Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 83 / Friday, April 29, 2011 / Notices 24081 

Dated: April 18, 2011. 

Brenda Sprague, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7435] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: DS–10, Birth Affidavit, 

1405–0132 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Birth Affidavit. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0132. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, CA/PPT/FO/FC. 

• Form Number: DS–10. 

• Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

154,850 per year. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

154,850 per year. 

• Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 38,713 

hours. 

• Frequency: On Occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to 30 days from April 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection and supporting 

documents from the Passport Forms 

Management Officer, U.S. Department of 

State, Office of Program Management 

and Operational Support, 2100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 3031, 

Washington, DC 20037, who may be 

reached on 202–663–2457 or at 

PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary to 

properly perform our functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Birth Affidavit is submitted in 

conjunction with an application for a 

U.S. passport and is used by Passport 

Services to collect information for the 

purpose of establishing the citizenship 

of a passport applicant who has not 

submitted an acceptable United States 

birth certificate with his/her passport 

application. 

Methodology 

When needed, a Birth Affidavit is 

completed at the time a U.S. citizen 

applies for a U.S. passport. 

Dated: April 18, 2011. 

Brenda Sprague, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Commission Determination 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of commission 

determination. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority set forth 

in the Susquehanna River Basin 

Compact, Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 

et seq., Article 3, Section 3.10(3); and at 

18 CFR 806.4(a)(8) and 806.5, the 

Executive Director has issued a 

determination regarding the 

requirement for review and approval of 

natural gas well development projects 

targeting the Antes, Burket, Geneseo, 

Mandata, Middlesex, Needmore, or 

Rhinestreet shale formations. 

DATES: April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 1721 N. Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17102–2391. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel, 

telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 306; fax: 

(717) 238–2436; e-mail: rcairo@srbc.net; 

or Thomas W. Beauduy, Deputy 

Executive Director, telephone: (717) 

238–0423, ext. 305; fax: (717) 238–2436; 

e-mail: tbeauduy@srbc.net. Regular mail 

inquiries may be sent to the above 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

21, 2011, Executive Director Paul O. 

Swartz issued the following 

determination: Pursuant to my authority 

under 18 CFR §§ 806.4(a)(8) and 806.5, 

I hereby determine that natural gas well 

development projects involving a 

withdrawal, diversion or consumptive 

use of water and targeting the Antes, 

Burket, Geneseo, Mandata, Middlesex, 

Needmore, or Rhinestreet shale 

formations shall be subject to the review 

and approval of the Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’). 

These projects shall be in addition to 

and shall not affect any other gas well 

development projects targeting the 

Marcellus or Utica shale formations that 

the Commission has already determined 

to be subject to review and approval by 

prior determination or rulemaking 

action. 

Any project sponsor proposing to 

initiate a gas well development 

project(s) targeting any of the shale 

formations subject to this determination 

that involves a withdrawal, diversion or 

consumptive use of water, regardless of 

quantity, is directed to submit an 

application requesting review and 

approval in accordance with 18 CFR 

part 806. All existing ‘‘Approvals by 

Rule’’ (ABRs) issued by the Commission 

under 18 CFR 806.22(f), are hereby 

modified to subject any natural gas well 

development activity targeting such 

shale formations to the terms and 

conditions thereof. 

This determination may be appealed 

to the Commission within thirty (30) 

days of receipt of this notice in the 

manner described by 18 CFR 808.2. 

Dated: April 21, 2011. 

Paul O. Swartz, 

Executive Director. 

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