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Frequency of Response: 

Semiannually, quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

12,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,055,000. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $701,000 and an 

estimated cost of $1,354,000 for capital 

investment or O&M costs. 

EPA will consider any comments 

received and may amend any of the 

above ICR, as appropriate. Then the 

final ICR packages will be submitted to 

OMB for review and approval pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will 

issue one or more Federal Register 

notices pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about any of the above ICR or 

the approval process, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Jenny Noonan Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Planning and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. E8–21044 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0669; FRL–8381–9] 

Pesticide Program Dialogue 

Committee Work Group on WebDistributed Labeling; Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, EPA gives 

notice of a public meeting of the 

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 

(PPDC) Work Group on Web-Distributed 

Labeling on October 2, 2008. An agenda 

is under development and will be 

posted on our website by September 26, 

2008. 

DATES: The PPDC meeting will be held 

on Thursday, October 2, 2008, from 1:30 

p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

room S–12100 on the 12th floor at One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. This 

location is approximately a half mile 

from the Crystal City Metro Station. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle DeVaux, Office of Pesticide 

Programs (7501P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 308–

5891; fax number:(703) 308–4776; email address:devaux.michelle@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of particular 

interest to persons who work in 

agricultural settings or persons who are 

concerned about implementation of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); 

and the amendments to both of these 

major pesticide laws by the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farmworker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; pest consultants; State, 

local and Tribal governments; academia; 

public health organizations; food 

processors; and the public. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2008–0669. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours 

of operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is(703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

A draft agenda is under development 

and will be posted by September 26, 

2008, on EPA’s website at:http:// 

www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/. 

II. Background 

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) is entrusted with the 

responsibility to help ensure the safety 

of the American food supply, the 

education and protection from 

unreasonable risk of those who apply or 

are exposed to pesticides occupationally 

or through use of products, and general 

protection of the environment and 

special ecosystems from potential risks 

posed by pesticides. The Charter for 

EPA’s Pesticide Program Dialogue 

Committee (PPDC) was established 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), Public Law 92–463, in 

September 1995, and was renewed 

November 2, 2007, for another 2–year 

period. The purpose of PPDC is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on issues 

associated with pesticide regulatory 

development and reform initiatives, 

evolving public policy and program 

implementation issues, and science 

issues associated with evaluating and 

reducing risks from use of pesticides. It 

is determined that PPDC is in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Agency by law. The following sectors 

are represented on the PPDC: Pesticide 

industry and trade associations; 

environmental/public interest, 

consumer, and animal rights groups; 

farm worker organizations; pesticide 

user, grower, and commodity groups; 

Federal and State/local/Tribal 

governments; the general public; 

academia; and public health 

organizations. The objective of the PPDC 

Work Group on Web-Distributed 

Labeling is to provide advice regarding 

a process to ensure that the most current 

version of pesticide labeling is available 

to purchasers and users electronically. 

Copies of the PPDC Charter are filed 

with appropriate committees of 

Congress and the Library of Congress 

and are available upon request. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

PPDC meetings are open to the public 

and seating is available on a first-come 

basis. Persons interested in attending do 

not need to register in advance of the 

meeting. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural workers, Agriculture, 


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Chemicals, Foods, Pesticides and pests, 

Public health. 

Dated: September 3, 2008. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–20875 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[MB Docket No. 08–172; FCC 08–196] 

Development of Devices Capable of 

Supporting Multiple Audio 

Entertainment Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission adopted a 

Memorandum Opinion and Order and 

Report and Order, FCC 08–178 (‘‘Merger 

Order’’), approving the transfer of 

various licenses and authorizations from 

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to 

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., both 

licensees of Satellite Digital Audio 

Radio Service (‘‘SDARS’’) systems in the 

United States. In the Merger Order, the 

Commission committed to initiate a 

Notice of Inquiry (‘‘NOI’’) within 30 

days of adoption of the Merger Order on 

the issues of requiring devices capable 

of receiving SDARS to include digital 

audio broadcast (‘‘DAB’’), or HD 

RadioTM, or any other technologies 

capable of providing audio 

entertainment services; and requiring 

devices capable of receiving HD Radio 

to include SDARS or any other 

technologies capable of providing audio 

entertainment services. With this 

proceeding, we initiate this NOI. 

DATES: Comments for this proceeding 

are due on or before November 10, 2008; 

reply comments are due on or before 

December 9, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by MB Docket No. 08–172, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web Site: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for submitting 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on this 

proceeding, please contact Rosalee 

Chiara, Rosalee.Chiara@fcc.gov, or 

Brendan Murray, 

Brendan.Murray@fcc.gov, both of the 

Policy Division, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s Notice 

of Inquiry in MB Docket No. 08–172, 

FCC 08–196, adopted August 22, 2008, 

and released August 25, 2008. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection and copying during 

regular business hours in the FCC 

Reference Center, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. These documents will also be 

available via ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be available 

electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/ 

or Adobe Acrobat.) The complete text 

may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554. To request this 

document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Summary of the Notice of Inquiry 

I. Introduction 

1. On July 25, 2008, the Commission 

adopted a Memorandum Opinion and 

Order and Report and Order, FCC 08–

178 (‘‘Merger Order’’), approving the 

transfer of various licenses and 

authorizations from XM Satellite Radio 

Holdings Inc. (‘‘XM’’) to Sirius Satellite 

Radio Inc. (‘‘Sirius’’), both licensees of 

Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service 

(‘‘SDARS’’) systems in the United 

States. In the Merger Order, the 

Commission committed to initiate a 

Notice of Inquiry (‘‘NOI’’) within 30 

days of adoption of the Merger Order on 

the issues of (i) requiring devices 

capable of receiving SDARS to include 

digital audio broadcast (‘‘DAB’’), or HD 

RadioTM, or any other technologies 

capable of providing audio 

entertainment services; and (ii) 

requiring devices capable of receiving 

HD Radio to include SDARS or any 

other technologies capable of providing 

audio entertainment services. With this 

proceeding, we initiate this NOI. 

II. Background 

2. HD Radio. The Commission first 

considered the feasibility of terrestrial 

and satellite digital radio services in 

1990. With respect to terrestrial digital 

radio, the Commission concluded that 

the available systems were undeveloped 

and that it was premature to engage in 

discussions regarding standards, testing, 

licensing, and other policy issues. In 

1999, the Commission recognized new 

technological developments and 

innovations and commenced the DAB 

proceeding to begin the process of 

adopting a DAB system. In the DAB 

NPRM, the Commission proposed 

criteria for the evaluation of DAB 

models and systems and considered 

certain DAB system testing, evaluation, 

and standard selection issues. In 

October 2002, the Commission selected 

iBiquity’s IBOC HD Radio technology as 

the sole digital technology for the 

terrestrial radio broadcast service. IBOC 

technology makes use of the existing 

AM and FM bands (in-band) by adding 

digital carriers to a radio station’s analog 

signal, thereby allowing broadcasters to 

transmit digitally on their existing 

channel assignments (on-channel) while 

simultaneously maintaining their analog 

service. The Commission concluded 

that adoption of a single IBOC 

transmission standard would benefit the 

radio broadcast industry, and solicited 

industry assistance in developing a 

formal standard. In 2007, the 

Commission released the Second DAB 

Report and Order, adopting service 

rules, programming and operational 

rules, and technical rules. In the Second 

DAB Report and Order, the Commission 

refrained from imposing a mandatory 

conversion schedule for radio stations to 

commence digital broadcast operations, 

but many radio stations have begun 

digital transmissions on a voluntarily 

basis. 

3. SDARS. SDARS was established by 

the Commission in 1997 and, after an 

auction, licenses were granted to two 

entities, Sirius and XM. In establishing 

SDARS, the Commission explained that 

the new service would provide 

‘‘continuous nationwide radio 

programming with compact disc (CD) 

quality sound’’ and would ‘‘increase the 

variety of programming available to the 

listening public.’’ XM commenced 

service in September 2001, and Sirius 

began service in February 2002. In 2007, 

Sirius and XM requested Commission 

approval to merge. The Commission 

adopted a decision on July 25, 2008 

approving the merger subject to 

conditions. The companies publicly 

reported on July 29, 2008 that they 

completed the transaction and the 


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