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1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held on March 17 

and 18, 2009, which includes the domestic policy 

directive issued at the meeting, are available upon 

request to the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 20551. The 

minutes are published in the Federal Reserve 

Bulletin and in the Board’s annual report. 

action to approve the State of North 

Dakota’s request to revise its authorized 

public water system program under 40 

CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 

CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for hearings 

must be submitted to EPA within 30 

days of publication of today’s Federal 

Register notice. Such requests must 

include the following information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, information 

demonstrating why this determination 

should be rescinded, and any other 

information that the requesting person 

intends to submit at such hearing; and 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and accepted, EPA will provide notice 

of the hearing in the Federal Register 

not less than 15 days prior to the 

scheduled hearing date. Frivolous or 

insubstantial requests for hearing may 

be denied by EPA. Following such a 

public hearing, EPA will review the 

record of the hearing and issue an order 

either affirming today’s determination 

or rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and accepted, this action will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Dated: April 8, 2009. 

Lisa Schlosser, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. E9–9013 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 21 2009, 

And Wednesday, April 22. 2009 At 10 

a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26, 

U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and 

procedures or matters affecting a 

particular employee. 

* * * * * 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–8980 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of March 17 

and 18, 2009 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on March 17 and 18, 2009.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee seeks conditions in reserve 

markets consistent with federal funds 

trading in a range of 0 to 1⁄4 percent. The 

Committee directs the Desk to purchase 

GSE debt GSE–guaranteed MBS, and 

longer–term Treasury securities during 

the intermeeting period with the aim of 

providing support to private credit 

markets and economic activity. The 

timing and pace of these purchases 

should depend on conditions in the 

markets for such securities and on a 

broader assessment of private credit 

market conditions. The Committee 

anticipates that the combination of 

outright purchases and various liquidity 

facilities outstanding will cause the size 

of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet to 

expand significantly in coming months. 

The Desk is expected to purchase up to 

$200 billion in housing–related GSE 

debt by the end of this year. The Desk 

is expected to purchase at least $500 

billion in GSE–guaranteed MBS by the 

end of the second quarter of this year 

and is expected to purchase up to $1.25 

trillion of these securities by the end of 

this year. The Committee also directs 

the Desk to purchase longer–term 

Treasury securities during the 

intermeeting period. Over the next six 

months, the Desk is expected to 

purchase up to $300 billion of longer– 

term Treasury securities. The System 

Open Market Account Manager and the 

Secretary will keep the Committee 

informed of ongoing developments 

regarding the System’s balance sheet 

that could affect the attainment over 

time of the Committee’s objectives of 

maximum employment and price 

stability. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, April 9, 2009. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–9035 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0262] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Submission 

for OMB Review; Identification of 

Products With Environmental 

Attributes 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding a extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services 

Administration will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a renewal of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding identification of products 

with environmental attributes. A request 

for public comments was published at 

73 FR 74721, December 9, 2008. No 

comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary and whether it 

will have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

May 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Warren Blankenship, Procurement 

Analyst, Contract Policy Division, at 

telephone (202) 501–1900. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 


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of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 

Washington, DC 20405, and a copy to 

the GSA Desk Officer, OMB, Room 

10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0262, 

Identification of Products with 

Environmental Attributes, in all 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

General Services Administration 

(GSA) requires contractors submitting 

Multiple Award Schedule Contracts to 

identify in their GSA price lists those 

products that they market commercially 

that have environmental attributes. The 

identification of these products will 

enable Federal agencies to maximize the 

use of these products to meet the 

responsibilities expressed in statutes 

and executive orders. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 18,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 18,000. 

Hours Per Response: 5. 

Total Burden Hours: 90,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0262, 

Identification of Products with 

Environmental Attributes, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: April 14, 2009. 

Edward Loeb, 

Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–8976 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration will publish 

periodic summaries of proposed 

projects. To request more information 

on the proposed projects or to obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

plans, call the SAMHSA Reports 

Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Proposed Project: Jail Diversion and 

Trauma Recovery—Priority to Veterans 

Program Evaluation—(OMB No. 0930– 

0277)—Revision 

The Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration’s 

(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health 

Services (CMHS) has implemented the 

Targeted Capacity Expansion Grants for 

Jail Diversion Programs, and the Jail 

Diversion and Trauma Recovery 

Program represents the newest cohort of 

grantees. The Program currently collects 

client outcome measures from program 

participants who agree to participate in 

the evaluation. Data collection consists 

of interviews conducted at baseline, 6- 

and 12-month intervals. 

The current proposal requests: 

1. Substituting CMHS NOMS items 

for GPRA items. At the time of the 

previous OMB submission, the NOMS 

measures were not finalized. 

2. Replacing the DC trauma Screen 

with a new set of traumatic event 

questions. The new trauma questions 

better reflect the experiences of the 

target population. 

3. Replacing the Colorado Symptom 

Index with the BASIS 24. 

4. Adding questions related to 

military service experience at the 

baseline. These items will be added to 

capture characteristics of the target 

population of the new grantee cohort, 

veterans. 

5. Adding questions on military 

combat experience at the six month 

interview only. These items will capture 

the types of traumatic experiences 

among clients with a combat history. 

6. Adding questions on lifetime 

mental health/substance use and service 

use and the CAGE to the baseline. These 

questions will be added to capture 

client’s history of involvement with 

mental health and substance abuse 

systems, and the four CAGE items assess 

alcohol dependence. 

7. Adding several lifetime criminal 

justice questions. These questions will 

assess client’s lifetime involvement with 

the criminal justice system. 

8. Adding the Recovery Enhancing 

Environment (REE) instrument to all 

interviews. The REE is a consumer 

oriented measure of recovery, a new and 

important program outcome. 

9. Removing the MacArthur Perceived 

Coercion Scale from all instruments. 

10. Removing the Mental Health 

Statistics Improvement Program 

questions from follow-up interviews. 

(These are replaced by a similar, but 

shorter, NOMS scale.) 

The NOMS measures that are 

proposed for substitution of the GPRA 

measures have the same administration 

time and do not lengthen the interview. 

Two of the proposed additions (the REE 

and the lifetime MH/SA) will add 5 

minutes each and the criminal justice 

questions will add 3 minutes. The 

military service questions will add an 

average of 4 minutes, as not all 

respondents are expected to answer 

these questions because grantees may 

serve non-veteran clients. The removal 

of the MacArthur Coercion Instrument 

reduces the baseline interview by 5 

minutes and removal of the MHSIP 

reduces the follow-up interview by 5 

minutes. The net lengthening of the 

instrument is 12 minutes for the 

baseline interview, and there is no net 

increase in length to the 6- and 12- 

month interviews. 

The Program also collects data on 

program participants from records. The 

revisions to these instruments are 

formatting in nature. 

New grantees were awarded on 

September 30, 2008 under the Jail 

Diversion and Trauma Recovery 

Program will commence data collection 

efforts in FY 2009; anticipated grantees 

awarded on September 30, 2009 would 

commence data collection in FY 2010; 

and anticipated grantees awarded on 

September 30, 2010would commence 

data collection in FY 2011. The 

following tables summarize the burden 

for the data collection. 


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