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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

These records contain information 

relating to the education and training; 

employment history and earnings; 

appraisal of past performance; 

convictions and offenses against the 

law; results from written test; appraisal 

of potential; honors, awards or 

fellowships; military service; veterans 

preference, birthplace; date of birth; 

SSN; and home address of persons who 

have applied for Federal employment or 

are employed in the Federal services 

and correspondence related thereto. 

These records may also include 

information concerning the date of 

application, qualification status, 

employment consideration, priority 

grouping, and other information relating 

to the consideration of the individual 

for employment. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, 3302, Executive 

Order 10577. 

PURPOSE(S): 

Records in this system are used to 

determine individuals’ eligibility and 

evaluate their qualifications for 

placement in positions within the 

Board. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

A. To respond to requests for 

information from the Office of Personnel 

Management to the extent their request 

is compatible with the purpose for 

which the records are maintained. 

B. To disclose information to a 

congressional office from the record of 

an individual in response to an inquiry 

from a Member of Congress made at the 

request of that individual. 

C. In the event of litigation where the 

defendant is (1) the Board, or any 

employee of the Board in his or her 

official capacity; (2) the United States 

where the Board determines that the 

claim, if successful, is likely to directly 

affect the operations of the Board; or (3) 

any Board employee in his or her 

individual capacity where the Justice 

Department has agreed to represent such 

employee, the Board may disclose such 

records as it deems desirable or 

necessary to the Department of Justice to 

enable that Department to present an 

effective defense provided such 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

D. In the event that this system of 

records indicates a violation or potential 

violation of law, whether civil, criminal 

or regulatory in nature, and whether 

arising by general statute or particular 

program statute, or by regulation, rule or 

order issued pursuant thereto, the 

relevant records in the system of records 

may be referred, as a routine use, to the 

appropriate agency, whether Federal or 

foreign, charged with the responsibility 

of investigating or prosecuting such 

violation or charged with enforcing or 

implementing the statute, rule, 

regulation or order issued pursuant 

thereto. 

E. Information may be disclosed as a 

‘‘routine use’’ to a Federal, state or local 

agency maintaining civil, criminal or 

other relevant enforcement records or 

other pertinent records, such as current 

licenses, if necessary to obtain a record 

relevant to an agency decision 

concerning the hiring or retention of an 

employee, the issuance of a security 

clearance, the letting of a contract, or 

the issuance of a license, grant or other 

benefit. Information may be disclosed to 

a Federal agency, in response to its 

request, in connection with the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the reporting of 

an investigation of an employee, the 

letting of a contract or the issuance of 

a license, grant, or other benefit by the 

requesting agency, to the extent that the 

record is relevant and necessary to the 

requesting agency’s decision on the 

matter. 

F. Where Federal agencies have the 

power to subpoena other Federal 

agencies’ records, such as the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Civil Rights 

Commission, issue a subpoena to the 

Board for records, the Board will make 

such records available. 

G. Information may be disclosed to 

student volunteers, individuals working 

under a personal services contract, and 

other individuals performing functions 

for the Board but technically not having 

the status of agency employees, if they 

need access to the records in order to 

perform their assigned agency functions. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Variously stored in card files, discs, 

magnetic tape, forms and lists. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records are indexed by any 

combination of name, date of birth, 

SSN, and identification number. 

SAFEGUARD: 

Access to and use of these records are 

limited to those persons whose official 

duties require such access. Personnel 

screening is employed to prevent 

unauthorized disclosure. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are retained until the 

applicant is selected for a position, or 

for two years. After the applicant is 

selected for a position, the records are 

filed in the Official Personnel Folder 

which is retained until the employee 

leaves the Board. If the applicant is not 

selected for a position within two years, 

the records are destroyed. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Chief, Mission Support Services, 

Recovery Accountability and 

Transparency Board, 1717 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Suite 700, Washington, 

DC 20006. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Inquiries concerning this system 

should be directed to the Freedom of 

Information Act Office, Recovery 

Accountability and Transparency Board, 

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

700, Washington, DC 20006. 

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

To locate a specific record, you must 

provide the name of the individual and 

provide at least two items of 

identification (date of birth, employee 

identification number, or similar 

information). The address is the same as 

indicated in the notification procedure. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Contact the official at the address 

specified under notification procedure 

above and reasonably identify the 

record and specify the information to be 

contested. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The information is provided by 

current and former employees. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Ivan J. Flores, 

Paralegal Specialist, Recovery Accountability 

and Transparency Board. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0008] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for a Biological 

Control Agent for Russian Knapweed 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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1To view the notice, environmental assessment, 

finding of no significant impact, and the comment 

we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0008. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to the 

release of a gall midge, Jaapiella 

ivannikovi, into the continental United 

States for use as a biological control 

agent to reduce the severity of Russian 

knapweed infestations. Based on its 

finding of no significant impact, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service has determined that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

L. Carmen Soileau, Senior Staff 

Entomologist, Permits, Registrations, 

Imports, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1237; (866) 524–5421. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing 

to issue permits for the release of a gall 

midge, Jaapiella ivannikovi, into the 

continental United States for use as a 

biological control agent to reduce the 

severity of Russian knapweed 

(Acroptilon repens) infestations. 

Russian knapweed is a long-lived 

perennial in the plant tribe Asteraceae 

(sunflower, aster, or daisy family). The 

highly invasive weed was first 

introduced into North America in 1898. 

By 1998, the weed had spread to 313 

counties in 45 of the 48 contiguous 

States in the United States with 80 

percent of the infestation occurring in 

the States of Colorado, Idaho, 

Washington, and Wyoming. 

The proposed biological control agent, 

J.ivannikovi, is an insect measuring 1.6 

to 2.5 mm in length with relatively large 

wings, long legs, and a long ovipositor 

(egg-laying organ) that can be extended 

from the tip of the abdomen. The female 

gall midge deposits its eggs on the 

surface of the buds situated on the tips 

of the main and side shoots of the 

Russian knapweed. Larval feeding 

causes stunted growth of the shoot and 

fusion of leaves, resulting in a so-called 

‘‘rosette gall.’’ 

On March 12, 2009, we published in 

the Federal Register (74 FR 10707– 

10708, Docket No. APHIS–2009–0008) a 

notice 1 in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of an environmental 

assessment (EA) that examined the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed release of 

this biological control agent into the 

continental United States. 

We solicited comments on the EA for 

30 days ending April 14, 2009. We 

received one comment by that date, 

from the Tribal Historic Preservation 

Officer of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe 

in Minnesota. The commenter indicated 

her disagreement with biological control 

in general, but did not raise any specific 

issues regarding the content of the EA 

on the release of the particular organism 

under consideration. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the release of 

the gall midge J. ivannikovi into the 

continental United States for use as a 

biological control agent to reduce the 

severity of Russian knapweed 

infestations. The finding, which is based 

on the EA, reflects our determination 

that release of this biological control 

agent will not have a significant impact 

on the quality of the human 

environment. 

The EA and FONSI may be viewed on 

the Regulations.gov Web site (see 

footnote 1). Copies of the EA and FONSI 

are also available for public inspection 

at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Persons wishing to 

inspect copies are requested to call 

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate 

entry into the reading room. In addition, 

copies may be obtained by writing to the 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The EA and FONSI have been 

prepared in accordance with: (1) The 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

June 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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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 Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (MEP) Management 

Information Reporting System. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0032. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 7,080. 

Number of Respondents: 59. 

Average Hours per Response: 120. 

Needs and Uses: Sponsored by NIST, 

the Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (MEP) is a national network 

of locally-based manufacturing 

extension centers working with small 

manufacturers to assist them in 

improving their productivity, 

profitability, and enhance their 

economic competitiveness. The 

information collected will provide the 

MEP with information regarding MEP 

Center performance regarding the 

delivery of technology, and business 

solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers. 

The collected information will assist in 

determining the performance of the 

MEP Centers at both local and national 

levels, provide information critical to 

monitoring and reporting on MEP 

programmatic performance, and assist 

management in policy decisions. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory per the 

regulations governing the operation of 

the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290, 

291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2). 

The information collected will include 

center inputs and activities including 

services delivered, clients served, center 

staff, quarterly expenses and revenues, 

partners and affiliates, strategic plan, 

operating plans, and client success 

stories. No confidentiality for 

information submitted is promised or 

provided. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Quarterly, annually, and 

biennially. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 


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