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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Approval of SGS North America, Inc., 

as a Commercial Gauger 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of approval of SGS North 

America, Inc., as a commercial gauger. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13, SGS North 

America, Inc., 6624 Langley Dr., Baton 

Rouge, LA 70809, has been approved to 

gauge petroleum, petroleum products, 

organic chemicals and vegetable oils for 

customs purposes, in accordance with 

the provisions of 19 CFR 151.13. 

Anyone wishing to employ this entity to 

conduct gauger services should request 

and receive written assurances from the 

entity that it is approved by the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

conduct the specific gauger service 

requested. Alternatively, inquires 

regarding the specific gauger service this 

entity is approved to perform may be 

directed to the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. 

The inquiry may also be sent to 

cbp.labhq@dhs.gov. Please reference the 

Web site listed below for a complete 

listing of CBP approved gaugers and 

accredited laboratories. 

http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/ 

operations_support/ 

labs_scientific_svcs/ 

commercial_gaugers/ 

DATES: The approval of SGS North 

America, Inc., as commercial gauger 

became effective on August 23, 2011. 

The next triennial inspection date will 

be scheduled for August 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Cassata, Laboratories and 

Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Suite 1500N, Washington, 

DC 20229, 202–344–1060. 

Dated: February 21, 2012. 

Ira S. Reese, 

Executive Director, Laboratories and 

Scientific Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5101 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5607–N–03] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request: 

Multifamily Housing Procedures for 

Projects Affected by PresidentiallyDeclared Disasters 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 1, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Reports Liaison Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, 

Washington, DC 20410; room 9120 or 

number for the Federal Information 

Relay Service (1–800–877–8339). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeremy Bates, Housing Program 

Manager, Office of Asset Management, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–6608 (this is not a toll free number) 

for copies of the proposed forms and 

other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection 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; (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 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Multifamily 

Housing Procedures for Projects 

Affected by Presidentially-Declared 

Disasters. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–0582. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

purpose of this information collection is 

to ensure that owners follow HUD 

procedures, as laid out in HUD Housing 

Handbook 4350.1, chapter 38, regarding 

recovery efforts after a Presidentiallydeclared disaster. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

None. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The number of 

burden hours is estimated to be 1,067. 

The number of respondents is 577, the 

frequency of response is 1, the number 

of responses is based on the average 

number of declared disasters within the 

last three years (averaged at 79 per year), 

and the total burden hours per response 

is 13.5. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is a revised collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Acting General Deputy Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5127 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5601–N–09] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 


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20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4699 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2012–N048; 

FXIA16710900000P5–123–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Marine 

Mammals; Receipt of Applications for 

Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species, marine mammals, 

or both. With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) prohibit activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

April 2, 2012. We must receive requests 

for marine mammal permit public 

hearings, in writing, at the address 

shown in the ADDRESSES section by 

April 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; 

fax (703) 358–2280; or email 

DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), along with Executive Order 13576, 

‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 

Accountable Government,’’ and the 

President’s Memorandum for the Heads 

of Executive Departments and Agencies 

of January 21, 2009—Transparency and 

Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 

26, 2009), which call on all Federal 

agencies to promote openness and 

transparency in Government by 

disclosing information to the public, we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

Under the MMPA, you may request a 

hearing on any MMPA application 

received. If you request a hearing, give 

specific reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Service Director. 

III. Permit Applications 

A. Endangered Species 

Applicant: University of Tennessee, 

College of Veterinary Medicine, 

Knoxville, TN; PRT–60971A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import biological samples from 3 

captive born cheetahs (Acinonyx 

jubatus) for the purpose of scientific 

research on the incidence of feline 

infectious peritonitis in the cheetahs at 

the Toronto Zoo, Ontario, Canada. 

Applicant: Mountain Gorilla Veterinary 

Project, Baltimore, MD; PRT–117181 

The applicant requests renewal of a 

permit to import biological samples 

from wild and captive-held Eastern 

Gorilla (Gorilla beringei), Western 

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), bonobo (Pan 

paniscus), chimpanzee (Pan 

troglodytes), and L’hoest’s monkey 

(Cercopithecus lhostei) for the purpose 

of scientific research to determine the 

presence and/or prevalence of infectious 

diseases within and between these 

species in Rwanda, Uganda, and the 

Democratic Republic of the Congo. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Birds N Beasts Inc., Las 

Vegas, NV; PRT–62008A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

purchase in interstate commerce one 


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