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their services and expertise as described 

in the solicitation. If you do not have 

Internet access to the above sites and 

wish to receive the solicitation by email, fax or U.S. mail please contact 

Sarah Palmer at the addresses below. 

DATES: Materials must be submitted on 

or before 5 p.m. MST February 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit materials 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: palmer@ecr.gov. 

• Fax: 1–520–901–8557. 

• Mail: U.S. Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution; 

Attn: Sarah Palmer, 130 South Scott 

Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Palmer, Senior Program Manager, 

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution, 130 S. Scott Avenue, 

Tucson, AZ 85701, phone (520) 901– 

8556, fax (520) 901–8557, 

palmer@ecr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution is a Federal program 

established by the U.S. Congress to 

assist parties in resolving 

environmental, natural resource, and 

public lands conflicts. The U.S. Institute 

is part of the Morris K. Udall 

Foundation, an independent Federal 

agency of the executive branch overseen 

by a board of trustees appointed by the 

President. The U.S. Institute serves as 

an impartial, non-partisan institution 

providing professional expertise, 

services, and resources to all parties 

involved in such disputes, regardless of 

who initiates or pays for assistance. The 

U.S. Institute helps parties determine 

whether collaborative problem solving 

is appropriate for specific 

environmental conflicts, how and when 

to bring all the parties to the table, and 

whether a third-party facilitator or 

mediator might be helpful in assisting 

the parties in their efforts to reach 

consensus or to resolve the conflict. In 

addition, the U.S. Institute maintains a 

roster of qualified facilitators and 

mediators with substantial experience 

in environmental conflict resolution, 

and can help parties in selecting an 

appropriate neutral. For more 

information on the U.S. Institute, please 

visit http://www.ecr.gov. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. 

Dated: January 16, 2009. 

Ellen Wheeler, 

Executive Director, Morris K. Udall 

Scholarship and Excellence in National 

Environmental Policy Foundation. 

[FR Doc. E9–1622 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FN–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice 

that the agency has submitted to OMB 

for approval the information collections 

described in this notice. The public is 

invited to comment on the proposed 

information collections pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to OMB at the address below 

on or before February 25, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Desk Officer for 

NARA, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202–395– 

5167; or electronically mailed to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collections and supporting statements 

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm 

at telephone number 301–837–1694 or 

fax number 301–713–7409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed 

information collections. NARA 

published a notice of proposed 

collection for these information 

collections on November 20, 2008 (73 

FR 70383 and 70384). No comments 

were received. NARA has submitted the 

described information collections to 

OMB for approval. 

In response to this notice, comments 

and suggestions should address one or 

more of the following points: (a) 

Whether the proposed information 

collections are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NARA; 

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collections; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

information technology; and (e) whether 

small businesses are affected by this 

collection. In this notice, NARA is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collections: 

1. Title: Application for attendance at 

the Institute for the Editing of Historical 

Documents. 

OMB number: 3095–0012. 

Agency form number: None. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Individuals, often 

already working on documentary 

editing projects, who wish to apply to 

attend the annual one-week Institute for 

the Editing of Historical Documents, an 

intensive seminar in all aspects of 

modern documentary editing techniques 

taught by visiting editors and 

specialists. 

Estimated number of respondents: 25. 

Estimated time per response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

no more than annually (when 

respondent wishes to apply for 

attendance at the Institute). 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

37.5 hours. 

Abstract: The application is used by 

the NHPRC staff to establish the 

applicant’s qualifications and to permit 

selection of those individuals best 

qualified to attend the Institute jointly 

sponsored by the NHPRC, the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, and the 

University of Wisconsin. Selected 

applicants forms are forwarded to the 

resident advisors of the Institute, who 

use them to determine what areas of 

instruction would be most useful to the 

applicants. 

You can also use NARA’s Web site at 

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/forms/ 

editing-application.pdf to review and 

fill in the application. 

2. Title: National Historical 

Publications and Records Commission 

Grant Program. 

OMB number: 3095–0013. 

Agency form number: None. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Nonprofit 

organizations and institutions, state and 

local government agencies, Federally 

acknowledged or state-recognized 

Native American tribes or groups, and 

individuals who apply for NHPRC 

grants for support of historical 

documentary editions, archival 

preservation and planning projects, and 

other records projects. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

148 per year submit applications; 

approximately 100 grantees among the 

applicant respondents also submit 

semiannual narrative performance 

reports. 

Estimated time per response: 54 hours 

per application; 2 hours per narrative 

report. 

Frequency of response: On occasion 

for the application; semiannually for the 

narrative report. Currently, the NHPRC 

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considers grant applications 2 times per 

year; respondents usually submit no 

more than one application per year. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

8,392 hours. 

Abstract: The NHPRC is changing the 

way it provides information about its 

grant program. The previously all 

inclusive grant guidelines booklet is 

being replaced by a suite of 

announcements where the information 

will be specific to the grant opportunity 

named. The basic information collection 

remains the same. The grant proposal is 

used by the NHPRC staff, reviewers, and 

the Commission to determine if the 

applicant and proposed project are 

eligible for an NHPRC grant, and 

whether the proposed project is 

methodologically sound and suitable for 

support. The narrative report is used by 

the NHPRC staff to monitor the 

performance of grants. 

You can also use NARA’s Web site at 

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/ 

guidelines/index.html to review the 

guidelines. The forms used to apply for 

a grant can be found at http:// 

www.archives.gov/nhprc/forms/. 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Martha Morphy, 

Assistant Archivist for Information Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–1572 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meetings of Humanities Panel 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is 

hereby given that the following 

meetings of Humanities Panels will be 

held at the Old Post Office, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael P. McDonald, Advisory 

Committee Management Officer, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; 

telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 

606–8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed meetings are for the purpose 

of panel review, discussion, evaluation 

and recommendation on applications 

for financial assistance under the 

National Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including discussion of information 

given in confidence to the agency by the 

grant applicants. Because the proposed 

meetings will consider information that 

is likely to disclose trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person and privileged 

or confidential and/or information of a 

personal nature the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant 

to authority granted me by the 

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to 

Close Advisory Committee meetings, 

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined 

that these meetings will be closed to the 

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4), 

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United 

States Code. 

1. Date: February 9, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Archaeology: Old 

World in Collaborative Research, 

submitted to the Division of Research 

Programs, at the November 5, 2008 

deadline. 

2. Date: February 10, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Africa and Asia in 

Collaborative Research, submitted to the 

Division of Research Programs, at the 

November 5, 2008 deadline. 

3. Date: February 17, 2009. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for DFG/NEH Joint 

Digitization Program, submitted to the 

Office of Digital Humanities, at the 

October 15, 2008 deadline. 

4. Date: February 17, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Literature, Philosophy, 

Music, and History of Science in 

Scholarly Editions, submitted to the 

Division of Research Programs, at the 

November 5, 2008 deadline. 

5. Date: February 18, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Religion, Philosophy, 

History of Science, and Political Science 

in Collaborative Research, submitted to 

the Division of Research Programs, at 

the November 5, 2008 deadline. 

6. Date: February 19, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for American, British, and 

Anglophone Literature in Scholarly 

Editions, submitted to the Division of 

Research Programs, at the November 5, 

2008 deadline. 

7. Date: February 23, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Archaeology: New 

World in Collaborative Research, 

submitted to the Division of Research 

Programs, at the November 5, 2008 

deadline. 

8. Date: February 24, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Europe and Latin 

America in Collaborative Research, 

submitted to the Division of Research 

Programs, at the November 5, 2008 

deadline. 

9. Date: February 25, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for American History in 

Scholarly Editions, submitted to the 

Division of Research Programs, at the 

November 5, 2008 deadline. 

10. Date: February 26, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for American Studies in 

Collaborative Research, submitted to the 

Division of Research Programs, at the 

November 5, 2008 deadline. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–1618 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: National Mediation Board. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of 

Administration, invites comments on 

the proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

14, 2009 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) provide interested Federal 

agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public