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27570 

Vol. 79, No. 93 

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; County 

Committee Elections 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and entities on an extension 

of a currently approved information 

collection associated with the FSA 

County Committee Elections. The 

collection of information from FSA 

Farmers and Ranchers is used to receive 

nominations from eligible voters for the 

County Committee. 

DATES: We will consider comments we 

receive by July 14, 2014. 

Additional Information: We invite 

you to submit comments on this notice. 

In your comment, include volume, date 

and page number of this issue of the 

Federal Register. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Deborah Johnson, Field 

Operations Specialist for the Deputy 

Administrator for Field Operations, 

Farm Service Agency, USDA, STOP 

0542, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Deborah Johnson at the 

above address. 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah 

Johnson, (202) 720–0067. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: County Committee Election. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0229. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2014. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is necessary to effectively allow farmers 

and ranchers to nominate potential 

candidates for the county committee 

election in accordance with the 

requirements as authorized by the Soil 

Conservation and Domestic Allotment 

Act, as amended. Specifically, FSA uses 

the information annually or if needed 

throughout the year for special elections 

to create ballots for county committee 

elections. There are no changes to the 

burden hours since the last OMB 

approval. 

The formulas used to calculate the 

total burden hours is estimated average 

time per response (includes travel 

times). The estimated annual burden per 

respondent is different from the 

estimated average time per response 

because one or more forms are filed 

more than once a year. 

Estimate of Respondent Burden: 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 10 minutes per response. The 

average travel time, which is included 

in the total burden, is estimated to be 1 

hour per respondent. 

Respondents: Any individual with 

farming interest in the Local 

Administrative Area (LAA) (eligible 

voters). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Reponses: 

10,000. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 0.067. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,700. 

We are requesting on all aspects of 

this information collection to help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether information 

will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collected; or 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All responses received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval of the information collection. 

Signed on May 8, 2014. 

Juan M. Garcia, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11042 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Texas 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 a planning meeting the 

Texas Advisory Committee (Committee) 

to the Commission will be held on May 

29, 2014, at Lone Star Legal Aid, 1415 

Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002. The 

meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 

p.m. and adjourn at approximately 2:30 

p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss the Committee’s voting rights 

project. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Western Regional Office of the 

Commission by June 29, 2014. The 

address is Western Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los 

Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, 

CA 90012. Persons wishing to email 

their comments, or to present their 

comments verbally at the meeting, or 

who desire additional information 

should contact Angelica Trevino, Civil 

Rights Analyst, Western Regional Office, 

at (213) 894–3437, (or for hearing 

impaired TDD 913–551–1414), or by 

email to atrevino@usccr.gov. Hearingimpaired persons who will attend the 

meeting and require the services of a 

sign language interpreter should contact 

the Regional Office at least ten (10) 

working days before the scheduled date 

of the meeting. 


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Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western 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, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. The meeting 

will be conducted pursuant to the 

provisions of the rules and regulations 

of the Commission and FACA. 

Dated May 9, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11064 Filed 5–13–14; 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: A Formative Evaluation of 

NOAA’s Sentinel Site Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 125. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 42. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new collection. 

The NOAA Sentinel Site Program 

(SSP) is a cooperative program to 

promote resilient coastal communities 

and ecosystems in the face of change. A 

primary purpose of the program is to 

directly engage local, state, and federal 

managers as part of a Sentinel Site 

Cooperative (SSC) team. By doing so, 

managers can help ensure the types of 

science conducted, information 

gathered, and products developed are 

immediately used for better 

management. It is important to know 

who is actually using the products and 

services developed by these 

Cooperatives, and to what degree is 

capacity being built among and between 

coastal professionals and organizations 

through communications generated 

through the SSCs. 

The purpose of this survey is to better 

understand the frequency and patterns 

of communication as a result of the 

efforts of the SSP. To help gather this 

information, NOAA will survey 

individuals known to have experience 

with the SSP and inquire on the 

communications and collaborations that 

have resulted. This survey is intended 

to serve as a means of formative 

evaluation for this effort. A formative 

evaluation is used to assess programs or 

projects early in their development or 

implementation to provide information 

about how best to revise and modify for 

improvement. 

Affected Public: Federal government; 

state, local and tribal governments. 

Frequency: Annually for two years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to review Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: May 8, 2014. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11037 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–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: Greater Atlantic Region, 

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 

Management Plan Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0491. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 620. 

Average Hours per Response: Trip 

terminations including power-downs, 

Trip termination and compensation trip 

identification, daily catch reports, 2 

minutes each; pre-landing reports, 

ownership forms and IFQ transfers, 5 

minutes; broken trip adjustments, 10 

minutes; access area trip exchanges, 15 

minutes; replacement and permit 

history applications, 3 hours; cost 

recovery forms, 2 hours; sector 

proposals, 300 hours, and sector 

operations plans, 150 hours. 

Burden Hours: 3,388. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) Northeast Region manages the 

Atlantic sea scallop (scallop) fishery of 

the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off 

the East Coast under the Atlantic Sea 

Scallop Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). The regulations implementing 

the FMP are at 50 CFR part 648. To 

successfully implement and administer 

components of the FMP, OMB Control 

No. 0648–0491 includes the following 

information collections for scallop 

vessel owners, operators, and fishery 

participants: Vessel monitoring system 

(VMS) trip declarations for all scallop 

vessels, including powerdown 

declarations; notification of access area 

trip termination for limited access 

scallop vessels; submission of access 

area compensation trip identification; 

submission of broken trip adjustment 

and access area trip exchange forms; 

VMS purchase and installation for 

individuals that purchase a federally 

permitted scallop vessel; submission of 

ownership cap forms for individual 

fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels; 

submission of vessel replacement, 

upgrade and permit history applications 

for IFQ, Northern Gulf of Maine 

(NGOM), and Incidental Catch (IC) 

scallop vessels; submission of VMS prelanding notification form by IFQ 

vessels; enrollment into the state waters 

exemption program; submission of 

requests for IFQ transfers; payment of 

cost recovery bills for IFQ vessels; sector 

proposals for IFQ vessels and industry 

participants; and sector operations plans 

for approved sector proposals. 

Data collected through these programs 

are incorporated into the NMFS 

database and are used to track and 

confirm vessel permit status and 

eligibility, scallop landings, and scallop 

vessel allocations. Aggregated 

summaries of the collected information 

will be used to evaluate the 

management program and future 

management proposals. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Daily and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 


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