54624 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 184 / Monday, September 22, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Charter Renewal for the Maritime 

Advisory Committee for Occupational 

Safety and Health (MACOSH) 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: MACOSH charter renewal; 

notice of. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C., 

App. 2), and after consultation with the 

General Services Administration, the 

Secretary of Labor has determined that 

the charter renewal of the Maritime 

Advisory Committee for Occupational 

Safety and Health (‘‘Committee’’) is in 

the public interest. The Committee will 

better enable OSHA to perform the 

duties imposed by the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (‘‘OSH 

Act’’), 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.). Authority 

to establish this Committee is found in 

Sections 6(b) and 7(b) of the OSH Act, 

Section 41 of the Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 

941), other general agency authority in 

Title 5 of the United States Code, and 

29 CFR part 1912. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph V. Daddura, Director, Office of 

Maritime, Directorate of Standards and 

Guidance, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Room N–3609, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–2086. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Committee will advise OSHA on 

matters relevant to the safety and health 

of employees in the maritime industry. 

This includes advice on maritime issues 

that will result in more effective 

enforcement, training, and outreach 

programs, and streamlined regulatory 

efforts. The maritime industry includes 

the shipbuilding, ship-repair, 

shipbreaking, longshoring, and marineterminal industries. 

The Committee will function solely as 

an advisory body and in compliance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and OSHA’s 

regulations covering advisory 

committees (29 CFR part 1912). The 

Committee charter will be filed 15 days 

from the date of this publication. 

II. Authority and Signature 

This notice was prepared under the 

direction of Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

pursuant to Sections 6(b) and 7(b) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 656), Section 41 of 

the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941), other 

general agency authority in Title 5 of the 

United States Code, and 29 CFR part 

1912. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 16th day of 

September 2008. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–21983 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC 08–13] 

Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1, 

2008–June 30, 2008) 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the 

quarter April 1, 2008 through June 30, 

2008 respect to both assistance provided 

under section 605 of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–199, 

Division D (the Act)), and transfers or 

allocations of funds to other federal 

agencies pursuant to section 619(b) of 

the Act. The following report shall be 

made available to the public by means 

of publication in the Federal Register 

and on the Internet Web site of the MCC 

(http://www.mcc.gov) in accordance 

with section 612(b) of the Act. 

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative 

disbursements Measures 

Country: Madagascar Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $109,773,000 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,685,734 

Land Tenure Project ......... $37,803,000 Increase Land Titling and 

Security.

$10,942,352 Legislative proposal reflecting the National Land 

Tenure Program submitted to Parliament and 

passed. 

Number of land disputes reported and resolved in 

the target zones and sites of implementation. 

Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, 

and/or digitized. 

Average time and cost required to carry out property 

transactions. 

Percent of reported land conflicts resolved on titled 

land in zone 3, 4, 5 during the title regularization 

operations. 

Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated 

and ready for titling. 

Finance Project ................. 35,888,000 Increase Competition in 

the Financial Sector.

7,278,223 The number of savings accounts and outstanding 

value of accounts from primary banks. 

Maximum check clearing delay. 

Volume of funds in payment system and number of 

transactions. 

Increased public awareness of new financial instruments as measured by surveys within intervention 

zones and large towns. 

The amount of government debt issued with maturities in excess of 52 weeks. 


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