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3The Upload Number can be found in the 

‘‘Uploads Checklist’’ of the ‘‘Uploads’’ page. It is the 

first number that appears on the left in the first 

column. The Attachment Name appears after the 

Upload Number. 

medium, such as a DVD, CD–ROM or 

flash drive, and in the same document 

format and type as used for that 

respective attachment in the 

Easygrants® System (e.g., .doc, .xls, 

.pdf). Each file on the DVD, CD–ROM, 

or flash drive must be labeled in the 

following format: [Easygrants 

ID]_[Upload Number]_[Attachment 

Name] (e.g., 424_13_Q40_ Attachment 

F_ Legal Opinion); 3

3. A letter signed by an authorized 

representative of the applicant certifying 

that he or she is authorized to submit 

the attachments on behalf of the 

applicant and that all attachments are 

true and correct to the best of his or her 

knowledge, information and belief; and 

4. A printout of the Easygrants® 

application Main page, which will list 

all of the documents that were 

submitted with the application by 5 

p.m. ET on August 20, 2009. 

One of the following methods of 

delivery must be used: hand-delivery, 

overnight express or regular mail. 

Applicants are encouraged, but not 

required, to use overnight express 

services. Applicants choosing to submit 

their attachments via an electronic 

medium may only submit the 

attachments that were not already 

loaded successfully. Mailed 

submissions must be postmarked no 

later August 24, 2009. Hand-delivered 

submissions must be delivered by 5 

p.m. ET on August 24, 2009. The NOFA 

sets forth the proof of mailing 

requirements. Electronic mail and 

facsimile machine submissions will not 

be accepted. Note that RUS and NTIA 

may require the applicant to resubmit 

attachments if they have any technical 

or other issues accessing or identifying 

the data contained in the applicant’s 

electronic medium and such 

resubmission will not be considered a 

material revision to the application. 

All Attachments must be sent to: 

Broadband USA, 5301 Shawnee Road, 

Alexandria, VA 22312. 

All media received will not be 

returned to the applicant. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

Lawrence E. Strickling, 

Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–20372 Filed 8–20–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Alaska Region Permit Family of 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0206. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 644. 

Average Hours per Response: Federal 

Fisheries Permits and Federal Processor 

Permits, 21 minutes; Exempted 

Fisheries Permits, 20 hours. 

Burden Hours: 304. 

Needs and Uses: As part of Fishery 

Management Plans developed under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevenson 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., this 

collection of information is used to 

monitor and manage participation in 

groundfish fisheries by National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska 

Region, and consists of the following 

permits: Federal Fisheries Permit, 

Federal Processor Permit, and Exempted 

Fishing Permit. The permit information 

provides: harvest gear types; 

descriptions of vessels, shoreside 

processors, and stationary floating 

processors; and expected fishery activity 

levels. Identification of the participants 

and expected activity levels are needed 

to measure the consequences of 

management controls, and is an 

effective tool in the enforcement of 

other fishery regulations. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Every three years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20263 Filed 8–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income & Program Participation, Wave 5 

Topical Modules. 

Form Number(s): SIPP–28505(L) 

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument; SIPP28003 Reminder Card. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0944. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 143,303. 

Number of Respondents: 94,500. 

Average Hours Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 5 interview 

for the 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income and Program Participation 

(SIPP). The core SIPP and reinterview 

instruments were cleared under 

Authorization No. 0607–0944. 

The SIPP represents a source of 

information for a wide variety of topics 

and allows information for separate 

topics to be integrated to form a single 

and unified database so that the 

interaction between tax, transfer, and 

other government and private policies 

can be examined. Government domestic 

policy formulators depend heavily upon 

the SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983, permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 


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supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs, such as 

estimating eligibility for government 

programs, examining pension and 

health care coverage, and analyzing 

individual net worth. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ 

The topical modules for the 2008 

Panel Wave 5 are as follows: Annual 

Income and Retirement Accounts; 

Taxes; Child Care; and Work Schedule. 

These topical modules were previously 

conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave 

4 instrument. Wave 5 interviews will be 

conducted from January 1, 2010 through 

April 30, 2010. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years, with each panel having 

durations of approximately 3 to 4 years. 

The 2008 Panel is scheduled for four 

years and four months and includes 

thirteen waves which began September 

1, 2008. All household members 15 

years old or over are interviewed using 

regular proxy-respondent rules. They 

are interviewed a total of thirteen times 

(thirteen waves), at 4-month intervals, 

making the SIPP a longitudinal survey. 

Sample people (all household members 

present at the time of the first interview) 

who move within the country and 

reasonably close to a SIPP primary 

sampling unit (PSU) will be followed 

and interviewed at their new address. 

Individuals 15 years old or over who 

enter the household after Wave 1 will be 

interviewed; however, if these people 

move, they are not followed unless they 

happen to move along with a Wave 1 

sample individual. 

The OMB has established an 

Interagency Advisory Committee to 

provide guidance for the content and 

procedures for the SIPP. Interagency 

subcommittees were set up to 

recommend specific areas of inquiries 

for supplemental questions. 

The Census Bureau developed the 

2008 Panel Wave 3 topical modules 

through consultation with the SIPP 

OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The 

questions for the topical modules 

address major policy and program 

concerns as stated by this subcommittee 

and the SIPP Interagency Advisory 

Committee. 

Data provided by the SIPP are being 

used by economic policymakers, the 

Congress, State and local governments, 

and Federal agencies that administer 

social welfare or transfer payment 

programs, such as the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 4 months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: August 18, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20148 Filed 8–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Boundary and 

Annexation Survey, Boundary 

Validation Program 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before October 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Laura Waggoner, U.S. 

Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Suitland, MD 20233 (or via the Internet 

at Laura.L.Waggoner@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau requests a 

revision to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act clearance for the Boundary and 

Annexation Survey (BAS) in order to 

conduct the Boundary Validation 

Program (BVP). The BVP for the 2010 

Decennial Census will be administered 

in parallel with the 2010 BAS. The 

intent of this program is to provide each 

highest elected or appointed official 

(HEO) an opportunity to review the 

Census Bureau’s boundary information 

for the legal entities included in the 

BAS. The 2010 BVP will include all 

actively functioning counties or 

statistically equivalent entities, 

incorporated places (including 

consolidated cities), minor civil 

divisions (MCDs), all federally 

recognized American Indian 

reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation 

trust land entities in the United States, 

and municipios, barrios and subbarrios 

in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Census 

Bureau will send a letter to the governor 

of each state explaining the 2010 BVP 

process and advising them that state 

boundaries will be reviewed in 

conjunction with relevant counties 

boundaries as part of the BVP. 

II. Method of Collection 

The 2010 BVP will be conducted in 

two phases, initial and final. During the 

initial BVP phase, every HEO in the 

BAS universe will receive a BVP form, 

a letter with instructions, and a CD 

containing a complete set of 2010 BAS 

maps in .pdf format for their 

governmental unit. The HEO is asked to 

review the 2010 BAS maps on the CD 

and return the BVP form within ten 

days of receipt. If the HEO determines 

that there are no changes to report, the 

HEO will sign and return the validated 

BVP form. If the HEO determines that 

boundary changes are needed, the HEO 

will be instructed to return the unsigned 

BVP form and work with their local 

BAS contact to submit changes through 

the BAS process. If either the HEO or 

the BAS contact submits 2010 BAS 

updates by March 1, 2010, the entity 

will be included in the second and final 

phase of the BVP. 

In the final BVP phase, once the 

timely 2010 BAS updates are applied to 

the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB), each 

HEO is provided a complete set of 

updated paper maps. This is their final 

opportunity to review the boundary and 


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