Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 15, 2008 / Notices 61171 

or can be obtained from: Office of Child 

Labor, Forced Labor and Human 

Trafficking, Bureau of International 

Labor Affairs, Room S–5317, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–4843; fax (202) 

693–4830. A copy of the Procedural 

Guidelines is also available from OCFT. 

Pursuant to Section 3 of the Executive 

Order, the Federal Acquisition 

Regulatory Councils published a final 

rule in the Federal Register on January 

18, 2001, providing that federal 

contractors who supply products that 

appear on the List issued by the 

Department of Labor must certify to the 

contracting officer that the contractor, 

or, in the case of an incorporated 

contractor, a responsible official of the 

contractor, has made a good faith effort 

to determine whether forced or 

indentured child labor was used to 

mine, produce or manufacture any 

product furnished under the contract 

and that, on the basis of those efforts, 

the contractor is unaware of any such 

use of child labor. The regulation also 

imposes other requirements with 

respect to contracts for products on the 

Department of Labor’s List. See 48 CFR 

Subpart 22.15. 

II. China Executive Order Submission 

The Department of Labor accepted for 

review a submission under Executive 

Order 13126 regarding the use of forced 

child labor in the production of bricks, 

coal, foundry products, chemicals, 

cotton, grape products, toys, and 

fireworks in China. Since accepting the 

submission for official review, OCFT 

has been collecting and assessing 

additional information on the topic from 

a variety of sources. 

III. Definition of Forced/Indentured 

Child Labor 

Under Section 6(c) of Executive Order 

13126: 

‘‘Forced or indentured child labor’’ 

means all work or service— 

(1) Exacted from any person under the 

age of 18 under the menace of any 

penalty for its nonperformance and for 

which the worker does not offer himself 

voluntarily; or 

(2) Performed by any person under 

the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the 

enforcement of which can be 

accomplished by process or penalties. 

Information Sought 

The Department is requesting 

information about forced child labor in 

the production of bricks, coal, foundry 

products, chemicals, cotton, grape 

products, toys, and/or fireworks in 

China, as well as information on efforts 

made by the Government of China to 

address these problems. This notice is a 

general solicitation of comments from 

the public. All submitted comments will 

be made a part of the record of the 

review referred to above and will be 

available for public inspection. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 9th day of 

October 2008. 

Marcia Eugenio, 

Director, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor 

and Human Trafficking. 

[FR Doc. E8–24410 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the 

Employment Standards Administration 

is soliciting comments concerning its 

proposal to extend OMB approval of the 

information collection: Request to be 

Selected as Payee (CM–910). A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

December 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418, 

fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail 

bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one 

method of transmission for comments 

(mail, fax, or E-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977, as 

amended, 30 U.S.C. 901, provides for 

the payment of benefits by the 

Department of Labor (DOL) to miners 

who are totally disabled due to 

pneumoconiosis and to certain 

survivors of the miner. If a beneficiary 

is incapable of handling his or her 

affairs, the person or institution 

responsible for their care is required to 

apply to receive the benefit payments on 

the beneficiary’s behalf. The CM–910 is 

the form completed by the 

representative payee applicants. The 

payee applicant completes the form and 

mails it for evaluation to the district 

office that has jurisdiction over the 

beneficiary’s claim file. Regulations 

20 CFR 725.505–513 require the 

collection of this information. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through April 30, 

2009. 

II. Review Focus: The Department of 

Labor is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions: The Department 

of Labor seeks the approval for the 

extension of this currently approved 

information collection in order to carry 

out its responsibility to evaluate an 

applicant’s ability to be a representative 

payee. If the Program were not able to 

screen representative payee applicants 

the beneficiary’s best interest would not 

be served. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Title: Request to be Selected as Payee. 

OMB Number: 1215–0166. 

Agency Number: CM–910. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Average Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Total Respondents: 2,500. 


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61172 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 15, 2008 / Notices 

1The ‘‘Phase I Parties’’ are the Program Suppliers, 

Joint Sports Claimants, Public Television 

Claimants, the National Association of 

Broadcasters, the American Society of Composers, 

Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., 

SESAC, Inc., Canadian Claimants, National Public 

Radio, and the Devotional Claimants. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,500. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 625. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $1,125. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

Hazel M. Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–24413 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 2008–4 CRB CD 2006] 

Distribution of the 2006 Cable Royalty 

Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice soliciting comments on 

motion of Phase I claimants for partial 

distribution. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are soliciting comments on a motion of 

Phase I claimants for partial distribution 

in connection with the 2006 cable 

royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

November 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent 

electronically to crb@loc.gov. In the 

alternative, send an original, five copies, 

and an electronic copy on a CD either 

by mail or hand delivery. Please do not 

use multiple means of transmission. 

Comments may not be delivered by an 

overnight delivery service other than the 

U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If by 

mail (including overnight delivery), 

comments must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 

70977, Washington, DC 20024–0977. If 

hand delivered by a private party, 

comments must be brought to the 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–401, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. If 

delivered by a commercial courier, 

comments must be delivered to the 

Congressional Courier Acceptance Site 

located at 2nd and D Street, NE., 

Washington, DC. The envelope must be 

addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–403, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Strasser, Senior Attorney, or 

Gina Giuffreda, Attorney Advisor, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or e-mail at 

crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems must submit royalty 

payments to the Register of Copyrights 

as required by the statutory license set 

forth in section 111 of the Copyright Act 

for the retransmission to cable 

subscribers of over-the-air television 

and radio broadcast signals. See 17 

U.S.C. 111(d). These royalties are then 

distributed to copyright owners whose 

works were included in a qualifying 

transmission and who timely filed a 

claim for royalties. Allocation of the 

royalties collected occurs in one of two 

ways. In the first instance, these funds 

will be distributed through a negotiated 

settlement among the parties. 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(4)(A). If the claimants do not 

reach an agreement with respect to the 

royalties, the Copyright Royalty Judges 

\ (‘‘Judges’’) must conduct a proceeding 

to determine the distribution of any 

royalties that remain in controversy. 17 

U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B). 

On August 27, 2008, representatives 

of the Phase I claimant categories (the 

‘‘Phase I Parties’’) 1 filed with the Judges 

a motion requesting a partial 

distribution of 50% of the 2006 cable 

royalty funds. Under section 

801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act, the 

Judges must publish a notice in the 

Federal Register seeking responses to 

the motion for partial distribution to 

ascertain whether any claimant entitled 

to receive such fees has a reasonable 

objection to the requested distribution 

before ruling on the motion. 

Consequently, by today’s Notice, the 

Judges seek comments from interested 

claimants on whether any reasonable 

objection exists that would preclude the 

distribution of 50% of the 2006 cable 

royalty funds to the Phase I Parties. 

The Judges also seek comment on the 

existence and extent of any 

controversies to the 2006 cable royalty 

funds at Phase I with respect to the 50% 

of those funds that would remain if the 

partial distribution is granted. In Phase 

I of a cable royalty distribution, royalties 

are distributed to certain categories of 

broadcast programming that have been 

retransmitted by cable systems. The 

categories have traditionally been 

movies and syndicated television series, 

sports programming, commercial and 

noncommercial broadcaster-owned 

programming, religious programming, 

music, public radio programming, and 

Canadian programming. In Phase II of a 

cable royalty distribution, royalties are 

distributed to claimants within each of 

the Phase I categories. 

The Judges must be advised of the 

existence and extent of all Phase I 

controversies by the end of the comment 

period. They will not consider any 

controversies that come to their 

attention after the close of that period. 

The Motion of the Phase I Claimants 

for Partial Distribution is posted on the 

Copyright Royalty Board Web site at 

http://www.loc.gov/crb/proceedings/

2008-4/08-27-08-phase1motion.pdf. 

Dated: October 8, 2008. 

James Scott Sledge, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. E8–24438 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency 

Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Quarterly Insurance Fund Report. 

2. Proposed Rule—Section 740.4 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, 

Requirements for the Official Sign. 

3. Final Rule—Part 721 of NCUA 

Rules and Regulations, Incidental 

Powers. 

4. Final Rule—Part 701 of NCUA 

Rules and Regulations, Interpretive 

Ruling and Policy Statement (IRPS) 08– 

2, Criteria to approve service to 

underserved areas. 

RECESS: 11 a.m. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. One (1) Administrative Action 

under Sections 206 and 208 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act. Closed 


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