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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Diabetes and 

Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice 

of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel, Ancillary Studies to 

major ongoing Clinical Research to advance 

areas of scientific interest in NIDDK. 

Date: May 22, 2012. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6706 

Democracy Blvd. Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Najma Begum, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 749, 6707 Democracy Boulevard 

Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–8894, 

begumn@niddk.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology 

and Hematology Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: April 24, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10331 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Biomedical 

Imaging and Bioengineering; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given a change in the 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Council for Biomedical Imaging and 

Bioengineering, May 21, 2012, 9:00 a.m. 

to 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Marriott Suites, 

6711 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20817 which was published 

in the Federal Register on April 2, 2012, 

77 FR 19675. 

The meeting location has been 

changed to The Bolger Center, 9600 

Newbridge Drive, Stained Glass Hall, 

Potomac, Maryland 20854. The time 

remains the same. 

Dated: April 24, 2012. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10329 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0298] 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreement: Federally 

Integrated Communications System 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

announcing its intent to enter into a 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreement (CRADA) with General 

Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. to lab 

demonstrate, field test, evaluate, and 

document at least one technical 

approach to show interoperability, with 

end-to-end encryption, for disparate 

Federal communications systems at the 

Internet Protocol level. The Coast Guard 

invites public comment on the proposed 

CRADA, and also invites other potential 

non-Federal participants, who have the 

interest and capability to bring similar 

contributions to this type of research, to 

consider submitting proposals for 

consideration in similar CRADAs. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

on the proposed CRADA must either be 

submitted to our online docket via 

http://www.regulations.gov on or before 

May 30, 2012, or reach the Docket 

Management Facility by that date. 

Notifications from parties interested 

in participating as a non-Federal 

participant in a CRADA similar to the 

one described in this notice must reach 

the Docket Management Facility on or 

before May 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments on this notice identified by 

docket number USCG–2012–0298 using 

any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, 

contact Ms. Octavia Ashburn, U.S. Coast 

Guard Research and Development 

Center, 1 Chelsea Street, New London, 

CT 06320, telephone: 860–271–2882, 

email: Octavia.D.Ashburn@uscg.mil. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone (202) 

366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments and related material on this 

notice. All comments received will be 

posted, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Do not submit detailed proposals for 

future CRADAs to the Docket 

Management Facility. Potential nonFederal CRADA participants should 

submit these documents to Ms. Octavia 

Ashburn, U.S. Coast Guard Research 

and Development Center, 1 Chelsea 

Street, New London, CT 06320 (email 

Octavia.D.Ashburn@uscg.mil). 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (USCG–2012–0298), and provide 

a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. You may submit your 

comments and material online via 

http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, 

mail, or hand delivery, but please use 

only one of these means. If you submit 

a comment online via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

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considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the Docket Management Facility. We 

recommend that you include your name 

and a mailing address, an email address, 

or a telephone number in the body of 

your document so that we can contact 

you if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and type 

‘‘USCG–2012–0298’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ 

box. If you submit your comments by 

mail or hand delivery, submit them in 

an unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2

by 11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit 

comments by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. 

Viewing Comments and Related 

Material 

To view the comments and related 

material, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, click on the ‘‘read 

comments’’ box, which will then 

become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box, insert ‘‘USCG–2012– 

0298’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. If you do not have access to the 

Internet, you may view the docket 

online by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act, system of records notice regarding 

our public dockets in the January 17, 

2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 

FR 3316). 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreements 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreements (CRADAs), 

are authorized by the Federal 

Technology Transfer Act of 1986 

(Pub. L. 99–502, codified at 15 U.S.C. 

3710(a)). A CRADA promotes the 

transfer of technology to the private 

sector for commercial use as well as 

specified research or development 

efforts that are consistent with the 

mission of the Federal parties to the 

CRADA. The Federal party or parties 

agree with one or more non-Federal 

parties to share research resources, but 

the Federal party does not contribute 

funding. The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), as an executive agency 

under 5 U.S.C. 105, is a Federal agency 

for purposes of 15 U.S.C. 3710(a) and 

may enter into a CRADA. The Secretary 

of DHS (Secretary) delegated authority 

to the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

to carry out the functions vested in the 

Secretary by section 2 of the Federal 

Technology Transfer Act of 1986, which 

authorizes agencies to permit their 

laboratories to enter into CRADAs (see 

DHS Delegation No. 0160.1, para. 

2.B(34)). The Commandant of the Coast 

Guard has delegated authority in this 

regard to the Coast Guard’s Research 

and Development Center (RDC). 

CRADAs are not procurement 

contracts. Care is taken to ensure that 

CRADAs are not used to circumvent the 

contracting process. CRADAs have a 

specific purpose and should not be 

confused with other types of agreements 

such as procurement contracts, grants, 

and cooperative agreements. 

Goal of Proposed CRADA 

Under the proposed CRADA, the 

Coast Guard’s RDC would collaborate 

with non-Federal participants. Together, 

the RDC and the non-Federal 

participants would conduct lab 

demonstrations, field tests and 

evaluations, and document at least one 

technical approach to show 

interoperability, with end-to-end 

encryption, for disparate 

communications systems at the Internet 

Protocol (IP) level. The systems will be 

comprised of the current Coast Guard 

Rescue 21 (R21 or Rescue 21) 

conventional Land Mobile Radio (LMR) 

network and a Federal wireless system 

partner. This integrated 

communications system should provide 

for interoperability among the different 

Federal agency heterogeneous radio 

systems, without changing the 

functionality of each existing system. 

We anticipate that the Coast Guard’s 

contributions under the proposed 

CRADA will include the following: 

(1) Support network architecture and 

security discussions on the work to be 

accomplished under the CRADA; 

(2) Lead the development of the test 

objectives and test plan for the specific 

work to be accomplished under the 

CRADA; 

(3) Facilitate interactions between 

USCG, the non-Federal participants, and 

a Federal wireless system partner to 

gain approval for support during the test 

period of the CRADA test plan; 

(4) Provide Coast Guard resources, 

and conduct the field test and 

evaluation in accordance with the 

CRADA test plan; and 

(5) Develop the CRADA Final Report, 

which documents the methodologies, 

findings, conclusions, and 

recommendations of this CRADA work. 

We anticipate that the non-Federal 

participants’ contributions under the 

proposed CRADA will include the 

following: 

(1) Provide an R21 gateway to work 

with current Commercial Off-the-Shelf 

configuration used during this CRADA 

investigation; 

(2) Provide an Inter Subsystem 

Interface (ISSI) Gateway to work with a 

Federal wireless system partner 

interface; 

(3) Test the R21 gateway with R21 

system in lab demonstration; 

(4) Test the Federal wireless system 

partner gateway in lab demonstration; 

(5) Conduct system level test for both 

gateways in lab demonstration; 

(6) Develop configuration process to 

execute field test and evaluation; 

(7) Provide input into the Coast 

Guard-developed, CRADA test 

objectives and CRADA test plan; 

(8) Provide equipment and software, 

and participate in equipment 

installation and training for field test 

and evaluation; 

(9) Following field test and 

evaluation, remove equipment and 

software and restore to R21 original 

configuration; 

(10) Provide technical report 

describing system configuration and 

system performance of equipment and 

gateway; 

(11) Provide input into the Coast 

Guard-developed, CRADA Final Report. 

Selection Criteria 

The Coast Guard reserves the right to 

select for CRADA participants all, some, 

or none of the proposals in response to 

this notice. The Coast Guard will 

provide no funding for reimbursement 

of proposal development costs. 

Proposals (or any other material) 

submitted in response to this notice will 

not be returned. Proposals submitted are 

expected to be unclassified and have no 

more than four single-sided pages 

(excluding cover page and resumes). 

The Coast Guard will select proposals at 

its sole discretion on the basis of: 

(1) How well they communicate an 

understanding of, and ability to meet, 

the proposed CRADA’s goal; and 

(2) How well they address the 

following criteria: 

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(a) Technical capability to support the 

non-Federal party contributions 

described; and 

(b) Resources available for supporting 

the non-Federal party contributions 

described. 

Currently, the Coast Guard is 

considering General Dynamics for 

participation in this CRADA. This 

consideration is based on: (1) General 

Dynamics’ expertise, experience, and 

interest with the design, development, 

maintenance, and operations of the 

Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 system; (2) 

General Dynamics’ capability to provide 

the significant contributions required 

for the CRADA work; and (3) the Coast 

Guard’s Rescue 21 system, which 

includes a General Dynamics product 

containing restricted rights software 

code. However, we do not wish to 

exclude other viable participants from 

this or future similar CRADAs. 

This is a technology transfer/ 

development effort. Presently, the Coast 

Guard has no plan to procure a new 

LMR network. The goal of this CRADA 

is to conduct lab demonstrations, field 

tests and evaluations, and to document 

at least one technical approach to show 

interoperability, with end-to-end 

encryption, for disparate 

communications systems at the Internet 

Protocol (IP) level, and not to set future 

Coast Guard acquisition requirements 

for the same. Therefore, non-Federal 

CRADA participants will not be 

excluded from any future Coast Guard 

procurements based solely on their 

participation in this CRADA. 

Special consideration will be given to 

small business firms/consortia, and 

preference will be given to business 

units located in the U.S. 

Authority 

This notice is issued under the 

authority of 15 U.S.C. 3710(a), 5 U.S.C. 

552(a), and 33 CFR 1.05–1. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Alan N. Arsenault, 

Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard 

Research and Development Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10320 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2012–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1249] 

Changes in Flood Hazard 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists communities 

where the addition or modification of 

Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood 

depths, Special Flood Hazard Area 

(SFHA) boundaries or zone 

designations, or the regulatory floodway 

(hereinafter referred to as flood hazard 

determinations), as shown on the Flood 

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and 

where applicable, in the supporting 

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, 

prepared by the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) for each 

community, is appropriate because of 

new scientific or technical data. The 

FIRM, and where applicable, portions of 

the FIS report, have been revised to 

reflect these flood hazard 

determinations through issuance of a 

Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in 

accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR 

part 65). The LOMR will be used by 

insurance agents and others to calculate 

appropriate flood insurance premium 

rates for new buildings and the contents 

of those buildings. For rating purposes, 

the currently effective community 

number is shown in the table below and 

must be used for all new policies and 

renewals. 

DATES: These flood hazard 

determinations will become effective on 

the dates listed in the table below and 

revise the FIRM panels and FIS report 

in effect prior to this determination for 

the listed communities. 

From the date of the second 

publication of notification of these 

changes in a newspaper of local 

circulation, any person has ninety (90) 

days in which to request through the 

community that the Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Mitigation reconsider 

the changes. The flood hazard 

determination information may be 

changed during the 90-day period. 

ADDRESSES: The affected communities 

are listed in the table below. Revised 

flood hazard information for each 

community is available for inspection at 

both the online location and the 

respective community map repository 

address listed in the table below. 

Additionally, the current effective FIRM 

and FIS report for each community are 

accessible online through the FEMA 

Map Service Center at 

www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. 

Submit comments and/or appeals to 

the Chief Executive Officer of the 

community as listed in the table below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 

500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 

20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email) 

Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit 

the FEMA Map Information eXchange 

(FMIX) online at 

www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/ 

fmx_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

specific flood hazard determinations are 

not described for each community in 

this notice. However, the online 

location and local community map 

repository address where the flood 

hazard determination information is 

available for inspection is provided. 

Any request for reconsideration of 

flood hazard determinations must be 

submitted to the Chief Executive Officer 

of the community as listed in the table 

below. 

The modifications are made pursuant 

to section 201 of the Flood Disaster 

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, 

and are in accordance with the National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR part 65. 

The FIRM and FIS report are the basis 

of the floodplain management measures 

that the community is required either to 

adopt or to show evidence of having in 

effect in order to qualify or remain 

qualified for participation in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). 

These flood hazard determinations, 

together with the floodplain 

management criteria required by 44 CFR 

60.3, are the minimum that are required. 

They should not be construed to mean 

that the community must change any 

existing ordinances that are more 

stringent in their floodplain 

management requirements. The 

community may at any time enact 

stricter requirements of its own or 

pursuant to policies established by other 

Federal, State, or regional entities. The 

flood hazard determinations are in 

accordance with 44 CFR 65.4. 

The affected communities are listed in 

the following table. Flood hazard 

determination information for each 

community is available for inspection at 

both the online location and the 

respective community map repository 

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