Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 37 / Thursday, February 26, 2009 / Notices 8813 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cooperative Research 

Group on Diesel Aftertreatment 

Accelerated Aging Cycles—HeavyDuty 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 2, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Southwest Research Institute 

Cooperative Research Group on Diesel 

Aftertreatment Accelerated Aging 

Cycles—Heavy-Duty (‘‘DAAAC–HD’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture and (2) the 

nature and objectives of the venture. 

The notifications were filed for the 

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. 

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the identities of the parties to the 

venture are: Doosan Infracore, Incheon, 

Republic of Korea; Isuzu Motors 

Limited, Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Lubrizol 

Corporation, Wickliffe, OH; MTtJ, 

Friedrichshafen, Germany; Navistar Inc., 

Melrose Park, IL; Scania, Sodertalje, 

Sweden; and Umicore, Catoosa, OK. The 

purpose and the nature of DAAAC–HD 

is to develop a methodology and 

procedures for accelerating heavy duty 

diesel aftertreatment systems aging for 

heavy-duty diesel engine applications, 

such as emission components and 

systems. The procedures to be 

developed will aim to dramatically 

shorten durability testing times. In 

addition, these procedures can be used 

by the industry to determine the most 

effective emissions systems for their 

heavy-duty diesel engine applications. It 

is anticipated that the central 

component of the accelerated aging 

procedure will be a cycle that would 

expose diesel aftertreatment systems to 

exhaust at an elevated temperature. In 

addition, such exhaust will have a 

chemical composition that would 

accelerate the aftertreatment system 

aging. 

Membership in this research group 

remains open, and DAAAC–HD intends 

to file additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership or 

planned activities. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–4026 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1997.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

April 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628. 

(This is not a toll free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally 

representative sample of persons who 

were born in the years 1980 to 1984. 

These respondents were ages 12–17 

when the first round of annual 

interviews began in 1997; the thirteenth 

round of annual interviews will be 

conducted from September 2009 to May 

2010. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) contracts with the National 

Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the 

University of Chicago to conduct the 

NLSY97. The primary objective of the 

survey is to study the transition from 

schooling to the establishment of careers 

and families. The longitudinal focus of 

this survey requires information to be 

collected from the same individuals 

over many years in order to trace their 

education, training, work experience, 

fertility, income, and program 

participation. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 

relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. Research 

based on the NLSY97 contributes to the 

formation of national policy in the areas 

of education, training, employment 

programs, and school-to-work 

transitions. In addition to the reports 

that the BLS produces based on data 

from the NLSY97, members of the 

academic community publish articles 

and reports based on NLSY97 data for 

the DOL and other funding agencies. To 

date, more than 90 articles examining 

NLSY97 data have been published in 

scholarly journals. The survey design 

provides data gathered from the same 

respondents over time to form the only 

data set that contains this type of 

information for this important 

population group. Without the 

collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal data set could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

round 13 of annual interviews of the 

NLSY97. Respondents to the NLSY97 

will undergo an interview of 

approximately 65 minutes during which 

they will answer questions about 

schooling and labor market experiences, 

family relationships, and community 

background. 

During the fielding period for the 

main round 13 interviews, about 2 

percent of respondents will be asked to 

participate in a brief validation