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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. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through 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. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Report on Occupational 

Employment and Wages. 

OMB Number: 1220–0042. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, 

Federal Government, State, Local, or 

Tribal Government. 

Total Respondents: 315,900. 

Frequency: Semi-annually. 

Total Responses: 315,900. 

Average Time Per Response: 45 

minutes. 

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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 also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

February, 2007. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities, NFAH. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public 

L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby 

given that the National Council on the 

Humanities will meet in Washington, 

DC on February 22–23, 2007. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities with 

respect to policies, programs, and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions, and to review applications for 

financial support from and gifts offered 

to the Endowment and to make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

The meeting will be held in the Old 

Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. A 

portion of the morning and afternoon 

sessions on February 22–23, 2007, will 

not be open to the public pursuant to 

subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code because the Council will consider 

information that may disclose: trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential; information 

of a personal nature the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy; and information the premature 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority dated July 19, 

1993. 

The agenda for the sessions on 

February 22, 2007 will be as follows: 

Committee Meetings 

(Open to the Public) 

Policy Discussion 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership—Room 510 

Preservation and Access—Room 415 

Public Programs—Room 420 

Research Programs—Room 315 

(Closed to the Public) 

Discussion of Specific Grant 

Applications and Programs Before the 

Council 

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership—Room 510 

Preservation and Access—Room 415 

Public Programs—Room 420 

Research Programs—Room 315 

2 p.m.–4 p.m. 

Jefferson Lecture—Room 527 

The morning session of the meeting 

on February 23, 2007 will convene at 9 

a.m., in the first floor Council Room M–

09, and will be open to the public, as 

set out below. The agenda for the 

morning session will be as follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks. 

2. Staff Report. 

3. Congressional Report. 

4. Budget Report. 

5. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters: 

a. Education Programs, 

b. Federal/State Partnership, 

c. Preservation and Access, 

d. Digital Humanities Initiative, 

e. Public Programs, 

f. Research Programs, 

g. Jefferson Lecture. 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and will be closed to the public for the 

reasons stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Heather 

Gottry, Acting Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, or by calling 

(202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–8282. 

Advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations is appreciated. 

Heather C. Gottry, 

Acting Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of the Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft 

Environmental Assessment for proposed 

activities in the Indian Ocean. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) gives notice of the 

availability of a draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for proposed activities 

in the Indian Ocean. 

The Division of Ocean Sciences in the 

Directorate for Geosciences (GEO/OCE) 

has prepared a draft Environmental 

Assessment for a low-energy marine 

seismic survey by the Research Vessel 

Roger Revelle in the northeastern Indian 

Ocean, in international waters (1600–

5100 meters depth) roughly between 5° 

N and 25° S, along ~90° E during May–

August 2007. The draft Environmental 

Assessment is available for public 

review for a 30-day period. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 9, 2007. 

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upon request from; Dr. William Lang, 

National Science Foundation, Division 

of Ocean Sciences, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Suite 725, Arlington, VA 22230. 

Telephone: (703) 292–7857. The draft is 

also available on the agency’s Web site 

at http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/pubs/ 

Scripps_NE_Indian_Ocean_EA.pdf. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

(SIO), with research funding from the 

NSF, plans to conduct scientific 

research at nine sites in international 

waters on the Ninety East Ridge in the 

northeastern Indian Ocean for ~55 days 

during May–August 2007. Research 

activities will include rock-dredging 

and magnetic, bathymetric, and seismic 

surveys. The seismic survey will use a 

towed array of two generator/injector 

(GI) airguns, totaling an air discharge 

volume of 90 in3. The GI guns will be 

used for ~49 h at each of 5 sites on the 

Ninety East Ridge in water depths of 

1600 to 5100 meters. The results will be 

used to study the morphology, structure, 

and tectonics of ridge volcanoes, to infer 

the magmatic evolution of the ridge, and 

to survey broad characteristics of 

subseafloor in order to refine the 

planning of an Integrated Ocean Drilling 

Program (IODP) drilling proposal. 

SIO has applied for the issuance of an 

Incidental Harassment Authorization 

(IHA) from the National Marine 

Fisheries Services (NMFS) to authorize 

the incidental harassment of small 

numbers of marine mammals during the 

seismic survey. The information in this 

Environmental Assessment supports the 

IHA permit application process, 

provides information on marine species 

not covered by the IHA, and addresses 

the requirements of Executive Order 

12114, ‘‘Environmental Effects Abroad 

of Major Federal Actions’’. Alternatives 

addressed in this EA consist of a 

corresponding seismic survey at a 

different time, along with issuance of an 

associated IHA; and the no action 

alternative, with no IHA and no seismic 

survey. 

Numerous species of cetaceans and 

sea turtles occur in the northeastern 

Indian Ocean. Several of the species are 

listed as Endangered under the U.S. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), 

including humpback, sei, fin, blue, and 

sperm whales. Other species of special 

concern that could occur in the area 

include the endangered (under the ESA) 

leatherback and hawksbill turtles, and 

the threatened (under the ESA) 

loggerhead, olive ridley, and green 

turtles. 

The potential impacts of the seismic 

survey would be primarily a result of 

the operation of small airguns, although 

a multi-beam sonar and a sub-bottom 

profiler will also be operated. Impacts 

may include increased marine noise and 

resultant avoidance behavior by marine 

mammals, sea turtles, and fish; and 

other forms of disturbance. The 

operations of the project vessel during 

the study would also cause a minor 

increase in the amount of vessel traffic. 

An integral part of the planned survey 

is a monitoring and mitigation program 

designed to minimize the impacts of the 

proposed activities on marine mammals 

and sea turtles that may be present 

during the proposed research, and to 

document the nature and extent of any 

effects. Injurious impacts to marine 

mammals and sea turtles have not been 

proven to occur near airgun arrays; 

however, the planned monitoring and 

mitigation measures would minimize 

the possibility of such effects should 

they otherwise occur. 

Protection measures designed to 

mitigate the potential environmental 

impacts will include the following: A 

minimum of one dedicated marine 

mammal observer maintaining a visual 

watch during all daytime airgun 

operations, and two observers for 30 

min. before start up. The small size of 

the airguns, restricting their use to deep 

(1600–5100 m) water, and ramp-up and 

shut-down procedures are also inherent 

mitigation measures. SIO and its 

contractors are committed to apply 

those measures in order to minimize 

disturbance of marine mammals and sea 

turtles, and also to minimize the risk of 

injuries or of other environmental 

impacts. 

With the planned monitoring and 

mitigation measures, unavoidable 

impacts to each of the species of marine 

mammal that might be encountered are 

expected to be limited to short-term 

localized changes in behavior and 

distribution near the seismic vessel. At 

most, such effects may be interpreted as 

falling within the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA) definition of 

‘‘Level B Harassment’’ for those species 

managed by NMFS. No long-term or 

significant effects are expected on 

individual marine mammals, or the 

populations to which they belong, or 

their habitats. The agency is currently 

consulting with the NMFS regarding 

species within their jurisdiction 

potentially affected by this proposed 

activity. 

Copies of the draft EA, titled 

‘‘Environmental Assessment of Planned 

Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey by 

the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

in the Northeast Indian Ocean, May–

August 2007,’’ are available upon 

request from: Dr. William Lang, 

National Science Foundation, Division 

of Ocean Sciences, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Suite 725, Arlington, VA 22230. 

Telephone: (703) 292–7857 or at the 

agency’s Web site at: http:// 

www.nsf.gov/oce/pubs/Scripps 

NE_Indian_Ocean_EA.pdf. The NSF 

invites interested members of the public 

to provide written comments on this 

draft EA. 

Alexander Shor, 

Program Director, Environmental Operations, 

Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science 

Foundation. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to OMB and solicitation of 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a 

submittal to OMB for review of 

continued approval of information 

collections under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: 

NRC Form 136, ‘‘Security 

Termination Statement’’, 

NRC Form 237, ‘‘Request for Access 

Authorization’’, 

NRC Form 277, ‘‘Request for Visit’’. 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0049, NRC Form 136, 

3150–0050, NRC Form 237, 

3150–0051, NRC Form 277. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

NRC Form 136, any employee of 68 

licensees and 7 contractors, who have 

been granted an NRC access 

authorization; NRC Form 237, any 

employee of approximately 68 licensees 

and 7 contractors who will require 

access authorization. NRC Form 277, 

any employee of 2 current NRC 

contractors who holds an NRC access 

authorization, and needs to make a visit 

to NRC, other contractors/licensees or 

government agencies in which access to 

classified information will be involved 

or unescorted area access is desired. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

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