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1 Various terms are used formally and informally 

throughout the world. When inquiring about 

experiences within the United States, the term used 

in this Notice of Inquiry is that which appears in 

U.S. copyright law. See 17 U.S.C. 121(d)(2). There, 

the term ‘‘blind or other persons with disabilities’’ 

is defined to include individuals who are eligible 

or who may qualify in accordance with the Act 

entitled ‘‘An Act to provide books for the adult 

blind,’’ approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 

Stat. 1487). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

April, 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–9518 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

Notice of Inquiry and Request for 

Comments on the Topic of Facilitating 

Access to Copyrighted Works for the 

Blind or Persons With Other 

Disabilities; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Copyright Office, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of inquiry and request for 

comments; Notice of public meeting; 

Reopened. 

SUMMARY: The United States Copyright 

Office (Copyright Office) and the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office 

(USPTO) are extending the time in 

which comments and reply comments 

may be filed on the topic of facilitating 

access to copyrighted works for ‘‘blind 

or other persons with disabilities’’ 1 in 

connection with a forthcoming meeting 

of the Standing Committee on Copyright 

and Related Rights of the World 

Intellectual Property Organization. 

DATES: Initial comments on the Notice 

of Inquiry and Request for Comments 

are due 5 p.m. on April 28, 2009. Reply 

comments are due 5 p.m. on May 12, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: If hand-delivered by a 

private party, an original and five copies 

of a comment or a reply comment 

should be brought to the Library of 

Congress, U.S. Copyright Office, Public 

Information Office, Room LM–401, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559, between 8:30 

a.m. and 5 p.m. The envelope should be 

addressed as follows: Office of Policy 

and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright 

Office. 

If delivered by a commercial courier, 

an original and five copies of a comment 

or reply comment must be delivered to 

the Congressional Courier Acceptance 

Site (CCAS) located at 2nd and D 

Streets, NE., Washington, DC, between 

8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The envelope 

should be addressed as follows: Office 

of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. 

Copyright Office, Room LM–403, James 

Madison Building, 101 Independence 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20559. 

Please note that CCAS will not accept 

delivery by means of overnight delivery 

services such as FEDEX, United Parcel 

Service, or DHL. If sent by mail 

(including overnight delivery using U.S. 

Postal Service Express Mail), an original 

and five copies of a comment or reply 

comment should be addressed to U.S. 

Copyright Office, Office of Policy and 

International Affairs, Copyright GC/I & 

R, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 

20024. 

Electronic submissions may be made 

through the Copyright Office Web site: 

http://www.copyright.gov/docs/sccr/ 

comments. The comment form for initial 

comments has been activated. The 

comment form for reply comments will 

be activated approximately one week 

prior to the deadline. All comments 

submitted electronically must be 

submitted as an attachment, and must 

be in a single file in either Adobe 

Portable Document File (PDF) format 

that contains searchable, accessible text 

(not an image); Microsoft Word; 

WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or 

ASCII text file format. The maximum 

file size is 6 megabytes (MB). The 

attached comment must include the 

name of the commenter. There is a 

browse button on the form that will 

allow commenters to attach the 

comment file to the form and then to 

submit the completed form to the 

Copyright Office. The Copyright Office 

and the USPTO intend to post all 

comments from this proceeding on the 

Copyright Office Web site. For 

comments submitted electronically, the 

name and organization of the 

commenter from the comment form will 

be posted together with the entire 

attached comment document. Other 

information from the comment form 

will not be posted, but note that if the 

same information is included in the 

attached document it will be available 

on the Copyright Office Web site as part 

of the attachment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Pallante, Associate Register, 

Policy and International Affairs, or 

Michele Woods, Senior Counsel for 

Policy and International Affairs, by 

telephone at 202–707–1027, by 

facsimile at 202–707–8366 or by 

electronic mail at mpall@loc.gov or 

mwoo@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Copyright Office and the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office are extending the comment and 

reply comment periods for commenting 

on the topic of facilitating access to 

copyrighted works for ‘‘blind or other 

persons with disabilities’’ in connection 

with a forthcoming meeting of the 

Standing Committee on Copyright and 

Related Rights of the World Intellectual 

Property Organization. This action is 

being taken in order to allow interested 

parties adequate time to give input on 

this important issue. 

Comments are due by 5 p.m. on April 

28, 2009. Reply comments are due by 5 

p.m. on May 12, 2009. 

Dated: April 22, 2009. 

Maria Pallante, 

Associate Register for Policy & International 

Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–9526 Filed 4–22–09; 4:15 pm] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permit applications received to 

conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of permit applications received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by May 27, 2009. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above 

address or (703) 292–7405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

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establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant—Permit Application No. 

2010–001; Ross Virginia, 6182 Steele 

Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 

03755. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas, Take, and Import into the USA. 

The applicant plans to enter Cape Bird, 

Ross Island, Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) 

and Cape Royds (ASPA 121) to collect 

soil and moss samples and pointmeasurements of CO2 flux using a 

LICOR gas analyzer. The applicant will 

sample these ornithogenic soils and 

associated microbial and plant life 

(moss and algae) to address the variable 

stoichiometric ratios of the rookeries 

that provide a contrast to the soils of the 

McMurdo Dry Valleys, whose native N 

and P contents are much lower and are 

largely determined by landscape history 

(N deposition, P weathering) and glacial 

till provenance. The variation in native 

soil N and P content may influence the 

ability of soil communities to respond to 

changes in nutrient availability 

associated with environmental change. 

Location 

Cape Bird, Ross Island, Cape Crozier 

(ASPA 124) and Cape Royds (ASPA 

121). 

Dates 

December 10, 2009 to February 2, 

2010. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–9510 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2008–0500] 

Proposed Revisions to the License 

Renewal Interim Staff Guidance 

Process and Regulatory Issue 

Summary 2007–16; Granting of 

Request To Extend the Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Granting of request to extend 

the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Matthew Homiack, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone 301–415–1683; or email to Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC published in the Federal 

Register, 74 FR 13272, on March 26, 

2009, a request for public comment on 

proposed revisions to the License 

Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR– 

ISG) Process and NRC Regulatory Issue 

Summary (RIS) 2007–16, 

‘‘Implementation of the Requirements of 

10 CFR 54.37(b) for Holders of Renewed 

Licenses.’’ The proposed LR–ISG 

process revision incorporates changes to 

the existing process dated December 12, 

2003, and basic framework for 

developing and implementing LR–ISGs. 

The proposed RIS revision clarifies the 

role of the LR–ISG process for including 

‘‘newly identified’’ systems, structures, 

and components in accordance with 

Section 54.37(b) of Title 10, Part 54, 

‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating 

Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

54.37(b)). After the NRC staff considers 

any public comments, it will make a 

final determination regarding the 

proposed revisions to the LR–ISG 

process and RIS 2007–16. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff requested receipt of 

comments on the proposed LR–ISG 

process and RIS revisions by April 27, 

2009. By this action, the NRC staff is 

extending the comment period until 

May 27, 2009. Comments received after 

May 27, 2009, will be considered, if it 

is practical to do so, but the NRC staff 

is able to ensure consideration only for 

comments received on or before this 

date. 

III. Request To Extend the Comment 

Period 

Basis for the Request 

By letter dated April 6, 2009, the 

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) requested 

the following extension: 

‘‘On March 26, 2009, a Federal 

Register Notice was issued to request 

public comments on draft Revisions to 

the License Renewal Interim Staff 

Guidance Process (LR–ISG) and 

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2007– 

16. The Federal Register notice 

requested comments on these 

documents by April 27, 2009. We 

believe the industry will have 

substantive comments on these 

documents and feel that it would be 

beneficial to discuss the draft LR–ISG 

and the RIS in our next quarterly license 

renewal meeting (scheduled for April 

28, 2009) before submitting our 

comments. Therefore, we respectfully 

request an extension of the April 27 date 

until May 29 to allow discussion with 

the Staff and time to collect industry 

comments after that discussion.’’ 

Response to Request 

The request for an extension to the 

comment period is approved for 30 

days. 

The NRC staff understands that 

industry stakeholders may have 

substantive comments on the proposed 

document revisions. The NRC staff 

agrees that discussions at a public 

meeting could be beneficial so that NEI 

and other stakeholders can better 

prepare and submit their comments. 

The NRC staff believes that these 

comments could be helpful in finalizing 

the revised LR–ISG process and RIS 

2007–16. Therefore, the staff is 

approving a 30-day extension to the 

original public comment period, with 

the public comment period to end on 

May 27, 2009. The staff plans to discuss 

the two documents with the NEI at a 

public meeting on April 29, 2009, from 

1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at NRC’s headquarters 

in Rockville, MD. The public will be 

provided the opportunity to participate 

in this meeting prior to its closing. 

Interested members of the public may 

participate by teleconference. 

Additional details are available in the 

meeting notice available on the NRC’s 

public Web site at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/idmws/

ViewDocByAccession

.asp?AccessionNumber=ML090830226. 

Members of the public are invited and 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search on Docket 

ID: NRC–2008–0500 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments may also be sent by mail to 

Michael Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

Requests for technical information 

may be directed to the NRC contact, Mr. 

Matthew Homiack, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, at (301) 415–1683, or e-mail 

to Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to the March 26, 

2009, notice using the following 

methods: 

Regulations.gov: Documents related to 

this notice, including public comments, 


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