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property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Child Health and Human Development 

Special Emphasis Panel; Mentored PatientOriented Research Career Development 

Application. 

Date: April 19, 2012. 

Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6100 

Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Anne Krey, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Scientific Review, Eunice Kennedy Shriver 

National Institute of Child Health and 

Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive 

Blvd., Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

301–435–6908, ak41o@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research; 

93.865, Research for Mothers and Children; 

93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation 

Research; 93.209, Contraception and 

Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7091 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2012–0082] 

Information Collection Requests to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit 

Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting 

approval of a revision to the following 

collections of information: 1625–0012, 

Certificate of Discharge to Merchant 

Mariners and 1625–0040, Application 

for Merchant Mariner Credential 

(MMC), Merchant Mariner Medical 

Certificate Evaluation Report, Small 

Vessel Sea Service Form, DOT/USCG 

Periodic Drug Testing Form, and 

Merchant Mariner Evaluation of Fitness 

for Entry Level Ratings. Our ICRs 

describe the information we seek to 

collect from the public. Before 

submitting these ICRs to OIRA, the 

Coast Guard is inviting comments as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard on or before May 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2012–0082] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, 

please use only one of the following 

means: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure 

your comments are received in a timely 

manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 

The DMF maintains the public docket 

for this Notice. Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 

documents mentioned in this Notice as 

being available in the docket, will 

become part of the docket and will be 

available for inspection or copying at 

room W12–140 on the West Building 

Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You may also 

find the docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Copies of the ICRs are available 

through the docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Additionally, copies are available from: 

Commandant (CG–611), Attn Paperwork 

Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast 

Guard, 2100 2nd St. SW., STOP 7101, 

Washington, DC 20593–7101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office of 

Information Management, telephone 

202–475–3652, or fax 202–475–3929, for 

questions on these documents. Contact 

Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, 202–366–9826, for 

questions on the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public participation and request for 

comments 

This Notice relies on the authority of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An 

ICR is an application to OIRA seeking 

the approval, extension, or renewal of a 

Coast Guard collection of information 

(Collection). The ICR contains 

information describing the Collection’s 

purpose, the Collection’s likely burden 

on the affected public, an explanation of 

the necessity of the Collection, and 

other important information describing 

the Collections. There is one ICR for 

each Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether these ICRs should be granted 

based on the Collections being 

necessary for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) The practical 

utility of the Collections; (2) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden of the 

Collections; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collections; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collections on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. In response to 

your comments, we may revise these 

ICRs or decide not to seek approval of 

revisions of the collection. We will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

We encourage you to respond to this 

request by submitting comments and 

related materials. Comments must 

contain the OMB Control Number of the 

ICR and the docket number of this 

request, [USCG–2012–0082], and must 

be received by May 22, 2012. We will 

post all comments received, without 

change, to http://www.regulations.gov. 

They will include any personal 

information you provide. We have an 

agreement with DOT to use their DMF. 

Please see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph 

below. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number [USCG– 

2012–0082], indicate the specific 

section of the document to which each 

comment applies, providing a reason for 

each comment. You may submit your 

comments and material online (via 

http://www.regulations.gov), by fax, 

mail, or hand delivery, but please use 

only one of these means. If you submit 

a comment online via 

www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the DMF. We recommend you include 

your name, mailing address, an email 


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address, or other contact information in 

the body of your document so that we 

can contact you if we have questions 

regarding your submission. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by electronic means, mail, fax, 

or delivery to the DMF at the address 

under ADDRESSES; but please submit 

them by only one means. To submit 

your comment online, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and type ‘‘USCG– 

2012–0082’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box. If 

you submit your comments by mail or 

hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2; by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit 

comments by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period and will 

address them accordingly. 

Viewing comments and documents: 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this Notice as 

being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then 

become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2012– 

0082’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. You may also visit the DMF in 

Room W12–140 on the ground floor of 

the DOT West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received in dockets 

by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review a Privacy Act statement 

regarding Coast Guard public dockets in 

the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Information Collection Requests 

1. Title: Certificate of Discharge to 

Merchant Mariners. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0012. 

Summary: Title 46, United States 

Code, 10311 requires each master or 

individual in charge of a vessel, for each 

merchant mariner being discharged 

from the vessel to prepare a Certificate 

of Discharge to Merchant Mariners and 

two copies. These documents are used 

to establish evidence of sea service 

aboard U.S. flagged merchant vessels for 

merchant mariners to upgrade their 

credentials, establish proof of eligibility 

for union and other benefits, and in 

litigation where vessel service is an 

issue. 

Need: The information collected 

provides the U.S. Coast Guard evidence 

of sea service used in determining 

eligibility for issuance of a merchant 

mariner credential, to determine 

eligibility for various benefits such as 

medical and retirement, and to provide 

information to the U.S. Maritime 

Administration (MARAD) on the 

availability of mariners in a time of a 

national emergency. 

Forms: CG–718A. 

Respondents: Shipping companies, 

masters or individuals in charge of a 

vessel. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has decreased from 2,443 hours 

to 1,478 hours. 

2. Title: Application for Merchant 

Mariner Credential (MMC), Merchant 

Mariner Medical Certificate Evaluation 

Report, Small Vessel Sea Service Form, 

DOT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing Form, 

Merchant Mariner Evaluation of Fitness 

for Entry Level Ratings. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0040. 

Summary: The Application for 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), 

Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate 

Evaluation Report, Small Vessel Sea 

Service Form, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug 

Testing Form, and Merchant Mariner 

Evaluation of Fitness for Entry Level 

Ratings, contains the following 

information: Signature of applicant and 

supplementary material required to 

show that the mariner meets the 

mandatory requirements for the 

credential or medical certificate sought; 

proof of applicant passing all applicable 

vision, hearing, medical, and/or 

physical exams; negative chemical test 

for dangerous drugs; discharges or other 

documentary evidence of sea service 

indicating the name, tonnage, and 

propulsion power of the vessels, dates 

of service, capacity in which the 

applicant served, and on what waters. 

Need: Title 46 United States Code 

(U.S.C.) Subtitle II, Part E, Title 46 Code 

of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 10, 

Subpart B, and Proposed Rules entitled 

‘‘Implementation of the Amendments to 

the International Convention on 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 

1978, and Changes to Domestic 

Endorsements’’ (RIN 1625–AA16) 

(Docket No. USCG–2004–17914), (A 

Supplemental Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published in the Federal 

Register on August 1, 2011 (76 FR 

45908)) require merchant mariner 

credential (MMC) and medical 

certificate applicants to apply at any of 

the Regional Examination Centers 

located around the nation. Merchant 

mariner credentials are established for 

individuals who are required to hold a 

MMC under Subtitle II. The Coast Guard 

has the responsibility of issuing MMCs 

and medical certificates to applicants 

found qualified as to age, character, 

habits of life, experience, professional 

qualifications, and physical fitness. The 

instruments contained within OMB 

#1625–0040 serve as a means for the 

applicant to apply for a MMC and 

medical certificate. 

Forms: CG–719B, CG–719K, CG–719S, 

CG–719P, CG–719K/E. 

Respondents: Applicants for 

Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC), 

whether original, renewal, duplicate, 

raise of grade, or a new endorsement on 

a previously issued MMC. Applicants 

for Medical Certificates to include 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) 

endorsed credentialed mariners, and 

first-class pilots as defined in the 

proposed rules, Implementation of the 

Amendments to the International 

Convention on STCW for Seafarers, 

1978, and Changes to Domestic 

Endorsements (Docket No. USCG–2004– 

17914). 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has increased from 54,416 hours 

to 57,083 hours a year. 

Dated: March 16, 2012. 

R. E. Day, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant 

Commandant for Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6981 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2001–10486] 

Standards for Living Organisms in 

Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in 

U.S. Waters: Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard 

announces the availability of a final 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement (FPEIS) for the rulemaking 

entitled ‘‘Standards for Living 

Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water 

Discharged in U.S. Waters’’ (Docket No. 

USCG–2001–10486). This FPEIS 

provides an assessment of the potential 


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