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intended to provide the Federal Reserve 

with data concerning merchant banking 

investments that are approaching the 

end of the holding period permissible 

under Regulation Y. A financial holding 

company generally would have to 

submit a FR Y–12A if it holds a 

merchant banking investment for longer 

than eight years (or thirteen years in the 

case of an investment held through a 

qualifying private equity fund). 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 28,2006. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–14503 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH–008] 

National Personal Protective 

Technology Laboratory; Meeting 

AGENCY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

ACTION: Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces 

the following meeting. 

Name: National Personal Protective 

Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) Public 

Meeting. 

New programs for the approval of 

Powered, Air-Purifying Respirators 

(PAPRs), Total Inward Leakage (TIL), 

the Quality Assurance (QA) module, 

and the Administrative module will be 

discussed. In addition, presentations of 

current and future research projects for 

personal protective technology will be 

made, and opportunity for discussion 

will follow the presentations. 

Dates and Times: October 12, 2006, 

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., and October 13, 2006, 

8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 

Place: Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South 

(formerly Holiday Inn Select), 164 Fort 

Couch Road, Pittsburgh (Bethel Park), 

Pennsylvania. 

Purpose: The topics to be addressed 

include continuing discussions of 

certification issues, standards, and 

testing processes for CBRN PAPRs. 

Additionally, NPPTL research projects 

and plans will be presented and 

opportunity for discussion will be 

provided. 

Interested participants may view the 

PAPR program, the industrial PAPR 

concept paper, as well as earlier 

versions of other concept papers used 

during the standard development effort, 

on the NIOSH Web site: http:// 

www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl, Respirator 

Standards Development; CBRN 

Standards: PAPR. The concept papers 

will be used as the basis for discussion 

at the public meeting. 

Status: This meeting is hosted by 

NIOSH/NPPTL and will be open to the 

public, limited only by the space 

available. The meeting room will 

accommodate approximately 150 

people. Interested parties should make 

hotel reservations directly with the 

Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South 

(formerly Holiday Inn Select), 

Pittsburgh (Bethel Park), Pennsylvania, 

before the cut-off date of September 18, 

2006. A special group rate of $91 per 

night for meeting guests has been 

negotiated for this meeting. The NIOSH/ 

NPPTL Public Meeting must be 

referenced to receive this rate. 

Please confirm your attendance to this 

meeting by completing a registration 

form and submitting it to NPPTL Event 

Management. You may register 

electronically by accessing the on-line 

registration link at http://www.cdc.gov/ 

niosh, or you can download the Adobe 

PDF form and send it by e-mail to 

npptlevents@cdc.gov or fax it to 304–

225–2003. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the topics 

presented in this notice and at the 

meeting should be mailed to: NIOSH 

Docket Office, Robert A. Taft 

Laboratories, M/S C34, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, 

telephone 513–533–8303, fax 513–533–

8285. Comments may also be submitted 

by e-mail to niocindocket@cdc.gov. Email attachments should be formatted in 

Microsoft Word. 

Comments regarding the Industrial 

PAPR should reference Docket Number 

NIOSH–008 in the subject heading. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NPPTL Event Management, 3604 Collins 

Ferry Road, Suite 100, Morgantown, 

West Virginia 26505–2353, Telephone 

304–225–5138, fax 304–225–2003, 

e-mail npptlevents@cdc.gov. 

Dated: August 23, 2006. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–7279 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH–005] 

National Personal Protective 

Technology Laboratory Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

ACTION: Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces 

the following meeting. 

Name: National Personal Protective 

Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) Public 

Meeting on the Performance and 

Reliability Requirements of ClosedCircuit Escape Respirators (CCER). 

Meeting Dates, Times and Places: 

September 19, 2006, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Marriott Key Bridge, 1401 Lee Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22209; and September 28, 

2006, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Colorado School 

of Mines (Petroleum Hall), 1500 Illinois 

Street, Golden, CO 80401. 

Purpose: NIOSH, in cooperation with 

the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), is developing a 

proposed rule on the performance and 

reliability requirements of closed-circuit 

escape respirators. Examples of this type 

of equipment include self-contained 

self-rescuers (SCSRs) used in the mining 

industry and emergency escape 

breathing apparatus (EEBD). 

Two meetings will be held, one in 

Virginia and one in Colorado, to provide 

an opportunity for an exchange of 

information between NIOSH and 

respirator manufacturers, industry 

representatives, labor representatives, 

and others with an interest in 

respiratory protection. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

topics presented in this notice should be 

addressed to the NIOSH Docket Office, 

Robert A. Taft Laboratories, M/S C34, 

4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226. All comments submitted to 

the NIOSH Docket Office regarding 

closed-circuit escape respirators should 

reference Docket Number NIOSH–005 in 

the subject heading. 

Submit electronic comments to e-mail 

address niocindocket@cdc.gov. E-mail 

attachments submitted to the NIOSH 

Docket Office at niocindocket@cdc.gov 

should be formatted in Microsoft Word. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NPPTL Event Management, telephone 

304–225–5138 or e-mail address 

npptlevents@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

participants may view the Technical 


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