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Original sales receipts of items 

purchased with USDOL–VETS funding, 

a copy of the signed SF 269A, signed 

invoice or signed list of expenditures, a 

comparison of actual versus planned 

activities and expenditures, Stand Down 

After Action Report, and copies of all 

PSC 272s sent to HHS/PMS are to be 

submitted to the appropriate DVET/ 

GOTR. 

If the DVET/GOTR does not 

recommend approval of a particular 

expenditure, he/she will notify the 

grantee in writing with an explanation 

for the disapproval and instruct grantee 

to electronically return the funds within 

15 calendar days to the HHS/PMS 

account if already drawn down. All FY 

2008 Stand Down awarded funds must 

be electronically drawn down by no 

later than November 30, 2008. If Stand 

Down funds are not electronically 

drawn down by the grantee within 90 

calendar days following the 

commencement of the Stand Down 

event and if practicable, the USDOL 

may reallocate these funds for other 

purposes accordingly. 

Any grantee who fails to comply with 

the guidance set forth in the Stand 

Down Special Grant Provisions and 

reporting requirements will not be 

considered favorably from any future 

funding from U.S. Department of Labor 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service. 

IX. Agency Contacts 

Questions regarding this 

announcement should be directed to the 

DVET/GOTR in your State. Contact 

information for each DVET/GOTR is 

located in the VETS Staff Directory at 

the following Web page: http:// 

www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/ 

main.htm or access the staffing 

directory at Web site address: http:// 

www.dol.gov/vets. 

X. Other Information 

Current competitive HVRP grantees 

are not eligible for a separate noncompetitive Stand Down grant award as 

described in this announcement. 

Current competitive HVRP grantees are 

authorized to utilize existing funds for 

Stand Down purposes. 

Appendices: (Located on U.S. 

Department of Labor, Veterans’

Employment and Training Service Web 

page www.dol.gov/vets follow link for 

2008 Stand Down Grants and Required 

Forms listed under announcements.) 

Appendix A: Application for Federal 

Assistance SF–424 

Appendix B: Budget Information 

Sheet SF–424A 

Appendix C: Certifications and 

Assurances Signature Page 

Appendix D: Direct Cost Description 

for Applicants and Sub-Applicants 

Appendix E: Survey on Ensuring 

Equal Opportunity for Applicants 

Appendix F: Stand Down After 

Action Report 

OMB Information Collection No. 

1205–0458 Expires September 30, 2009 

According to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless such collection 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 20 hours per response, 

including time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden, to: 

OIRA Desk Officer for VETS/DOL, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Please do not send your completed 

application to the OMB. Send it to the 

sponsoring agency as specified in this 

solicitation. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

July 2008. 

Cassandra Mitchell, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–17622 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 08–08] 

Notice of Amendment To Compact 

With the Government of the Republic 

of Madagascar 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

609(i)(2) of the Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended (Pub. L. 108–

199, Division D), the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation is publishing a 

summary, justification and the complete 

text of the Amendment to Millennium 

Challenge Compact between the United 

States of America, acting through the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation, and 

the Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar. Representatives of the 

United States Government and the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar executed the Amendment 

documents on July 24, 2008 and July 15, 

2008, respectively. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

Henry Pitney, 

Deputy General Counsel, Millennium 

Challenge Corporation. 

Summary of Amendment to Millennium 

Challenge Compact With the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar 

The Board of Directors of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) has approved an amendment (the 

Amendment) to the existing 

approximately $109.8 million, four-year 

Millennium Challenge Compact 

between the United States of America, 

acting through MCC, and the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar (the Compact). 

Background 

The Compact was signed April 18, 

2005, entered into force on July 27, 2005 

and, under its original terms, would 

have terminated on July 26, 2009. It is 

the only compact entered into by MCC 

with a four-year rather than a five-year 

term. The main objectives of the 

Compact consist of raising incomes in 

rural areas by increasing land rights 

security and improving land 

administration capacity, expanding the 

financial sector, and increasing 

investment in farms and other rural 

businesses in five high-potential 

geographic zones. The extension of the 

Compact term is intended to allow a 

more complete achievement of the 

Compact’s goals and enhance the 

sustainability of the investments being 

made under the Compact. 

Scope of the Amendment 

The Amendment extends the term of 

the Compact for a single additional year 

without making changes to either the 

scope of program activities or the level 

of funds currently obligated under the 

Compact. The Amendment also 

conforms the Compact’s administrative 

winding up provision to the related 

provision in other compacts that have 

been entered into since the Compact 

was signed. Finally, the Amendment 

updates information with respect to the 

title of the MCC principal representative 

under the Compact. 

Reasons for the Amendment 

The Government of Madagascar is 

unlikely to achieve all of the project 

objectives as defined in the Compact by 

its original termination date in July 

2009. While MCC’s and the Government 

of Madagascar’s efforts continue to keep 

Compact objective realization moving 

forward and are resulting in increased 

disbursement rates, the time allotted for 

implementation of several major 

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contracts is insufficient to reach certain 

targets. In certain cases, MCC was not 

willing to allow construction contracts 

to be entered into absent a five-year 

term for the Compact. With an extension 

of one year to the term of the Compact, 

the likelihood of achieving project 

objectives will improve substantially, 

and the probability of sustaining these 

activities once Compact funding ceases 

will increase. 

The fifth year extension will better 

position the Government of Madagascar 

to fully implement the Compact’s 

planned activities, achieve the targets 

set forth in the Compact’s monitoring 

and evaluation plan, and ultimately 

better allow for the sustainable poverty 

reduction impact contemplated by the 

Compact. 

Examples of the implementation 

activities that will be supported by the 

additional year of the Compact term 

include the following. 

A. Land Tenure Project 

The extended term will provide the 

Compact’s Land Tenure Project time to 

better implement activities related to the 

modernization and decentralization of 

land services and information gathering 

and dissemination in Madagascar. One 

component of these activities is the 

construction of decentralized land 

offices in beneficiary communities and 

the rehabilitation or new construction of 

regional Land Administration offices. 

The fifth year will reduce the risk that 

planned construction will not be 

completed and provide time for an 

adequate guarantee period following the 

completion of construction. The 

extended term will also help ensure the 

sustainability of the reforms achieved 

and implemented through the Land 

Tenure Project by allowing additional 

time for the provision of adequate 

technical assistance to strengthen the 

institutional and human resource 

capacity of the land services providers 

at the regional and local levels. 

B. Finance Project 

The amended Compact term will 

provide the time necessary to allow the 

largest activity in the Finance Project—

the creation of a national payment 

system—to be more effectively 

completed. The additional year will 

provide the time necessary to build the 

Central Bank of Madagascar’s technical 

capacity to operate and sustain the 

system. The extended Compact term 

will also allow adequate time for the 

construction of the new branches for the 

Madagascar National Savings Bank 

contemplated by the Compact, a critical 

activity aimed at providing low-cost 

savings accounts to the people of four 

districts in rural Madagascar where such 

accounts currently are unavailable. 

C. Agriculture Business Investment 

Project (ABIP) 

The one-year extension of the 

Compact term will provide ABIP time to 

broaden and deepen its activities related 

to increasing farm and small business 

revenue and investment opportunities. 

It will provide an opportunity for 

farmers to work with project staff to 

adopt improved production techniques 

during additional crop production 

cycles. In addition, it will provide time 

for an adequate guarantee period 

following the completion of the 

construction of the agricultural business 

centers that will serve as regional hubs 

for post-Compact technical assistance. 

The additional year will also allow the 

agricultural business centers to further 

test and strengthen their operational 

model to better ensure that delivery of 

services to farmers, associations and 

rural small enterprises can be sustained 

into the future. 

Amendment to Millennium Challenge 

Compact Between the Government of 

the Republic of Madagascar and the 

United States of America Acting 

Through the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation 

Amendment to Millennium Challenge 

Compact 

This Amendment to Millennium 

Challenge Compact (this ‘‘Amendment’’) 

is made by and between the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar (the ‘‘Government’’) 

(referred to herein individually as a 

‘‘Party’’ and collectively, the ‘‘Parties’’), 

and the United States of America, acting 

through the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation, a United States 

Government corporation (‘‘MCC’’). All 

capitalized terms used in this 

Amendment that are not otherwise 

defined have the meanings given to 

such terms in the Compact. 

Recitals 

Whereas, MCC and the Government 

signed the Millennium Challenge 

Compact by and between the United 

States of America, acting through the 

MCC, and the Government, on April 18, 

2005 (the ‘‘Compact’’); 

Whereas, the Compact currently 

provides for a Compact Term of four 

years from the date of the Compact’s 

entry into force, July 27, 2005; 

Whereas, pursuant to the Compact, 

MCC grants to the Government, subject 

to the terms and conditions of the 

Compact, MCC Funding in an amount 

not to exceed One Hundred Nine 

Million Seven Hundred and SeventyThree Thousand United States Dollars 

(US$109,773,000) during the Compact 

Term to enable the Government to 

implement the Program and achieve the 

Objectives outlined in the Compact; 

Whereas, to better facilitate the proper 

implementation and achievement of 

certain of the Objectives, MCC and the 

Government wish to extend the 

Compact Term for one additional year; 

and 

Whereas, pursuant to Section 5.3 of 

the Compact, the Parties desire to 

amend the Compact as set forth in this 

Amendment; 

Now, therefore, in consideration of 

the foregoing and the mutual covenants 

and agreements set forth herein and in 

the Compact, the Parties hereby agree as 

follows: 

Amendment to Section 1.3 

Section 1.3 of the Compact is 

amended by deleting the last sentence 

in its entirety and replacing it with the 

following: 

This Compact shall remain in force for five 

years from the date of entry into force of this 

Compact, unless earlier terminated in 

accordance with Section 5.4 (the ‘‘Compact 

Term’’). 

Amendment to Section 5.1 

Section 5.1 of the Compact is 

amended by replacing the notice 

information for MCC with the following: 

To MCC: Millennium Challenge Corporation, 

Attention: Vice President for Compact 

Implementation (with a copy to the Vice 

President and General Counsel), 875 15th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 

United States of America, Facsimile: (202) 

521–3700, E-mail: 

VPImplementation@mcc.gov (Vice 

President for Compact Implementation); 

VPGeneralCounsel@mcc.gov (Vice 

President and General Counsel). 

Amendment to Section 5.2 

Section 5.2 of the Compact is 

amended by deleting the words ‘‘Vice 

President for Country Relations’’ and 

replacing them with ‘‘Vice President for 

Compact Implementation.’’

Amendment to Section 5.4(e) 

Section 5.4(e) of the Compact is 

amended by deleting the text of the 

section in its entirety and replacing it 

with the following: 

All MCC Funding shall terminate upon the 

expiration, suspension, or termination of this 

Compact; provided, however, that MCC 

Funding may be used, in compliance with 

this Compact and any relevant Supplemental 

Agreement, to pay for (i) reasonable 

expenditures for goods, works and services 

that are properly incurred under or in 

furtherance of this Compact before the 

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expiration, suspension or termination of this 

Compact, provided that the request for such 

payment is properly submitted within sixty 

(60) days after such expiration, suspension or 

termination, and (ii) reasonable expenditures 

(including administrative expenses) properly 

incurred in connection with the winding up 

of the Program within one-hundred and 

twenty (120) days after the expiration, 

suspension or termination of this Compact. 

Further Assurances 

Each Party hereby covenants and 

agrees, without necessity of any further 

consideration, to execute and deliver 

any and all such further documents and 

take any and all such other action as 

may be reasonably necessary or 

appropriate to carry out the intent and 

purpose of this Amendment. 

Effect of This Amendment 

From and after the date this 

Amendment enters into force in 

accordance with Section 8 of this 

Amendment, the Compact and this 

Amendment shall be read together and 

construed as one document, and each 

reference in the Compact to the 

‘‘Compact,’’ ‘‘hereunder,’’ ‘‘hereof’’ or 

words of like import referring to the 

Compact, and each reference to the 

‘‘Compact,’’ ‘‘thereunder,’’ ‘‘thereof’’ or 

words of like import in any 

Supplemental Agreement or in any 

other document or instrument delivered 

pursuant to the Compact or any 

Supplemental Agreement, shall mean 

and be construed as a reference to the 

Compact, as amended by this 

Amendment. 

Limitations 

Except as expressly amended by this 

Amendment, all of the provisions of the 

Compact remain unchanged and in full 

force and effect. 

Entry Into Force of This Amendment 

This Amendment shall enter into 

force upon its signature by each of the 

Parties. Signature page begins on the 

next page. 

In witness whereof, the undersigned, 

duly authorized by their respective 

governments, have signed this 

Amendment at: 

Antananarivo, Madagascar on July 15, 

2008, by Marius Ratolojanahary, 

Minister of Land Reform, Estate and 

Country Planning for the Government of 

the Republic of Madagascar; and 

Washington, DC, United States of 

America on July 24, 2008, by Darius 

Mans, Vice President for Compact 

Implementation, Millennium Challenge 

Corporation, on behalf of the United 

States of America. 

[FR Doc. E8–17706 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a 

submittal to OMB for review of 

continued approval of information 

collections under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 396, ‘‘Certification 

of Medical Examination by Facility 

Licensee.’’

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0024. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: Upon application for an initial 

operator license, every six years for the 

renewal of operator or senior operator 

license, and upon notices of disability. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Facility licensees who are tasked with 

certifying the medical fitness of an 

applicant or licensee. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

137. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 793 (323 hours for reporting 

[.25 hours per response], and 470 hours 

for recordkeeping [3.4 hours per 

recordkeeper]. 

7. Abstract: NRC Form 396 is used to 

transmit information to the NRC 

regarding the medical condition of 

applicants for initial operator licenses or 

renewal of operator licenses and for the 

maintenance of medical records for all 

licensed operators. The information is 

used to determine whether the physical 

condition and general health of 

applicants for operator licensees is such 

that the applicant would not be 

expected to cause operational errors and 

endanger public health and safety. 

Submit, by September 30, 2008, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available for public 

inspection. Because your comments will 

not be edited to remove any identifying 

or contact information, the NRC 

cautions you against including any 

information in your submission that you 

do not want to be publicly disclosed. 

Comments submitted should reference 

Docket No. NRC–2008–0416. You may 

submit your comments by any of the 

following methods. Electronic 

comments: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. NRC–2008–0416. Mail 

comments to NRC Clearance Officer, 

Russell Nichols (T–5 F52), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Russell Nichols (T–5 F52), U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–6874, 

or by e-mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of July 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–17663 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–293] 

In the Matter of: Entergy Nuclear 

Operations, Inc.; Entergy Nuclear 

Generation Company (Pilgrim Nuclear 

Power Station); Order Approving 

Indirect Transfer of Facility Operating 

License 

I 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 

(ENO) and Entergy Nuclear Generation 

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