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any responsibilities, liabilities, or 

penalties for other unauthorized 

discharges of oil and hazardous 

materials, which are covered by Section 

311. 

Endangered Species Act. Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 

U.S.C. 1531–1544, requires federal 

agencies to consult with the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) if their actions have the 

potential to either beneficially or 

adversely affect any threatened or 

endangered species. EPA has 

determined that the Beaufort and 

Chukchi general permits are not likely 

to adversely affect any threatened or 

endangered species. EPA has initiated 

consultation with NMFS and USFWS to 

meet its obligations under the ESA. 

Biological Evaluations (BE) and the fact 

sheet for the Beaufort and Chukchi 

general permits were submitted to 

NMFS and USFWS for review and 

concurrence during the public comment 

period. EPA will obtain a determination 

from NMFS and USFWS before 

reissuing the final permits. 

Essential Fish Habitat. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

requires EPA to consult with NMFS 

when a proposed discharge has the 

potential to adversely affect an Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH). EPA is consulting 

with NMFS to ensure that the 

discharges authorized by the Beaufort 

and Chukchi general permits are not 

likely to adversely affect an EFH or 

associated species. 

Coastal Zone Management Act. As of 

July 1, 2011, there is no longer a Coastal 

Zone Management Act (CZMA) program 

in Alaska. Consequently, federal 

agencies are no longer required to 

provide the State of Alaska with CZMA 

consistency determinations. 

Annex V of MARPOL (73/78 and 33 

CFR 155.73). Under Annex V of 

MARPOL, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) 

has issued final regulations under 33 

CFR 151.73 to control the disposal of 

garbage and domestic wastes from fixed 

or floating drilling facilities involved in 

the exploration of oil and gas resources. 

These regulations also apply to drilling 

facilities located in navigable waters of 

the U.S. or within the 200 mile 

Exclusive Economic Zone. The Beaufort 

and Chukchi general permits prohibit 

the discharge of garbage. 

Executive Order 12866. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

exempts this action from the review 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. EPA has 

reviewed the requirements imposed on 

regulated facilities in the Beaufort and 

Chukchi general permits and find them 

consistent with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a federal agency must 

prepare an initial regulatory flexibility 

analysis ‘‘for any proposed rule’’ for 

which the agency ‘‘is required by 

section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the FRA. 

Notwithstanding that general permits 

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has 

determined that the Beaufort and 

Chukchi general permits will not have 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This 

determination is based on the fact that 

the regulated companies are not 

classified as small businesses under the 

Small Business Administration 

regulations established at 49 FR 5023 et 

seq. (February 9, 1984). These facilities 

are classified as Major Group 13—Oil as 

Gas Extraction SIC 1311 Crude 

Petroleum and Natural Gas. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

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

provide public notice of the draft Beaufort 

and Chukchi general permit in accordance 

with 40 CFR 124.10. 

Dated: January 23, 2012. 

Michael A. Bussell, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2031 Filed 1–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0038; FRL–9335–2] 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and 

Information International Associates; 

Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be 

transferred to Ace Info Solutions, Inc., 

and its subcontractor, Information 

International Associates, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, have been awarded a 

contract to perform work for OPP, and 

access to this information will enable 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, to fulfill the obligations of 

the contract. 

DATES: Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, will be given access to this 

information on or before February 6, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mario Steadman, Information 

Technology and Resources Management 

Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–8338; email address: 

steadman.mario@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0038. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 


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II. Contractor Requirements 

Under Contract No. EP–W–11–023, 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, will perform duties related 

to public access reference and referral: 

1. EPA Desktop Library support; 

2. Electronic resources management 

support, statistics reporting, library desk 

reference, library services outreach, 

communications and user support; 

3. Metadata cataloging of web pages, 

cataloging of library and repository 

materials in support of the Headquarters 

and Chemical Libraries and Repository; 

4. Information architecture support, 

consultation on site structure and 

development, creation of content 

inventories, support workgroups for the 

development of micro sites and resource 

directories; and 

5. Web development, graphics 

creation, web page coding, Web 2.0 

project support for wikis and blogs and 

web site design. 

OPP has determined that access by 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, to information on all 

pesticide chemicals is necessary for the 

performance of this contract. 

Some of this information may be 

entitled to confidential treatment. The 

information has been submitted to EPA 

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA 

and under sections 408 and 409 of 

FFDCA. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with 

Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and its 

subcontractor, Information International 

Associates, prohibits use of the 

information for any purpose not 

specified in the contract; prohibits 

disclosure of the information to a third 

party without prior written approval 

from the Agency; and requires that each 

official and employee of the contractor 

sign an agreement to protect the 

information from unauthorized release 

and to handle it in accordance with the 

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In 

addition, Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and 

its subcontractor, Information 

International Associates, are required to 

submit for EPA approval a security plan 

under which any CBI will be secured 

and protected against unauthorized 

release or compromise. No information 

will be provided to Ace Info Solutions, 

Inc., and its subcontractor, Information 

International Associates, until the 

requirements in this document have 

been fully satisfied. Records of 

information provided to Ace Info 

Solutions, Inc., and its subcontractor, 

Information International Associates, 

will be maintained by EPA project 

officers for this contract. All information 

supplied to Ace Info Solutions, Inc., and 

its subcontractor, Information 

International Associates, by EPA for use 

in connection with this contract will be 

returned to EPA when Ace Info 

Solutions, Inc., and its subcontractor, 

Information International Associates, 

have completed their work. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Business 

and industry, Government contracts, 

Government property, Security 

measures. 

Dated: January 19, 2012. 

Michael Hardy, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2033 Filed 1–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before April 2, 2012. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Judith B.Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, via the 

Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov. To 

submit your PRA comments by email 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1122. 

Title: Preparation of Annual Reports 

to Congress for the Collection and 

Expenditures of Fees or Charges for 

Enhanced 911 (E911) Services Under 

the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Number of Respondents: 56 

respondents; 56 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

Sections 201(b), 219(b) and 220 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,800 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There were no assurances of 

confidentiality provided to respondents. 

The Commission’s rules address the 

issue of confidentiality at 47 CFR 

sections 0.457, 0.459, and 0.461. These 

rules address access to records that are 

not routinely available to the public, 

requests and requirements that materials 

submitted to the Commission be 

withheld from public inspection, and 

requests for inspection of materials not 

routinely available for public 

inspection. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking OMB approval for a revision of 

this information collection in order to 

obtain the full three year approval from 

them. There is no change in the 


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