6080 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 4, 2009 / Notices 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Small Business Development 

Center Advisory Board 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA). 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time and 

agenda for the next meeting of the 

National Small Business Development 

Center (SBDC) Advisory Board. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 1 p.m. 

EST. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

via conference call. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), 

SBA announces the meeting of the 

National SBDC Advisory Board. This 

Board provides advice and counsel to 

the SBA Administrator and Associate 

Administrator for Small Business 

Development Centers. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss following issues pertaining to 

the SBDC Advisory Board.: 

—SBA Update from AA/OSBDC. 

—ASBDC Spring Conference in March. 

—Update on travel and hotel 

information. 

—Member Roundtable. 

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public however 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to be a 

listening participant must contact 

Alanna Falcone by Friday, February 13, 

2009, by fax or e-mail in order to be 

placed on the agenda. Alanna Falcone, 

Program Analyst, 409 Third Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20416, Phone, 202– 

619–1612, Fax 202–481–0134, e-mail, 

alanna.falcone@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Alanna Falcone at the 

information above. 

Bridget E. Bean, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–2307 Filed 2–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2009–0007] 

Maximum Dollar Limit in the Fee 

Agreement Process 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are increasing the 

maximum dollar amount limit for fee 

agreements approved under sections 

206(a)(2)(A) and 1631(d)(2)(A) of the 

Social Security Act to $6,000. Effective 

June 22, 2009, decision-makers may 

approve fee agreements up to the new 

limit provided that the fee agreement 

otherwise meets the statutory conditions 

of the agreement process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marg Handel, Office of Income Security 

Programs, phone (410) 965–4639, email: marg.handel@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Social 

Security Act (Act) provides a 

streamlined process for a representative 

to obtain approval of the fee he or she 

wishes to charge for representing a 

claimant before the agency. See, 

§§ 206(a)(2)(A) and 1631(d)(2)(A) of the 

Act, as amended by the Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 

1990, Public Law No. 101–508, § 5106. 

To use that process, the representative 

and the claimant must agree, in writing, 

to a fee that does not exceed the lesser 

of 25% of past due benefits or a 

prescribed dollar amount. OBRA of 

1990 set the initial fee amount at $4,000 

and gave the Commissioner the 

authority to increase it periodically, 

provided that the cumulative rate of 

increase did not at any time exceed the 

rate of increase in primary insurance 

amounts since January 1, 1991. The law 

further provided that notice of any 

increased amount shall be published in 

the Federal Register. On January 17, 

2002, we published a notice raising the 

maximum fee to $5,300. With this 

notice, we announce that the maximum 

dollar amount for fee agreements will 

increase to $6,000. This increase does 

not exceed the rate of increase provided 

in OBRA of 1990. We believe this 

increase will adequately compensate 

representatives for their services while 

ensuring that claimants are protected 

from excessive fees. A decision-maker 

may approve fees up to the new amount 

effective June 22, 2009. This effective 

date will ensure adequate time to 

provide training and guidance to our 

employees and to make necessary 

changes in our information technology 

infrastructure. 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–2332 Filed 2–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6508] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Brucke: The Birth of Expressionism, 

1905–1913’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects in 

the exhibition: ‘‘Brucke: The Birth of 

Expressionism, 1905–1913,’’ imported 

from abroad for temporary exhibition 

within the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners or custodians. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Neue 

Galerie, New York, NY, from on or 

about February 26, 2009, until on or 

about June 29, 2009, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. Public Notice of these 

Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–453–8050). The 

address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 

44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 

Washington, DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–2325 Filed 2–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway Project in 

California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT.