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1See http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/ 

files/20091217-recovery-act-investmentsbroadband.pdf (last viewed January 30, 2012). 

occur for approximately 69 days. 

Furthermore, San Francisco Bay is a 

highly industrialized area, so animals 

are likely tolerant or habituated to 

anthropogenic disturbance, including 

low level vibratory pile driving 

operations, and noise from other 

anthropogenic sources (such as vessels) 

may mask construction related sounds. 

There is no anticipated effect on annual 

rates of recruitment or survival of 

affected marine mammals. 

Based on the analysis contained in 

this notice, the proposed IHA notice (76 

FR 66274, October 26, 2011), and the 

IHA application, and taking into 

consideration the implementation of the 

mitigation and monitoring measures, 

NMFS has determined that the Port’s 

proposed pile driving activities will 

result in the incidental take of small 

numbers of marine mammals, by Level 

B harassment only, and that the total 

taking from will have a negligible 

impact on the affected species or stocks. 

Impact on Availability of Affected 

Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals implicated by this 

action. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

No marine mammal species listed 

under the ESA are anticipated to occur 

within the action area. Therefore, 

section 7 consultation under the ESA is 

not required. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as implemented by 

the regulations published by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, NMFS 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) to consider the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects to marine mammals 

and other applicable environmental 

resources resulting from issuance of a 

one-year IHA and the potential issuance 

of future authorizations for incidental 

harassment for the ongoing project. 

NMFS made a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) and the EA and FONSI 

are available on the NMFS Web site 

listed in the beginning of this document 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8105 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Computer and 

Internet Use Supplement to the Census 

Bureau’s Current Population Survey 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482– 

0336, Department of Commerce, Room 

6612, 14th Street 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 proposed information 

collection instrument and instructions 

should be directed to Rafi Goldberg, 

Telecommunications Policy Analyst, 

Office of Policy Analysis and 

Development, NTIA, at (202) 482–1880 

or RGoldberg@ntia.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA) 

proposes to add 12 questions to the U.S. 

Census Bureau’s October 2012 Current 

Population Survey (CPS) in order to 

gather reliable data on broadband (also 

known as high-speed Internet) use by 

U.S. households. President Obama has 

established a national goal of universal, 

affordable broadband access for all 

Americans.1 To that end, the 

Administration is working with 

Congress, the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), and other 

stakeholders to develop and advance 

economic and regulatory policies that 

foster broadband deployment and 

adoption. Collecting current, systematic, 

and comprehensive information on 

broadband use and non-use by U.S. 

households is critical to allow 

policymakers not only to gauge progress 

made to date, but also to identify 

problem areas with a specificity that 

permits carefully targeted and costeffective responses. 

The Census Bureau (‘‘the Bureau’’) is 

widely regarded as a superior collector 

of data based on its centuries of 

experience and its scientific methods. 

Collection of NTIA’s requested 

broadband usage data, moreover, will 

occur in conjunction with the Bureau’s 

scheduled October 2012 Current 

Population Survey (CPS), thereby 

significantly reducing the potential 

burdens on the Bureau and on surveyed 

households. Questions on broadband 

and Internet use have been included in 

ten previous CPS surveys. 

The U.S. government has an 

increasingly pressing need for 

comprehensive broadband data. The 

General Accountability Office (GAO), 

NTIA, and the FCC have issued reports 

noting the lack of useful broadband 

adoption data for policymakers, and 

Congress passed legislation—the 

Broadband Data Improvement Act in 

2008 and the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act in 2009—wholly or 

partly in response to such criticisms. 

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 

looks to Census Bureau data as an 

important input into their inter-country 

benchmark analyses. Modifying the 

October CPS to include NTIA’s 

requested broadband data will allow the 

Commerce Department and NTIA to 

respond to congressional concerns and 

directives, and to work with the OECD 

on its broadband methodologies with 

more recent data. The change to this 

reinstatement will be a revised set of 

computer and Internet usage survey 

questions. 

II. Method of Collection 

Personal visits and telephone 

interviews, using computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing and computerassisted personal interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0660–0021. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

54,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,700. 


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1The Commission voted 3–0–1 to publish this 

Federal Register notice. Chairman Tenenbaum 

abstained from voting. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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) 

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 be a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8103 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Petition for Classification of ‘‘BeeSafe 

System’’ as an Anti-Entrapment 

System Under the Virginia Graeme 

Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (‘‘VGB 

Act’’) 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘We’’) has received a petition (CP 12– 

1) requesting that the Commission 

initiate rulemaking to determine that the 

‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is equally effective 

as, or better than, the systems designed 

to prevent entrapment listed in the 

Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa 

Safety Act (‘‘VGB Act’’). We invite 

written comments concerning the 

petition.1

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments on the petition by 

June 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012– 

0020, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, to: Office of 

the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

petition number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–6833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1404(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the VGB Act requires 

that each public pool and spa in the 

United States with a single main drain 

other than an unblockable drain be 

equipped, at a minimum, with one or 

more of the following anti-entrapment 

devices or systems: (I) Safety vacuum 

release system; (II) Suction-limiting vent 

system; (III) Gravity drainage system; 

(IV) Automatic pump shut-off system; 

(V) Drain disablement; or (VI) any other 

system determined by the Commission 

to be equally effective as, or better than, 

these systems at preventing or 

eliminating the risk of injury or death 

associated with pool drainage systems. 

15 U.S.C. 8003(c)(1)(A)(ii). The 

Commission has received 

correspondence from Bonnie Snow and 

Teri Snow (‘‘petitioners’’), dated 

February 13, 2012, requesting that the 

Commission initiate rulemaking to 

determine that the ‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is 

equally effective as, or better than, 

systems designed to prevent entrapment 

listed in 1406(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I)–(V) of the 

VGB Act. We are docketing this request 

as a petition under the Consumer 

Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2056 and 

2058. 

Petitioners offer information in 

support of their claim that the BeeSafe 

System is equally effective as, or better 

than, the systems designed to prevent 

entrapment listed in the VGB Act. They 

assert that the most defining feature of 

their system is the presence of long 

tubes, which they claim empty if they 

become blocked. For this reason, 

petitioners state, the ‘‘BeeSafe System is 

better alone than with an SVRS [suction 

vacuum release system] or back-up 

breaker.’’ Petitioners also describe that 

through the design of the BeeSafe 

system, they have eliminated the 

possibility of the entire cover going 

missing. They state that if the smaller, 

winterizing lid were to go missing, any 

tubes that became blocked would empty 

the water into the built-in sump and any 

suction at the surface would be released 

when this happened. They compare this 

action to a hydraulic switch, claiming 

that the action is ‘‘as fast or faster than 

any of the breaker secondary systems 

currently on the market.’’ 

By this notice, the Commission seeks 

comments concerning this petition. 

Interested parties may obtain a copy of 

the petition and submission on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia12/ 

petition/beesafe.pdf, by writing or 

calling the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. Copies of the petition are also 

available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in 

the Commission’s Public Reading Room, 

Room 419, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD, or from the 

Commission’s Web site at: 

www.cpsc.gov. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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