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persons in rural areas who are not 

receiving central station service. The RE 

Act also authorizes and empowers the 

Administrator of the Agency to provide 

financial assistance to borrowers for 

purposes provided in the RE Act by 

accommodating or subordinating loans 

made by the national Rural Utilities 

Cooperative Finance Corporation, the 

Federal Financing Bank, and other 

lending agencies. Title 7 CFR part 1717, 

subparts R & S sets forth policy and 

procedures to facilitate and support 

borrowers’ efforts to obtain private 

sector financing of their capital needs, 

to allow borrowers greater flexibility in 

the management of their business affairs 

without compromising RUS loan 

security, and to reduce the cost to 

borrowers, in terms of time, expenses 

and paperwork, of obtaining lien 

accommodations and subordinations. 

The information required to be 

submitted is limited to necessary 

information that would allow the 

Agency to make a determination on the 

borrower’s request to subordinate and 

accommodate their lien with other 

lenders. 

Estimate of Burden: Public Reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 19 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; Business or other for profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 290 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Michele Brooks, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 690–1078. FAX: (202) 

720–8435. Email: 

michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: July 2, 2012. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16686 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the North Dakota Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), that a planning 

meeting of the North Dakota Advisory 

Committee to the Commission will 

convene at 2 p.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, 

July 24, 2012, at the River Room, Fargo 

City Hall, 200 N. 3rd Street, Fargo, ND 

58102. 

The purpose of the planning meeting 

is to discuss civil rights issues in the 

state and to select a project topic. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days of the 

meeting. Written comments may be 

mailed to the Rocky Mountain Regional 

Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

999 18th Street, Suite 1380 South, 

Denver, CO 80202. They may be faxed 

to (303) 866–1050 or emailed to 

ebohor@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Rocky Mountain Regional Office at (303) 

866–1040. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Rocky Mountain 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 

Rocky Mountain Regional Office at the 

above email or street address. 

Deaf or hearing-impaired persons who 

will attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Rocky Mountain 

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, on July 3, 2012. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16714 Filed 7–6–12; 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: Report of Whaling Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0311. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 51. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Captains’ reports, 30 minutes; whaling 

commission reports, 35 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 45. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Native Americans may conduct 

certain aboriginal subsistence whaling 

in accordance with the provisions of the 

International Whaling Commission 

(IWC). In order to respond to obligations 

under the International Convention for 

the Regulation of Whaling, and the IWC, 

captains participating in these 

operations must submit certain 

information to the relevant Native 

American whaling organization about 

strikes on and catch of whales. Anyone 

retrieving a dead whale is also required 

to report. Captains must place a 

distinctive permanent identification 

mark on any harpoon, lance, or 

explosive dart used, and must also 

provide information on the mark and 

self-identification information. The 

relevant Native American whaling 

organization receives the reports, 

compiles them, and submits the 

information to NOAA. 

The information is used to monitor 

the hunt and to ensure that quotas are 

not exceeded. The information is also 

provided to the IWC, which uses it to 

monitor compliance with its 

requirements. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually, monthly and on 

occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

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. 


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