### 26277 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 86 / Thursday, May 3, 2012 / Notices

SW., Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586– 1476; Email: Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and guidance that promotes research and development leading to the production of biobased fuels and biobased products.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include the following:

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D

Activities

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D

Activities

• Presentations on Biomass related

research in the Northwest

• Update on the Biomass Research and

Development Initiative Public Participation: In keeping with procedures, members of the public are welcome to observe the business of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. To attend the meeting and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you must contact Elliott Levine at 202–586–1476; Email: Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov or Roy Tiley at (410) 997–7778 ext. 220; Email: rtiley@bcs-hq.com at least 5 business days prior to the meeting. Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Co-chairs of the Committee will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. The Co-chairs will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying at the following Web site: http://biomassboard.gov/committee/ meetings.html

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Issued at Washington, DC, on April 27,

2012. LaTanya R. Butler, Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 2012–10670 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S.**

**[Public Notice 2012–0088]**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Final Collection; Comment**  **Request**

**AGENCY :**  Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

**ACTION :**  Submission for OMB Review and Comments Request. Form Title: EIB 99–14 Export Import Bank Trade Reference form.

**SUMMARY :**  The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Ex-Im Bank is requesting an emergency approval of Ex-Im Bank form EIB 99–14 Export Import Bank Trade Reference form. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank is requesting an emergency approval of form EIB 99–14, Trade Reference Form. This form providesessential credit information used by ExIm Bank credit officers when analyzing requests for export credit insurance/ financing support, both short-term (360 days & less) & medium-term (longer than 360 days), for the export of their US goods and services. Additionally,this form is an integral part of the shortterm Multi-Buyer export credit insurance policy for those policyholders granted foreign buyer discretionarycredit limit authority (DCL). MultiBuyer policy holders given DCL authority may use this form as the sole source or one piece among several sources of credit information for their internal foreign buyer credit decision in which, in turn, commits Ex-Im’s guarantee.

Lack of an emergency approval of this form would greatly restrict our ability to support many of the export sales made by U.S. businesses. Ex-Im Bank and its Multi-Buyer policyholders use the Trade Reference Form approximately 6,500 times annually. Thus the Trade Reference Form is critical to Ex-Im Bankand in particular to over 2,300 MultiBuyer policyholders during their foreign buyer credit review process. This would adversely impact Ex-Im Bank’s ability to finance small business exporters and its overall mission to support U.S. exports and maintain U.S. jobs. Accordingly, Ex-Im Bank requests emergency approval of EIB 99–14 in order to continue operation of this important export program.

The form can be viewed at www.exim.gov/pub/pending/eib99- 14.pdf.

**DATES :**  Comments should be received on or before July 2, 2012 to be assured of consideration.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments may be submitted electronically on www.regulations.gov or by mail to Jean Fitzgibbon, Export Import Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20571. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Titles and Form Number: EIB 99–14 Export Import Bank Trade Reference form.

OMB Number: 3048–xxx. Type of Review: Emergency Clearance. Need and Use: This form providesessential credit information used by ExIm Bank credit officers when analyzing requests for export credit insurance/ financing support, both short-term (360 days & less) & medium-term (longer than 360 days), for the export of their US goods and services. Additionally,this form is an integral part of the shortterm Multi-Buyer export credit insurance policy for those policyholders granted foreign buyer discretionarycredit limit authority (DCL). MultiBuyer policy holders given DCL authority may use this form as the sole source or one piece among several sources of credit information for their internal foreign buyer credit decision in which, in turn, commits Ex-Im’s guarantee.

Affected Public: This form affects entities involved in the export of U.S goods and services.

Annual Number of Respondents:
6,500.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.

Government Annual Burden Hours: 1,625 hours.

Frequency of Reporting or Use: As needed.

Sharon A. Whitt, Agency Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2012–10662 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6690–01–P**

**EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES** 

**Economic Impact Policy**

This notice is to inform the public that the Export-Import Bank of the United States has received an application for a $35 million transaction specific working capital guarantee to support the export of approximately $63.5 million worth of sulphur purification equipment and services to Iraq. The repayment term of the working capital guarantee is 24 months. The U.S. exports will enable the Iraqi mining company to establish a maximum production capacity of 500,000 metric tons of sulphur per year. Available information indicates that all of the Iraqi sulphur production will be sold domestically in Iraq. Interested parties may submit comments on this transaction by email to economic.impact@exim.gov or by mail to 811 Vermont Avenue NW., Room