50466 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 169 / Friday, August 31, 2007 / Notices 

the impacts of Chinese exports on North 

Carolina’s traditional clothing, textile, 

and furniture industries; the 

effectiveness of North Carolina’s 

proactive measures to mitigate and 

adapt to Chinese competition; and to 

consider feedback and opinions from 

the people of North Carolina. 

The hearing, entitled ‘‘North Carolina: 

China’s Impact on the North Carolina 

Economy: Winners and Losers,’’ will be 

co-chaired by Commissioners Jeffrey 

Fiedler and Dennis Shea. 

Open Microphone Session for Public 

Comment: The hearing will conclude 

with a discussion on the community 

impact of economic dislocations and an 

‘‘open’’ microphone session for 

interested members of the public to 

voice their views. Registration for the 

open microphone session begins at 8:30 

am on Thursday, September 6th with 

sign up available in the hearing room. 

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes 

for each participant. 

Information on this hearing, including 

a detailed hearing agenda and 

information about panelists, will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web site prior to the hearing date. 

Detailed information about the 

Commission, the texts of its annual 

reports and hearing records, and the 

products of research it has 

commissioned can be found on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.uscc.gov. 

Any interested party may file a 

written statement by September 6, 2007, 

by mailing to the contact below. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 6, 

2007, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A detailed 

agenda for the hearing will be posted to 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.uscc.gov in the near future. 

ADDRESS: The hearings will be held in 

The Kenan Conference Center, Room 

204 at the University of North Carolina–

Chapel Hill campus on Skipper Bowles 

Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–1550. 

Public seating is limited to 

approximately 150 people on a first 

come, first served basis. Advance 

reservations are not required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Michels, Associate Director for 

the U.S.-China Economic and Security 

Review Commission, 444 North Capitol 

Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington DC 

20001; phone: 202–624–1409, or via email at kmichels@uscc.gov. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.- 

China Economic and Security Review 

Commission in 2000 in the National 

Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–

398), as amended by Division P of the 

Consolidated Appropriations 

Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108–7), as 

amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005). 

Dated: August 28, 2007. 

Kathleen J. Michels, 

Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on CARES 

Business Plan Studies; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Public Law 

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee 

Act) that the Advisory Committee on 

CARES Business Plan Studies will hold 

a meeting on September 17, 2007, at the 

University of Massachusetts/Boston, 

Columbia Point, Campus Center 

Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts. The 

meeting will convene at 1 p.m. and 

conclude at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on proposed business 

plans at those VA facility sites 

identified in May 2004 as requiring 

further study by the Capital Asset 

Realignment for Enhanced Services 

(CARES) Decision document. 

The objective of this meeting is to 

provide the Secretary with advice 

regarding the final selection of a 

healthcare, capital planning and reuse 

option for the Greater Boston area 

campuses of the VA New England 

Healthcare System. An analysis of the 

business planning options completed by 

the VA contractor is to be presented at 

the meeting prior to their final 

submission to the VA. The agenda will 

also accommodate public commentary 

on the options. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral or written statements to the 

Committee. For additional information 

regarding the meeting, please contact 

Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal 

Officer, (00 CARES), at 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 

by phone at (202) 273–5994, or by email at jay.halpern@va.gov. 

Dated: August 27, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Phillip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Special Medical Advisory Group; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Special Medical Advisory 

Group will meet on October 12, 2007 in 

Room 830 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 

VA Central Office, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Group is to advise 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 

Under Secretary for Health on the care 

and treatment of disabled veterans, and 

other matters pertinent to the 

Department’s Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA). 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include discussion of VHA’s public 

relations campaign, an update on the 

budget, an update on information 

technology security, a briefing on 

relationships between VA and the 

Department of Defense, and an update 

on academic affiliations. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Juanita Leslie, 

Designated Federal Officer, Office of 

Administrative Operations (10B2), 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs at (202) 

461–7019. No time will be set aside at 

this meeting for receiving oral 

presentations from the public. 

Statements, in written form, may be 

submitted to Juanita Leslie before the 

meeting or within 10 days after the 

meeting. 

Dated: August 27, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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