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owned treatment works (POTWs). EPA 

did not authorize the state to regulate 

cooling water intake structures under 

CWA section 316(b) (33 U.S.C. 1326(b)). 

66 FR 12792. 

2003 Partial Approval of the Program 

in Indian Territories 

On October 31, 2003, EPA approved 

the State of Maine’s application to 

administer the NPDES program in the 

Indian territories of the Penobscot 

Indian Nation and the Passamaquoddy 

Tribe, with the exception of any 

discharges that qualified as ‘‘internal 

tribal matters’’ under MICSA and MIA. 

68 FR 65052 (Nov. 18, 2003). This 

action generally authorized the state to 

administer the NPDES program in the 

territories of the two largest Indian 

tribes in the state, finding that the 

combination of MICSA and MIA created 

a unique jurisdictional arrangement that 

granted the state authority to issue 

permits to dischargers. EPA did not 

approve the state’s program to regulate 

two small tribally-owned and operated 

POTWs. EPA determined that these 

POTWs qualified as internal tribal 

matters and, therefore, fell within an 

enumerated exception to the grant of 

jurisdiction to the state in MICSA and 

MIA. EPA did not take action on the 

state’s application as it applied to the 

territories of the two smaller federallyrecognized tribes in the state, the 

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and 

the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians. 

These two tribes are subject to 

jurisdictional provisions separate from 

those that apply to the Penobscot and 

Passamaquoddy tribes. EPA’s 2003 

action addressed all the Indian 

territories that included existing point 

source dischargers covered by the 

NPDES program. 

Appeal and Decision in Maine v. 

Johnson 

Several parties petitioned for judicial 

review of EPA’s 2003 decision partially 

approving Maine’s NPDES program in 

the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy 

Indian territories. The Penobscot Nation 

and Passamaquoddy Tribe challenged 

EPA’s decision to generally approve the 

state to administer the program in their 

territories. The State of Maine and a 

coalition of public and private NPDES 

permit holders challenged EPA’s 

decision to disapprove the state’s 

program as to the two small tribal 

POTWs based on the finding that 

permitting those discharges qualified as 

an internal tribal matter. 

On August 8, 2007, the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for the First Circuit issued its 

opinion in Maine v. Johnson. 498 F.3d 

37. The court held that EPA had 

correctly determined that MICSA and 

MIA granted the state sufficient 

authority to administer the NPDES 

permit program in the territories of 

these two tribes. The court disagreed 

with EPA’s finding, however, that 

permitting the two small tribal POTWs 

qualified as an internal tribal matter. It 

found that ‘‘[d]ischarging pollutants into 

navigable waters is not of the same 

character as tribal elections, tribal 

membership or other exemplars [of 

internal tribal matters] that relate to the 

structure of Indian government or the 

distribution of tribal property.’’ Id. at 46. 

The court affirmed EPA’s approval of 

Maine’s NPDES program, but vacated 

EPA’s decision to withhold program 

approval with respect to issuing NDPES 

permits to the two tribal POTWs and 

remanded the matter back to EPA to 

amend the program approval consistent 

with its opinion. Id. at 48–49. The 

court’s mandate was issued on October 

2, 2007. 

Program Approval To Address the 

Court’s Remand 

EPA proposed to implement the 

court’s order by modifying its approval 

of Maine’s NPDES program to authorize 

the State to issue NPDES permits for all 

discharges within the Indian territories 

of the Penobscot Nation and 

Passamaquoddy Tribe. 76 FR 29747 

(May 23, 2011). Additionally, the notice 

stated that EPA does not plan to 

undertake a case-by-case analysis of any 

new discharges to determine whether 

they qualify as internal tribal matters 

under MICSA and MIA. EPA received 

no public comments on the record in 

response to the May 23, 2011 proposal. 

As a result, the state will assume 

responsibility from EPA for issuing and 

administering the permits for the 

Penobscot Nation Indian Island 

treatment works (EPA NPDES Permit 

No. ME 0101311 and MEPDES License 

No. 2672) and the Passamaquoddy 

Tribal Council treatment works (EPA 

NPDES Permit No. 1011773 and 

MEPDES License No. 2561). Neither 

tribe has applied to EPA to implement 

the NPDES permit program, so this 

action does not address the question of 

either tribe’s authority to implement the 

program. 

The finalization of this action does 

not modify the types of activities 

covered by Maine’s base program as 

EPA approved it in 2001. Thus, the 

state’s program does not include 

regulation of cooling water intake 

structures under CWA section 316(b). 

Nor is EPA taking action on Maine’s 

application to implement the NPDES 

permit program in the territories of the 

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and 

the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1342. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, Region 1. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9450 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 

at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 

2 U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 

437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in civil 

actions or proceedings or arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and procedures 

or matters affecting a particular 

employee. 

Investigatory records compiled for law 

enforcement purposes, or information 

which if written would be contained 

in such records. 

Information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to have a 

considerable adverse effect on the 

implementation of a proposed 

Commission action. 

* * * * * 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer. Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9615 Filed 4–17–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

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the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications will also be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than May 14, 2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice 

President), 1000 Peachtree Street NE., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 

1. IBERIABANK Corporation, 

Lafayette, Louisiana; to merge with 

Florida Gulf Bancorp and thereby 

indirectly acquire Florida Gulf Bank, 

both in Fort Myers, Florida. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, April 16, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9452 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals To Engage In or 

To Acquire Companies Engaged in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12 

CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than May 4, 2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Security California Bancorp, 

Riverside, California; to engage de novo 

through its subsidiary, SCB Asset 

Management, Riverside, California, in 

extending credit and servicing loans, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1). 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, April 16, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9453 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: D HS/ACF/OPRE Head Start 

Classroom-based Approaches and 

Resource for Emotion and Social skill 

promotion (CARES) project: Impact and 

Implementation Studies. 

OMB No. 0970–0364. 

Description: The Head Start 

Classroom-based Approaches and 

Resource for Emotion and Social skill 

promotion (CARES) project is evaluating 

social emotional program enhancements 

within Head Start settings serving 3- 

and 4-year-old children. This project 

focuses on identifying the central 

features of effective programs to provide 

the information federal policy makers 

and Head Start providers will need if 

they are to increase Head Start’s 

capacity to improve the social and 

emotional skills and school readiness of 

preschool age children. The project is 

sponsored by the Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). 

the Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF): The Head Start CARES 

project uses a group-based randomized 

design to test the effects of three 

different evidence-based programs 

designed to improve the social and 

emotional development of children in 

Head Start classrooms. 

Data to assess impacts of the program 

models in preschool was collected 

through surveys with teachers and 

parents, as well as direct child 

assessments. Data to assess 

implementation of the program models 

in preschool was collected through 

surveys and interviews with teachers, 

local coaches, trainers and center staff. 

Data collection for both the impact and 

implementation studies occurred during 

the Head Start Year. The study sample 

involved 17 Head Start grantees/ 

delegate agencies, 104 centers, 307 

classrooms, 1,042 selected 3-year-old 

children and 2,885 selected 4-year-old 

children. 

The purpose of this request is to 

obtain an extension to finish impact 

data collection in the 2012 Follow-up 

Year (e.g., Kindergarten for the 4-yearolds). This data to assess impacts of the 

program models in the kindergarten 

year will be collected through teacher 

reports (surveys) and parent surveys. 

Respondents: The respondents for the 

activities under the extension request 

for Follow-Up year data collection will 

be parents of children and kindergarten 

teachers of children in the study. 

The annual burden estimates for both 

surveys covered by the extension are 

detailed below. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—EXTENSION

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Teacher Report on Individual Children ............................................................ 608 1 0.33 201 

Follow-up Parent Survey ................................................................................. 608 1 0.33 201 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 402 

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