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(m) should be deleted and a reference to 

subsections (l),(n),(o),and(p) should be 

inserted; 

Accordingly, after giving full 

consideration and review to the entire 

record, including the written comments 

from the commenter, FDI and the 

Department, the Department has 

decided to grant the exemption, as 

amended and clarified above. 

Comments and responses submitted to 

the Department have been included as 

part of the public record of the 

exemption application. The complete 

application file (D–11777), including all 

supplemental submissions received by 

the Department is available for 

inspection in the Public Disclosure 

Room of the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Room N–1515, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

For a complete statement of the facts 

and representations supporting the 

Department’s decision to grant this 

exemption refer to the Notice published 

in the Federal Register on July 24, 2014 

at 79 FR 43082. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angelena C. Le Blanc, Office of 

Exemption Determinations, Employee 

Benefits Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, telephone (202) 

693–8551. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

General Information 

The attention of interested persons is 

directed to the following: 

(1) The fact that a transaction is the 

subject of an exemption under section 

408(a) of the Act and/or section 

4975(c)(2) of the Code does not relieve 

a fiduciary or other party in interest or 

disqualified person from certain other 

provisions to which the exemption does 

not apply and the general fiduciary 

responsibility provisions of section 404 

of the Act, which among other things 

require a fiduciary to discharge his 

duties respecting the plan solely in the 

interest of the participants and 

beneficiaries of the plan and in a 

prudent fashion in accordance with 

section 404(a)(1)(B) of the Act; nor does 

it affect the requirement of section 

401(a) of the Code that the plan must 

operate for the exclusive benefit of the 

employees of the employer maintaining 

the plan and their beneficiaries; 

(2) These exemptions are 

supplemental to and not in derogation 

of, any other provisions of the Act and/ 

or the Code, including statutory or 

administrative exemptions and 

transactional rules. Furthermore, the 

fact that a transaction is subject to an 

administrative or statutory exemption is 

not dispositive of whether the 

transaction is in fact a prohibited 

transaction; and 

(3) The availability of each exemption 

is subject to the express condition that 

the material facts and representations 

contained in the applicable application 

accurately describes all material terms 

of the transaction which is the subject 

of the exemption. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

November 2014. 

Lyssa E. Hall, 

Director of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security, Administration, 

U.S. Department Of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26432 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities 

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given that the Federal Council 

on the Arts and the Humanities will 

hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts 

International Indemnity Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 20, 2014, from 

12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

teleconference originating at the 

National Endowment for the Arts, 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lisette Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 400 7th Street 

SW., Room 4060, Washington, DC 

20506; (202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@

neh.gov. Hearing-impaired individuals 

who prefer to contact us by phone may 

use NEH’s TDD terminal at (202) 606– 

8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for panel 

review, discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendation on applications for 

Certificates of Indemnity submitted to 

the Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities, for exhibitions beginning 

on or after January 1, 2015. Because the 

meeting will consider proprietary 

financial and commercial data provided 

in confidence by indemnity applicants, 

and material that is likely to disclose 

trade secrets or other privileged or 

confidential information, and because it 

is important to keep the values of 

objects to be indemnified, and the 

methods of transportation and security 

measures confidential, I have 

determined that that the meeting will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(4) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. I have made this 

determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated 

July 19, 1993. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26545 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Comment Request: National Science 

Foundation Proposal—Large Facilities 

Manual 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request establishment of this 

collection. In accordance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

we are providing opportunity for public 

comment on this action. 

After obtaining and considering 

public comment, NSF will prepare the 

submission requesting OMB clearance 

of this collection for no longer than 3 

years. 

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; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by January 6, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

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information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 

1265, Arlington, VA 22230, or by email 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or 

send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: ‘‘Large Facilities 

Manual’’ 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection for three years. 

Proposed Project: 

The National Science Foundation Act 

of 1950 (Pub. L. 81–507) set forth NSF’s 

mission and purpose: 

‘‘To promote the progress of science; 

to advance the national health, 

prosperity, and welfare; to secure the 

national defense. . . . ’’ The Act 

authorized and directed NSF to initiate 

and support: 

• Basic scientific research and 

research fundamental to the engineering 

process; 

• Programs to strengthen scientific 

and engineering research potential; 

• Science and engineering education 

programs at all levels and in all the 

various fields of science and 

engineering; 

• Programs that provide a source of 

information for policy formulation; and 

• Other activities to promote these 

ends. 

Among Federal agencies, NSF is a 

leader in providing the academic 

community with advanced 

instrumentation needed to conduct 

state-of-the-art research and to educate 

the next generation of scientists, 

engineers and technical workers. The 

knowledge generated by these tools 

sustains U.S. leadership in science and 

engineering (S&E) to drive the U.S. 

economy and secure the future. NSF’s 

responsibility is to ensure that the 

research and education communities 

have access to these resources, and to 

provide the support needed to utilize 

them optimally, and implement timely 

upgrades. 

The scale of advanced 

instrumentation ranges from small 

research instruments to shared 

resources or facilities that can be used 

by entire communities. The demand for 

such instrumentation is very high, and 

is growing rapidly, along with the pace 

of discovery. For large facilities and 

shared infrastructure, the need is 

particularly high. This trend is expected 

to accelerate in the future as increasing 

numbers of researchers and educators 

rely on such large facilities, 

instruments, and databases to provide 

the reach to make the next intellectual 

leaps. 

NSF currently provides support for 

facility construction from two accounts: 

The Major Research Equipment and 

Facility Construction (MREFC) account, 

and the Research and Related Activities 

(R&RA) account. The MREFC account, 

established in FY 1995, is a separate 

budget line item that provides an 

agency-wide mechanism, permitting 

directorates to undertake large facility 

projects that exceed 10% of the 

Directorate’s annual budget; or roughly 

$100M or greater. Smaller projects 

continue to be supported from the 

R&RA Account. 

Facilities are defined as shared-use 

infrastructure, instrumentation and 

equipment that are accessible to a broad 

community of researchers and/or 

educators. Facilities may be centralized 

or may consist of distributed 

installations. They may incorporate 

large-scale networking or computational 

infrastructure, multi-user instruments or 

networks of such instruments, or other 

infrastructure, instrumentation and 

equipment having a major impact on a 

broad segment of a scientific or 

engineering discipline. Historically, 

awards have been made for such diverse 

projects as accelerators, telescopes, 

research vessels and aircraft, and 

geographically distributed but 

networked sensors and instrumentation. 

The growth and diversification of 

large facility projects require that NSF 

remain attentive to the ever-changing 

issues and challenges inherent in their 

planning, construction, operation, 

management and oversight. Most 

importantly, dedicated, competent NSF 

and awardee staff are needed to manage 

and oversee these projects; giving the 

attention and oversight that good 

practice dictates and that proper 

accountability to taxpayers and 

Congress demands. To this end, there is 

also a need for consistent, documented 

requirements and procedures to be 

understood and used by NSF program 

managers and awardees for all such 

large projects. 

Use of the Information: Facilities are 

an essential part of the science and 

engineering enterprise, and supporting 

them is one major responsibility of the 

National Science Foundation (NSF). 

NSF makes awards to external entities— 

primarily universities, consortia of 

universities or non-profit 

organizations—to undertake 

construction, management and 

operation of facilities. Such awards 

frequently take the form of cooperative 

agreements. NSF does not directly 

construct or operate the facilities it 

supports. However, NSF retains 

responsibility for overseeing their 

development, management and 

successful performance. The Large 

Facilities Manual is intended to: 

• Provide step-by-step guidance for 

NSF staff and awardees to carry out 

effective project planning, management 

and oversight of large facilities while 

considering the varying requirements of 

a diverse portfolio; 

• Clearly state the policies, processes 

and procedures pertinent at each stage 

of a facility’s life cycle from 

development through construction, 

operations, and termination; and 

• Document and disseminate ‘‘best 

practices’’ identified over time so that 

NSF and awardees can carry out their 

responsibilities more effectively. 

This version of the Large Facilities 

Manual reflects recent changes in 

organization and formatting to improve 

readability and facilitate period 

revision. It also up-dates sections 

related to contingency and cost 

estimating requirements. The Manual 

does not replace existing formal 

procedures required for all NSF awards, 

which are described in the Grant 

Proposal Guide and The Award and 

Administration Guide. Instead, it draws 

upon and supplements them for the 

purpose of providing detailed guidance 

regarding NSF management and 

oversight of facilities projects. All 

facilities projects require merit and 

technical review, as well as approval of 

certain deliverables. The level of review 

and approval varies substantially from 

standard grants, as does the level of 

oversight needed to ensure appropriate 

and proper accountability for federal 

funds. The requirements, recommended 

procedures and best practices presented 

in the Manual apply to any facility 

significant enough to require close and 

substantial interaction with the 

Foundation and the National Science 

Board. 

This Manual will be updated 

periodically to reflect changes in 

requirements, policies and/or 

procedures. Award Recipients are 

expected to monitor and adopt the 

requirements and best practices 

included in the Manual which are 

aimed at improving management and 

oversight of large facilities projects and 

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at enabling the most efficient and costeffective delivery of tools to the research 

and education communities. 

The submission of proposals and 

subsequent project documentation to 

the Foundation related to the 

development, construction and 

operations of Large Facilities is part of 

the collection of information. This 

information is used to help NSF fulfill 

this responsibility in supporting meritbased research and education projects in 

all the scientific and engineering 

disciplines. The Foundation also has a 

continuing commitment to provide 

oversight on facilities development and 

construction which must be balanced 

against monitoring its information 

collection so as to identify and address 

any excessive reporting burdens. 

NSF has approximately twenty-two 

(22) Large Facilities in various stages of 

development, construction, operations 

and termination. One to two (1 to 2) 

new awards are made approximately 

every five (5) years based on science 

community infrastructure needs and 

availability of funding. Of the twentytwo large facilities, there are 

approximately eight (8) facilities 

annually that are either in development 

or construction. These stages require the 

highest level of reporting and 

management documentation per the 

Large Facilities Manual. 

Burden To The Public: The 

Foundation estimates that an average of 

three (3) Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) 

are necessary for each facility project in 

development or construction (Total 

Project Cost of $200–$500M) to respond 

to NSF routine reporting and project 

management documentation 

requirements on an annual basis; or 

6240 hours per year. The Foundation 

estimates an average of one (1) FTE for 

a facility in operations; or 2080 hours 

per year. Assuming an average of eight 

(8) facilities in construction and the 

balance in operations, this equates to 

roughly 80,000 public burden hours 

annually. 

Dated: November 3, 2014. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26444 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Submission for Review: OPM Online 

Form 1417, Combined Federal 

Campaign Results Report 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Combined 

Federal Campaign, Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) offers the general 

public and other Federal agencies the 

opportunity to comment on an 

information collection request (ICR) 

3206–0193, OPM 1417, the Combined 

Federal Campaign Results Report. As 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35) as amended by the ClingerCohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is 

soliciting comments for this collection. 

The information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on July, 16, 2014 at 79 FR 

41600 allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. No comments were 

received for this information collection. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 8, 

2014. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Office of Personnel 

Management or sent via electronic mail 

to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or 

faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

Personnel Management or sent via 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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. 

The Combined Federal Campaign 

(CFC) is the world’s largest and most 

successful annual workplace 

philanthropic giving campaign, with 

151 CFC campaigns throughout the 

country and overseas raising millions of 

dollars each year. The mission of the 

CFC is to promote and support 

philanthropy through a program that is 

employee focused, cost-efficient, and 

effective in providing all federal 

employees the opportunity to improve 

the quality of life for all. 

The CFC OPM Online Form 1417 

collects information from the 151 local 

CFC charities to verify campaign results 

and collect contact information. 

Revisions to the form include clarifying 

edits to item number 13 of the 

Campaign Results Totals screen; 

clarifying edits and expansion of item 

numbers 14 and 17 of the Campaign 

Results Totals screen; the elimination of 

item numbers 16, 18, and 19 of the 

Campaign Results Totals screen; and the 

inclusion of verbiage on the Summary 

Report screen that states that the OPM 

Form 1417 is not complete without the 

submission, by email, of the relevant 

designation data. 

Analysis 

Agency: Combined Federal Campaign, 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Title: OPM Online Form 1417, 

Combined Federal Campaign Results 

Report. 

OMB Number: 3206–0193. 

Affected Public: Principal Combined 

Fund Organizations. 

Number of Respondents: 151. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 40 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 101 hours. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26468 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket Nos. CP2015–8; Order No. 2237] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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