Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2011 / Notices 50453 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) 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; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to 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. Comments may be sent to: 

Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Development Utilities Programs, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 

1522, Room 5168, 1400 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Fax: (202) 720–8435. 

Title: Accounting Requirements for 

Electric and Telecommunications 

Borrowers. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0003. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information covers requirements for 

RUS Electric and Telecommunications 

borrowers for maintaining financial 

accounting and recordkeeping. The 

collection consists of the requirement to 

maintain an index of records and the 

recordkeeping associated with the 

accounting system of the organization. 

The Agency believes that this is the 

minimum record retention requirements 

needed to carry out its due diligence 

responsibilities in loan underwriting 

and maintaining loan security. Agency 

borrowers should understand that they 

may be subject to additional record 

retention requirements imposed by 

other regulatory authorities such as 

FERC, FCC, state commissions and IRS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Recordkeepers: 1,150. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Hours per 

Recordkeeper: 50 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,300 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Recordkeepers: 28,750 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Joyce McNeil, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–0812, Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20621 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Hampshire State 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 the New Hampshire State 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will meet at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on 

Monday, August 29, 2011, in Room 255 

of the Student Center at the University 

of New Hampshire, 400 Commercial 

Street, Manchester, NH 03101. The 

purpose of the briefing meeting is to 

inform members on the operations of 

Federal advisory committees. The 

purpose of the planning meeting is to 

discuss future activities. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by September 29, 2011. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Eastern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 624 9th 

Street, NW., Suite 740, Washington, DC 

20425. They may be faxed to (202) 376– 

7548 or e-mailed to ero@usccr.gov. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at (202) 376–7533. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern 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, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

Deaf or hearing-impaired persons who 

will attend the meeting(s) and require 

the services of a sign language 

interpreter should contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at least ten (10) working 

days before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, August 10, 2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20645 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–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: Marianas Trench Marine 

National (MTMN) Monument 

Knowledge and Attitudes Survey. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 333. 

Needs and Uses: President George W. 

Bush established the Marianas Trench 

Marine National Monument 

(Monument) on January 6, 2009, by 

Presidential Proclamation 8335. The 

Islands Unit of the Monument includes 

only the waters and submerged lands of 

the three northernmost Mariana Islands: 

Farallon de Pajaros or Uracas; Maug; 

and Asuncion, below the mean low 

water line. Within the Islands Unit, 

commercial fishing is prohibited but 

sustenance, recreational, and traditional 

indigenous fishing can be allowed on a 

sustainable basis. 

Management activities under the 

Department of the Interior are 

anticipated to include public education 

programs and public outreach regarding 

the coral reef ecosystem and related 

marine resources and species of the 

Monument and efforts to conserve them; 

traditional access by indigenous 

persons, for culturally significant 

subsistence, cultural and religious uses 

within the Monument; a program to 

assess and promote Monument-related 

scientific exploration and research, 

tourism, and recreational and economic 

activities and opportunities in the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI); a process to consider 


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