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Room 5116, National Institutes of Health/ 

NIAID, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, 

MD 20892–7628, 301–435–3754, 

jbradac@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 

and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7828 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of General Medical 

Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

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 

General Medical Sciences Special Emphasis 

Panel; NIH Loan Repayment Program for 

Clinical and Pediatric Research. 

Date: April 27, 2012. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive Room 

3An18B, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Margaret J. Weidman, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Office of 

Scientific Review, National Institute of 

General Medical Sciences, National Institutes 

of Health, 45 Center Drive Room 3An18B, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–594–3663, 

weidmanma@nigms.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.375, Minority Biomedical 

Research Support; 93.821, Cell Biology and 

Biophysics Research; 93.859, Pharmacology, 

Physiology, and Biological Chemistry 

Research; 93.862, Genetics and 

Developmental Biology Research; 93.88, 

Minority Access to Research Careers; 93.96, 

Special Minority Initiatives, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7825 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the public 

in accordance with the provisions set forth in 

sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 

U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications 

and the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

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: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member 

Conflict: Neurodegeneration. 

Date: April 11, 2012. 

Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Mary Custer, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4148, 

MSC 7850, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

1164, custerm@csr.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy 

[FR Doc. 2012–7823 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0220] 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreement: Asset 

Tracking and Reporting Technology 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

announcing its intent to enter into a 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreement (CRADA) with General 

Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (General 

Dynamics), to test, evaluate, and 

document the strengths and weaknesses 

of at least one technical approach for 

exchanging asset position, status, and 

brief collaborative messages between the 

Coast Guard Incident Command Staff 

(ICS), deployed Coast Guard and nonCoast Guard personnel, and other 

mobile assets which are engaged within 

an ICS managed, Incident of National 

Significance Response. While the Coast 

Guard is currently considering 

partnering with General Dynamics, we 

are soliciting public comment on the 

nature of and participation of other 

parties in the proposed CRADA. In 

addition, the Coast Guard also invites 

other potential participants to submit 

proposals for consideration in similar 

CRADAs. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

on the proposed CRADA must either be 

submitted to our online docket via 

http://www.regulations.gov on or before 

May 2, 2012, or reach the Docket 

Management Facility by that date. 

Notifications from parties interested in 

participating as a non-Federal 

participant in a CRADA similar to the 

one described in this notice must reach 

the Docket Management Facility on or 

before May 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments on this notice identified by 

docket number USCG–2012–0220 using 

any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) 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. 

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To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

Do not submit detailed proposals for 

different CRADAs to the Docket 

Management Facility. Instead, if you are 

interested in being a non-Federal 

participant in a different CRADA, you 

may submit detailed proposals to Ms. 

Monica Cisternelli, U.S. Coast Guard 

Research and Development Center, 1 

Chelsea Street, New London, CT 06320 

email: Monica.M.Cisternelli@uscg.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning this 

notice or desire to submit a CRADA 

proposal, please contact Ms. Monica 

Cisternelli, U.S. Coast Guard Research 

and Development Center, 1 Chelsea 

Street, New London, CT 06320, 

telephone 860–271–2741, email: 

Monica.M.Cisternelli@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments and related material on this 

notice. All comments received will be 

posted, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (USCG–2012–0220) and provide 

a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. You may submit your 

comments and material online via 

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

mail, or hand delivery, but please use 

only one of these means. If you submit 

a comment online via http:// 

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 Docket Management Facility. We 

recommend that you include your name 

and a mailing address, an email address, 

or a telephone number in the body of 

your document so that we can contact 

you if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and type 

‘‘USCG–2012–0220’’ 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. 

Viewing Comments and Related 

Material 

To view the comments and related 

material, 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– 

0220’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

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

column. If you do not have access to the 

Internet, you may view the docket 

online by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our 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, system of records notice regarding 

our public dockets in the January 17, 

2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 

FR 3316). 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreements 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreements (CRADAs), 

are authorized by the Federal 

Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. 

L. 99–502, codified at 15 U.S.C. 

3710(a)). A CRADA promotes the 

transfer of technology to the private 

sector for commercial use as well as 

specified research or development 

efforts that are consistent with the 

mission of the Federal parties to the 

CRADA. The Federal party or parties 

agree with one or more non-Federal 

parties to share research resources, but 

the Federal party does not contribute 

funding. The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), as an executive agency 

under 5 U.S.C. 105, is a Federal agency 

for purposes of 15 U.S.C. 3710(a) and 

may enter into a CRADA. DHS delegated 

its authority to the Commandant of the 

Coast Guard (see DHS Delegation No. 

0160.1, para. 2.B(34)), and the 

Commandant has delegated his 

authority to the Coast Guard’s Research 

and Development Center (R&DC). 

CRADAs are not procurement 

contracts. Care is taken to ensure that 

CRADAs are not used to circumvent the 

contracting process. CRADAs have a 

specific purpose and should not be 

confused with other types of agreements 

such as procurement contracts, grants, 

and cooperative agreements. 

Goal of Proposed CRADA 

Under the proposed CRADA, the 

Coast Guard’s R&DC would collaborate 

with non-Federal participants. Together, 

the R&DC and the non-Federal 

participants would test, evaluate, and 

document the strengths and weaknesses 

of at least one technical approach for 

exchanging asset position, status, and 

brief collaborative messages between the 

Coast Guard Incident Command Staff 

(ICS), deployed Coast Guard and nonCoast Guard personnel, and other 

mobile assets, which are engaged within 

an ICS-managed, Incident of National 

Significance (IONS) Response. The 

CRADA partners will determine the 

viability of technical approaches for 

asset tracking and non-verbal 

communications exchange by 

conducting a live test in conjunction 

with a Coast Guard response exercise. 

The response exercise will utilize 

emergency personnel, such as Oil Spill 

Response Organizations (OSROs) and 

non-Federal CRADA partner-provided 

handheld devices and interoperable 

communications technology. 

Party Contributions 

We anticipate that the Coast Guard’s 

contributions under the proposed 

CRADA will include the following: 

(1) Provide CRADA partners with 

access to, and appropriate use of Coast 

Guard assets, facilities and personnel 

engaged in a Coast Guard response 

exercise; 

(2) Provide CRADA partners with all 

necessary approvals and access for their 

installation of the asset tracking and 

non-verbal communications exchange 

technology on at least one Coast Guard 

vessel or shore facility; and 

(3) Develop the Technology 

Demonstration Concept Document, 

Technology Test Objectives, Test Plan, 

and Project Report for the CRADA work. 

We anticipate that the non-Federal 

participants’ contributions under the 

proposed CRADA will include the 

following: 

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(1) Provide appropriate input to the 

R&DC for the development of the 

Technology Demonstration Concept 

Document, Technology Test Objectives, 

Test Plan, and Project Report; 

(2) Provide, install, operate, maintain, 

and remove all material (including 

hardware, software, and test 

equipment), along with the associated 

labor, needed for the Technology 

Demonstration as set forth within the 

Test Plan; and 

(3) Provide the R&DC with a Test 

Report documenting the results of the 

Technology Demonstration. 

Selection Criteria 

The Coast Guard reserves the right to 

select for CRADA participants all, some, 

or none of the proposals received in 

response to this notice. The Coast Guard 

will provide no funding for 

reimbursement of proposal development 

costs. Proposals (or any other material) 

submitted in response to this notice will 

not be returned. Proposals submitted are 

expected to be unclassified and have no 

more than four single-sided pages 

(excluding cover page and resumes). 

The Coast Guard will select proposals at 

its sole discretion on the basis of: 

(1) How well they communicate an 

understanding of, and ability to meet, 

the proposed CRADA’s goal; and 

(2) How well they address the 

following criteria: 

(a) Technical capability to support the 

non-Federal party contributions 

described; and 

(b) Resources available for supporting 

the non-Federal party contributions 

described. 

Currently, the Coast Guard is 

considering General Dynamics for 

participation in this CRADA. This 

consideration is based on General 

Dynamics’: (1) Expertise, experience, 

and interest in asset tracking and nonverbal communications exchange 

technology; and (2) capability to provide 

the significant contributions required 

for the CRADA work. However, we do 

not wish to exclude other viable 

participants from this or future similar 

CRADAs. 

This is a technology transfer/ 

development effort. Presently, the Coast 

Guard has no plan to acquire asset 

tracking and non-verbal 

communications exchange technology. 

Since the goal of this CRADA is to 

identify and investigate the advantages, 

disadvantages, performance, costs, and 

other issues associated with using asset 

tracking and non-verbal 

communications exchange technology, 

and not to set future Coast Guard 

acquisition requirements for such 

technology, non-Federal CRADA 

partners will not be excluded from any 

future Coast Guard procurements based 

solely on their participation within this 

CRADA. 

Special consideration will be given to 

small business firms/consortia, and 

preference will be given to business 

units located in the U.S. 

Authority 

This notice is issued under the 

authority of 15 U.S.C. 3710(a), 5 U.S.C. 

552(a), and 33 CFR 1.05–1. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Alan N. Arsenault, 

Captain, USCG, Commanding Officer, 

Research and Development Center. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2006–26514] 

Extension of Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 

Rail Transportation Security 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-day Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) has forwarded the 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0051, 

abstracted below to OMB for review and 

approval of an extension of the 

currently approved collection under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. TSA published a Federal 

Register notice, with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments, of the 

following collection of information on 

January 13, 2012, 77 FR 2077. The 

collection involves the submission of 

contact information of Rail Security 

Coordinators and alternate Rail Security 

Coordinators from freight railroad 

carriers; shippers and receivers of 

certain hazardous materials; and 

passenger railroad carriers, including 

each carrier operating light rail or heavy 

rail transit service on track that is part 

of the general railroad system of 

transportation and rail transit systems. 

Also, these persons are required to 

report significant security concerns, 

including security incidents, suspicious 

activity, and any threat information. In 

addition, freight railroad carriers and 

the affected shippers and receivers of 

hazardous materials are required to 

document the transfer of custody of 

certain hazardous materials and provide 

location and shipping information for 

certain rail cars. 

DATES: Send your comments by May 2, 

2012. A comment to OMB is most 

effective if OMB receives it within 30 

days of publication. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB. Comments should be 

addressed to Desk Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Johnson, TSA PRA Officer, 

Office of Information Technology (OIT), 

TSA–11, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone 

(571) 227–3651; email 

TSAPRA@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation is 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Therefore, in preparation for OMB 

review and approval of the following 

information collection, TSA is soliciting 

comments to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

Title: Rail Transportation Security. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1652–0051. 

Forms(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Rail. 

Abstract: TSA will continue to collect 

information from regulated parties on 

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