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information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310-55-S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0011; 96200-1672-0050- 

7D] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Evaluation of Great Ape Conservation 

Fund Grant Activities 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. We 

may not conduct or sponsor and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before March 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, or 

e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Fish and Wildlife Service (we, 

Service) has contracted with Frederick 

Sowers Consulting to conduct an 

independent evaluation of Great Ape 

Conservation Fund (GACF) grants. The 

evaluation will be limited to those 

grants we financed during Fiscal Years 

2006 through 2008 through a $2.5 

million/year resource transfer from the 

Agency for International Development 

in support of the Central Africa Regional 

Program for the Environment. 

In the central African region, 

conservation efforts are focused around 

approximately 12 large landscapes 

where conservation organizations take 

the lead in a multi-stakeholder process 

of land use and conservation planning. 

We plan to survey the direct recipients 

of GACF grants and their associated 

partners (e.g. international and African 

conservation and development 

nongovernmental organizations, 

stakeholder groups, civic organizations, 

and other funding agencies). The survey 

will cover both leading partners and 

smaller implementing partners within 

the landscape. 

The 74 grantees, who serve in direct 

contact with the public, are spread 

across five countries in the central 

African region. We plan to use an online 

survey as an efficient and minimally 

disruptive means of collecting 

information on grants management 

mechanics and operations and grantee 

performance in achieving conservation 

aims. The online survey will be open for 

an adequate period of time to allow 

respondents ample time to complete 

and update the survey questionnaire. 

We plan to collect: 

(1) Basic demographic data about the 

institutions, such as the size of the 

organization, the length and duration of 

its presence in the landscape, the nature 

of its activities, and its relationship with 

other stakeholders. 

(2) Information on the quality and 

nature of the relationships between 

grant recipients and the Government. 

(3) Effectiveness of the program in 

contributing to conservation objectives. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Evaluation of Great Ape 

Conservation Fund Grant Activities. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: GACF grantees and 

associated partners (e.g., 

nongovernment organizations, 

stakeholder groups, civic organizations, 

and other funding agencies). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Total Annual Number of Responses: 

160. 

Completion Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 240 

hours. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 12, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310-55-S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106– 

503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies 

Advisory Committee (SESAC) will hold 

its 19th meeting. The meeting location 

is the Silver Cloud Inn/University 

District, 3056 25th Avenue, NE., Seattle, 

Washington 98105. The Committee is 

comprised of members from academia, 

industry, and State government. The 

Committee shall advise the Director of 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on 

matters relating to the USGS’s 

participation in the National Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Program. 

The Committee will be hearing 

updates on the USGS Earthquake 

Hazards Program with a focus on 

partnered activities in the Pacific 

Northwest, discuss lessons learned from 

the Great Southern California Shakeout, 

and make assignments for annual report 

preparation. 

Meetings of the Scientific Earthquake 

Studies Advisory Committee are open to 

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DATES: February 2, 2009, commencing at 

8:30 a.m. and adjourning February 3, 

2009, at Noon. 

Contact: Dr. David Applegate, U.S. 

Geological Survey, MS 905, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 

20192, (703) 648–6714, 

applegate@usgs.gov. 

Suzette Kimball, 

Associate Director for Geology. 

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BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–956–1420–BJ–TRST] Group No. 194, 

Minnesota 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau Of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Minnesota. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. Attn: Cadastral Survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota 

T. 145 North, R. 37 West 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and the dependent 

resurvey and survey of the subdivision of 

section 34 of Township 145 North, Range 37 

West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in the 

State of Minnesota, and was accepted January 

16, 2009. We will place a copy of the plat we 

described in the open files. It will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. 

If BLM receives a protest against this 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest. 

We will not officially file the plat 

until the day after we have accepted or 

dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals. 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Dominica Van Koten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. E9–1795 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–506] 

Advice Concerning Possible 

Modifications to the U.S. Generalized 

System of Preferences, 2008 Review of 

Competitive Need Limit Waivers 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and 

scheduling of hearing. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

on January 12, 2009 from the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

(Commission) instituted investigation 

No. 332–506, Advice Concerning 

Possible Modifications to the U.S. 

Generalized System of Preferences, 2008 

Review of Competitive Need Limit 

Waivers. 

DATES: February 4, 2009: Deadline for 

filing requests to appear at the public 

hearing. 

February 6, 2009: Deadline for filing 

pre-hearing briefs and statements. 

February 27, 2009: Public hearing. 

March 6, 2009: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements and 

other written submissions. 

April 13, 2009: Transmittal of report 

to the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information specific to this investigation 

may be obtained from Eric Land, Project 

Leader, Office of Industries (202–205– 

3349 or eric.land@usitc.gov) or Gail 

Burns, Deputy Project Leader, Office of 

Industries (202–205–2501 or 

gail.burns@usitc.gov). For information 

on the legal aspects of these 

investigations, contact William Gearhart 

of the Commission’s Office of the 

General Counsel (202–205–3091 or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205– 

1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

Hearing-impaired individuals may 

obtain information on this matter by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal at 202–205–1810. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the Commission should 

contact the Office of the Secretary at 

202–205–2000. 

Background: As requested by the 

USTR, under the authority delegated by 

the President, pursuant to section 332(g) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, and in 

accordance with sections 503(d)(1)(A) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (1974 Act) (19 

U.S.C. 2463(d)(1)(A)), the Commission 

will provide advice on whether any 

industry in the United States is likely to 

be adversely affected by a waiver of the 

competitive need limits specified in 

section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act for 

the following countries and articles 

provided for in the noted subheadings 

of the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS): 

Argentina for HTS subheading 

4107.91.80 and 7202.99.20; Brazil for 

HTS subheading 2922.41.00; India for 

HTS subheading 7202.41.00; Indonesia 

for HTS subheading 3907.60.00; and 

Turkey for HTS subheading 7413.00.10. 

As requested, the Commission will also 

provide advice in accordance with 

section 503(c)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act with 

respect to whether like or directly 

competitive products were being 

produced in the United States on 

January 1, 1995. In addition, as 

requested, the Commission will provide 

advice as to the probable economic 

effect on total U.S. imports, and on 

consumers, of the petitioned waivers. 

As requested by the USTR, the 

Commission will use the dollar value 

limit of $135,000,000 for purposes of 

section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the 1974 Act. 

As requested by the USTR, the 

Commission will provide its advice by 

April 13, 2009. The USTR indicated that 

those sections of the Commission’s 

report and related working papers that 

contain the Commission’s advice will be 

classified as ‘‘confidential.’’ 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with this investigation will 

be held at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 

a.m. on February 27, 2009. Requests to 


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