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Atlantic Reports 

In the Atlantic region (including the 

Atlantic coast, Gulf Coast, and U.S. 

territories in the Caribbean), 52 reports 

(covering 80 stocks) were updated, 

including 23 Atlantic reports and 29 

Gulf of Mexico reports. Of these, 43 

stocks are ‘‘strategic’’ and 37 are ‘‘nonstrategic.’’ Information on the remaining 

Atlantic region stocks can be found in 

the final 2011 reports (Waring et al., 

2011). 

Atlantic white-sided dolphins became 

non-strategic in 2012, due to new 

abundance estimates. The Northern 

North Carolina Estuarine System Stock 

of bottlenose dolphins has a new 

abundance estimate based on a 2006 

mark-recapture survey, resulting in a 

PBR calculation of 7.9 animals for this 

stock (previously ‘‘undetermined’’ PBR); 

the stock remains ‘‘strategic.’’ The Gulf 

of Mexico Northern Coastal Stock of 

bottlenose dolphins changed from nonstrategic to strategic status with this 

2012 report, because an Unusual 

Mortality Event of unprecedented size 

and duration (began 1 February 2010 

and is ongoing) has impacted the 

Northern Coastal Stock area. 

A new section entitled Habitat Issues 

has been added to each Gulf of Mexico 

report, which includes information on 

the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment 

process. 

Pacific Reports 

In the Pacific region (waters along the 

west coast of the United States, within 

waters surrounding the main and 

Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and within 

waters surrounding U.S. Territories in 

the Western Pacific), SARs were revised 

for 15 stocks (five ‘‘strategic’’ and ten 

‘‘non-strategic’’ stocks). Strategic stocks 

included: Hawaiian monk seal, 

Southern Resident killer whale, Hawaii 

Insular false killer whale, Hawaii 

Pelagic false killer whale, and 

California/Oregon/Washington Sperm 

Whale. Non-strategic stocks included: 

Long-beaked common dolphin, Eastern 

North Pacific Gray Whale, Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands false killer whale, 

Palmyra Atoll false killer whale, Hawaii 

Island spinner dolphin, Oahu/Four 

Islands spinner dolphin, Kauai/Niihau 

spinner dolphin, Pearl and Hermes Reef 

spinner dolphin, Midway Atoll/Kure 

spinner dolphin, and Hawaii Pelagic 

spinner dolphin. Information on the 

remaining Pacific region stocks can be 

found in the final 2011 reports (Carretta 

et al., 2012). 

The stock assessment report for 

Palmyra Atoll false killer whale now 

appears separately from false killer 

whale reports that focus on the 

Hawaiian Islands region, and a new 

stock of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

false killer whales is presented for the 

first time. New abundance estimates are 

available for eight stocks: Hawaiian 

monk seal, Long-beaked common 

dolphin, Southern Resident killer 

whale, three stocks of spinner dolphin 

(Hawaii Island, Oahu/Four Islands, and 

Kauai/Niihau), Hawaii Pelagic false 

killer whale and Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands false killer whale. The 

stock assessment report for Eastern 

North Pacific gray whales is now 

included in the Pacific Region stock 

assessment reports. 

Dated: August 1, 2012. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19308 Filed 8–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB158 

Marine Mammals; File No. 16580 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

permit has been issued to Shannon 

Atkinson, Ph.D., University of Alaska 

Fairbanks, 17101 Pt. Lena Loop Road, 

Juneau, AK 99801 to receive, import and 

export marine mammal parts for 

scientific research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Morse or Jennifer Skidmore, 

(301)427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

30, 2012 notice was published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 31835) that a 

request for a permit to receive, import 

and export specimens for scientific 

research had been submitted by the 

above-named applicant. The requested 

permit has been issued under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

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

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR parts 

222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). 

The permit authorizes the receipt and 

export of samples of marine mammals 

taken by Alaskan Native subsistence 

hunters; and the receipt, import, and 

export of specimens from scientists in 

academic, federal, and state institutions 

involved in legally authorized marine 

mammal research for all marine 

mammal species under NMFS 

jurisdiction. Marine mammal parts may 

be used incidentally for educational 

purposes. Import and export activities 

may occur world-wide. No takes of live 

animals are authorized. The permit will 

expire August 1, 2017. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

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: August 1, 2012. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19304 Filed 8–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (Bureau), as part of 

a Federal Government-wide effort to 

streamline the process to seek feedback 

from the public on service delivery, 

invites the general public and other 

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Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Bureau is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

information collection requirements 

relating to ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

the Service Delivery of the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau.’’ 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before October 9, 2012 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic: 

CFPB_Public_PRA@cfpb.gov. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Direct 

all written comments to Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau (Attention: 

PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

Instructions: Submissions should 

include agency name and the title of the 

collection, ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

the Service Delivery of the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau.’’ 

Comments will be available for public 

inspection and copying at 1700 G Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20552 on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can 

make an appointment to inspect 

comments by telephoning (202) 435– 

7275. All comments, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will become part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

For this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. You should only submit 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the documents contained 

under this approval number should be 

directed to the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20552, (202) 435–9011, or through 

the Internet at 

CFPB_Public_PRA@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

the Service Delivery of the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau. 

OMB Control Number: 3170–XXXX. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity would garner 

qualitative feedback from financial 

institutions, consumers, and 

stakeholders on a wide range of services 

the Bureau provides in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Bureau’s commitment to improving 

service delivery. By qualitative feedback 

the Bureau means information that 

provides useful insights on, for 

example, comprehension, usability, 

perceptions, and opinions, but are not 

statistical surveys that yield quantitative 

results that can be generalized to the 

population of study. The Bureau expects 

this feedback to include insights into 

consumer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences, and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative, 

and actionable communications 

between the Bureau and consumers, 

financial institutions, and stakeholders. 

It will also allow feedback to contribute 

directly to the improvement of program 

management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from consumers, financial 

institutions, and stakeholders on the 

Bureau’s services will be unavailable. 

The Bureau will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered is intended to 

be used only internally for general 

service improvement and program 

management purposes and is not 

intended for release outside of the 

Bureau (if released, the agency must 

indicate the qualitative nature of the 

information); 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance would provide useful 

information, but it would not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: The 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Type of Review: New Generic. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Businesses, Organizations, 

and other for-profit, not-for-profit 

institutions; and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 25. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

Hour per Response. 

Frequency of Response: 1 per Year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 250,000. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

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request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Bureau, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Bureau’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and the 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 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: August 1, 2012. 

Chris Willey, 

Chief Information Officer, Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19305 Filed 8–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, August 9, 

2012, 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. 

PLACE: Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

Matters To Be Considered 

Briefing Matter: Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking for Hazardous Magnet Sets. 

A live webcast of the Meeting can be 

viewed at www.cpsc.gov/webcast. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: August 3, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19475 Filed 8–3–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Northern New 

Mexico. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, August 29, 2012; 

1 p.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Cities of Gold Conference 

Center, 10–A Cities of Gold Road, 

Pojoaque, NM 87506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 

(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, 

Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995– 

0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or Email: 

msantistevan@doeal.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

1 p.m. Call to Order by Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer (DDFO), 

Ed Worth 

• Establishment of a Quorum: Roll 

Call and Excused Absences, Staff 

• Welcome and Introductions, Ralph 

Phelps, Chair 

• Approval of Agenda and July 25, 

2012, Meeting Minutes 

1:15 p.m. Public Comment Period 

1:30 p.m. Old Business 

• Written Reports 

• Report on Rocky Flats Tour 

• Consideration and Action on ‘‘Top 

Issues’’ for Chairs’ Fall Meeting 

• Other Items 

1:45 p.m. New Business 

• Report from Nominating Committee 

(Section V, F. of NNMCAB Bylaws), 

Nicole Castellano 

• Election of Chair and Vice Chair for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 

• Other Items 

2 p.m. Items from the DDFO, Ed Worth 

• Update from DOE 

• Other Items 

2:15 p.m. Presentation on FY 2013 EM 

Budget, Terry Tyborowski, DOE– 

HQ 

2:45 p.m. Break 

3 p.m. Update from Los Alamos Site 

Manager, Kevin Smith 

4 p.m. Presentation on Intellus 

• What and Why? 

• Database Guided Tour 

• Data Input and Validation and 

Verification Process 

4:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Comments 

from Board Members, Ralph Phelps 

5 p.m. Adjourn, Ed Worth, DDFO. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Northern New Mexico, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Menice Santistevan at 

least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the telephone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Menice 

Santistevan at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Menice Santistevan at 

the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes and other Board 

documents are on the Internet at: 

http://www.nnmcab.energy.gov/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on July 30, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19247 Filed 8–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6405–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

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