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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 54 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Notice of Public Meetings of 

Committees of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

three public meetings: two public 

meetings of the Committee on 

Regulation and one public meeting of 

the Committee on Adjudication of the 

Assembly of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States. Notice 

is also given of the cancellation of one 

public meeting of the Committee on 

Regulation. At these meetings, the 

committees will consider draft reports 

and recommendations. 

DATES: Committee on Regulation: 

Wednesday April 4, 2012, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. and Thursday, May 3, 2012, 

from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that 

the Committee on Regulation’s meeting 

that was previously scheduled to take 

place on Wednesday, April 18 from 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m. is hereby cancelled. 

Committee on Adjudication: Thursday 

April 5, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

1120 20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reeve T. Bull (Committee on 

Regulation) or Funmi E. Olorunnipa 

(Committee on Adjudication), 

Designated Federal Officers, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, 1120 20th Street NW., 

Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2080; Email 

rbull@acus.gov or 

folorunnipa@acus.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Complete 

details regarding the committee 

meetings, the nature of the projects, how 

to attend (including information about 

remote access and obtaining special 

accommodations for persons with 

disabilities), and how to submit 

comments to each committee can be 

found on the Conference’s Web site, at 

http://www.acus.gov. Click on 

‘‘Research,’’ then on ‘‘Committee 

Meetings.’’ 

Comments may be submitted by email 

to Comments@acus.gov, with the name 

of the appropriate committee in the 

subject line, or by postal mail to the 

appropriate committee at the address 

given below. 

Committee on Regulation 

The April 18, 2012 meeting of the 

Committee on Regulation, which was 

previously announced in the February 

6, 2012 Federal Register (77 FR 5755), 

has been cancelled, and two additional 

meetings have been scheduled for April 

4 and May 3, 2012. The Science in the 

Administrative Process project, which 

was scheduled to be discussed at the 

April 18 meeting, will be postponed, 

with additional meetings likely to take 

place in the fall of 2012. At the 

upcoming meetings, the Committee on 

Regulation will consider a report and set 

of draft recommendations dealing with 

regulatory analysis requirements. The 

report, authored by Curtis W. Copeland, 

analyzes the various regulatory analysis 

requirements with which agencies must 

comply and offers a set of 

recommendations for streamlining those 

processes. Reeve T. Bull is the 

Designated Federal Officer for this 

committee. More information can be 

found in the ‘‘Research’’ section of the 

Conference’s Web site, at http:// 

www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘Research,’’ 

then on ‘‘Conference Projects,’’ and then 

on ‘‘Review of Regulatory Analysis 

Requirements.’’ 

Committee on Adjudication 

An additional meeting of the 

Committee on Adjudication has been 

scheduled for April 5, 2012. This 

meeting is in addition to the 

Committee’s April 23, 2012 meeting, 

which will occur as scheduled. At the 

meeting, the Committee on 

Adjudication will discuss further a draft 

report on the Immigration Adjudication 

Project and a draft recommendation 

based on the consultants’ report. The 

report, prepared by Professor Lenni B. 

Benson (New York Law School) and 

Russell Wheeler (Brookings Institution), 

presents the findings of a study of 

potential improvements to the 

procedures for immigration 

adjudication. Funmi E. Olorunnipa is 

the Designated Federal Officer for this 

committee. More information can be 

found in the ‘‘About’’ section of the 

Conference’s Web site, at http:// 

www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘About,’’ then 

on ‘‘The Committees,’’ and then on 

‘‘Committee on Adjudication.’’ 

Dated: March 15, 2012. 

David M. Pritzker, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6712 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6110–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental 

Housing Program 2012 Industry 

Forums—Open Teleconference and/or 

Web Conference Meetings 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

series of teleconference and/or web 

conference meetings regarding the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental 

Housing Program, which are scheduled 

to occur during the months of April, 

August, and November of 2012. This 

notice also outlines suggested 

discussion topics for the meetings and 

is intended to notify the general public 

of their opportunity to participate in the 

teleconference and/or web conference 

meetings. 

DATES: The dates and times for the 

teleconference and/or web conference 

meetings will be announced via email to 

parties registered as described below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to register 

for the calls and obtain the call-in 

number, access code, web link and other 

information for any of the public 

teleconferences and/or web conferences 

may contact Monica Cole, Financial and 

Loan Analyst, Multifamily Housing 

Guaranteed Loan Division, Rural 

Development, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, telephone: (202) 720–1251, 

fax: (202) 205–5066, or email: 

monica.cole@wdc.usda.gov. Those who 

request registration less than 15 


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calendar days prior to the date of a 

teleconference and/or web conference 

meetings may not receive notice of that 

teleconference and/or web conference 

meeting, but will receive notice of 

future teleconference and/or web 

conference meetings. The Agency 

expects to accommodate each 

participant’s preferred form of 

participation by telephone or via web 

link. However, if it appears that existing 

capabilities may prevent the Agency 

from accommodating all requests for 

one form of participation, each 

participant will be notified and 

encouraged to consider an alternative 

form of participation. Individuals who 

plan to participate and need language 

translation assistance should inform 

Monica Cole within 10 business days in 

advance of the meeting date. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

objectives of this series of 

teleconferences are as follows: 

• Enhance the effectiveness of the 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental 

Housing Program. 

• Establish a two-way 

communications forum to update 

industry participants and Rural Housing 

Service (RHS) staff. 

• Enhance RHS’ awareness of the 

market and other forces that impact the 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental 

Housing Program. 

Topics to be discussed could include, 

but will not be limited to, the following: 

• Updates on USDA’s Section 538 

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing 

Program activities. 

• Perspectives on the current state of 

debt financing and its impact on the 

Section 538 program. 

• Enhancing the use of Section 538 

financing with the transfer and/or 

preservation of Section 515 

developments. 

• The impact of Low Income Housing 

Tax Credits program changes on Section 

538 financing. 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, religion, sexual 

orientation, genetic information, 

political beliefs, reprisal, or because all 

or part of an individual’s income is 

derived from any public assistance 

program. (Not all prohibited bases apply 

to all programs.) Persons with 

disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication of program 

information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TDD). To file a complaint of 

discrimination, write to USDA, 

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., STOP 9410, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410, or call (800) 795–3272 

(voice), or (202) 720–6382 (TDD). 

‘‘USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender.’’ 

Dated: March 11, 2012. 

Tammye Trevin ̃ o, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6607 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the emergency 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration (ITA). 

Title: Interim Procedures for 

Considering Requests under the 

Commercial Availability Provision of 

the United States-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Type of Request: Emergency 

submission (new information 

collection). 

Burden Hours: 89. 

Number of Respondents: 16. 

Average Hours per Response: 8 hours 

for Request for Commercial Availability 

Determination; 2 hours for Response to 

a Request; and 1 hour for Rebuttal. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

and Korea negotiated the U.S.-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement (the 

‘‘Agreement’’), which entered into force 

on March 15, 2012. Subject to the rules 

of origin in Annex 4–A of the 

Agreement, pursuant to the provisions 

of the Agreement, textile and apparel 

articles must contain fiber, yarn, and 

fabric produced in Korea or the United 

States to receive duty-free tariff 

treatment. Appendix 4–B–1 of the 

Agreement will contain a list of specific 

fiber, yarn, or fabric that either 

importing Party determined, based on 

information supplied by interested 

entities, that the fiber, yarn, or fabric is 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner in its territory, or if 

no interested entity objects to the 

request. Textile and apparel articles 

containing these fibers, yarns, or fabrics 

would also be entitled to duty-free or 

preferential duty treatment despite not 

being produced in Korea or the United 

States. 

The list of commercially unavailable 

fibers, yarns, and fabrics may be 

changed pursuant to the commercial 

availability provision in Chapter 4, 

Annex 4–B, Paragraphs 1–13 of the 

Agreement. Under this provision, 

interested entities from the United 

States or Korea have the right to request 

that a specific fiber, yarn, or fabric be 

added to, or removed from, the list of 

commercially unavailable fibers, yarns, 

and fabrics in Appendix 4–B–1. 

Section 202(o)(3) of the Act provides 

that the President may modify the list of 

fibers, yarns and fabrics in Appendix 4– 

B–1 by determining whether additional 

fibers, yarns, or fabrics are not available 

in commercial quantities in a timely 

manner in the United States, and that 

the President will issue procedures 

governing the submission of requests 

and providing an opportunity for 

interested entities to submit comments. 

The President delegated the 

responsibility for publishing the 

procedures and administering 

commercial availability requests to the 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements (CITA), which 

issues procedures and acts on requests 

through the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel (OTEXA). OTEXA was unable 

to publish these procedures earlier and 

is requesting an emergency review of 

the information collection and 

procedures from the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

CITA must collect information about 

fiber, yarn or fabric technical 

specifications and the production 

capabilities of U.S. textile producers to 

determine whether certain fibers, yarns, 

or fabrics are available in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner in the 

United States, subject to Section 

202(o)(3) of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, 

(202) 395–3647. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Department Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

April 16, 2012 to Wendy Liberante, 


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