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(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.). 

The applicant proposes to conduct 

research on the Western distinct 

population segment (wDPS) and Eastern 

distinct population segment (eDPS) of 

Steller sea lions in Alaska, Washington, 

Oregon, and California to measure 

population status, vital rates, foraging 

ecology, habitat requirements, and 

effects of natural and anthropogenic 

factors pursuant to fulfilling the NMFS’ 

legal requirements under the MMPA 

and ESA. Annually in the wDPS, up to 

66,000 Steller sea lions may be exposed 

to aerial surveys by manned or 

unmanned aircraft, 7,000 to rookerybased activities, and 10,500 to other 

incidental activities. Up to 595 Steller 

sea lions could be captured, with up to 

345 having blood, skin, and swab 

samples collected, 395 hot-branded, and 

up to 145 blubber biopsied, 345 vibrissa 

removed, and 320 subject to stomach 

intubation. Instruments will be attached 

on up to 45, and 245 would receive a 

non-permanent mark if not hot-branded. 

Annually in the eDPS, up to 46,000 sea 

lions may be exposed to aerial surveys, 

and 13,100 to incidental activities. Up 

to 40 adult males could be captured, 

and have blood, hair, and skin samples 

collected, hot-brand and flipper tags 

applied, and have an instrument 

attached. Up to 200 pups would be 

captured, hot-branded flipper-tagged, 

swabbed, and skin biopsied, with 50 

also having blood and hair samples 

collected. Non-target species that may 

be taken incidentally include northern 

fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in 

Alaska, California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus) and northern elephant 

seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in 

Washington, Oregon, and California, 

and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in all 

states. Samples may be exported and reimported. The requested duration of the 

permit is five years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

effects of the activities proposed are 

consistent with the Preferred 

Alternative in the Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal 

Research (NMFS 2007), and that 

issuance of the permit would not have 

a significant adverse impact on the 

human environment. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: March 14, 2014. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Acting Deputy, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06291 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

Publication of FY 2013 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice of public availability of 

FY 2013 Service Contract Inventory. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010, the Bureau 

of Consumer Financial Protection 

(Bureau) is publishing this notice to 

advise the public of the availability of 

the FY 2013 Service Contract Inventory. 

This inventory provides information on 

service contract actions over $25,000, 

which the Bureau awarded during FY 

2013. The information is organized by 

function to show how contracted 

resources were used by the agency to 

support its mission. The inventory has 

been developed in accordance with the 

guidance issued on November 5, 2010 

and December 19, 2011 by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

OFPP’s guidance is available at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf and http://

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventory-guidance.pdf. The 

Bureau has posted its inventory and a 

summary of the inventory on the 

Bureau’s ‘‘Open government’’ homepage 

at the following link: http://

www.consumerfinance.gov/open/, 

specifically at http://

files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201312_

cfpb_worksheet_service-contractinventory.pdf and http://

files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201312_

cfpb_summary_service-contractinventory.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Hoa 

Crews, Senior Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Procurement, Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau, (202) 435– 

7422. 

Dated: March 13, 2014. 

Richard Cordray, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06299 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2014–OS–0039] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel & Readiness, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel & Readiness announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. 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 shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by May 23, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

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www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Program Manager, 

Spouse Education & Career 

Opportunities Program, Office of Family 

Policy/Children and Youth, Military 

Community and Family Policy, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, Suite 03G15, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–2300, ATTN: Ms. 

Meg O’Grady, or 571–372–5316. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Military Spouse Employment 

Partnership (MSEP) Career Portal; OMB 

Control Number 0704–XXXX. 

Needs And Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

allow MSEP Partners to search for 

military spouse candidates and for 

military spouses to directly search for 

employment opportunities with MSEP 

Partners. 

Affected Public: Military spouse users 

of the MSEP Career Portal, MSEP 

Partners, Companies. 

Annual Burden Hours: 

Military Spouses = 900,000 

MSEP Partners = 125 

Companies = 38 

TOTAL = 900,163 

Number of Respondents: 

Military Spouses = 1.2 million 

MSEP Partners = 300 partners 

Companies = 150 companies 

TOTAL = 1,200,450 respondents 

Responses per Respondent: 1 

Average Burden per Response: 

Military Spouses = 45 minutes 

MSEP Partners = 25 minutes 

Companies = 15 minutes 

TOTAL = 85 minutes 

Frequency: 

Military Spouses = On occasion 

MSEP Partners = On occasion 

Companies = Once 

The Military Spouse Employment 

Partnership (MSEP) Career Portal is the 

web platform utilized to connect 

military spouses and same-sex spouses 

with companies seeking to hire military 

spouse employees. Participating 

companies, called MSEP Partners, are 

vetted and approved participants in the 

MSEP Program and have pledged to 

recruit, hire, promote and retain 

military spouses in portable careers. 

MSEP is a targeted recruitment and 

employment partnership that connects 

American businesses with military 

spouses who possess essential 21stcentury workforce skills and attributes 

and are seeking portable, fulfilling 

careers. This program was developed in 

compliance with 10 U.S. Code 1784 

Employment Opportunities for Military 

Spouses which states: 

(f) Private-Sector Employment.—The 

Secretary of Defense— 

(1) shall seek to develop partnerships 

with firms in the private sector to 

enhance employment opportunities for 

spouses of members of the armed forces 

and to provide for improved job 

portability for such spouses, especially 

in the case of the spouse of a member 

of the armed forces accompanying the 

member to a new geographical area 

because of a change of permanent duty 

station of the member; and 

(2) shall work with the United States 

Chamber of Commerce and other 

appropriate private-sector entities to 

facilitate the formation of such 

partnerships. 

Dated: March 19, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06319 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket No. DARS–2014–0022] 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement Acquisition of 

Items for Which Federal Prison 

Industries has a Significant Market 

Share 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

effective dates in a notice published in 

the Federal Register on March 19, 2014, 

regarding the annual list of product 

categories for which the Federal Prison 

Industries’ share of the DoD Market is 

greater than five percent. The new 

effective date is March 26, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila Harris, telephone 703–614–1333. 

Correction 

In the notice published on March 19, 

2014, at 79 FR 15322, make the 

following corrections in the DATES and 

BACKGROUND sections of the notice by 

removing the effective date of ‘‘April 5, 

2014’’ and adding ‘‘March 26, 2014’’ in 

its place. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06535 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0004] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants 

Program’s Scholarship Contract and 

Teaching Verification Form for Title II 

Scholarship Recipients 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 23, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0004 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Karen Wilson, 

202–502–7663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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