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In addition, the Governors of three 

states—Alaska, Nebraska and 

Wyoming—requested that their States 

be exempt from the REA-RIRAC 

requirement, and the two Departments 

concurred with the exemptions. 

Members were appointed to the 

Pacific Northwest Recreation RAC in 

February 2007 for either two-year or 

three year terms. The terms for the twoyear members will expire February 

2009. The Pacific Northwest Recreation 

RAC provides recreation fee 

recommendations to both the Forest 

Service and the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM). The Recreation 

RAC makes recreation fee program 

recommendations on implementing or 

eliminating standard amenity fees; 

expanded amenity fees; and 

noncommercial, individual special 

recreation permit fees; expanding or 

limiting the recreation fee program; and 

fee-level changes. 

Recreation RAC Composition 

The Recreation RAC consists of 11 

members appointed by the Secretary. 

These members provide a broad and 

balanced representation from the 

recreation community as follows: 

(1) Five persons who represent 

recreation users and that include, as 

appropriate, the following: 

a. Winter motorized recreation, such 

as snowmobiling; 

b. Winter non-motorized recreation, 

such as snowshoeing, cross-country and 

downhill skiing, and snowboarding; 

c. Summer motorized recreation, such 

as motorcycles, boaters, and off-highway 

vehicles; 

d. Summer non-motorized recreation, 

such as backpacking, horseback riding, 

mountain biking, canoeing, and rafting; 

and 

e. Hunting and fishing. 

(2) Three persons who represent 

interest groups that include, as 

appropriate, the following: 

a. Motorized outfitters and guides; 

b. Non-motorized outfitters and 

guides; and 

c. Local environmental groups. 

(3) Three persons, as follows: 

a. State tourism official to represent 

the State; 

b. A person who represents affected 

Indian tribes; and 

c. A person who represents affected 

local government interests. 

Nomination Information 

Any individual or organization may 

nominate one or more qualified persons 

to represent the interests listed above to 

serve on the Recreation RAC. To be 

considered for membership, nominees 

must: 

• Identify what interest group they 

would represent and how they are 

qualified to represent that group; 

• State why they want to serve on the 

committee and what they can 

contribute; 

• Show their past experience in 

working successfully as part of a 

collaborative group; and 

• Complete Form AD–755, Advisory 

Committee or Research and Promotion 

Background Information. 

Letters of recommendation are 

welcome. Individuals may also 

nominate themselves. Nominees do not 

need to live in a state within a particular 

Recreation RAC’s area of jurisdiction 

nor live in a state in which Forest 

Service-managed lands are located. 

Application packets, including 

evaluation criteria and the AD–755 

form, are available at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/rrac or by 

contacting the respective regions 

identified in this notice. Nominees must 

submit all documents to the appropriate 

regional contact. Additional information 

about recreation fees and REA is 

available at http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

passespermits/about-rec-fees.shtml. 

The Forest Service will also work 

with Governors and county officials to 

identify potential nominees. 

The Forest Service will review the 

applications and prepare a list of 

qualified applicants from which the 

Secretary shall appoint both members 

and alternates. An alternate will become 

a participating member of the 

Recreation RAC only if the member for 

whom the alternate is appointed to 

replace leaves the committee 

permanently. 

Recreation RAC members serve 

without pay but are reimbursed for 

travel and per diem expenses for 

regularly scheduled committee 

meetings. All Recreation RAC meetings 

are open to the public and an open 

public forum is part of each meeting. 

Meeting dates and times will be 

determined by agency officials in 

consultation with the Recreation RAC 

members. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Calvin N. Joyner, 

Acting Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest 

Region, USDA Forest Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19253 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for Census 2010 Communication 

Campaign Pre-Testing and Evaluation 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before October 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Nancy Bates, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 8H486, Washington, DC 

20233–9150, (301) 763–5248 (or via the 

Internet at nancy.a.bates@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

OMB approval of a generic information 

collection clearance to conduct a variety 

of research activities as part of the 

pretesting, evaluation, and monitoring 

for the 2010 Census Integrated 

Communications Campaign. Under this 

generic clearance, a block of hours will 

be dedicated to these activities for each 

of the next two years. OMB will be 

informed in writing of the purpose and 

scope of each of these activities, as well 

as the time frame and the number of 

burden hours used. The number of 

hours used will not exceed the number 

set aside for this purpose. 

This research program will be used by 

the Census Bureau and its vendors to 

test and improve advertising and 

partnership materials (e.g., posters, 

billboards, brochures, television 

advertisements, radio spots, Web sites, 

etc.) and ultimately increase the quality 

and effectiveness of the 

communications campaign in 

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encouraging participation in the 2010 

Census. 

The information will be used to 

development and conduct pretesting of 

materials prior to placing them into 

production as well as to monitor and 

evaluate responses to communications. 

Research activities will involve one of 

the following methods: one-on-one 

interviews, focus groups, respondent 

debriefings, usability tests, or tracking 

surveys. 

II. Method of Collection 

Any of the following methods may be 

used: mail, telephone, face-to-face 

interviews; paper-and-pencil, CATI, 

CAPI or Internet. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: Various. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

13,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Sections 141 and 193. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–19346 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Regulations and Procedures Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Regulations and Procedures 

Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 

will meet September 9, 2008, 9 a.m., 

Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover 

Building, 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The 

Committee advises the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration on implementation of 

the Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) and provides for continuing 

review to update the EAR as needed. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman. 

2. Presentation of papers or comments 

by the Public. 

3. Opening remarks by Bureau of 

Industry and Security. 

4. Export Enforcement update. 

5. Regulations update. 

6. Working group reports. 

7. Automated Export System (AES) 

update. 

Closed Session 

8. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions 

relating to public meetings found in 

5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than 

September 2, 2008. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent that time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

the distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer via e-mail. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on July 17, 2008, 

pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. app. 2 §§ (10)(d)), that the portion 

of the meeting dealing with matters the 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

frustrate significantly implementation of 

an agency action as described in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 

§§ 10(a)1 and 10(a)(3). The remaining 

portions of the meeting will be open to 

the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: August 18, 2008. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–19459 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–929] 

Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

Effective Date: August 21, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily 

determines that small diameter graphite 

electrodes (‘‘graphite electrodes’’) from 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(‘‘LTFV’’), as provided in section 733 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(‘‘Act’’). The estimated dumping 

margins are shown in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magd Zalok or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4162 or (202) 482–

4406, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 17, 2008, the Department 

received a petition concerning imports 

of graphite electrodes from the PRC filed 

in proper form by SGL Carbon LLC and 

Superior Graphite Co. (collectively 

‘‘petitioners’’). The Department initiated 

an antidumping duty investigation of 

graphite electrodes from the PRC on 

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