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recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the product(s) and/or service(s) 

to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the product(s) and/or service(s) to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the product(s) and/or 

service(s) proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following product(s) and/or 

service(s) are proposed for addition to 

Procurement List for production by the 

nonprofit agencies listed: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial and 

Landscaping, FBI Building, Houston, 

Texas, 1 Justice Park, Houston, TX. 

NPA: On Our Own Services, Inc., Houston, 

TX. Contracting Activity: General 

Services Administration, Public 

Buildings Service, Fort Worth, TX. 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Director, Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. E8–18931 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Fishery Capacity Reduction 

Program Request. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0376. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 27,928. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Implementation plans, 6,634 hours; 

advance and post referenda and bids, 4 

hours; monthly buyer or seller reports, 

2 hours; annual buyer or seller reports, 

4 hours; buyer/seller reports, 2 hours; 

and information provided to resolve 

conflicts in ownership claims, 1 hour. 

Needs and Uses: The Sustainable 

Fisheries Act (SFA) amended the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) to provide for voluntary 

reduction of excess fishing capacity 

through fishing capacity reduction 

(buyback) programs. Excess fishing 

capacity decreases fisheries earnings, 

complicates fishery management, and 

imperils fishery conservation. Congress 

acknowledged this by providing 

program authority. This extension 

request for information collection 

approval involves standard information 

required to be included in any program 

request for any fishery. 

The statutory objective of a program is 

‘‘to obtain the maximum sustained 

reduction in fishing capacity at the least 

cost and in a minimum period of time.’’

Buybacks pay fishermen either to (1) 

surrender their fishing permits or (2) 

both surrender their permits and either 

scrap their fishing vessels or restrict 

vessel title to prevent fishing. The 

buybacks can involve either a Federal or 

State fishery. Buybacks can be funded 

via a long-term loan from the Federal 

government to the fishery (called 

industry-funded buybacks), to be repaid 

by the industry by post-buyback landing 

fees, or funded from appropriations 

(non-industry funded) or other non-loan 

sources of funds. Programs involving 

industry financed loans are authorized 

by section 1111 of title XI of the 

Merchant Marine Act, 1936. 

Buybacks can involve as many as 

seven types of information collection 

requirements on the public. These are: 

(1) Program requests (including 

development of a harvester proponents’

implementation plan), 

(2) Invitations to bid, 

(3) Referendum material for review 

and vote, 

(4) Buyer reporting and 

recordkeeping, 

(5) Seller reports (if buyers do not 

collect the fee), 

(6) State actions for fisheries subject 

to State authority, and 

(7) Advisement of conflicts in 

ownership claims. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Frequency: Monthly, annually, and 

one-time only. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18892 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon 

Commission on Management and 

Safety and Preliminary Notice of Public 

Meeting. 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the 

NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on 

Management and Safety and 

Preliminary Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.), the Secretary of Commerce 

announces the establishment of the 

NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on 

Management and Safety (Commission). 

The Commission will advise the 

Secretary on whether (a) the training, 

safety, security, and response protocols, 

(b) the implementation of those 

protocols and internal controls, and (c) 

the management structure at the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) are appropriate to 

ensure the safe operation of all NIST 

programs. 

This Notice also provides preliminary 

notice of a public meeting of the 

Commission. Specific details will be 

provided in a subsequent Federal 

Register Notice and on the agency’s 

Web site. 

DATES: The Commission will be 

established on or after September 2, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: All comments shall be 

submitted to Thomas L. Hemingway, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 

5838, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–3088; e-mail: 

THemingway@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas L. Hemingway, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Room 5838, 

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