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relating to the proposed exemptions in 

this rulemaking. Interested parties are 

invited to submit requests to testify at 

these hearings. The date for the hearing 

in Palo Alto, CA is May 1, 2009. The 

dates for the Washington, DC hearings 

are May 6, May 7, and May 8, 2009. 

Depending on the number of requests to 

testify received by the Copyright Office, 

it may not be necessary to conduct 

hearings on all of the available days. 

The hearings will be organized by 

subject matter, and while the Copyright 

Office will attempt to accommodate 

preferences for particular dates, such 

accommodations may not be possible. 

Requirements for persons desiring to 

testify: 

A request to testify must be submitted 

to the Copyright Office. All requests to 

testify must clearly identify: 

• the name of the person desiring to 

testify, 

• the organization or organizations 

represented, if any, 

• contact information (address, 

telephone, and email), 

• the class of work on which you 

wish to testify (if you wish to testify on 

more than one proposed class of work, 

please state your order of preference), 

• a brief summary of your proposed 

testimony, 

• a description of any audiovisual 

material or demonstrative evidence, if 

any, that you intend to present, 

• a description of any material you 

intend to distribute, if any, at the 

hearing, 

• the location of the hearing at which 

you wish to testify (Washington, DC or 

Palo Alto, CA), 

• dates on which you wish to testify 

in order of preference. Note: Because the 

agenda will be organized based on 

subject matter, we cannot guarantee that 

we can accommodate requests to testify 

on particular dates. 

Depending on the number and nature of the 

requests to testify, it is possible that the 

Office will not be able to accommodate all 

requests to testify. 

All persons who submit a timely 

request to testify will receive 

confirmation by email or telephone. The 

Copyright Office will notify all 

witnesses of the date and expected time 

of their appearance, and the time 

allocated for their testimony. 

Addresses for requests to testify: 

Requests to testify must be submitted 

via the Copyright Office’s website form 

located at http://www.copyright.gov/ 

1201/ and must be received by 5:00 p.m. 

E.D.T. on Friday, April 3, 2009. Persons 

who are unable to send requests via the 

website should contact Rob Kasunic, 

Principal Legal Advisor, Office of the 

General Counsel at (202) 707–8380 to 

make alternative arrangements for 

submission of their requests to testify. 

Form and limits on testimony at public 

hearings: 

There will be time limits on the 

testimony allowed for persons testifying 

that will be established after receiving 

all requests to testify. In order to avoid 

duplicative and cumulative testimony 

and to ensure that all relevant issues 

and viewpoints are addressed, the 

Office encourages parties with similar 

interests to select common 

representatives to testify on behalf of a 

particular position. A timely request to 

testify does not guarantee an 

opportunity to testify at these hearings. 

The Copyright Office stresses that 

factual arguments are at least as 

important as legal arguments. The 

hearings provide an opportunity to 

explain and, in some cases, demonstrate 

the factual basis of an argument. The 

Copyright Office encourages persons 

who wish to testify to provide 

demonstrations of particular problems 

or solutions as supplements to 

testimony. While testimony from 

attorneys who can articulate legal 

arguments in support of or in opposition 

to a proposed exempted class of works 

is useful, testimony from witnesses who 

can explain and demonstrate pertinent 

facts is strongly encouraged by the 

Office. 

If audiovisual demonstrations or 

handouts will be used at any hearing, 

the Copyright Office requires 

submission of such materials to the 

Copyright Office 48 hours prior to the 

hearing in order to make this 

information available to the other 

witnesses on the same panel, and to 

ensure technological compatibility. If a 

demonstration will consist of 

proprietary hardware or software, 

witnesses may need to provide 

representative handouts to be 

distributed to other witnesses prior to 

the hearing. 

An LCD projector and screen will be 

available in the hearing rooms. Other 

electronic or audiovisual equipment 

necessary for a presentation should be 

brought by the person testifying. 

Persons intending to bring such 

equipment into the Library of Congress, 

e.g., laptops, slide projectors, etc., are 

encouraged to give the Office advance 

notice and to arrive early in order to 

clear security screening by the Library 

police. 

The Office intends to organize 

individual sessions of the hearings 

around particular or related classes of 

works proposed for exemption. If a 

request to testify involves more than one 

proposed exemption or related 

exemption, please specify, in order of 

preference, the proposed exemptions on 

which you would prefer to testify. 

Following receipt of the requests to 

testify, the Copyright Office will prepare 

an agenda of the hearings which will be 

posted on the Copyright Office website 

at: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/. 

The Copyright Office will also provide 

additional information on directions 

and parking for all persons testifying at 

the Palo Alto, CA round of hearings. To 

facilitate this process, it is essential that 

all of the required information listed 

above be included in a request to testify. 

Dated: March 4, 2009 

David O. Carson, 

Copyright General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–4913 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–S 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 09–08] 

Notice of the March 11, 2009 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine 

Act Meeting—Correction 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 

Wednesday, March 11, 2009. 

PLACE: Department of State, 2201 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on the meeting may be 

obtained from Romell Cummings via email at Board@mcc.gov or by telephone 

at (202) 521–3600. 

STATUS: Meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board 

of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(‘‘MCC’’) will hold a meeting to discuss 

issues related to suspension and/or 

termination of Compact programs with 

certain countries eligible for assistance 

under the Millennium Challenge Act of 

2003 (MCA); discuss progress on 

proposed and existing Compacts with 

certain MCA-eligible countries; discuss 

MCC’s budget outlook for FY 2009 and 

2010; discuss MCC’s Threshold 

Program; and consider certain 

administrative matters. The agenda 

items are expected to involve the 

consideration of classified information 

and the meeting will be closed to the 

public. These agenda items have been 

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country selection, and MCC’s policy on 

suspension and termination which 

appeared in the Federal Register notice 

published Friday, February 27, 2009. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

Henry C. Pitney, 

(Acting) Vice President and General Counsel, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–4993 Filed 3–5–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: National Mediation Board. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of 

Administration, invites comments on 

the proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments within 30 days from 

the date of this publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) provide interested Federal 

agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Chief 

Information Officer, Finance and 

Administration Department, publishes 

that notice containing proposed 

information collection requests prior to 

submission of these requests to OMB. 

Each proposed information collection 

contains the following: (1) Type of 

review requested, e.g., new, revision 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Record keeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment. 

Currently, the National Mediation 

Board is soliciting comments 

concerning the new collection of 

information in the form of Request for 

Arbitration Panel for Airline System 

Boards of Adjustment, Request for 

Public Law Board Member, Arbitration 

Services—Pay Voucher for Personal 

Services, Arbitration Services—Official 

Travel/Referee Compensation 

Authorization, Neutral’s Report of 

Activity Arbitration Services—Personal 

Data Sheet and is interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 

the proper functions of the agency; (2) 

will this information be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might the agency enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might the 

agency minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

June D. W. King, 

Director, Office of Administration, National 

Mediation Board. 

A. Request for Arbitration Panel for 

Airline System Boards of Adjustment 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Title: Request for Arbitration Panel for 

Airlines System Boards of Adjustment. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Airline Carrier and 

Union Officials. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: Estimate about 80 annually. 

Burden Hours: 20. 

Abstract: Section 183 of the Railway 

Labor Act, 45 U.S.C., 183, provides that 

the parties to the labor-management 

disputes in the airline industry must 

have a procedure for the resolution of 

disputes involving the interpretation or 

application of provisions of the 

collective bargaining agreement. The 

Railway Labor Act mentions system 

board of adjustment or arbitration 

boards as the mechanism for resolution 

and is silent as to how the neutral 

arbitrator is to be selected if the parties 

are unable to agree on an individual. 

The National Mediation Board provides 

panels of arbitrators to help the parties 

in their selection of an arbitrator. 

This form is necessary to assist the 

parties in this process. The parties 

invoke the process through the 

submission of this form. The brief 

information is necessary for the NMB to 

perform this important function. 

B. Request for Public Law Board 

Member 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Title: Request for Public Law Board 

Member. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Carrier and Union 

Officials of railroads. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: Estimate 15 annually. 

Burden Hours: 3.75. 

Abstract: Section 153, Second, of the 

Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. 153, 

Second, governs procedures to be 

followed by carriers and representatives 

of employees in the establishment and 

functioning of special adjustment 

boards. These special adjustment boards 

are referred to as public law boards 

(board). The statute provides that within 

thirty (30) days from the date a written 

request is made by an employee 

representative or carrier official for the 

establishment of a board, an agreement 

establishing such board shall be made. 

If, however, one party fails to designate 

a member of the board, the party making 

the request may ask the NMB to 

designate a member on behalf of the 

other party. The NMB must designate 

the representative who, together with 

the other party constitutes the public 

board. It will be the task of these two 

individuals to decide on the terms of the 

agreement. If these individuals are 

unable to decide upon the terms, the 

Railway Labor Act provides that one of 

these parties may request that the NMB 

designate a neutral to resolve the 

remaining matters which are procedural 

issues. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1207.2, 

requests for the NMB to appoint either 

representatives or neutrals must be 

made on printed forms which may be 

secured from the NMB. 

This form is necessary for the NMB to 

fulfill its statutory responsibilities. 

Without this information, the NMB 

would not be able to assist the railroad 

labor and management representatives 

in resolving disputes, which is contrary 

to the intent of the Railway Labor Act. 

C. Arbitration Services—Official 

Travel/Referee Compensation 

Authorization 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Title: Arbitration Services—Official 

Travel/Referee Compensation 

Authorization. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Arbitrators. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: Approximately 624 

annually. 

Burden Hours: 156. 

Abstract: Section 153, First and 

Second of the Railway Labor Act, 45 

U.S.C. 153, First and Second, provide 

that the NMB shall compensate 

arbitrators who resolve the resolves 

under these sections of the Act. The 

arbitrator must submit a written request, 

in advance, for authorization to be 

compensated for work to be performed. 

The arbitrator must obtain authorization 

before performing work. This form is the 


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