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information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 8, 1995.

John M. Robinson,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment

Training Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–30482 Filed 12–13–95; 8:45 am]

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 94–3 CARP–CD 90–92]

Distribution of 1990, 1991 and 1992

Cable Royalty Funds

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Announcement of the schedule

for the proceeding.

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the

Library of Congress is announcing the

schedule for the 180 day arbitration

period for the distribution of 1990–92

cable compulsory license royalties, as

required by the regulations governing

this proceeding.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES: All hearings and meetings

for the 1990–92 cable distribution

proceeding shall take place in the James

Madison Building, Room 414, First and

Independence Avenue, S.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20540.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Acting General

Counsel or Tanya Sandros, Copyright

Arbitration Royalty Panel Specialist, at:

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel

(CARP), P.O. Box 70977, Southwest

Station, Washington, D.C. 20024.

Telephone:(202) 707–8380. Telefax:

(202) 707–8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

37 CFR 251.11(b) provides that:

At the beginning of each proceeding, the

CARP shall develop the original schedule of

the proceeding which shall be published in

the Federal Register at least seven calendar

days in advance of the first meeting. Such

announcement shall state the times, dates,

and places of the meetings, the testimony to

be heard, whether any of the meetings, or any

portion of a meeting, is to be closed, and if

so, which ones, and the name and telephone

number of the person to contact for further

information.

This notice fulfills the requirements of

§ 251.11(b) for the proceeding for the

distribution of cable compulsory license

royalties for the years 1990–92.

On December 15, 1994, the Copyright

Office published a notice in the Federal

Register requesting comment as to the

existence of controversies to the

distribution of the 1990 cable royalty

fund. 59 FR 64714 (December 15, 1994).

In response to this notice, copyright

owners identified the existence of

controversies for distribution of the

1990 fund, as well as the 1991 and 1992

funds. The copyright owners requested

that the Office consolidate the 1990–92

funds into a single distribution

proceeding.

On March 21, 1995, the Office

published a notice consolidating the

1990–92 cable royalty distribution

proceedings into a single proceeding,

and announced the precontroversy

discovery schedule. 60 FR 14971 (March

21, 1995). The Office also announced in

that notice that controversies to the

1990–92 would be declared, and

arbitration initiated, on November 17,

1995. 60 FR 14975. The parties,

however, filed a motion with the Office

on November 8, 1995, requesting a

deferment of the commencement date

until December 29, 1995. In response to

this motion, the Copyright Office issued

an Order which set December 4, 1995,

as the new initiation date. Order, dated

November 13, 1995.

On November 28, 1995, the Office

announced the initiation of the 180 day

arbitration period, pursuant to 37 CFR

251.72; the names of the arbitrators who

will preside at the 1990–92 cable

distribution proceeding; a delay of the

initiation of the proceedings until

December 4, 1995; and the date, time

and place of the initial meeting of the

proceeding. 60 FR 58680 (November 28,

1995).

This notice announces the present

schedule for the entire proceeding.

II. The Schedule for the Cable

Distribution Proceeding

The parties to this proceeding jointly

proposed a preliminary schedule for the

upcoming hearings to the Copyright

Office on November 17, 1995. The

Copyright Office, in turn, passed the

proposed schedule to the arbitrators for

their comments and approval. In

response to a request from the

arbitrators, the Joint Sports Claimants

agreed to shorten their direct case, and

rescheduled two of their witnesses for

the rebuttal phase of the proceeding.

Likewise, the National Association of

Broadcasters agreed to conclude their

case no later than December 20, 1995.

Further refinements to the proposed

schedule were made at the meeting on

December 4, 1995. This schedule was

finalized in an Order issued by the

CARP panel. See CARP Order, dated

December 8, 1995. Thus, the hearing

will proceed according to the following

schedule:

Presentation of Direct Cases

Joint Sports Claimants

December 5–December 14, 1995

National Association of Broadcasters

December 14–December 20, 1995

Program Suppliers

December 20, 1995–January 12, 1996

Public Broadcasting

January 16–January 19, 1996

Devotional Claimants

January 22–January 26, 1996

Canadian Claimants

January 29–February 2, 1996

Deadline for Filing Written Rebuttal

Cases

February 7, 1996

Deadline for Serving Requests for

Underlying Documents Related to

Rebuttal Cases

February 9, 1996

Deadline for Responses to Requests for

Underlying Documents

February 13, 1996

Deadline for Producing Documents

February 15, 1996

Deadline for Filing any Motions Related

to Rebuttal Cases

February 15, 1996

Deadline for Filing any Oppositions to

Motions

February 20, 1996

Presentation of Rebuttal Cases

February 27–March 15, 1996

Deadline for Filing Proposed Findings

of Fact & Conclusions of Law

April 5, 1996

Deadline for Filing Responses to

Proposed Findings of Fact &

Conclusions of Law

April 17, 1996

Close of 180 day period

June 1, 1996

At this time, the parties have not

moved to close any portion of the

proceeding to the public. Further

refinements to the schedule will be

announced in open meetings and issued

as orders to the parties participating in

the proceeding; and all changes will be

noted in the docket file of the

proceeding, as required by the

Copyright Office regulations governing

the administration of CARP

proceedings. 37 CFR 251.11(c).

III. Publication of the Original Schedule

on Short Notice

The regulations require that the

Copyright Office publish the original

schedule for the CARP proceeding in

the Federal Register at least seven

calendar days in advance of the first

meeting. 37 CFR 251.11(b). Pursuant to

37 CFR 251.11(d), however, the

arbitrators voted to waive the seven day

notice requirement. The results of the
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vote on the question, whether the

requirement for a seven calendar notice

should be waived, are:

The Hon. Mel R. Jiganti, Chairperson—

Yes

The Hon. John B. Farmakides—Yes

The Hon. Ronald P. Wertheim—Yes

The arbitrators voted to suspend the

notice requirement for several reasons.

First, all parties to the proceeding had

received notice of the proposed

schedule approximately two weeks

prior to the initiation of the proceeding.

Second, the present schedule, which

was fine tuned at the meeting on

December 4, 1995, did not significantly

alter the schedule initially proposed by

the parties. Third, the meeting on

December 4, 1995, which marks the

commencement of the proceeding, was

announced in a Federal Register notice

seven calendar days before the meeting.

And finally, the arbitrators and the

parties anticipate the proceeding will

require the full 180 days for hearing the

testimony and preparing the decision.

For the foregoing reasons, the arbitrators

hereby waive the notice requirement,

but comply with all substantive

requirements of the rule.

Dated: December 11, 1995.

Marilyn Kretsinger,

Acting General Counsel.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Record Schedules; Availability and

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration, Office of Records

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed records schedules; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA)

publishes notice at least once monthly

of certain Federal agency requests for

records disposition authority (records

schedules). Records schedules identify

records of sufficient value to warrant

preservation in the National Archives of

the United States. Schedules also

authorize agencies after a specified

period to dispose of records lacking

administrative, legal, research, or other

value. Notice is published for records

schedules that (1) propose the

destruction of records not previously

authorized for disposal, or (2) reduce

the retention period for records already

authorized for disposal. NARA invites

public comments on such schedules, as

required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Request for copies must be

received in writing on or before January

29, 1996. Once the appraisal of the

records is completed, NARA will send

a copy of the schedule. The requester

will be given 30 days to submit

comments.

ADDRESSES: Address requests for single

copies of schedules identified in this

notice to the Records Appraisal and

Disposition Division (NIR), National

Archives and Records Administration,

College Park, MD 20740. Requesters

must cite the control number assigned

to each schedule when requesting a

copy. The control number appears in

the parentheses immediately after the

name of the requesting agency.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year

U.S. Government agencies create

billions of records on paper, film,

magnetic tape, and other media. In order

to control this accumulation, agency

records managers prepare records

schedules specifying when the agency

no longer needs the records and what

happens to the records after this period.

Some schedules are comprehensive and

cover all the records of an agency or one

of its major subdivisions. These

comprehensive schedules provide for

the eventual transfer to the National

Archives of historically valuable records

and authorize the disposal of all other

records. Most schedules, however, cover

records of only one office or program or

a few series of records, and many are

updates of previously approved

schedules. Such schedules also may

include records that are designated for

permanent retention.

Destruction of records requires the

approval of the Archivist of the United

States. This approval is granted after a

thorough study of the records that takes

into account their administrative use by

the agency of origin, the rights of the

Government and of private persons

directly affected by the Government’s

activities, and historical or other value.

This public notice identifies the

Federal agencies and their subdivisions

requesting disposition authority,

includes the control number assigned to

each schedule, and briefly describes the

records proposed for disposal. The

records schedule contains additional

information about the records and their

disposition. Further information about

the disposition process will be

furnished to each requester.

Schedules Pending

1. Department of the Air Force (N1–

AFU–96–1). Routine criminal

investigative records.

2. Department of Education,

President’s Commission on Foreign

Language and International Studies

(N1–12–95–2). Administrative

correspondence and reference files.

3. Department of State (N1–59–95–

14). Routine, facilitative, and

duplicative records from the Bureau of

Economic Affairs, the Legal Adviser, the

Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian

Affairs, and the Bureau of Security and

Consular Affairs.

4. Department of the Treasury, Office

of Thrift Supervision (N1–483–93–12).

System activity and ad hoc reports

created by the Holding Company

Universe System.

5. Administration for Health Care

Policy and Research (N1–510–94–1).

Comprehensive records schedule.

6. Air Coordinating Committee (N1–

220–94–8). Questionnaires, tabulations,

and subcommittee records duplicating

information in retained ACC records.

7. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and

Firearms (N1–436–95–1). Certificate of

Label Approval output records.

8. Federal Trade Commission (N1–

122–95–3). Bureau of Economics

Fertilizer Investigation Working Files,

1938–80.

9. Social Security Administration

(N1–47–96–1). Reduction in retention

period for employer reports of wages

paid.

10. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1–

142–94–3). Records created by the

Internal Energy Management Program.

11. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1–

142–95–11). TVA Form 13037,

Acceptance of indemnification coverage

and waiver of claims.

12. The White House Conference on

Small Business (N1–220–95–16).

Routine correspondence, working

papers to publications, anonymous

voting ballots, and press coverage

documents.

13. United States Information Agency,

Office of the General Counsel (N1–306–

95–7). Reduction in retention period for

records already approved for

destruction.

14. United States Information Agency,

Bureau of Management (N1–306–95–8).

Routine records of the Office of

Technology.

Dated: December 5, 1995.

James W. Moore,

Assistant Archivist for Records

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–30471 Filed 12–13–95; 8:45 am]

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