48222 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices 

Theodore P. Alves, Assistant Inspector 

General Financial Information, 

Department of Transportation. 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

Donald A. Gambatesa, 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. E9–22637 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–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: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Paperwork Submissions under 

the Coastal Zone Management Act 

Federal Consistency Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0411. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 2,334. 

Average Hours per Response: Federal 

agency/license or permit and assistance: 

State and non-Federal applicant, each 8 

hours; State and other applicant, each 2 

hours; unlisted activity requests, 4 

hours; public notices, 1 hour; remedial 

action requests, 4 hours; listing notices/ 

coordination: State listing, 1 hour; 

interstate listing, 30 hours; mediation 

requests, 2 hours; Secretarial appeals, 

appellants and states, each 210 hours. 

Burden Hours: 35,799. 

Needs and Uses: A number of 

paperwork submissions are required by 

the Coastal Zone Management Act 

(CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1456, and by NOAA 

to provide a reasonable, efficient and 

predictable means of complying with 

the CZMA requirements. These 

requirements are detailed in 15 CFR part 

930. The information will be used by 

coastal States with federally-approved 

Coastal Zone Management Programs to 

determine if Federal agency activities, 

Federal license or permit activities, and 

Federal assistance activities that affect a 

State’s coastal zone are consistent with 

the States’ programs. 

Affected Public: State, local and tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

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: September 17, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–22735 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration Iraq 

Conference; Announcement of U.S.- 

Iraq Business and Investment 

Conference in Washington, DC; 

October 20–21, 2009 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Event Description: The U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce), 

International Trade Administration 

(ITA), is organizing a U.S.-Iraq Business 

and Investment Conference, to be held 

in Washington, DC, on October 20th and 

21st, 2009. The goal of the conference is 

to encourage U.S. private investment in 

Iraq by promoting current business 

opportunities, providing matchmaking 

opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi firms, 

providing opportunities for dialogue 

with Iraqi Ministers and other senior 

Government of Iraq (GOI) officials, and 

holding bilateral meetings with U.S. and 

Iraqi government officials to address 

commercial policy. The conference will 

cover twelve sectors—agriculture, 

banking/finance, defense, electricity, 

health, education, housing/construction, 

industry, oil/gas, telecommunications, 

tourism and transportation—and, while 

it will be open to all U.S. companies, 

those operating in these sectors are 

especially encouraged to participate. 

The Iraqi delegation will include several 

Iraqi Ministers and other senior GOI 

officials, many provincial government 

officials, and representatives from over 

100 private-sector firms. 

Background: The investment 

conference was announced by Iraqi 

Prime Minister Maliki at the U.S. 

Chamber of Commerce headquarters, 

Washington, DC, on July 24, 2009. The 

conference, to be held on October 20th 

and 21st, 2009, in Washington, DC, will 

provide plenary sessions with U.S. and 

GOI keynote speakers, break-out 

sessions with Iraqi provincial 

government officials, and breakout 

sessions on the following twelve sectors: 

agriculture, banking/finance, defense, 

electricity, health, education, housing/ 

construction, industry, oil/gas, 

telecommunications, tourism and 

transportation. It will also provide 

matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and 

Iraqi firms. 

Event Goals: The conference will 

facilitate business-to-business meetings 

between U.S. companies and their 

private-sector counterparts in Iraq, as 

well as improve U.S. industries’ 

understanding of the commercial 

opportunities in Iraq. The conference is 

also designed to facilitate commercial 

dialogue between the GOI and the U.S. 

private sector. The conference aims to: 

• Promote current investment and 

business opportunities in Iraq. 

• Provide matchmaking opportunities 

for U.S. and Iraqi firms. 

• Address challenges to doing 

business in Iraq. 

• Provide opportunities for U.S. firms 

to meet with Iraqi Ministers and other 

senior GOI officials. 

• Hold bilateral meetings with U.S. 

and Iraqi government officials to 

address commercial policy. 

Proposed Event Timetable 

Oct 20 .......... • The opening day of the event will include a plenary session at which senior U.S.G. and GOI officials will address participants.

• In the afternoon, industry sector breakout sessions will take place, as well as matchmaking meetings between U.S. and Iraqi 

firms. 

Oct 21 .......... • Panels addressing how to do business in Iraq, the U.S. business experience and sector breakout sessions. 

• The afternoon session will allow for overviews of the Provinces, a regulatory and legal overview and matchmaking between 

firms. 

Oct 22 .......... • One-on-one business meetings. 


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