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Bahraini certain compacted ring spun 

cotton yarns. On July 7, 2009, the 

United States received additional 

information from Bahrain to address 

certain issues with respect to the April 

1 request, including identification that 

the subject request is for certain 

compacted, single, ring spun cotton 

yarns classified in subheadings 

5205.27.0020 and 5205.28.0020 of the 

HTSUS. 

CITA is soliciting public comments 

regarding this request, particularly with 

respect to whether certain compacted, 

single, ring spun cotton yarns described 

above can be supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner. Comments must be 

received no later than August 20, 2009. 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

six copies of such comments or 

information to the Chairman, Committee 

for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements, Room 3001, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

CITA will protect any business 

confidential information that is marked 

business confidential from disclosure to 

the full extent permitted by law. CITA 

will make available to the public nonconfidential versions of the request and 

non-confidential versions of any public 

comments received with respect to a 

request in room 3001 in the Herbert 

Hoover Building, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230. 

Persons submitting comments on a 

request are encouraged to include a nonconfidential version and a nonconfidential summary. 

Janet E. Heinzen, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E9–17277 Filed 7–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (Commission). 

DATES AND TIME: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 and 

Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 

commencing each day at 9 a.m. and 

ending at 1 p.m. 

PLACE: Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st 

St., NW., Washington, DC, Lobby Level 

Hearing Room (Room 1000). 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Public 

hearings to examine Federal position 

limits, particularly as related to the 

energy markets, and hedge exemptions 

on regulated futures exchanges, 

derivatives transaction execution 

facilities and electronic trading facilities 

with respect to a significant price 

discovery contract. 

CONTACT PERSONS AND ADDRESSES: 

Written materials should be mailed to 

the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581, attention Office of the 

Secretariat; transmitted by facsimile at 

202–418–5521; or transmitted 

electronically to [secretary@cftc.gov]. 

Reference should be made to 

‘‘position limits and hedge 

exemptions.’’ For substantive questions, 

please contact Sauntia Warfield, 202– 

518–5084. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is undertaking a review of 

issues related to Federal position limits 

and hedge exemptions on regulated 

futures exchanges, derivatives 

transaction execution facilities and 

electronic trading facilities with respect 

to a significant price discovery contract. 

In furtherance of that review, the 

Commission hereby announces that it 

will hold public hearings on Tuesday, 

July 28, 2009, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 

and Wednesday, August 5, 2009 from 9 

a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, at the 

Commission headquarters in 

Washington, DC. At these hearings the 

Commission will have oral 

presentations by panels of witnesses 

representing segments of the futures 

market participants and academics. 

Members of Congress also are expected 

to present their views. 

These hearings will generally focus on 

a number of issues, including: the 

application of federal speculative 

position limits to address the burdens of 

excessive speculation; how such limits 

should be structured; how such limits 

should be set; the aggregation of 

positions across different markets; and 

the types of exemptions, if any, that 

should be permitted. 

A transcript of the hearing will be 

made and entered into the 

Commission’s public comment files, 

which will remain open for the receipt 

of written comments until August 12, 

2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 

2009, by the Commission. 

David Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–17421 Filed 7–17–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Consultation Pursuant to 

Section 106 of the CPSIA; Request for 

Comments and Information 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA) requires the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) to examine and assess, 

in consultation with consumer groups, 

juvenile product manufacturers, and 

independent child product engineers 

and experts, the effectiveness of ASTM 

F963–07, ‘‘Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Toy Safety,’’ or its 

successor standard (except for section 

4.2 and Annex 4), as it relates safety 

requirements, safety labeling 

requirements, and test methods related 

to: (1) Internal harm or injury hazards 

caused by the ingestion or inhalation of 

magnets in children’s products; (2) toxic 

substances; (3) toys with spherical ends; 

(4) hemispheric-shaped objects; (5) 

cords, straps, and elastics; and (6) 

battery-operated toys. This notice is 

issued to facilitate the receipt of any 

written submissions on these matters as 

part of the consultative process required 

by section 106 of the CPSIA. The 

Commission invites comments 

concerning the issues discussed in this 

notice. 

DATES: Comments and submissions in 

response to this notice must be received 

by August 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009– 

0047, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (e-mail) except through 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, to: Office of 

the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Room 502, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

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Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Midgett, PhD, Office of Hazard 

Identification and Reduction, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East-West Highway, Suite 600, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7692; e-mail jmidgett@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CPSIA was enacted on August 14, 2008. 

Section 106 of the CPSIA, ‘‘Mandatory 

Toy Safety Standards,’’ made ASTM 

International Standard F963–07, 

‘‘Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Toy Safety’’ (ASTM 

F963), as it existed on August 14, 2008 

(except for section 4.2 and Annex 4 or 

any provision that restates or 

incorporates an existing mandatory 

standard or ban promulgated by the 

Commission or by statute), into 

mandatory consumer product safety 

standards issued by the Commission 

under section 9 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). 

On February 17, 2009, ASTM 

proposed revisions in F963–08, a 

successor standard, for the 

Commission’s consideration. On May 

13, 2009, the Commission voted to 

accept all of the proposed revisions in 

ASTM F963–08 except the revision that 

would have omitted section 4.27, which 

addresses toy chests, from the standard. 

The revisions in F963–08 that were 

accepted by the Commission will 

become mandatory consumer product 

safety standards on August 17, 2009. 

Section 106(b)(1) of the CPSIA 

requires the Commission, in 

consultation with representatives of 

consumer groups, juvenile product 

manufacturers, and independent child 

product engineers and experts, to 

examine and assess the effectiveness of 

ASTM F963 or its successor standard 

(except for section 4.2 and Annex 4), as 

it relates safety requirements, safety 

labeling requirements, and test methods 

related to: 

(1) Internal harm or injury hazards 

caused by the ingestion or inhalation of 

magnets in children’s products; 

(2) Toxic substances; 

(3) Toys with spherical ends; 

(4) Hemispheric-shaped objects; 

(5) Cords, straps, and elastics; and 

(6) Battery-operated toys. 

Section 106(b)(2) of the CPSIA 

requires the Commission to promulgate 

consumer product safety standards that 

take into account other children’s 

product safety rules and are more 

stringent than such standards if the 

Commission determines that more 

stringent standards would further 

reduce the risk of injury associated with 

such products. 

As part of its efforts to comply with 

section 106 of the CPSIA, the 

Commission is issuing this notice in the 

Federal Register to invite public 

comment concerning the effectiveness 

of ASTM F963–08 in the following 

areas: 

1. Hazardous Magnets—The 

requirements for toys with magnets 

address recent incidents involving small 

high-attraction-force magnets. Ingestion 

of these magnets can lead to 

perforations of the gut wall, causing 

infection, sepsis, or even death, as the 

magnets attract to each other through 

different sections of the intestines. To 

minimize the likelihood of children 

swallowing hazardous magnets, ASTM 

F963–08: 

a. Defines hazardous magnets and 

hazardous magnetic components as 

those being small parts and containing 

a magnet with a Flux Index of 50 or 

greater. 

b. Specifies a method for determining 

a magnet’s Flux Index using a gauss 

meter. 

c. Prohibits magnetic toys for children 

up to age 14 from containing hazardous 

magnets or magnetic components. 

d. Specifies use and abuse test 

methods for magnetic toys that are not 

small parts, but have embedded 

hazardous magnets, to ensure that 

hazardous magnets will not liberate 

from the toy during normal usage. This 

test method includes cyclic and impact 

testing. 

e. Allows hazardous magnets and 

hazardous magnetic components in 

hobby, craft and science kits for 

children over 8 years of age, provided 

that they contain a hazardous magnet 

warning. 

f. Does not require a hazardous 

magnet warning on magnetic toys that 

are not small parts, but have embedded 

hazardous magnets, provided that they 

pass the specified use and abuse test 

methods. 

2. Toxic Substances—The 

requirements address the risks of 

exposure to toxic substances. To 

minimize the likelihood of exposure to 

toxic substances, ASTM F963–08 

addresses the following areas: 

a. Federally prohibited hazardous 

substances; 

b. Food and food packaging; 

c. Food additives; 

d. Toys in contact with food; 

e. Ceramicware, lead and cadmium 

contamination; 

f. Cosmetics; 

g. Paint and similar coatings; 

h. Liquids, pastes, putties, gels and 

powders; 

i. Stuffing materials; and 

j. DI (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) 

(also known as dioctyl phthalate (DOP)). 

3. Toys with spherical ends—The 

requirements address potential 

impaction hazards for children up to 48 

months with certain toys containing 

spherical ends. To minimize the 

likelihood of impaction hazards, ASTM 

F963–08: 

a. Requires toys weighing less than 

1.1-pounds for children up to 18 months 

that incorporate spherical, 

hemispherical, or flared ends and are 

attached to a shaft, handle or support 

that has a smaller cross section to meet 

the specified dimensional requirements. 

b. Requires toys weighing less than 

1.1-pounds for children 18 to 48 months 

having nail, screw or bolt shapes with 

spherical or hemispherical ends 

attached to a shaft or handle to meet the 

specified dimensional requirements. 

c. Requires preschool play figures for 

children less than 3 years of age with a 

round, spherical, or hemispherical end 

and tapered neck attached to a 

cylindrical shape and an overall length 

of 2.5-inches or less to meet the 

specified dimensional requirements. 

4. Hemispheric-shaped objects—The 

requirements address potential 

asphyxiation hazards with ‘‘cup’’ 

shaped objects that have the potential to 

fit on a child’s face and allow a vacuum 

to be formed. To minimize the 

likelihood of these types of hazards, 

ASTM F963–08 requires certain toy cup, 

bowl or half-egg shaped objects to meet 

certain specified dimensional and 

opening requirements. 

5. Cords, straps and elastics—The 

requirements address potential 

entanglement and strangulation hazards 

associated with cords, straps and 

elastics. To minimize the likelihood of 

these types of hazards, ASTM F963–08: 

a. Requires toys for children less than 

18 months with straps or elastics 

attached or included to be less than 12- 

inches in the free-state and under a 5- 

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b. Requires cords, straps and elastics 

that can form a loop to not admit a head 

probe when tested under the specified 

conditions. 

c. Requires cords, straps and elastics 

that admit the base of the head probe to 

contain breakaway features that release 

at less than 5-pounds when tested in 

accordance with the specified 

conditions. 

d. Requires certain toys with selfretracting pull cords for children less 

than 18 months of age to not retract 

under load in accordance with the 

specified conditions. 

e. Requires cords, straps and elastics 

greater than 12-inches long for children 

less than 36 months of age to not 

contain beads or other attachments that 

could tangle to form a loop. 

f. Requires toy bags for children up to 

18 months of age that have a perimeter 

opening greater than 14-inches to not 

have a drawstring or cord as a means of 

closing. 

6. Battery-Operated Toys—The 

requirements of F963–08 address the 

following areas to minimize the risk 

associated with battery operated toys: 

a. Battery overheating; 

b. Leakage; 

c. Explosion and fire; and 

d. Swallowing of batteries. 

7. Comments may also be submitted 

on any other section of ASTM F963–08. 

Please note that all comments should be 

restricted to children’s toy safety. 

A link to ASTM F963–07 and F963– 

08, in a ‘‘read-only’’ format, may be 

viewed on ASTM’s Web site at http:// 

www.astm.org/cpsc.htm. 

Comments submitted must follow the 

directions provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. All comments and 

submissions should be received no later 

than August 20, 2009. 

Dated: July 14, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–17198 Filed 7–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0152] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Service 

Contracting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning service contracting. A 

request for public comments was 

published in the Federal Register at 74 

FR 18718 on April 24, 2009. No 

comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, Regulatory 

Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Warren Blankenship, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 501–1900. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This FAR requirement implements 

the statutory requirements of Sec. 834, 

Public Law 101–510, concerning 

uncompensated overtime. The coverage 

requires that offerors identify 

uncompensated overtime hours and the 

uncompensated overtime rate for direct 

charge Fair Labor Standards Act– 

exempt personnel. These overtime 

hours and rates are included in the 

offeror’s proposals and their 

subcontractor’s proposals for 

procurements valued at or above the 

simplified acquisition threshold. This 

permits Government contracting officers 

to ascertain cost realism of proposed 

labor rates for professional employees. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 19,906. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 19,906. 

Average Burden Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,953. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, Room 4041, NW., Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control Number 9000– 

0152, Service Contracting, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: July 15, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–17271 Filed 7–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0149] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Subcontract Consent 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning subcontract consent. A 

request for public comments was 

published in the Federal Register at 74 

FR 18717, on April 24, 2009. No 

comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 


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