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different small business tobacco 

manufacturers based on areas of 

expertise relevant to the topics being 

considered by the committee. Elsewhere 

in this issue of the Federal Register, 

FDA is publishing a Request for 

Notification from Industry 

Organizations interested in participating 

in the selection process for nonvoting 

industry representatives on the Tobacco 

Products Scientific Advisory 

Committee. 

The Commissioner or designee shall 

designate one of the voting members of 

the committee to serve as chairperson. 

III. Nomination Procedures 

Any interested person may nominate 

one or more qualified persons for 

membership on the advisory committee. 

Self-nominations are also accepted. 

Nominations must include a current 

resume or curriculum vitae of each 

nominee, including current business 

address and/or home address, telephone 

number, and e-mail address if available. 

Nominations must also acknowledge 

that the nominee is aware of the 

nomination unless self-nominated. FDA 

will ask the potential candidates to 

provide detailed information concerning 

matters related to financial holdings, 

employment, and research grants and/or 

contracts. 

This notice is issued under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, 

relating to advisory committees. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

David Horowitz, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–20487 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2009–0737] 

Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 

Committee (GLPAC) 2009 annual 

meeting and seeks applications to fill 

one vacancy on the GLPAC. GLPAC 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the Secretary on issues related to 

pilotage on the Great Lakes. GLPAC’s 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: GLPAC will meet on Monday, 

September 21, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 2 

p.m. The meeting may close early if all 

business is finished. Written material 

and requests to make oral presentations 

or to have a copy of your material 

distributed to each member of the 

committee should reach us on or before 

September 14, 2009. Applications for 

GLPAC membership should reach us by 

October 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: GLPAC will meet at Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001, 

Room 6303. Send written material and 

requests relating to the GLPAC meeting 

to Mr. John Bobb (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Electronically 

submitted material must be in Adobe or 

Microsoft Word format. Also, send 

applications for GLPAC membership to 

Mr. Bobb. An application form for 

GLPAC membership, as well as this 

notice, is available in our online docket, 

USCG–2009–0737, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; enter the docket 

number for this notice (USCG–2009– 

0737) in the Search box, and click ‘‘Go.’’ 

You may also contact Mr. Bobb for a 

copy of the application form. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Bobb, GLPAC Assistant Designated 

Federal Official (ADFO), Commandant 

(CG–54121), U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Stop 7581, Washington, DC 20593– 

7581; telephone 202–372–1532, fax 

202–372–1929, or e-mail at 

john.k.bobb@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

GLPAC is a Federal advisory committee 

under 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92–463). 

It was established under the authority of 

46 U.S.C. 9307, and advises the 

Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

Coast Guard on Great Lakes pilot 

registration, operating requirements, 

training policies, and pilotage rates. 

GLPAC meets at least once a year, 

normally at Coast Guard Headquarters, 

Washington, DC. It may also meet for 

extraordinary purposes. Further 

information about GLPAC is available 

by searching on ‘‘Great Lakes Pilotage 

Advisory Committee’’ at http:// 

www.fido.gov/facadatabase/. 

Notice of Meeting 

GLPAC’s 2009 annual meeting will be 

held at Coast Guard Headquarters on 

September 21, 2009. 

The agenda includes the following: 

(1) GLPAC review of public comments 

solicited by the Coast Guard in the 

Federal Register of July 21, 2009 (‘‘Great 

Lakes Pilotage Ratemaking 

Methodology,’’ 74 FR 35838), in 

accordance with requirements of 46 

U.S.C. 9307(d) for consultation with 

GLPAC before taking any significant 

action relating to Great Lakes pilotage; 

(2) Appointment of seventh member 

in compliance with requirements of 46 

U.S.C. 9307(b)(2)(E); 

(3) Election of chairman and vice 

chairman in compliance with 

requirements of 46 U.S.C. 9307(c)(1); 

(4) GLPAC recommendation to 

Congress whether GLPAC be renewed 

and continued beyond its current 

termination date of September 30, 2010 

in compliance with requirements of 46 

U.S.C. 9307(f)(2). 

(5) Report from the Director of Great 

Lakes Pilotage. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

Chair’s discretion, members of the 

public may make oral presentations 

during the meeting. For information on 

facilities or services for individuals with 

disabilities or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, contact Mr. 

John Bobb (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as 

possible. 

Request for Applications 

We will consider applications to fill 

one vacancy on the committee. To be 

eligible, candidates must have a 

background in finance or accounting. 

The person selected must be 

recommended to the Secretary by 

unanimous vote of GLPAC’s other 

members, and may be appointed 

without regard to the requirement that 

each member have five years of practical 

experience in maritime operations. The 

person selected may, but need not, come 

from among those who respond to this 

request for applications. The person 

selected will serve for a term of three 

years, which may be renewed once. 

Members serve at their own expense 

and receive no salary but may be 

reimbursed for travel expenses. 

In support of the Coast Guard policy 

on gender and ethnic 

nondiscrimination, we encourage 

qualified men and women and members 

of all racial and ethnic groups to apply. 

The Coast Guard values diversity; all the 

different characteristics and attributes of 

persons that enhance the mission of the 

Coast Guard. 

The person selected to fill this 

vacancy will be appointed and serve as 

a Special Government Employee (SGE) 

as defined in section 202 (a) of title 18, 

United States Code. As a candidate for 

appointment as SGE, applicants are 

required to complete a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 

450). A completed OGE Form 450 is not 

releasable to the public except under an 


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order issued by a Federal court or as 

otherwise provided under the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Only the Designated 

Agency Ethics Official or the DAEO’s 

designate may release a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Rajiv Khandpur, 

U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of 

Waterways Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–20510 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5284–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Maintenance Wage Rate 

Recommendation, and Maintenance 

Wage Rate Survey; and Report of 

Additional Classification and Wage 

Rate 

AGENCY: Office of Departmental 

Operations and Coordination, Office of 

Labor Relations, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 26, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 

4178, Washington, DC 20410 or 

Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade 

Banks, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of 

Labor Relations, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410 

or Jade.M.Banks@hud.gov, telephone 

(202) 402–5475 (this is not a toll-free 

number) for copies of the proposed 

forms and other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Maintenance Wage 

Rate Recommendation; Maintenance 

Wage Rate Survey; Report of Additional 

Classification and Wage Rate. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2501–0011. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: Public 

housing agencies (PHAs), Triballydesignated housing entities (TDHEs), 

and the Department of Hawaiian 

Homelands (DHHL) are required to 

ensure that maintenance laborers and 

mechanics employed in the operation of 

HUD-assisted low-income or affordable 

housing are paid no less than prevailing 

wages that are determined or adopted by 

HUD (section 12(a), U.S. Housing Act of 

1937, as amended; sections 104(b) and 

805(b) of the Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

of 1996, as amended). Except that, 

TDHEs may, at their discretion, 

implement tribally determined 

prevailing maintenance wage rates 

which would apply in place of HUDdetermined or -adopted wage rates. 

HUD determines or adopts a schedule 

of prevailing maintenance wage rates for 

each PHA, TDHE (except for those 

TDHEs that implement triballydetermined prevailing wage rates), and 

the DHHL, annually, coinciding with 

the agency’s fiscal year. In order to 

ensure that the wage rates are reflective 

of current economic conditions, HUD 

requests that each PHA, TDHE and the 

DHHL submit a recommendation of 

prevailing wage rates for HUD 

consideration. PHA, TDHE, and DHHL 

recommendations may be based on a 

wide variety of economic indicators 

including, at the discretion of the PHA, 

TDHE, or DHHL, the results of a wage 

survey that the PHA, TDHE or DHHL 

may conduct of maintenance employers 

in their operating jurisdiction. In 

addition, HUD may conduct a 

maintenance wage rate survey in the 

absence of a PHA/TDHE/DHHL 

recommendation or to evaluate a 

recommendation that has been provided 

by a PHA, TDHE or DHHL. 

In order to assist PHAs, TDHEs and 

the DHHL to submit prevailing wage 

rate recommendations and, if they 

choose, to conduct and evaluate the 

results of a maintenance wage survey, 

and to assist HUD personnel in the 

conduct and evaluation of a 

maintenance wage survey, HUD 

instituted three forms: Maintenance 

Wage Rate Recommendation; 

Maintenance Wage Rate Survey 

Summary; and a Maintenance Wage 

Rate Survey. PHA, TDHE or DHHL 

submission of a recommendation is 

highly encouraged by HUD. In the 

absence of an agency recommendation, 

HUD will issue a prevailing wage rate 

schedule based upon its own actions, 

which may include a maintenance wage 

survey conducted by HUD. Participation 

in any maintenance wage survey 

conducted by a PHA, TDHE, DHHL, or 

HUD is voluntary on the part of 

maintenance employers. Maintenance 

wage rate recommendations, survey 

summaries and survey responses must 

be retained by PHAs, TDHEs, the DHHL 

and HUD to document compliance with 

the statutory labor standards provisions. 

Agencies, contractors and 

subcontractors engaged on HUD-assisted 

construction and maintenance projects 

subject to Federal labor standards must 

pay no less than the wages determined 

to be prevailing by the Secretary of 

Labor (for construction work) or 

determined to be prevailing by the 

Secretary of HUD (for maintenance 

work) to all laborers and mechanics 

engaged on such work. Occasionally, 

the applicable wage decision schedule 

does not contain a prevailing wage rate 

for all classifications of work needed to 

complete the project. In such cases, the 

employer that will utilize the 

classification(s) missing from the wage 

decision must propose a wage rate for 

each such classification for the 

consideration of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) or HUD, as the case may 

be. The employer must submit its 

request in writing; there is no form 

specified or required for employer 

submissions. HUD and local agencies 

that administer HUD-assisted projects 

use the form HUD–4230A to record and 

submit employer additional 

classification and wage rate requests to 

DOL, when DOL approval is required. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

Forms HUD–4750 for Maintenance 

Wage Rate Recommendation, HUD– 

4751 for Maintenance Wage Rate 


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