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into one set of criteria. The Operation 

and Maintenance had additions to 

evaluate the function of the practice 

onsite to ensure the purpose(s) is/are 

achieved. 

Residue and Tillage Management, 

Ridge Till (Code 346)—A new Purpose 

of ‘‘Reduce Energy Use’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added. Criteria were added to the 

Operation and Maintenance section of 

the standard to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the practice to achieve 

the planned Purpose(s). 

Residue Management, Seasonal (Code 

344)—A new Purpose of ‘‘Develop 

Renewable Energy Systems’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added to provide crop residues for 

biofuel feedstocks and additional 

criteria to harvest crop residues for 

biofuel feedstocks for renewable energy 

production. Where Practice Applies 

section was revised to include all 

cropland where biomass is removed for 

biofuel feedstocks. Additional 

Operation and Maintenance criteria 

were added to evaluate the onsite 

application of the practice to ensure the 

planned purposes are achieved. 

Silvopasture Establishment (Code 

381)—A new Purpose of ‘‘Develop 

Renewable Energy Systems’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added. 

Tree/Shrub Establishment (Code 

612)—A new Purpose of ‘‘Develop 

Renewable Energy Systems’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added. 

Waste Recycling (Code 633)—The title 

was changed from ‘‘Waste Utilization’’ to 

‘‘Waste Recycling.’’ A new Purpose of 

‘‘Reduce Energy Use’’ and accompanying 

Criteria were added. The application is 

more focused to processing and 

recycling agriculture waste material into 

a valuable by-product. 

Windbreak/Shelterbelt— 

Establishment (Code 380)—A new 

Purpose of ‘‘Reduce Energy Use’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added. 

Woody Residue Treatment (formerly 

Forest Slash Treatment) (Code 384)— 

The title was changed from ‘‘Forest 

Slash Treatment’’ to ‘‘Woody Residue 

Treatment.’’ A new Purpose of ‘‘Develop 

Renewable Energy Systems’’ and 

accompanying additional Criteria were 

added. 

Signed this 4th day of April 2011, in 

Washington, DC. 

Dave White, 

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service. 

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BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, April 14, 

2011; 4 p.m. 

PLACE: Radio Free Asia Headquarters, 

2025 M St., NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (BBG) will meet at the time 

and location listed above. The BBG will 

receive a Prague trip report, receive and 

consider a report from the Board’s 

Strategy and Budget Committee on the 

status of the current regional reviews, 

receive and consider a report from the 

Board’s Governance Committee on 

matters pertaining to future Agency 

organizational structures, receive a 

report from the International 

Broadcasting Bureau Director, and 

receive programming coverage updates 

by the Voice of America, Radio Free 

Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting 

Networks. The meeting is open to public 

observation via streamed webcast, both 

live and on-demand, on the BBG’s 

public Web site at http://www.bbg.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Paul 

Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. 

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

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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: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Automated Export System 

(AES). 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0152. 

Form Number(s): AES, AESDirect, 

AESWeblink. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 791,607. 

Number of Respondents: 288,747. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 

minutes per AES record. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

requires mandatory filing of all export 

information via the Automated Export 

System (AES). This requirement is 

mandated through Public Law 107–228, 

of the Foreign Trade Relations Act of 

2003. This law authorizes the Secretary 

of Commerce with the concurrences of 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Homeland Security to require all 

persons who file export information 

according to Title 13, United States 

Code (U.S.C.), Chapter 9, to file such 

information through the AES. 

The AES record provides the means 

for collecting data on U.S. exports. Title 

13, U.S.C., Chapter 9, Sections 301–307, 

mandates the collection of these data. 

The regulatory provisions for the 

collection of these data are contained in 

the FTR, Title 15, Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), Part 30. The official 

export statistics collected from these 

tools provide the basic component for 

the compilation of the U.S. position on 

merchandise trade. These data are an 

essential component of the monthly 

totals provided in the U.S. International 

Trade in Goods and Services Press 

Release, a principal economic indicator 

and a primary component of the Gross 

Domestic Product (GDP). 

These data collected from the AES 

record are also used for export control 

purposes under Title 50, U.S.C., Export 

Administration Act, to detect and 

prevent the export of certain items by 

unauthorized parties or to unauthorized 

destinations or end users. 

The information collected via the AES 

shows what is being exported 

(description and commodity 

classification number), how much is 

exported (quantity, shipping weight, 

and value), how it is being exported 

(mode of transport, exporting carrier, 

and whether containerized), from where 

(state of origin and port of export), to 

where (port of unloading and country of 

ultimate destination), and when a 

commodity is exported (date of 

exportation). The identification of the 

U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) 

shows who is exporting goods for 

consumption (control purposes), while 

the USPPI and/or the forwarding or 

other agent information provides a 

contact for verification of the 

information. 

The proposed changes will require the 

addition of new data elements in the 

AES as well as modifications to current 

data elements. The fields that will be 

added/modified are conditional data 

elements. Therefore, these data elements 

will only be required if that element 

applies to the specific shipment being 

exported. In addition, AES filings will 

be mandatory for shipments of all used 

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goods regardless of value or country of 

destination. 

The additional data elements include 

name and address of the end user, and 

ultimate consignee type. The addition of 

these conditional fields will support the 

export control initiative of enforcement 

agencies by helping to detect and 

prevent the export of items by 

unauthorized parties or to unauthorized 

destinations or end users. However, 

these conditional data elements will 

have limited impact on burden response 

time since entering information for the 

end user and consignee type is based on 

the knowledge the exporter has at the 

time of export. Therefore, if that 

information is not known, the filer is 

not required to report the information. 

Additional data elements that will be 

included are license applicant address, 

license value, and country of origin. 

Also, the equipment number field will 

be revised to require the container 

number for all containerized cargo. For 

shipments where a license is required, 

the address of the license applicant will 

be required to be reported. The license 

value per commodity classification will 

be required to be reported in addition to 

the value that is currently captured in 

the AES. Currently, only six percent of 

records filed require a license. For 

shipments where the origin of the 

commodity is foreign, the country of 

origin will be required to be reported. 

Currently, 17 percent of records filed 

contain goods of foreign origin. For 

shipments where the method of 

transportation (MOT) is containerized 

vessel cargo, the container number will 

be required to be reported in the 

equipment number field. Currently, 19 

percent of records filed are reported as 

containerized. Individually, completing 

these conditional fields will not affect 

respondent burden significantly. Each 

additional field affects only a percentage 

of the shipments that are required to be 

reported in the AES. The mandatory 

requirement to file used self-propelled 

vehicles as defined in Title 19, CFR, 

§ 192.1 will increase the number of 

shipments requiring an AES record by 

approximately three percent. The 

increase in required filings for 

household goods is negligible. This is 

due to the fact that shipments of 

household goods have been historically 

low. Although the number of shipments 

that will have to be filed will increase 

slightly, it is critical to capture this 

information for the purposes of export 

control under Title 50, U.S.C., Export 

Administration Act, to detect and 

prevent the export of certain items by 

unauthorized parties or to unauthorized 

destinations or end users. 

The revisions should not affect the 

average three-minute response time for 

the completion of the AES record. The 

additional time required to complete 

new fields in the AES record is offset by 

constant advances in technology and 

heightened knowledge of filers since the 

implementation of mandatory electronic 

filing in 2008. 

The Census Bureau will allow the 

trade community to continue using the 

current AES until the actual 

implementation of the revised Foreign 

Trade Regulations (FTR) occurs. 

Implementation of the revised FTR is 

expected to take place in the fourth 

quarter of 2011 or the first quarter of 

2012. On January 21, 2011, the Census 

Bureau published the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (RIN Number 

0607–AA50) in the Federal Register to 

notify the trade community of proposed 

revisions to the FTR. 

The information is used by the 

Federal Government and the private 

sector. The Federal Government uses 

every data element on the AES record 

for statistical purposes, export control, 

and/or to obtain data to avoid taking 

additional surveys. 

Data collected from the AES serves as 

the official record of export transactions. 

In addition, the mandatory use of the 

AES enables the U.S. Government to 

produce more accurate export statistics. 

Currently, the mandatory use of the AES 

allows the BIS and the CBP to enforce 

the Export Administration Regulations 

for the detection and prevention of 

exports of high technology commodities 

to unauthorized destinations; the 

enforcement of the International Traffic 

in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by the U.S. 

Department of State; and the validation 

of the Kimberly Process Certificate for 

the export of rough diamonds. The 

Census Bureau delegated the authority 

to enforce the FTR to the BIS’s Office of 

Export Enforcement along with the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

(DHS) CBP and Immigrations and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Other Federal agencies use these data 

to develop the components of the 

merchandise trade figures used in the 

calculations for the balance of payments 

and GDP accounts to evaluate the effects 

of the value of U.S. exports; to plan and 

examine export promotion programs 

and agricultural development and 

assistance programs; and to prepare for 

and assist in trade negotiations under 

the General Agreement on Tariffs and 

Trade. Collection of these data also 

eliminate the need for conducting 

additional surveys for the collection of 

information as the AES shows the 

relationship of the parties to the export 

transaction (as required by the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis). These AES data are 

also used by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics as a source for developing the 

export price index and by the U.S. 

Department of Transportation for 

administering the negotiation of 

reciprocal arrangements for 

transportation facilities between the 

United States and other countries. 

A collaborative effort amongst the 

Census Bureau, the National Governors’ 

Association and other data users 

resulted in the development of export 

statistics requiring the state of origin to 

be reported on the AES. The 

information collected enables state 

governments to focus activities and 

resources on fostering exports of the 

kinds of goods that originate in their 

states. 

Export statistics collected from the 

AES aid private sector companies, 

financial institutions, and transportation 

entities in conducting market analysis 

and market penetration studies for the 

development of new markets and 

market-share strategies. Port authorities, 

steamship lines, steamship freight 

conferences, airlines, aircraft 

manufacturers, and air transport 

associations use these data for 

measuring the volume and effect of air 

or vessel shipments and the need for 

additional or new types of facilities. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., 

Chapter 9, Sections 301–307; Title 15, 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 

30. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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