17450 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / Notices 

Draft Agenda of the May 6, 2009, 

Meeting of AAQTF* 

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 

A. Welcome to Fresno. 

B. Discussion of California Air 

Quality Issues. 

C. Discussion of Greenhouse Gas. 

D. Public Comments. 

(Time will be reserved on May 6 to 

receive public comment. Individual 

presentations will be limited to 5 

minutes). 

Thursday, May 7, 2009 

D. Discussion of Engine Emissions 

and Regulations. 

E. Discussion of Reactive Nitrogen. 

F. Discussion of Subcommittee 

Recommendations 

G. Next Meeting, Time and Place. 

*Please note that the timing of events 

in the agenda is subject to change to 

accommodate changing schedules of 

expected speakers. 

Procedural 

This meeting is open to the public. At 

the discretion of the Chair, members of 

the public may give oral presentations 

during the meeting. Those persons 

wishing to make oral presentations 

should register in person at the meeting 

site. Those wishing to distribute written 

materials at the meeting (in conjunction 

with spoken comments) must bring 50 

copies of the materials with them. 

Written materials for distribution to 

AAQTF members prior to the meeting 

must be received by Ms. Laur no later 

than April 20, 2009. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, please contact 

Ms. Laur. The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) prohibits 

discrimination in its programs and 

activities on the basis of race, color, 

national origin, gender, religion, age, 

sexual orientation, or disability. 

Additionally, discrimination on the 

basis of political beliefs and marital or 

family status is also prohibited by 

statutes enforced by USDA (not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs). 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternate means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

the USDA Target Center at (202) 720– 

2000 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 25, 

2009. 

Dave White, 

Acting Chief. 

[FR Doc. E9–8538 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Changes to the 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service’s National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices for 

public review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intention of NRCS to issue a series of 

revised conservation practice standards 

in its National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices. These standards 

include: Anaerobic Digester (Code 366); 

Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) 

Application (Code 450); Brush 

Management (Code 314); Fish Raceway 

or Tank (Code 398); Irrigation Ditch 

Lining (Code 428); Irrigation Pipeline 

(Code 430); Irrigation Reservoir (Code 

436); Surface Drain, Field Ditch (Code 

607); Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral 

(Code 608); Roof Runoff Structure (Code 

558); and Surface Roughening (Code 

609). NRCS State Conservationists who 

choose to adopt these practices for use 

within their States will incorporate 

them into Section IV of their respective 

electronic Field Office Technical 

Guides. These practices may be used in 

conservation systems that treat highly 

erodible land or on land determined to 

be a wetland. 

DATES: Effective Dates: Comments will 

be received for a 30-day period, 

commencing with this date of 

publication. Final versions of these new 

or revised conservation practice 

standards will be adopted after the close 

of the 30-day period, and after 

consideration of all comments. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

1. In Writing to: National Agricultural 

Engineer, NRCS, Post Office Box 2890, 

Washington, DC 20013–2890; or 

2. Electronically via e-mail to: 

Wayne.Bogovich@wdc.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of 

these standards can be downloaded or 

printed from the following Web site: 

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NHQ/ 

practice-standards/federal-register/. 

Single copies of paper versions of these 

standards also are available from NRCS 

in Washington, DC. Submit individual 

inquiries in writing to Wayne Bogovich, 

National Agricultural Engineer, NRCS, 

Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-South, 

Washington, DC 20013–2890; or e-mail: 

wayne.bogovich@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

amount of the proposed changes varies 

considerably for each of the 

Conservation Practice Standards 

addressed in this notice. To fully 

understand the proposed changes, 

individuals are encouraged to compare 

these changes with each standard’s 

current version shown at: http:// 

www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

Standards/nhcp.html. To aid in this 

comparison, following are highlights of 

the proposed revisions to each standard: 

Anaerobic Digester (Code 366)—Two 

existing practice standards were 

combined (Anaerobic Digester— 

Ambient Temperature (Code 365) and 

Anaerobic Digester—Controlled 

Temperature (Code 366) into a revised 

366 Anaerobic Digester standard. Every 

section of this standard has been edited 

to ensure that it addresses all types of 

anaerobic digesters. 

Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) 

Application (Code 450)—The title was 

changed from ‘‘PAM Erosion Control.’’ 

Safety and Health considerations and 

references were added. 

Brush Management (Code 314)— 

Substantial changes are proposed to this 

practice standard. Prescribed burning is 

removed as a brush management 

treatment. Only chemical, mechanical, 

and biological treatments are included. 

Prescribed burning for brush 

management purposes is covered in the 

Prescribed Burning (Code 338) standard. 

In the Purpose Section, wildfire hazard 

reduction has changed to be more 

comprehensive. In the criteria section, 

use of Ecological Site Descriptions has 

been added as a requirement. Further, 

the criteria section was enhanced to 

specifically address wildlife concerns. 

The plans and specifications section has 

been expanded to include requirements 

for monitoring. 

Fish Raceway or Tank (Code 398)— 

For the most part, only minor editorial 

or grammatical changes have been made 

to this standard. The only significant 

change within the standard was to 

remove the exclusion of hatchery 

operations from the Conditions Where 

Practice Applies section. NRCS reviews 

standards periodically to ensure they 

are still current; this was primarily the 

situation for this standard. 


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Irrigation Ditch Lining (Code 428)— 

The title changed from ‘‘Irrigation Water 

Conveyance, Ditch and Canal Lining,’’ 

combining the three previous separate 

standards for Plain Concrete (A), 

Flexible Membrane (B), and Galvanized 

Steel (C). Criteria for Chemical Linings 

and references were added. 

430 Irrigation Pipeline (Code 430)— 

The title was changed from ‘‘Irrigation 

Water Conveyance, Pipeline, (various),’’ 

combining six previous separate 

standards for Aluminum Tubing (AA), 

Nonreinforced Concrete (CC), HighPressure, Underground Plastic (DD), 

Low-Pressure, Underground Plastic 

(EE), Steel (FF), and Reinforced Plastic 

Mortar (GG). The standard for AsbestosCement Pipe (BB) was deleted. Criteria 

in NEH–636, Chapter 52 ‘‘Structural 

Design of Flexible Conduits’’ are 

referenced. Langelier Saturation Index 

equation and references were added. 

436 Irrigation Reservoir (Code 436)— 

The titles were changed and standards 

combined for ‘‘Irrigation Regulating 

Reservoir’’ (552) and ‘‘Irrigation Storage 

Reservoir’’ (436). Considerations were 

expanded and references added. 

Surface Drain (Code 607)—The title 

was changed from ‘‘Surface Drainage, 

Field Ditch.’’ Criteria for capacity was 

added, considerations expanded, and 

references were added. 

Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral 

(Code 608)—The text was streamlined 

and references were added. 

Roof Runoff Structure (Code 558)—No 

significant changes are proposed to this 

practice standard. NRCS reviews 

standards periodically to ensure they 

are still current; this was the situation 

for this standard. 

Surface Roughening (Code 609)—No 

significant technical changes are 

proposed to this practice standard; 

however, significant edits and 

grammatical changes have been made. 

The Purposes section has been edited 

for clarity, and as a result, the number 

of purposes has been reduced. However, 

the intent of the edits was to exclude 

previous purposes, just merge existing 

ones into more clearly worded 

statements. In the criteria section, 

procedure type narratives were 

removed. In the considerations section, 

additional considerations were added to 

address emergency tillage, the initial 

tillage operation, and the direction of 

tillage. 

Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, 

requires NRCS to make available for 

public review and comment all 

proposed revisions to conservation 

practice standards used to carry out the 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law. For the next 30 

days, NRCS will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by NRCS regarding 

disposition of those comments, and a 

final determination of changes will be 

made. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 25, 

2009. 

Dave White, 

Acting Chief. 

[FR Doc. E9–8536 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce (DoC) 

will submit to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the emergency 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Department of Commerce. 

Title: NIST Construction Grant 

Program Application Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): NIST–1101, NIST– 

1101A, NIST–1101B. 

Type of Request: Emergency 

submission. 

Burden: 250,000. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Average Hours per Response: 500. 

Needs and Uses: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–5) requires NIST to 

conduct a ‘‘competitive construction 

grant program for research science 

buildings.’’ The NIST Construction 

Grant Program is a competitive financial 

assistance (grant) program for research 

science buildings through the 

construction of new buildings or 

expansion of existing buildings. For 

purposes of this program, ‘‘research 

science building’’ means a building or 

facility whose purpose is to conduct 

scientific research, including 

laboratories, test facilities, measurement 

facilities, research computing facilities, 

and observatories. In addition, 

‘‘expansion of existing buildings’’ 

means that space to conduct scientific 

research is being expanded from what is 

currently available for the supported 

research activities. 

To receive funding, applicants must 

submit proposals addressing the NIST 

Construction Grant Program evaluation 

criteria. This request is for the 

information collection requirements 

associated with applying for funding. 

The information is used to perform the 

requisite technical and construction 

reviews of the proposals to determine if 

an award should be granted. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

April 20, 2009 to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB 

Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395– 

5806 or via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: April 10, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8580 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–827] 

Certain Cased Pencils From the 

People’s Republic of China: Extension 

of Time Limit for the Final Results of 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexander Montoro at (202) 482–0238, 

David Layton at (202) 482–0371, or 

Joseph Shuler at (202) 482–1293; AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 7, 2009, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published 

the preliminary results of the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 


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