### 42506 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 140 / Tuesday, July 22, 2014 / Notices

**DATES :**  Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or before August 21, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  The permit and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office:

Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)427–8401; fax (301)713–0376.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Courtney Smith or Amy Sloan, (301)427–8401.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On April 3, 2014, notice was published in the Federal Register (79 FR 18669) that a request for a permit to conduct commercial or educational photography had been submitted by the above-named applicant. The requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq. ) and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). Section 104(c)(6) provides for photography for educational or commercial purposesinvolving non-endangered and nonthreatened marine mammals in the wild.

Permit No. 18694 authorizes commercial/educational underwater and vessel-based filming and photography of the freshwater harbor seal population at Lake Iliamna, Alaska. Filming will take place for approximately one week between spring and fall annually, most likely during the seals’ molt period in summer, after pupping; up to 280 seals may be approached and filmed annually. Obtained footage will be part of an international documentary film presenting the world’s other freshwater seal species, to be published in Europe.

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), an final determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

Dated: July 17, 2014. Julia Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–17187 Filed 7–21–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–22–P CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY**  **COMMISSION**

**Sunshine Act Meeting**

**TIME AND DATE :**  Thursday, July 24, 2014, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

**PLACE :**  Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

**STATUS :**  Commission Meeting—Open to the Public

Matters To Be Considered

Hearing: Agenda and Priorities for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016

A live webcast of the Meeting can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live.

For a recorded message containing the latest agenda information, call (301)
504–7948.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION :**  Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301)
504–7923.

Dated: July 17, 2014. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–17276 Filed 7–18–14; 11:15 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Defense Acquisition Regulations System** 

**Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors** 

**AGENCY :**  Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy memorandum of July 14, 2014, DoD is re-instating the temporary practice of providing accelerated payments to all prime
contractors.

**DATES :**  Effective August 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016, unless otherwise rescinded or extended.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mark Gomersall, phone 571–372–6099.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  OMB Memorandum M–14–10, Extension of Policy to Provide Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors (July 10, 2014) has extended the temporary policy previously initiated in OMB Memorandum M–12–16, Providing Prompt Payment to Small Business Subcontractors (July 11, 2012), which established the administration’s initiative to accelerate Federal Payments to prime contractors, so that prime contractors can, in turn, expedite payments to their small business subcontractors. The memoranda are available at: http://www.whitehouse. gov/omb/memoranda

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This notice promulgates the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) memorandum, Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontracts (July 14, 2014), to implement the OMB Memorandum M– 14–10 within DoD.

DoD is re-instating the temporary practice of providing accelerated payments to all prime contractors, effective August 1, 2014. DoD contracting officers will continue to use the clause at FAR 52.232–40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors, which requires contractors, upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, to make accelerated payments to small business subcontractors. The Director, DPAP memorandum is available at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/ policyvault/USA004292–14–DPAP.pdf

. Amy G. Williams Deputy, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2014–17061 Filed 7–21–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 
**[Docket No. CP14–513–000]**
**Colombia Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Application** 

Take notice that on July 1, 2014, Colombia Pipeline, LLC (Colombia), 17086 Interstate Highway 10 West, Suite 210, San Antonio, Texas 78257, filed an application pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and part 153 of the Commission’s regulations, for an order authorizing the siting, connection, construction, and operation of new border crossing pipeline facilities for the exportation of up to 1.120 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Webb County, Texas, and for a Presidential Permit for such facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the web at http:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the