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Sec. 21, lots 2, 3, and 4; 

Sec. 22, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, lots 13, 14, 16, and 21. 

The areas described aggregate 702.25 acres 

in Shasta County. 

The BLM’s petition has been 

approved by the Assistant Secretary for 

Land and Minerals Management. 

Therefore, it constitutes a withdrawal 

proposal of the Assistant Secretary (43 

CFR 2310.1–3(e)). 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal would be to protect the 

unique natural, scenic, cultural, and 

recreational values along the 

Sacramento River between Shasta Dam 

and the City of Redding. 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency 

agreement, cooperative agreement or 

surface management under 43 CFR part 

3809 regulations would not adequately 

constrain nondiscretionary uses that 

could irrevocably affect the use of the 

lands for recreational purposes. 

No water rights would be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. 

A preliminary identification of 

mineral resources in the subject area 

indicates low to moderate potential for 

mineral development. Placer and lode 

gold are the only locatable minerals of 

interest in the area, which may have low 

to moderate potential for occurrence. 

There are no known active producing 

mines within the area. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed withdrawal may 

present their views in writing to the 

Field Manager, Redding Field Office, 

BLM, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, 

California 96002. Comments, including 

names and street addresses for 

respondents, will be available for public 

review at the BLM’s Redding Field 

Office, during regular business hours, 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Individual 

respondents may request 

confidentiality. Before including your 

address, telephone number, e-mail 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All submissions from 

organization or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting for 

the purpose of being heard on the 

proposed withdrawal must submit a 

written request to the Field Manager, 

Redding Office, BLM, 355 Hemsted 

Drive, Redding, California 96002, within 

90 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. If the authorized officer 

determines that a public meeting will be 

held, a notice of time and place will be 

published in the Federal Register and a 

local newspaper at least 30 days before 

the scheduled date of the meeting. 

The application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR part 2300. 

For a period of 2 years from February 

26, 2010, the public lands will be 

segregated from location and entry 

under the United States mining laws (30 

U.S.C. 22 et seq.) as specified above 

unless the application is denied or 

canceled or the withdrawal is approved 

prior to that date. 

Licenses, permits, cooperative 

agreement, or discretionary land use 

authorizations of a temporary nature 

which will not significantly impact the 

values to be protected by the 

withdrawal may be allowed with the 

approval of the authorized officer of 

BLM during the segregative period. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(a). 

Dated: February 22, 2010. 

Karla D. Norris 

Associate Deputy State Director, Natural 

Resources (CA–930). 

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’). The FTC is seeking public 

comments on its proposal to extend 

through May 31, 2013, the current PRA 

clearance for information collection 

requirements contained its Antitrust 

Improvements Act Rules (‘‘HSR Rules’’) 

and corresponding Notification and 

Report Form for Certain Mergers and 

Acquisitions (‘‘Notification and Report 

Form’’). That clearance expires on May 

31, 2010. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

27, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

electronically or in paper form by 

following the instructions in the 

Request for Comments part of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Comments in electronic form 

should be submitted by using the 

following weblink: (https:// 

public.commentworks.com/ftc/hsrpra) 

(and following the instructions on the 

web-based form). Comments filed in 

paper form should be mailed or 

delivered to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex J), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20580, in the manner 

detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

requirements should be addressed to 

Sheila Clark-Coleman, Compliance 

Specialist, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., 

N.W., Room 301, Washington, D.C. 

20580. Telephone: (202) 326-3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments: 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments. Comments 

should refer to ‘‘HSR Rules: FTC File 

No. P989316’’ to facilitate the 

organization of comments. Please note 

that your comment – including your 

name and your state – will be placed on 

the public record of this proceeding, 

including on the publicly accessible 

FTC website, at (http://www.ftc.gov/os/ 

publiccomments.shtm). 

Because comments will be made 

public, they should not include any 

sensitive personal information, such as 

any individual’s Social Security 

Number; date of birth; driver’s license 

number or other state identification 

number, or foreign country equivalent; 

passport number; financial account 

number; or credit or debit card number. 

Comments also should not include any 

sensitive health information, such as 

medical records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, comments should not include 

‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or 

financial information which is obtained 

from any person and which is privileged 

or confidential’’ as provided in Section 

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1The comment must be accompanied by an 

explicit request for confidential treatment, 

including the factual and legal basis for the request, 

and must identify the specific portions of the 

comment to be withheld from the public record. 

The request will be granted or denied by the 

Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with 

applicable law and the public interest. See FTC 

Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 

2Clayton Act Sections 7A(c)(6) and (c)(8) exempt 

from the requirements of the premerger notification 

program certain transactions that are subject to the 

approval of other agencies (the so-called ‘‘index 

filings’’), but only if copies of the information 

submitted to these other agencies are also submitted 

to the FTC and the Assistant Attorney General. 

Thus, parties must submit copies of these filings, 

which are included in the totals shown, but 

completing the task requires significantly less time 

than non-exempt transactions. 

3These are long-standing estimates that have 

been repeatedly vetted through the PRA comment 

process. See, e.g., 59 FR 30588 (June 14, 1994); 69 

FR 7225, 7226 (Feb. 13, 2004); 72 FR 18251, 18252 

(Apr. 11, 2007). 

4See 72 FR 18252. 

5This number is based on the volume of fiscal 

year 2009 non-index transactions, 716, reduced by 

transactions involving an acquisition of 50% or 

more of an entity’s assets or voting securities. The 

rationale for this exclusion is that the remainder, 38 

transactions, reflects incremental acquisitions that 

fell between notification and filing fee thresholds 

and thus would likely need more precise valuation 

to determine which side of a threshold the 

Act (‘‘FTC Act’’), 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). 

Comments containing matter for which 

confidential treatment is requested must 

be filed in paper form, must be clearly 

labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must 

comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).1

Because paper mail addressed to the 

FTC is subject to delay due to 

heightened security screening, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form. Comments filed in 

electronic form should be submitted 

using the following weblink (https:// 

public.commentworks.com/ftc/hsrpra) 

(and following the instructions on the 

web-based form). To ensure that the 

Commission considers an electronic 

comment, you must file it on the webbased form at the weblink (https:// 

public.commentworks.com/ftc/hsrpra). 

If this Notice appears at 

(www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp), 

you may also file an electronic comment 

through that website. The Commission 

will consider all comments that 

regulations.gov forwards to it. 

The FTC Act and other laws that the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. The Commission will 

consider all timely and responsive 

public comments that it receives, 

whether filed in paper or electronic 

form. Comments received will be 

available to the public on the FTC 

website, to the extent practicable, at 

(http://www.ftc.gov/os/ 

publiccomments.shtm). As a matter of 

discretion, the FTC makes every effort to 

remove home contact information for 

individuals from the public comments it 

receives before placing those comments 

on the FTC website. More information, 

including routine uses permitted by the 

Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s 

privacy policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ 

ftc/privacy.shtm). 

Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, 

federal agencies must obtain approval 

from OMB for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ means 

agency requests or requirements that 

members of the public submit reports, 

keep records, or provide information to 

a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 

1320.3(c). As required by section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is 

providing this opportunity for public 

comment before requesting that OMB 

extend the existing paperwork clearance 

for the HSR Rules and the 

corresponding Notification and Report 

Form, 16 CFR. Parts 801-803. 

The FTC invites comments on: (1) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) 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, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

All comments should be filed as 

prescribed in the ADDRESSES section 

above, and must be received on or 

before April 27, 2010. 

Background Information: 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act (‘‘Act’’), 

15 U.S.C. 18a, as amended by the HartScott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 

Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-435, 90 Stat. 

1390, requires all persons contemplating 

certain mergers or acquisitions to file 

notification with the Commission and 

the Assistant Attorney General and to 

wait a designated period of time before 

consummating such transactions. 

Congress empowered the Commission, 

with the concurrence of the Assistant 

Attorney General, to require ‘‘that the 

notification . . . be in such form and 

contain such documentary material and 

information . . . as is necessary and 

appropriate’’ to enable the agencies ‘‘to 

determine whether such acquisitions 

may, if consummated, violate the 

antitrust laws.’’ 15 U.S.C. 18a(d). 

Congress similarly granted rulemaking 

authority to, inter alia, ‘‘prescribe such 

other rules as may be necessary and 

appropriate to carry out the purposes of 

this section.’’ Id. 

Pursuant to that section, the 

Commission, with the concurrence of 

the Assistant Attorney General, 

developed the HSR Rules and the 

corresponding Notification and Report 

Form. The following discussion 

presents the FTC’s PRA burden analysis 

regarding completion of the Notification 

and Report Form. 

Burden statement: 

Estimated total annual hours burden: 

33,298 hours 

The following burden estimates are 

primarily based on FTC data concerning 

the number of HSR filings and staff’s 

informal consultations with leading 

HSR counsel. 

In the FTC’s 2007 PRA submission to 

OMB regarding the HSR Rules and the 

Notification and Report Form, FTC staff 

estimated that there were 32 ‘‘index 

filings’’ under Clayton Act Sections 

7A(c)(6) and 7A(c)(8)2 that required 2 

hours per filing, and 3,966 non-index 

filings that required, on average, 

approximately 39 hours per filing.3

Moreover, staff estimated that 

approximately 91 non-index 

transactions would require an 

additional 40 hours of burden due to the 

need for a more precise valuation of 

transactions that are near a filing fee 

threshold.4

In fiscal year 2009 there were 1,411 

non-index filings and 24 index filings. 

Based on an average decrease of 40.4% 

in fiscal year 2007 - fiscal year 2009 in 

the number of non-index filings, staff 

projects a total of 841 non-index filings 

for fiscal year 2010. Likewise, based on 

an average decrease of 18.4% in index 

filings over the same time period, staff 

projects a total of 20 index filings for 

fiscal year 2010. Retaining the FTC’s 

prior assumptions, staff estimates that 

non-index filings require approximately 

39 burden hours per filing and index 

filings require an average of 2 hours per 

filing. Moreover, staff estimates that for 

fiscal year 2010 approximately 22 nonindex transactions will require an 

additional 40 hours of burden due to the 

need for more precise valuation of 

transactions that are near a filing fee 

threshold.5 Thus, the total estimated 


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transaction falls upon. The resulting fiscal year 

2009 total, 38, is then used to project the fiscal year 

2010 volume of such transactions. To do this, we 

first calculated the proportion this net figure 

represents in relation to the total fiscal year 2009 

non-index transactions: 38 ÷ 716 = 5.3%. 

This percentage is then applied to the projected 

number of fiscal year 2010 non-index transactions 

in order to estimate the proportion of them that will 

require more precise valuation. Assuming that half 

the projected number of fiscal year 2010 non-index 

filings will constitute the number of associated 

transactions, that would result in approximately 

421 non-index transactions (841 ÷ 2). To this we 

then carry over and apply the above 5.3% 

apportionment to arrive at an estimate of 22 nonindex transactions in fiscal year 2010 that will 

require more precise measurement. 

6Only the acquiring person is subject to a filing 

fee; thus, this specific focus. 

7The FTC’s previous estimate of $425 per hour 

has been increased by the Social Security COLA 

percentage for fiscal years 2007 - fiscal year 2009 

(fiscal year 2007(2.3%), fiscal year 2008 (5.8%)), 

fiscal year 2009 (0%)). 

hours burden before adjustments is 

33,719 hours [(841 non-index filings x 

39 hours) + (20 index filings x 2 hours) 

+ (22 acquiring person non-index filings 

requiring more precise valuation6 x 40 

hours)]. 

As in the past, however, staff further 

estimates that half of those submitting 

non-index filings will incorporate Item 

4(a) and Item 4(b) documents by 

reference to an Internet link, and that 

doing so will reduce individual burden 

by one hour. Accordingly, the 

cumulative reduction to the above total 

would be 421 hours (841 non-index 

filings x 1⁄2 =421, multiplied by 1 hour), 

resulting in net estimated burden for 

fiscal year 2010 of 33,298 hours. 

This estimate is conservative. In 

estimating PRA burden, staff considered 

‘‘the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency.’’ 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1). This 

includes ‘‘developing, acquiring, 

installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of disclosing 

and providing information.’’ 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(1)(iv). Although not expressly 

stated in the OMB definitions regulation 

implementing the PRA, the definition of 

burden arguably includes upgrading and 

maintaining computer and other 

systems used to comply with a rule’s 

requirements. Conversely, to the extent 

that these systems are customarily used 

in the ordinary course of business 

independent of the Rule, their 

associated upkeep would fall outside 

the realm of PRA ‘‘burden.’’ See 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(2). 

Industry has been subject to the basic 

provisions of the HSR Rules since 1978. 

Thus, businesses have had several years 

(and some have had decades) to 

integrate compliance systems into their 

business procedures. Accordingly, most 

companies now maintain records and 

provide updated order information of 

the kind required by the HSR Rules in 

their ordinary course of business. 

Nevertheless, staff conservatively 

assumes that the time devoted to 

compliance with the Rule by existing 

and new companies remains unchanged 

from its preceding estimate. 

Estimated labor costs: $15,317,080 

Using the burden hours estimated 

above and applying an estimated 

average of $460/hour for executive and 

attorney wages,7 staff estimates that the 

total labor cost associated with the HSR 

Rules and the Notification and Report 

Form is approximately $15,317,080 

(33,298 hours x $460/hour). 

Estimated annual non-labor cost 

burden: $0 or minimal 

The applicable requirements impose 

minimal start-up costs, as businesses 

subject to the HSR Rules generally have 

or obtain necessary equipment for other 

business purposes. Staff believes that 

the above requirements necessitate 

ongoing, regular training so that covered 

entities stay current and have a clear 

understanding of federal mandates, but 

that this would be a small portion of 

and subsumed within the ordinary 

training that employees receive apart 

from that associated with the 

information collected under the HSR 

Rules and the corresponding 

Notification and Report Form. 

David C. Shonka 

Principal Deputy General Counsel 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Justice Statistics 

[OMB Number 1121–0269] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Reinstatement, With 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection for Which Approval Has 

Expired; Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review: 2009 Census of 

Publicly Funded Forensic Crime 

Laboratories. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 April 27, 2010. 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 Christine Eith, Bureau of 

Justice Statistics, 810 7th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202– 

305–4559). 

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 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—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, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, with change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 2009 

Census of Publicly Funded Forensic 

Crime Laboratories. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: The form number is CFCL– 

09, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of 

Justice Programs, U. S. Department of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Respondents will represent 

Federal, State, and local governments. 

This information collection is a census 

of public crime laboratories that perform 

forensic analyses on criminal evidence. 


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