10484 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2012–OS–0022] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 

and Readiness) announces the following 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 

Readiness) (MPP) (Compensation), 

ATTN: Mr. Gary McGee, 4000 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000 

or call (703) 693–1059. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Control Number: Survivor Benefit Plan 

(SBP)/Reserve Component (RC) SBP 

Request for Deemed Election; DD Form 

2656–10, OMB Number 0704–0448. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

properly identify and establish the 

eligibility of a former spouse for an SBP 

election to be deemed on behalf of a 

retired military member. A former 

spouse must file for a deemed election 

within one year from the date of a court 

order or filing of a written agreement 

specifying former spouse or former 

spouse and child SBP coverage. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 500. 

Number of Respondents: 1,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Frequency: One-time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

A former spouse who has been 

awarded coverage under the Survivor 

Benefit Plan, either by court order or 

written agreement, may, within one year 

of such court order or written agreement 

submit a request to have an election for 

such coverage deemed on behalf of the 

member. Such request will be made by 

submitting the proposed form and a 

copy of the court order, regular on its 

face, which requires such election or 

incorporates, ratifies, or approves the 

written agreement of such person; or a 

statement from the clerk of the court (or 

other appropriate official) that such 

agreement has been filed with the court 

in accordance with applicable state law. 

A former spouse is not required to 

submit a request for a deemed election. 

However, if a request for deemed 

election is not submitted within the one 

year period described in the previous 

paragraph and the member fails to elect 

former spouse SBP coverage, no former 

spouse coverage will be provided. 

The DD Form 2656–10, ‘‘Survivor 

Benefit Plan (SBP)/Reserve Component 

(RC) SBP Request for Deemed Election,’’ 

is currently the prescribed form 

required for submitting such request. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4063 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

emailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate 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; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) 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. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 2012 / Notices 10485 

Title of Collection: Paul Douglas 

Teacher Scholarship Program 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0787. 

Agency Form Number(s): ED Form 

40–31P. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 30. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 360. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

collection is to ensure that state 

education agencies are monitoring the 

fulfillment of the scholarship 

obligations by former Douglas scholars 

in accordance with legislation and 

regulations that governed the Paul 

Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program 

when the scholarships were granted. 

The respondents to this collection are 

former participating state education 

agencies (SEAs). This performance 

report is the only vehicle by which 

Federal program officials may annually 

monitor, evaluate and ensure the 

compliance and enforcement of the 

program statute and regulations by state 

education agencies, that were shared 

with the SEAs at the time the 

scholarships were granted. 

Copies of the information collection 

submission for OMB review may be 

accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site 

at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain or from the Department’s Web 

site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by 

selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 04762. When you access 

the information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4055 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National 

Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 

8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be from 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 

from 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

These times are subject to change; 

please contact the Federal Coordinator 

(below) for confirmation of times prior 

to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Garden Inn, 700 

Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho 

83402. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS– 

1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone 

(208) 526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or 

email: pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s Internet home page at: http:// 

inlcab.energy.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Topics (agenda topics may 

change up to the day of the meeting; 

please contact Robert L. Pence for the 

most current agenda): 

• Recent Public Involvement and 

Outreach 

• Progress to Cleanup Status 

• Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) 

Workforce Reductions 

• Advanced Mixed Waste Cleanup 

Project (AMWTP) Workforce/Project 

Status 

• Idaho-EM Budget Update 

• Update on Sodium Flash Event 

• Integrated Waste Treatment Unit 

Startup Status 

• EM/National Nuclear Security 

Administration Integration 

• Ecological Surveys 

• Ground Water 

• Waste Area Group—Future Work 

Plan 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Idaho National Laboratory, welcomes 

the attendance of the public at its 

advisory committee meetings and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or 

special needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Robert L. Pence at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

presentations pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Robert L. Pence at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. The request must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Robert L. Pence, 

Federal Coordinator, at the address and 

phone number listed above. Minutes 

will also be available at the following 

Web site: http://inlcab.energy.gov/ 

pages/meetings.php. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 16, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Unconventional Resources 

Technology Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 

11 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 

586–5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

purpose of the Unconventional 

Resources Technology Advisory 

Committee is to provide advice on 


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