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TABLE 1. DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE SCOPING MEETINGS—Continued 

Date Time Meeting Locations Address 

September 9, 2008 4 pm – 6 pm Fajardo, PR Salo ́n Centro de Usos Mu ́ltiples de Fajardo, Estacionamiento Municipal, U ̈ ltimo Piso, Esquina de Calle Dr. Lo ́pez y Calle Celis Aguilera, 

Fajardo, PR 00738 

September 10, 2008 2 pm – 4 pm Ponce, PR Servicio de Extensio ́n Agrı ́cola, 2440 Ave. Las Americas, Ste. 208, 

Centro Gubernamental, Ponce, PR 00717–2111 

September 11, 2008 7 pm – 9 pm Mayagu ̈ez, PR University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu ̈ez Campus, Physics Building, 

Room 310, Mayagu ̈ez, PR 00680 

Scoping Meetings Code of Conduct 

The public is reminded that NMFS 

expects participants at the scoping 

meetings to conduct themselves 

appropriately. At the beginning of each 

meeting, a representative of NMFS will 

explain the ground rules (e.g., alcohol is 

prohibited from the meeting room; 

attendees will be called to give their 

comments in the order in which they 

registered to speak; each attendee will 

have an equal amount of time to speak; 

attendees may not interrupt one 

another; etc.). The NMFS representative 

will structure the meeting so that all 

attending members of the public will be 

able to comment, if they so choose, 

regardless of the controversial nature of 

the subject(s). Attendees are expected to 

respect the ground rules, and those that 

do not will be asked to leave the 

meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Greg Fairclough 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

at least 7 days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: July 8, 2008. 

Emily H. Menashes 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–15986 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ01 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a crab workshop 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (NPFMC) will 

host a Crab Workshop. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 11, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 

3rd Avenue, Lupine Room, Anchorage, 

AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Fina, NPFMC; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

workshop to assist crew in the 

refinement of proposals for presentation 

to the crab committee at its September 

15th meeting. The workshop is not 

intended to generate any specific crew 

consensus or recommendation. Instead, 

the workshop is intended to assist crew 

members and their representatives in 

the drafting of purpose and need 

statements and reformulation of their 

proposals as alternatives, elements, and 

options in a form typically considered 

by the Council. Crew members and their 

representatives could then present their 

revised proposals to the committee for 

its consideration. The committee report 

to the Council will include any 

proposals received and a summary of 

the committee’s discussions of those 

proposals. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305 ( c ) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the NPFMC’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen, (907) 271–2809, at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: July 9, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–15892 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Notice; Agricultural Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

The Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission’s Agricultural Advisory 

Committee will conduct a public 

meeting on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The 

meeting will take place in the first floor 

hearing room of the Commission’s 

Washington, DC headquarters, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581 from 9 a.m. to 4 

p.m. The agenda is as follows: 

I. Convergence and Basis 

II. Settlement Prices, Margin 

Requirement, and Credit 

III. Agricultural Swaps 

IV. Ongoing Research 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Any member of the public who wishes 

to file a written statement with the 

Advisory Committee should mail a copy 

of the statement to the attention of: 

Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o 

Chairman, Michael V. Dunn, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581, before the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements should inform Chairman 

Dunn in writing at the foregoing address 

at least three business days before the 


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meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made, if time permits, for oral 

presentations of no more than five 

minutes each in duration. 

For further information concerning 

this meeting, please contact Nicole 

McNair at (202) 418–5070. 

Issued by the Commission in Washington, 

DC, on July 9, 2008. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–16096 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0088] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Travel 

Costs 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding 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 travel costs. A request for 

public comments was published at 73 

FR 20613 on April 16, 2008. No 

comments were received. 

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 

August 13, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

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

Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0088, 

Travel Costs, in all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Chambers, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–3221. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

FAR 31.205–46, Travel Costs, requires 

that, except in extraordinary and 

temporary situations, costs incurred by 

a contractor for lodging, meals, and 

incidental expenses shall be considered 

to be reasonable and allowable only to 

the extent that they do not exceed on a 

daily basis the per diem rates in effect 

as of the time of travel as set forth in the 

Federal Travel Regulations for travel in 

the conterminous 48 United States, the 

Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, 

Appendix A, for travel in Alaska, 

Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, and territories and possessions of 

the United States, and the Department 

of State Standardized Regulations, 

section 925, ‘‘Maximum Travel Per 

Diem Allowances for Foreign Areas.’’

The burden generated by this coverage 

is in the form of the contractor 

preparing a justification whenever a 

higher actual expense reimbursement 

method is used. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 5,800. 

Responses per Respondent: 10. 

Total Responses: 58,000. 

Hours per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 14,500. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (VPR), 

Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0088, Travel 

Costs, in all correspondence. 

Dated: July 3, 2008. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E8–15946 Filed 7–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Department of Defense Board of 

Actuaries 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the provision of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., appendix as amended), 

the Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announces that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Department of Defense Board of 

Actuaries will take place: 

DATES: August 28, 2008 (1 p.m.–5 p.m.) 

and August 29, 2008 (10 a.m.–1 p.m.). 

ADDRESSES: 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 

270, Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inger Pettygrove at the DoD Office of the 

Actuary, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 

308, Arlington, VA 22203. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the meeting: The purpose of the meeting 

is for the Board to review DoD actuarial 

methods and assumptions to be used in 

the valuations of the Education Benefits 

Fund, the Military Retirement Fund, 

and the Voluntary Separation Incentive 

Fund, in accordance with the provisions 

of Section 183, Section 2006, Chapter 74 

(10 U.S.C. 1464 et seq.), and Section 

1175 of Title 10, United States Code. 

Agenda: Education Benefits Fund 

(August 28, 1 p.m.–5 pm). 

Briefing on Investment Experience. 

Development in Education Benefits. 

Economic Assumptions*. 

September 30, 2007 Valuation and 

Proposed Per Capita and Amortization 

Costs Reserve Programs*. 

September 30, 2007 Valuation and 

Proposed Per Capita and Amortization 

Costs Active Duty Programs*. 

Military Retirement Fund and 

Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund 

(August 29, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.). 

Briefing on Retirement Fund 

Investment Experience. 

September 30, 2007, Valuation of the 

Military Retirement System*. 

Methods and Assumptions for 

September 30, 2008, Valuation*. 

Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI) 

Fund*. 

Recent and Proposed Legislation. 

*Board approval required. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. 


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