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(c) The Commission investigative 

attorney, party to this investigation, is 

Kevin Baer, Esq., Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 

401–L, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(3) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Honorable Robert L. Barton, Jr. is 

designated as the presiding 

administrative law judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondent in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such 

responses will be considered by the 

Commission if received not later than 20 

days after the date of service by the 

Commission of the complaint and the 

notice of investigation. Extensions of 

time for submitting responses to the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation will not be granted unless 

good cause therefor is shown. 

Failure of the respondent to file a 

timely response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of a limited exclusion order or 

cease and desist order or both directed 

against the respondent. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: March 8, 2007. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–4555 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–07–003] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: March 15, 2007 at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

1. Agenda for future meetings: None. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–706 (Second 

Review) (Canned Pineapple Fruit from 

Thailand)—briefing and vote. (The 

Commission is currently scheduled to 

transmit its determination and 

Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

March 29, 2007.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: March 8, 2007. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–1193 Filed 3–9–07; 12:37 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Request for Certification of 

Compliance—Rural Industrialization 

Loan and Grant Program 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration is issuing this 

notice to announce the receipt of a 

‘‘Certification of Non-Relocation and 

Market and Capacity Information 

Report’’ (Form 4279–2) for the 

following: 

Applicant/Location: Sibco 

Enterprises, Inc./Fernley, Nevada. 

Principal Product: The loan, 

guarantee, or grant application is to 

finance start-up expenses, inventory, 

capital assets, leasehold improvements, 

and related business start-up 

expenditures for a new full service 

franchise restaurant with alcohol and 

carryout. The NAICS industry code for 

this enterprise is 722110 Full Service 

Restaurants. 

DATES: All interested parties may submit 

comments in writing no later than 

March 27, 2007. Copies of adverse 

comments received will be forwarded to 

the applicant noted above. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Anthony D. 

Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room S–4231, 

Washington, DC 20210; or e-mail 

Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via 

fax 202–693–3015 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number 

(202) 693–2784 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act of 1972, as established 

under 29 CFR part 75, authorizes the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) to make or guarantee loans or 

grants to finance industrial and business 

activities in rural areas. The Secretary of 

Labor must review the application for 

financial assistance for the purpose of 

certifying to the Secretary of Agriculture 

that the assistance is not calculated, or 

likely, to result in: (a) A transfer of any 

employment or business activity from 

one area to another by the loan 

applicant’s business operation; or, (b) 

An increase in the production of goods, 

materials, services, or facilities in an 

area where there is not sufficient 

demand to employ the efficient capacity 

of existing competitive enterprises 

unless the financial assistance will not 

have an adverse impact on existing 

competitive enterprises in the area. The 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) within the 

Department of Labor is responsible for 

the review and certification process. 

Comments should address the two bases 

for certification and, if possible, provide 

data to assist in the analysis of these 

issues. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

March, 2007. 

Gay M. Gilbert, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce 

Investment, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–4502 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Technical Study Panel on the 

Utilization of Belt Air and the 

Composition and Fire Retardant 

Properties of Belt Materials in 

Underground Coal Mining 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs interested 

persons of the second meeting of the 

Technical Study Panel (Panel) on the 

Utilization of Belt Air and the 

Composition and Fire Retardant 


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Properties of Belt Materials in 

Underground Coal Mining. The public 

is invited to attend. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

28–March 30, 2007. The meetings on 

March 28–29, 2007 will start at 9 a.m. 

each day and conclude by 5 p.m. The 

meeting on March 30, 2007 will begin 

at 9 a.m. and conclude no later than 1 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the 

Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport, 8256 

University Blvd., Coraopolis, PA 15108–

2591 (telephone: 412–262–3600). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

Mine Safety and Health Administration, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2330, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209; 

silvey.patricia@dol.gov (Internet e-mail), 

202–693–9440 (voice), or 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel 

was created under section 11 of the 

Mine Improvement and New Emergency 

Response (MINER) Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 

109–236). The purpose of the Panel is to 

provide independent scientific and 

engineering review and 

recommendations concerning the 

utilization of belt air and the 

composition and fire retardant 

properties of belt materials in 

underground coal mining. By December 

2007, the Panel must submit a report to 

the Secretaries of Labor and Health and 

Human Services, the Senate Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor and 

Pensions, and the House Committee on 

Education and the Workforce. The first 

meeting of the Panel was held in 

Washington, DC on January 9–10, 2007. 

The agenda for the second meeting 

will include: 

(1) Belt conveyor material issues: 

flammability and toxicity. 

(2) Discussion: panel of belt 

manufacturers. 

(3) General discussion: ventilation, 

dust control, and escape issues. 

(4) Discussion: 1992 Belt Air Advisory 

Committee report. 

(5) Public input: The panel will 

allocate time at the end of the day on 

March 28 and March 29 for 

presentations by members of the public. 

MSHA expects the amount of time 

allocated for public participation to be 

approximately one hour, but it may vary 

based on the interest expressed. MSHA 

will also accept written submissions. 

MSHA requests that persons planning 

to participate in the public input session 

of this meeting notify the Agency at 

least one week prior to the meeting date. 

There will be an opportunity for other 

persons, who have not made prior 

arrangements with MSHA and wish to 

speak, to register at the beginning of the 

meeting on March 28. Speakers should 

limit their presentations to five minutes, 

but may supplement oral remarks with 

written submissions. MSHA will 

incorporate written submissions into the 

official record and make them available 

to the public. The Panel Chairman will 

moderate the public participation 

session, and panelists may ask the 

speakers questions. 

The public may inspect the official 

record of the meetings at the MSHA 

address listed above. In addition, the 

information will be posted on the 

Agency’s single source Web page titled 

‘‘The Technical Study Panel on the 

Utilization of Belt Air and the 

Composition and Fire Retardant 

Properties of Belt Materials in 

Underground Coal Mining Single 

Source Page.’’ The Single Source page is 

located at http://www.msha.gov/BeltAir/ 

BeltAir.asp. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Richard E. Stickler, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety 

and Health. 

[FR Doc. 07–1177 Filed 3–9–07; 9:41 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board 

(MSPB). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501), this document announces that an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

has been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

for a new collection. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: MSPB has submitted an ICR to 

OMB for review and approval according 

to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 

1320.12. On November 27, 2006 

(Federal Register, Volume 71, Number 

227, pages 68639–68640), MSPB sought 

comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). MSPB received no 

comments. Additional comments 

should be submitted on or before April 

6 to OMB (Brenda Aguilar at 

baguilar@omb.eop.gov or fax at (202) 

395–6974). 

ADDRESSES: You may also submit 

comments to MSPB via any of the 

following methods: 

E-mail: Please include ‘‘Employee 

Surveys’’ in the subject line of the 

message and send your message to 

anne.marrelli@mspb.gov. 

Mail: Dr. Anne Marrelli, U.S. Merit 

Systems Protection Board, Suite 500, 

1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20419. 

Fax: (202) 653–7211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Marrelli by phone on 202–653–

6772, ext. 1341, by FAX on 202–653–

7211, or by e-mail at 

anne.marrelli@mspb.gov. You may 

contact Dr. Marrelli via V/TDD at 1–

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project: ‘‘Merit Principles 

Survey.’’

As part of its mission, MSPB is 

responsible for conducting studies of 

the Federal civil service to ensure that 

all Federal government agencies follow 

merit systems practices and avoid 

prohibited personnel practices. To 

support this research agenda, MSPB is 

conducting a survey of Federal 

employees. To obtain insight into 

employees’ current perspectives, MSPB 

requests approval to conduct surveys 

over the next three years. 

The surveys will ask employees to 

share their perceptions of the 

implementation of the merit system in 

the workplace including topics such as 

the Merit Systems Principles, Prohibited 

Personnel Practices, job satisfaction, 

performance management, training and 

development, and leadership. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.50 hours per 

respondent. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Participants are selected via stratified 

random sampling to facilitate a 

representative sample of Federal 

employees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

per Survey: 50,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

25,000. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., 

Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–4465 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7401–01–P 


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