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Notices Federal Register

1583 

Vol. 75, No. 7 

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 

FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Meeting 

SUMMARY: The Financial Crisis Inquiry 

Commission (FCIC) announces that it 

will hold its first public hearing, in 

which the Commission will begin its 

thorough examination of the root causes 

of the crisis by hearing testimony on the 

causes and current state of the crisis. 

Top leaders of both private and public 

sector entities that played critical roles 

in the crisis will testify. 

DATES: The open meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, and 

Thursday, January 14, 2010, 

commencing on both days at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The open meeting will be 

held in the hearing room of the 

Committee on Ways and Means U.S. 

House of Representatives, 1100 

Longworth House Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20515. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20006, 202–292–2799, 

202–632–1604 fax. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Financial Crisis Inquiry 

Commission is to examine the causes, 

domestic and global, of the current 

financial and economic crisis in the 

United States, per the requirements of 

the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery 

Act of 2009 (‘‘FERN’s), Section 5, Public 

Law 111–21,123 Stat. 1617 (2009). 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Chairman of the 

Commission will lead the meeting for 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Dated: January 7, 2009. 

Phil Angelides, 

Chairman, Financial Crisis Inquiry 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–442 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 7, 2010. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Secure Rural Schools Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (the Act) 

reauthorized in Public Law 110–343, 

requires the appropriate official of a 

county that receives funds under Title 

III of the Act to submit to the Secretary 

of Agriculture or the Secretary of the 

Interior, as appropriate, an annual 

certification that the funds have been 

expended for the uses authorized under 

section 302(a) of the Act. The 

information will be collected annually 

in the form of conventional 

correspondence such as a letter and, at 

the respondent’s option, attached tables 

or similar graphic display. At the 

respondent’s discretion, the information 

may be submitted by hard copy and/or 

electronically scanned and included as 

an attachment to electronic mail. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected will identify the 

participating county and the year in 

which the expenditures were made and 

will include the name, title, and 

signature of the official certifying that 

the expenditures were for uses 

authorized under section 302(a) of the 

Act, and the date of the certification. 

Information will also be collected 

including the amount of funds 

expended in the applicable year and the 

uses for which the amounts were 

expended referencing the authorized 

categories; (1) carry out activities under 

the Firewise Communities program; (2) 

reimburse the participating county for 

emergency services performed on 

Federal land and paid for by the 

participating county; and (3) to develop 

community wildfire protection plans in 

coordination with the appropriate 

Secretary or designee. The information 

will be used to verify that participating 

counties have certified that funds were 

expended as authorized in the Act. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 360. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,440. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–341 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

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