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Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus 

schauinslandi). 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and 

Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 

Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 

96814–4700; phone (808)944–2200; fax 

(808)973–2941. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Kate Swails, (301)713– 

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

6, 2008, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 12137) that a 

request for a permit to take the species 

identified above had been submitted by 

the MMRP. The permit was issued on 

June 30, 2009 (74 FR 33210), under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). Notice of the 

proposed amendment was published on 

June 30, 2009 (74 FR 33210). 

Permit No. 10137 authorizes the 

MMRP to: (1) assess survivorship, 

reproductive rates, pup production, 

condition, abundance, movements 

among subpopulations, and incidence 

and causes of injury or mortality of 

Hawaiian monk seals; (2) diagnose 

disease, monitor exposure to disease, 

and develop normal baseline 

hematology and biochemistry 

parameters; (3) conduct activities to 

increase survival of individuals; and (4) 

investigate foraging ecology to 

determine foraging locations, diving 

parameters, characteristics of foraging 

substrate, and prey identification and 

foraging behaviors. 

Permit No. 10137–01 amends and 

replaces Permit No. 10137. Permit No. 

10137–01 authorizes the activities 

describe above and includes 

authorization to translocate six pups 

from French Frigate Shoals to Nihoa 

Island in 2009. Further translocations of 

up to 20 pup or juvenile between 

islands/atolls within the Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands, as described in the 

original permit application, will be 

deferred until a separate Endangered 

Species Act section 7 consultation is 

completed. At such time, NMFS 

proposes to amend Permit No. 10137–01 

to include additional translocations of 

seals. Permit No. 10137–01 expires on 

June 30, 2014. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental 

assessment was prepared analyzing the 

effects of the permitted activities. After 

a Finding of No Significant Impact, the 

determination was made that it was not 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: August 14, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1638] 

Reorganization/Expansion of ForeignTrade Zone 26; Atlanta, GA, Area 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Georgia Foreign-Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 26, submitted an application to the 

Board for authority to reorganize and 

expand its zone to remove acreage from 

Site 2, delete Site 8 in its entirety, and 

add eight new sites (proposed Sites 11– 

18) in the Atlanta, Georgia, area, within 

and adjacent to the Atlanta Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry (FTZ 

Docket 55–2008, filed 10/6/08); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 60676–60677, 10/14/08; 

correction, 73 FR 63675, 10/27/08) and 

the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendation of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal, with respect to Site 2, 

Site 8 and Sites 11–17, is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize and 

expand FTZ 26 is approved in part 

(with respect to Site 2, Site 8 and Sites 

11–17), subject to the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.28, and to the Board’s standard 

2,000-acre activation limit for the 

overall general-purpose zone project, 

and further subject to a sunset provision 

that would terminate authority on 

August 31, 2014, for Sites 11–17 where 

no activity has occurred under FTZ 

procedures before that date. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

August 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20025 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Intent, Pursuant to the 

Authority in Section 2(h)(7) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act and 

Commission Rule 36.3(c)(3), To 

Undertake a Determination Whether 

the Carbon Financial Instrument 

Contract Offered for Trading on the 

Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc., 

Performs a Significant Price Discovery 

Function 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of action and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) is undertaking a review 

to determine whether the Carbon 

Financial Instrument contract offered 

for trading on the Chicago Climate 

Exchange, Inc. (CCX), an exempt 

commercial market (‘‘ECM’’) under 

Sections 2(h)(3)–(5) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 

performs a significant price discovery 

function. Authority for this action is 

found in section 2(h)(7) of the CEA and 

Commission rule 36.3(c) promulgated 

thereunder. In connection with this 

evaluation, the Commission invites 

comment from interested parties. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 4, 2009. 


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1 74 FR 12178 (Mar. 23, 2009); these rules became 

effective on April 22, 2009. 

2The Commission may commence this process on 

its own initiative or on the basis of information 

provided to it by an ECM pursuant to the 

notification provisions of Commission rule 

36.3(c)(2). 

3 7 U.S.C. 2(h)(7)(C). 

4The instruments listed by an ECM in reliance on 

the exemption in section 2(h)(3) of the Act are 

determined by the ECM when it files notice with 

the Commission, pursuant to section 2(h)(5), of its 

intention to rely on the exemption. Section 2(h)(7) 

authorizes the Commission to determine whether 

an ECM ‘‘agreement, contract or transaction’’ 

performs a significant price discovery function, but 

does not require that the Commission also 

determine whether the instrument is otherwise 

subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction (i.e., a 

futures or commodity option contract). Instead, the 

descriptive language of section 2(h)(7) mirrors the 

‘‘[conducted] in reliance on the exemption’’ 

language of section 2(h)(5) and refers merely to 

‘‘agreement, contract or transaction.’’ Thus, the 

statutory language directs the Commission, in 

determining whether an ECM instrument is a SPDC, 

to evaluate any instrument listed by an ECM in 

reliance on the section 2(h)(3) exemption under the 

SPDC process set forth in the Part 36 rules. 

5 Greenhouse gases (GHGs) include CO2, methane 

(CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons 

(HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur 

hexafluoride (SF6). The negative impact that each 

non-CO2 GHGs has on the environment can be 

expressed as a multiple of CO2’s environmental 

effect. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• E-mail: secretary@cftc.gov. Include 

CCX Carbon Financial Instrument 

Contract in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 418–5521. 

• Mail: Send to David A. Stawick, 

Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581 

• Courier: Same as mail above. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.CFTC.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory K. Price, Industry Economist, 

Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581. Telephone: (202) 418–5515. Email: gprice@cftc.gov; or Susan Nathan, 

Senior Special Counsel, Division of 

Market Oversight, same address. 

Telephone: (202) 418–5133. E-mail: 

snathan@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

On March 16, 2009, the CFTC 

promulgated final rules implementing 

provisions of the CFTC Reauthorization 

Act of 2008 (‘‘Reauthorization Act’’) 1

which subjects ECMs with significant 

price discovery contracts (‘‘SPDCs’’) to 

self-regulatory and reporting 

requirements, as well as certain 

Commission oversight authorities, with 

respect to those contracts. Among other 

things, these rules and rule amendments 

revise the information-submission 

requirements applicable to ECMs, 

establish procedures and standards by 

which the Commission will determine 

whether an ECM contract performs a 

significant price discovery function, and 

provide guidance with respect to 

compliance with nine statutory core 

principles applicable to ECMs with 

SPDCs. These rules became effective on 

April 22, 2009. 

In determining whether an ECM’s 

contract is or is not a SPDC, the 

Commission will consider the contract’s 

material liquidity, price linkage to other 

contracts, potential for arbitrage with 

other contracts traded on designated 

contract markets or derivatives 

transaction execution facilities, use of 

the ECM contract’s prices to execute or 

settle other transactions, and other 

factors. 

In order to facilitate the Commission’s 

identification of possible SPDCs, 

Commission rule 36.3(c)(2) requires that 

an ECM operating in reliance on section 

2(h)(3) promptly notify the Commission 

and provide supporting information or 

data concerning any contract: (i) that 

averaged five trades per day or more 

over the most recent calendar quarter; 

and (ii) (A) for which the ECM sells 

price information regarding the contract 

to market participants or industry 

publications; or (B) whose daily closing 

or settlement prices on 95 percent or 

more of the days in the most recent 

quarter were within 2.5 percent of the 

contemporaneously determined closing, 

settlement, or other daily price of 

another agreement. 

II. Determination of a SPDC 

A. The SPDC Determination Process 

Commission rule 36.3(c)(3) 

establishes the procedures by which the 

Commission makes and announces its 

determination on whether a specific 

ECM contract serves a significant price 

discovery function. Under those 

procedures, the Commission will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

that it intends to undertake a 

determination as to whether the 

specified agreement, contract, or 

transaction performs a significant price 

discovery function and to receive 

written data, views, and arguments 

relevant to its determination from the 

ECM and other interested persons.2

After prompt consideration of all 

relevant information, the Commission 

will, within a reasonable period of time 

after the close of the comment period, 

issue an order explaining its 

determination. Following the issuance 

of an order by the Commission that the 

ECM executes or trades an agreement, 

contract, or transaction that performs a 

significant price discovery function, the 

ECM must demonstrate, with respect to 

that agreement, contract, or transaction, 

compliance with the core principles 

under section 2(h)(7)(C) of the CEA 3

and the applicable provisions of Part 36. 

If the Commission’s order represents the 

first time it has determined that one of 

the ECM’s contracts performs a 

significant price discovery function, the 

ECM must submit a written 

demonstration of its compliance with 

the core principles within 90 calendar 

days of the date of the Commission’s 

order. For each subsequent 

determination by the Commission that 

the ECM has an additional SPDC, the 

ECM must submit a written 

demonstration of its compliance with 

the core principles within 30 calendar 

days of the Commission’s order. 

B. CCX Carbon Financial Instrument 

Contract 

CCX identifies its CFI contract as a 

cash contract that requires the physical 

delivery of CCX carbon dioxide (CO2) 

emission allowances called CFIs.4 The 

size of the CCX CFI contract is 1,000 

metric tons (MT) of CO2-equivalent 

emissions,5 which are equal to 10 CFIs 

(each CFI specifies 100 MT CO2- 

equivalent emissions). All trades in the 

subject contract results in the physical 

delivery of CFIs. 

The CCX carbon reduction program is 

voluntary where certain entities choose 

to reduce their GHG emissions. In 

general, the electric utilities and 

manufacturers combined comprise the 

largest share of the program 

participants. Once an entity decides to 

reduce its GHG emissions, it signs a 

legally-binding contract with the CCX. 

Participants are given allowances by the 

CCX to cover emissions level targets, 

and additional credits can be created by 

investing in offset projects. If an entity’s 

plant cannot meet its reduction 

requirements through new investments 

and/or technological improvements, 

additional allowances can be purchased 

from other program participants. 

The program specifies that carbon 

emission reductions be completed over 

two phases. Phase I (applicable between 


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6 44 U.S.C. 3507(d). 

7 7 U.S.C. 19(a). 

2003 and 2006) required a commitment 

to reducing each participant’s carbon 

emissions by one percent per year below 

its own baseline level (calculated as the 

average of the firm’s carbon emissions 

between 1998 and 2001). Phase II 

(which runs from 2007 through 2010) 

requires participants to commit to an 

emissions reduction schedule that 

results in a six-percent decline in CO2

output by 2010. Participants’ baseline 

estimates as well as their emissions 

levels and progress toward meeting the 

reduction requirements are audited by 

the Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority (FINRA). 

CFIs are distributed for multiple 

program years at the time of entry into 

the program through the end of the 

current phase. Each CFI is dated with a 

particular calendar year (vintage), with 

the vintage indicating the compliance 

year for which it is redeemable. 

Alternatively, entities can save their 

excess CFIs for use in future compliance 

periods. The CCX also auctions a certain 

number of current- and future-year CFIs. 

Allowances are recorded electronically 

and title transfers between entities are 

effected within the CCX’s electronic 

registry. Each year in April, the CCX 

compares each participant’s reported 

emissions from the previous calendar 

year to the number of allowances held 

that are dated with the compliance year, 

or with earlier years. Firms surrender 

the appropriate number of allowances 

that covers their emissions, and the 

redeemed CFIs are deducted from the 

firms’ accounts. Unused allowances that 

are not needed for compliance in the 

current year are rolled forward and are 

included in the allowance supply for 

the following year. Alternatively, plants 

can sell excess allowances to other 

market participants. 

As noted above, the CCX’s GHG 

reduction program allows for the 

creation of CFIs through offset projects. 

In this regard, the CCX issues CFIs to 

entities that own, implement, or 

aggregate eligible projects on the basis of 

sequestration, destruction, or 

displacement of GHG emissions. The 

offset project categories for which the 

CCX issues CFIs include agricultural, 

coal mine and landfill methane, 

agricultural and rangeland soil carbon, 

forestry, renewable energy, energy 

efficiency and fuel switching, and clean 

development mechanism projects. 

Based upon a required quarterly 

notification filed on July 1, 2009 

(mandatory under Rule 36.3(c)(2)), the 

CCX reported that, with respect to its 

CFI contract, an average of 15 separate 

trades per day occurred in the second 

quarter of 2009. During the same period, 

the CFI had an average daily trading 

volume of 1,235 contracts. In the first 

quarter of 2009, market participants 

traded the CFI contract on average 29 

times per day with an average total daily 

trading volume of 2,661 contracts. 

Because the CFI contract requires 

immediate delivery and payment on the 

following day, open interest figures are 

not applicable. 

It appears that the CCX CFI contract 

may satisfy the material liquidity and 

material price reference factors for SPDC 

determination. With respect to material 

liquidity, daily trading in the CFI 

contract exceeds an average of ten trades 

per day. Moreover, the average daily 

trading volume in the CFI is greater than 

1,000 contracts per day. In regard to 

material price reference, the CFI market 

is solely a CCX-created entity. In this 

regard, the CCX designed all of the 

parameters of this carbon emission 

reduction program, as well as 

established the rules for membership in 

the ECM, allowance trading, and the 

creation of offsets. The only existing 

market in which CFIs can be bought and 

sold on a spot basis is the CCX cash 

market. Thus, traders look to the CCX as 

a source of price information and price 

discovery for the CFIs. Moreover, the 

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, a 

subsidiary of the CCX, trades a futures 

contract which specifies the delivery of 

CFIs. 

The instruments listed by an ECM in 

reliance on the exemption in section 

2(h)(3) of the CEA are determined by the 

ECM when it files notice with the 

Commission, pursuant to section 

2(h)(5), of its intention to rely on the 

exemption. Section 2(h)(7) authorizes 

the Commission to determine whether 

an ECM’s ‘‘agreement, contract or 

transaction’’ performs a significant price 

discovery function, but does not require 

that the Commission also determine 

whether the instrument is otherwise 

subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction 

(i.e., a futures or commodity option 

contract). Instead, the descriptive 

language of section 2(h)(7) mirrors the 

‘‘[conducted] in reliance on the [2(h)(5)] 

exemption’’ language of section 2(h)(5) 

and refers merely to an ‘‘agreement, 

contract or transaction.’’ The statutory 

language indicates that any instrument 

listed by an ECM in reliance on the 

exemption in section 2(h)(3) of the 

CEA—including a cash contract that 

generally is not subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction—has the 

potential to be or become a SPDC. 

Accordingly, contracts identified to the 

Commission as listed in reliance on 

section 2(h)(3) should be evaluated 

under the SPDC process set forth in the 

Part 36 rules. 

III. Request for Comment 

In evaluating whether an ECM’s 

agreement, contract, or transaction 

performs a significant price discovery 

function, section 2(h)(7) of the CEA 

directs the Commission to consider, as 

appropriate, four specific criteria: price 

linkage, arbitrage, material price 

reference, and material liquidity. As it 

explained in Appendix A to the Part 36 

rules, the Commission, in making SPDC 

determinations, will apply and weigh 

each factor, as appropriate, to the 

specific contract and circumstances 

under consideration. 

As part of its evaluation, the 

Commission will consider the written 

data, views, and arguments from any 

ECM that lists the potential SPDC and 

from any other interested parties. 

Accordingly, the Commission requests 

comment on whether the CCX CFI 

contract performs a significant price 

discovery function. Commenters’ 

attention is directed particularly to 

Appendix A of the Commission’s Part 

36 rules for a detailed discussion of the 

factors relevant to a SPDC 

determination. The Commission notes 

that comments which analyze the 

contract in terms of these factors will be 

especially helpful to the determination 

process. In order to determine the 

relevance of comments received, the 

Commission requests that commenters 

explain in what capacity are they 

knowledgeable about the CFI contract. 

IV. Related Matters 

A. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’) 6 imposes certain requirements 

on federal agencies, including the 

Commission, in connection with their 

conducting or sponsoring any collection 

of information, as defined by the PRA. 

Certain provisions of final Commission 

rule 36.3 impose new regulatory and 

reporting requirements on ECMs, 

resulting in information collection 

requirements within the meaning of the 

PRA; OMB previously has approved and 

assigned OMB control number 3038– 

0060 to this collection of information. 

B. Cost-Benefit Analysis 

Section 15(a) of the CEA 7 requires the 

Commission to consider the costs and 

benefits of its actions before issuing an 

order under the Act. By its terms, 

section 15(a) does not require the 

Commission to quantify the costs and 

benefits of an order or to determine 

whether the benefits of the order 

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that the Commission ‘‘consider’’ the 

costs and benefits of its action. Section 

15(a) further specifies that the costs and 

benefits shall be evaluated in light of 

five broad areas of market and public 

concern: (1) Protection of market 

participants and the public; (2) 

efficiency, competitiveness, and 

financial integrity of futures markets; (3) 

price discovery; (4) sound risk 

management practices; and (5) other 

public interest considerations. The 

Commission may in its discretion give 

greater weight to any one of the five 

enumerated areas and could in its 

discretion determine that, 

notwithstanding its costs, a particular 

order is necessary or appropriate to 

protect the public interest or to 

effectuate any of the provisions or 

accomplish any of the purposes of the 

Act. The Commission has considered 

the costs and benefits of this Order in 

light of the specific provisions of section 

15(a) and has concluded that this Order, 

which strengthens Federal oversight of 

the ECM and helps to prevent market 

manipulation, is necessary and 

appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

of section 2(h)(7) which, among other 

provisions, directs the Commission to 

evaluate all contracts listed on ECMs to 

determine whether they serve a 

significant price discovery function. 

When a futures contract begins to 

serve a significant price discovery 

function, that contract, and the ECM on 

which it is traded, warrants increased 

oversight to deter and prevent price 

manipulation and other disruptions to 

market integrity, both on the ECM itself 

and in any related futures contracts 

trading on designated contract markets 

(‘‘DCMs’’). An Order finding that a 

particular contract is a SPDC triggers 

this increased oversight and imposes 

obligations and responsibilities on the 

ECM which are calculated to 

accomplish this goal. This increased 

oversight in turn increases transparency 

and helps to ensure fair competition 

among ECMs and DCMs trading similar 

products and competing for the same 

business. Moreover, the ECM on which 

the SPDC is traded must assume, with 

respect to that contract, all the 

responsibilities and obligations of a 

registered entity under the CEA and 

Commission regulations. Additionally, 

the ECM must comply with core 

principles established by section 2(h)(7) 

of the Act, including the obligation to 

establish position limits and/or 

accountability standards for the SPDC. 

These increased ECM responsibilities, 

along with the CFTC’s enhanced 

regulatory authority, subject the ECM’s 

risk management practices to the 

Commission’s supervision and oversight 

and generally enhance the financial 

integrity of the markets. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 13, 

2009 by the Commission. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–20024 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Availability of the Fiscal Year 2008 Air 

Force Services Contract Inventory 

Pursuant to Section 807 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2008 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of publication. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

2330a of Title 10 United States Code as 

amended by the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 

(NDAA 08) Section 807, the Associate 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air 

Force (Contracting) (ADAS(C)), 

Assistant Secretary (Acquisition), and 

the Office of the Director, Defense 

Procurement and Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Strategic Sourcing (DPAP/SS) 

will make available to the public the 

first inventory of activities performed 

pursuant to contracts for services. The 

inventory will be published to the Air 

Force Contracting (SAF/AQC) Web site 

at the following location: http:// 

ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting/. 

DATES: Inventory to be made publically 

available within 30 days of publication 

of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions concerning this inventory to 

Laura Welsh, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

(Contracting), Assistant Secretary of the 

Air Force (Acquisition), SAF/AQC, 1060 

Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20330–1060. Telephone (703) 588–7047 

or e-mail at 

Laura.Welsh@pentagon.af.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Welsh, (703) 588–7047 or e-mail 

at Laura.Welsh@pentagon.af.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NDAA 08, 

Section 807 amends section 2330a of 

Title 10 United States Code to require 

annual inventories and reviews of 

activities performed on services 

contracts. The Deputy Under Secretary 

of Defense (Acquisition and 

Technology) (DUSD(AT)) transmitted 

the Air Force inventory to Congress on 

August 4, 2009. 

The SAF/AQC submitted the Air 

Force Fiscal Year 2008 Services 

Contract Inventory to the Office of the 

DPAP/SS on July 1, 2009. Included with 

this inventory is a narrative that 

describes the methodology for data 

collection, the inventory data, and the 

plan for review of this inventory. The 

narrative and cover letters may be 

downloaded in electronic form (.pdf 

file) from the Web site at the following 

location: http://ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/ 

contracting/. The inventory does not 

include contract numbers, contractor 

identification or other proprietary or 

sensitive information as these data can 

be used to disclose a contractor’s 

proprietary proposal information. 

An inventory of classified services 

contracts is not available and not 

published. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20042 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Technology and Media 

Services for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Research and 

Development Center on Digital Images 

and Graphic Content in Accessible 

Instructional Materials; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.327B. 

Dates: Applications Available: August 

20, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: October 19, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: December 18, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program 

are: (1) To improve results for children 

with disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology; (2) to support educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

setting to children with disabilities; and 

(3) to provide support for captioning 

and video description of educational 

materials that are appropriate for use in 

the classroom setting. 


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