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positions that will become vacant on 

September 30, 2015: 

Æ Two members representing the 

barge and towing industry; 

Æ One member representing the 

offshore mineral and oil supply vessel 

industry; 

Æ One member representing the 

holders of active licensed Masters of 

towing vessels in offshore service; 

Æ One member representing shippers 

engaged in the shipment of oil or 

hazardous materials by barge; and, 

Æ One member drawn from the 

general public. 

To be eligible, applicants should have 

particular expertise, knowledge, and 

experience regarding shallow- draft 

inland and coastal waterway navigation 

and towing safety. 

Registered lobbyists are not eligible to 

serve on federal advisory committees in 

their individual capacity. See guidance 

notice (79 FR 47482, August 13, 2014). 

The position we list for a member 

drawn from the general public would be 

someone appointed in their individual 

capacity and would be designated as a 

Special Government Employee as 

defined in 202(a) of Title 18, United 

States Code. Registered lobbyists are 

lobbyists required to comply with 

provisions contained in the Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–65, 

as amended by Title II of Pub. L. 110– 

81). 

Each member serves for a term of up 

to three (3) years. Members may be 

considered to serve a maximum of three 

consecutive terms. All members serve 

without compensation from the Federal 

Government; however, upon request, 

members may receive travel 

reimbursement and per diem. 

In an effort to maintain a geographic 

balance of membership, we are 

encouraging representatives from tug 

and barge companies operating on the 

Western Rivers to apply for 

representation on the Committee. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security does not discriminate in 

selection of Committee members on the 

basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, political affiliation, 

sexual orientation, gender identity, 

marital status, disability and genetic 

information, age, membership in an 

employee organization, or other nonmerit factors. The Department of 

Homeland Security strives to achieve a 

widely diverse candidate pool for all of 

its recruitment selections. 

If you are selected as a nonrepresentative member, or as a member 

drawn from the general public, you will 

be appointed and serve as a Special 

Government Employee as defined in 

section 202(a) of Title 18, United States 

Code. As a candidate for appointment as 

a Special Government Employee, 

applicants are required to complete a 

Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report (OGE Form 450). The Coast 

Guard may not release the reports or the 

information in them to the public except 

under an order issued by a Federal court 

or as otherwise provided under the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Applicants 

can obtain this form by going to the Web 

site of the Office of Government Ethics 

(www.oge.gov), or by contacting the 

individual listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Applications for a 

member drawn from the general public 

which are not accompanied by a 

completed OGE Form 450 will not be 

considered. 

If you are interested in applying to 

become a member of the Committee, 

send a cover letter and re ́sume ́ to 

William J. Abernathy, Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer of the 

Towing Safety Advisory Committee by 

email, fax, or mail according to the 

instructions in the ADDRESSES section by 

the deadline in the DATES section of this 

notice. Indicate the specific position 

you request to be considered for and 

specify your area of expertise, 

knowledge, and experience that 

qualifies you to serve on the Towing 

Safety Advisory Committee. Note that 

during the vetting process applicants 

may be asked to provide date of birth 

and social security number. All email, 

fax, and mail submittals will receive 

email receipt confirmation. 

Dated: November 6, 2014. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards, United States Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28342 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5761–N–03] 

60-Day Notice of Submission of 

Proposed Information Collection to 

OMB; Standardized Form for 

Collecting Information Regarding Race 

and Ethnic Data 

AGENCY: Office of Strategic Planning and 

Management, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 2, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval number (2535–0113) and 

should be sent to: Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

Telephone (202) 402–4300, (this is not 

a toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; for a copy of 

the proposed form and other available 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorthera Yorkshire, Grants Management 

and Oversight Division, Office of 

Strategic Planning and Management 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

3156, Washington, DC 20410; email: 

Dorthera.Yorkshire@hud.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–4336; Fax (202) 708–0531 

(this is not a toll-free number) for other 

available information. If you are a 

hearing-or-speech-impaired person, you 

may reach the above telephone numbers 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of the Information collection 

described below. This notice is 

soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information to: (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; (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 collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 


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Title of Proposal: Standardized Form 

for Collecting Information Regarding 

Race and Ethnic Data. 

OMB Control Number if applicable: 

2535–0113. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUD’s 

standardized form for the Collection of 

Race and Ethnic Data complies with 

OMB’s revised standards for Federal 

Agencies issued, October 30, 1997. 

These standards apply to HUD Program 

Office and partners that collect, 

maintain, and report Federal Data on 

race and ethnicity for program 

administrative reporting. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–27061. 

Members of Affected Public: 

Individuals or households, Business or 

other-for-profit, Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

responses, frequency of responses, and 

hours of responses: This proposal will 

result in no significant increase in the 

current information collection burden. 

An estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to provide the information 

for each grant application is 1 hour; 

however, the burden will be assessed 

against each individual grant program 

submission under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act; number of respondents 

is an estimated 11,000; 60% of 

responses will be quarterly and 40% 

annually. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: November 3, 2014. 

Loyd LaMois, 

Acting Director, Grants Management and 

Oversight Division, Office of Strategic 

Planning and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28358 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2014–N238; 

FXES11120100000–156–FF01E00000] 

Draft Programmatic Candidate 

Conservation Agreements With 

Assurances and Receipt of 

Applications for Enhancement of 

Survival Permits for the Greater SageGrouse in Oregon; and Draft 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

applications from five Soil and Water 

Conservation Districts (SWCDs) for 

enhancement of survival (EOS) permits 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA). The permit 

applications include proposed 

programmatic candidate conservation 

agreements with assurances (CCAAs) for 

the greater sage-grouse, addressing 

conservation activities and ranching 

operations in Baker, Crook, Deschutes, 

Grant, Lake, Malheur, and southern 

Union Counties, Oregon. The Service 

also announces the availability of a draft 

environmental assessment (EA) 

addressing the proposed CCAAs and 

issuance of EOS permits in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). We 

invite comments from all interested 

parties on the applications, including 

the CCAAs and the EA. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received from 

interested parties no later than January 

2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: To request further 

information or submit written 

comments, please use one of the 

following methods, and note that your 

information request or comments are in 

reference to the Multi-County CCAA. 

• Internet: Documents may be viewed 

on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/

oregonfwo/. 

• Email: Jeff_Everett@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Multi-County CCAA’’ in the subject 

line of the message or comments. 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 2600 SE. 98th Ave., Suite 100, 

Portland, OR 97266. 

• Fax: 503–231–6195, Attn: MultiCounty CCAA. 

• In-Person Viewing or Pickup: 

Documents will be available for public 

inspection by appointment during 

normal business hours at the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 

Wildlife Office, 2600 SE. 98th Ave., 

Suite 100, Portland, OR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Everett or Jennifer Siani, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 

Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES), 

telephone: 503–231–6179. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf, 

please call the Federal Information 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received five applications—from Baker 

Valley SWCD, Crook County SWCD, 

Grant SWCD, Lakeview SWCD, and 

Malheur County SWCD—for EOS 

permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

ESA for incidental take of sage-grouse 

(Centrocercus urophasianus). Each 

application includes a CCAA covering 

sage-grouse habitat on private lands in 

one or two counties in Oregon. The 

Service and the SWCDs prepared the 

CCAAs to provide landowners with the 

opportunity to voluntarily conserve the 

greater sage-grouse and its habitat while 

carrying out ranch operations. 

Background Information 

Private and other non-Federal 

property owners are encouraged to enter 

into CCAAs, in which they voluntarily 

undertake management activities on 

their properties to enhance, restore, or 

maintain habitat benefiting species that 

are proposed for listing under the ESA, 

candidates for listing, or species that 

may become candidates or proposed for 

listing. EOS permits are issued to 

applicants in association with approved 

CCAAs to authorize incidental take of 

the covered species from covered 

activities, should they become listed. 

Through a CCAA and its associated EOS 

permit, the Service provides assurances 

to property owners that they will not be 

subjected to increased land use 

restrictions if the covered species 

become listed under the ESA in the 

future, provided certain conditions are 

met. 

Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for EOS permits for 

CCAAs are found in the Code of 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22(d) 

and 17.32(d), respectively. See also our 

joint policy on CCAAs, which we 

published in the Federal Register with 

the Department of Commerce’s National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, National Marine 

Fisheries Service (64 FR 32726; June 17, 

1999). 

On March 23, 2010, the Service 

determined that listing the greater sagegrouse under the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) 

was warranted, but precluded by the 

need to address higher priority species 


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