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for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Development Utilities Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5168, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Fax: (202) 720–8435.

Title: Accounting Requirements for Electric and Telecommunications
Borrowers.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0003. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This collection of information covers requirements for RUS Electric and Telecommunications borrowers for maintaining financial accounting and recordkeeping. The collection consists of the requirement to maintain an index of records and the recordkeeping associated with the accounting system of the organization. The Agency believes that this is the minimum record retention requirements needed to carry out its due diligence responsibilities in loan underwriting and maintaining loan security. Agency borrowers should understand that they may be subject to additional record retention requirements imposed by other regulatory authorities such as FERC, FCC, state commissions and IRS.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per

response.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents and Recordkeepers: 1,150.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Hours per Recordkeeper: 50 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,300 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Recordkeepers: 28,750 hours.

Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Joyce McNeil, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720–0812,Fax: (202)

720–8435.

All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

Dated: August 5, 2011. Jonathan Adelstein,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 2011–20621 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–15–P**

**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the New Hampshire State 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 the New Hampshire State Advisory Committee to the Commission will meet at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on Monday, August 29, 2011, in Room 255 of the Student Center at the University of New Hampshire, 400 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH 03101. The purpose of the briefing meeting is to inform members on the operations of Federal advisory committees. The purpose of the planning meeting is to discuss future activities.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office by September 29, 2011. Written comments may be mailed to the Eastern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 9th Street, NW., Suite 740, Washington, DC 20425. They may be faxed to (202) 376– 7548 or e-mailed to ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376–7533.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Eastern 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, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact theEastern Regional Office at the above email or street address.

Deaf or hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting(s) and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Eastern 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, August 10, 2011. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 2011–20645 Filed 8–12–11; 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: Marianas Trench Marine National (MTMN) Monument Knowledge and Attitudes Survey.

OMB Control Number: None. Form Number(s): NA. Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information collection).

Number of Respondents: 1,000. Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.

Burden Hours: 333. Needs and Uses: President George W. Bush established the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (Monument) on January 6, 2009, by Presidential Proclamation 8335. The Islands Unit of the Monument includes only the waters and submerged lands of the three northernmost Mariana Islands: Farallon de Pajaros or Uracas; Maug; and Asuncion, below the mean low water line. Within the Islands Unit, commercial fishing is prohibited but sustenance, recreational, and traditional indigenous fishing can be allowed on a sustainable basis.

Management activities under the Department of the Interior are anticipated to include public education programs and public outreach regarding the coral reef ecosystem and related marine resources and species of the Monument and efforts to conserve them; traditional access by indigenous persons, for culturally significant subsistence, cultural and religious uses within the Monument; a program to assess and promote Monument-related scientific exploration and research, tourism, and recreational and economic activities and opportunities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); a process to consider