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addressed to: The Office of Negotiations 

and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural 

Service (FAS), USDA, Stop 1040, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250, or by fax to (202) 720–0340. 

The Office of Negotiations and 

Agreements may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 720–6219, with 

inquiries directed to Lorie Fitzsimmons 

and Steffon Brown. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

The ATACs are authorized by sections 

135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 

1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93–618, 19 

U.S.C. 2155). The purpose of these 

committees is to advise the Secretary 

and the USTR concerning agricultural 

trade policy. The committees are 

intended to ensure that representative 

elements of the private sector have an 

opportunity to express their views to the 

U.S. government. 

Proposed Committee Changes 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. II), FAS 

gives notice that the Secretary and 

USTR are considering removing 

representation of the planting seeds 

industry from the Tobacco, Cotton, 

Peanuts and Planting Seeds (TCPPS) 

ATAC and adding representation of the 

planting seeds sector to the Grains, Feed 

and Oilseeds (GFO) ATAC. The 

justification for this structural change is 

that many of the issues that the GFO 

committee addresses, such as 

genetically modified organisms, new 

technologies and international 

negotiations, are common within the 

U.S. planting seeds industry. The 

proposed changes will result in the 

Tobacco, Cotton and Peanuts (TCP) 

ATAC and the Grains, Feed, Oilseeds, 

and Planting Seeds (GFOPS) ATAC. 

Background 

In 1974, Congress established a 

private sector advisory committee 

system to ensure that U.S. trade policy 

and negotiating objectives adequately 

reflect U.S. commercial and economic 

interests. The private sector advisory 

committee system currently consists of 

three tiers: 

• The President’s Advisory 

Committee on Trade and Policy 

Negotiations; 

• Five general policy advisory 

committees, including the Agricultural 

Policy Advisory Committee; and, 

• Twenty-eight technical advisory 

committees, including the ATACs. 

As to the technical advisory 

committees, Section 135(c)(2) of the 

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 215) provides that: 

The President shall establish such 

sectoral or functional advisory 

committees as may be appropriate. Such 

committees shall, insofar as is 

practicable, be representative of all 

industry, labor, agricultural, or service 

interests (including small business 

interests) in the sector or functional 

areas concerned. In organizing such 

committees, USTR and the Secretaries 

of Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, the 

Treasury, or other executive 

departments, as appropriate, shall— 

(A) Consult with interested private 

organizations; and 

(B) take into account such factors as— 

(i) patterns of actual and potential 

competition between United States 

industry and agriculture and foreign 

enterprise in international trade, 

(ii) the character of the nontariff 

barriers and other distortions affecting 

such competition, 

(iii) the necessity for reasonable limits 

on the number of such advisory 

committees, 

(iv) the necessity that each committee 

be reasonably limited in size, and 

(v) in the case of each sectoral 

committee, that the product lines 

covered by each committee be 

reasonably related. 

USTR and USDA are seeking 

comments regarding whether all 

appropriate interest in the sectors 

represented by the ATACs are being 

represented by the current membership 

of the ATACs, and if not, what 

additional interest should be 

represented. 

Requirements for Submission: Public 

comments via e-mail should be 

addressed to 

Lorie.Fitsimmons@fas.usda.gov and 

Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov. Comments 

submitted via U.S. mail should be 

addressed to: The Office of Negotiations 

and Agreements, FAS, USDA, Stop 

1040, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

Dated: September 28, 2010. 

Suzanne Hale, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25240 Filed 10–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, October 13, 

2010, 9:30 a.m. (local time), 3:30 a.m. 

(EDT). 

PLACE: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

Headquarters, Editorial Room 4–34, 

Vinohradska 159A, 100 00 Prague 10, 

Czech Republic. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the 

time and location listed above. The BBG 

will be considering Board By-Laws, a 

Calendar Year 2011 meeting schedule, 

Strategy and Budget Committee 

recommendations, and a Governor’s trip 

report. The meeting is open to the 

public—but due to space limitations via 

Webcast only—and will be streamed on 

the BBG’s Web site at http:// 

www.bbg.gov. The meeting will also be 

made available on the BBG’s Web site 

for on-demand viewing by 9:30 a.m. 

EDT. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Paul 

Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. 

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25473 Filed 10–5–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Drivers’ Awareness of and 

Response to Significant Weather Events 

and the Correlation of Weather to Road 

Impacts. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for approval of a new 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Average Hours per Response: 6 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 120. 

Needs and Uses: This project is a joint 

effort of the University of Utah (U of U), 

NOAA’s National Weather Service 

(NWS), the Utah Department of 

Transportation (UDOT), and NorthWest 

Weathernet (NWN) to investigate and 

understand the relationship between 

meteorological phenomena and road 

conditions, as well as public 

understanding and response to available 

forecast information. The events which 

impact the Salt Lake City metro area 

during the winter of 2010– 2011 will be 

examined. Through the administration 


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of a targeted survey, important details 

will be gathered regarding: (a) The 

information that drivers possessed prior 

to and during a storm, including 

knowledge of observed and forecast 

weather conditions; (b) sources of 

weather and road information; (c) any 

modification of travel and/or commute 

plans, based on event information; (d) 

anticipation and perception of storm 

impacts and severity; and (e) perception 

and behavioral response to messages 

conveyed by the NWS and UDOT, along 

with their satisfaction of information 

provided. Analyses of the information 

gathered will focus on driver 

knowledge, perceptions, and 

decisionmaking. Ultimately, the results 

of this survey will provide insight on 

how the Weather Enterprise may more 

effectively communicate hazard 

information to the public in a manner 

which leads to improved response (i.e., 

change travel times, modes, etc.). With 

a sufficient level of behavior change, it 

should be possible to improve safety 

and reduce the costs associated with 

weather-related congestion and 

associated delays. Additionally, the 

project will shed light upon the 

interrelationship between 

meteorological phenomena, road 

conditions, and their combined impact 

on travel. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25234 Filed 10–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Expanded Vessel 

Monitoring System Requirement in the 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before December 6, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Becky Renko, (206) 526– 

6110 or Becky.Renko@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

NOAA has established large-scale 

depth-based management areas, referred 

to as Groundfish Conservation Areas 

(GCAs), where groundfish fishing is 

prohibited or restricted. These areas 

were specifically designed to reduce the 

catch of species while allowing healthy 

fisheries to continue in areas and with 

gears where little incidental catch of 

overfished species is likely to occur. 

Because NOAA needs methods to 

effectively enforce area restrictions, 

certain commercial fishing vessels are 

required to install and use a vessel 

monitoring system (VMS) that 

automatically sends hourly position 

reports. Exemptions from the reporting 

requirement are available for inactive 

vessels or vessels fishing outside the 

monitored area. The vessels are also 

required to declare what gear will be 

used. 

To ensure the integrity of the GCAs 

and Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA), 

a pilot VMS program was implemented 

on January 1, 2004. The pilot program 

required vessels registered to Pacific 

Coast groundfish fishery limited entry 

permits to carry and use VMS 

transceiver units while fishing off the 

coasts of Washington, Oregon and 

California. On January 1, 2007, the VMS 

program coverage was expanded to 

include all open access fisheries in 

addition to the limited entry fisheries. 

A change request to expand the 

available fishery declarations will be 

published as part of a final rule, RIN 

0648–AY68, in late 2010. As stated in 

the proposed rule for RIN 0648–AY68 

(75 FR 53380, August 31, 2010), the 

public reporting burden for the changes 

to the declaration reporting system are 

not expected to change the public 

reporting burden. 

II. Method of Collection 

The installation/activation reports are 

available over the Internet. Due to the 

need for the owner’s signature, 

installation reports must be faxed or 

mailed to NMFS. Hourly position 

reports are automatically sent from VMS 

transceivers installed aboard vessels. 

Exemption reports and declaration 

reports are submitted via a toll-free 

telephone number. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0573. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(renewal of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,500. 

Estimated Time per Response: VMS 

installation: 4 hours; VMS maintenance: 

4 hours; installation, exemption and 

activation reports: 5 minutes each; and 

declaration reports: 4 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,581. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $2,900,250. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 


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