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compiled by RUS for the reporting 

period ending December 31, 2008: 

MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES FOR RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY FOR PERIOD

ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2008 

Telecommunications plant category Depreciation 

rate 

1. Land and Support Assets: 

a. Motor vehicles .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16.00 

b. Aircraft ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11.25 

c. Special purpose vehicles .......................................................................................................................................................... 12.00 

d. Garage and other work equipment .......................................................................................................................................... 10.00 

e. Buildings ................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.28 

f. Furniture and office equipment ................................................................................................................................................. 10.00 

g. General purpose computers ..................................................................................................................................................... 20.00 

2. Central Office Switching: 

a. Digital ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8.83 

b. Analog & Electro-mechanical ................................................................................................................................................... 9.66 

c. Operator Systems ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9.00 

3. Central Office Transmission: 

a. Radio Systems ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9.42 

b. Circuit equipment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10.00 

4. Information origination/termination: 

a. Station apparatus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11.90 

b. Customer premises wiring ........................................................................................................................................................ 10.00 

c. Large private branch exchanges .............................................................................................................................................. 11.65 

d. Public telephone terminal equipment ....................................................................................................................................... 11.00 

e. Other terminal equipment ......................................................................................................................................................... 10.20 

5. Cable and wire facilities: 

a. Aerial cable—poles .................................................................................................................................................................. 6.25 

b. Aerial cable—metal .................................................................................................................................................................. 5.90 

c. Aerial cable—fiber .................................................................................................................................................................... 5.10 

d. Underground cable—metal ...................................................................................................................................................... 5.00 

e. Underground cable—fiber ........................................................................................................................................................ 5.00 

f. Buried cable—metal .................................................................................................................................................................. 5.00 

g. Buried cable—fiber ................................................................................................................................................................... 5.00 

h. Conduit systems ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3.50 

i. Other .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6.00 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21235 Filed 9–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, September 11, 

2009; 9:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 9th St., NW., Room 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Approval of Minutes of August 7, 

2009 Meeting 

III. Announcements 

IV. Staff Director’s Report 

V. Program Planning 

• Discussion of 2010 Statutory Report 

Topic Ideas 

• Discussion of Potential FY 2010 

Clearinghouse Reports and 

Briefings 

• Briefing Report on Title IX in 

Intercollegiate Athletics: 

Accommodating Interests and 

Abilities 

• Update on Status of Document 

Request to Government Agencies 

Regarding their Civil Rights 

Enforcement Activities 

• Update on Status of Briefing 

Reports 

VI. State Advisory Committee Issues 

• Iowa SAC 

• Nevada SAC 

VII. Adjourn 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Pamela Dunston at least seven days 

prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105. 

TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Dated: September 1, 2009. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–21446 Filed 9–1–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration. 

Title: Advocacy Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0220. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4133P. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 200. 

Number of Respondents: 400. 

Average Hours Per Response: 30 

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Needs and Uses: The International 

Trade Administration’s (ITA) Advocacy 

Center marshals Federal resources to 

assist U.S. firms competing for foreign 

government procurements worldwide. 

The Advocacy Center works closely 

with the Trade Promotion Coordination 

Committee, which is chaired by the 

Secretary of Commerce, and includes 19 

Federal agencies involved in export 

promotion. 

Advocacy assistance is wide and 

varied, but most often it is used to assist 

U.S. companies that must deal with 

foreign governments or governmentowned entities to win or maintain 

business transactions in foreign markets. 

The Advocacy Center’s goal is to ensure 

opportunities for American companies 

in the international marketplace. 

The purpose of the Advocacy 

Questionnaire is to collect the 

information necessary to evaluate 

whether it would be appropriate to 

provide USG advocacy assistance on a 

given transaction. The Advocacy Center, 

appropriate ITA officials, officers/ 

Ambassadors at U.S. Embassies/ 

Consulates worldwide and other federal 

agencies that provide advocacy support 

to U.S. companies, request companies 

seeking USG advocacy support to 

complete the questionnaire. The 

information derived from a completed 

questionnaire is critical in helping the 

Advocacy Center determine whether it 

is in the U.S. national interest to 

advocate on a specific transaction. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Wendy L. 

Liberante, Phone (202) 395–3647. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5167 or 

via the Internet at 

Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov 

Dated: August 31, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21273 Filed 9–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Basic Requirements for Special 

Exception Permits and Authorizations 

to Take, Import and Export Marine 

Mammals, and Endangered and 

Threatened Species, and for 

Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal 

Inventory Under the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act, the Fur Seal Act, and the 

Endangered Species Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0084. 

Form Number(s): NOAA 89–880. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 514. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Scientific research and/or enhancement 

(SR/EN) permit application, 50 hours; 

public display (PD) permit application, 

30 hours; photography (PH) and general 

authorization for research permit 

applications, 10 hours; major 

amendments to existing permits and 

authorizations, 35 hours; minor 

amendments and general authorization 

changes, 3 hours; SR/EN reports, 12 

hours; PD and PH reports and PD 

inventories, 2 hours; general 

authorization reports, 8 hours; 

recordkeeping associated with each 

report, 2 hours; notification of retention 

or transfer of rehabilitated animals, 2 

hours. 

Burden Hours: 7,716. 

Needs and Uses: The information in 

this collection will be used to determine 

whether a proposed activity is 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act, Fur 

Seal Act, and Endangered Species Act 

for issuance of permits and 

authorizations for research, 

enhancement, photography, and public 

display. Reports on activities are also 

required. The respondents will be 

researchers, photographers, other 

members of the general public, and 

holders of marine mammals in public 

display facilities. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; not-for-profit institutions; 

business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21275 Filed 9–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–838] 

Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From 

India: Extension of Time Limit for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jerrold Freeman or Richard Rimlinger, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0180 or (202) 482– 

4477, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

At the request of interested parties, 

the Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated an administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on carbazole violet pigment 23 from 

India for the period December 1, 2007, 

through November 30, 2008. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 

Part, 74 FR 5821 (February 2, 2009). 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

the Department to make a preliminary 

determination within 245 days after the 

last day of the anniversary month of an 


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