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development of an ongoing, sustainable 

national assessment of global change 

impacts and adaptation and mitigation 

strategies for the Nation. Within the 

scope of its mission, the committee’s 

specific objective is to produce a 

National Climate Assessment. 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Terry Bevels, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer/Chief 

Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7253 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Annual Survey of 

School System Finances (Formerly 

Named Annual Survey of Local 

Government Finances—School 

Systems) 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, 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 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before May 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to 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). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Jeremy Phillips, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Governments Division, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233–6800; (301) 763–5653. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Census Bureau 

plans to request an extension to the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget clearance for the Annual Survey 

of School System Finances. 

The Annual Survey of School System 

Finances is the only comprehensive 

source of public elementary-secondary 

school system finance data collected on 

a nationwide scale using uniform 

definitions, concepts, and procedures. 

The collection covers the revenues, 

expenditures, debt, and assets of all 

public elementary-secondary school 

systems. This data collection has been 

coordinated with the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES). The NCES 

uses this collection to satisfy its need for 

school finance data. 

Fiscal data provided by respondents 

aid data users in measuring the 

effectiveness of resource allocation. The 

products of this data collection make it 

possible for data users to search a single 

database to obtain information on such 

things as per pupil expenditures and the 

percent of state, local, and federal 

funding for each school system. 

Elementary-secondary education related 

spending is the single largest financial 

activity of state and local governments. 

Education finance statistics provided by 

the Census Bureau allow for analyses of 

how public elementary-secondary 

school systems receive their funding 

and how they are spending their funds. 

The forms and survey announcement 

used in the school finance portion of the 

survey are: 

F–33 Survey Announcement. This 

letter is mailed electronically at the 

beginning of each survey period to 

solicit the assistance of the state 

education agencies. It establishes the 

conditions by which the state education 

agencies provide their school finance 

data to the Census Bureau. 

Form F–33. This form contains item 

descriptions and definitions of the 

elementary-secondary education finance 

items collected jointly by the Census 

Bureau and NCES. It is used primarily 

as a worksheet and instruction guide by 

the state education agencies providing 

school finance data centrally for the 

school systems in their respective states. 

All states supply their data by electronic 

means. Revisions to this survey include 

the removal of the data item collecting 

Title V, Part A (Innovative Programs) 

revenue. (Funding for this federal 

program ended on September 30, 2009.) 

There may also be the removal of three 

data items collecting data for the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act funds. Once states are no longer 

able to collect or expend American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, 

those data items will be removed from 

the collection. The data items were 

added as non-substantial changes to the 

data collection after the previous OMB 

clearance, and collection began with 

fiscal year 2009 data. 

Form F–33–L1. This is a supplemental 

form sent directly to school systems in 

states where the state education 

agencies cannot provide information on 

the assets of individual school systems. 

School systems have the choice to 

submit their data via paper, fax, or 

Internet. 

Form F–33–L2. This is a supplemental 

form sent directly to school systems in 

states where the state education agency 

cannot provide information on the 

indebtedness of individual school 

systems. School systems have the choice 

to submit their data via paper, fax, or 

Internet. 

Form F–33–L3. This is a supplemental 

form sent directly to school systems in 

states where the state education agency 

cannot provide information on both 

indebtedness and assets. This letter 

combines the items requested on the 

forms F–33–L1 and F–33–L2. School 

systems have the choice to submit their 

data via paper, fax, or Internet. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau collects almost all 

of the finance data for local school 

systems from state education agency 

databases through central collection 

arrangements with the state education 

agencies. The states transfer most of this 

information in electronic format over 

the Internet via file transfer protocol. 

The Census Bureau has facilitated 

central collection of school system 

finance data by accepting data in 

multiple formats. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0700. 

Form Number: F–33, F–33–L1, F–33– 

L2 and F–33–L3. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,230. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.24 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,990. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$92,229. 

Respondents Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., 

Sections 161 and 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 


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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7118 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 19–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 204—Tri-Cities 

Area, TN/VA; Application for 

Reorganization Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Tri-Cities Airport 

Commission, grantee of FTZ 204, 

requesting authority to reorganize the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 

(74 FR 1170, 

1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/ 

09); 75 FR 71069–71070, 

11/22/10). The ASF is an option for 

grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of general-purpose zones 

and can permit significantly greater 

flexibility in the designation of new 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a general-purpose zone project. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally filed on March 20, 

2012. 

FTZ 204 was approved by the Board 

on October 18, 1994 (Board Order 706, 

59 FR 54432, 10/31/94) and expanded 

on June 7, 2002 (Board Order 1233, 67 

FR 41393–41394, 06/18/02) and on June 

22, 2010 (Board Order 1691, 75 FR 

38979–38980). 

The current zone project includes the 

following sites: Site 1 (977 acres, expires 

6/30/15)—Tri-Cities Regional Airport 

complex, 2525 Highway 75, Blountville, 

Sullivan County, TN; Site 2 (26 acres, 

expires 6/30/15)—Johnson City 

Chemical Company, 402 Steel Street, 

Johnson City, Washington County, TN; 

Site 3 (330 acres, expires 6/30/15)— 

Northeast Tennessee Business Park, 

intersection of TN 357 and Highway 75, 

Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN; Site 4 

(129 acres, expires 6/30/15)—Bristol 

Tennessee Industrial Park, SR394, 

Bristol, Sullivan County, TN; Site 5 (799 

acres)—Tri-County Industrial Park, 

Industrial Park Road, Piney Flats, 

Sullivan County, TN; Site 6 (206 acres, 

6/30/15)—Regional Med-Tech Center, 

Med-Tech Parkway, Johnson City, 

Washington County, TN; Site 7 (103 

acres, expires 6/30/15)—Linden/ 

Hairston Industrial Park, Linden Drive 

at Bonham Road, Bristol, Washington 

County, VA; Site 8 (2,100 acres, expires 

6/30/15)—Holston Business and 

Technology Park, 4509 West Stone 

Drive, Kingsport, Hawkins County, TN; 

Site 9 (134 acres, expires 6/30/15)— 

Washington County Industrial Park, 

Cherry Hill Road, Johnson City, 

Washington County, TN; Site 10 (113 

acres, expires 8/31/12)—Oak Park 

Industrial Park, Westinghouse Road/Rt. 

11, Washington County, VA; and, Site 

11 (226 acres, expires 6/30/17)—The 

Partnership Park II, 2504 Weaver Pike, 

Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be the Counties of 

Sullivan, Hawkins, Greene, Washington, 

Unicoi, Carter, Hamblen, and Johnson, 

Tennessee and the Counties of 

Buchanan, Dickenson, Wise, Lee, 

Russell, Scott and Washington, Virginia 

and the Cities of Norton and Bristol, 

Virginia as described in the application. 

If approved, the grantee would be able 

to serve sites throughout the service area 

based on companies’ needs for FTZ 

designation. The proposed service area 

is within/adjacent to the Tri-Cities 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone project 

under the ASF as follows: Sites 1 

through 11 would become magnet sites. 

The ASF allows for the possible 

exemption of one magnet site from the 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally 

apply to sites under the ASF, and the 

applicant proposes that proposed 

magnet Site 1 be so exempted. Because 

the ASF only pertains to establishing or 

reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the 

application would have no impact on 

FTZ 204’s authorized subzone. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is May 25, 2012. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to June 11, 2012. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. For further information, contact 

Kathleen Boyce at 

Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or (202) 482– 

1346. 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7275 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 20–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 151—Findlay, OH; 

Application for Reorganization Under 

Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Findlay/Hancock 

County Chamber of Commerce, grantee 

of FTZ 151, requesting authority to 

reorganize the zone under the 

alternative site framework (ASF) 

adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 

1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 

1/22/09); 75 FR 71069–71070, 11/22/ 

10). The ASF is an option for grantees 

for the establishment or reorganization 

of general-purpose zones and can permit 

significantly greater flexibility in the 

designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ 

sites for operators/users located within 

a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context 

of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre 

activation limit for a general-purpose 

zone project. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on March 20, 2012. 


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