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sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.221. 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that the Judges 

Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award will meet Tuesday, June 

16, 2009. The Judges Panel is composed 

of twelve members prominent in the 

fields of quality, innovation, and 

performance excellence and appointed 

by the Secretary of Commerce. The 

purpose of this meeting is to discuss the 

Judging process and Judging process 

changes for 2009; the role of the Judges 

Panel in the award process; an overview 

of scoring data; the 2009 Baldrige 

Award cycle; the Judges Panel survey of 

applicants; and the Judges Panel 

mentoring process. Under each of these 

categories applicant information may be 

disclosed. The applications under 

review by the Judges Panel contain trade 

secrets and proprietary commercial 

information submitted to the 

Government in confidence. 

DATES: The meeting will convene June 

16, 2009 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 

p.m. on June 16, 2009. The entire 

meeting will be closed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Lecture Room B, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige National 

Quality Program, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, 

telephone number (301) 975–2361. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, 

with the concurrence of the General 

Counsel, formally determined on 

January 08, 2009, that the meeting of the 

Judges Panel will be closed pursuant to 

Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as 

amended by Section 5(c) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, Public 

Law 94–409. The meeting, which 

involves examination of Award 

applicant data from U.S. companies and 

other organizations and a discussion of 

these data as compared to the Award 

criteria in order to recommend Award 

recipients, may be closed to the public 

in accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of 

Title 5, United States Code, because the 

meeting is likely to disclose trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential. 

Dated: May 20, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–12284 Filed 5–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Emergency Processing Under 

Office of Management and Budget 

Review; Chronic Hazard Advisory 

Panel Questionnaire 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (Commission or CPSC) is 

announcing that a collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for emergency processing under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed collection of information 

concerns a questionnaire to panel 

candidates for selection to a Chronic 

Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) to study 

the effects of phthalates and phthalate 

alternatives on children’s health. 

DATES: Comments on this request for 

approval of information collection 

requirements should be submitted by 

June 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this request 

for approval of information collection 

requirements should be captioned 

‘‘Emergency Request—Chronic Hazard 

Advisory Panel’’ and submitted to (1) 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for 

CPSC, Office of Management and 

Budget, Washington, DC 20503; 

telephone: (202) 395–7340, or by e-mail 

to Brenda_Aguilar@omb.eop.gov and (2) 

to the Office of the Secretary by e-mail 

at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed to the 

Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile at (301) 504–0127. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 

Planning, Office of Information 

Technology and Technology Services, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: (301) 504–7671, or by 

e-mail to lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Proposed Collection of Information 

Section 108(b)(2)(A) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314) requires 

the Commission to begin the process of 

appointing a CHAP pursuant to 15 

U.S.C. 2077 to study the effects on 

children’s health of all phthalates and 

phthalate alternatives as used in 

children’s toys and child care articles. 

Section 108(b)(2)(B) of the CPSIA 

specifies what the panel is to examine 

and requires the panel to complete its 

examination within 18 months after its 

appointment. The panel must report to 

the CPSC no later than 180 days after 

completing its examination, and, no 

later than 180 days after receiving the 

panel’s report, the CPSC must 

promulgate a final rule to determine 

whether an interim prohibition on three 

specific phthalates should remain in 

effect and evaluate the panel’s findings 

and recommendation. 

In order to establish the CHAP and 

execute the mandatory rulemaking 

within the statutory deadlines imposed 

under the CPSIA, the CPSC requests 

emergency processing of the collection 

of information under section 3507(j) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3507(j) and 5 CFR 

1320.13). The CPSC will provide a 

questionnaire to 27 panel candidates to 

identify potential conflicts of interest. 

With respect to this collection of 

information, the CPSC estimates the 

burden of this collection will be 

approximately 1 hour. The total 

estimated burden to all candidates is 27 

hours. The annual reporting cost is 

estimated to be $1,481.76. This estimate 

is based on the estimated total burden 

hours for responding to the 

questionnaire (27 hours) multiplied by 

an estimated wage (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics: All workers, good-producing 

industries, management, professional 

and related, September 2008) of $54.88 

per hour (27 hours × $54.88 per hour = 

$1,481.76). 

B. Request for Comments 

The Commission solicits written 

comments from all interested persons 

about the proposed collection of 


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information. The Commission 

specifically solicits information relevant 

to the following topics: 

—Whether the collection of 

information described above is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the Commission’s functions, including 

whether the information would have 

practical utility; 

—Whether the estimated burden of 

the proposed collection of information 

is accurate; 

—Whether the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be collected 

could be enhanced; and 

—Whether the burden imposed by the 

collection of information could be 

minimized by use of automated, 

electronic or other technological 

collection techniques, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: May 20, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–12148 Filed 5–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Teacher Quality 

Partnership Grants Program; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.405A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: May 27, 2009. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

June 26, 2009. 

Dates of Pre-Application Meeting: 

There will be two pre-application 

meetings for prospective applicants on 

June 8, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. and on June 8, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 23, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 21, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) 

Grants Program are to: Improve student 

achievement; improve the quality of 

new and prospective teachers by 

improving the preparation of 

prospective teachers and enhancing 

professional development activities for 

new teachers; hold teacher preparation 

programs at institutions of higher 

education (IHEs) accountable for 

preparing highly qualified teachers; and 

recruit highly qualified individuals, 

including minorities and individuals 

from other occupations, into the 

teaching force. 

More specifically, the TQP Grants 

Program seeks to improve the quality of 

new teachers by creating partnerships 

among IHEs, high-need school districts 

(local educational agencies (LEAs)) their 

high-need schools, and/or high-need 

early childhood education (ECE) 

program. These partnerships would 

create model teacher preparation 

programs at the pre-baccalaureate level 

through the implementation of specific 

reforms of the IHE’s existing teacher 

preparation programs, and/or model 

teaching residency programs for 

individuals with strong academic and/ 

or professional backgrounds but without 

teaching experience. The TQP Grants 

Program may also support school 

leadership programs to train 

superintendents, principals, ECE 

program directors, and other school 

leaders in high-need or rural LEAs. 

General Application Requirements: 

All applicants must meet the following 

general application requirements in 

order to be considered for funding. 

Except as specifically noted in this 

section, the general application 

requirements are from section 202 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended in 2008 by the Higher 

Education Opportunity Act (HEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1022(a)). 

Each eligible partnership desiring a 

grant under this program must submit 

an application that contains— 

(a) A needs assessment of the partners 

in the partnership, for the preparation, 

ongoing training, professional 

development, and retention of general 

education and special education 

teachers, principals, and, as applicable, 

early childhood educators; 

(b) A description of how the 

partnership will— 

(1) Prepare prospective and new 

general education and special education 

teachers to understand and use research 

and data to modify and improve 

classroom instruction and prepare 

prospective and new teachers with 

strong teaching skills; 

(2) Support in-service professional 

development strategies and activities; 

(3) Engage faculty at the partner 

institution to work with highly qualified 

teachers in the classrooms of high-need 

schools served by the high-need LEA in 

the partnership in order to— 

(i) Provide high-quality professional 

development to strengthen the content 

knowledge and teaching skills of 

elementary school and secondary school 

teachers; and 

(ii) Train other classroom teachers to 

implement literacy programs that 

incorporate the essential components of 

reading instruction; 

(4) Design, implement, or enhance a 

year-long and rigorous teaching 

preservice clinical program component; 

(5) Prepare general education teachers 

to teach students with disabilities, 

including training related to 

participation as a member of 

individualized education program 

teams, as defined in section 614(d)(1)(B) 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA); 

(6) Prepare general education and 

special education teachers to teach 

limited English proficient students; and 

(7) Collect, analyze, and use data on 

the retention of all teachers and early 

childhood educators in high-need 

schools and high-need ECE programs 

located in the geographic area served by 

the partnership to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the partnership’s 

teacher and educator support system; 

(c) A description of the induction 

program activities that demonstrates— 

(1) That the schools and departments 

within the IHE that are part of the 

induction program will effectively 

prepare teachers, including providing 

content expertise and expertise in 

teaching, as appropriate; 

(2) The eligible partnership’s 

capability and commitment to, and the 

accessibility to and involvement of 

faculty in, the use of empirically-based 

practice and scientifically valid research 

on teaching and learning; 

(3) How faculty involved in the 

induction program will be able to 

substantially participate in a high-need 

ECE program or a high-need elementary 

school or high-need secondary school 

classroom setting, as applicable, 

including release time and receiving 

workload credit for such participation; 

and 

(4) How the teacher preparation 

program will support, through not less 

than the first two years of teaching, all 

new teachers who are prepared by the 

teacher preparation program in the 

partnership and who teach in the highneed LEA in the partnership, and, to the 

extent practicable, all new teachers who 

teach in such high-need LEA, in the 

further development of the new 

teachers’ teaching skills, including the 

use of mentors who are trained and 

compensated by the program for the 

mentors’ work with new teachers; 

(d) A description of how the 

partnership will— 

(1) Coordinate strategies and activities 

with other teacher preparation or 

professional development programs, 

including programs funded under the 


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