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Service, Auburn, WA. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16701 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent 

License 

AGENCY: United States Air Force, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

Part 404 of Title 37, Code of Federal 

Regulations, which implements Public 

Law 96–517, as amended; the 

Department of the Air Force announces 

its intention to grant SpiderTek, LLC, a 

corporation of the State of Missouri, 

having a place of business at 10101 

Stoltz Drive, Rolla, Missouri 65401, an 

exclusive license in any right, title and 

interest the Air Force has in: 

PCT Application Number PCT/US06/ 

60039, filed on October 17, 2006, 

entitled ‘‘Immunoassay for Venom 

Detection Including Noninvasive 

Sample Collection,’’ by William V. 

Stoecker, Hernan F. Gomez, Jonathan A. 

Green, and David L. McGlasson; 

U.S. Patent Number 7,927,828, Serial 

No. 11/550,130, issued on April 19, 

2011, entitled ‘‘Immunoassay for Venom 

Detection Including Noninvasive 

Sample Collection,’’ by William V. 

Stoecker, Hernan F. Gomez, Jonathan A. 

Green, and David L. McGlasson; 

U.S. Patent Application Number 

Serial No. 12/756,875, filed on April 8, 

2010, entitled ‘‘Immunoassay for Venom 

Detection Including Noninvasive 

Sample Collection,’’ by William V. 

Stoecker, Hernan F. Gomez, Jonathan A. 

Green, and David L. McGlasson. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gomez, Jonathan A. Green, and David L. 

McGlasson. Anyone wishing to object to 

the grant of this license must file a 

written objection along with supporting 

evidence within fifteen (15) days 

following publication of this Notice. 

Written objections should be sent to: Air 

Force Materiel Command Law Office, 

AFMCLO/JAZ, 2240 B Street, Rm D–14, 

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433–7109; 

Facsimile: (937) 255–3733; Email: 

afmclo.jaz.t2@wpafb.af.mil. 

Shannon N. Sanchez, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of the Availability of Record of 

Decision for the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Disposal and Reuse of Hunters Point 

Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN), after carefully weighing the 

environmental consequences of the 

proposed action, announces its decision 

to dispose of the Hunters Point 

Shipyard in a manner consistent with 

the San Francisco Redevelopment 

Agency’s Hunters Point Shipyard 

Redevelopment Plan, as amended 

August 3, 2010. This Record of Decision 

(ROD) amends the DoN’s previous ROD 

for the Disposal and Reuse of the 

Hunters Point Annex to the Naval 

Station Treasure Island, Formerly 

Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San 

Francisco, California, November 20, 

2000 (65 FR 69744). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

complete text of the ROD and the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Disposal and 

Reuse of Hunters Point Shipyard, San 

Francisco, California, March 2012 is 

available for public viewing at the DoN 

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Program Management Office (PMO) Web 

site (http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/). 

The ROD and Final SEIS are also 

available for viewing at the: 

1. San Francisco Main Library, 100 

Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 

94102; 

2. San Francisco State University 

Library, 1360 Holloway Avenue, 

San Francisco, CA 94132; 

3. Hastings Law Library, UC Hastings 

College of the Law, 200 McAllister 

Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94102; 

4. Jonsson Library of Government 

Documents, Cecil H. Green Library, 

Bing Wing, Stanford, CA 94305; 

5. Institute of Governmental Studies 

Library, UC Berkeley, 109 Moses 

Hall #2370, Berkeley, CA 94720; 

6. City Planning Department (By 

Appointment), 1650 Mission Street, 

Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94103. 

Single copies of the ROD will be made 

available upon request by contacting: 

Director, BRAC PMO West, Attention: 

Mr. Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee 

Road, Suite 900, San Diego, California 

92108–4310, telephone number: 619– 

532–0906, email: ronald.bochenek.ctr@

navy.mil. 

Dated: June 27, 2012. 

L.R. Almand, 

Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16646 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is submitting to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will support a 

National Evaluation of DOE’s American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

funded Energy Efficiency and 

Conservation Block Grant program. 

A 60-day notice and request for 

comments was published in the Federal 

Register on February 15, 2012 (77 FR 

8852). No comments were received in 

response to this Notice. 

This subsequent 30-day notice allows 

public comment on the final version of 

the information collection request. 

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 of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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 the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Information about the outcomes of the 

program, including energy and cost 

savings, the net number of jobs created 

or retained, and gross reductions in 

carbon emissions, is needed for a 

comprehensive evaluation of the 

program. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 


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be received on or before August 8, 2012 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Colleen Rizy, Environmental 

Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS–6036, 

Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6036; 

rizycg@ornl.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to: Colleen Rizy, 

Environmental Sciences Division, Oak 

Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 

2008, MS–6036, Oak Ridge, TN 37831– 

6036; rizycg@ornl.gov. 

The detailed technical evaluation 

plan for this information collection can 

be found at: http:// 

weatherization.ornl.gov/eecbg.shtml. 

The survey/data collection instrument 

that composes this information 

collection request can be found at this 

same Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No: New. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: National Evaluation of the United 

States Department of Energy’s Energy 

Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant 

Program. 

(3) Type of Request: New. 

(4) Purpose: The Department of 

Energy is conducting an evaluation of 

the Energy Efficiency and Conservation 

Block Grant Program (EECBG), a 

national program providing over $2.7 

billion in grants to approximately 2,350 

cities, counties, States, territories, and 

Indian Tribes. Grants could be used for 

energy efficiency and conservation 

efforts, building code support, 

renewable energy installations, 

distributed energy technologies, 

transportation activities, recycling and 

waste management efforts, and other 

activities approved by DOE. 

The EECBG Program, authorized in 

Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act and 

signed into law on December 19, 2007, 

was funded for the first time by the 

ARRA of 2009. The Funding 

Opportunity Announcement for 

Formula Grants was issued on June 25, 

2009 and closed on June 25, 2010. 

The scope of the National Evaluation 

of EECBG involves a combination of 

careful reviews of grant status reports 

and applications (‘‘engineering desk 

reviews’’), conversations with DOE 

project officers, and in-depth interviews 

with grant managers to assemble critical 

data for answering the three questions of 

interest: 

1. What is the total magnitude of 

energy and cost savings, and other key 

outcomes, such as gross carbon 

emissions reduction and the net number 

of jobs created or retained, achieved in 

Broad Program Areas that cumulatively 

account for approximately 80 percent of 

total Formula Grant expenditures in the 

2009–2011 program years? 

2. What is the magnitude of outcomes 

achieved by each of the most heavilyfunded Broad Program Areas within the 

EECBG portfolio? 

3. What are the key factors 

influencing the magnitude of EECBG 

outcomes? 

These questions will be answered by 

evaluating a sample of 350 grant activity 

examples from a pool of direct grants 

and State sub-grants, all issued as part 

of the EECBG program. 

Scale of the Information Collection 

The DOE formula grants are welldefined and were further scrutinized by 

the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

(ORNL)/DOE and its contractors for 

categorization into Broad Program Areas 

and activities. The evaluation team will 

complete the process of counting and 

categorizing the State sub-grants. From 

these combined lists of grants, sorted by 

Broad Program Area, sub-area, and 

activity, and from a set of criteria 

developed by ORNL/DOE and its 

contractors, a sampling approach will be 

applied to select 350 grants for study. 

That random sample of projects will be 

taken from the six Broad Program Areas 

that, in combination, account for over 

80 percent of total EECBG Formula 

Grant expenditures, which will allow 

valid inferences to be drawn for each 

Broad Program Area examined. 

Data collection will begin with a 

combination of careful reviews of the 

DOE program databases, grant status 

reports and applications (‘‘engineering 

desk reviews’’), and conversations with 

DOE Project Officers and Regional and 

State Coordinators. After this extensive 

preliminary data collection effort, 

interviews will be conducted with 

individuals responsible for managing 

the specific grant activities selected in 

the sample (‘‘Grant Activity Managers’’). 

The 60-day notice proposed two survey 

instruments for data collection: 1. Grant 

Activity-Level Contact (now titled 

‘‘Grant Activity Manager Survey’’) and 

2. Performance Indicators Survey. Since 

the submittal of the 60-day notice, the 

evaluation team conducted an extensive 

review of DOE’s Performance and 

Accountability for Grants in Energy 

system demonstrating that the majority 

of information sought in the 

Performance Indicators Survey is 

already readily available. In order to 

reduce the data collection burden, the 

Performance Indicators Survey is no 

longer a separate instrument. The 

limited number of questions that cannot 

be answered through database research 

and other methods are now included in 

the Grant Activity Manager Survey. 

Grant Activity Manager Survey 

Verifies activities performed, 

measures installed, measure level data, 

and other relevant project information 

necessary to calculate program impacts 

and other metrics. Also contains a series 

of questions related to grant 

performance not already available in 

DOE program databases. Approximately 

350 interviews will take place to 

complete the survey instrument. 

The survey instrument consists of a 

core set of questions to be posed to all 

350 respondents, after which branching 

occurs into separate modules of the 

survey addressing the specific types of 

projects undertaken. Respondents are 

only asked those questions relevant to 

their specific activity, skipping any 

modules or sets of questions that do not 

apply; no respondent will be subject to 

the entire battery of questions. 

This survey will involve 350 

respondents and entail a total burden of 

438 hours. This calculation is based on 

the assumption that the Grant Activity 

Manager Survey will require an average 

of 75 minutes, depending on the details 

of the specific activity being evaluated 

and its complexity. 

This evaluation approach will not 

include any data collection from 

individual service recipients to estimate 

savings or outcomes. This study will use 

data from the above-mentioned 

interviews plus additional information 

that can be obtained from program 

records and secondary sources, as well 

as engineering-based analytical 

methods, to produce energy savings and 

outcome estimates. 

The above-described data collection 

instrument will be supplemented by 

additional records research and 

database review activities provided by 

the Grant Program Managers and Local 

Grant Activity Managers. These general 

recordkeeping activities will require an 

estimated 496 hours. Combining the 

burden hours associated with telephone 

surveys (438 hours) with the burden 

hours associated with general records 

review (496 hours) produces a total 

estimated burden of 934 hours. 

Two key steps are being taken to 

avoid duplicating the efforts of any 

concurrent evaluations of EECBG 

activities: (1) Identifying results from 

any EECBG grant evaluation efforts 

taking place at the State level; and (2) 

coordinating with the Better Buildings 


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1Public Law 109–58. 

2 15 U.S.C. 717t–2. 

3Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

4 2080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1 year). 

5Average annual salary per employee in 2012. 

Program evaluation concerning any data 

collection already taking place during 

the same time period that addresses 

EECBG grant activities. 

The sample selection of Broad 

Program Areas and specific 

programmatic activities within each 

Broad Program Area is scheduled to be 

completed in May 2012. Data collection 

and calculation of outcomes are 

scheduled to be completed by October 

2012. 

The detailed study design and work 

plan for the EECBG evaluation has been 

available for public review since 

January 2012 at http://weatherization.

ornl.gov/eecbg.shtml. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 350. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 350. 

(7) Annual Estimated Total Number 

of Burden Hours (Interview and Record 

Review): 934. 

Statutory Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of 

the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007, codified at 42 U.S.C. 17151–17158. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2012. 

David T. Danielson, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–9–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–552); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC Form 552 (Annual 

Report of Natural Gas Transactions) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review of the information 

collection requirements. Any interested 

person may file comments directly with 

OMB and should address a copy of 

those comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 19009, 3/29/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–552 and is 

making this notation in its submittal to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by August 8, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0242, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–9–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC Form 552, Annual Report 

of Natural Gas Transactions. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0242. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–552 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected within the FERC– 

552 to provide greater transparency 

concerning the use of indices to price 

natural gas and how well index prices 

reflect market forces. The collection also 

includes transactions that contribute to, 

or may contribute to natural gas price 

indices. Many market participants rely 

on indices as a way to reference market 

prices without taking on the risks of 

active trading. 

FERC–552 had its genesis in the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005,1 which 

added section 23 of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA). Section 23 of the NGA, among 

other things, directs the Commission ‘‘to 

facilitate price transparency in markets 

for the sale or transportation of physical 

natural gas in interstate commerce, 

having due regard for the public 

interest, the integrity of those markets, 

and the protection of consumers.’’ 2

Type of Respondents: Wholesale 

natural gas market participants. 

Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–552 (IC12–9–000): ANNUAL REPORT OF NATURAL GAS TRANSACTIONS

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

Wholesale natural market participants ............ 691 1 691 10 6,910 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $476,857 

[6,910 hours ÷ 2,080 4 hours/year = 

3.32212 * $143,540/year 5 = $476,857]. 

The estimated annual cost of filing the 

FERC–552 per response is $690 


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