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comments can be filed in response to its 

Notice of Inquiry requesting information 

for the preparation of the Section 109 

Report to the Congress, as required by 

the Satellite Home Viewer Extension 

and Reauthorization Act of 2004. 

DATES: Reply Comments are due no later 

than October 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: If hand delivered by a 

private party, an original and five copies 

of reply comments should be brought to 

the Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright 

Office, Public Information Office, LM 

401, James Madison Building, 101 

Independence Ave, Washington, DC 

20559, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

The envelope should be addressed as 

follows: Ben Golant, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office. 

If delivered by a commercial courier, 

an original and five copies of a comment 

or reply comment must be delivered to 

the Congressional Courier Acceptance 

Site (‘‘CCAS’’) located at 2nd and D 

Streets, NE, Washington, D.C. between 

8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The envelope 

should be addressed as follows: Office 

of the General Counsel, U.S. Copyright 

Office, LM 401, James Madison 

Building, 101 Independence Avenue, 

SE, Washington, DC. Please note that 

CCAS will not accept delivery by means 

of overnight delivery services such as 

Federal Express, United Parcel Service 

or DHL. 

If sent by mail (including overnight 

delivery using U.S. Postal Service 

Express Mail), an original and five 

copies of a comment or reply comment 

should be addressed to U.S. Copyright 

Office, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 

70400, Southwest Station, Washington, 

DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Golant, Senior Attorney, and Tanya M. 

Sandros, Acting General Counsel, 

Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, 

Southwest Station, Washington, DC 

20024. Telephone: (202) 707–8380. 

Telefax: (202) 707–8366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2004, the President signed 

the Satellite Home Viewer Extension 

and Reauthorization Act of 2004, a part 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 

of 2004. See Pub. L. No. 108–447, 118 

Stat. 3394 (2004) (hereinafter 

‘‘SHVERA’’). Section 109 of the 

SHVERA requires the Copyright Office 

to examine and compare the statutory 

licensing systems for the cable and 

satellite television industries under 

Sections 111, 119, and 122 of the 

Copyright Act and recommend any 

necessary legislative changes no later 

that June 30, 2008. 

Earlier this year, we released a Notice 

of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment on 

several issues associated with the 

matters identified in Section 109 of the 

SHVERA. See 72 FR 19039 (April 16, 

2007). To further supplement the 

record, the Office announced the 

scheduling of public hearings for the 

purpose of taking testimony from 

interested persons. The hearings are to 

be held during the week of July 23, 

2007. See 72 FR 28998 (May 23, 2007). 

On June 11, 2007, the Copyright 

Office received a Motion for an 

Extension of Time to File Comments 

and Reply Comments in this proceeding 

from the following parties: (1) Program 

Suppliers; (2) Joint Sports Claimants; (3) 

Public Television Claimants; (4) NAB; 

(5) BMI; (6) SESAC; (7) Michael 

Remington of Drinker Biddle; and (8) 

John Beiter of Loeb & Loeb. The parties 

have also requested that the Office move 

the date of its public hearings as 

originally announced in the Federal 

Register on May 23, 2007. 

The parties have proposed to move 

the dates for: (1) the filing of initial 

comments from July 2, 2007, to 

September 7, 2007; (2) the filing of reply 

comments from September 13, 2007, to 

November 16, 2007; and (3) the hearing 

from July 23–26, 2007, to the week of 

September 24, 2007. Under their 

proposed schedule, witnesses would be 

identified on August 24, 2007, instead 

of June 15, 2007, and written questions 

of testimony would be filed on 

September 7, 2007, instead of July 2, 

2007. They add that moving the dates of 

the public hearings into the month of 

August would create ‘‘numerous 

scheduling problems.’’

The parties state that the issues raised 

in this proceeding, ‘‘besides being so 

wide–ranging, are of substantial 

importance to the industries that will be 

affected by Congress’s ultimate 

resolution’’ of the matters enumerated 

in Section 109 of the SHVERA and 

discussed by the Copyright Office in the 

NOI. For this reason, and this reason 

alone, the parties urge the Office to 

provide more time to allow further 

consideration of these issues within 

their respective industry groups before 

initial comments are filed. 

We deny all of the extension requests, 

except for the date by which reply 

comments are due. The parties have 

failed to provide a substantive reason 

why most of the extensions are 

necessary. They have not adequately 

stated why the 75 day time frame for 

filing comments set forth by the Office 

in the Section 109 NOI was insufficient 

nor have they adequately explained why 

they need over seven months to file 

reply comments. It is important for the 

parties to recognize that the Office will 

need time to draft the Report to 

Congress, which will be a considerable 

effort given the limited amount of 

administrative resources available. 

Nevertheless, to provide all parties with 

more time to make a meaningful rebuttal 

to the comments and testimony filed in 

July 2007, we will extend the dates 

reply comments are due for an 

additional two and a half weeks. We 

will also consider whether to hold 

additional hearings or permit the filing 

of surreplies after reply comments are 

filed in October. 

Conclusion 

We hereby extend the time by which 

interested parties may file reply 

comments from September 13, 2007, to 

October 1, 2007. 

Dated: June 14, 2007 

Tanya M. Sandros, 

Acting General Counsel 

[FR Doc. E7–11816 Filed 6–18–07; 8:45 am] 

[BILLING CODE: 1410–30–S] 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 07–05] 

Notice of the June 27, 2007 Millennium 

Challenge Corporation Board of 

Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., 

Wednesday, June 27, 2007. 

PLACE: Department of State, 2201 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on the meeting may be 

obtained from Suzi M. Morris via e-mail 

at Board@mcc.gov or by telephone at 

(202) 521–3600. 

STATUS: Meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board 

of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(‘‘MCC’’) will hold a meeting to discuss 

and consider proposed Millennium 

Challenge Account (‘‘MCA’’) Compacts 

under the provisions of Section 605(a) 

of the Millennium Challenge Act, 

codified at 22 U.S.C. 7704(a); a 

Threshold Country Program submission 

for FY 2007 MCA assistance under 

Section 616 of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003 (the ‘‘Act’’) 

codified at 22 U.S.C. 7715; Compact and 

Threshold Program issues; and certain 

administrative matters. 

The agenda items are expected to 

involve the discussion of classified 


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information and the meeting will be 

closed to the public. 

Dated: June 15, 2007. 

William G. Anderson, Jr., 

Vice President and General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–3044 Filed 6–15–07; 2:35 pm] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

National Council on the Arts 161st 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10 (a) (2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the National 

Council on the Arts will be held on July 

12 and July 13, 2007 in Rooms 527 and 

M–09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

The Council will meet in closed 

session on July 12th, from 2 p.m. to 5 

p.m., in Room 527 for discussion of 

National Medal of Arts nominations. In 

accordance with the determination of 

the Chairman of February 16, 2007, this 

session will be closed to the public 

pursuant to subsection (c)(6) of section 

552b of Title 5, United States Code. 

The July 13th meeting, from 9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. (ending time is approximate), 

will be open to the public on a space 

available basis. Opening remarks and 

announcements will include a musical 

tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich and the 

swearing in of a new Council member. 

After the swearing in, there will be a 

recitation by the national Poetry Out 

Loud winner, Amanda Fernandez, 

followed by an update on 

Congressional/White House activities. 

The meeting will include a presentation 

on Regional Arts Organizations, 

followed by review and voting on 

applications and guidelines. The 

meeting will conclude with general 

discussion. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, submitted with grant 

applications, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c) (6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of AccessAbility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TTY-TDD 202/682–5429, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

this meeting can be obtained from the 

Office of Communications, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

[FR Doc. E7–11777 Filed 6–18–07; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings 

DATES: Weeks of June 18, 25; July 2, 9, 

16, 23, 2007. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of June 18, 2007 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of June 18, 2007. 

Week of June 25, 2007—Tentative 

Thursday, June 28, 2007 

12:55 p.m. 

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative): 

a. Consumers Energy Co. (Big Rock 

Point ISFSI); License Transfer 

Application; Petition for 

Reconsideration of CLI–07–19 

(Tentative). 

b. Consumers Energy Company, et al. 

(Palisades Nuclear Plant); License 

Transfer Application; Petition for 

Reconsideration (Tentative). 

Week of July 2, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of July 2, 2007. 

Week of July 9, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of July 9, 2007. 

Week of July 16, 2007—Tentative 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 

1 p.m. 

Briefing on Digital Instrumentation 

and Control (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: William Kemper, (301) 

415–7585). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of July 23, 2007—Tentative 

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 

2 p.m. 

Briefing on Palo Verde, Unit 3 (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Michael 

Markley, (301) 415–5723). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 

2 p.m. 

Discussion of Management Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 2). 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policymaking/schedule.html. 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g., 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

Rohn Brown, at 301–492–2279, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

REB3@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–3033 Filed 6–15–07; 11:51 am] 

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