This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. 

# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 77, No. 60

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

March 22, 2012.

The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA

_ Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Title: User Fee Regulation, 7 CFR 354 and 9 CFR 130.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0094. Summary of Collection: The Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to prescribe and collect fees to cover the cost of providing certain Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) services. The Act gives the Secretary the authority to charge for the inspection of international passengers, commercial vessels, trucks, aircraft, and railroad cars, and to recover the costs of providing the inspection of plants and plant products offered for export. The Secretary is authorized to use the revenue to provide reimbursements to any appropriation accounts that incur costs associated with the AQI services provided. APHIS will collect information using several APHIS forms.

Need and Use of the Information: APHIS collects information, which includes the taxpayer identification number, name, and address and telephone number to collect fees. The procedures and the information requested for the passengers and aircrafts are used to ensure that the correct users fees are collected and remitted in full in a timely manner. Without the information, APHIS would not be able to ensure substantial compliance with the statute. Noncompliance with the statute could result in misappropriation of public funds and lost revenue to the Federal Government.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or households; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 51,981. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 15,998.

Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–7369 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE** 

**Forest Service**

**Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the**  **Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee**

**AGENCY :**  Forest Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on April 12, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Washington State Parks office, 270 9th Street NE., East Wenatchee, WA. During this meeting information will be shared about the Forest Service Chief’s 10-Year Stewardship Challenge, Upper Yakima Basin Water Enhancement Project, Holden Mine Remediation progress, and an update on the Forest Plan Revision. All Eastern Washington Cascades and Yakima Province Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Direct questions regarding this meeting to Clint Kyhl, Designated Federal Official, USDA, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801, phone
509–664–9200.

Dated: March 21, 2012. Clinton Kyhl,Designated Federal Official, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2012–7368 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–11–P**

**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Nebraska Advisory Committee** 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the Nebraska Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2012. The purpose of this meeting is to continue planning the Committee’s civil rights project ‘‘The Civil Rights Implications of Nebraska LB 403 To Require Verification of Legal


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Presence in the United States To Receive Public Benefits.’’

This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-free call-in number: (866) 364–7584, conference call access code number 56026494. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. Robinson.

To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/ TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on April 5, 2012.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by May 14, 2012. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments may be emailed to frobinson@usccr.gov Records generated by this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above email or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, March 23, 2012. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2012–7391 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6335–01–P**

**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: Bureau of Industry and Security.

Title: Miscellaneous Short Supply Activities.

OMB Control Number: 0694–0102. Form Number(s): N/A. Type of Request: Regular Submission. Burden Hours: 201 hours. Number of Respondents: 1 respondent.

Average Hours per Response: 201 hours per response.

Needs and Uses: This information collection is comprised of two rarely used short supply activities: ‘‘Registration of U.S. Agricultural Commodities for Exemption From Short Supply Limitations on Export’’, and ‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of Monitoring or Controls on Recyclable Metallic materials; Public Hearings.’’ These activities are statutory in nature and, therefore, must remain a part of BIS’s information collection budget authorization.

Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, Fax number (202) 395–7285.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@ doc.gov.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Jasmeet Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by email to jseehra@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to (202) 395–7285.

Dated: March 23, 2012. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–7410 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–33–P**

**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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Pacific Islands Logbook Family of Forms.

OMB Control Number: 0648–0214. Form Number(s): NA. Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a currently approved information collection).

Number of Respondents: 280. Average Hours per Response: Logbooks and sales reports, between 5 and 30 minutes; experimental fishing report, 1 hour.

Burden Hours: 1,742. Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a currently approved information collection.

Fishermen in Federally-managed fisheries in the western Pacific region are required to provide certain information about their fishing activities, catch, and interactions with protected species by submitting reports to National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), per 50 CFR part 665. These data are needed to determine the condition of the stocks and whether the current management measures are having the intended effects, to evaluate the benefits and costs of changes in management measures, and to monitor and respond to accidental takes of endangered and threatened species, including seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals.

Revisions: Observer notices and meetings are now covered under OMB Control No. 0648–0593, Observer Programs’ Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions, approved by OMB in 2009. In addition, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commercial Bottomfish information collections are now under OMB Control No. 0648–0584, Permitting and Vessel Identification Requirements for the Commercial Bottomfish Fishery in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, approved in 2009.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: OIRA

_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at JJessup@doc.gov ). Written comments and recommendations for the proposed