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The REA grants flexibility to 

Recreation RACs by stating that the 

Secretaries: 

• May have as many additional 

Recreation RACs in a State or region as 

the Secretaries consider necessary; 

• Shall not establish a Recreation 

RAC in a State if the Secretaries 

determine, in consultation with the 

Governor of the State, that sufficient 

interest does not exist to ensure that 

participation on the committee is 

balanced in terms of the points of view 

represented and the functions to be 

performed; or 

• May use a resource advisory 

committee established pursuant to 

another provision of law and in 

accordance with that law. 

The Forest Service and BLM elected 

to jointly use existing BLM RACs in the 

States of Arizona, Idaho, the Dakotas, 

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and 

Utah. The Forest Service also chartered 

new Recreation RACs for the Forest 

Service Pacific Northwest, Pacific 

Southwest, Eastern, and Southern 

Regions, and for the State of Colorado. 

The Forest Service is using an existing 

advisory board for the Black Hills 

National Forest in South Dakota. In 

addition, the Governors of three States—

Alaska, Nebraska, and Wyoming—

requested that their states be exempt 

from the Recreation RAC requirement, 

and the Secretary concurred with the 

exemptions. 

Members were appointed to the Forest 

Service established Recreation RACs in 

February 2007 for three regions (Pacific 

Northwest, Eastern, and Southern), and 

July 2007 for one region (Pacific 

Southwest) and one State (State of 

Colorado). 

The Secretaries have signed an 

Interagency Agreement that authorizes 

the Forest Service to using existing BLM 

RACs and the BLM to use Forest Service 

established Recreation RACs for the 

purposes stated in the REA. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Boyd K. Rutherford, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20762 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 

11, 2008, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in closed session to review 

and discuss a number of issues relating 

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. 

They will address internal procedural, 

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well 

as sensitive foreign policy issues 

relating to potential options in the U.S. 

international broadcasting field. This 

meeting is closed because if open it 

likely would either disclose matters that 

would be properly classified to be kept 

secret in the interest of foreign policy 

under the appropriate executive order (5 

U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)). 

In addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Timi 

Nickerson Kenealy at (202) 203–4545. 

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

Timi Nickerson Kenealy, 

Acting Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–20840 Filed 9–4–08; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings 

of the Connecticut Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a briefing meeting and a 

planning meeting of the Connecticut 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene at 11 a.m. on Monday, 

September, 22, 2008, in Room 1 C 

located in the Legislative Building, 210 

Capitol Ave., in Hartford, Connecticut. 

The purpose of the briefing is to hear 

from local advocates on topical civil 

rights issues. After the briefing the 

Committee will plan future activities. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by October 22, 2008. The 

address is Eastern Regional Office, 624 

9th St., NW., Washington, DC 20425. 

Persons wishing to e-mail their 

comments, or who desire additional 

information should contact Alfreda 

Greene, Secretary, at 202–376–7533 or 

by e-mail to: agreene@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meetings and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meetings. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meetings. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, September 3, 

2008. 

Christopher Byrnes, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E8–20744 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings 

of the District of Columbia Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that planning meetings of 

Subcommittees of the District of 

Columbia Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene at 12 p.m. on 

Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 

Ninth Street, NW., Conference Room 

540, Washington, DC 20425. The 

Subcommittee on Immigration will 

convene at 12 p.m. and the 

Subcommittee on Voting Rights will 

convene at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of 

each meeting is to discuss possible 

topics to recommend to the District of 

Columbia SAC as a civil rights project. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Monday, October 20, 

2008. The address is Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons who 

desire additional information should 

contact Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at 

202–376–7533, or by e-mail: 

agreene@usccr.gov. 

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Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meetings and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meetings. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meetings. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, September 3, 

2008. 

Christopher Byrnes, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E8–20742 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 0808181107–81109–01] 

Effects of Foreign Policy-Based Export 

Controls 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments on 

foreign policy-based export controls. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) is reviewing the foreign 

policy-based export controls in the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) to determine whether they should 

be modified, rescinded or extended. To 

help make these determinations, BIS is 

seeking comments on how existing 

foreign policy-based export controls 

have affected exporters and the general 

public. Additionally, BIS is particularly 

interested in comments regarding the 

Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to part 

744 of the EAR), including on its 

usefulness and format, as well as on the 

specific entities listed and the licensing 

policies and requirements assigned to 

each. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent by e-mail to 

publiccomments@bis.doc.gov. Include 

‘‘FPBEC’’ in the subject line of the 

message. Written comments (three 

copies) may be submitted by mail or 

hand delivery to Jeffery Lynch, 

Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street & Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Room 2705, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions regarding foreign 

policy-based export controls, Joan 

Roberts, Foreign Policy Division, Office 

of Nonproliferation and Treaty 

Compliance, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, telephone: (202) 482–4252, 

and for questions specific to the Entity 

List, Karen Nies-Vogel, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, telephone: (202) 482–3811. 

Copies of the current Annual Foreign 

Policy Report to the Congress are 

available at http://www.bis.doc.gov/ 

PoliciesAndRegulations/ 

08ForPolControls/index.htm and copies 

may also be requested by calling the 

Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty 

Compliance at the number listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Foreign 

policy-based controls in the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) are 

implemented pursuant to section 6 of 

the Export Administration Act of 1979, 

as amended. The current foreign policybased export controls maintained by the 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 

are set forth in the EAR, including in 

parts 742 (CCL Based Controls), 744 

(End-User and End-Use Based Controls) 

and 746 (Embargoes and Special 

Country Controls). These controls apply 

to a range of countries, items, activities 

and persons, including: Certain general 

purpose microprocessors for ‘‘military 

end-uses’’ and ‘‘military end-users’’

(§ 744.17); significant items (SI): Hot 

section technology for the development, 

production, or overhaul of commercial 

aircraft engines, components, and 

systems (§ 742.14); encryption items 

(§§ 742.15 and 744.9); crime control and 

detection commodities (§ 742.7); 

specially designed implements of 

torture (§ 742.11); certain firearms 

included within the Inter-American 

Convention Against the Illicit 

Manufacturing of and Trafficking in 

Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and 

Other Related Materials (§ 742.17); 

regional stability items (§ 742.6); 

equipment and related technical data 

used in the design, development, 

production, or use of certain rocket 

systems and unmanned air vehicles 

(§§ 742.5 and 744.3); chemical 

precursors and biological agents, 

associated equipment, technical data, 

and software related to the production 

of chemical and biological agents 

(§§ 742.2 and 744.4) and various 

chemicals included in those controlled 

pursuant to the Chemical Weapons 

Convention (§ 742.18); nuclear 

propulsion (§ 744.5); aircraft and vessels 

(§ 744.7); communication intercepting 

devices (software and technology) 

(§ 742.13); embargoed countries (part 

746); countries designated as supporters 

of acts of international terrorism 

(§§ 742.8, 742.9, 742.10, 742.19, 746.2, 

746.4, 746.7, and 746.9); certain entities 

in Russia (§ 744.10); individual 

terrorists and terrorist organizations 

(§§ 744.12, 744.13 and 744.14); certain 

persons designated by Executive Order 

13315 (‘‘Blocking Property of the 

Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials 

and Their Family Members’’) (§ 744.18); 

and certain sanctioned entities 

(§ 744.20). Attention is also given in this 

context to the controls on nuclearrelated commodities and technology 

(§§ 742.3 and 744.2), which are, in part, 

implemented under section 309(c) of the 

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act. 

Under the provisions of section 6 of 

the Export Administration Act of 1979, 

as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2401–2420 

(2000)) (EAA), export controls 

maintained for foreign policy purposes 

require annual extension. Section 6 of 

the EAA requires a report to Congress 

when foreign policy-based export 

controls are extended. The EAA expired 

on August 20, 2001. Executive Order 

13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783 (2002)), which has been 

extended by successive Presidential 

Notices, the most recent being that of 

July 23, 2008, 73 FR 43603 (July 25, 

2008), continues the EAR and, to the 

extent permitted by law, the provisions 

of the EAA, in effect under the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706 

(2000)). The Department of Commerce, 

insofar as appropriate, is following the 

provisions of section 6 by reviewing its 

foreign policy-based export controls, 

requesting public comments on such 

controls, and preparing a report to be 

submitted to Congress. 

In January 2008, the Secretary of 

Commerce, on the recommendation of 

the Secretary of State, extended for one 

year all foreign policy-based export 

controls then in effect. 

To assure maximum public 

participation in the review process, 

comments are solicited on the extension 

or revision of the existing foreign 

policy-based export controls for another 

year. Among the criteria considered in 

determining whether to continue or 

revise U.S. foreign policy-based export 

controls are the following: 

1. The likelihood that such controls 

will achieve the intended foreign policy 

purpose, in light of other factors, 

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