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Within 15 calendar days of the close 

of the comment period, MARAD will 

provide, in writing, a determination of 

a vessel’s re-designation. Requests for 

re-designation become effective upon 

MARAD’s written determination of a 

vessel’s re-designation. 

Vessel owners or operators may 

appeal MARAD’s determination of a 

request for re-designation in writing 

within 10 calendar days of receiving the 

determination. If there is an appeal, 

MARAD will issue a final written 

determination of re-designation within 

30 calendar days of receiving the 

appeal, after consultation with the 

Department of State, USAID, and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

If any deadline listed in this section 

falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal 

holiday, the period in question will run 

until the end of the next day that is not 

a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. 

1. Prohibition of Dual Service 

For purposes of the Maritime 

Administration list, owners or operators 

of a vessel that engages in service that 

may be characterized as meeting more 

than one of the three vessel service 

categories must choose one category that 

reflects the predominant character of the 

vessel’s service as measured by tonnage 

carried, routes served, number of 

voyages, the criteria above, or some 

other measurable criteria supporting the 

designation excluding vessel design. 

2. Vessel List by Type 

In accordance with the parameters 

above, a current list of vessels by type 

will be published quarterly on 

MARAD’s Web site, and will be 

amended periodically as administrative 

changes are made. No changes will be 

made to this list, other than by the 

procedures provided under Sections C 

and D of this Memorandum of 

Understanding. 

D. Administrative Changes 

The Maritime Administration will, on 

its own initiative or at the request of a 

vessel owner or operator, undertake to 

make administrative changes to the list 

of vessels published on its Web site. 

Such administrative changes may 

include the self-designations and 

designation determinations as described 

above, and the following: (1) The change 

of the name of a current vessel; (2) the 

change of ownership of a current vessel 

solely to reflect the new owner of the 

vessel; (3) a typographical error; and (4) 

the deletion of a vessel due to change of 

flag or scrapping. 

E. Utilization of the Maritime 

Administration List of Vessels for Cargo 

Preference Compliance 

For purposes of determining 

compliance with the 75 percent 

requirement described above, each of 

the affected agencies (that is, the 

Maritime Administration, USAID, and 

USDA) will record contracts awarded 

under the food assistance programs 

specified above based solely upon the 

vessel service category for the vessel 

upon which the cargo is carried, for 

both foreign flag and U.S.-flag vessels, 

as shown on the Maritime 

Administration list, without regard to 

the nature of the cargo carried. The 

contract award date will be the basis of 

measurement for compliance purposes. 

Bills of lading quantities will be used to 

validate the compliance percentages. 

F. Utilization of the Shipping Agency 

Statistical Data for Cargo Preference 

Compliance 

For purposes of communicating 

statistical data for preference cargo 

tonnage shipped by USAID and USDA, 

MARAD, USAID, and USDA hereby 

agree that, at the inception of this 

agreement, each will post to their 

respective Web sites data from shipping 

agency calculations. These calculations 

will be based solely upon the vessel 

service category for the vessel upon 

which the cargo is carried, (for both 

foreign flag and U.S.-flag vessels) as 

shown on the Maritime Administration 

list without regard to the nature of the 

cargo carried. The contract award date 

will be the basis of measurement for 

compliance purposes. Bills of lading 

quantities will be used to validate the 

compliance percentages. MARAD will 

monitor and verify the data and agrees 

to post on their Web site the same data 

in the same format as the shipping 

agencies. Reconciliations and 

adjustments will be resolved in advance 

of publication through interagency 

consultation, which, if necessary, may 

include the Office of Management and 

Budget. 

This memorandum is not intended to, 

and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at 

law or in equity against the United 

States, its departments, agencies, or 

other entities, its officers or employees, 

or any other person. 

This MOU may be executed in two or 

more counterparts, each of which shall 

be deemed an original, but all of which 

shall constitute one and the same 

instrument. 

lllllllllllllllllll

David T. Matsuda 

Acting Administrator 

Maritime Administration 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

DATE: lllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

James Michel 

Counselor to the Agency 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development Administration 

DATE: lllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

Michael V. Michener 

Administrator 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

DATE: lllllllllllllll

[FR Doc. E9–22171 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission, established 

by the Financial Literacy and Education 

Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair 

and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 

2003). 

DATES: This meeting of the Financial 

Literacy and Education Commission 

will be held on Thursday, September 

24, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and 

Education Commission meeting will be 

held in the Cash Room at the 

Department of the Treasury, located at 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. To be admitted 

in the Treasury building, attendees must 

RSVP with their name as shown on a 

government-issued ID, organization 

represented (if any), phone number, 

date of birth, Social Security number 

and country of citizenship. To register, 

visit http://www.treasury.gov/ofe, click 

on the ‘‘Financial Literacy and 

Education Commission’’ and then click 

on ‘‘Event Summary and Registration.’’ 

For admittance to the Treasury building 

on the day of the meeting, attendees 

must present a government-issued ID, 

such as a driver’s license or passport, 

which includes a photo and date of 

birth. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Dubis 

Correal by e-mail at 

dubis.correal@do.treas.gov or by 

telephone at (202) 622–5770 (not a toll 

free number). Additional information 

regarding the Financial Literacy and 

Education Commission and the 


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Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Financial Education may be obtained 

through the Office of Financial 

Education’s Web site at http:// 

www.treas.gov/ofe. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Financial Literacy and Education 

Improvement Act, which is in Title V of 

the Fair and Accurate Credit 

Transactions Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108– 

159), established the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) to improve the financial 

literacy and education of persons in the 

United States. The Commission is 

composed of the Secretary of the 

Treasury and the heads of the Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, the 

Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal 

Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, the National Credit Union 

Administration, the Securities and 

Exchange Commission, the Departments 

of Education, Agriculture, Defense, 

Health and Human Services, Housing 

and Urban Development, Labor, and 

Veterans Affairs, the Federal Trade 

Commission, the General Services 

Administration, the Small Business 

Administration, the Social Security 

Administration, the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, and the Office of 

Personnel Management. The 

Commission is required to hold 

meetings that are open to the public 

every four months. 

This meeting of the Commission, 

which will be open to the public, will 

be held in the Cash Room at the 

Department of the Treasury, located at 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. The room will 

accommodate 80 members of the public. 

Seating is available on a first-come, firstseated basis. Participation in the 

discussion at the meeting will be 

limited to Commission members, their 

staffs, and special guest presenters. 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Andrew Mayock, 

Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of the 

Treasury. 

[FR Doc. E9–22136 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Privacy of Consumer 

Financial Information 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before November 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518; or send 

an e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Ekita Mitchell (202) 

906–6451, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Comments should address one or 

more of the following points: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of OTS; 

b. The accuracy of OTS’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

We will summarize the comments 

that we receive and include them in the 

OTS request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this notice, OTS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Privacy of 

Consumer Financial Information. 

OMB Number: 1550–0103. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Regulation Requirement: 12 CFR Part 

573. 

Description: These information 

collections are required under section 

504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 

(Act), Public Law No. 106–102. Section 

502 of the Act prohibits a financial 

institution from disclosing nonpublic 

personal information about a consumer 

to nonaffiliated third parties unless the 

institution satisfies various disclosure 

requirements (i.e., provides a privacy 

notice and opt out notice) and the 

consumer has not elected to opt out of 

the disclosure. Section 504 requires the 

Office of Thrift Supervision, as well as 

the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, National Credit 

Union Administration, Federal Trade 

Commission, and Securities and 

Exchange Commission to issue 

regulations as necessary to implement 

the notice requirements and restrictions. 

Consumers use the privacy notice 

information to determine whether they 

want personal information disclosed to 

third parties that are not affiliated with 

the institution. Further, consumers use 

the opt-out notice mechanism to advise 

the institution of their wishes regarding 

disclosure of their personal information. 

Institutions use the opt-out information 

to determine the wishes of their 

consumers and to act appropriately. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

68,378. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Responses: 80 hours for de novos and 

acquisitions; 8 hours for institutions; 

and .5 hours for customers. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Burden: 44,543 

hours. 


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