Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices 13563 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001; 

fax (562) 980–4018; 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281– 

9394; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727) 

824–5309. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5556 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 15 March 2012, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street NW., Washington 

DC, 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks, and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address; by emailing staff@cfa.gov; or by 

calling 202–504–2200. Individuals 

requiring sign language interpretation 

for the hearing impaired should contact 

the Secretary at least 10 days before the 

meeting date. 

Dated: February 29, 2012 in Washington 

DC. 

Thomas Luebke, 

AIA, Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5357 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6331–01–M 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Information Collection To Be 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act; Initial 

Certification 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

from People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled (The Committee) will submit 

the collections of information listed 

below to OMB for approval under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. This notice solicits comments on 

these collections of information. 

DATES: Submit your written comments 

on the information collection on or 

before May 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on the 

requirement to Lou Bartalot, Director 

Compliance and Review, Committee for 

Purchase from People Who Are Blind or 

Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

Arlington, VA 22202–3259; fax (703) 

603–0655; or email 

rulecomments@abilityone.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the applicable forms 

or explanatory material, contact Edward 

Yang at information in above paragraph. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), require that interested members 

of the public and affected agencies have 

an opportunity to comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). The Committee plans to 

submit a request to OMB to renew its 

approval of the collections of 

information concerning annual 

certification of nonprofit agencies 

serving people who are blind or who 

have other significant disabilities to 

participate in the AbilityOne Program. 

The Committee is requesting a 3-year 

term of approval for these information 

collection activities. 

Federal agencies may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for these collections of 

information are 3037–0002 and 3037– 

0001. 

The JWOD Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 

Chapter 85) is the authorizing 

legislation for the AbilityOne Program. 

The AbilityOne Program creates jobs 

and training opportunities for people 

who are blind or who have other severe 

disabilities. Its primary means of doing 

so is by requiring Government agencies 

to purchase selected products and 

services from nonprofit agencies 

employing such individuals. The 

AbilityOne Program is administered by 

the Committee. Two national, 

independent organizations, National 

Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH, 

help State and private nonprofit 

agencies participate in the AbilityOne 

Program. 

The implementing regulations for the 

JWOD Act, which are located at 41 CFR 

Chapter 51, provide the requirements, 

procedures, and standards for the 

AbilityOne Program. Section 51–4.3 of 

the regulations sets forth the standards 

that a nonprofit agency must meet to 

maintain qualification for participation 

in the AbilityOne Program. Under this 

section of the regulations, a nonprofit 

agency that wants to continue to 

participate in the AbilityOne Program 

must submit a completed copy of the 

appropriate Annual Certification form 

(Committee Form 403 or 404). This 

documentation helps the Committee 

determine whether the applicant 

nonprofit agency is meeting the 

requirements of the AbilityOne 

Program. 

This information collection renewal 

request seeks approval for the 

Committee to continue to collect the 

information required under 41 CFR 51– 

4.3 of the regulations so that the 

Committee can continue to verify the 

appropriateness of nonprofit agencies 

that would like to participate in the 

JWOD Program. Both forms have added 

three new questions concerning the 

number of veterans employed at the 

agencies doing direct labor and the 

wages paid to veterans working on 

AbilityOne projects and have revised 

the language at the bottom of the 

certification section. 

Title: Annual Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Blind, 41 CFR 51–4.3. 

OMB Control Number: 3037–0001. 

Form Number: Committee Form 403. 

Description of Respondents: 

Nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are blind that participate in the JWOD 

Program. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

About 70 nonprofit agencies serving 

people who are blind will annually 

request to be verified for participation in 

the AbilityOne Program. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: Burden 

is estimated to average 6 hours per 

respondent. Total annual burden is 420 

hours. Note: this burden estimate is only 

for the reporting of information; a 

separate burden estimate exists for the 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Title: Initial Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Severely Disabled, 41 CFR 51–4.3. 

OMB Control Number: 3037–0002. 

Form Number: Committee Form 404. 

Description of Respondents: 

Nonprofit agencies serving people who 

are severely disabled that participate in 

the JWOD Program. 


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