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1 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). 

The Bureau seeks comment on 

NECA’s proposed compensation rates 

for traditional TRS, STS, CTS and IP 

CTS, IP Relay, and VRS for the period 

of July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, 

as well as the proposed carrier 

contribution factor and Fund size 

requirement. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Nicole McGinnis, 

Deputy Chief, Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E8–10517 Filed 5–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern Time) 

May 19, 2008. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

April 21, 2008 Board member meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity 

Report. 

b. Monthly Investment Performance 

Report. 

c. Legislative Report. 

3. Mid-year budget review. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

4. Personnel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: May 8, 2008. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 08–1253 Filed 5–8–08; 3:26 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

[File No. 081 0073] 

Agrium Inc. and UAP Holding 

Corporation; Analysis of the Complaint 

and Proposed Consent Order to Aid 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed Consent Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this 

matter settles alleged violations of 

federal law prohibiting unfair or 

deceptive acts or practices or unfair 

methods of competition. The attached 

Analysis to Aid Public Comment 

describes both the allegations in the 

draft complaint and the terms of the 

consent order — embodied in the 

consent agreement — that would settle 

these allegations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 4, 2008 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Agrium and 

UAP Holding Corp., File No. 081 0073,’’

to facilitate the organization of 

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 to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission/Office of the Secretary, 

Room 135-H, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. 

Comments containing confidential 

material must be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’

and must comply with Commission 

Rule 4.9(c). 16 CFR 4.9(c) (2005).1 The 

FTC is requesting that any comment 

filed in paper form be sent by courier or 

overnight service, if possible, because 

U.S. postal mail in the Washington area 

and at the Commission is subject to 

delay due to heightened security 

precautions. Comments that do not 

contain any nonpublic information may 

instead be filed in electronic form by 

following the instructions on the webbased form at http:// 

secure.commentworks.com/ftc-Agrium. 

To ensure that the Commission 

considers an electronic comment, you 

must file it on that web-based form. 

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 

website, to the extent practicable, at 

www.ftc.gov. As a matter of discretion, 

the FTC makes every effort to remove 

home contact information for 

individuals from the public comments it 

receives before placing those comments 

on the FTC website. More information, 

including routine uses permitted by the 

Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s 

privacy policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ 

ftc/privacy.shtm). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald R. Gordon, FTC Bureau of 

Competition, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326- 

2357. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C. 

46(f), and § 2.34 of the Commission 

Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is 

hereby given that the above-captioned 

consent agreement containing a consent 

order to cease and desist, having been 

filed with and accepted, subject to final 

approval, by the Commission, has been 

placed on the public record for a period 

of thirty (30) days. The following 

Analysis to Aid Public Comment 

describes the terms of the consent 

agreement, and the allegations in the 

complaint. An electronic copy of the 

full text of the consent agreement 

package can be obtained from the FTC 

Home Page (for February 27, 2008), on 

the World Wide Web, at http:// 

www.ftc.gov/os/2008/05/index.htm. A 

paper copy can be obtained from the 

FTC Public Reference Room, Room 130- 

H, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 

Washington, D.C. 20580, either in 

person or by calling (202) 326-2222. 

Public comments are invited, and may 

be filed with the Commission in either 

paper or electronic form. All comments 

should be filed as prescribed in the 

ADDRESSES section above, and must be 

received on or before the date specified 

in the DATES section. 

Analysis of Agreement Containing 

Consent Order to Aid Public Comment 

I. Introduction 

The Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has accepted for public 

comment from Agrium Inc. (‘‘Agrium’’), 

and UAP Holding Corporation, (‘‘UAP’’) 

(collectively ‘‘the Parties’’) an 

Agreement Containing Consent Orders 

(‘‘the proposed consent order’’). The 

Parties have also reviewed a draft 

complaint contemplated by the 

Commission. The proposed consent 

order is designed to remedy likely 

anticompetitive effects arising from 

Agrium’s proposed acquisition of all of 

the outstanding voting stock of UAP. 

II. Description of the Parties and the 

Proposed Acquisition 

Agrium is a Calgary, Alberta-based 

agricultural products company, a major 

producer of fertilizer in the Americas, 

and is the largest operator of retail farm 

stores in the United States. Agrium has 


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