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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Agency Form Submitted for OMB
Review
AGENCY: United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: In accordance with the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the
Commission has submitted a request for
approval of a questionnaire to the Office
of Management and Budget for review.

Purpose of Information Collection:
The forms are for use by the
Commission in connection with
investigation No. 332–510, Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises:
Characteristics and Performance,
instituted under the authority of section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1332(g)). This investigation was
requested by the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR). The
Commission expects to deliver the
results of its investigation to the USTR
by October 6, 2010.
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1. Number of forms submitted: 1.
2. Title of form: Business Firm
Questionnaire.
3. Type of request: New.
4. Frequency of use: Industry
questionnaire, single data gathering,
scheduled for 2010.
5. Description of respondents: U.S. firms in
the services and manufacturing sectors.
6. Estimated number of respondents: 9000.
7. Estimated total number of hours to
complete the form per respondent: 2 hours.
8. Information obtained from the form that
qualifies as confidential business information
will be so treated by the Commission and not
disclosed in a manner that would reveal the
individual operations of a firm.

Additional Information or Comment:
Copies of the forms and supporting
documents may be obtained from
project leaders William Deese
([email protected] or 202–205–
2626) or Erland Herfindahl
([email protected] or 202–
205–2374). Comments about the
proposal should be directed to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Room 10102 (Docket Library),
Washington, DC 20503, ATTENTION:
Docket Librarian. All comments should
be specific, indicating which part of the
questionnaire is objectionable,
describing the concern in detail, and
including specific suggested revision or
language changes. Copies of any
comments should be provided to Steve
McLaughlin, Chief Information Officer,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC

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20436, who is the Commission’s
designated Senior Official under the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Persons with mobility impairments
who will need special assistance in
gaining access to the Commission
should contact the Secretary at 202–
205–2000. Hearing impaired individuals
are advised that information on this
matter can be obtained by contacting
our TTD terminal (telephone no. 202–
205–1810). Also, general information
about the Commission can be obtained
from its internet site (http://
www.usitc.gov).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 27, 2010.
Marilyn Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on January
27, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States et al. v. Chevron U.S.A.
Inc., Civil Action No. 10–cv–00375–
EMC was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Northern District
of California.
The Consent Decree settles claims for
natural resource damages under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and certain
state law claims, that arose in
connection with historic discharges of
hazardous substances into Castro Cove
from a refinery owned by Chevron
U.S.A. Inc. which is located in
Richmond, California. Under the
Consent Decree, the defendant will pay
$2,850,000 jointly to the state and
federal natural resource trustees for
natural resource damages and will pay
the natural resource trustees for any
unreimbursed assessment costs incurred
by the State and Federal natural
resource trustees.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the Proposed Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and either e-mailed to
[email protected] or
mailed to U.S. Department of Justice,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–
7611, and should refer to United States

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et al. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., D.J. Ref. #
90–11–3–09726.
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined on
the following Department of Justice Web
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
Consent Decree may also be obtained by
mail from the Consent Decree Library,
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or
by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood ([email protected]),
fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In
requesting a copy from the Consent
Decree Library, please enclose a check
in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax,
forward a check in that amount to the
Consent Decree Library at the stated
address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0024]

Information Collection Requirements
for the Variance Regulations;
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to obtain OMB
approval for the information collection
requirements contained in Sections
6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16
of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1905.10,
1905.11, and 1905.12. These statutory
and regulatory provisions specify the
requirements for submitting
applications to OSHA for temporary,
experimental, permanent, and national
defense variances.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, transmitted, or received)
by April 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments as
follows:
• Electronically: Submit comments
and attachments electronically at

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http://www.regulations.gov, which is
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow
the instructions online for submitting
comments.
• Facsimile: OSHA allows facsimile
transmission of comments, including
attachments, that are no longer than 10
pages in length. Send these documents
to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–
1648; OSHA does not require hard
copies of these documents. However, if
commenters do not transmit
attachments (e.g., studies, journal
articles), they must submit one hard
copy of the attachments to the OSHA
Docket Office, Technical Data Center,
Room N–2625, OSHA, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20910. These
attachments must clearly identify the
sender’s name, date, subject, and docket
number (i.e., OSHA–2009–0024) so that
the Agency can attach them to the
appropriate comments.
• Regular mail, express mail, or
messenger or courier service: When
using one of these methods, submit one
hard copy of comments and attachments
(e.g., studies, journal articles) to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2009–0024, Technical Data
Center, Room N–2625, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210
(telephone: 202–693–2350) (TTY: 877–
889–5627). Note that security-related
procedures may result in significant
delays in receiving comments and other
written materials by regular mail.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about security procedures
concerning delivery of materials by
express mail, or messenger or courier
service. The hours of operation for the
OSHA Docket Office are 8:15 a.m.–4:45
p.m., e.t.
• Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number for this Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA Docket
No. OSHA–2009–0024). OSHA places
comments and other material, including
any personal information, in the public
docket without revision, and will make
this information available online at
http://www.regulations.gov. For further
information on submitting comments,
see section IV (‘‘Public Participation’’) of
this notice.
• Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, including the companion
supporting statement, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the OSHA
Docket Office at the address above.
However, some information (e.g.,
copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through
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including copyrighted material, are
available for inspection and copying at
the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the Web site, and for assistance in using
the Internet to locate docket
submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Owen, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, Room N–3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
ensures that information is in the
correct format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understandable,
and OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (OSH Act; 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.)
authorizes information collection by
employers as necessary or appropriate
for enforcement of the OSH Act or
developing information regarding the
causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29
U.S.C. 657).
Sections 6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C),
6(d), and 16 of the OSH Act, and 29 CFR
1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12, specify
the procedures that employers must
follow to apply for a variance from the
requirements of an OSHA standard.
OSHA uses the information collected
under these procedures to: (1) Evaluate
the employer’s claim that the alternative
means of compliance would provide
affected employees with the requisite
level of health and safety protection; (2)
assess the technical feasibility of the
alternative means of compliance; (3)
determine that the employer properly
notified affected employees of the
variance application and their right to a
hearing; and (4) verify that the
application contains the administrative
information required by the applicable
variance regulation. Currently, no
specific forms are available for
preparing variance applications and
other documents that may accompany
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employers in preparing variance
applications that comply with the
information collection requirements
contained in the OSH Act and variance
regulations.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected;
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques; and
• Whether providing variance
application forms on the Agency’s Web
site would reduce the burden on
employers applying for variances.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting OMB approval for
the information collection (paperwork)
requirements contained in Sections
6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16
of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1905.10,
1905.11, and 1905.12. These statutory
and regulatory provisions specify the
requirements for submitting
applications to OSHA for temporary,
experimental, permanent, and national
defense variances.
OSHA also is requesting OMB
approval to develop and use variance
application forms for the four types of
variances specified by the OSH Act and
variance regulations. The four types of
variances are: Temporary variances
(Section 6(b)(6)(A) of the Act; 29 U.S.C.
655; 29 CFR 1905.10); experimental
variances (Section 6(b)(6)(C) of the Act;
29 U.S.C. 655); permanent variances
(Section 6(d) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 655;
29 CFR 1905.11); and national defense
variances (Section 16 of the Act; 29
U.S.C. 665; 29 CFR 1905.12). The
variance regulations specify the
information that employers must
provide when requesting one of these
variances. The variance application
forms would organize and clarify the
information collection requirements for
each type of variance by specifying the
requirements in comprehensible
language, and providing explanatory
material. Employers applying for a
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the applicable form from OSHA’s Web
site. The forms would expedite the
application process for employers, and
ensure that the information on the
application is complete and accurate.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB to approve these
information collection requirements and
variance application forms.
Type of Review: Existing collection in
use without an OMB control number.
Title: Information Collection
Requirements for the Variance
Regulations.
OMB Number: 1218–0NEW.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 12.
Average Time per Response: Ranges
from 2 hours for an employer to
assemble the application documents to
16 hours to locate and assemble
information required to complete an
application.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 366.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation: Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
Submit comments in response to this
document: (1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2009–
0024). To supplement electronic
submissions, upload document files
electronically. Send hard copies of
materials to supplement electronic or
facsimile submissions to the OSHA
Docket Office (see the ADDRESSES
section of this notice). The additional
materials must clearly identify the
associated electronic comments by
name, date, and docket number so
OSHA can attach them to the comments.
Note that security-related procedures
may result in significant delays in
receiving comments and other written
materials by regular mail. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–2350
(TTY (877) 889–5627) for information
about security procedures concerning
delivery of materials by express mail, or
messenger or courier service. The hours
of operation for the OSHA Docket Office
are 8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m., e.t.
OSHA posts comments and other
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www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birth dates. Some
information (e.g., copyrighted material)
is not publicly available to read or
download through http://
www.regulations.gov. However, all
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 29,
2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Permit Applications
Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
95–541.
AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permit applications received to
conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
NSF has published regulations under
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title
45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
application by March 10, 2010. This
application may be inspected by
interested parties at the Permit Office,
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ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above
address or (703) 292–7405.
The
National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as
amended by the Antarctic Science,
Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996,
has developed regulations for the
establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
The applications received are as
follows:
1. Applicant: H. William Detrich, III,
Department of Biology, 134 Mugar
Hall, Northwestern University,
Boston, MA 02115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Permit Application No: 2010–023.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Introduce non-indigenous species into
Antarctica. The applicant plans to use
Escherichia coli strain BL21DE3 for
production of 35S-labeled proteins to be
used in protein folding assays
performed in the Palmer Station
laboratories. The applicant will
continue analysis of a cold-functioning
chaperonin protein folding system from
testis tissue of the Antarctica fish,
Gobionotothen gibberifrons. To
demonstrate that the chaperonin is
functional, they must use protein
substrates labeled with 35S-methionine.
To obtain these proteins, they will
express G. gibberifrons actin and tubulin
substrates in E. coli in a medium
supplemented with 35S-methionine.
The E. coli will not be released to the
environment. Cultures will be
autoclaved to kill the bacteria, and the
waste will be disposed via the
radioactive materials waste stream using
approved protocols.
Location
Palmer Station, Anvers Island,
Antarctic Peninsula.
Dates: April 10, 2010 to June 8, 2010.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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