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# Notices Federal Register 

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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.