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Interior, BOEM is authorized, pursuant 

to section 8(k)(2) of the OCS Lands Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)), to convey rights 

to OCS sand, gravel, and shell resources 

by negotiated noncompetitive agreement 

(NNA) for use in shore protection and 

beach and coastal restoration, or for use 

in construction projects funded in 

whole or part by, or authorized by, the 

Federal Government. 

Background 

Since 1994, 43 shore protection or 

beach and coastal restoration projects 

have been completed using OCS sand 

resources, conveying more than 77 

million cubic yards of OCS material and 

restoring more than 232 miles of 

shoreline. Recently, the program has 

seen an increase in demand for OCS 

resources due to the decreasing 

availability of sand sources located in 

State waters and an increase in coastal 

storm intensity, duration, and 

frequency. In order for BOEM to 

continue to meet the needs of local, 

State and regional entities, information 

regarding upcoming projects must be 

acquired to plan for future projects and 

anticipated workload. Therefore, BOEM 

will issue calls for information about 

needed resources and locations from 

interested parties to develop and 

maintain a project schedule. 

This ICR addresses the information 

needed from States, local governments, 

Federal agencies, environmental and 

other interest organizations, and all 

other interested parties to update and 

maintain a NNA project schedule. It 

includes the potential for an annual call 

for information and the potential for a 

call in response to an emergency 

declaration, such as a tropical storm. In 

order to meet the needs of the States 

under the current BOEM staff and 

funding resources, BOEM may request 

the relevant States to prioritize their 

own projects based on several criteria 

including likelihood of project funding 

and progress of environmental work. 

The information provided by States will 

also help BOEM determine appropriate 

future resource allocation, identify 

potential conflicts of use, conduct 

environmental analyses, develop NNAs, 

and meet all necessary environmental 

and legal requirements. 

BOEM’s calls for information will 

request interested parties to submit a 

description of their proposed projects 

for which OCS sand, gravel, and shell 

resources will be used. The description 

must include the offshore borrow sites 

if known; the estimated date of 

construction; a short description of 

current project funding; the name of a 

primary point of contact with that 

person’s mailing address, telephone 

number, and email address; as well as 

any additional information concerning 

the status of the project that would be 

useful to BOEM. This information may 

include detailed maps; geospatial data 

and coordinates of desired resources 

and sites that would be nourished; a 

description of the environmental impact 

documents that have been completed to 

date concerning any portion of the 

project; a cited reference list; status of 

geological and geophysical permit (if 

required); information concerning 

known or suspected archaeological or 

historic artifacts; interpretations of 

geology and extent of sand areas; known 

volumes of sand resource site; historical 

data related to the proposed borrow or 

placement area; and a description of the 

status of Federal, State, and/or local 

permits required for the project. 

With this renewal, we are also 

including a provision for a call in 

response to emergency declarations, 

such as a tropical storm. Hurricane 

Sandy demonstrated BOEM’s need for 

accurate and timely information 

following a natural disaster declaration. 

Therefore, we are increasing the 

estimated hour burden for this 

collection. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2). No items of 

a sensitive nature are collected. 

Responses are required to obtain or 

retain benefits. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents primarily comprise States, 

local governments, and other interested 

parties. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: We are 

estimating that the annual reporting 

burden for this collection is about 200 

hours, assuming an emergency 

declaration is made each year. 

Individual Entity Compilation: 25 

entities × 1 hour/entity × 2 responses/

year = 50 hours; Individual State 

Compilation: 15 States × 5 hours/State 

× 2 responses/year = 150 hours (50 

county hours + 150 State hours = 200 

total burden hours). 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour 

paperwork cost burdens for this 

collection. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) 

requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide 

notice . . . and otherwise consult with 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information . . .’’ Agencies 

must specifically solicit comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the collection is 

necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) enhance 

the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on October 3, 

2013, BOEM published a Federal 

Register notice (78 FR 61381) 

announcing that we would submit this 

ICR to OMB for approval. This notice 

provided the required 60-day comment 

period. We received no comments in 

response. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

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: February 27, 2014. 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and 

Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment; Evaluating the 

Effectiveness of the 408(b)(2) 

Disclosure Requirements 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) and the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Policy/Chief 

Evaluation Office, Labor. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the 

Department), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides 

the general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 


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proposed and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department’s Employee Benefits 

Security Administration (EBSA) and the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Policy/Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) are 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

described below. A copy of the ICR may 

be obtained by contacting the office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

May 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by either one of the following 

methods: Email: richie.celeste.j@dol.gov; 

Mail or Courier: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy/Chief Evaluation 

Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 

S–2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: 

Please submit one copy of your 

comments by only one method. All 

submissions received should reference 

the agency name and title of the 

proposed information collection. 

Commenters are strongly encouraged to 

transmit their comments electronically 

via email or to submit them by mail 

early. Comments, including any 

personal information provided, become 

a matter of public record. They will also 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the 

information collection request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Celeste Richie by telephone at 

202–693–5076 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at richie.celeste.j@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice requests public comment on the 

Department’s proposed collection of 

information titled ‘‘Evaluating the 

Effectiveness of the 408(b)(2) Disclosure 

Requirements.’’ As further described 

below, the collection of information is 

designed to explore current practices 

and effects of EBSA’s rule that was 

issued in February 2012, known as the 

‘‘408(b)(2) regulation,’’ which requires 

covered service providers (‘‘CSPs’’) to 

pension plans to provide specific 

disclosures to responsible plan 

fiduciaries (‘‘RPFs’’) regarding the CSP’s 

compensation for the services. In 

addition, EBSA intends to gather 

information about the utility of a guide, 

summary, or similar tool to help plan 

fiduciaries identify and understand the 

disclosures. A summary of the ICR and 

current burden estimates follows: 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) and the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Policy/Chief 

Evaluation Office (OASP/CEO), 

Department of Labor. 

Title: ‘‘Evaluating the Effectiveness of 

the 408(b)(2) Disclosure Requirements.’’ 

Type of Review: New collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1210–NEW. 

Respondents: 70 to 100 Plan Sponsors 

and other Fiduciaries. 

Total Burden Hours: Approximately 

70 to 200 hours over one year. 

Total Annual Other Burden Cost: $0. 

Description: The Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 

as amended (ERISA) requires plan 

fiduciaries, when selecting and 

monitoring service providers and plan 

investments, to act prudently and solely 

in the interest of the plan’s participants 

and beneficiaries. Responsible plan 

fiduciaries also must ensure that 

arrangements with their service 

providers are ‘‘reasonable’’ and that 

only ‘‘reasonable’’ compensation is paid 

for services. Fundamental to the ability 

of fiduciaries to discharge these 

obligations is obtaining information 

sufficient to enable them to make 

informed decisions about an employee 

benefit plan’s services, the costs of such 

services, and the service providers. 

In February 2012, EBSA issued the 

ERISA section 408(b)(2) final 

regulations, which require CSPs to 

ERISA-covered pension plans to provide 

specified information to assist RPFs in 

assessing the reasonableness of the 

compensation paid for services and the 

conflicts of interest that may affect a 

service provider’s performance of 

services. In the preamble to the final 

rule, EBSA encouraged CSPs to provide 

RPFs, especially those to small- and 

medium-size plans, with a guide, 

summary, or similar tool to assist RPFs 

in identifying all of the disclosures 

required under the final rule, 

particularly when service arrangements 

and related compensation are complex 

and information is disclosed in multiple 

documents. EBSA did not adopt such a 

guide requirement as part of the final 

rule but included a sample guide as an 

appendix to the final rule that can be 

used on a voluntary basis by CSPs as a 

model for such a guide. In the preamble 

to the final rule, EBSA stated that it 

intends to publish a notice of proposed 

rulemaking in the near future under 

which CSPs may be required to furnish 

a guide or similar tool to assist RPFs’ 

reviews of the disclosures. EBSA is 

publishing a notice of proposed 

rulemaking that would require CSPs to 

provide RPFs with a guide elsewhere in 

today’s issue of the Federal Register. 

In connection with the issuance of the 

notice of proposed rulemaking, EBSA 

and the CEO intend to request approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for the collection of data 

for the project titled ‘‘Evaluating the 

Effectiveness of the 408(b)(2) Disclosure 

Requirements.’’ The project is designed 

to explore current practices and effects 

of EBSA’s final regulation and to gather 

information about the need for a guide, 

summary, or similar tool to help RPFs 

navigate and understand the 

disclosures. 

EBSA and CEO intend to conduct 

approximately eight to ten focus group 

sessions with approximately 70 to 100 

RPFs to small pension plans (those with 

less than 100 participants). They will be 

asked to provide information including 

the following: (1) Their role with respect 

to their plan; (2) the number of service 

providers hired by the plan; (3) whether 

they are aware of and understand the 

disclosures mandated by the 408(b)(2) 

final regulation; (4) their experience 

with receiving the disclosures; (5) 

whether they were able to find 

information regarding the services that 

would be provided and the costs of 

those services; (6) whether their review 

of the disclosures impacted their 

decision-making with regard to hiring, 

monitoring, or retaining service 

providers or changing plan investment 

options; (7) whether their CSPs provide 

a guide or similar organizational tool to 

help find specific information within 

the disclosures; and (8) whether a guide 

to the required disclosures would be 

beneficial to them, and if so, how much 

they would be willing to pay to receive 

a guide. 

EBSA intends to use information 

collected from the focus groups to: (1) 

Assess responsible plan fiduciaries’ 

experience in receiving the 408(b)(2) 

regulation’s required disclosures; (2) 

assess the effectiveness of these 

disclosures in helping plan fiduciaries 

make decisions; (3) determine how well 

plan fiduciaries understood the 

disclosures, especially in the small plan 

marketplace (less than 100 participants); 

and (4) evaluate whether, and how, a 

guide, summary, or similar tool would 

help fiduciaries understand the 

disclosures. 

Focus of Comments 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments that: (1) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 


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collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) 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., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses). 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval; they will also become a matter 

of public record. 

James H. Moore, Jr., 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. 

Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04867 Filed 3–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (14–026)] 

NASA Applied Sciences Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) announces a meeting of the 

Applied Sciences Advisory Committee. 

The meeting will be held for the 

purpose of soliciting, from the scientific 

community and other persons, scientific 

and technical information relevant to 

program planning. 

DATES: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 1:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Local Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Meister, Science Mission 

Directorate, NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–1557, 

fax (202) 358–4118, or 

peter.g.meister@nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting will be open to the public 

telephonically and by WebEx. Any 

interested person may call the USA toll 

free conference call number 1–866–762– 

9048, passcode 476274, to participate in 

this meeting by telephone. The WebEx 

link is https://nasa.webex.com/, 

meeting number 998 758 283, password 

@April17. The agenda for the meeting 

includes the following topics: 

—Applied Sciences Program Update, 

—Applied Science Budget Briefing, 

—Missions and Applications. 

It is imperative that the meeting be 

held on these dates to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. 

Patricia D. Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05405 Filed 3–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Council on the Arts 181st 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that a meeting of the 

National Council on the Arts will be 

held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20506. This meeting also will be 

webcast. Agenda times are approximate. 

DATES: March 28, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m.. in Room M–09. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Public Affairs, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting, on Friday, March 28th will be 

open to the public on a space available 

basis. The meeting will begin with 

opening remarks, and voting on 

recommendations for funding and 

rejection and guidelines, followed by 

updates by the Acting Chairman. There 

also will be the following presentations 

(times are approximate): from 9:45 a.m. 

to 10:15 a.m.—a retrospective of recent 

Arts Endowment activities, followed by 

Council discussion; from 10:15 a.m. to 

11:15 a.m.—presentations from recent 

Arts Endowment grantees; from 11:15 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m.—concluding remarks 

and voting results. The meeting will 

adjourn at 11:30 a.m. 

For information about webcasting of 

the open session of this meeting, go to 

http://arts.gov/event/2014/nationalcouncil-arts-meeting-march-28-2014. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in 

accordance with the February 15, 2012 

determination of the Chairman. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of Accessibility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5733, Voice/T.T.Y. 202/682–5496, at 

least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 7, 2014. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05406 Filed 3–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Social, 

Behavioral and Economic Sciences; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Social, Behavioral and Economic 

Sciences (# 1171) 

Date/Time: April 3, 2014; 9:00 a.m. to 

5:05 p.m., April 4, 2014; 9:00 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Stafford I, Room 

110, Arlington, VA 22230 

Type of Meeting: OPEN 

Contact Person: Ms. Lisa Jones, Office 

of the Assistant Director, Directorate for 

Social, Behavioral and Economic 

Sciences, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 905, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230, 703–292– 

8700 

Summary of Minutes: May be 

obtained from contact person listed 

above. 


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