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only be used by the Agency for the 

purposes identified. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 3 minutes per 

response (range: 1–5 minutes). 

Respondents: Agricultural 

researchers, students and teachers, 

business people, members of service 

organizations, community groups, other 

federal and local government agencies, 

and the general public. 

Estimated Number Respondents: 

15,000. This is a reduction from the 

25,000 estimated number of respondents 

in the previous Approved Information 

Collection due to less actual annual 

respondents than originally estimated 

from 2009–2012. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 750 hours. 

Copies of forms used in this 

information collection can be obtained 

from Jill Philpot, ARS Webmaster, at 

(301) 504–5683. 

The information collection extension 

requested by ARS is for a period of three 

years. comments: Are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(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 those who are to respond, including 

through use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Edward B. Knipling, 

ARS Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8212 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Tree-Marking 

Paint Committee will meet in Flagstaff, 

Arizona on May 15–17, 2012. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 

activities related to improvements in, 

concerns about, and the handling and 

use of tree-marking paint by personnel 

of the Forest Service and the 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

15–17, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the USDA Forest Service Rocky 

Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff 

Lab, 2500 South Pine Knoll Drive, 

Flagstaff, AZ. Persons who wish to file 

written comments before or after the 

meeting must send written comments to 

David Haston, Chairman, National Treemarking Paint Committee, Forest 

Service, USDA, San Dimas Technology 

and Development Center, 444 East 

Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, California 

91773, or electronically to 

dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Haston, Sr. Project Leader, San 

Dimas Technology and Development 

Center, Forest Service, USDA, (909) 

599–1267, extension 294 or 

dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

comprises representatives from the 

Forest Service national headquarters, 

each of the nine Forest Service regions, 

the Forest Service San Dimas 

Technology and Development Center, 

the National Federation of Federal 

Employees and the Bureau of Land 

Management. The Forest Products 

Laboratory and the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health are ad 

hoc members and provide technical 

advice to the committee. 

A field trip will be held on May 15 

and is designed to supplement 

information related to tree-marking 

paint. This trip is open to any member 

of the public participating in the public 

meeting on May 16–17. However, 

transportation is provided only for 

committee members. 

The main session of the meeting, 

which is open to public attendance, will 

be held on May 16–17. 

Closed Sessions 

While certain segments of this 

meeting are open to the public, there 

will be two closed sessions during the 

meeting. The first closed session is 

planned for approximately 10 a.m. to 

12:00 noon on May 16, 2012. This 

session is reserved for individual paint 

manufacturers to present products and 

information about tree-marking paint for 

consideration in future testing and use 

by the agency. Paint manufacturers also 

may provide comments on tree-marking 

paint specifications or other 

requirements. This portion of the 

meeting is open only to paint 

manufacturers, the Committee, and 

committee staff to ensure that trade 

secrets will not be disclosed to other 

paint manufacturers or to the public. 

Paint manufacturers wishing to make 

presentations to the Tree-Marking Paint 

Committee during the closed session 

should contact the committee 

chairperson at the telephone number 

listed at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION in 

this notice. The second closed session is 

planned for approximately 9 a.m. to 11 

a.m. on May 17, 2012. This session is 

reserved for Tree-Marking Paint 

Committee members only. 

Any person with special access needs 

should contact the Chairperson to make 

those accommodations. Space for 

individuals who are not members of the 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

is limited and will be available to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Faye L. Krueger, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, April 13, 2012; 

9:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street NW., Room 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Briefing Agenda 

This briefing is open to the public. 

Sex Trafficking as a Gender-Based 

Violation of Civil Rights 

Introductory Remarks by the Chairman 

Panel 1 

Panelist Statements 

Discussion 

Panel 2 

Panelist Statements 

Discussion 

Panel 3 

Panelist Statements 

Discussion 

Adjourn Briefing 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 


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1 76 FR 44776, July 27, 2011. 

2Commission regulations referred to herein are 

found at 17 CFR Ch. 1 (2010). Commission 

regulations are accessible on the Commission’s Web 

site, www.cftc.gov. 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Approval of the March 9, 2012 

Meeting Minutes 

III. Comments from the USCCR 

Inspector General 

IV. Management and Operations 

• Discussion on Agency Staffing 

• Staff Director’s Report 

V. Program Planning Update and 

discussion of projects 

• VRA Statutory Enforcement Report 

Update 

VI. Adjourn Meeting 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Dated: April 3, 2012. 

Kimberly Tolhurst, 

Senior Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8356 Filed 4–3–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB129 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a 

public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) has 

cancelled the public meeting of its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) that was scheduled for Monday, 

April 16, 2012 beginning at 8 a.m. in 

Providence, RI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial 

notice was published on March 30, 

2012, (77 FR 19231), and the meeting 

will be rescheduled at a later date and 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8224 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) seeks public comment 

on the collection of certain information 

by the Commission under section 745 of 

the Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’). The 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. Section 745 requires 

the Commission to seek public comment 

for not less than 30 days with respect to 

certain industry filings. This notice 

solicits comments on the provisions of 

the Commission’s final rulemaking on 

‘‘Provisions Common to Registered 

Entities’’ under which the Commission 

would collect comments on the industry 

filings by publication of documents 

related to the filings and a request for 

comments on the Commission’s public 

Web site.1

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Part 40 Notice and 

Comment Collection,’’ by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency Web site, via its Comments 

Online process: http:// 

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• Mail: Send to David A. Stawick, 

Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

• Hand delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail above. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http:// 

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that is exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, a petition 

for confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures set forth in § 145.9 of 

the Commission’s regulations.2

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

rulemaking will be retained in the 

public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

For Further Information or a Copy 

Contact: Bella Rozenberg, Assistant 

Deputy Director, Division of Market 

Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5119, 

brozenberg@cftc.gov or Mathew T. 

Hargrow, Attorney, Office of the General 

Counsel, (202) 418–5267, 

mhargrow@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection 

of information they collect or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) as ‘‘the obtaining, 

causing to be obtained, soliciting * * * 

facts or opinions by or for any agency, 

regardless of form or format [from] ten 

or more persons.’’ An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires federal 

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register for each proposed 

collection of information before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. Under OMB regulations, 

which implement provisions of the 

PRA, certain ‘‘facts or opinions that are 

submitted in response to a general 

solicitation of comments from the 

public, published in the Federal 

Register or other publications,’’ 5 CFR 


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