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Vol. 77, No. 51 

Thursday, March 15, 2012 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Notice of Public Meetings of 

Committees of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of two 

public meetings of the Committee on 

Collaborative Governance, and the 

rescheduling of a meeting of the 

Committee on Adjudication, of the 

Assembly of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States. At 

these meetings, the committees will 

consider draft reports and 

recommendations as noted below. 

Complete details regarding the 

committee meetings, the nature of the 

projects, how to attend (including 

information about remote access and 

obtaining special accommodations for 

persons with disabilities), and how to 

submit comments to each committee 

can be found on the Conference’s Web 

site, at http://www.acus.gov. Click on 

‘‘Research,’’ then on ‘‘Committee 

Meetings.’’ 

Comments may be submitted by email 

to Comments@acus.gov, with the name 

of the appropriate committee in the 

subject line, or by postal mail to the 

appropriate committee at the address 

given below. 

DATES: Committee on Collaborative 

Governance: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 

from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and Tuesday, 

May 8, 2012, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Committee on Adjudication: Monday, 

April 23, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. Please note that this meeting 

reschedules the Committee on 

Adjudication’s meeting previously 

scheduled for Monday, April 16, 2012, 

from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

1120 20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

individual committee (see listings 

below), Administrative Conference of 

the United States, 1120 20th Street NW., 

Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2080. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee on Collaborative 

Governance 

The Committee on Collaborative 

Governance will meet to discuss a draft 

report and possible recommendations 

on agency experience with joint 

rulemaking, including lessons learned 

and best practices for collaboration and 

coordination among regulatory agencies 

in the rulemaking process. The draft 

report was prepared by Professor Jody 

Freeman (Harvard University) and 

Professor Jim Rossi (Florida State 

University). The Designated Federal 

Officer for this committee is David 

Pritzker. More information can be found 

in the ‘‘About’’ section of the 

Conference’s Web site, at http:// 

www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘About,’’ then 

on ‘‘The Committees,’’ and then on 

‘‘Committee on Collaborative 

Governance.’’ 

Committee on Adjudication 

The April 23, 2012 meeting of the 

Committee on Adjudication is a 

rescheduling of the committee’s meeting 

previously announced for April 16, 

2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. At 

the meeting, the Committee on 

Adjudication will discuss further a draft 

report on the Immigration Adjudication 

Project and a draft recommendation 

based on the consultants’ report. The 

report, prepared by Professor Lenni B. 

Benson (New York Law School) and 

Russell Wheeler (Brookings Institution), 

presents the findings of a study of 

potential improvements to the 

procedures for immigration 

adjudication. Funmi E. Olorunnipa is 

the Designated Federal Officer for this 

committee. More information can be 

found in the ‘‘About’’ section of the 

Conference’s Web site, at http:// 

www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘About,’’ then 

on ‘‘The Committees,’’ and then on 

‘‘Committee on Adjudication.’’ 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

David M. Pritzker, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6193 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6110–01–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: Application Forms for 

Membership on a National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0397. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 520. 

Average Hours Per Response: One 

hour. 

Burden Hours: 520. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Section 315 of the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445a) 

allows the Secretary of Commerce to 

establish one or more advisory councils 

to provide advice to the Secretary 

regarding the designation and 

management of national marine 

sanctuaries. Advisory councils are 

individually chartered for each 

sanctuary to meet the needs of that 

sanctuary. Once an advisory council has 

been chartered, the sanctuary 

superintendent starts a process to 

recruit members for that council by 

providing notice to the public and 

requesting interested parties to apply for 

the available seat(s) (e.g., Research, 

Education) and position(s) (i.e., council 

member or alternate). The information 

obtained through this application 

process will be used to determine the 

qualifications of the applicant for 

membership on the sanctuary advisory 

council. 

Two application forms are currently 

associated with this information 

collection: (a) National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council 

Application form; and (b) National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council 

Youth Seat Application form. Revision: 

These application forms have been 

revised to ensure consistency between 

forms, as well as clarify the information 


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