 

The Agreement and the Order shall 

apply to, and be binding upon, Ross and 

each of its officers, agents, servants, 

employees, and attorneys; successors, 

transferees, and assigns, and a violation 

of the Agreement or Order may subject 

Ross, and each of its officers, agents, 

servants, employees, and attorneys; 

successors, transferees, and assigns to 

appropriate legal action. 

The Agreement and Order constitute 

the complete agreement between the 

parties on the subject matter contained 

therein. 

The Agreement may be used in 

interpreting the Order. Understandings, 

agreements, representations, or 

interpretations apart from those 

contained in the Agreement and the 

Order may not be used to vary or 

contradict their terms. For purposes of 

construction, the Agreement shall be 

deemed to have been drafted by both of 

the parties and shall not, therefore, be 

construed against any party for that 

reason in any subsequent dispute. 

The Agreement shall not be waived, 

amended, modified, or otherwise 

altered, except as in accordance with 

the provisions of 16 C.F.R. § 1118.20(h). 

The Agreement may be executed in 

counterparts. 

If any provision of the Agreement or 

the Order is held to be illegal, invalid, 

or unenforceable under present or future 

laws effective during the terms of the 

Agreement and the Order, such 

provision shall be fully severable. The 

balance of the Agreement and the Order 

shall remain in full force and effect, 

unless the Commission and Ross agree 

in writing that severing the provision 

materially affects the purpose of the 

Agreement and the Order. 

Ross Stores, Inc. 

Dated: 6/7/13 

By: lllllllllllllllllll

Michael O’Sullivan 

President and Chief Operating Officer 

Ross Stores, Inc. 

Dated: 6/10/13 

By: lllllllllllllllllll

Jeffrey B. Margulies, Esq. 

William L. Troutman, Esq. 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 

555 South Flower Street, 41st Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Counsel—Ross Stores, Inc. 

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION STAFF 

Stephanie Tsacoumis 

General Counsel 

Dated: 6/12/13 

By: lllllllllllllllllll

Mary B. Murphy 

Assistant General Counsel 

Office of the General Counsel 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

In the Matter of 

Ross Stores, Inc., et al.) 

CPSC Docket No. 13–C0006 

ORDER 

Upon consideration of the Settlement 

Agreement entered into among Ross 

Stores, Inc., Ross Procurement, Inc., 

Ross Merchandising, Inc. and Ross 

Dress for Less (Ross), and the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(Commission), and the Commission 

having jurisdiction over the subject 

matter and over Ross, and it appearing 

that the Settlement Agreement and the 

Order are in the public interest, it is: 

ORDERED, that the Settlement 

Agreement be, and hereby is, accepted; 

and it is 

FURTHER ORDERED, that Ross shall 

comply with the terms of the Settlement 

Agreement and shall pay a civil penalty 

in the amount of three million nine 

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hundred thousand dollars 

($3,900,000.00) within twenty (20) 

calendar days of service of the 

Commission’s final Order accepting the 

Agreement. The payment shall be made 

by electronic wire transfer to the 

Commission via: www.pay.gov. Upon 

the failure of Ross to make the foregoing 

payment when due, interest on the 

unpaid amount shall accrue and be paid 

by Ross at the federal legal rate of 

interest set forth at 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a) 

and (b). If Ross fails to make such 

payment, or to comply in full with any 

other provision as set forth in the 

Settlement Agreement, such conduct 

will be considered a violation of the 

Settlement Agreement and Order. 

Provisionally accepted and 

provisional Order issued on the 21st day 

of June, 2013. 

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Advisory Board meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) 

and the Government in the Sunshine 

Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended), the Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

announce the following advisory board 

meeting of the Veterans’ Advisory Board 

on Dose Reconstruction (VBDR). 

DATES: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, from 

7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The public is 

invited to attend. A public comment 

session is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Arlington Hotel, 950 

North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction may be contacted tollfree at 1–866–657–VBDR (8237). 

Additional information may be found at 

http://www.vbdr.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To obtain, review 

and evaluate information related to the 

Board’s mission to provide guidance 

and oversight of the dose reconstruction 

and claims compensation programs for 

veterans of U.S.-sponsored atmospheric 

nuclear weapons tests from 1945–1962; 

veterans of the 1945–1946 occupation of 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan; and 

veterans who were prisoners of war in 

those regions at the conclusion of World 

War II. In addition, the advisory board 

will assist the VA and DTRA in 

communicating with the veterans. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting will 

open with an introduction of the Board. 

After introductions, the following 

briefings will be presented: ‘‘Review of 

Atomic Veterans Epidemiology Study’’; 

‘‘Update on the NTPR Dose 

Reconstruction Program’’; ‘‘Update on 

the VA Radiation Claims Compensation 

program for Veterans’’; ‘‘Overview of the 

VA’s Office of Post Deployment 

Health’’; ‘‘Presentation of the VA/ 

DTRA/VBDR Atomic Veterans 

Communications Plans’’; ‘‘McMurdo 

Sound Radiation Dose Assessment’’; 

‘‘Utility of NIOSH–IREP Probability of 

Causation Software for Evaluating 

Probability of Disease Causation for 

McMurdo Station Veterans’’; ‘‘VBDR 

SC1 and SC2 Comments on McMurdo 

Station Dose Reconstruction and 

NIOSH–IREP’s Utility for Evaluating 

Probability of Disease Causation for 

McMurdo Station Veterans’’. The Board 

members will then have a discussion 

period to address any issues brought up 

during the presentations. The four 

subcommittees will also report on their 

activities from the past year. The 

subcommittees are the ‘‘Subcommittee 

on DTRA Dose Reconstruction 

Procedures’’, the ‘‘Subcommittee on VA 

Claims Adjudication Procedures’’, the 

‘‘Subcommittee on Quality Management 

and VA Process Integration with DTRA 

Nuclear Test Personnel Review 

Program’’, and the ‘‘Subcommittee on 

Communication and Outreach.’’ 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is limited by 

the size of the meeting room. All 

persons must sign in legibly at the 

registration desk. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140(c), 

interested persons may submit a written 

statement for consideration by the 

Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction. Written statements 

should be no longer than two typewritten pages and must address: the 

issue, discussion, and recommended 

course of action. Supporting 

documentation may also be included as 

needed to establish the appropriate 

historical context and to provide any 

necessary background information. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement may submit their statement to 

the Board at 801 N. Quincy Street, Suite 

700, Arlington, VA 22203, at any time. 

However, if a written statement is not 

received at least 10 calendar days prior 

to the meeting, which is the subject of 

this notice, then it may not be provided 

to or considered by the Veterans’ 

Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction 

until its next open meeting. 

The Chairperson will review all 

timely submissions with the Designated 

Federal Officer, and ensure they are 

provided to members of the Veterans’ 

Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction 

before the meeting that is the subject of 

this notice. After reviewing the written 

comments, the Chairperson and the 

Designated Federal Officer may choose 

to invite the submitter of the comments 

to orally present their issue during an 

open portion of this meeting or at a 

future meeting. 

Public Comments: The July 23, 2013 

meeting is open to the public. A onehour session, scheduled from 4:00 p.m. 

to 5:00 p.m., will be reserved for public 

comments on issues related to the tasks 

of the Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction. Speaking time will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received, but is nominally five 

minutes each. All persons who wish to 

speak at the meeting must sign in 

legibly at the registration desk. Speakers 

who wish to expand on their oral 

statements are invited to submit a 

written statement to the Veterans’ 

Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction 

at 801 N. Quincy Street, Suite 700, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer or Point of Contact: Mr. Stephen 

Polchek, DoD, Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency/J/2/5/8R–ACP, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6201. Email: 

Stephen.polchek@dtra.mil, Phone: 703– 

767–8891. 

Dated: June 21, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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