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Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference 

Call). 

Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Extramural Research, National Eye Institute, 

National Institutes of Health, 5635 Fishers 

Lane, Suite 1300, MSC 9300, 301–451–2020, 

hoshawb@mail.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. 93.867, Vision Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9087 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2012–0029] 

Collection of Information Under 

Review by Office of Management and 

Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the 

U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

abstracted below, to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA), requesting approval for the 

following collection of information: 

1625–NEW, Coast Guard Exchange 

System Scholarship Application. Our 

ICR describes the information we seek 

to collect from the public. Review and 

comments by OIRA ensure we only 

impose paperwork burdens 

commensurate with our performance of 

duties. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard and OIRA on or before May 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2012–0029] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT) and/or to OIRA. To avoid 

duplicate submissions, please use only 

one of the following means: 

(1) Online: (a) To Coast Guard docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov. (b) To 

OIRA by email via: OIRAsubmission@omb.eop.gov . 

(2) Mail: (a) DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. (b) To 

OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 

(3) Hand Delivery: To DMF 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: (a) To DMF, 202–493–2251. 

(b) To OIRA at 202–395–6566. To 

ensure your comments are received in a 

timely manner, mark the fax, 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. 

A copy of the ICR is 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: 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 Collection. There is one ICR for each 

Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether this ICR should be granted 

based on the Collection being necessary 

for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) The practical 

utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden of the 

Collection; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collection on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. These 

comments will help OIRA determine 

whether to approve the ICR referred to 

in this Notice. 

We encourage you to respond to this 

request by submitting comments and 

related materials. Comments to Coast 

Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB 

Control Number of the ICR. They must 

also contain the docket number of this 

request, [USCG 2012–0029], and must 

be received by May 16, 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– 

2012–0029], 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 

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 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– 

2012–0029’’ 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 


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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– 

0029’’ 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. 

OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs 

online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain after the comment period 

for each ICR. An OMB Notice of Action 

on each ICR will become available via 

a hyperlink in the OMB Control 

Number: 1625–New. 

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). 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard published the 60-day 

notice (77 FR 6132, February 7, 2012) 

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That 

Notice elicited no comments. 

Information Collection Requests 

Title: Coast Guard Exchange System 

Scholarship Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–New. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Respondents: Coast Guard 

dependents. 

Abstract: This information collected 

on this form allows the Coast Guard 

Exchange System Scholarship Program 

Committee to evaluate and rank 

scholarship applications in order to 

award the annual scholarships. 

Forms: CG–5687. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden is 30 hours per year. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

R. E. Day, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant 

Commandant for Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9008 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5628–N–01] 

Allocations, Common Application, 

Waivers, and Alternative Requirements 

for Community Development Block 

Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery 

Grantees Under the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Appropriations Act, 2012 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public 

of the allocation of CDBG disaster 

recovery funds for the purpose of 

assisting recovery in the most impacted 

and distressed areas declared a major 

disaster in 2011 under title IV of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5121 et seq.). As described in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this Notice, HUD is authorized by 

statute and regulations to waive 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

and specify alternative requirements 

upon the request of a grantee. Therefore, 

this Notice describes applicable waivers 

and alternative requirements, as well as 

the application process, eligibility 

requirements, and relevant statutory 

provisions for grants provided under 

this Notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 23, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Davis, Director, Disaster Recovery 

and Special Issues Division, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 7286, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone number 202–708– 

3587. Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. Facsimile 

inquiries may be sent to Mr. Davis at 

202–401–2044. (Except for the ‘‘800’’ 

number, these telephone numbers are 

not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Allocations 

II. Use of Funds 

III. Prevention of Fraud, Abuse, and 

Duplication of Benefits 

IV. Authority To Grant Waivers 

V. Overview of Grant Process 

VI. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and 

Alternative Requirements 

VII. Duration of Funding 

VIII. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

IX. Finding of No Significant Impact 

Appendix A: Allocation Methodology 

I. Allocations 

Section 239 of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112– 

55, approved November 18, 2011) 

(Appropriations Act) makes available up 

to $400 million, to remain available 

until expended, in CDBG funds for 

necessary expenses related to disaster 

relief, long-term recovery, restoration of 

infrastructure and housing, and 

economic revitalization in the most 

impacted and distressed areas resulting 

from a major disaster declared pursuant 

to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974 

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2011. The law 

provides that grants shall be awarded 

directly to a State or unit of general 

local government at the discretion of the 

Secretary. 

To comply with statutory direction 

that funds be used for disaster-related 

expenses in the most impacted and 

distressed areas, HUD computes 

allocations based on data that are 

generally available and that cover all the 

eligible affected areas. Within states 

receiving an allocation in this Notice, 

the Department identified the ‘‘most 

impacted and distressed areas’’ as those 

counties that have more than $10 

million in estimated unmet severe 

housing and business needs. If a CDBG 

entitlement jurisdiction accounts for $6 

million or more of funds allocated 

within a state, it receives a direct award 

(due to its extraordinarily high level of 

localized unmet need, one nonentitlement jurisdiction (the city of 

Minot, ND) also receives a direct award 

under this Notice). Each local 

jurisdiction receiving a direct award lies 

within a county that meets the ‘‘most 

impacted and distressed’’ criterion. 

To ensure that funds are dedicated to 

the most impacted and distressed areas, 

80 percent of the combined total of all 

the funds awarded within a state (this 

includes funds awarded directly to a 

State as well as those funds awarded 

directly to local governments) must be 

spent in the ‘‘most impacted and 

distressed’’ counties (i.e,. those 

identified by HUD as having more than 


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