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Vol. 74, No. 55 

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 

JOINT BOARD FOR THE 

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment 

of Actuaries. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the 

Joint Board for the Enrollment of 

Actuaries gives notice of a closed 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Actuarial Examinations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 27, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

The Segal Company, 116 Huntington 

Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick W. McDonough, Executive 

Director of the Joint Board for the 

Enrollment of Actuaries, 202–622–8225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Advisory 

Committee on Actuarial Examinations 

will meet at The Segal Company, 116 

Huntington Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, 

MA on April 27, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss topics and questions that may 

be recommended for inclusion on future 

Joint Board examinations in actuarial 

mathematics, pension law and 

methodology referred to in 29 U.S.C. 

1242(a)(1)(B). 

A determination has been made as 

required by section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 

that the subject of the meeting falls 

within the exception to the open 

meeting requirement set forth in Title 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public 

interest requires that such meeting be 

closed to public participation. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Patrick W. McDonough, 

Executive Director, Joint Board for the 

Enrollment of Actuaries. 

[FR Doc. E9–6365 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Urgent 

Removal of Timber 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection, Urgent Removal of Timber. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before May 26, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Director, 

Forest Management, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Mailstop 1103, 

Washington, DC 20250–1103. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 202–205–1045 or by e-mail 

to: urgentremoval@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the Office of the Director, 

Forest Management, Third Floor, 

Southwest Wing, Yates Building, 201 

14th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

during normal business hours. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 202– 

205–1496 to facilitate entry to the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lathrop Smith, Forest Management 

staff, at 202–205–0858. Individuals who 

use telecommunication devices for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Urgent Removal of Timber. 

OMB Number: 0596–0167. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2009. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision. 

Abstract: Regulations at 36 CFR 

223.53 allow timber sale purchasers to 

ask for extensions of certain National 

Forest timber sale contracts when the 

manufacturing facilities or logging 

equipment capacity available to 

purchasers are insufficient to provide 

for both the rapid harvest of damaged 

non-National Forest System (NFS) 

timber in need of expeditious removal 

and the continued harvest of 

undamaged (green) timber under 

contract with the Forest Service. When 

requesting an urgent removal extension, 

purchasers are required to provide 

documentation supporting the need. 

The collected information is necessary 

for the contracting officer to make a 

determination as to whether the 

purchaser meets the conditions for 

receiving an urgent removal extension 

on one or more NFS timber sale 

contracts. 

The intent of this information 

collection is to assure that provisions of 

timber sale contracts allowing 

extensions of time for harvest of NFS 

timber are consistent with the 

requirements of the National Forest 

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 472a), 

while: 

• Minimizing loss of NFS timber 

adjacent to other timber infested with 

insects and disease or damaged by fire; 

• Reduce the threat to public safety 

and property resulting from such 

catastrophic events; and 

• Promote the wise use and 

conservation of natural resources. 

The National Forest Management Act 

requires that extensions of contract time 

shall not be granted unless ‘‘the 

purchaser has diligently performed in 

accordance with an approved plan of 

operation or that the substantial 

overriding public interest justifies the 

extension.’’ Regulations at 36 CFR 

223.115 mirror the National Forest 

Management Act. 

Regulations at 36 CFR 223.53(b) 

required the Regional Forester to verify 

in writing that: (1) A specific 

catastrophe occurred for which urgent 

removal extensions should be granted; 

and (2) Failure to harvest the damaged 

non-NFS timber promptly could result 

in the following: (i) Pose a threat to 

public safety, (ii) Create a threat of an 

insect or disease epidemic to NFS or 

other lands or resources, or (iii) 

Significant private or other public 

resource loss. 

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