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Component name 

Component 

No. cost 

segment notes 

LDC 49—Comp forwarding 

system (938) 98.1 

Set equal to 938 

Set W = 0.9992 

FY07 Distribution of PARS 

related costs 

$ in 000s 

FY07 PARS 

tallies 

distribution 

Distribution 

based on 

PARS tallies 

$ in 000s 

Change in 

distribution by 

adopting 

proposal nine 

$ in 000s 

Enhanced Carrier 

Route.

126 1 ......................................... 567 219.81 145 (422) 

Regular ........................ 127 10 ....................................... 6,688 16238.00 10,712 4,023 

Total Standard Mail ............. 135 11 ....................................... 7,256 ........................ ........................ ........................

Package Services: 

Parcel Post .................. 136 1 ......................................... 516 ........................ ........................ (516) 

Bound Printed Matter ... 137 2 ......................................... 1,014 ........................ ........................ (1,014) 

Media Mail ................... 139 0 ......................................... 236 ........................ ........................ (236) 

Total Package Services ...... 141 3 ......................................... 1,766 ........................ ........................ ........................

U.S. Postal Service ............. 142 4 ......................................... 2,499 1076.50 710 (1,789) 

Free Mail ............................. 147 0 ......................................... 96 222.77 ........................ (96) 

International Mail ................. 161 0 ......................................... 89 ........................ 147 57 

Total All Mail ....................... 162 99 ....................................... 63,336 ........................ ........................ ........................

Special Services: 

Registry ........................ 163 0 ......................................... 64 ........................ ........................ (64) 

Certified ........................ 164 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Insurance ..................... 165 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

COD ............................. 166 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Money Orders .............. 168 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Stamped Cards ............ 159 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Stamped Envelopes ..... 169 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Special Handling .......... 170 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Post Office Box ............ 171 0 ......................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Other ............................ 172 1 ......................................... 351 ........................ ........................ (351) 

Total Special Services ........ 173 1 ......................................... 414 ........................ ........................ ........................

Total Attributable ................. 198 100 ..................................... 63,750 96637.71 63,750 (0) 

Other Costs ......................... 199 ............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Total Costs .......................... 200 ............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Deprec ................................ $59,476 ........................ ........................ ........................

Maintenance Labor ............ $ 3,627 ........................ ........................ ........................

Parts & Supplies ................ $ 698 ........................ ........................ ........................

............................................. $63,801 ........................ ........................ ........................

Variability ............................ 0.99920 ........................ ........................ ........................

Total Vol. Var. Costs .......... $63,750 ........................ ........................ ........................

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

[Order No. 99] 

It is Ordered: 

1. Docket No. RM2008–3 is 

established for the purpose of 

considering the Request of the United 

States Postal Service for Commission 

Order Amending the established Costing 

Methodologies for Purposes of Preparing 

the FY 2008 Annual Compliance Report, 

filed August 11, 2008. 

2. An informal technical conference to 

explore and clarify proposals is 

scheduled for August 27, 2008 at 10 

a.m. in the Commission’s hearing room. 

3. Interested persons may file initial 

comments on or before September 8, 

2008. 

4. Reply comments may be filed on or 

before September 15, 2008. 

5. William C. Miller is designated as 

the Public Representative representing 

the interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

6. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

[Order No. 102] 

1. The Motion of the United States 

Postal Service to Supplement the List of 

Its Proposed Costing Changes for 

Purposes of Preparing the FY 2008 

Annual Compliance Report, filed 

August 18, 2008, is granted. 

2. The proposal described in this 

Order will be considered under the 

current procedural schedule in Docket 

No. RM2008–2. 

3. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3652. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20694 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking for 

Programs Authorized Under Title IV 

and Title II of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as Amended 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of invitation for public 

comment and establishment of 

negotiated rulemaking committees. 

SUMMARY: We announce our intention to 

establish negotiated rulemaking 

committees to prepare proposed 

regulations under Title IV and, possibly, 

Title II of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA). The 

committees will include representatives 

of organizations or groups with interests 

that are significantly affected by the 

subject matter of the proposed 

regulations. We also announce six 

public hearings, at which interested 

parties may suggest issues that should 

be considered for action by the 

negotiating committees. In addition, for 

anyone unable to attend a public 

hearing, we announce that the 

Department will accept written 

comments. 

DATES: The dates, times, and locations 

of the public hearings are listed under 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. We must receive written 

comments suggesting issues that should 

be considered for action by the 


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negotiating committees on or before 

October 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Wendy Macias, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 8017, Washington, DC 

20006, or by fax to Wendy Macias at 

(202) 502–7874. You may also e-mail 

your comments to HEOA08@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the public hearings, 

see http://www.ed.gov/HEOA or contact: 

Mary Miller, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

8066, Washington, DC 20006. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7824. You may 

also e-mail your questions about the 

public hearings to: Mary.Miller@ed.gov. 

For information about negotiated 

rulemaking in general, see The 

Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title 

IV Regulations, Frequently Asked 

Questions at http://www.ed.gov/HEOA. 

For further information contact: Wendy 

Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 8017, 

Washington, DC 20006. Telephone (202) 

502–7526. You may also e-mail your 

questions about negotiated rulemaking 

to: Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) by 

contacting the person responsible for 

information about the public hearings. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We intend 

to develop proposed regulations to 

implement the changes made to the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) by 

the Higher Education Opportunity Act 

of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110–315. 

Section 492 of the HEA, as amended by 

the HEOA, requires that, before 

publishing any proposed regulations to 

implement programs authorized under 

Title IV of the HEA, the Secretary obtain 

public involvement in the development 

of the proposed regulations. After 

obtaining advice and recommendations 

from the public, the Secretary uses a 

negotiated rulemaking process to 

develop the proposed regulations. In 

addition, section 201(2) of the HEOA 

added a provision to section 207(c) of 

the HEA that requires the Secretary to 

submit to a negotiated rulemaking 

process any regulations the Secretary 

chooses to develop under amended 

section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, regarding 

the prohibition on a teacher preparation 

program from which the State has 

withdrawn approval or terminated 

financial support from accepting or 

enrolling any student who receives Title 

IV aid. 

We intend to develop proposed 

regulations by following the negotiated 

rulemaking procedures in section 492 of 

the HEA. We anticipate using the 

negotiated rulemaking procedures in 

section 492 of the HEA to develop any 

regulations for the new teacher 

preparation program provision in 

section 207(b)(2) of the HEA, although 

the Secretary is not required to do so. 

After a complete review of the HEOA 

and the public comments presented at 

the public hearings and through written 

submission, we will publish a 

subsequent notice (or notices) 

announcing the specific subject areas for 

which we intend to establish negotiated 

rulemaking committees, and a request 

for nominations for individual 

negotiators for those committees who 

represent the interests significantly 

affected by the proposed regulations. 

We anticipate that we will announce 

our intent to establish most of the 

negotiated rulemaking committees by 

the end of this year, with negotiations 

beginning in February 2009. For subject 

areas for which implementation must 

occur more quickly, the schedule will 

be expedited. 

For general information on the 

implementation of the HEOA, see 

http://www.ed.gov/HEOA. 

Public Hearings 

We will hold six public hearings for 

interested parties to discuss the agenda 

for the negotiated rulemaking sessions. 

The public hearings will be held on: 

• September 19, 2008 at Texas 

Christian University in Fort Worth, 

Texas; 

• September 29, 2008 at the 

University of Rhode Island, in 

Providence, Rhode Island; 

• October 2, 2008 at Pepperdine 

University, in Malibu, California; 

• October 6, 2008 at Johnson C. Smith 

University, in Charlotte, North Carolina; 

• October 8, 2008 at the U.S. 

Department of Education in 

Washington, DC; and 

• October 15, 2008 at Cuyahoga 

Community College, in Cleveland, Ohio. 

The public hearings will be held from 

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., local time, with the 

exception of the hearing at Texas 

Christian University in Fort Worth, 

Texas, which will be held from 10:00 

a.m.–4:00 p.m., local time. Further 

information on the public hearing sites, 

including addresses and directions, is 

available at http://www.ed.gov/HEOA. 

Individuals desiring to present 

comments at the public hearings are 

encouraged to do so. It is likely that 

each participant choosing to make a 

statement will be limited to five 

minutes. Individuals interested in 

making oral statements will be able to 

register to make a statement beginning 

at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the public 

hearing (9:30 a.m. on the day of the 

public hearing for the hearing at Texas 

Christian University) at the 

Department’s on-site registration table 

on a first-come, first-served basis. If 

additional time slots remain, 

individuals may be given additional 

time to speak. If no time slots remain, 

the Department has reserved one 

additional hour at the end of the day for 

individuals who were not able to 

register to speak. The amount of time 

available will depend upon the number 

of individuals who register to speak. 

Speakers may also submit written 

comments. In addition, for anyone 

unable to attend a public hearing, the 

Department will accept written 

comments through October 8, 2008. (See 

the ADDRESSES sections of this notice for 

submission information.) 

The public hearing sites are accessible 

to individuals with disabilities. 

Individuals needing an auxiliary aid or 

service to participate in a meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

device, or materials in alternative 

format), should notify the contact 

person for information about hearings 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this notice in advance of the 

scheduled meeting date. Although we 

will attempt to meet any request we 

receive, we may not be able to make 

available the requested auxiliary aid or 

service because of insufficient time to 

arrange it. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, in text 

or Adobe Portable Document Format 

(PDF), on the Internet at the following 

site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. If you have 

questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 

Government Printing Office toll free at 

1–888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a; Pub. 

L. 110–315, § 201(2). 


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Dated: September 3, 2008. 

Cheryl A. Oldham, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–20776 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 665 

[Docket No. 070720390–81114–02] 

RIN 0648–AV28 

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; 

Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish 

Fisheries; Management Measures for 

the Northern Mariana Islands 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

establish Federal permitting and 

reporting requirements for all 

commercial bottomfish vessels fishing 

in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone 

(EEZ) around the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The 

proposed rule would also close certain 

EEZ waters around the CNMI to 

bottomfish fishing by vessels over 40 ft 

(12.2 m) long. Vessel monitoring system 

units would be installed on these 

vessels, and the operators of these 

vessels would be required to submit 

Federal sales reports in addition to 

catch reports. This proposed rule is 

intended to ensure adequate collection 

of information about the CNMI 

commercial bottomfish fishery, provide 

for sustained community participation, 

and maintain a consistent supply of 

locally-caught bottomfish to CNMI 

markets and seafood consumers. 

Combined, these measures are intended 

to prevent the depletion of bottomfish 

stocks in the CNMI, and to sustain the 

fisheries that depend on them. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

must be received by October 23, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

amendment, identified by 0648–AV28, 

may be sent to either of the following 

addresses: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

www.regulations.gov; or 

• Mail: William L. Robinson, 

Regional Administrator, NMFS, Pacific 

Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani 

Blvd, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–

4700. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted 

voluntarily by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (if you wish to 

remain anonymous, enter ‘‘NA’’ in the 

required name and organization fields). 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file 

formats only. 

Copies of the Fishery Management 

Plan for Bottomfish and Seamount 

Groundfish Fisheries of the Western 

Pacific Region (Bottomfish FMP) and 

proposed Amendment 10 are available 

from the Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council), 1164 

Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 

96813, tel 808–522–8220, fax 808–522–

8226, or www.wpcouncil.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Harman, NMFS PIR, 808–944–2271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Federal Register document is also 

accessible at the Office of the Federal 

Register web site www.gpoaccess.gov/fr. 

The bottomfish fishery around the 

Northern Mariana Islands is managed 

under the Bottomfish FMP, which was 

developed by the Council, and approved 

and implemented by NMFS. The 

Council has submitted Bottomfish FMP 

Amendment 10 to NMFS for review 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). This proposed 

rule would implement the management 

provisions recommended in 

Amendment 10, if the amendment is 

approved by the Secretary of Commerce. 

CNMI nearshore areas have been 

fished for years by bottomfish fishermen 

who engage in a mix of subsistence, 

recreational, and small-scale 

commercial fishing. These fishermen 

typically operate small vessels (less than 

25 ft (7.6 m)), and tend to fish more in 

the summer months when weather and 

sea conditions are calmer. Most of these 

small vessels target shallow-water 

bottomfish, but some also target deepwater species. The catch from these 

small vessels is destined for local 

markets and consumers in the CNMI, 

and is usually not exported. 

In addition to small vessels, several 

larger vessels (over 40 ft (12.2 m) in 

length) also target deep-water 

bottomfish at offshore seamounts and 

banks. In 2006, for example, there were 

six large vessels targeting bottomfish 

around the CNMI. Landings from these 

large vessels are offloaded on Saipan 

and in other CNMI commercial ports, 

and are often exported by air to Japan. 

Thus, the catch from these large vessels 

does not enter local markets as a food 

supply for CNMI residents. If these 

vessels were to target bottomfish in 

nearshore waters around CNMI, the 

resulting fishing pressure could be 

excessive on bottomfish stocks at 

nearshore banks, potentially threatening 

both the fish stocks and the fisheries 

that have historically been dependent 

on these resources. 

The CNMI is relatively close to Guam, 

and it is possible for large bottomfish 

vessels based in Guam to travel to 

fishing grounds in the CNMI. NMFS 

recently implemented a final rule that 

prohibits large vessels (i.e., greater than 

50 ft (15.2 m)) from bottomfish fishing 

within 50 nm (80.5 km) around Guam 

(71 FR 64474; November 2, 2006). 

Without similar closed areas around the 

CNMI, operators of these large Guambased vessels may choose to fish for 

bottomfish within U.S. EEZ waters 

around the CNMI. This could result in 

excessive fishing pressure on bottomfish 

stocks at nearshore banks, potentially 

threatening both the fish stocks and the 

fisheries that have historically been 

dependent on these resources. 

In addition to the possibility of Guambased vessels entering the CNMI 

bottomfish fishery, the Council is 

concerned about several other issues 

regarding bottomfish fishing in the 

CNMI. First, existing data collection 

programs in the CNMI are insufficient to 

monitor catches and determine the 

impacts of the fishery on the bottomfish 

stocks being harvested, or to determine 

the species composition and amount of 

discarded catch. Second, large 

bottomfish vessels need to harvest 

relatively large catches to cover 

operational costs, and these large 

catches could deplete nearshore stocks. 

Stock depletion would threaten the 

sustainability of the CNMI bottomfish 

fishery, and if catch rates were 

significantly reduced, small vessels 

would not be able to continue operating. 

Finally, because the catches from large 

vessels are typically exported, 

traditional patterns of supply and 

consumption of bottomfish in the local 

community would be disrupted. 

In response to these concerns, the 

Council developed Amendment 10 with 

the following objectives: (1) ensure that 

adequate information is routinely 

collected for the CNMI offshore 


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