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5 71 FR 35995 (June 23, 2006). 

6 70 FR 73369 (December 12, 2005). 

7The switch of the base year from 1997 to 2002 

became effective December 30, 2005. 70 FR 77312 

(December 30, 2005). 

8See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2). Staff recognizes that the 

HSR Rules require companies to report total 

revenues for a specific NAICS code (whereas, the 

Census Bureau collects data for a specific NAICS 

code for each establishment). Nonetheless, staff 

anticipates that the burden tied to the aggregation 

of such data as required by the HSR Rules is de 

minimis. 

9The FTC retains its previous estimate that 4.6% 

of non-index filings for acquiring persons will 

require a more precise valuation. Using staff’s 

projections for fiscal year 2007, 91 transactions will 

undergo a more precise valuation process [(3,966 

non-index filings / 2) = 1,983 (number of non-index 

filings for acquiring persons) × 4.6%]. 

10The FTC’s previous estimate of $425 per hour 

has been increased by the Social Security COLA 

percentage for fiscal year 2004–fiscal year 2006 

(fiscal year 2004 (2.7%), fiscal year 2005 (4.1%), 

fiscal year 2006 (3.3%)). 

statistics from the effective date of the 

rulemaking, the amendment appears to 

have had a de minimis effect on the 

number of filings received and thereby 

has not impacted PRA burden. 

2. Electronic submission of premerger 

notification filings.5 Since the effective 

date of this rulemaking only one 

electronic submission has been made. 

FTC staff anticipates that as the business 

community becomes more familiar with 

the new submission process more 

persons will choose to e-file and that 

such persons will experience a one hour 

reduction in burden (the estimated time 

to print or make copies of the 

documents when filing the traditional 

way). However, due to the low volume 

of electronic filings, the availability of 

the e-filing system currently has a de 

minimis effect on burden and the FTC 

conservatively declines to reduce its 

burden estimate at this time. 

3. Allowing Internet links to be used 

for responses to Items 4(a) and (b) of the 

Notification and Report Form.6 Staff 

projects that 50 percent of non-index 

filings will utilize this alternative 

method of providing financial data, 

resulting in a reduction in burden of one 

hour per non-index filing. 

Finally, since staff last obtained OMB 

approval, the switch of the base year 

from 1997 to 2002 became effective.7

Arguably there is some burden involved 

in changing the revenue numbers from 

1997 to 2002 for the base year. However, 

this data is reported by large companies 

to the U.S. Census Bureau every five 

years in the ordinary course of business 

and, thus, the FTC is not required to 

account for such burden under the 

PRA.8 Furthermore, based on staff’s 

informal consultations with industry, 

staff anticipates that any increase in 

burden would be offset by a reduction 

in burden because recent revenue data 

is generally more easily retrievable by 

and readily available to reporting 

persons than older data. Nonetheless, 

although it appears a reduction in 

burden may be warranted, staff 

conservatively declines to make an 

adjustment to its previous burden 

estimate on this basis. 

There were 3,510 non-index filings 

and 48 index filings in fiscal year 2006. 

Based on an average increase of 13% in 

fiscal year 2004—fiscal year 2006 in the 

number of non-index filings, staff 

projects a total of 3,966 non-index 

filings for fiscal year 2007. Likewise 

based on an average decrease of 34% in 

index filings over the same time period, 

staff projects a total of 32 index filings 

for fiscal year 2007. Retaining the FTC’s 

previous assumptions, staff estimates 

that non-index filings require 

approximately 39 burden hours per 

filing and index filings require an 

average of 2 hours per filing. Finally, 

staff continues to estimate that 

approximately 91 transactions will 

require an additional 40 hours of burden 

due to the need for a more precise 

valuation of transactions that are near a 

filing fee threshold.9 Thus, the total 

estimated hours burden before 

adjustment is 158,378 hours [(3,966 

non-index filings × 39 hours) + (32 

index filings × 2 hours) + (91 acquiring 

person non-index filings requiring more 

precise valuation × 40 hours)]. 

Adjusting for the reduced burden due to 

incorporating Item 4(a) and Item 4(b) 

documents by reference to an Internet 

link reduces the total burden by 1,983 

hours (3,966 non-index filings × .5 = 

1,983 × 1 hour = 1,983 hours), resulting 

in total burden for fiscal year 2007 of 

156,395 hours. 

This is a conservative estimate. In 

estimating PRA burden, staff considered 

‘‘the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency.’’ 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1). This 

includes ‘‘developing, acquiring, 

installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of disclosing 

and providing information.’’ 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(1)(iv). Although not expressly 

stated in the OMB regulation 

implementing the PRA, the definition of 

burden arguably includes upgrading and 

maintaining computer and other 

systems used to comply with a rule’s 

requirements. Conversely, to the extent 

that these systems are used in the 

ordinary course of business 

independent of the Rule, their 

associated upkeep would fall outside 

the realm of PRA ‘‘burden.’’

Industry has been subject to the basic 

provisions of the HSR Rules since 1978. 

Thus, businesses have had several years 

(and some have had decades) to 

integrate compliance systems into their 

business procedures. Accordingly, most 

companies now maintain records and 

provide updated order information of 

the kind required by the HSR Rules in 

their ordinary course of business. 

Nevertheless, staff conservatively 

assumes that the time devoted to 

compliance with the Rule by existing 

and new companies remains unchanged 

from its preceding estimate. 

Estimated labor costs: $73,506,000 

(rounded to the nearest thousand). 

Using the burden hours estimated 

above and applying an estimated 

average of $470/hour for executive and 

attorney wages,10 staff estimates that the 

total labor cost associated with the HSR 

Rules and the Notification and Report 

Form is approximately $73,505,650 

(156,395 hours x $470/hour). 

Estimated annual non-labor cost 

burden: $0 or minimal. 

The applicable requirements impose 

minimal start-up costs, as businesses 

subject to the HSR Rules generally have 

or obtain necessary equipment for other 

business purposes. Staff believes that 

the above requirements necessitate 

ongoing, regular training so that covered 

entities stay current and have a clear 

understanding of federal mandates, but 

that this would be a small portion of 

and subsumed within the ordinary 

training that employees receive apart 

from that associated with the 

information collected under the HSR 

Rules and the corresponding 

Notification and Report Form. 

William Blumenthal, 

General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Granting of Request for Early 

Termination of the Waiting Period 

Under the Premerger Notification 

Rules 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the 

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 

Improvements Act of 1976, requires 

persons contemplating certain mergers 

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General advance notice and to wait 

designated periods before 

consummation of such plans. Section 

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, 

in individual cases, to terminate this 

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and requires that notice of this action be 

published in the Federal Register. 

The following transactions were 

granted early termination of the waiting 

period provided by law and the 

premerger notification rules. The grants 

were made by the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General for the Antitrust Division of the 

Department of Justice. Neither agency 

intends to take any action with respect 

to these proposed acquisitions during 

the applicable waiting period. 

Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/18/2006 

20070345 ......................... GTCR Fund IX/A, L.P ....................... 3M Company ..................................... 3M Innovative Properties Company. 

....................................................... ....................................................... Riker Laboratories, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/19/2006 

20070341 ......................... Cadent Energy Partners I, L.P .......... George W. Mullane, Jr ...................... Logan Oil Tools, Inc. 

20070371 ......................... Green Equity Investors IV, L.P ......... Brickman Group Holdings, Inc .......... Brickman Group Holdings, Inc. 

20070378 ......................... Cooper Industries, Ltd ....................... Wire-Pro, Inc ..................................... Viking Electronics, Inc., Wire-Pro, 

Inc., WPI-Boston Division, Inc., 

WPI-Sarasota Division, Inc., WPIViking Division, S.A. de C.V. 

20070391 ......................... United Technologies Corporation ...... Longville Group Ltd ........................... Longville Group Ltd. 

20070411 ......................... Blum Strategic Partners III, L.P ........ Kinetic Concepts, Inc ........................ Kinetic Concepts, Inc. 

20070438 ......................... Sterling Investment Partner II, L.P .... Fairway Operating Corp .................... Fairway Operating Corp. 

20070441 ......................... Deutsche Post AG ............................. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc ..... Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. 

20070465 ......................... Hewlett-Packard Company ................ Knightsbridge Solutions Holdings 

Corp.

Knightsbridge Solutions Holding 

Corp. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/20/2006 

20070168 ......................... H.I.G. TestAmerica, Inc ..................... Severn Trent Plc ............................... Aerotech Holdings, Inc., En Novative 

Technologies, Inc., Severn Trent 

Laboratories, Inc. 

20070383 ......................... Carylyle Partners IV, L.P ................... Sharon Tube Corporation .................. Sharon Tube Corporation. 

20070392 ......................... Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation.Bear Lake Acquisition Corp .............. Bear Lake Acquisition Corp. 

20070440 ......................... Tullett Prebon plc .............................. C&W Corporate Securities LLC ........ Chapdelaine Corporate Securities & 

Co. 

20070442 ......................... Oak Hill Capital Partners II, L.P ........ Frank A. Critz, M.D ........................... Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia. 

20070443 ......................... Lonza Group Limited ......................... Cambrex Corporation ........................ Cambrex Corporation. 

20070448 ......................... Lawrence Flinn, Jr ............................. Barry O’Callaghan ............................. HM Rivergroup, PLC. 

20070455 ......................... Edward W. Stack ............................... Golf Galaxy, Inc ................................. Golf Galaxy, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/21/2006 

20070397 ......................... Group 1 Automotive, Inc ................... A. Baron Cass III ............................... Baron Development Company, LLC, 

Baron Motorwerks, LLC, Baron 

Volkswagen, Inc. 

20070398 ......................... Group 1 Automotive, Inc ................... Barton J. Cohen ................................ Baron Development Company, LLC, 

Baron Motowerks, LLC, Baron 

Volkswagen, Inc. 

20070407 ......................... Partners HealthCare System, Inc ..... Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Inc ........ Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Inc. 

20070410 ......................... Partners HealthCare System, Inc ..... Nantucket Cottage Hospital .............. Nantucket Cottage Hospital. 

20070431 ......................... Third Point Offshore Fund, Ltd ......... Pogo Producing Company ................ Pogo Producing Company. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/22/2006 

20070367 ......................... Medstead Luxco S.a.r.l ..................... Permira Europe II L.P.2 .................... Ferretti S.p.A. 

20070369 ......................... Bain Capital (OSI) IX, L.P ................. OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc ............ OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. 

20070400 ......................... Sonoco Products Company .............. Snyder Investment Holdings LLC ..... Clear Pack Company. 

20070403 ......................... Goldstein Group, Inc ......................... Velia Samuels Common Stock Trust Samuels Recycling Company. 

20070415 ......................... Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund I–

2, L.P.

elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C ............ elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C. 

20070425 ......................... Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold 

Inc.

Phelps Dodge Corporation ................ Phelps Dodge Corporation. 

20070427 ......................... Glide Buy-Out Fund III CV ................ Rockwood Holdings, Inc .................... Gruop Novasep SAS. 

20070429 ......................... ArcLight Energy Partners Fund III, 

L.P.

AltairStrickland Group, Inc ................ AltairStrickland Group, Inc. 

20070457 ......................... Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore 

Fund I, Ltd.

Calpine Corporation .......................... MEP Pleasant Hill, LLC. 

20070460 ......................... Mr. Jostein Eikeland .......................... Fiat S.p.A ........................................... Meridian Technologies, Inc. 

20070467 ......................... Behrman Capital III L.P ..................... The Jerry L. Hayden Trust dated 

April 22, 1994.

Peacock Engineering Company. 

20070468 ......................... Geodis S.A ........................................ TNT N.V ............................................ TNT Freight Management Holdings. 

20070474 ......................... Marubeni Corporation ........................ Mark J. Vallely ................................... Intragrated Resources Holdings, Inc. 


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Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

20070475 ......................... Colam Entreprendre S.A ................... Crawford Electric Supply Company, 

Ltd.

Crawford Electric Supply Company, 

Ltd. 

20070477 ......................... Standex International Corporation .... Associated American Industries, Inc Associated American Industries, Inc. 

20070480 ......................... General Motors Corporation .............. Con-way Inc ...................................... Vector SCM, LLC. 

20070482 ......................... GS Capital Partners V, L.P ............... McJunkin Corporation ....................... McJunkin Corporation. 

20070483 ......................... General Electric Company ................ Moseley Associates, Inc .................... Microwave Data Systems, Inc. 

20070484 ......................... Graeme Hart ...................................... International Paper Company ........... International Paper Company. 

20070485 ......................... Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P .............. Pearson plc ....................................... NCS Pearson Venezuela, NCS Services de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., 

Pearson Analytic Solutions, Inc., 

Pearson Canada Solutions Limited, Pearson Government Solution, Inc., Pearson Soluciones 

S.A., Soluciones Pearson Mexico, 

S.A. de C.V. 

20070489 ......................... Cardiovascular Hospitals of America, 

LLC.

St. Francis Health Care System of 

Hawaii.

Hawaii Health Ventures, LLC, SFMC 

Joint Ventures, LLC, St. Francis 

Imaging, LLC, St. Francis Medical 

Center, St. Francis Medical Center—West. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/26/2006 

20070478 ......................... Scott Sheridan ................................... INVESTools, Inc ................................ INVESTools Inc. 

20070479 ......................... Tom Sosnoff ...................................... INVESTools Inc ................................. INVESTools Inc. 

20070488 ......................... Motorola, Inc ...................................... Netopia, Inc ....................................... Netopia, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/28/2006 

20060776 ......................... General Dynamics Corporation ......... SNC-Lavalin Group Inc ..................... SNC Technologies Corp., SNC 

Technologies Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/29/2006 

20061812 ......................... The TriZetto Group, Inc ..................... Quality Care Solutions, Inc ............... Quality Care Solutions, Inc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, 

or Renee Hallman, Contact 

Representative, Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H–

303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–

3100. 

By Direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–81 Filed 1–11–07: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

FAI–2007–N01 

Federal Acquisition Institute/Defense 

Acquisition University Vendor Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, GSA 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Acquisition 

Institute (FAI) and the Defense 

Acquisition University (DAU) will hold 

a vendor meeting to provide information 

on shared initiatives and activities. FAI 

will describe plans and requirements for 

training related services under the 

Acquisition Workforce Training Fund 

(AWTF). 

FAI and DAU work together to 

address many of the acquisition 

workforce training needs of the Federal 

government. Partnering with DAU 

enables FAI to build upon existing DAU 

training, develop governmentwide 

curriculum, and promote a cohesive and 

agile workforce. At the vendor meeting, 

DAU will present information on recent 

contracting curriculum changes. FAI 

will discuss how the curriculum 

changes impact the federal acquisition 

workforce. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Training 

developers, vendors with CommercialOff-The-Shelf (COTS) training products, 

vendors with capabilities related to the 

full Instructional System Design (ISD) 

methodologies, and acquisition training 

experts. 

The meeting will be held January 24, 

2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., GSA 

Auditorium located at 1800 F Street, 

NW, Washington, D.C. Register by email: marialhernandez@sra.com, or 

telphone (703) 284–6988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Maria Hernandez, by telephone at 703–

284–6988 or by e-mail at 

marialhernandez@sra.com. 

Dated: January 8, 2007. 

Rachael M. Lerum, 

Procurement Analyst, Office of National & 

Regional Acquisition Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–297 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital and 

Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on 

Privacy and Confidentiality. 

Time and Date: January 23, 2007 9 a.m.–

4 p.m. 

Place: National Center for Health Statistics, 

3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20787. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: The purpose of this working 

session will be to discuss privacy issue 

around personal health records (PHR) and 

non-covered health care providers (such as 

cash-only operations). 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information as well as 


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