28998 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 23, 2007 / Notices 

Mr. George H. Bliss, III, Retired 

Director of Training Administration, 

United Association of Journeymen & 

Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe 

Fitting Industry of the U.S. & Canada, 

Washington, DC. 

Mr. Stephen A. Brown, Director, 

Construction Training Administration 

Department, International Union of 

Operating Engineers, Washington, DC. 

Mr. William P. Doyle, Attorney, 

Marine Engineers’ Beneficial 

Association, Washington, DC. 

Dr. John S. Gaal, Director of Training 

Administration & Workforce 

Development, Carpenters’ District 

Council of Greater St. Louis and 

Vicinity, St. Louis, Missouri. 

Mr. William K. Irwin, Jr., Executive 

Director, Carpenters International 

Training Fund, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Mr. John Mason, Director, Seafarers 

International Union, Paul Hall Institute, 

Piney Point, Maryland. 

Mr. Joseph A. Miccio, Recording 

Secretary, Uniformed Firefighters 

Association of Greater New York, Local 

94 I.A.F.F AFL–CIO, New York, New 

York. 

Mr. Edward Mullins, President, 

Sergeants Benevolent Association, New 

York, New York. 

Mr. Michael L. White, Executive 

Director of Apprenticeship and 

Training, International Union of Bridge, 

Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing 

Iron Workers, Washington, DC. 

Represents: Public 

Dr. Philip J. Anderson, President, The 

National Association of Government 

Labor Officials, Frankfurt, Kentucky. 

Ms. Sharon C. Chu, Attorney, Law 

Offices of Sharon C. Chu, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

Mr. Guarione Diaz, President and 

Executive Director, Cuban American 

National Council, Inc., Miami, Florida. 

Ms. Rita DiMartino, New York, New 

York. 

Ms. Diana Enzi, Washington, DC. 

The Honorable Mufi Hannemann, 

Mayor of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Mr. Thomas F. Hartnett—Chairperson, 

Attorney, Meyer, Suozzi, English and 

Klein, PC, Albany, New York. 

Ms. Jean Sickles, President, National 

Association of State and Territorial 

Apprenticeship Directors, Columbus, 

Ohio. 

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President 

and CEO, The McPhail Group, Ltd, 

Ownings Mill, Maryland. 

Ms. Audrey Silverstein, Attorney, 

Merion, Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Charles Wilson, Department Head 

of Machine Tool Technology, Greenville 

Technical College, Greenwood, South 

Carolina. 

Nominees were selected from 

employer or national employer 

associations, religious, social welfare, 

academic, charitable organizations, 

community based organizations, 

national women’s organizations, and 

state or local government. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

May, 2007. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. E7–9919 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Public Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of an open ACA meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. APP. 1), notice is 

hereby given of an open meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship 

(ACA). 

Time and Date: The meeting will 

begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. on 

Tuesday, June 12, 2007, and continue 

until approximately 5 p.m. The meeting 

will reconvene at approximately 8:30 

a.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, and 

adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. 

Place: Holiday Inn on The Hill, 415 

New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001, (202) 638–1616. 

The agenda is subject to change due 

to time constraints and priority items 

which may come before the Committee 

between the time of this publication and 

the scheduled date of the ACA meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Swoope, Administrator, Office 

of Apprenticeship, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–5311, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: (202) 693–2796, (this is not 

a toll-free number). 

Matters To Be Considered 

The agenda will focus on the 

following topics: 

• Status of the ACA’s 

Recommendations to the Secretary 

• The 70th Anniversary of the 

National Apprenticeship Act 

• Workforce Innovations 2007 

• Apprenticeship Integration with 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 

System 

Status 

Members of the public are invited to 

attend the proceedings. Individuals with 

disabilities should contact Ms. Kenya 

Huckaby at (202) 693–3795 no later than 

Tuesday, June 5, 2007, if special 

accommodations are needed. 

Any member of the public who 

wishes to file written data or comments 

pertaining to the agenda may do so by 

sending the data or comments to Mr. 

Anthony Swoope, Administrator, Office 

of Apprenticeship, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–5311, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Such submissions should be sent by 

Tuesday, June 5, 2007, to be included in 

the record for the meeting. 

Any member of the public who 

wishes to speak at the meeting should 

indicate the nature of the intended 

presentation and the amount of time 

needed by furnishing a written 

statement to the Designated Federal 

Official, Mr. Anthony Swoope, by 

Tuesday, June 5, 2007. The Chairperson 

will announce at the beginning of the 

meeting the extent to which time will 

permit the granting of such requests. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

May, 2007. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. E7–9920 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FR–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2007–1] 

Section 109 Report to Congress 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is 

holding public hearings on issues 

related to the operation of, and 

continued necessity for, the cable and 

satellite statutory licenses under the 

Copyright Act. 

DATES: Public hearings will be held from 

July 23, 2007, through July 26, 2007, in 

the Copyright Office Hearing Room, 4th 

Floor, James Madison Memorial 

Building, 101 Independence Avenue, 

S.E., Washington, D.C. 20540. Each 

daily session will begin at 10 a.m. 

Persons wishing to testify should notify 

the Copyright Office in writing no later 

than close of business on June 15, 2007. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 

for additional filing requirements. 


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ADDRESSES: Notices of intent to testify 

should be addressed to Ben Golant, 

Senior Attorney, and may be sent by 

mail or by e–mail to 

section109@loc.gov. The Copyright 

Office will notify each person 

expressing an intention to testify of the 

expected date and time of his/her 

testimony. See SUPPLEMENTARY 

INFORMATION for alternative means of 

submission and filing requirements. 

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. 

Under Section 109, Congress 

indicated that the report shall include, 

but not be limited to, the following: (1) 

A comparison of the royalties paid by 

licensees under such sections, including 

historical rates of increases in these 

royalties, a comparison between the 

royalties under each such section and 

the prices paid in the marketplace for 

comparable programming; (2) An 

analysis of the differences in the terms 

and conditions of the licenses under 

such sections, an analysis of whether 

these differences are required or 

justified by historical, technological, or 

regulatory differences that affect the 

satellite and cable industries, and an 

analysis of whether the cable or satellite 

industry is placed in a competitive 

disadvantage due to these terms and 

conditions; (3) An analysis of whether 

the licenses under such sections are still 

justified by the bases upon which they 

were originally created; (4) An analysis 

of the correlation, if any, between the 

royalties, or lack thereof, under such 

sections and the fees charged to cable 

and satellite subscribers, addressing 

whether cable and satellite companies 

have passed to subscribers any savings 

realized as a result of the royalty 

structure and amounts under such 

sections; and (5) An analysis of issues 

that may arise with respect to the 

application of the licenses under such 

sections to the secondary transmissions 

of the primary transmissions of network 

stations and superstations that originate 

as digital signals, including issues that 

relate to the application of the unserved 

household limitations under Section 

119 and to the determination of 

royalties of cable systems and satellite 

carriers. 

According to Section 109’s legislative 

history, the Copyright Office shall 

conduct a study of the Section 119 and 

Section 122 licenses for satellite, and 

the Section 111 license for cable, and to 

make recommendations for 

improvements to Congress no later than 

June 30, 2008. The legislative history 

further instructs that the Copyright 

Office must analyze the differences 

among the three licenses and consider 

whether they should be eliminated, 

changed, or maintained with the goal of 

harmonizing their operation. See H.R. 

Rep. No. 108–660, 108th Cong., 2d 

Sess., at 19 (2004). 

Earlier this year, we released a Notice 

of Inquiry 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 is announcing public 

hearings for the purpose of taking 

testimony from interested persons. This 

Notice describes the schedule and 

structure for the public hearings. 

Public Hearings. Because both the 

cable and satellite carrier statutory 

licenses have an impact on the 

operations and revenues of a number of 

industries, the Office believes that input 

from all affected industries is critical to 

a balanced and comprehensive report to 

Congress. Consequently, the Office has 

determined that a process involving 

both written comments and open 

hearings is essential to gathering the 

necessary information. We are, 

therefore, announcing the following 

schedule. 

The Office will conduct public 

hearings with interested parties in the 

Copyright Office Hearing Room at the 

Madison Building of the Library of 

Congress beginning on July 23, 2007, 

and running through July 26, 2007, if 

necessary. The format for these hearings 

will resemble the traditional 

Congressional hearing model in that 

there will be panels of witnesses that 

will present testimony to a panel of 

Copyright Office staff, headed by the 

Register of Copyrights. The Register and 

Office staff will ask questions of the 

various persons who testify, and 

interested parties may submit written 

questions to the Office by July 2, 2007, 

which may be addressed to specific 

witnesses, or the witnesses as a whole, 

at the discretion of the Office. 

The public hearings are open to the 

general public. However, in order to 

testify, interested persons must inform 

the Office of their intention to testify no 

later than the close of business on June 

15, 2007. Notification of intention to 

testify must be in written form, either by 

letter or e–mail, and must be in the 

possession of the Copyright Office by 

the close of business on June 15th. 

Because of time constraints, and the 

need for the Copyright Office to 

schedule the panels of witnesses as soon 

as possible, it is recommended that 

persons wishing to testify deliver their 

notification by hand or by e–mail by the 

deadline. Notifications received after 

the June 15th deadline will not be 

accepted, and such person or persons 

will not be allowed to testify. 

The public hearings will begin at 10 

a.m. each morning, and will continue 

until 5 p.m., unless otherwise directed 

by the Register of Copyrights. The Office 

will notify each witness who has filed 

a timely notice of intention to testify 

several days in advance of the date he/ 

she is expected to appear and offer 

testimony. The Office will also notify 

each witness of the other witnesses who 

will appear on his/her panel. Because of 

space limitations in the Copyright Office 

Hearing Room, witnesses are 

encouraged to appear only on the date 

they are scheduled to offer testimony. 

Witnesses may bring with them on the 

day of their testimony a written 

summary of their oral testimony. 

Witnesses who bring such written 

summaries are asked to provide ten 

copies of the written summaries for use 

by the Office and others in attendance 

at the hearing. 

Transcription services of the public 

hearings will be provided by the Office. 

Those parties interested in obtaining 

transcripts of the hearings will need to 

purchase them from the transcription 

service. 

Written Statements. All persons who 

notify the Office of their intention to 

testify must submit a written statement 

of their testimony by the July 2, 2007, 

deadline. We are cognizant that formal 

written comments in response to the 

Office’s Section 109 NOI are also due on 

that date. Parties may submit these 

comments as their testimony, but an 

executive summary of such comments 

also must be submitted by the deadline. 

Because of time limitations, the Office 

encourages parties submitting written 

statements to deliver them to the Office 

by hand or by e–mail on or before the 

deadline. Facsimile transmissions of 

written statements will not be accepted. 


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Parties submitting written statements 

are encouraged to include any and all 

information that they consider relevant 

to the statutory licensing of broadcast 

retransmissions. Parties may also 

include any exhibits that they deem 

relevant. Ten copies of each written 

statement must be submitted by the 

deadline. 

There is no prescribed format for the 

written statements. Parties are 

encouraged to organize their testimony 

in as clear and readable form as 

possible, and to provide a glossary of 

technical terms used in the written 

statement. Parties who do not wish to 

appear at the public hearings are 

nonetheless permitted, and encouraged, 

to submit written statements or 

summaries by the July 2, 2007 deadline. 

Reply Comments. After the close of 

the public hearings, interested parties 

may submit comments in reply to the 

written statements and oral testimony. 

The reply phase is open to all parties, 

and is not limited to those who testified 

at the hearings and/or submitted written 

statements. Reply comments must be in 

the possession of the Copyright Office 

by September 13, 2007. We note that 

this is the date formal reply comments 

to the Section 109 NOI are due. Reply 

comments, then, should respond to the 

formal written comments submitted by 

parties, to the oral and written 

testimony submitted for the hearing, 

and to any other filings parties may 

wish to submit upon completion of the 

hearing. No facsimile transmissions of 

reply comments will be accepted. 

Participation and Filing 

Requirements. Each person wishing to 

testify must submit a formal written 

statement of his/her testimony no later 

than the close of business on July 2, 

2007. Written statements will also be 

accepted from parties who do not wish 

to testify. Summaries of the formal 

written testimony, for purposes of oral 

testimony, may be submitted on the date 

of testimony. In addition, interested 

parties may submit written questions, 

for possible use by panel members of 

the Copyright Office during the course 

of hearings, no later than close of 

business on July 2, 2007. 

After the close of the hearings, 

interested parties may submit written 

reply comments to the testimony offered 

at the hearings, including any proposed 

legislative amendments, no later than 

close of business on September 13, 

2007. 

If hand delivered by a private party, 

an original and five copies of any 

statements or comments should be 

brought to Library of Congress, U.S. 

Copyright Office, Office of General 

Counsel, 101 Independence Ave, 4th 

floor, Washington, D.C. 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 430, 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. If sent by e–mail, please send 

to section109@loc.gov. 

Scope of the Proceeding. In 

accordance with the text of Section 109 

of the SHVERA, the Copyright Office 

will be conducting a global review of 

the cable and satellite carrier statutory 

licenses. The hearing will focus on 

issues related to the retransmission of 

over–the–air broadcast signals. Any 

matters raised in the Section 109 NOI 

are subject to discussion and debate. 

Conclusion 

We hereby provide notice to the 

public on the scheduling of hearings 

associated with Section 109 of the 

SHVERA and the retention, reform, or 

elimination of Sections 111, 119, and 

122 of the Copyright Act. 

Dated: May 14, 2007 

Marybeth Peters, 

Register of Copyrights, 

U.S. Copyright Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–9836 Filed 5–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–S 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY 

National Institute for Literacy Advisory 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting with 

a closed session. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming open meeting of the National 

Institute for Literacy Advisory Board. 

The notice also describes the functions 

of the Committee. Notice of this meeting 

is required by section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of its 

opportunity to attend. 

DATES: June 13–14, 2007. 

TIME: June 13 from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; 

June 14 from 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; closed 

session June 13 from 4:30 p.m.–5:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1775 I St., NW., Suite 730, 

Washington, DC 20006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Langley, Staff Assistant, the 

National Institute for Literacy; 1775 I 

St., NW., Suite 730; phone: (202) 233–

2043; fax: (202) 233–2050; e-mail: 

slangley@nifl.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Institute for Literacy Advisory 

Board is authorized by section 242 of 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

Pub. L. 105–220 (20 U.S.C. 9252). The 

Board consists of 10 individuals 

appointed by the President with the 

advice and consent of the Senate. The 

Board advises and makes 

recommendations to the Interagency 

Group that administers the Institute. 

The Interagency Group is composed of 

the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and 

Health and Human Services. The 

Interagency Group considers the Board’s 

recommendations in planning the goals 

of the Institute and in implementing any 

programs to achieve those goals. 

Specifically, the Board performs the 

following functions: (a) Makes 

recommendations concerning the 

appointment of the Director and the 

staff of the Institute; (b) provides 

independent advice on operation of the 

Institute; and (c) receives reports from 

the Interagency Group and the 

Institute’s Director. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss the Institute’s future and current 

program priorities; status of on-going 

Institute work; other relevant literacy 

activities and issues; and other Board 

business as necessary. 

On June 13, 2007 from 4:30 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m., the Board will meet in closed 

session in order to discuss personnel 

issues. This discussion relates to the 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the Institute, including consideration of 

the Director’s performance and salary. 

The discussion is likely to disclose 

information of a personal nature where 

disclosure would constitute a clearly 


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