### 13075 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2012 / Notices

applicants. Submit all comments to Eric J. Jabs at the above address or at http://www.regulations.gov.

We consider applications, comments, and other available information when determining which applicants will be designated.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.

Alan R. Christian, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–5245 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P**

**BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS** 

**Sunshine Act Meeting Notice**

**DATE AND TIME :**  Thursday, March 8, 2012, 3:15 p.m.

**PLACE :**  Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Suite D, 7600 Boston Blvd., Springfield, VA 22153.

**SUBJECT :**  Notice of Meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

**SUMMARY :**  The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. At the meeting, the BBG will consider a resolution to award and present David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards, three resolutions honoring employees for their service, a resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of Radio Sawa, and a resolution for 2012 policy statements on sexual harassment and equal employment opportunity. The BBG will receive and consider a report from the Governance Committee regarding Board leadership, Board operating procedures, and the status of BBG-sponsored grantees consolidation and future structure for U.S. international broadcasting. The BBG will recognize the anniversaries of Agency language services and receive a budget update and an update on the Commission on Innovation. The BBG will receive reports from the International Broadcasting Bureau Director, the Communications and External Affairs Director, the VOA Director, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting Director, and the Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The meeting is open to public observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the BBG’s public Web site at www.bbg.gov.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION :**  Persons interested in obtaining more information should contact Paul Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545.

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, Deputy General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2012–5417 Filed 3–1–12; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 8610–01–P**

**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee** 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 2, 2012. The purpose of this meeting is to continue planning civil rights project.

This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-free call-in number: (866) 364–7584, conference call access code number 56024166. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. Robinson.

To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/ TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on March 26, 2012.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by May 2, 2012. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments may be emailed to frobinson@usccr.gov. Records generated by this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above email or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, February 29,
2012. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2012–5244 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6335–01–P**

**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee** 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a State Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). The meeting will convene at BERIA Bank, 1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 202, New Iberia, LA 70560. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a briefing and planning meeting to collect preliminary information concerning potential racial disparities in the high incarceration of African-Americans in state-operated prisons.

The meeting is open to the public or through the following toll-free call-in number 1 (866) 364–7584, conference call access code number 56366308. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. Robinson.

To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/ TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on March 22, 2012.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the