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a matter of public record. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: September 18, 2012. 

Madonna L. Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23674 Filed 9–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NER–NIFA–11324: 4533–685] 

Notice of Niagara Falls National 

Heritage Area Commission Meeting 

Closure 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting closure. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given for the 

partial closure of the September 26, 

2012, meeting of the Niagara Falls 

National Heritage Area Commission. 

The federally appointed Commission 

serves as the guiding body for Niagara 

Falls National Heritage Area. 

DATES: The Commission will meet on 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at 9:30 

a.m. (Eastern). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at Niagara University’s Bisgrove Hall, 

Room 250. The University is located at 

5795 Lewiston Road, Niagara 

University, New York 14109. Parking is 

limited on campus but readily available 

in the eastern lots of the Power Vista. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON MEETING

CONTACT: Debbie Conway, 

Superintendent, Fort Stanwix National 

Monument, 112 East Park St., Rome, 

New York 13440; telephone (315) 336– 

3113. 

Proposed SRC Meeting Agenda 

The proposed meeting agenda 

includes the following: 

1. Public Comments. 

2. Executive Session. 

3. Review of August 29, 2012 

Minutes. 

4. Committee Reports. 

5. Project Updates. 

6. Presentation by Lewiston Web 

Solutions. 

7. Adjourn Meeting. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will have time allotted for public 

testimony. Public comments will be 

heard at the beginning of the meeting 

and will be limited to 5 minutes per 

person. Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Debbie Conway, 

Superintendent, Fort Stanwix National 

Monument and Designated Federal Official 

for the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23692 Filed 9–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–D2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Extension of Post-Sale Evaluation 

Period for Consolidated Central Gulf of 

Mexico Planning Area Lease Sale 216/ 

222 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice to extend post-sale 

evaluation period. 

SUMMARY: This notice extends through 

October 18, 2012, the post-sale 

evaluation period for Consolidated 

Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area 

Lease Sale 216/222. BOEM will 

complete the evaluation process for all 

bids received in this sale by October 18, 

2012. This action is necessary due to the 

temporary closure of the BOEM 

Regional Office building in New Orleans 

and other effects of the recent hurricane 

impacting the region. 

DATES: The post-sale evaluation period 

for this sale will conclude on October 

18, 2012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

connection with the Consolidated 

Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/ 

222, held June 20, 2012, BOEM received 

593 bids on 454 tracts. On July 10, 2012, 

the high bids on 63 tracts were accepted 

and bids on another 391 tracts were 

passed to Phase 2 of the post-sale 

evaluation period for detailed 

evaluation. As of September 14, 2012, 

BOEM had completed the evaluation 

and deemed acceptable the high bids 

offered on 203 of the tracts passed to 

Phase 2. BOEM is continuing the 

evaluation process of bids for the 

remaining 188 tracts. 

On August 27, 2012, BOEM personnel 

reported to work to carry out activities 

outlined in the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement and Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of 

Mexico Region Emergency/Hurricane 

Preparedness Plan. Upon completion of 

the tasks, the Gulf of Mexico Regional 

Office building in New Orleans was 

closed at 3:00 p.m. local time. Many 

BOEM employees and their families 

evacuated the area ahead of the storm. 

On August 29, 2012, Hurricane Isaac 

made landfall along the northern Gulf 

Coast, just south of the New Orleans 

metropolitan area. Heavy rainfall and 

high winds caused flooding and damage 

to homes, businesses, and properties in 

the area. The New Orleans area 

experienced widespread power outages 

that affected nearly every resident. 

BOEM’s Regional Office building in 

New Orleans received minor water 

damage to office space on 4 floors in the 

building, including offices occupied by 

key personnel directly involved in the 

post-sale evaluation process. 

As a result of these extraordinary 

circumstances, BOEM requires 

additional time to complete the bid 

review process, originally scheduled to 

conclude within 90 days following the 

Sale 216/222 sale date, that is, by 

September 18, 2012. Under the 

provisions of 30 CFR 556.47(e)(2), 

BOEM is extending the bid evaluation 

period until October 18, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cooke, Regional Supervisor, 

Office of Resource Evaluation, Gulf of 

Mexico Region, telephone 504–736– 

2710. 

Dated: September 18, 2012. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean and Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23678 Filed 9–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Notice of Sale (NOS) for Central Gulf of 

Mexico Planning Area (CPA) Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 227 (CPA Sale 227) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Proposed Notice of CPA Sale 227. 

SUMMARY: BOEM announces the 

availability of the Proposed NOS for 

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proposed CPA Sale 227. This Notice is 

published pursuant to 30 CFR 556.29(c) 

as a matter of information to the public. 

With regard to oil and gas leasing on the 

OCS, the Secretary of the Interior, 

pursuant to Section 19 of the OCS Lands 

Act, provides affected States the 

opportunity to review the Proposed 

NOS. The Proposed NOS sets forth the 

proposed terms and conditions of the 

sale, including minimum bids, royalty 

rates, and rentals. 

DATES: Affected States may comment on 

the size, timing, and location of 

proposed CPA Sale 227 within 60 days 

following their receipt of the Proposed 

NOS. The Final NOS will be published 

in the Federal Register at least 30 days 

prior to the date of bid opening. Bid 

opening is currently scheduled for 

March 20, 2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed NOS for CPA Sale 227 and a 

‘‘Proposed Notice of Sale Package’’ 

containing information essential to 

potential bidders may be obtained from 

the Public Information Unit, Gulf of 

Mexico Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. Telephone: (504) 736– 

2519. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Dixon, Leasing Division Chief, 

Donna.Dixon@boem.gov. 

Dated: September 18, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23689 Filed 9–24–12; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for the Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) Management 

Information and Reporting System; 

Extension With Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 

helps ensure that requested data can be 

provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, ETA is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data about 

the WIA Management Information and 

Reporting System (OMB Control No. 

1205–0420, expiring 12/31/2012). This 

reporting system contains the individual 

record files on the WIA Adult, 

Dislocated Worker, Youth, and National 

Emergency Grant programs, the 

quarterly and annual reports on those 

programs (ETA 9090 and ETA 9091), as 

well as the customer satisfaction survey 

information reported by statutory 

measure States. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

November 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Karen Staha, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Room N– 

5641, Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: 202–693–2917 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Individuals with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access the telephone number above via 

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693– 

2766. Email: Staha.Karen@dol.gov. A 

copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The accuracy, reliability, and 

comparability of program reports 

submitted by states using Federal funds 

are fundamental elements of good 

public administration, and are necessary 

tools for maintaining and demonstrating 

system integrity. The use of a standard 

set of data elements, definitions, and 

specifications at all levels of the 

workforce system helps improve the 

quality of performance information that 

is received by the Department. The 

common performance measures are an 

integral part of the Employment and 

Training Administration’s (ETA) 

performance accountability system, and 

ETA will continue to collect from 

grantees the data on program activities, 

participants, and outcomes that are 

necessary for program management and 

to convey full and accurate information 

on the performance of workforce 

programs to policymakers and 

stakeholders. 

There are three sets of changes that 

are being requested in the extension 

with revisions to the WIA Management 

Information and Reporting System. The 

first are changes to the Workforce 

Investment Act Standardized Record 

Data (WIASRD). The second are changes 

to the quarterly reports (ETA 9090), and 

the third are changes to the annual 

report (ETA 9091). 

ETA is seeking to make two 

fundamental changes to the WIASRD. 

The first is to collect the information 

quarterly as opposed to annually. This 

quarterly collection was approved under 

1205–0474; however, ETA is seeking to 

consolidate that collection into this 

collection as it contains the annual 

WIASRD. The aggregate American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

monthly reports and the quarterly 

WIASRD collections were approved in 

2009 and expired on 1/31/2012. The 

annual WIASRD collection will no 

longer be required as it is identical to 

the 4th quarter WIASRD file. Currently, 

ETA has separate approvals to collect 

the quarterly and annual WIASRD files 

even though the 4th quarter file is the 

same data file as the annual WIASRD. 

The second change to the WIASRD is 

the structure of the file. ETA is 

requesting permission to modify the 

WIASRD layout so as to make it 

completely compatible with the 

Workforce Investment Streamlined 

Reporting (WISPR) System individual 

record layout. The modified WIASRD 

layout will utilize the exact same 

variable definitions and data structures 

as the WISPR individual record layout 

rendering full scale WISPR 

implementation much more 

straightforward and less costly, should 

that occur at some point in the future. 

WISPR compatibility also has the 

advantage of collecting the veterans 

information necessary for reporting on 

priority of service for veterans, as well 

as for monitoring the performance of the 

Gold Card Initiative, TAP services, and 

post-9/11 veterans served under WIA. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

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