Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 61315 

1Any portion of the closed session consisting 

solely of staff briefings does not fall within the 

Sunshine Act’s definition of the term ‘‘meeting’’

and, therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine 

Act do not apply to such portion of the closed 

session. 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 

CFR 1622.2 and 1622.3. 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the employee listed in the 

For Further Information Contact section 

of this notice, or viewed on the Internet 

by accessing the MSHA home page 

(http://www.msha.gov) and then 

choosing ‘‘Rules and Regs’’ and 

‘‘FedReg. Docs’’. 

III. Current Actions 

Provisions under part 7 provide that 

manufacturers submit applications to 

demonstrate compliance with the test 

and specification requirements. In part 

75, they establish mandatory safety 

standards for diesel-powered equipment 

for use in underground coal mines, 

minimum ventilating air quantities, the 

incorporation of the air quantities into 

the mine ventilation plan, requirements 

for routine sampling of toxic exhaust 

gases, and the use of low sulfur diesel 

fuel. It also provides that diesel 

equipment maintenance be performed 

by adequately trained persons. In 

addition, the regulation includes 

standards for storage, transportation and 

dispensing of diesel fuel, and the 

installation and maintenance of fire 

suppression systems on diesel 

equipment and in permanent 

underground fuel storage facilities. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Approval, Exhaust Gas 

Monitoring, and Safety Requirements 

for the Use of Diesel-Powered 

Equipment in Underground Coal Mines. 

OMB Number: 1219–0119. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Total Respondents: 181. 

Total Responses: 147,567. 

Total Burden Hours: 137,675. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $349,888. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 14th day 

of October, 2005. 

David L. Meyer, 

Director, Office of Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–21064 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of 

Directors and Four of the Board’s 

Committees 

TIMES AND DATES: The Legal Services 

Corporation Board of Directors and four 

of its Committees will meet October 28 

and 29, 2005 in the order set forth in the 

following schedule unless the meetings 

are concurrent. 

Meeting Schedule 

Friday, October 28, 2005 

1. Provision for the Delivery of Legal 

Services Committee (‘‘Provisions 

Committee’’), 1:15 p.m. 

2. Performance Reviews Committee, 

1:15 p.m. 

3. Operations and Regulations 

Committee (Immediately following 

meeting of the Provisions Committee) 

4. Finance Committee (Immediately 

following meeting of the Operations & 

Regulations Committee) 

Note: If the Finance Committee does not 

conclude its business on Friday, October 28, 

it will reconvene at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 

October 29, 2005. Should this occur, the 

Board of Directors meeting will commence 

immediately following conclusion of the 

Finance Committee meeting. 

Saturday, October 29, 2005 

In the event the Finance Committee 

does not conclude its business on 

Friday, October 28, 2005, the meeting 

schedule on Saturday, October 29, 2005 

will be as follows. 

1. Finance Committee, 9 a.m. 

2. Board of Directors (Immediately 

following conclusion of the Finance 

Committee meeting.) 

Should the Finance Committee 

conclude its business on Friday, 

October 28, 2005, the schedule for 

Saturday, October 29, 2005, will be as 

follows. 

1. Board of Directors, 9 a.m. 

LOCATION: The Grove Hotel, 245 South 

Capitol Boulevard, Boise, Idaho. 

STATUS OF MEETINGS: Open, except as 

noted below. 

• Status: October 28, 2005 Annual 

Performance Reviews Committee 

Meeting—Closed. The Performance 

Reviews Committee meeting may be 

closed to the public pursuant to a vote 

of the Board of Directors authorizing the 

Committee to meet in executive session 

to consider and act on internal 

procedures for evaluation of the 

Corporation’s President and Inspector 

General. The closing will be authorized 

by the relevant provision of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act [5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2)] and the Legal Services 

Corporation’s corresponding regulation, 

45 CFR 1622.5(a). A copy of the General 

Counsel’s Certification that the closing 

is authorized by law will be available 

upon request. 

• Status: October 29, 2005 Board of 

Directors Meeting—Open, except that a 

portion of the meeting of the Board of 

Directors may be closed pursuant to a 

vote of the Board of Directors to hold an 

executive session. At the closed session, 

the Board will consider and may act on 

the General Counsel’s report on 

litigation to which the Corporation is or 

may become a party and discuss 

internal procedures with the Inspector 

General (‘‘IG’’).1 The closing is 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10) and 

LSC’s implementing regulation 45 CFR 

1622.5(h). A copy of the General 

Counsel’s Certification that the closing 

is authorized by law will be available 

upon request. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Friday, October 28, 2005 

Performance Reviews Committee 

Closed Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Consider and act on internal 

procedures for annual performance 

review of LSC President. 

3. Consider and act on internal 

procedures for annual performance 

review of LSC Inspector General. 

4. Consider and act on other business. 

5. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

Provisions Committee 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of the Committee’s 

meeting minutes of July 28, 2005. 

3. Presentation on Draft Revision of 

LSC Performance Criteria. 

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a. Overview—Karen Sarjeant, Vice 

President, Programs and Compliance. 

b. A Grantee’s Perspective—Howard 

Belodoff, Associate Director, Idaho 

Legal Services. 

c. Next steps—Helaine Barnett. 

4. Public comment. 

5. Consider and act on other business. 

6. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

Operations and Regulations Committee 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of the Committee’s 

meeting minutes of July 28, 2005. 

3. Consider and act on initiation of 

rulemaking to repeal 45 CFR part 1631 

(Expenditure of Grant Funds). 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

4. Consider and act on initiation of 

rulemaking to revise 45 CFR part 1621 

(Client Grievance Procedure). 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

5. Consider and act on initiation of 

rulemaking to revise 45 CFR part 1624 

(Prohibition Against Discrimination on 

the Basis of Handicap). 

a. Staff report. 

b. Public comment. 

6. Staff update on dormant class 

actions. 

7. Other public comment. 

8. Consider and act on other business. 

9. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

Finance Committee 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of the minutes of the 

Committee’s meeting of September 30, 

2005. 

3. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2005 

Financial Report. 

4. Consider and Act on FY 2005 

Consolidated Operating Budget 

Reallocation, Resolution # 2005–010. 

5. Report on Status of FY 2006 

Appropriation. 

6. Consider and Act on Temporary 

Operating Budget for FY 2006, 

Resolution # 2005–011. 

7. Adopt resolution on the FY 2007 

Budget Mark reflecting action taken at 

the September 30, 2005, Finance 

Committee meeting, Resolution # 2005–

012. 

8. Consider and Act on limits for 

individual employee savings plans: 

a. Contributions to health savings 

accounts, Resolution # 2005–013. 

b. Distributions from LSC’s Mutual of 

America savings plan, Resolution # 

2005–014. 

c. Distributions from LSC’s 

Diversified Investment Advisers savings 

plan, Resolution # 2005–015. 

9. Consider and Act on a process for 

the distribution of any emergency funds 

for hurricane relief which may be 

appropriated by Congress, Resolution # 

2005–016. 

10. Consider and Act on other 

business. 

11. Consider and Act on adjournment. 

Saturday, October 29, 2005 

Board of Directors 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Approval of minutes of the Board’s 

meeting of July 30, 2005. 

3. Approval of minutes of the 

Executive Session of the Board’s 

meeting of July 30, 2005. 

4. Approval of minutes of the Board’s 

meeting of October 11, 2005. 

5. Consider and act on Strategic 

Directions for 2006—2010. 

6. Chairman’s Report. 

7. Members’ Reports. 

8. President’s Report. 

9. Inspector General’s Report. 

10. Consider and act on the report of 

the Provision for the Delivery of Legal 

Services Committee. 

11. Consider and act on the reports of 

the Finance Committee. 

12. Consider and act on the report of 

the Operations and Regulations 

Committee. 

13. Consider and act on the report of 

the Performance Reviews Committee. 

14. Consider and act on delegating to 

the Chairman responsibility for day-today oversight of the Inspector General in 

accordance with OMB’s Memorandum 

for Heads of Designated Federal Entities, 

M–93–01 (November 13, 1992). 

15. Discussion of Board’s review of 

LSC materials. 

16. Consider and act on other 

business. 

17. Public comment. 

18. Consider and act on whether to 

authorize an executive session of the 

Board to address items listed below 

under Closed Session. 

Closed Session 

19. Consider and act on General 

Counsel’s report on potential and 

pending litigation involving LSC. 

20. Briefing on internal procedures 

with respect to OIG. 

21. Consider and act on motion to 

adjourn meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia D. Batie, Manager of Board 

Operations, at (202) 295–1500. 

Special Needs: Upon request, meeting 

notices will be made available in 

alternate formats to accommodate visual 

and hearing impairments. Individuals 

who have a disability and need an 

accommodation to attend the meeting 

may notify Patricia D. Batie, at (202) 

295–1500. 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

Victor M. Fortuno, 

Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 

Counsel & Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–21218 Filed 10–19–05; 1:52 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meetings of Humanities Panel 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is 

hereby given that the following 

meetings of the Humanities Panel will 

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael McDonald, Advisory 

Committee Management Officer, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; 

telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 

606–8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed meetings are for the purpose 

of panel review, discussion, evaluation 

and recommendation on applications 

for financial assistance under the 

National Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including discussion of information 

given in confidence to the agency by the 

grant applicants. Because the proposed 

meetings will consider information that 

is likely to disclose trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person and privileged 

or confidential and/or information of a 

personal nature the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant 

to authority granted me by the 

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to 

Close Advisory Committee meetings, 

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined 

that these meetings will be closed to the 

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4), 

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United 

States Code. 

1. Date: November 1, 2005. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415.