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based manufacturing extension centers 

working with small manufacturers to 

assist them improve their productivity, 

improve profitability and enhance their 

economic competitiveness. The 

information collected will provide the 

MEP with information regarding MEP 

Center performance regarding the 

delivery of technology, and business 

solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers. 

The collected information will assist in 

determining the performance of the 

MEP Centers at both local and national 

levels, provide information critical to 

monitoring and reporting on MEP 

programmatic performance, and assist 

management in policy decisions. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory per the 

regulations governing the operation of 

the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290, 

291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2). 

The information collected will include 

center inputs and activities including 

services delivered, clients served, center 

staff, quarterly expenses and revenues, 

partners, strategic plan, operation plans, 

and client success stories. No 

confidentiality for information 

submitted is promised or provided. 

In order to reflect new initiatives and 

new data needs, NIST MEP has 

identified a need to revise its existing 

reporting processes by modifying 

existing reporting elements and adding 

additional elements that will enable 

NIST MEP to better monitor and assess 

the extent to which the Centers are 

meeting program goals and milestones. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information will be collected 

from the MEP Centers through the MEP 

Enterprise Information System (MEIS), 

https://meis.nist.gov. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0032. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Time per Response: 160 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,600. 

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 become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9444 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB167 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has completed a Draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

10(a)(1)(A), Enhancement of the Species 

Permit Application for the collection 

and transport of Spring-Run Chinook for 

the San Joaquin River Restoration 

Program. 

DATES: Written comments on the draft 

EA must be received at the appropriate 

address or fax number (see ADDRESSSES) 

no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard 

Time on May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

draft EA should be submitted to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5–100, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to (916) 930– 

6329 or by email to 

SJRSpring.Salmon@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elif 

Fehm-Sullivan, Sacramento, CA 

(ph: 916–930–3723, email: elif.fehmsullivan@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EA is 

available for review upon written 

request or by appointment in the 

following office: the Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, 650 Capitol 

Mall, Suite 5–100, Sacramento, CA 

95814.; or on the Web site http://swr.

nmfs.noaa.gov/sjrrestorationprogram/

salmonreintroduction.htm or http://swr.

nmfs.noaa.gov/nepa.htm. 

This EA is for issuance of an 

Endangered Species Act section 

10(a)(1)(A) permit to US Fish and 

Wildlife Service to collect Central 

Valley spring-run Chinook salmon eggs 

and juveniles from the Feather River 

Fish Hatchery to place into the San 

Joaquin Conservation Facility and 

enclosed net pens and egg boxes placed 

within the San Joaquin River, as an 

initial step to further the process of reestablishing this species in the San 

Joaquin River below Friant Dam. 

Meetings 

Three public meetings are to be held 

at which the public can make comments 

on the Draft EA. The first meeting will 

be held in Chico, CA on May 1 at the 

Chico Area Recreation and Park District, 

545 Vallombrosa Avenue from 5:30 p.m. 

to 7:30 p.m. The second meeting will be 

in Fresno, CA on May 3 at the Fresno 

Metropolitan Flood Control District 

Board Meeting Room, 5469 E. Olive 

from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (The public 

should park in the front parking area 

(rear parking area closes at 5:30 p.m. 

with no exit after that time) and enter 

the door located on the west side of the 

front building); and the third meeting 

will be in Los Banos, CA on May 4 at 

the Los Banos Community Center, 645 

7th Street from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9479 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA216 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Space Vehicle and Missile 

Launch Operations at Kodiak Launch 

Complex, Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

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