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Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) 

(16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.). Issuance of EFPs 

and related permits are necessary for the 

collection of Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) for public display and scientific 

research that is exempt from regulations 

(e.g., seasons, prohibited species, 

authorized gear, and minimum sizes) 

that may prohibit the collection of live 

animals or biological samples. A 

Display Permit is issued for the 

collection of HMS for the purpose of 

public display whereas a Shark 

Research Permit allows the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

commercial shark fishermen to conduct 

cooperative research to collect fisherydependent data for management of the 

Atlantic shark fishery. 

The regulations at 50 CFR 600.745 

and 50 CFR 635.32 govern scientific 

research activity, exempted fishing, and 

exempted educational activities with 

respect to Atlantic HMS. Since the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act does not 

consider scientific research to be 

‘‘fishing,’’ scientific research is exempt 

from this statute, and NMFS does not 

issue EFPs for bona fide research 

activities (e.g., research conducted from 

a research vessel and not a commercial 

or recreational fishing vessel) involving 

species that are regulated only under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act (e.g., most 

species of sharks) and not under ATCA. 

NMFS requests copies of scientific 

research plans for these activities and 

indicates concurrence by issuing a LOA 

to researchers to indicate that the 

proposed activity meets the definition of 

research and is therefore exempt from 

regulation. 

Scientific research is not exempt from 

regulation under ATCA. NMFS issues 

SRPs for collection of species managed 

under this statute (e.g., tunas, swordfish, 

billfish), which authorize researchers to 

collect HMS from bona fide research 

vessels (e.g., NMFS or university 

research vessel.) NMFS will issue an 

EFP when research/collection involving 

Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and billfishes 

occurs from commercial or recreational 

fishing platforms. 

To regulate these fishing activities, 

NMFS needs information to determine 

the justification of granting an EFP, 

LOA, SRP, Display or Shark Research 

Permit. The application requirements 

are detailed at 50 CFR 600.745(b)(2). 

Interim, annual and no-catch/fishing 

reports must also be submitted to the 

HMS Management Division within 

NMFS. The authority for the HMS 

Management Division for requiring this 

information is found at 50 CFR 

635.32(a). 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include e-mail of electronic 

forms, mail and facsimile transmission 

of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0471. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Non-profit 

institutions; State, local, or tribal 

government; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

75. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours 

for a scientific research plan; 40 minutes 

for an application for an EFP, Display 

Permit, SRP, Shark Research Permit or 

LOA for HMS; 1 hour for an interim 

report; 40 minutes for an annual fishing 

report; 15 minutes for an application for 

an amendment; 5 minutes for 

notification of departure phone calls to 

NMFS Enforcement; 2 minutes for ‘‘nocatch’’ reports; and 2 minutes for tag 

applications. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 236. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $119 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

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: January 5, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–275 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request: Reporting of Preenactment Swap Transactions 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed 

collection of certain information by the 

agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 

Federal agencies are required to publish 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. The Commission 

recently adopted an interim final rule, 

as required by the Wall Street Reform 

and Consumer Protection Act (‘‘DoddFrank Act’’), requiring counterparties to 

a pre-enactment unexpired swap to 

report such swaps according to such 

rules as the Commission may in the 

future adopt. This notice solicits 

comments on the record retention 

requirement that is embedded in the 

interim final rule’s reporting 

requirement, which was recognized by 

the Commission in an interpretive note 

to the final rule. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Pre-Enactment Swap 

Collection,’’ by any of the following 

methods: 

• The Agency’s Web site, at http:// 

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• Mail: David A. Stawick, Secretary of 

the Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

mail above. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http:// 

www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Nathan, Division of Market 

Oversight, Senior Special Counsel, 

CFTC, (202) 418–5133; e-mail: 

snathan@cftc.gov. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection 

of information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined in 

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information listed below. 

Abstract: Section 729 of the DoddFrank Act required the CFTC to adopt, 

within 90 days of enactment of the 

Dodd-Frank Act, an interim final rule 

for the reporting of swap transactions 

entered into before July 21, 2010 whose 

terms had not expired as of that date 

(‘‘pre-enactment unexpired swaps’’). 

Pursuant to this mandate, the CFTC 

adopted an interim final rule requiring 

specified parties to pre-enactment 

unexpired swap transactions to report 

certain information related to such 

transactions to a swap data repository 

(‘‘SDR’’) or to the Commission by the 

compliance date to be established in 

reporting rules required under Section 

2(h)(5) of the CEA, or within 60 days 

after an appropriate SDR becomes 

registered under Section 21 of the CEA 

and commences operations to receive 

and maintain data related to such swap, 

whichever occurs first. An interpretative 

note to the rule advises that 

counterparties that may be required to 

report to an SDR or the CFTC will need 

to preserve information pertaining to the 

terms of such swaps. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be .5 hours per response. These 

estimates include the time to locate the 

information related to the pre-enactment 

unexpired swap transactions and the 

time to ensure such information is 

maintained in such form as it currently 

exists. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: Swap 

Dealers, Major Swap Participants, and 

other counterparties to a swap 

transaction (i.e., end-user, non-SD/nonMSP counterparties). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 900 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Issued by the Commission this 5th day of 

January, 2011. 

David Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–326 Filed 1–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The White House Council for 

Community Solutions gives notice of 

their following first meeting: 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, February 4, 2011, 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

PLACE: The Council will meet in the 

Eisenhower Executive Office Building. 

This meeting will be streamed live for 

public viewing and a link will be 

available on the council’s Web site: 

http://www.serve.gov/ 

communitysolutions. 

PUBLIC COMMENT: The public is invited 

to submit publicly available comments 

through the Council’s Web site. To send 

statements to the Council, please send 

written statements to the Council’s 

electronic mailbox at 

WhiteHouseCouncil@cns.gov. The 

public can also follow the Council’s 

work by visiting its Web site: http:// 

www.serve.gov/communitysolutions. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The purpose 

of this meeting is to review the 

Council’s charge, discuss the key issues 

impacting youth employment, 

education, work preparedness and the 

healthy transition to adulthood, and 

establish committees to carry out the 

Council’s work. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Susannah Washburn, Executive 

Director, White House Council for 

Community Solutions, Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 10th 

Floor, Room 10911, 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. 

Phone (202) 606–6740. Fax (202) 606– 

3464. E-mail: swashburn@cns.gov. 

Dated: January 6, 2011. 

Susannah Washburn, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–467 Filed 1–7–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of Federal 

Advisory Committee 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

section 596 of Public Law 110–417, 

section 594 of Public Law 111–84 and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102– 

3.50, the Department of Defense gives 

notice that it is renewing the charter for 

the Military Leadership Diversity 

Commission (hereafter referred to as the 

‘‘Commission’’). 

The Commission is a nondiscretionary federal advisory 

committee that shall provide the 

President and Congress a 

comprehensive evaluation and 

assessment of minority promotion and 

advancement policies. 

The commission, pursuant to section 

596(d) of Public Law 110–417, shall: 

a. Carry out a comprehensive study to 

evaluate and assess policies that provide 

opportunities for the promotion and 

advancement of minority members of 

the U.S. Armed Forces, including 

minority members who are senior 

officers; and 

b. In carrying out the study, the 

Commission shall examine the 

following: 

(1) The efforts to develop and 

maintain diverse leadership at all levels 

of the Armed Forces. 

(2) The successes and failures of 

developing and maintaining a diverse 

leadership, particularly at the general 

and flag officer positions. 

(3) The effect of expanding 

Department of Defense secondary 

educational programs to diverse civilian 

populations, to include military service 

academy preparatory schools. 

(4) The ability of current recruitment 

and retention practices to attract and 

maintain a diverse pool of qualified 

individuals in sufficient numbers in 

officer pre-commissioning programs. 

(5) The ability of current activities to 

increase continuation rates for ethnicand gender-specific members of the 

Armed Forces. 

(6) The benefits of conducting an 

annual conference attended by civilian 

military, active-duty and retired military 

and corporate leaders on diversity, to 

include a review of current policy and 

the annual demographic data from the 

Defense Equal Opportunity Management 

Institute. 

(7) The status of prior 

recommendations made to the 

Department of Defense and to Congress 

concerning diversity initiatives within 

the Armed Forces. 

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