70512 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 233 / Tuesday, December 5, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOD–2006–0S–0216] 

Limitations on Terms of Consumer 

Credit Extended to Service Members 

and Dependents 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD). 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

preparing to draft new consumer 

protection rules. Public Law 109–364, 

the John Warner National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 

§ 670, ‘‘Limitations on Terms of 

Consumer Credit Extended to Service 

Members and Dependents,’’ (October 17, 

2006), created 10 U.S.C. 987 and 

requires the Secretary of Defense to 

prescribe regulations to implement the 

protections covered by the law. The 

Department of Defense views this 

requirement as an opportunity to ensure 

the protections included in the statute 

do not create unintended limitations on 

Service members and their families 

obtaining favorable credit products. 

Submitted comments and 

recommendations will be carefully 

considered as the regulation is being 

drafted. An opportunity to review the 

proposed regulation will be provided 

during a subsequent period for public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than February 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and or RIN 

number and title, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) for this 

Federal Register document. The general 

policy for comments and other 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing on the Internet at 

http://regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Schaefer, (703) 588–0876. 

Dated: November 29, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 06–9518 Filed 12–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

(amended). 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 7, 

2006, 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave, NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005. 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

AGENDA: The Commission will receive 

presentations on public comments 

received for the DRAFT Procedural 

Manual for Voting System Testing and 

Certification Program and the proposed 

final document will be considered for 

approval. The Commission will receive 

presentations from election officials, 

community interest groups, 

academicians and technology experts 

regarding the 2006 election. The 

Commission will elect officers for 2007 

and consider other administrative 

matters. In addition, the Commission 

will consider the adoption of a voter 

fraud and intimidation report and the 

adoption of an administrative policy 

and procedures manual. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Donetta L. Davidson, 

Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 06–9547 Filed 12–1–06; 1:22 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8251–3] 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Request for Applications for Essential 

Use Exemptions for 2008 and 2009 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is requesting applications 

for essential use allowances for calendar 

years 2008 and 2009. Essential use 

allowances provide exemptions from 

the production and import phaseout of 

ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and 

must be authorized by the Parties to the 

Montreal Protocol on Substances that 

Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Protocol). 

The U.S. Government will use the 

applications received in response to this 

notice as the basis for its nomination of 

essential use allowances at the 

Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties to the 

Protocol, to be held in 2007. 

DATES: Applications for essential use 

exemptions must be submitted to EPA 

no later than January 4, 2007 in order 

for the U.S. Government to complete its 

review and to submit nominations to the 

United Nations Environment 

Programme and the Protocol Parties in 

a timely manner. 

ADDRESSES: Send two copies of 

application materials to: Kirsten Cappel, 

Stratospheric Protection Division 

(6205J), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. For 

applications sent via courier service, use 

the following direct mailing address: 

1310 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

20005, room 1047C. 

Confidentiality: Application materials 

that are confidential should be 

submitted under separate cover and be 

clearly identified as ‘‘trade secret,’’

‘‘proprietary,’’ or ‘‘company 

confidential.’’ Information covered by a 

claim of business confidentiality will be 

treated in accordance with the 

procedures for handling information 

claimed as confidential under 40 CFR 

part 2, subpart B, and will be disclosed 

only to the extent and by means of the 

procedures set forth in that subpart. 

Please note that data will be presented 

in aggregate form by the United States 

as part of the nomination to the Parties. 

If no claim of confidentiality 

accompanies the information when it is 

received by EPA, the information may 

be made available to the public by EPA 

without further notice to the company 

(40 CFR 2.203). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kirsten Cappel at the above address, or 

by telephone at (202) 343–9556, by fax 

at (202) 343–2363, or by e-mail at 

cappel.kirsten@epa.gov. General 

information may be obtained from 

EPA’s stratospheric protection Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/ozone. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background on the Essential Use 

Nomination Process 

II. Information Required for Essential Use 


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