Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 86 / Thursday, May 3, 2012 / Notices 26277 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586– 

1476; Email: Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

Meeting: To provide advice and 

guidance that promotes research and 

development leading to the production 

of biobased fuels and biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Presentations on Biomass related 

research in the Northwest 

• Update on the Biomass Research and 

Development Initiative 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee. To 

attend the meeting and/or to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you must contact Elliott 

Levine at 202–586–1476; Email: 

Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov or Roy Tiley at 

(410) 997–7778 ext. 220; Email: 

rtiley@bcs-hq.com at least 5 business 

days prior to the meeting. Members of 

the public will be heard in the order in 

which they sign up at the beginning of 

the meeting. Reasonable provision will 

be made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The Co-chairs 

of the Committee will make every effort 

to hear the views of all interested 

parties. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. The Co-chairs will conduct the 

meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct 

of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying at the following Web site: 

http://biomassboard.gov/committee/ 

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on April 27, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10670 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 2012–0088] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Final Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review 

and Comments Request. 

Form Title: EIB 99–14 Export Import 

Bank Trade Reference form. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

Ex-Im Bank is requesting an 

emergency approval of Ex-Im Bank form 

EIB 99–14 Export Import Bank Trade 

Reference form. Export-Import (Ex-Im) 

Bank is requesting an emergency 

approval of form EIB 99–14, Trade 

Reference Form. This form provides 

essential credit information used by ExIm Bank credit officers when analyzing 

requests for export credit insurance/ 

financing support, both short-term (360 

days & less) & medium-term (longer 

than 360 days), for the export of their 

US goods and services. Additionally, 

this form is an integral part of the shortterm Multi-Buyer export credit 

insurance policy for those policyholders 

granted foreign buyer discretionary 

credit limit authority (DCL). MultiBuyer policy holders given DCL 

authority may use this form as the sole 

source or one piece among several 

sources of credit information for their 

internal foreign buyer credit decision in 

which, in turn, commits Ex-Im’s 

guarantee. 

Lack of an emergency approval of this 

form would greatly restrict our ability to 

support many of the export sales made 

by U.S. businesses. Ex-Im Bank and its 

Multi-Buyer policyholders use the 

Trade Reference Form approximately 

6,500 times annually. Thus the Trade 

Reference Form is critical to Ex-Im Bank 

and in particular to over 2,300 MultiBuyer policyholders during their foreign 

buyer credit review process. This would 

adversely impact Ex-Im Bank’s ability to 

finance small business exporters and its 

overall mission to support U.S. exports 

and maintain U.S. jobs. Accordingly, 

Ex-Im Bank requests emergency 

approval of EIB 99–14 in order to 

continue operation of this important 

export program. 

The form can be viewed at 

www.exim.gov/pub/pending/eib99- 

14.pdf. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before July 2, 2012 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically on 

www.regulations.gov or by mail to Jean 

Fitzgibbon, Export Import Bank of the 

United States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20571. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles and Form Number: EIB 99–14 

Export Import Bank Trade Reference 

form. 

OMB Number: 3048–xxx. 

Type of Review: Emergency Clearance. 

Need and Use: This form provides 

essential credit information used by ExIm Bank credit officers when analyzing 

requests for export credit insurance/ 

financing support, both short-term (360 

days & less) & medium-term (longer 

than 360 days), for the export of their 

US goods and services. Additionally, 

this form is an integral part of the shortterm Multi-Buyer export credit 

insurance policy for those policyholders 

granted foreign buyer discretionary 

credit limit authority (DCL). MultiBuyer policy holders given DCL 

authority may use this form as the sole 

source or one piece among several 

sources of credit information for their 

internal foreign buyer credit decision in 

which, in turn, commits Ex-Im’s 

guarantee. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

6,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Government Annual Burden Hours: 

1,625 hours. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: As 

needed. 

Sharon A. Whitt, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10662 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Economic Impact Policy 

This notice is to inform the public 

that the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States has received an 

application for a $35 million transaction 

specific working capital guarantee to 

support the export of approximately 

$63.5 million worth of sulphur 

purification equipment and services to 

Iraq. The repayment term of the working 

capital guarantee is 24 months. The U.S. 

exports will enable the Iraqi mining 

company to establish a maximum 

production capacity of 500,000 metric 

tons of sulphur per year. Available 

information indicates that all of the Iraqi 

sulphur production will be sold 

domestically in Iraq. Interested parties 

may submit comments on this 

transaction by email to 

economic.impact@exim.gov or by mail 

to 811 Vermont Avenue NW., Room 


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26278 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 86 / Thursday, May 3, 2012 / Notices 

947, Washington, DC 20571, within 14 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. 

Angela Mariana Freyre, 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10664 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Issuance of Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting Standard 

42 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3511(d), the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as 

amended, and the FASAB Rules of 

Procedure, as amended in October, 

2010, notice is hereby given that the 

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 

Board (FASAB) has issued Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting Standard 

42, Deferred Maintenance and Repairs, 

Amending Statements of Federal 

Financial Accounting Standards 6, 14, 

29 and 32. 

The Standard is available on the 

FASAB home page http:// 

www.fasab.gov/standards.html. 

Copies can be obtained by contacting 

FASAB at (202) 512–7350. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Payne, Executive Director, at 

(202) 512–7350. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Pub. L. 92–463. 

Dated: April 27, 2012. 

Charles Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10610 Filed 5–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–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 July 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: 3060–0484. 

Title: Sections 4.1 and 4.2, Part 4 of 

the Commission’s Rules Concerning 

Disruptions to Communications 

(NORS). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and Not-for-profit 

Institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 118 

respondents; 15,444 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours to 2 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151, 152, 154(i)–(k), 154(o), 

218, 219, 230, 256, 301, 302(a), 303(f), 

303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 403, 615a–l, 

621(b)(3), 621(d), 1302(a) and 1302(b) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended; and Section 1704 of the 

Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act of 

1998, 44 U.S.C. section 3504. 

Total Annual Burden: 29,647 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Outage reports filed pursuant to Part 4 

of the Commission’s rules are presumed 

confidential. The information in the 

filings may be shared with the 

Department of Homeland Security only 

under appropriate confidential 

disclosure provisions. Other persons 

seeking disclosure must follow the 

procedures delineated in 47 CFR 

sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules for requests for and 

disclosure of information. 

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 

OMB. The Commission is reporting a 

9,909 hours program change increase in 

the Commission’s previous burden 

estimates. The increase in the burden 

estimates is due to adoption of FCC 12– 

22, Report and Order, extending the Part 

4 outage reporting requirements to 

interconnected Voice over Internet 

Providers (VoIP) which are new 

respondents subject to the requirements 

of this information collection. 

Specifically, the Commission 

extended mandatory outage reporting 

rules to facilities-based and nonfacilities-based interconnected VoIP 

service providers and applied the 

current Part 4 definition of ‘‘outage’’ to 

outages of interconnected VoIP service, 

covering the complete loss of service 

and/or connectivity to customers at least 

30 minutes duration that potentially 

affects at least 900,000 user minutes of 

interconnected VoIP services and results 

in complete loss of service; or 

potentially affects any special offices 

and facilities such as a 911 facility. 

Collecting data on significant outages 

of interconnected VoIP services will 

help the Commission to monitor 

compliance with the statutory 911 

obligations of interconnected VoIP 

service providers, as well as help ensure 

the Nation’s current and future 911 

systems are as reliable and resilient as 

possible both on a day-to-day basis and 

in times of a major emergency. The 

Commission recognizes that consumers 

are increasingly relying on Internet 

Protocol (IP)-based technologies as 


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