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Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden remains 97,260 hours a year. 

2. Title: Ballast Water Management for 

Vessels with Ballast Tanks Entering U.S. 

Waters. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0069. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Owners and operators 

of certain vessels. 

Abstract: This collection requires the 

master of a vessel to provide 

information that details the vessel 

operator’s ballast water management 

efforts. Forms: CG–5662. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden remains 60,727 hours a year. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: December 23, 2011. 

R.E. Day, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant 

Commandant for Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–400 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0011] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee: Intercessional Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Working Group Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee 

(MERPAC) will conduct an 

intercessional meeting to facilitate 

working group discussion of Task 

Statement 76, entitled ‘‘Review of 

Performance Measures (Assessment 

Criteria),’’ and Task Statement 77, 

entitled ‘‘Development of Performance 

Measures (Assessment Criteria).’’ This 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: A MERPAC working group will 

meet on January 31, 2012, from 8 a.m. 

until 5 p.m., and on February 1, 2012, 

from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please note that 

the meeting may adjourn early if all 

business is finished. Written comments 

to be distributed to working group 

members and placed on MERPAC’s Web 

site are due by January 20, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The working group will 

meet at the STAR Center, 2 West Dixie 

Highway, Dania Beach, FL 33004–4312. 

For further information about the STAR 

Center hotel facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance, contact Mr. 

Graeme Holman at (954) 920–3222. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the work 

group, which are listed in the ‘‘Agenda’’ 

section below. Written comments must 

be identified by Docket No. USCG– 

2012–0011 and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

(preferred method to avoid delays in 

processing). 

• Fax: (202) 372–1918. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is (202) 366–9329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. You may review a Privacy Act 

notice regarding our public dockets in 

the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read documents or comments related to 

this notice, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

This notice may be viewed in our 

online docket, USCG–2012–0011, at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rogers Henderson, Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer of MERPAC, telephone 

(202) 372–1408. If you have any 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 

MERPAC is an advisory committee 

authorized under section 871 of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Title 6, 

United States Code, section 451, and 

chartered under the provisions of the 

FACA. The Committee will act solely in 

an advisory capacity to the Secretary of 

the Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) through the Commandant of the 

Coast Guard and the Director of 

Commercial Regulations and Standards 

on matters relating to personnel in the 

U.S. merchant marine, including but not 

limited to training, qualifications, 

certification, documentation, and fitness 

standards. The Committee will advise, 

consult with, and make 

recommendations reflecting its 

independent judgment to the Secretary. 

Agenda 

Day 1 

The agenda for the January 31, 2012, 

working group meeting is as follows: 

(1) Review existing performance 

measures and develop new performance 

measures which can be used to assess 

mariner competencies listed in the 

International Convention on Standards 

of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 

1978 as amended; 

(2) Public comment period; 

(3) Discuss and prepare proposed 

recommendations for the full committee 

to consider with regards to Task 

Statement 76, concerning the review of 

existing performance measures which 

can be used to assess mariner 

competencies listed in the STCW, and 

Task Statement 77, concerning the 

development of new performance 

measures which can be used to assess 

mariner competencies in the STCW 

(these task statements are included as 

supplemental material to the docket); 

and 

(4) Adjournment of meeting. 

Day 2 

The agenda for the February 1, 2012, 

working group meeting is as follows: 

(1) Continue discussion on proposed 

recommendations; 

(2) Public comment period; 

(3) Discuss and prepare final 

recommendations for the full committee 

to consider with regards to Task 

Statement 76, concerning the review of 

existing performance measures which 

can be used to assess mariner 

competencies listed in the STCW, and 

Task Statement 77, concerning the 

development of new performance 

measures which can be used to assess 

mariner competencies in the STCW 

(these task statements are included as 

supplemental material to the docket); 

and 

(4) Adjournment of meeting. 

Procedural: A copy of all meeting 

documentation is available at the 

https://www.fido.gov Web site or by 

contacting Rogers Henderson. Once you 

have accessed the MERPAC Committee 

page, click on the meetings tab and then 

the ‘‘View’’ button for the meeting dated 

January 31–February 1, 2012 to access 

the information for this meeting. 


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Minutes will be available 90 days after 

this meeting. Both minutes and 

documents related to this meeting can 

also be found at an alternative site using 

the following Web address: https:// 

homeport.uscg.mil and use these key 

strokes: Missions; Port and Waterways 

Safety; Advisory Committees; MERPAC; 

and then use the event key. 

A public oral comment period will be 

held during the working group meeting. 

Speakers are requested to limit their 

comments to 3 minutes. Please note that 

the public oral comment period may 

end before the prescribed ending time 

indicated following the last call for 

comments. Contact Rogers Henderson as 

indicated above to register as a speaker. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

F.J. Sturm, 

Deputy Director of Commercial Regulations 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2012–399 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0041; OMB No. 

1660–0070] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request, National Fire 

Department Census 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a proposed revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

use of a form to collect data for the 

development and continuation of the 

National Fire Department Census. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please use 

only one of the following means to 

submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2011–0041. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to 

Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of 

Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street 

SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 20472– 

3100. 

(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to 

(703) 483–2999. 

(4) Email. Submit comments to 

FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include Docket 

ID FEMA–2011–0041 in the subject line. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy Act notice that is available via 

the link in the footer of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gayle Kelch, Statistician, United States 

Fire Administration, National Fire Data 

Center, (301) 447–1154 for additional 

information. You may contact the 

Records Management Division for 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information at facsimile number (202) 

646–3347 or email address: FEMAInformation-CollectionsManagement@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 93–498 provides for the gathering 

and analyzing of data as deemed useful 

and applicable for fire departments. The 

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) 

receives many requests from fire service 

organizations and the general public for 

information related to fire departments, 

including total number of departments, 

number of stations per department, 

population protected, and number of 

firefighters. The USFA also has a need 

for this information to guide 

programmatic decisions, and produce 

mailing lists for USFA publications. 

Recommendations for the creation of the 

fire department census database came 

out of a Blue Ribbon Panel’s review of 

the USFA. The report included a review 

of the structure, mission, and funding of 

the USFA, future policies, programmatic 

needs, course development and 

delivery, and the role of the USFA to 

reflect changes in the fire service. As a 

result of those recommendations, the 

USFA is working to identify all fire 

departments in the United States to 

develop a database that will include 

information related to demographics, 

capabilities, and activities of fire 

departments Nationwide. 

In the first year of this effort, 

information was collected from 16,000 

fire departments. Since the first year of 

the collection, an additional 10,500 

departments have registered with the 

census for a total of 26,500 fire 

departments. This leaves an estimated 

3,500 departments still to respond. 

Additionally, about 5,300 current 

census registered departments are 

contacted by USFA each year and are 

asked to provide updates to any 

previously submitted information. 

Collection of Information 

Title: National Fire Department 

Census. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0070. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 070–0–0–1, National Fire 

Department Census. 

Abstract: This collection seeks to 

identify fire departments in the United 

States to compile and update a database 

related to their demographics, 

capabilities, and activities. The database 

is used to guide programmatic decisions 

and provide information to the public 

and the fire service. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,342 hours. 

Type of respondent Form name/Form 

number 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Avg. burden per response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

State, Local, or Tribal 

(career).

National Fire Department Census/ 

FEMA Form 070– 

0–0–1.

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