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Regulatory Policy Division, Telephone 

202/482–2440, E-mail 

squarter@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

President Obama’s August 2009 call 

for broad-based review and 

modernization of U.S. export controls 

presented the Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) a strategic opportunity to 

reach out to regulated groups such as 

small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 

regarding their experience with the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR). More recently, the President’s 

National Export Initiative (NEI) 

announced in January 2010 focuses on 

expanding trade advocacy and 

opportunities, particularly for SMEs. 

Pursuant to the NEI, the Commerce 

Department’s International Trade 

Administration will seek to increase the 

number of SMEs exporting over the next 

five years. BIS continues to develop the 

agency’s commitment to addressing 

SMEs’ concerns through its outreach 

efforts. At its October 2009 annual 

Update Conference on Export Controls, 

BIS led a roundtable discussion on 

SMEs’ export compliance concerns. 

In this notice of inquiry (NOI), BIS is 

soliciting information regarding SMEs’ 

understanding of and compliance with 

the EAR. BIS intends to use the 

information to evaluate the need for 

innovations and revisions that will 

enhance SMEs’ understanding of and 

compliance with the EAR. Given SMEs’ 

strategic position in export trade, the 

EAR must continue to address SMEs’ 

concerns in a manner that promotes 

compliance without adversely affecting 

competitiveness. Ultimately, the agency 

seeks to administer and enforce export 

controls in a manner that protects U.S. 

national security while facilitating and 

even increasing legitimate trade 

involving SMEs and the exporting 

community in general. 

It is important to BIS to identify and 

address issues that impact a range of 

SMEs’ understanding of and compliance 

with the EAR. BIS intends that this NOI 

will yield useful input not only from 

and about enterprises with extensive 

experience in export trade but also from 

and about enterprises less familiar and 

less experienced in export trade. 

Unlike for small businesses or 

enterprises, there is no widely accepted 

or agreed upon definition of medium 

enterprises. However, industry and 

government entities have made progress 

in incorporating the consideration of 

medium enterprises in matters of global 

trade. 

In formulating an appropriate 

definition of SMEs for purposes of this 

NOI, BIS reviewed relevant data from 

U.S. Government, industry, and 

international sources, including the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

(USITC), the U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of 

the Census, and the European 

Commission. In particular, a recent 

USITC report, Small and Medium-Sized 

Enterprises: Overview of Participation 

in U.S. Exports (USITC Publication 

4125, January 2010), and the SBA Office 

of Advocacy’s analysis on which it 

draws offer helpful guidance in defining 

SMEs. Based on the USITC report, the 

related analysis from the SBA’s Office of 

Advocacy, and the SBA’s definition of 

‘‘business concern’’ (13 CFR 121.105), 

BIS defines SMEs for purposes of this 

NOI as enterprises with fewer than 500 

employees, organized for profit, and 

independently operated and established 

within the United States. Given the 

range of sectors that participate in dualuse exports, BIS does not believe that a 

revenue threshold is appropriate. BIS 

welcomes comments regarding this 

definition. 

Comments that identify issues and 

make recommendations regarding 

SMEs’ awareness and understanding of 

the EAR, as well as their experiences 

complying with the EAR, will be 

instructive. BIS invites the public also 

to submit comments on the following: 

(1) The principal challenges SMEs 

face in trying to comply with the EAR, 

including any challenges that SMEs 

uniquely face and approaches to 

overcoming these challenges; 

(2) The value of current BIS outreach, 

education and counseling to SMEs in 

understanding and complying with the 

EAR; 

(3) Ways to improve or expand SMEs’ 

awareness, knowledge and 

understanding of the EAR and increase 

their capacity to comply with them; and 

(4) Data, including comparative 

international data, that support 

comments and recommendations related 

to items (1) through (3) above; and that 

provide examples of effective methods 

of administering and enforcing export 

controls with special attention to SMEs. 

Comments should be submitted to BIS 

as described in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice by December 6, 2010. BIS 

will consider all comments submitted in 

response to this NOI that are received 

before the close of the comment period. 

Comments received after the end of the 

comment period will be considered if 

possible, but their consideration cannot 

be assured. BIS will not accept public 

comments accompanied by a request 

that a part or all of the material be 

treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. BIS will return such 

comments and materials to the persons 

submitting the comments and will not 

consider them. All public comments in 

response to this NOI must be in writing 

(including fax or email) and will be a 

matter of public record, and will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying on the BIS Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room 

Web site at http://bis.doc.gov/foia/ 

default.htm. 

Dated: September 27, 2010. 

Kevin J. Wolf, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request: Rules 

Pertaining to Contract Markets and 

Their Members 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the CFTC is planning to submit the 

following proposed Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB): Rules 

Pertaining to Contract Markets and 

Their Members; [OMB Control Number 

3038–0022]. Before submitting the ICR 

to OMB for review and approval, the 

CFTC is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

David Van Wagner, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Division of 

Market Oversight, 202–418–5481, fax 

202–418–5507, e-mail 

dvanwagner@cftc.gov. Refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Van Wagner at 202–418–5481, fax 

202–418–5507, e-mail 

dvanwagner@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Affected Entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are registered 

entities (designated contract markets, 

registered derivatives transaction 

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execution facilities and registered 

derivatives clearing organizations) 

planning to implement new rules and 

rule amendments by either seeking prior 

approval or (for most rules) certifying to 

the Commission that such rules or rule 

amendments do not violate the Act or 

Commission regulations. Rules 40.2, 

40.3, 40.4, 40.5 and 40.6 implement 

these statutory provisions. 

Title: Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request: Rules Pertaining to Contract 

Markets and Their Members. 

Abstract: Section 5c(c) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 7a– 

2(c), establishes procedures for 

registered entities (designated contract 

markets, registered derivatives 

transaction execution facilities and 

registered derivatives clearing 

organizations) to implement new rules 

and rule amendments by either seeking 

prior approval or (for most rules) 

certifying to the Commission that such 

rules or rule amendments do not violate 

the Act or Commission regulations. 

Rules 40.4, 40.5 and 40.6 implement 

these statutory provisions. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). 

The Commission would like to solicit 

comments to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Commission, including 

whether the information will have a 

practical use; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Commission’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Burden of Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 2.53 hours per response. These 

estimates include the time needed to 

review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining information 

and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train 

personnel to be able to respond to a 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

12,272. 

Estimated number of responses 

annually: 307,179. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 777,345 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining information 

and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train 

personnel to be able to respond to a 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

Dated: September 30, 2010. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Advisory Committee; Reserve 

Forces Policy Board (RFPB) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board; 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announces that the Reserve 

Forces Policy Board (RFPB) will meet 

on November 9, 2010, in Arlington, VA. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, from 7:30 

a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Rm. 3E863, Pentagon, Arlington, VA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt 

Col Julie A. Small, Designated Federal 

Officer, (703) 697–4486 (Voice), (703) 

693–5371 (Facsimile), RFPB@osd.mil. 

Mailing address: Reserve Forces 

Policy Board, 7300 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–7300. Web site: 

http://ra.defense.gov/rfpb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting 

An open meeting of the Reserve 

Forces Policy Board. 

Agenda 

The Board, acting through the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Reserve Affairs, is the principal policy 

advisor to the Secretary of Defense on 

matters relating to the Reserve 

Components. The Board will set forth 

the 2011 meeting schedule focusing on 

concerns regarding the future of the 

Reserve Components. 

Meeting Accessibility 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 

through 102–3.165, and the availability 

of space, this meeting is open to the 

public. To request a seat, contact the 

Designated Federal Officer not later than 

October 26, 2010, at 703–697–4486, or 

by e-mail, RFPB@osd.mil. 

Written Statements 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the membership of the 

Reserve Forces Policy Board at any time 

or in response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. Written statements 

should be submitted to the Reserve 

Forces Policy Board’s Designated 

Federal Officer. The Designated Federal 

Officer’s contact information can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

Written statements that do not pertain 

to a scheduled meeting of the Reserve 

Forces Policy Board may be submitted 

at any time. However, if individual 

comments pertain to a specific topic 

being discussed at a planned meeting 

then these statements must be submitted 

no later than five business days prior to 

the meeting in question. The Designated 

Federal Officer will review all 

submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all the committee 

members. 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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