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the North Atlantic right whale and 43 

other protected marine mammal and sea 

turtle species in U.S. coastal waters 

from North Carolina to Massachusetts. 

This research would enhance the survey 

work performed by the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) 

Sighting Advisory System and the 

Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for 

Protected Species surveys. Eleven of the 

44 species to be targeted for research are 

listed as threatened or endangered. 

Additional pinniped research would 

include the placement of remote camera 

systems at pinniped haul out sites for 

long term monitoring of behavior and 

abundance, and pinniped scat would be 

collected for health assessment studies. 

Opportunistic sighting data would be 

collected during vessel transits to and 

from pinniped haul out sites. The 

permit would be valid for a period of 

five years. 

A draft environmental assessment 

(EA) has been prepared in compliance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to 

examine whether significant 

environmental impacts could result 

from issuance of the proposed scientific 

research permit. The draft EA is 

available for review and comment 

simultaneous with the scientific 

research permit applications. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA641 

Marine Mammals; File No. 16553 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Brent Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., Hubbs 

SeaWorld Research Institute, 2595 

Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA, 92109, 

has applied in due form for a permit to 

conduct research on California sea lions 

(Zalophus californianus), northern 

elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), 

and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

August 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 16553 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; phone (301) 427–8401; fax 

(301) 713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980– 

4001; fax (562) 980–4018. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the e-mail comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the address listed 

above. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Amy Sloan, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226). 

The applicant requests a five-year 

permit to study three species of 

pinnipeds in California. The objectives 

of the research are to continue a long 

term study on the comparative ecology, 

demography, community ecology, 

foraging patterns, pathology and 

phenology of the target species and to 

further characterize the resources and 

habitats used by each species. The 

proposed research would: (1) Collect 

basic information on the biology of 

these key apex marine carnivores, (2) 

provide insight into the dynamic biotic 

and abiotic variables (including 

anthropogenic factors) that might affect 

their abundance and distribution, and 

(3) investigate the specific mechanisms 

that might account for variation in vital 

rates and population size and trends. 

California sea lions, northern elephant 

seals, and harbor seals would be 

captured and samples at several sites: 

San Nicolas Island, San Miguel Island, 

Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, 

Piedras Blancas, Cape San Martin, and 

Gorda. Some animals would only 

receive a flipper tag or a dye mark. 

Other animals would be physically or 

chemically restrained; measured and 

weighed; have a variety of samples 

taken, including: Blood, skin, blubber, 

and mucus membrane swabs; and have 

tracking or data recording instruments 

attached. For proposed take numbers by 

species and location and details on 

sampling methodologies, see the 

application. The applicant has 

requested authorization for the 

unintentional research related mortality 

of up to four animals of each species 

annually. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2011–OS–0091] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, Department of Defense (DoD). 


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ACTION: Notice To Add a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Defense proposes to add a system of 

records to its inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action would be 

effective without further notice on 

September 16, 2011 unless comments 

are received which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cindy Allard, Chief, OSD/JS Privacy 

Office, Freedom of Information 

Directorate, Washington Headquarters 

Services, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1155, or by 

phone at (703) 588–6830. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense notices for 

systems of records subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on August 11, 2011, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Governmental Affairs, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c 

of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A– 

130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities 

for Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996 

(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). 

Dated: August 12, 2011. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

DHA 24 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and 

Vision Registry (DVEIVR). 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Primary location: Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Defense, Force Health 

Protection and Readiness, Four Skyline 

Place, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Suite 901, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3204. 

Secondary locations: Department of 

Defense (DoD)/Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) Vision Center of 

Excellence, 2900 Crystal Drive, 2nd 

Floor, Arlington, VA 22208–3567, or the 

contractors under contract to TRICARE. 

For a complete listing of all system 

locations, write to the system manager. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Members of the Armed Forces who, 

while serving on active duty on or after 

September 11, 2001, incurred a 

significant eye injury, including such an 

individual with visual dysfunction 

related to traumatic brain injury, with 

an eye injury and a visual acuity in the 

injured eye of 20/200 or less, or with a 

loss of peripheral vision resulting in 20 

degrees or less of visual field in the 

injured eye. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Individual’s full name, Social 

Security Number (SSN), DoD 

Identification (ID) Number (DoD ID 

number), date of birth, gender, other 

names used, mailing address, email 

address, telephone numbers (home and/ 

or cell), marital status, and race or 

ethnicity; alternate contact or personal 

representative name and phone number; 

an individual’s service and employment 

information, including rank, service 

branch, job category, and disability 

information; and an individual’s 

medical information, including 

information on diagnosis, treatment, 

surgical interventions or other operative 

procedures, follow up services and 

treatment, visual outcomes, and records 

with respect to on-going eye care and 

visual rehabilitation benefits and 

services received, whether treatments, 

benefits and services were provided on 

an inpatient or outpatient basis, 

inpatient service dates, outpatient visit 

dates, and information on where eye or 

traumatic brain injury occurred. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. 1071 note, Centers of 

Excellence in the Prevention, Diagnosis, 

Mitigation, Treatment, and 

Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries; 

10 U.S.C. chapter 55, Medical and 

Dental Care; 45 CFR Part 160, Health 

and Human Services; 45 CFR Part 164, 

General Administrative Requirements 

and Security and Privacy; and E.O. 9397 

(SSN), as amended. 

PURPOSES: 

To establish a registry of information 

for tracking the diagnosis, surgical 

intervention or other operative 

procedure, other treatment, and follow 

up for cases of significant eye injury 

incurred by a member of the Armed 

Forces while serving on active duty. 

To ensure the electronic exchange of 

information in the registry with the VA, 

and enable the VA to access the registry 

and add information pertaining to 

additional treatments or surgical 

procedures and outcomes for veterans 

entered in the registry and who received 

treatment through the Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA). 

To encourage and facilitate the 

conduct of studies, and the 

development of best practices and 

clinical education, on eye injuries 

incurred by members of the Armed 

Forces. 

To support a cooperative DoD and VA 

program for members of the Armed 

Forces and veterans with eye injuries 

and post traumatic eye syndrome 

associated with traumatic brain injury at 

military medical treatment facilities and 

VA medical centers for vision screening, 

diagnosis, rehabilitative management, 

and vision research, including visual 

dysfunction related to traumatic brain 

injury. 

Also used as a management tool for 

statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, 

evaluating program effectiveness and 

conducting research. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, these records may specifically 

be disclosed outside the DoD as a 

routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(3) as follows: 

To institutions of higher education, 

and other appropriate public and 

private entities (including international 

entities) to encourage and facilitate the 

conduct of research and the 

development of best practices and 

clinical education on eye injuries 

incurred by members of the Armed 

Forces. 

To the VA for the purpose of ensuring 

the electronic exchange of information 


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in the registry and enabling the VA to 

access the registry and add information 

pertaining to additional treatments or 

surgical procedures and outcomes for 

veterans entered in the registry and who 

received treatment through the VHA. 

To VA and individual providers of 

care, including non-governmental care 

providers for the purpose of analysis of 

continued case management related to 

significant eye injury or loss of visual 

acuity. 

To the VA Blind Rehabilitation 

Service and to the eye care services of 

the VHA for the purposes of analysis of 

the coordination of the provision of 

ongoing eye care and visual 

rehabilitation benefits and services by 

the VA after separation or release from 

the Armed Forces. 

To the VA for the purpose of 

encouraging and facilitating the conduct 

of studies, and the development of best 

practices and clinical education, on eye 

injuries incurred by members of the 

Armed Forces. 

To the VA to ensure coordination of 

ongoing eye care and visual 

rehabilitation benefits and services by 

the VA both before and after separation 

of individuals from the Armed Forces. 

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set 

forth at the beginning of the Office of 

the Secretary of Defense (OSD) 

compilation of systems of records 

notices apply to this system. 

Note 1: This system of records contains 

individually identifiable health information. 

The DoD Health Information Privacy 

Regulation (DoD 6025.18–R), issued pursuant 

to the Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act of 1996, applies to most 

such health information. DoD 6025.18–R may 

place additional procedural requirements on 

the uses and disclosures of such information 

beyond those found in the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, or mentioned in this 

system of records notice. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Electronic storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by the 

individual’s name, SSN, and/or DoD ID 

number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Physical access to system locations is 

restricted by cipher locks, visitor escort, 

access rosters, and photo identification. 

Adequate locks are on doors and server 

components will be secured in locked 

computer room(s) with limited access. 

Each system end user device will be 

protected within a locked storage 

container, room, or building outside of 

normal business hours. 

All visitors and other persons who 

require access to facilities that house 

servers and other network devices 

supporting the system but who do not 

have authorization for access will be 

escorted by appropriately screened/ 

cleared personnel at all times. 

Approved system users will have rolebased access to the system and, as 

appropriate, will be provided role-based 

access to query the system for single 

patient look-up and reporting purposes. 

On a system level, all access will be 

tracked to ensure that only appropriate 

and approved personnel have access to 

personally identifiable information and 

protected health information. The 

system provides two-factor 

authentication, using either a Common 

Access Card (CAC) and personal 

identification number or a unique logon 

identification and password. Passwords 

must currently be renewed every sixty 

(60) days. Authorized personnel must 

have appropriate Information Assurance 

training, Health Insurance Portability 

and Accountability Act training, and 

Privacy Act of 1974 training. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Disposition pending (treat records as 

permanent until the National Archives 

and Records Administration approves 

the proposed retention and disposition). 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director of Deployment of Systems, 

Force Health Protection and Readiness, 

Four Skyline Place, 5113 Leesburg Pike, 

Suite 901, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3204. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiries to the 

TRICARE Management Activity, 

Department of Defense, Attn: TMA 

Privacy Officer, Skyline 5, Suite 810, 

5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3206. 

Requests should contain the 

individual’s full name, SSN, and/or DoD 

ID number. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to the TRICARE 

Management Activity, Attention: 

Freedom of Information Act Requester 

Service Center, 16401 East Centretech 

Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–9066. 

Written requests must contain the 

individual’s full name, SSN and/or DoD 

ID number, current address, telephone 

number, the name and number of this 

system of records notice and be signed. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The OSD rules for accessing records, 

contesting contents, and appealing 

initial agency determinations, are 

published in OSD Administrative 

Instruction 81; 32 CFR part 311; or may 

be obtained from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The Defense Enrollment Eligibility 

Reporting System, medical treatment 

records maintained at DoD medical 

treatment facilities, VA medical care 

facilities, and facilities contracted by 

DoD and/or VA to perform medical care, 

VA Eye Injury Data Store, the Clinical 

Data Repository, AHLTA, Theater 

Medical Data Store, Joint Theater 

Trauma Registry Combat Trauma 

Registry, and VA Eye Data Store. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

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

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 


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