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Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of 

Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW.; Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: 301–903–4927. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: The major purposes of the 

meeting are for the Fusion Energy 

Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) 

to (1) hear from DOE about the FY 2008 

Budget, (2) complete the charge on the 

evaluation of the program’s progress 

toward meeting the PART performance 

measures, and (3) a presentation and 

discussion of a new charge and how 

FESAC plans to approach this new 

charge. The charge will be related to the 

evolution of the program during the 

years of ITER construction and 

operation including what issues need to 

be dealt with and what general class(es) 

of facility(ies) may be needed in 

addition to ITER. 

Tentative Agenda 

Thursday, March 1, 2007 

• Complete the charge on assessing 

the program’s progress toward achieving 

long-range PART measures. 

• Discussion of the new charge. 

• Public Comments. 

Friday, March 2, 2007 

• U.S. Burning Plasma Office: Status 

Report. 

• High Energy Density Physics: What 

is happening at DOE. 

• Fusion Simulation Project Status 

and Plans. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Albert L. Opdenaker at 301–

903–8584 (fax) or 

albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for 

an oral statement at least 5 business 

days before the meeting. Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements on the 

agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will follow 

the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: We will make the minutes of 

this meeting available for public review 

and copying within 30 days at the 

Freedom of Information Public Reading 

Room; IE–190; Forrestal Building; 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW.; 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2007. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–1855 Filed 2–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy; State Energy 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these teleconferences be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: February 15, 2007, from 2 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. EST. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Assistant Manager, 

Intergovernmental Projects & Outreach, 

Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401, Telephone 303/275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: To make recommendations to 

the Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Update members 

on routine business matters. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference is open to the public. 

Written statements may be filed with 

the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Members of the public who 

wish to make oral statements pertaining 

to agenda items should contact Gary 

Burch at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests to make 

oral comments must be received five 

days prior to the conference call; 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include requested topic(s) on the 

agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the call in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. This notice is being 

published less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting due to programmatic 

issues. 

Notes: The notes of the teleconference will 

be available for public review and copying 

within 60 days at the Freedom of Information 

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The notes will also be available for 

downloading on the STEAB Web site, 

www.steab.org, within 60 days. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 31, 

2007. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–1856 Filed 2–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of a Partially Open 

Meeting of the Board of Directors of the 

Export-Import Bank of the United 

States. 

TIME AND PLACE: Thursday, February 8, 

2007 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be 

held at Ex-Im Bank in Room 1143, 811 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20571. 

OPEN AGENDA ITEM: Ex-Im Bank Advisory 

Committee (15th Member) for 2007. 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will 

be open to public participation for Item 

No. 1 only. 

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further 

information, contact: Office of the 

Secretary, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571 (Telephone 202–

565–3957). 

Howard A. Schweitzer, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–540 Filed 2–2–07; 1:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–M 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Farm Credit Administration Board; 

Regular Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on February 8, 2007, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland E. Smith, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 


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1Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The 

comment must be accompanied by an explicit 

request for confidential treatment, including the 

factual and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the comment to be 

withheld from the public record. The request will 

be granted or denied by the Commission’s General 

Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the 

public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 

4.9(c). 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting of the Board will be open to the 

public (limited space available). In order 

to increase the accessibility to Board 

meetings, persons requiring assistance 

should make arrangements in advance. 

The matters to be considered at the 

meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• January 11, 2007 (Open and 

Closed). 

B. New Business—Regulations 

• Joint and Several Liability—Priority 

of Claims (Proposed Rule). 

C. Reports 

• Office of Management Services 

Quarterly Report. 

Dated: February 2, 2007. 

Roland E. Smith, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–528 Filed 2–1–07; 4:44 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

Web site at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 5, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Hayward Bancshares, Inc., Eau 

Claire, Wisconsin to acquire 100 percent 

of the voting shares of Summit 

Community Bank, Maplewood, 

Minnesota. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. Kaw Valley Bancshares, Inc., to 

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 

of Kaw Valley State Bank & Trust 

Company, both of Wamego, Kansas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 1, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–1887 Filed 2–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Reinstatement of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

intends to conduct a pilot study in 

connection with Section 319 of the Fair 

and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 

2003. This study is a follow-up to the 

Commission’s previous pilot study 

conducted from October 2005 through 

June 2006. Before gathering this 

information, the FTC is seeking public 

comment on its proposed consumer 

pilot study. The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. 

DATES: Public comments must be 

received on or before March 8, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Accuracy 

Pilot Study: Paperwork Comment (FTC 

file no. P044804)’’ to facilitate the 

organization of the comments. A 

comment filed in paper form should 

include this reference both in the text 

and on the envelope and should be 

mailed or delivered, with two complete 

copies, to the following address: Federal 

Trade Commission/Office of the 

Secretary, Room H–135 (Annex J), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580. Because paper 

mail in the Washington area and at the 

Commission is subject to delay, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form, as prescribed below. 

However, if the comment contains any 

material for which confidential 

treatment is requested, it must be filed 

in paper form, and the first page of the 

document must be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential.’’ 1 The FTC is requesting 

that any comment filed in paper form be 

sent by courier or overnight service, if 

possible. 

Comments filed in electronic form 

should be submitted by using the 

following Web link: https:// 

secure.commentworks.com/ftcaccuracy-expand (and following the 

instructions on the Web-based form). To 

ensure that the Commission considers 

an electronic comment, you must file it 

on the Web-based form at the Web link 

https://secure.commentworks.com/ftcaccuracy-expand. If this notice appears 

at www.regulations.gov, you may also 

file an electronic comment through that 

Web site. The Commission will consider 

all comments that regulations.gov 

forwards to it. 

Comments should also be submitted 

to: Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal 

Trade Commission. Comments should 

be submitted via facsimile to (202) 395–

6974 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject 

to lengthy delays due to heightened 

security precautions. 

The FTC Act and other laws the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. All timely and responsive 

public comments, whether filed in 

paper or electronic form, will be 

considered by the Commission, and will 

be available to the public on the FTC 

Web site, to the extent practicable, at 

http://www.ftc.gov. As a matter of 

discretion, the FTC makes every effort to 

remove home contact information for 


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