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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 76, No. 216

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

**CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD**
**INVESTIGATION BOARD**

**Sunshine Act Meeting**

In connection with its investigation
into three iron dust flash fires at the Hoeganaes facility in Gallatin, TN., the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that it will hold a public meeting on November 16, 2011, in Gallatin to
collect additional information to aide in its ongoing investigation of the
incidents. Two workers were killed in the first iron dust incident on January 31, 2011, and the second iron dust incident on March 29, 2011 injured another employee. The third incident, a hydrogen explosion and resulting iron dust flash fires, claimed three lives and injured two others on May 27, 2011. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the EPIC Event Center, 392 and 394 West Main St., Gallatin, TN 37066.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required, but to assure adequate seating, attendees are encouraged to pre-register by emailing their names and affiliations to publicmeeting@csb.govby November

10, 2011.

At the meeting, CSB staff will discuss
with the Board the results of their investigation to date into these incidents. In addition, a panel of outside experts and others will be invited to speak on a number of issues related to the investigation.

All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to allow the Board to consider in a public forum
various issues and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings presented by
staff should be considered final.

After the conclusion of Hoeganaes case study discussion, the Board will conclude the public meeting by considering certain board business
matters that have been calendared during board votes during FY 2011. Such matters involve the resolution of proposed status changes to recommendations made in the Imperial Sugar investigation, other board affairs issues, and consideration and vote on the CSB Human Capital Plan.

Please notify CSB if a translator or interpreter is needed, at least 5 business days prior to the public meeting. For more information, please contact the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202) 261–7600,
or visit our Web site at: http:// www.csb.gov.

Dated: November 3, 2011.
John Lau,
Acting Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 2011–29092 Filed 11–4–11; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6350–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Title: Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Quarterly and Annual Performance Progress Reports.

OMB Control Number: 0660–0037. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Emergency submission (revision to a currently approved information collection).

Number of Respondents: 121. Average Hours per Response: 5.94. Burden Hours: 727. Needs and Uses: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated funds for BTOP to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure, enhance and expand public computer centers, encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service, and develop and maintain a nationwide public map of broadband service capability and availability.

The Recovery Act mandates that funds distributed under its authority be subject to an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability. This
includes an increased level of monitoring and oversight to ensure that Recovery Act funds are used for their authorized purposes; steps are in place to prevent waste, fraud or abuse; and BTOP projects avoid unnecessary delay and cost-overruns and meet targets and goals. In addition to increased levels of monitoring and oversight, BTOP projects must adhere to mandatory timelines requiring them to demonstrate that each project will be substantially completed within two years of the grant’s issuance date. To enable NTIA to properly achieve these objectives and verify that BTOP projects are meeting established targets and goals within the mandated timeframes, NTIA has developed and utilized Performance Progress Reports (PPRs) to capture quarterly and annual reports for each project type (Infrastructure, Public Computer Center, and Sustainable Broadband Adoption). Each PPR provides updates on fundamental project milestones and key performance
indicators that allow NTIA to measure project progress and ensure proper monitoring and compliance with program rules.

NTIA reviewed PPRs, submitted on September 30, 2011, and assessed the individual responses provided by BTOP grant recipients and concluded that several key questions on the existing
annual Infrastructure PPR need to be
clarified if NTIA is to receive the appropriate level of detail necessary to ensure BTOP projects are meeting established targets and goals within
mandated timeframes. NTIA is also requesting updated mapping
information in order to better monitor the current status and impact of broadband deployment in each of the funded project areas. The annual
Infrastructure PPR will be revised to capture more detailed information related to: Community Anchor Institutions; Points of Presence; and Network Maps.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395–5887.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance