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USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to 

all programs.) Persons with disabilities 

who require alternative means for 

communication of program information 

(Braille, large print, or audiotape.) 

should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

202–720–2600 (voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Done at Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2012. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6895 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–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: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Northeast Region Surfclam and 

Ocean Quahog Individual Transfer 

Quota (ITQ) Administration. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0240. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 170. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application to shuck at sea, 30 minutes; 

individual transferable quota (ITQ) 

allocation or cage tag transfer, 5 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 33. 

Needs and Uses: National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast 

Region manages the Atlantic surfclam 

and ocean quahog fisheries of the 

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the 

Northeastern United States through the 

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council prepared the FMP pursuant to 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The 

regulations implementing the FMP are 

specified at 50 CFR part 648.70. 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at § 648.74 and § 648.75 

form the basis for this collection of 

information. NMFS Northeast Region 

requests information from Atlantic 

surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ 

allocation holders in order to process 

and track requests from the allocation 

holders to transfer quota allocation to 

another entity. The region also requests 

information from Atlantic surfclam and 

ocean quahog permit holders in order to 

track and properly account for Atlantic 

surfclam and ocean quahog harvest that 

is shucked at sea. Because there is not 

a standard conversion factor for 

estimating unshucked product from 

shucked product, NMFS requires 

vessels that choose to shuck product at 

sea to carry on board the vessel a NMFSapproved observer to certify the amount 

of Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog 

harvested. This information, upon 

receipt, results in an increasingly more 

efficient and accurate database for 

management and monitoring of fisheries 

of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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 16, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6868 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

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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: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Current Population Survey, June 

Fertility Supplement. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0610. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 500. 

Number of Respondents: 30,000. 

Average Hours Per Response: 1 

minute. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

request for review is to obtain clearance 

for the supplemental inquiry concerning 

fertility to be conducted biennially in 

conjunction with the June Current 

Population Survey (CPS). 

The 2012 Fertility Supplement will 

ask fertility questions and questions on 

marital and cohabitation status of 

females 15–50 years of age. The new 

questions on marital and cohabitation 

status will provide additional 

information about mothers’ living 

arrangements at the time of the first 

birth. The June Fertility Supplements, 

June 2010 and 2008, both asked women 

about the birth of the last child, which 

differ from the June 1998 and the June 

1995 supplements because they only 

included fertility items. The 1998 

supplement contained fertility and birth 

expectations items. The 1995 

supplement contained fertility and 

marital history items. 

The data collected from this 

supplement are used primarily by 

government and private analysts to 

project future population growth, to 

analyze childbearing patterns, and to 

assist policymakers in making decisions 

that are affected by changes in family 

size and composition. Past studies have 

documented profound changes to 

historical patterns that have occurred in 

fertility rates, family structures, 

premarital births, and the timing of the 

first birth. The data collected from the 

new questions on marital and 

cohabitation status will be used by 

government and private analysts to 

analyze mother’s living situations at the 

time of the first birth; the data will also 

fill a need for information that is not 

available in other Census Bureau 

surveys. 

The CPS characteristics, such as 

family income, household relationships, 


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