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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 77, No. 128

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

**AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION** 

**Board of Directors Meeting**

Meeting: African Development Foundation, Board of Directors Meeting.

Time: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Place: African Development Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC
20005.

Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Status: 1. Open session, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; and 2. Closed session, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Due to security requirements and limited seating, all individuals wishing to attend the open session of the meeting must notify Sarah Conway at (202) 233–8811 or sconway@usadf.gov of your request to attend by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2012.

Lloyd O. Pierson, President & CEO, USADF.
[FR Doc. 2012–16200 Filed 7–2–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 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: Application and Reports for Scientific Research and Enhancement Permits Under the Endangered Species Act.

OMB Control Number: 0648–0402. Form Number(s): NA. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection).

Number of Respondents: 115. Average Hours per Response: Applications, 12 hours; modification requests, 6 hours; annual and final reports, 2 hours.

Burden Hours: 840. Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently approved information collection.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) imposed prohibitions against the taking of endangered species. Section 10 of the ESA allows permits authorizing the taking of endangered species for research/enhancement purposes. The corresponding regulations established procedures for persons to apply for such permits. In addition, the regulations set forth specific reporting requirements for such permit holders. The regulations contain two sets of information collections: (1) Applications for research/enhancement permits, and (2) reporting requirements for permits issued.

The required information is used to evaluate the impacts of the proposed activity on endangered species, to make the determinations required by the ESA prior to issuing a permit, and to establish appropriate permit conditions. To issue permits under ESA Section 10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must determine that (1) such exceptions were applied for in good faith, (2) if granted and exercised, will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered species, and (3) will be consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in Section 2 of the ESA.

The currently approved application and reporting requirements apply to Pacific marine and anadromous fish species; requirements regarding other species are being addressed in a separate information collection.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: OIRA

_ Submission@omb.eop.gov

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Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at JJessup@doc.gov ). 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.

Dated: June 27, 2012. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–16210 Filed 7–2–12; 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 of the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Title: State Broadband Data and Development (SDBB) Grant Program Progress Report.

OMB Control Number: 0660–0034. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (revision of a currently approved information collection).

Number of Respondents: 56. Average Hours per Response: 4 hours. Burden Hours: 896. Needs and Uses: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Public Law 111–5 (2009), required the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop and maintain a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable nationwide inventory map of existing broadband service capability and availability in the United States that depicts the geographic extent to which broadband service capability is deployed and available from a commercial or public provider throughout each state.

NTIA developed the State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) Grant Program (74 FR 32545), a competitive,