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temporary modification in behavior by 

marine mammals. While behavioral 

modifications may be made by these 

species as a result of these surf zone 

detonation and amphibious vehicle 

training activities, any behavioral 

change is expected to have a negligible 

impact on the affected species. Also, 

given the infrequency of these testing/ 

training missions (maximum of once per 

year for surf zone detonation and 

maximum of twice per year for 

amphibious assault training involving 

live fire), there is no potential for longterm displacement or long-lasting 

behavioral impacts of marine mammals 

within the proposed action area. In 

addition, the potential for temporary 

hearing impairment is very low and 

would be mitigated to the lowest level 

practicable through the incorporation of 

the mitigation and monitoring measures 

proposed in this document. 

Proposed Authorization 

NMFS proposes to issue an IHA to 

Eglin AFB for conducting surf zone and 

amphibious vehicle and weapon testing/ 

training off the coast of SRI in the 

northern GOM provided the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

Information Solicited 

NMFS requests interested persons to 

submit comments and information 

concerning this proposed IHA and 

Eglin’s application for incidental take 

regulations (see ADDRESSES). NMFS 

requests interested persons to submit 

comments, information, and suggestions 

concerning both the request and the 

structure and content of future 

regulations to allow this taking. NMFS 

will consider this information in 

developing proposed regulations to 

govern the taking. 

Dated: March 21, 2008. 

Helen Golde, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–6441 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 17 April 2008, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address, or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, March 21, 2008. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–6231 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden; it includes the actual 

data collection instruments [if any]. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 28, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Gary Martinaitis, Division of 

Market Oversight, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–

5209; Fax: (202) 418–5527; e-mail: 

gmartinaitis @cftc.gov and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Exemptions from Speculative 

Limits (OMB Control No. 3038–0013). 

This is a request for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Commission regulations 

1.47, 1.48, and 150.3(b) require limited 

information from traders whose 

commodity futures and options 

positions exceed federal speculative 

position limits. The regulations are 

designed to assist in the monitoring of 

compliance with speculative position 

limits adopted by the Commission. 

These regulations are promulgated 

pursuant to the Commission’s 

rulemaking authority contained in 

sections 4a(a), 4i, and 8a(5) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 

6a(1), 6i, and 12a(5). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the referenced CFTC 

regulations were published on 

December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 

(Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on 

January 22, 2008 (73 FR 3705). 

Burden statement: The Commission 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Regulations (17 CFR) 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Reports annually by each 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

number of 

hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

Rule 1.47 and 1.48 .............................................................. 7 2 14 3 42 

Part 150 ............................................................................... 2 1 2 3 6 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the addresses listed below. Please refer 

to OMB Control No. 3038–0013 in any 

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Gary Martinaitis, Division of Market 

Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581; and 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Dated: March 25, 2008. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–6490 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0027] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Value 

Engineering Requirements 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for an 

extension to an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning value engineering 

requirements. A request for public 

comments was published in the Federal 

Register at 72 FR 62445, on November 

5, 2007. No comments were received. 

The clearance currently expires on May 

31, 2008. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

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; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, FAR 

Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0027, 

Value Engineering Requirements, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeritta Parnell, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–4082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Value engineering is the technique by 

which contractors (1) voluntarily 

suggest methods for performing more 

economically and share in any resulting 

savings or (2) are required to establish 

a program to identify and submit to the 

Government methods for performing 

more economically. These 

recommendations are submitted to the 

Government as value engineering 

change proposals (VECP’s) and they 

must include specific information. This 

information is needed to enable the 

Government to evaluate the VECP and, 

if accepted, to arrange for an equitable 

sharing plan. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 400. 

Responses Per Respondent: 4. 

Annual Responses: 1,600. 

Hours Per Response: 30. 

Total Burden Hours: 48,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VPR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0027, Value 

Engineering Requirements, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: March 24, 2008 

Al Matera, 

Director,Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E8–6374 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

(DSB) Task Force on the National 

Nuclear Security Administration 

Strategic Plan for Advanced Computing 

will meet in closed session on April 16–

17, 2008; in the Washington DC metro 

area. The exact meeting location is still 

to be determined. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

the meeting, the task force shall conduct 

an evaluation of the strategic plan for 

advanced computing of the National 

Nuclear Security Administration and 

assess the impact of using the planned 

capability for other National Security 

issues. 

The task force’s findings and 

recommendations, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, will be 

presented and discussed by the 

membership of the Defense Science 

Board prior to being presented to the 

Government’s decision maker. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.120 and 

102–3.150, the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Science Board 

will determine and announce in the 

Federal Register when the findings and 

recommendations of the April 16–17, 

2008 meeting are deliberated by the 

Defense Science Board. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official at the address detailed 

below, at any point; however, if a 

written statement is not received at least 

10 calendar days prior to the meeting 

that is the subject of this notice, then it 

may not be provided to or considered by 

the Defense Science Board. The 

Designated Federal Official will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Science Board Chairperson, and ensure 

they are provided to members of the 

Defense Science Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Major Charles Lominac, USAF, Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3B888A, Washington, DC 20301–


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