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beginning of the title of each document 

(see ‘‘Document Title’’ column). 

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well as news releases and other relevant 

information, is available at OSHA’s 

Webpage at http://www.osha.gov. 

Authority and Signature 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice under the 

authority granted by section 19 of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, 

section 1–5 of Executive Order 12196, 

29 CFR 1960 (Basic Program Elements of 

for Federal Employee Occupational 

Safety and Health Programs), and 

Secretary of Labor’s Order 5–2002 (67 

FR 65008). 

Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of 

February, 2007. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. E7–3690 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

Excellence in National Environmental 

Policy Foundation 

[Docket No. FHWA–2006–25031] 

U.S. Institute for Environmental 

Conflict Resolution; Notice of Final 

Report of National Outdoor Advertising 

Control (OAC) Program Assessment 

and Request for Public Input 

AGENCIES: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT and 

United States Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. 

Institute). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public input 

on final OAC program assessment 

report. 

SUMMARY: In July 2006, the FHWA and 

the U.S. Institute initiated a neutral 

assessment of the national Outdoor 

Advertising Control (OAC) program. 

The U.S. Institute has submitted the 

completed assessment report to the 

FHWA and other interested 

stakeholders in outdoor advertising, as 

described in this notice, thereby 

concluding the assessment process. The 

FHWA has placed the report in the 

docket (U.S. Department of 

Transportation Dockets Management 

System (DMS), at http://dms.dot.gov, 

under Docket No. FHWA–2006–25031 

and online at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

realestate/out_ad.htm. The FHWA seeks 

public comment on the assessment 

report. Comments submitted in response 

to this notice, together with the 

assessment report, previously submitted 

public comments, and other information 

relevant to the OAC program, will be 

considered by the FHWA when the 

agency makes future determinations 

about OAC program needs and the best 

methods for addressing those needs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments on the report to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Dockets 

Management Facility, Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590, or submit electronically at 

http://dms.dot.gov or fax comments to 

(202) 493–2251. All comments should 

include the docket number that appears 

in the heading of this document. 

All comments received will be 

available for examination and copying 

at the above address from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. Those desiring 

notification of receipt of comments must 

include a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard or may print the 

acknowledgement page that appears 

after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received onto any of DOT’s dockets by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or signing the comment if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000, (Volume 

65, Number 70, Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gerald Solomon, Office of Real Estate 

Services (HEPR) (202) 366–2037, 

gerald.solomon@dot.gov, or Ms. Janet 

Myers, Office of the Chief Counsel 

(HCC–30) (202) 366–2019, 

janet.myers@dot.gov, Federal Highway 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 

hours for the Federal Highway 

Administration are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may submit or retrieve comments 

online through the Docket Management 

System (DMS) at http://dms.dot.gov/ 

submit. The DMS is available 24 hours 

each day, 365 days a year. Electronic 

submissions and retrievals help and 

guidelines are available under the help 

section of the Web site. 

An electronic copy of this document 

may also be downloaded from the Office 

of the Federal Register’s home page at: 

http://www.archives.gov and the 

Government Printing Office’s Web page 

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

On July 20, 2006, the FHWA and the 

U.S. Institute published a notice in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 41258) 

announcing the initiation of an 

assessment of the national outdoor 

advertising control (OAC) program. The 

goal of this assessment was to reach out 

to parties interested in the OAC to 

identify issues that cause controversy, 

perspectives of the various stakeholders, 

and appropriate methods for addressing 

conflicts and improving program 

results. As a result of information 

obtained through the assessment, 

including the comments submitted in 

response to this notice, the U.S. Institute 

compiled an assessment report and 

provided it to the FHWA. The purpose 

of this notice is to announce the 

availability of that report and to request 

comments on the report. 

Under the 1965 Highway 

Beautification Act (HBA), 23 U.S.C. 131, 

and various agreements entered into by 

the FHWA and the States, the States are 

responsible for implementing the OAC 

program. The HBA requires control of 

outdoor advertising signs (signs) near 

Federal-aid highways in a manner 

consistent with Federal laws and 

regulations. Failure by a State to 

maintain effective control can result in 

the FHWA withholding of a portion of 

the State’s Federal-aid highway funds. 

Most States have assigned 

administrative responsibility for OAC to 

their transportation agencies. Additional 

information about the history, relevant 

laws, and current status of the OAC 

program appears in the July 20, 2006, 

Federal Register notice. Other OAC 

resources include: National Alliance of 

Highway Beautification Agencies, 

http://www.nahba.org/; Outdoor 


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Advertising Association of America, 

http://www.oaaa.org; and Scenic 

America, http://www.scenic.org. 

Since the adoption of the HBA and 

the implementing regulations, there 

have been substantial changes in 

relevant practices, technologies, and 

local conditions. As a result, many of 

those affected by the OAC program see 

an increasing gap between current 

Federal law and regulations and the 

needs of States, local communities, 

advertisers, sign owners, owners of 

properties on which signs are located, 

interest groups, and the traveling public. 

The U.S. Institute and the FHWA 

initiated the neutral assessment of the 

OAC program to identify issues that 

cause controversy, gather the 

perspectives of various stakeholders on 

those issues, and identify potential 

methods for addressing conflicts in 

order to improve program results. 

Assessment activities, carried out by the 

U.S. Institute and its contractor, The 

Osprey Group, commenced following 

publication of the Federal Register 

notice described above. 

Over several months, the assessment 

team obtained diverse perspectives 

through interviews, focus groups, and 

public listening sessions, supplemented 

by public comment letters filed in the 

docket. Substantial input was received 

and was considered by the assessment 

team when it prepared its OAC program 

assessment report. 

The assessment report identifies a 

broad range of attitude/relationship, 

organization, and substantive OAC 

program issues. Among these are 

regulatory approaches to new billboard 

technology; control of sham businesses 

and sham zoning that permit erection of 

billboards in non-commercial and 

industrial areas; future of nonconforming signs; vegetation control in 

the vicinity of billboards; consistency in 

administration of regulations and 

enforcement; future of the 1958 bonus 

program, enacted prior to the HBA, by 

PL 85–381, to control outdoor 

advertising through bonus payments to 

States that elected to enter into 

agreements to meet the stricter 

requirements; increased FHWA 

flexibility in enforcement mechanisms 

for failure to maintain effective control; 

update of Federal-State Agreements that 

govern States’ OAC obligations; 

Highway Beautification Act scope 

associated with highways not within the 

National Highway System; and 

evaluation of organizational structures 

and commitments to the OAC program. 

Conclusion 

The U.S. Institute’s report and the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will provide valuable information 

to the FHWA and other stakeholders, 

helping them to better understand the 

issues surrounding the OAC program 

and develop effective means to address 

some of the controversial topics. 

(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 131; 20 U.S.C. 5601 et 

seq.) 

Issued on: February 26, 2007. 

Christopher L. Helms, 

Executive Director, Morris K. Udall 

Scholarship and Excellence in National 

Environmental Policy Foundation. 

J. Richard Capka, 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 07–982 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING 

COMMISSION 

Fee Rate 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has adopted preliminary annual fee 

rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.059% 

(.00059) for tier 2 for calendar year 

2007. These rates shall apply to all 

assessable gross revenues from each 

gaming operation under the jurisdiction 

of the Commission. If a tribe has a 

certificate of self-regulation under 25 

CFR part 518, the preliminary fee rate 

on class II revenues for calendar year 

2007 shall be one-half of the annual fee 

rate, which is 0.0295% (.000295). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kwame Mainoo, National Indian 

Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, 

NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 

20005; telephone (202) 632–7003; fax 

(202) 632–7066 (these are not toll-free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 

established the National Indian Gaming 

Commission which is charged with, 

among other things, regulating gaming 

on Indian lands. 

The regulations of the Commission 

(25 CFR part 514), as amended, provide 

for a system of fee assessment and 

payment that is self-administered by 

gaming operations. Pursuant to those 

regulations, the Commission is required 

to adopt and communicate assessment 

rates; the gaming operations are 

required to apply those rates to their 

revenues, compute the fees to be paid, 

report the revenues, and remit the fees 

to the Commission on a quarterly basis. 

The regulations of the Commission 

and the preliminary rate being adopted 

today are effective for calendar year 

2007. Therefore, all gaming operations 

within the jurisdiction of the 

Commission are required to self 

administer the provisions of these 

regulations, and report and pay any fees 

that are due to the Commission by 

March 31, 2007. 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Philip N. Hogen, 

Chairman, National Indian Gaming 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–942 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–M 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Meeting of the Industry Trade 

Advisory Committee on Small and 

Minority Business (ITAC–11) 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of a partially opened 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Industry Trade Advisory 

Committee on Small and Minority 

Business (ITAC–11) will hold a meeting 

on Monday, March 19, 2007, from 9 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. The meeting will be closed 

to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 

opened to the public from 3 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

March 19, 2007, unless otherwise 

notified. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ronald Reagan International Trade 

Center, Trade Information Center, 

Training Room A. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hellstern, DFO for ITAC–11 at 

(202) 482–3222, Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

opened portion of the meeting the 

following agenda items will be 

considered. 

• Updates on Trade Promotion 

Coordinating Committee Export 

Promotion Programs, particularly trade 

financing. 

• Government Procurement through 

International Development Banks. 

• Overview of the Recent U.S. 

Commercial Service Export Promotion 

Programs, particularly those that assist 

small businesses in areas of concern 

expressed by ITAC–11: Foreign 


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