Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 3, 2012 / Notices 133 

• 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, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Administration and 

Management (OASAM). 

Title of Collection: Information 

Collection Plan for GovBenefits Online. 

OMB Control Number: 1290–0003. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 6,345,715. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 6,345,715. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 571,114. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Linda Watts Thomas, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33621 Filed 12–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 2012–1 CRB Business 

Establishments II] 

Determination of Rates and Terms for 

Business Establishment Services 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice announcing 

commencement of proceeding with 

request for Petitions to Participate. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are announcing the commencement of 

the proceeding to determine the 

reasonable rates and terms for the 

making of an ephemeral recording of a 

sound recording for a later transmission 

by entities that transmit performances of 

a sound recording to business 

establishments. The Judges also are 

announcing the date by which a party 

who wishes to participate in this rate 

proceeding must file its Petition to 

Participate and the accompanying $150 

filing fee. 

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the 

filing fee are due no later than February 

2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: An original, five copies and 

an electronic copy in Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on a CD of the 

Petition to Participate, along with the 

$150 filing fee, may be delivered to the 

Copyright Royalty Board by either mail 

or hand delivery. Petitions to Participate 

and the $150 filing fee may not be 

delivered by overnight delivery service 

other than the U.S. Postal Service 

Express Mail. If by mail (including 

overnight delivery), Petitions to 

Participate and the filing fee must be 

addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board, 

P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– 

0977. If hand delivered by a private 

party, Petitions to Participate and the 

filing fee must be brought between 8:30 

a.m. and 5 p.m. to the Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–401, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. If delivered by a commercial 

courier, Petitions to Participate and the 

filing fee must be delivered between 

8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to the 

Congressional Courier Acceptance Site, 

located at 2nd and D Street NE., 

Washington, DC. The envelope must be 

addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, Room LM–403, 101 

Independence Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20559–6000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaKeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at 

crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This Notice is issued pursuant to 17 

U.S.C. 804(b)(2), which requires the 

commencement of proceedings ‘‘to 

determine reasonable terms and rates of 

royalty payments for the activities 

described in section 112(e)(1) relating to 

the limitation on exclusive rights 

specified by section 114(d)(1)(C)(iv).’’ 

Section 112(e)(1) of the Copyright Act, 

title 17 of the United States Code, 

authorizes entities that transmit 

performances of sound recordings to 

business establishments, pursuant to the 

limitations set forth in section 

114(d)(1)(C)(iv), to make an ephemeral 

phonorecord of a sound recording for 

purposes of a later transmission. In 

accordance with section 804(b)(2) as 

amended by the Copyright Royalty and 

Distribution Reform Act of 2004, the 

first proceeding was commenced in 

2007, 72 FR 584 (January 5, 2007); on 

March 27, 2008, the Copyright Royalty 

Judges published regulations that set the 

rates and terms for the license period 

2009–2013. Section 804(b)(2) also 

requires that such proceedings ‘‘shall be 

repeated in each subsequent fifth 

calendar year.’’ Thus, in accordance 

with section 804(b)(2) of the Copyright 

Act, the Judges announce the 

commencement of the proceeding to set 

rates and terms for the 2014–2018 

license period. Section 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(II) 

directs the Judges to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice commencing 

this proceeding by no later than January 

5, 2012. Today’s notice fulfills this 

requirement. 

Petitions To Participate 

Petitions to Participate must be filed 

in accordance with § 351.1(b) of the 

Judges’ regulations. See 37 CFR 

351.1(b). Petitions to Participate must be 

accompanied by a $150 filing fee. 

Parties must pay the filing fee with a 

check or money order made payable to 

the ‘‘Copyright Royalty Board.’’ If a 

check received in payment of the filing 

fee is returned for lack of sufficient 

funds, the corresponding Petition to 

Participate will be dismissed. 

In accordance with 37 CFR 350.2 

(Representation), only attorneys who are 

members of the bar in one or more states 

or the District of Columbia and in good 

standing will be allowed to represent 

parties before the Copyright Royalty 

Judges, unless a party is an individual 

who represents himself or herself. 

Dated: December 28, 2011. 

Stanley C. Wisniewski, 

U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33632 Filed 12–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–213, 72–39; License No. 

DPR–61; NRC–2011–0158] 

In the Matter of Connecticut Yankee 

Atomic Power Company; Northeast 

Utilities; NSTAR (Haddam Neck Plant); 

Order Approving Application 

Regarding Proposed Merger 

I 

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power 

Company (Connecticut Yankee or the 

licensee) is the holder of Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–61, which 

authorizes possession, use, and 

operation of the Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation at the Haddam Neck 

Plant. The facility is located at the 

licensee’s site in Haddam, Connecticut. 

II 

By application dated December 6, 

2010, as supplemented on March 16, 

May 16, June 8, August 16, August 24, 

and August 25, 2011 (together, the 

‘‘application’’), Connecticut Yankee 

notified the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

of the pending merger of Northeast 

Utilities and NSTAR (each current 


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