76346 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 245 / Monday, December 22, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Customs Brokers User Fee Payment 

for 2015 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice to customs brokers that the 

annual fee of $138 that is assessed for 

each permit held by a broker, whether 

it may be an individual, partnership, 

association, or corporation, is due by 

February 27, 2015. 

DATES: Payment of the 2015 Customs 

Broker User Fee is due by February 27, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Barulich, Broker Management 

Branch, Office of International Trade, 

(202) 863–6099. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to § 111.96 of title 19 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (19 CFR 111.96(c)), 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) assesses an annual user fee of 

$138 for each customs broker district 

and national permit held by an 

individual, partnership, association, or 

corporation. CBP regulations provide 

that this fee is payable for each calendar 

year in each broker district where the 

broker was issued a permit to do 

business by the due date which is 

published in the Federal Register 

annually. See 19 CFR 24.22(h) and (i)(9). 

Broker districts are defined in the 

General Notice entitled, ‘‘Geographical 

Boundaries of Customs Brokerage, 

Cartage and Lighterage Districts’’ 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 27, 1995 (60 FR 49971). 

As required by 19 CFR 111.96, CBP 

must provide notice in the Federal 

Register no later than 60 days before 

such due date on which the payment is 

due for each broker permit. This 

document notifies customs brokers that 

for calendar year 2015, the due date for 

payment of the user fee is February 27, 

2015. It is anticipated that for 

subsequent years, the annual user fee for 

customs brokers will be due on the last 

business day of February of each year. 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Brenda B. Smith, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29942 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

New Date for the April 2015 Customs 

Broker License Examination 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

has changed the date on which the 

semi-annual written examination for an 

individual broker’s license will be held 

in April 2015. 

DATES: The customs broker’s license 

examination scheduled for April 2015 

will be held on Monday, April 13. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Lugo, Broker Management Branch, 

Office of International Trade, (202) 863– 

6015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), provides 

that a person (an individual, 

corporation, association, or partnership) 

must hold a valid customs broker’s 

license and permit in order to transact 

customs business on behalf of others, 

sets forth standards for the issuance of 

broker’s licenses and permits, and 

provides for the taking of disciplinary 

action against brokers that have engaged 

in specified types of infractions. This 

section also provides that an 

examination may be conducted to assess 

an applicant’s qualifications for a 

license. 

The regulations issued under the 

authority of section 641 are set forth in 

Title 19 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 111 (19 CFR part 111). 

Part 111 sets forth the regulations 

regarding the licensing of, and granting 

of permits to, persons desiring to 

transact customs business as customs 

brokers. These regulations also include 

the qualifications required of applicants 

and the procedures for applying for 

licenses and permits. 19 CFR 111.11 sets 

forth the basic requirements for a 

broker’s license and, 19 CFR 

111.11(a)(4), provides that an applicant 

for an individual broker’s license must 

attain a passing grade (75 percent or 

higher) on a written examination. 

19 CFR 111.13 sets forth the 

requirements and procedures for the 

written examination for an individual 

broker’s license and states that written 

customs broker license examinations 

will be given on the first Monday in 

April and October unless the regularly 

scheduled examination date conflicts 

with a national holiday, religious 

observance, or other foreseeable event. 

CBP recognizes that the first Monday 

in April 2015 coincides with the 

observance of the religious holiday of 

Passover. In consideration of this 

conflict, CBP has decided to change the 

regularly scheduled date of the 

examination. This document announces 

that CBP has scheduled the April 2015 

broker license examination for Monday, 

April 13, 2015. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Brenda B. Smith, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29941 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5758–N–15] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Data Collection 

Questionnaires for Thompson v. HUD 

Research Study 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

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

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email 

Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@

hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400. 

This is not a toll-free number. Persons 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Thompson v. HUD: Interface of Mobility 

and Sustainability. 

OMB Approval Number: N/A. 

Type of Request: New. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: The 

proposed data collection supports the 

research HUD is required to undertake 

outlined in the Thompson v. HUD et al 

Settlement Agreement. The purpose of 

this data collection is to gather 

demographic and experiential 

information on a subset of Housing 

Choice Voucher holders in the 

Baltimore metropolitan region who have 

received special vouchers as part of the 

Settlement (‘‘Thompson vouchers’’). 

This data collection will inform the 

research with information to determine 

whether Thompson vouchers enable(d) 

households to more easily relocate to 

neighborhoods with greater opportunity 

than regular voucher households. Along 

with data gathered from other sources, 

the data from this collection will be 

used to define neighborhoods of 

opportunity—providing greater access 

to educational, social, economic, and 

health benefits—and where those 

neighborhoods are located within the 

Baltimore region. Defining 

neighborhoods of opportunity is 

essential to the research, as it will allow 

the researchers to compare and analyze 

the mobility and relocation choices of 

Thompson and regular voucher 

households. This comparison will 

highlight the accessibility of such 

opportunities to the Plaintiff Class, a 

core component of the research 

requirement described in the Settlement 

Agreement. Positive program outcomes 

identified through this research will be 

of value to voucher programs in other 

regions of the country. 

Respondents: Selected Housing 

Choice Voucher holders in the 

Baltimore Metropolitan region 

(Baltimore City and County; Anne 

Arundel County; Carroll County; 

Howard County; Harford County; and 

Queen Anne’s County). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

226. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 226. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.56. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 353 hours. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Thompson v. HUD Data 

Collection .................. 226 1 226 1.56 353 $13.43 $4,741.14 

Total ...................... 226 1 226 1.56 353 $13.43 $4,741.14 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to 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. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comments in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35. 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Katherine O’Regan, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29885 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2014–N253; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

January 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 


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