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should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27235 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2014–OS–0151] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

OUSD(P&R), Federal Voting Assistance 

Program (FVAP), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, The 

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Personnel and Readiness announces 

a proposed public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Director, Federal 

Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: 

Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 

22350–5000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 

Ballot (FWAB), Standard Form 186 (SF– 

186); OMB Control Number 0704–0502. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed 

and Overseas Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein 

the Secretary of Defense is to prescribe 

the Federal write-in absentee ballot for 

absent uniformed service voters and 

overseas voters in general elections for 

Federal office. The Department of 

Defense, Under Secretary of Defense 

(Personnel and Readiness), Federal 

Voting Assistance Program, revised the 

SF 186, Federal Write-In Absentee 

Ballot and SF 186A, Federal Write-In 

Absentee Ballot (Electronic) to comply 

with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300,000. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are UOCAVA citizens 

who desire to vote in a Federal election 

but did not receive an absentee ballot 

from their State of residency with 

enough time to vote and return it. The 

information provided by these citizens 

is used by the States to determine if the 

citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 

within that State, has previously 

requested an absentee ballot (when 

applicable) and therefore eligible for the 

enclosed ballot to be counted. In States 

that allow the form to be used as a voter 

registration form, the information 

provided is used by the States to 

determine if the citizen is a resident of 

a jurisdiction within that State, and 

therefore eligible to vote within that 

jurisdiction and to provide absentee 

ballots to these citizens for Federal 

elections held within each calendar 

year. This form is mandated by 42 U.S.C 

1973ff. The Department of Defense does 

not receive, collect nor maintain any 

data provided on the form by these 

citizens; this data is collected and 

maintained by the individual States. 

The burden in the collection of this data 

resides in the individual States. If the 

form is not provided, UOCAVA citizens 

would not have access to the emergency 

backup ballot and thus, may be 

disenfranchised from their right as a 

U.S. citizen to participate in the 

electoral process. 

The previous edition of this form is 

dated 08–2013. The form had been 

updated for usability and consistency. 

The most significant changes to the form 

were the addition of the Agency 

Disclosure Statement and Block 2 

classification options. Comments are 

invited on the usability of the SF 186, 

Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. 

Interested parties should locate the PDF 

form in the docket where it is available 

for download and testing. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27221 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2014–OS–0152] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

OUSD(P&R), Federal Voting Assistance 

Program (FVAP), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Personnel and Readiness announces 

a proposed public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 


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