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institutions, and human rights 

communities. 

Board members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time federal 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall 

serve as special government employee 

members. With the exception of travel 

and per diem for official Board related 

travel, Board members shall serve 

without compensation. 

The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Board members for 

one to four year terms of service; 

however, no member, unless authorized 

by the Secretary of Defense, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service. This same term of service 

limitation also applies to any DoD 

authorized subcommittees. 

Whenever possible, appointments 

shall be staggered to avoid complete 

turnover of the Board’s membership at 

one time. In addition, the Board may be 

assisted by non-voting subject matter 

experts or consultants. These 

consultants are designated at the request 

of the Board by the Secretary of the 

Army with the concurrence of the 

Secretary of Defense. 

Each Board member is appointed to 

provide advice on behalf of the 

government on the basis of his or her 

best judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

The Department, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures may 

establish subcommittees deemed 

necessary to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense or the advisory 

committee’s sponsor. Such 

subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Board; nor can any 

subcommittee or its members update or 

report directly to the Department of 

Defense or any Federal officers or 

employees. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members; that is, the Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Board member. 

Subcommittee members, with the 

approval of the Secretary of Defense, 

may serve a term of service on the 

subcommittee of one to four years; 

however, no member shall serve more 

than two consecutive terms of service 

on the subcommittee. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall 

serve as special government employees, 

whose appointments must be renewed 

by the Secretary of Defense on an 

annual basis. With the exception of 

travel and per diem for official Board 

related travel, subcommittee members 

shall serve without compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b), governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD 

policies/procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Board’s 

Chairperson. The estimated number of 

Board meetings is one per year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Board and subcommittee meetings 

for the entire duration of each and every 

meeting; however, in the absence of the 

Designated Federal Officer, the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend the entire duration of the 

Board or subcommittee meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Board of Visitors for the 

Western Hemisphere Institute for 

Security Cooperation membership about 

the Board’s mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meeting of Board of 

Visitors for the Western Hemisphere 

Institute for Security Cooperation. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Board of Visitors for the 

Western Hemisphere Institute for 

Security Cooperation, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Board of 

Visitors for the Western Hemisphere 

Institute for Security Cooperation 

Designated Federal Officer can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Board of Visitors for the Western 

Hemisphere Institute for Security 

Cooperation. The Designated Federal 

Officer, at that time, may provide 

additional guidance on the submission 

of written statements that are in 

response to the stated agenda for the 

planned meeting in question. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement for Military Readiness 

Activities in the Northwest Training 

and Testing Study Area and To 

Announce Public Scoping Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations Parts 1500–1508), and 

Executive Order 12114, the Department 

of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS)/Overseas 

Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) 

to assess the potential environmental 

impacts associated with training and 

testing military readiness activities 

conducted in the Northwest Training 

and Testing (NWTT) Study Area (Study 

Area). The Study Area is composed of 

established maritime operating and 

warning areas in the eastern north 

Pacific Ocean region, located adjacent to 

the Northwest coast of the United 

States, to include the Strait of Juan de 

Fuca, Puget Sound, and the Behm canal 

in southeastern Alaska. The Study Area 

includes four existing range complexes 

and facilities: The Northwest Training 

Range Complex (NWTRC), the Naval 

Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) 

Keyport Range Complex, Carr Inlet 

Operations Area, and the Southeast 

Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility 

(SEAFAC). In addition to these range 

complexes, the Study Area also includes 


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pierside locations on Navy bases where 

sonar maintenance and testing occurs 

within the Study Area, and inland 

waters that are not part of the range 

complexes, where training and testing 

may occur. 

The DoN is preparing this EIS/OEIS to 

renew current federal regulatory permits 

and authorizations, address proposed, 

future training and testing activities not 

covered under existing permits and 

authorizations (such as those activities 

proposed to be conducted in the Carr 

Inlet Operations Area), and include new 

platforms and weapons systems training 

and testing requirements. 

The DoN will invite the National 

Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service to be 

cooperating agencies in preparation of 

this EIS and OEIS pursuant to 40 CFR 

1501.6. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Nine public 

scoping meetings will be held between 

5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on: 

• Tuesday, March 13, 2012. 

Oak Harbor School District Office, 

Administrative Services Center 

Board Room, 350 S. Oak Harbor 

Street, Oak Harbor, Washington 

98277. 

• Wednesday, March 14, 2012. 

Quilcene School District 

Multipurpose Room, 294715 U.S. 

Highway 101, Quilcene, 

Washington, 98376. 

• Thursday, March 15, 2012. 

Central Kitsap High School Cafeteria, 

3700 NW Anderson Hill Road, 

Silverdale, Washington 98383. 

• Friday, March 16, 2012. 

Grays Harbor College HUB, 1620 

Edward P. Smith Drive, Aberdeen, 

Washington 98520. 

• Monday, March 19, 2012. 

Tillamook County Fairgrounds 

Auditorium, 4603 East 3rd Street, 

Tillamook, Oregon 97141. 

• Tuesday, March 20, 2012. 

Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 

SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, 

Oregon 97365. 

• Thursday, March 22, 2012. 

Eureka Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina 

Way, Eureka, California 95501. 

• Friday, March 23, 2012. 

Fort Bragg Town Hall, 363 North 

Main Street, Fort Bragg, California 

95437. 

• Tuesday, March 27, 2012. 

Ted Ferry Civic Center, 888 Venetia 

Way, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901. 

Each of the nine scoping meetings 

will consist of an informal, open house 

session with information stations staffed 

by DoN representatives. Comments will 

be accepted from the public at all 

scoping meetings. Meeting details will 

be announced in local newspapers. 

Additional information concerning 

meeting times will be available on the 

EIS/OEIS web page located at: http:// 

www.NWTTEIS.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kimberly Kler, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command, Northwest. 

Attention: NWTT EIS/OEIS, 1101 

Tautog Circle, Suite 203, Silverdale, 

Washington 98315–1101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN’s 

Proposed Action is to conduct training 

and testing activities, primarily within 

existing range complexes, operating 

areas, testing ranges, and select Navy 

pierside locations located in the 

Northwest. 

The Study Area combines the at-sea 

portions (air and sea space) of the 

following range complexes that were 

previously analyzed under NEPA: The 

NWTRC and the NUWC Keyport Range 

Complex. The Study Area also includes 

Navy piers within Puget Sound where 

sonar maintenance and testing occurs, 

Carr Inlet Operations Area, and 

SEAFAC. 

The air and sea space component of 

the NWTRC includes the area off the 

coast of Washington, Oregon, and 

northern California—out to 

approximately 250 nautical miles, 

specific training areas within the Strait 

of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound, and 

the Olympic Military Operations Areas. 

The NUWC Range Complex is 

composed of three geographically 

distinct range sites; two within Puget 

Sound and one in the Pacific Ocean. 

The Keyport Range Site is located in 

Kitsap County and includes portions of 

Liberty Bay and Port Orchard Reach 

(also known as Port Orchard Narrows). 

The Dabob Bay Range Complex Site is 

located in Hood Canal and Dabob Bay, 

in Jefferson, Mason, and Kitsap 

counties. The Quinault Underwater 

Tracking Range Site is located in the 

Pacific Ocean off the coast of Jefferson 

and Grays Harbor Counties in 

Washington. 

The Carr Inlet Operations Area is 

located in southern Puget Sound, in an 

arm of water between Key Peninsula 

and Gig Harbor Peninsula. 

The Southeast Alaska Acoustic 

Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) is 

located in the Western Behm Canal in 

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. 

The proposed action is to conduct 

military training and testing activities in 

the Study Area. The purpose of the 

Proposed Action is to achieve and 

maintain military readiness to meet the 

requirements of Title 10 of the U.S. 

Code, thereby ensuring the DoN meets 

its mission to maintain, train and equip 

combat-ready military forces capable of 

winning wars, deterring aggression, and 

maintaining freedom of the seas. 

The alternatives analyzed in the 

NWTT EIS/OEIS are as follows. 

(1) No Action Alternative: Baseline 

training and testing activities, as defined 

by existing DoN environmental 

planning documents, including the 

NWTRC EIS/OEIS and the NUWC 

Keyport Range Complex Extension EIS/ 

OEIS. 

(2) Alternative 1: The alternative 

consists of the No Action alternative, 

plus the all-inclusive Study Area, and 

adjustments to types and levels of 

activities, from the baseline as necessary 

to support current and planned DoN 

training and testing requirements. This 

Alternative considers: 

Æ activities conducted throughout the 

Study Area, including testing activities 

at the Carr Inlet Operations Area and 

SEAFAC. 

Æ mission requirements associated 

with force structure changes, including 

those resulting from the development, 

testing, and ultimate introduction of 

new platforms (ships and aircraft), and 

weapons systems into the fleet. 

(3) Alternative 2: Consists of 

Alternative 1 plus, an increase in the 

tempo of training and testing activities. 

Resource areas that will be addressed 

because of the potential effects from the 

Proposed Action include, but are not 

limited to, ocean and biological 

resources (including marine mammals 

and threatened and endangered 

species), terrestrial resources (including 

threatened and endangered species), 

sediments and water quality, air quality, 

airborne soundscape, cultural resources, 

transportation, regional economy, 

recreation, and public health and safety. 

The scoping process will be used to 

identify community concerns and local 

issues that will be addressed in the EIS/ 

OEIS. Federal agencies, Native 

American Indian Tribes and Nations, 

state agencies, local agencies, the 

public, and interested persons are 

encouraged to provide comments to the 

DoN to identify specific issues or topics 

of environmental concern that the 

commenter believes the DoN should 

consider. 

All comments, provided orally or in 

writing at the scoping meetings, will 

receive the same consideration during 

EIS/OEIS preparation. Written 

comments must be postmarked no later 

than April 16, 2012, and should be 

mailed to: Ms. Kimberly Kler, Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command, 

Northwest, 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 

203, Silverdale, Washington 98315– 

1101, Attention: NWTT EIS/OEIS 

Project Manager. 


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Dated: February 22, 2012. 

J.M. Beal, 

Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. 

Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4458 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The 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 

28, 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 21, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation 

of Teacher and Leader Evaluation 

Systems. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 59. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 891. 

Abstract: This information collection 

package requests clearance to recruit 

districts for a study of a performance 

evaluation system for principals and 

teachers. The study will provide 

important implementation and impact 

information on the kinds of performance 

evaluation systems currently discussed 

in federal policy. Study findings will be 

presented in two reports, one scheduled 

for release in late 2014 and the other in 

late 2015. 

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 04758. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities— 

Educational Materials in Accessible 

Formats for Students With Visual 

Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities— 

Educational Materials in Accessible 

Formats for Students With Visual 

Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.327D. 

DATES:

Applications Available: February 27, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 12, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 11, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program is 

to: (1) Improve results for students with 

disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology; (2) support educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

for students with disabilities; and (3) 

provide support for captioning and 

video description that is appropriate for 

use in the classroom. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 674(c)(1)(D) and 

681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1474(c)(1)(D) and 1481(D)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2012, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 


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