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death, it failed to immediately inform 

the Commission of such defect or risk as 

required by sections 15(b)(2) and (3) of 

the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2064(b)(2) and (3). 

In failing to do so, Hoover ‘‘knowingly’’

violated section 19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2068(a)(4), as the term 

‘‘knowingly’’ is defined in section 20(d) 

of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069(d). 

16. Pursuant to section 20 of the 

CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069, Hoover is subject 

to civil penalties for its failure to make 

a timely report under section 15(b) of 

the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2064(b). 

Response of Hoover 

17. Hoover denies that the vacuum 

cleaners contain a defect which could 

create a substantial product hazard, or 

create a substantial risk of serious injury 

or death, and denies that it violated the 

reporting requirements of section 15(b) 

of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2064(b). 

Agreement of the Parties 

18. The Commission has jurisdiction 

over this matter and over Hoover under 

the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2051–2084. 

19. In settlement of the staff’s 

allegations, Hoover agrees to pay a civil 

penalty of seven hundred fifty thousand 

dollars ($750,000.00) within twenty (20) 

calendar days of service of the Final 

Order of the Commission accepting this 

Settlement Agreement. This payment 

shall be made by check payable to the 

order of the United States Treasury. 

20. The parties enter this Settlement 

Agreement for settlement purposes only. 

The Settlement Agreement does not 

constitute an admission by Hoover or a 

determination by the Commission that 

Hoover violated the CPSA’s reporting 

requirements. 

21. Upon provisional acceptance of 

this Settlement Agreement and Order by 

the Commission, the Commission shall 

place this Agreement and Order on the 

public record and shall publish it in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

procedure set forth in 16 CFR 

1118.20(e). If the Commission does not 

receive any written requests not to 

accept the Settlement Agreement and 

Order within 15 calendar days, the 

Settlement Agreement and Order shall 

be deemed finally accepted on the 16th 

calendar day after the date it is 

published in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20(f). 

22. Upon final acceptance of the 

Settlement Agreement by the 

Commission and issuance of the Final 

Order, Hoover knowingly, voluntarily 

and completely waives any rights it may 

have in this matter to the following :(i) 

An administrative or judicial hearing; 

(ii) judicial review or other challenge or 

contest of the Commission’s actions; (iii) 

a determination by the Commission as 

to whether Hoover failed to comply 

with the CPSA and the underlying 

regulations; (iv) a statement of findings 

of fact and conclusions of law; and (v) 

any claims under the Equal Access to 

Justice Act. 

23. The Commission may publicize 

the terms of the Settlement Agreement 

and Order. 

24. The Settlement Agreement shall 

apply to, and be binding upon Hoover 

and each of its successors and assigns, 

its parent entity, its parent’s 

subsidiaries, and each of their 

respective successors and assigns. 

25. The Commission’s Order in this 

matter is issued under the provisions of 

the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2051–2084, and a 

violation of the Order may subject those 

referenced in paragraph 24 above to 

appropriate legal action. 

26. This Settlement Agreement may 

be used in interpreting the Order. 

Agreements, understandings, 

representations, or interpretations made 

outside of this Settlement Agreement 

and Order may not be used to vary or 

to contradict its terms. 

27. This Settlement Agreement and 

Order shall not be waived, changed, 

amended, modified, or otherwise 

altered, without written agreement 

thereto executed by the party against 

whom such amendment, modification, 

alteration, or waiver is sought to be 

enforced, and approval by the 

Commission. 

28. If, after the effective date hereof, 

any provision of this Settlement 

Agreement and Order is held to be 

illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under 

present or future laws effective during 

the terms of the Settlement Agreement 

and Order, such provision shall be fully 

severable. The rest of the Settlement 

Agreement and Order shall remain in 

full effect, unless the Commission and 

Hoover determine that severing the 

provision materially changes the 

purpose of the Settlement Agreement 

and Order. 

Dated: January 2, 2007. 

Hoover Corporation. 

Karl R. Milam, 

Chief Executive Officer. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

John Gibson Mullan, 

Director, Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations. 

Ronald G. Yelenik, 

Acting Legal Director, Compliance Legal 

Division. 

Michelle Faust Gillice, 

Trial Attorney, Compliance Legal Division. 

United States of America Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

[CPSC Docket No. 07–C0003] 

In the Matter of Hoover Company, Inc., 

A Corporation 

Order 

Upon consideration of the Settlement 

Agreement entered into between Hoover 

Company, Inc. (‘‘Hoover’’) and the staff 

of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’), and 

the Commission having jurisdiction 

over the subject matter and over Hoover, 

and it appearing the Settlement 

Agreement is in the public interest, it is 

Ordered, that the Settlement 

Agreement be, and hereby is, accepted; 

and it is 

Further ordered, that Hoover shall pay 

a civil penalty in the amount of seven 

hundred fifty thousand dollars 

($750,000.00). This payment shall be 

made payable to the United States 

Treasury within twenty (20) calendar 

days of service of the Final Order of the 

Commission upon Hoover. Upon the 

failure of Hoover to make full payment 

in the prescribed time, interest on the 

outstanding balance shall accrue and be 

paid at the federal rate of interest under 

the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1961(a) and 

(b). 

Provisionally accepted and Provisional 

Order issued on the 18th day of January, 

2007. 

By Order of the Commission. 

Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0034] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Examination of 

Recordsby Comptroller General and 

Contract Audit 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for an 

extension to an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 


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Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning the examination of records 

by comptroller general and contract 

audit. A request for public comments 

was published in the Federal Register at 

71 FR 65478, on November 8, 2006. No 

comments were received. The clearance 

currently expires on April 30, 2007. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, FAR 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Jackson, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 208–4949. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Audit and Records-Negotiation 

clause, 52.215–2; Contract Terms and 

Conditions Required to Implement 

Statutes or Executive OrdersCommercial Items clause, 52.212–5(d); 

and Audit and Records-Sealed Bidding 

clause, 52.214–26, implement the 

requirements of 10 U.S.C. 2313, 41 

U.S.C. 254, and 10 U.S.C. 2306. The 

statutory requirements are that the 

Comptroller General and/or agency shall 

have access to, and the right to, examine 

certain books, documents and records of 

the contractor for a period of 3 years 

after final payment. The record 

retention periods required of the 

contractor in the clauses are for 

compliance with the aforementioned 

statutory requirements. The information 

must be retained so that audits 

necessary for contract surveillance, 

verification of contract pricing, and 

reimbursement of contractor costs can 

be performed. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 19,142. 

Responses Per Respondent: 20. 

Total Responses: 382,840. 

Hours Per Response:0.167. 

Total Burden Hours: 63,934. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control Number 9000–0034, 

Examination of Records by Comptroller 

General and Contract Audit, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: January 18, 2007. 

Ralph De Stefano, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–291 Filed 1–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of Public Law 92–463, The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

announcement is made of the following 

meeting: 

Name of Committee: DoD Task Force 

on the Future of Military Health Care, a 

Subcommittee of the Defense Health 

Board. 

Dates: February 6, 2007. 

Times: 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Location: National Transportation 

Safety Board Conference Center, 429 

L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC 20594. 

Agenda: The purpose of the meeting 

is to obtain, review, and evaluate 

information related to the Future of 

Military Health Care Task Force’s 

congressionally-directed task to 

examine matters relating to the future of 

military health care. The Task Force 

members will receive briefings on topics 

related to the delivery of military health 

care. Additional information and 

meeting registration is available online 

at the Defense Health Board Web site, 

http://www.ha.osd.mil/dhb. 

Due to the Task Force co-chairs’

decision to accelerate the next meeting 

of the Task Force, the Committee 

Management Office for the Department 

of Defense has authorized a waiver to 

the fifteen day notification requirement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Christine Bader, Executive 

Secretary, Defense Health Board, 

Skyline One, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Suite 

810, Falls Church, VA 22041, (703) 681–

3279, ext. 109. http://www.ha.osd.mil/ 

dhb. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

session on February 6, 2007 will be 

open to the public in accordance with 

Section 552b(b) of Title 5, U.S.C., 

specifically subparagraph (1) thereof 

and Title 5, U.S.C., appendix 1, 

subsection 0(d). Open sessions of the 

meeting will be limited by spaced 

accommodations. Any interested person 

may attend, appear before or file 

statements with the Task Force at the 

time and in the manner permitted by the 

Task Force. 

Dated: January 18, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–277 Filed 1–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on National Guard and 

Reserves in the GWOT will meet in 

closed session on February 5–6, 2007; at 

the Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

these meetings, the Defense Science 

Board Task Force will: Assess the 

consequences for force structure, 

morale, and mission capability of 

deployments of members of the National 

Guard and the Reserves in the course of 

the global war on terrorism that are 

lengthy, frequent, or both.In accordance 

with Section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 

92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), 

it has been determined that these 

Defense Science Board Task Force 

meetings concern matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, 

the meetings will be closed to the 

public. 


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