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implementing to enhance the success 

prospects of POCCs, including 

streamlining reporting requirements? 

James Kohlenberger, 

Chief of Staff, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy. 

Diana Farrell, 

Deputy Assistant to the President for 

Economic Policy, National Economic Council. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6606 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–61692; File No. SR–OCC– 

2010–03] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The 

Options Clearing Corporation; Notice 

of Filing of Proposed Rule Change 

Relating to ETFS Palladium Shares and 

ETFS Platinum Shares 

Correction 

In notice document 2010–5914 

beginning on page 13169 in the issue of 

Thursday, March 18, 2010 make the 

following correction: 

On page 13169, in the first column, 

the docket number is corrected to read 

as it appears above. 

[FR Doc. C1–2010–5914 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold an open meeting 

on March 30, 2010 at 2 p.m., in the 

Auditorium, Room L–002, and a closed 

meeting on March 30, 2010 at 3 p.m. 

The subject matter of the March 30, 

2010 open meeting will be: 

The Commission will hear oral 

argument in an appeal by vFinance 

Investments, Inc., a registered brokerdealer (the ‘‘Firm’’), and Richard 

Campanella, the Firm’s former chief 

compliance officer (together with the 

Firm, ‘‘Respondents’’) from the decision 

of an administrative law judge. The law 

judge found that the Firm willfully 

violated Section 17(a) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 17a– 

4(b)(4) and 17a–4(j) thereunder, by 

failing to preserve and promptly 

produce electronic communications, 

and that Campanella willfully aided and 

abetted and caused these violations. The 

law judge ordered Respondents to cease 

and desist, censured Campanella, and 

fined the Firm $100,000 and 

Campanella $30,000. 

The subject matter of the March 30, 

2010 closed meeting will be: 

Post argument discussion. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) 

and (10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matter at the closed meeting. 

Commissioner Aguilar, as duty 

officer, voted to consider the item listed 

for the closed meeting in a closed 

session. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have 

been added, deleted or postponed, 

please contact: 

The Office of the Secretary at (202) 

551–5400. 

Dated: March 23, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6711 Filed 3–23–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6930] 

Executive Order 11423, as Amended; 

Notice of Receipt of Application To 

Amend the Presidential Permit for the 

Nogales-Mariposa International Border 

Crossing on the U.S.-Mexico Border 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

hereby gives notice that, on March 12, 

2010, it received from the General 

Services Administration (GSA) an 

application to amend the Presidential 

permit that the Department issued in 

2005 to the Arizona Department of 

Transportation for the Nogales-Mariposa 

port of entry (Mariposa) at Nogales, 

Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. 

GSA intends to remodel and expand the 

existing border crossing. GSA’s 

application to the Department is in 

keeping with the determination that 

GSA is generally the appropriate 

permittee for at-grade (i.e., those not 

located along the Rio Grande), federally 

owned border crossings along the U.S.- 

Mexico border. The Department and 

GSA agree that an amendment of the 

existing Presidential permit is required 

in this case because GSA’s project 

would widen the piercing of the border 

and would formally establish Mariposa 

as a border crossing for pedestrians. 

According to the application, 

approximately 45% of the produce 

consumed in the United States during 

winter months crosses at Mariposa. In 

2008, $12.85 billion of merchandise 

entered through the crossing, an 

increase of $8.25 billion over the total 

for 1995. The inadequacies of the 

existing facility cause long delays for 

commercial traffic during peak times. 

When it opened about 35 years ago, 

Mariposa was designed to accommodate 

450 commercial vehicles per day. 

Currently, the port processes 

approximately 1,000 commercial 

vehicles per day. This figure is expected 

to increase to 1,730 per day by 2030. 

Furthermore, Mariposa was not 

designed to accommodate pedestrians 

and buses; lack of pedestrian facilities 

results in pedestrians crossing an active 

roadway to enter the U.S. facility. 

Inspection areas are too small to meet 

production standards, vehicle 

circulation routes are insufficient to 

efficiently move traffic, and critical 

security and operational facilities are 

poor and lacking. GSA’s $199 million 

project is funded by the American 

Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 

and is a priority project for both GSA 

and the Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security because of the 

crossing’s importance to trade and its 

inability to facilitate current traffic 

flows safely and efficiently. 

The Department’s jurisdiction over 

this application is based upon Executive 

Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as 

amended. As provided in E.O. 11423, 

the Department is circulating this 

application to relevant federal and state 

agencies for review and comment. 

Under E.O. 11423, the Department has 

the responsibility to determine, taking 

into account input from these agencies 

and other stakeholders, whether 

amending the Presidential permit for 

this border crossing would be in the 

U.S. national interest. 

DATES: Interested members of the public 

are invited to submit written comments 

regarding this application on or before 

April 29, 2010 to Stewart Tuttle, U.S.- 

Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator via 

e-mail at WHA–BorderAffairs@state.gov 

or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs— 

Room 3909, Department of State, 2201 

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C St., NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

Please note that internal processing 

often results in delayed delivery of 

standard mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border 

Affairs Coordinator via e-mail at WHA– 

BorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at 

202–647–9894; or by mail at Office of 

Mexican Affairs—Room 3909, 

Department of State, 2201 C St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20520. General 

information about Presidential Permits 

is available on the Internet at http:// 

www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

application and supporting documents 

are available for review in the Office of 

Mexican Affairs during normal business 

hours. 

Dated: March 19, 2010. 

Alex Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6638 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6929] 

Waiver of Restriction on Assistance to 

the Central Government of Algeria 

Pursuant to section 7086(c)(2) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division F, 

Pub. L. 111–117) (‘‘the Act’’), and 

Department of State Delegation of 

Authority Number 245–1, I hereby 

determine that it is important to the 

national interest of the United States to 

waive the requirements of section 

7086(c)(1) of the Act with respect to the 

Government of Algeria, and I hereby 

waive such restriction. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress, and published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

Jacob J. Lew, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6641 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–31–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year 

2010 Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw 

Cane Sugar 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

providing notice of country-by-country 

reallocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2010 

in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota 

(TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 25, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or 

delivered to Leslie O’Connor, Director of 

Agricultural Affairs, Office of 

Agricultural Affairs, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative, 600 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie O’Connor, Office of Agricultural 

Affairs, 202–395–6127. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Additional U.S. Note 5 to chapter 17 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTS), the United 

States maintains TRQs for imports of 

raw cane and refined sugar. 

Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay 

Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 

3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to 

allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ 

for any agricultural product among 

supplying countries or customs areas. 

The President delegated this authority 

to the United States Trade 

Representative under Presidential 

Proclamation 6763 (60 FR 1007). 

On September 29, 2009, the Secretary 

of Agriculture established the FY 2010 

TRQ for imported raw cane sugar at the 

minimum amount to which the United 

States committed to pursuant to the 

World Trade Organization (WTO) 

Uruguay Round Agreements (1,117,195 

metric tons raw value (MTRV)). On 

October 6, 2009, USTR provided notice 

of country-by-country allocations of the 

FY 2010 in-quota quantity of the TRQ 

for imported raw cane sugar. Based on 

consultation with quota holders, USTR 

has determined to reallocate 81,946 

MTRV of the original TRQ quantity from 

those countries that have stated they 

will be unable to fill their FY 2010 

allocated raw cane sugar quantities. 

USTR is allocating the 81,946 MTRV to 

the following countries in the amounts 

specified below: 

Country FY 2010 

reallocation 

Argentina .............................. 3,729 

Australia ................................ 7,197 

Belize .................................... 954 

Bolivia ................................... 694 

Brazil ..................................... 12,574 

Colombia ............................... 2,081 

Costa Rica ............................ 1,301 

Dominican Republic .............. 15,262 

Ecuador ................................ 954 

El Salvador ........................... 2,255 

Guatemala ............................ 4,162 

Country FY 2010 

reallocation 

Guyana ................................. 1,041 

Honduras .............................. 867 

India ...................................... 694 

Jamaica ................................ 954 

Malawi ................................... 867 

Mozambique ......................... 1,127 

Nicaragua ............................. 1,821 

Panama ................................ 2,515 

Peru ...................................... 3,555 

Philippines ............................ 11,706 

South Africa .......................... 1,994 

Swaziland ............................. 1,387 

Thailand ................................ 1,214 

Zimbabwe ............................. 1,041 

These allocations are based on the 

countries’ historical shipments to the 

United States. The allocations of the raw 

cane sugar TRQ to countries that are net 

importers of sugar are conditioned on 

receipt of the appropriate verifications 

of origin and certificates for quota 

eligibility must accompany imports 

from any country for which an 

allocation has been provided. 

Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 

1.10231125 short tons. 

Ronald Kirk, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6599 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W0–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments Concerning an 

Environmental Review of the Proposed 

Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct an 

environmental review of the proposed 

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade 

agreement and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This publication gives notice 

that the Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR), through 

the Trade Policy Staff Committee 

(TPSC), is initiating an environmental 

review of the proposed Trans-Pacific 

Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) 

between the United States and the other 

countries currently involved in TPP 

negotiations. The TPSC is requesting 

written comments from the public on 

what should be included in the scope of 

the environmental review, including the 

potential environmental effects that 

might flow from the trade agreement 

and the potential implications for U.S. 

environmental laws and regulations. 

The TPSC is also requesting 

identification of potential 

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