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be presented during the public comment 

session on October 26, 2008. Written 

comments on issues being considered at 

the meeting will be made available to 

the Advisory Committee, and must be 

received no later than October 17, 2008 

(see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777 Georgia 

Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Written comments should be sent to 

Terra Lederhouse at NOAA Fisheries, 

Office of International Affairs, Room 

12641, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. Written comments 

can also be provided via fax (301–713–

2313) or email 

(Terra.Lederhouse@noaa.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terra Lederhouse, (301) 713–9090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 

to ICCAT will meet in open session on 

October 26. The Advisory Committee 

will receive management and research 

related information on the stock status 

of highly migratory species, including 

the management recommendations of 

ICCAT’s Standing Committee on 

Research and Statistics. There will be an 

opportunity for oral public comment 

during the October 26, 2008, open 

session. Written comments may also be 

submitted for the October open session 

by mail, fax or email. Written comments 

should be received by October 17, 2008 

(see ADDRESSES). 

During its second fall meeting, the 

Advisory Committee will also hold two 

executive sessions that are closed to the 

public. The first executive session will 

be held on October 27, 2008, and a 

second executive session will be held 

on October 28, 2008. The purpose of 

these sessions is to discuss sensitive 

information relating to upcoming 

international negotiations. 

NMFS expects members of the public 

to conduct themselves appropriately at 

the open session of the meeting. At the 

beginning of the public comment 

session, an explanation of the ground 

rules will be provided (e.g., alcohol in 

the meeting room is prohibited, 

speakers will be called to give their 

comments in the order in which they 

registered to speak, each speaker will 

have an equal amount of time to speak, 

and speakers should not interrupt one 

another). The session will be structured 

so that all attending members of the 

public are able to comment, if they so 

choose, regardless of the degree of 

controversy of the subject(s). Those not 

respecting the ground rules will be 

asked to leave the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Terra Lederhouse 

at (301) 713–9090 at least five days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 27, 2008. 

Christopher Rogers, 

Acting Director, Office of International 

Affairs, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ90 

Advisory Committee and Species 

Working Group Technical Advisor 

Appointments 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Nominations. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is soliciting 

nominations to the Advisory Committee 

to the U.S. Section to the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) as established 

by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act 

(ATCA). NMFS is also soliciting 

nominations for technical advisors to 

the Advisory Committee’s species 

working groups. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by October 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations to the 

Advisory Committee or for technical 

advisors to a species working group 

should be sent to Dr. Rebecca Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 

NOAA, Room 12659, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. A 

copy should also be sent to Terra 

Lederhouse, Office of International 

Affairs, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Room 12641, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Nominations can also be provided via 

fax (301–713–2313) or email 

(Rebecca.Lent@noaa.gov and 

Terra.Lederhouse@noaa.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terra Lederhouse, 301–713–9090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

971b of ATCA (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) 

requires that an advisory committee be 

established that shall be composed of: 

(1) not less than five nor more than 20 

individuals appointed by the U.S. 

Commissioners to ICCAT who shall 

select such individuals from the various 

groups concerned with the fisheries 

covered by the ICCAT Convention; and 

(2) the chairs (or their designees) of the 

New England, Mid-Atlantic, South 

Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf Fishery 

Management Councils. Each member of 

the Advisory Committee appointed 

under paragraph (1) shall serve for a 

term of two years and shall be eligible 

for reappointment. Members of the 

Advisory Committee may attend all 

public meetings of the ICCAT 

Commission, Council, or any Panel and 

any other meetings to which they are 

invited by the ICCAT Commission, 

Council, or any Panel. The Advisory 

Committee shall be invited to attend all 

nonexecutive meetings of the U.S. 

Commissioners to ICCAT and, at such 

meetings, shall be given the opportunity 

to examine and be heard on all 

proposed programs of investigation, 

reports, recommendations, and 

regulations of the ICCAT Commission. 

Members of the Advisory Committee 

shall receive no compensation for such 

services. The Secretary of Commerce 

and the Secretary of State may pay the 

necessary travel expenses of members of 

the Advisory Committee. 

There are currently 20 appointed 

Advisory Committee members. These 

members’ terms expire on December 31, 

2008. New appointments will be made 

as soon as possible, but will not take 

effect until January 1, 2009. 

Section 971b–1 of ATCA specifies 

that the U.S. Commissioners may 

establish species working groups for the 

purpose of providing advice and 

recommendations to the U.S. 

Commissioners and to the Advisory 

Committee on matters relating to the 

conservation and management of any 

highly migratory species covered by the 

ICCAT Convention. Any species 

working group shall consist of no more 

than seven members of the Advisory 

Committee and no more than four 

scientific or technical advisors, as 

considered necessary by the 

Commissioners. Currently, there are 

four species working groups advising 

the Committee and the U.S. 

Commissioners: a Bluefin Tuna Working 

Group, a Swordfish and Sharks Working 

Group, a Billfish Working Group, and a 

BAYS (Bigeye, Albacore, Yellowfin, and 

Skipjack) Tunas Working Group. 

Technical Advisors to the species 

working groups serve at the pleasure of 

the U.S. Commissioners; therefore, the 

Commissioners can choose to alter 

appointments at any time. 


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Nominations to the Advisory 

Committee or to a species working 

group should include a letter of interest 

and a resume or curriculum vitae. 

Letters of recommendation are useful 

but not required. Self-nominations are 

acceptable. When making a nomination, 

please clearly specify which 

appointment (Advisory Committee 

member or technical advisor to a species 

working group) is being sought. 

Requesting consideration for placement 

on both the Advisory Committee and a 

species working group is acceptable. 

Those interested in a species working 

group technical advisor appointment 

should indicate which of the four 

working groups is preferred. Placement 

on the requested species working group, 

however, is not guaranteed. 

Dated: August 27, 2008. 

Rebecca Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–20281 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Notification of Request for Extension 

of Approval of Information Collection 

Activity—Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In the May 29, 2008, Federal 

Register (73 FR 30883), the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 

Commission) published a notice in 

accordance with provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35) (PRA), to announce 

the agency’s intention to seek extension 

of its PRA approval to conduct surveys 

to determine the kind and quality of 

services CPSC customers want and 

customers’ level of satisfaction with 

existing services. The Commission now 

announces that it has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for extension of 

approval of that collection of 

information. 

These customer surveys are used by 

the CPSC Office of Financial 

Management, Planning and Evaluation 

to prepare sections of the agency’s 

annual performance plan and 

accountability report in accordance with 

the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993. The information 

from the surveys will provide measures 

of the quality and effectiveness of 

agency efforts related to three goals in 

its strategic plan: Informing the public, 

industry services, and customer 

satisfaction. If this information is not 

collected, the Commission would not 

have the means to measure its 

effectiveness in providing useful 

services to consumers and others, and 

lack information necessary to guide 

program development. 

Additional Information About the 

Request for Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection Activity 

Title of information collection: 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys: fasttrack recall survey; ombudsman survey, 

state partner survey, hotline survey, 

Web site survey and clearinghouse 

survey. 

Type of request: Extension of 

approval. 

Frequency of collection: Each survey 

will be conducted once during a 3-year 

period. 

General description of respondents: 

(1) Consumers that telephone the 

Hotline or access the CPSC Web site via 

the Internet to report product-related 

incidents, or to obtain information on 

recent product recalls; (2) consumers, 

industry members, or others that contact 

the National Injury Information 

Clearinghouse for information; (3) State 

representatives who work with CPSC on 

cooperative programs; (4) firms that use 

CPSC’s Fast-Track Product Recall 

Program to report and simultaneously 

propose satisfactory product recall 

plans; and (5) small businesses that seek 

information or assistance from the 

CPSC’s small business ombudsman. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

684 per year. 

Estimated average number of 

responses per respondent: One per year. 

Estimated number of responses for all 

respondents: 684 per year. 

Estimated number of hours for all 

respondents: 65 hours per year. 

Estimated cost of collection for all 

respondents: $1,821 per year. 

Comments: Comments on this request 

for extension of approval of an 

information collection activity should 

be submitted by October 2, 2008, to the 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for 

CPSC, Office of Management and 

Budget, Washington, DC 20503; 

telephone: (202) 395–7340, and (2) by 

e-mail to the Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments may 

also be sent by facsimile to (301) 504–

0127, or by mail to the Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Copies of this request for approval of 

information collection and supporting 

documentation are available from Linda 

Glatz, Division of Policy and Planning, 

Office of Information Technology and 

Technology Services, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone: (301) 504–7671 or by e-mail 

to lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–20284 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Technical Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the National Technical 

Advisory Council. Notice of the meeting 

is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to participate. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 16, 

2008, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Barnard Auditorium, 400 

Maryland Ave, SW., Washington, DC 

20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Rooney, Designated Federal 

Officer, National Technical Advisory 

Council; 400 Maryland Ave., SW., Room 

3W246, Washington, DC 20202; 

telephone: (202) 401–0113; fax: (202) 

260–7764; e-mail: 

Patrick.Rooney@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Technical Advisory Council is 

authorized by Secretary Margaret 

Spellings. Established within the 

Department of Education (Department) 

to advise the Secretary of Education and 

the Assistant Secretary of Elementary 

and Secondary Education (Assistant 

Secretary) on the design and 

implementation of standards, 

assessments, and accountability systems 

consistent with Federal statutes and 

regulations. 

At the September 16, 2008, meeting, 

the Committee will discuss Department 

guidance related to performance 

indexes, growth models, and the 

development of new state assessments 

and their use in accountability systems. 


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