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and supplemental materials to be 

submitted by applicants. Application 

form instructions specify requirements 

imposed upon the agency when 

reviewing applicants as potential 

council members or alternates, 

including the need to assess potential 

conflicts of interest (or other issues) and 

the applicant’s status as a federallyregistered lobbyist. Specific questions 

posed to applicants have been 

reordered, reworded and, at times, 

condensed to improve the organization 

of applicant responses and, thereby, 

simplify the applicant review process. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions, 

Federal government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental 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 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6227 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: Minority Business 

Development Agency. 

Title: Minority Enterprise 

Development (MED) Week Awards 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0640–0025. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours Per Response: 2. 

Burden Hours: 200. 

Needs and Uses: One of MBDA’s 

largest initiatives is the annual National 

Minority Enterprise Development (MED) 

Week Conference. The MED Week 

Conference recognizes the role that 

minority entrepreneurs play in building 

the American economy through the 

creation of jobs, products and services, 

in addition to supporting their local 

communities. The MED Week 

Conference includes stakeholders from 

the public and private sectors and 

provides a venue to discuss critical 

business issues affecting minority 

business, as well as strategies to foster 

the growth and competitiveness of the 

minority business community. The MED 

Week Awards Program is a key element 

of the MED Week Conference as it 

celebrates the outstanding achievements 

of minority entrepreneurs and other 

supporters of the minority business 

community. The MED Week Awards 

Programs has several award categories 

including the Minority Construction 

Firm of the Year, Minority Technology 

Firm of the Year, Minority Supplier 

Distributor of the Year, Advocate of the 

Year, Media Award, Distinguished 

Supplier Diversity Award, Access to 

Capital Awards, Ronald H. Brown 

Leadership Award, and the Abe Venable 

Award for Lifetime Achievement. 

Nominations for these awards are open 

to the public. MBDA must collect two 

kinds of information: (a) Information 

identifying the nominee and nominator; 

and (b) information explaining why the 

nominee should be given the award. 

The information will be used to 

determine those applicants that best 

meet the preannounced selection 

criterion. Use of a nomination form 

standardizes and limits the information 

collected as part of the nomination 

process. This makes the competition fair 

and eases the burden of applicants and 

reviewers. Participation in the MED 

Week Awards Program is voluntary and 

the awards are strictly honorary. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business or other for- profit 

organizations, not-for-profit institutions, 

and federal, state, local or tribal 

governments. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, 

(202) 395–5887. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental 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 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6228 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1818] 

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 71; 

Windsor Locks, CT 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Economic and Industrial 

Development Commission of Windsor 

Locks, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 

71, submitted an application to the 

Board for authority to expand FTZ 71 to 

include a site in East Granby/Windsor, 

Connecticut, within the Hartford 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry (FTZ Docket 47–2011, filed 7/5/ 

2011); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 40688–40689, 7/11/ 

2011) and the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 71 is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.28. 


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