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1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Based on 

the analyses in the EA, NMFS 

determined that issuance of the permit 

would not significantly impact the 

quality of the human environment and 

that preparation of an environmental 

impact statement was not required. That 

determination is documented in a 

Finding of No Significant Impact, signed 

on November 15, 2011. 

As required by the ESA, issuance of 

this permit was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) Was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XU87 

[File No. 15126] 

Marine Mammals 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

permit amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS National Marine Mammal 

Laboratory, (Responsible Party: Dr. John 

Bengtson, Director), Seattle, WA, has 

applied for an amendment to Scientific 

Research Permit No. 15126–01 for 

studies of marine mammals in Alaska. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

December 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 15126 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907) 586–7221; fax (907) 586–7249. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the address listed 

above. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 

15126–01 is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

Permit No. 15126, issued on May 7, 

2010 (75 FR 27300), authorizes the 

permit holder to take ribbon seals 

(Phoca fasciata), spotted seals (P. 

largha), ringed seals (P. hispida), harbor 

seals (P. vitulina), and bearded seals 

(Erignathus barbatus) in the North 

Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean 

and coastal regions of Alaska to 

investigate their foraging ecology, 

habitat requirements, vital rates, and 

effects of natural and anthropogenic 

factors. A minor amendment (Permit 

No. 15126–01) was issued on April 5, 

2011, which authorized harassment of 

ringed seals to assess conditions and 

characteristics of their lairs and 

breathing holes. Methods for the project 

include excavating a portion of the lairs 

or breathing holes to take measurements 

and photographs of the structure and 

placing sensors within the lair before 

reconstructing and closing the structure. 

The minor amendment did not change 

the numbers of animals harassed; it reallocated takes already permitted for 

harassment incidental to seal capture 

activities. The permit is valid through 

March 30, 2015. 

The permit holder is requesting the 

permit be amended to include 

authorization for harassment of an 

additional 3,554 ribbon seals, 8,699 

spotted seals, 3,872 bearded seals and 

50,653 ringed seals annually during 

low-level (less than 1,000 feet and 

greater than 400 feet) aerial surveys 

conducted from either rotary or fixed 

wing manned or unmanned aircraft. The 

amendment would not affect the 

expiration date of the permit. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: November 18, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (hereinafter the 

‘‘Corporation’’), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 

U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirement on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, the Corporation is 

soliciting comments concerning data 

collection for the Understanding the 

Value of Service in Participant’s 

Experience project. The goals of the 

project are: (1) To strengthen national 

service by ensuring that participants 

consistently find satisfaction and selfefficacy; (2) to determine what 

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transformative service experience; (3) to 

assess whether and how Corporation 

programs are helping to provide that 

defining experience; (4) to understand 

whether and how participants 

experience connections to their service 

experience in order to develop 

knowledge and refine hypotheses about 

whether, how, when, and why 

participation in national service delivers 

benefits to the participants themselves. 

The study uses focus groups and 

surveys to understand the experience. 

Copies of the information collection 

requests can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the address section 

of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

January 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention: Lillian Dote, Policy Analyst, 

Strategy Office, Curtis Center, 601 

Walnut Street, Suite 876E, Philadelphia, 

PA 19106. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the street address given in paragraph (1) 

above, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (215) 597–4933, 

Attention: Lillian Dote, Policy Analyst, 

Strategy Office. Electronically through 

the Corporation’s email address system: 

ldote@cns.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1 (800) 833–3722 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Dote at (215) 964–6321 or by 

email at ldote@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corporation is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Corporation, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are expected to respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background 

The Corporation is interested in 

learning about the effects of national 

service on participants, and in 

strengthening national service so that 

participants engaged in Corporationsupported programs consistently find 

satisfaction, meaning, and opportunity. 

Participant satisfaction is important to 

the Corporation because it is part of the 

cycle of ensuring that service has a 

transformative impact on the 

participant, as well as ensuring that the 

participant effectively addresses 

community problems. 

Current Action 

This is a new information collection 

request. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Understanding the Value of 

Service in Participant’s Experience. 

OMB Number: New. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Individuals who have 

applied to, are currently serving at, or 

have served in the past at an 

organization or agency receiving 

Corporation funds. 

Total Respondents: 412. 

Frequency: Once. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

55 minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 378 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: November 18, 2011. 

Nathan Dietz, 

Associate Director, Strategy Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal Nos. 11–49] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601– 

3740. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittals 11–49 

with attached transmittal, policy 

justification, and Sensitivity of 

Technology. 

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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