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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has decided to terminate the 

National Environmental Performance 

Track Program. 

DATES: The Performance Track Program 

is terminated effective May 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chuck Kent, Office of Policy, Economics 

and Innovation, 202–566–2805 or by email at Kent.Chuck@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

26, 2000, EPA announced the launch of 

the National Environmental 

Performance Track, ‘‘Performance 

Track’’, which was initially designed to 

have two levels, the ‘‘Achievement 

Track,’’ and the ‘‘Stewardship Track.’’ 

On July 6, 2000, EPA published in the 

Federal Register (65 FR 41655) the 

design of the Achievement Track level 

of the Performance Track program. The 

Achievement Track was subsequently 

renamed the National Environmental 

Performance Track Program and the 

development of the Stewardship Track 

led instead to the creation of the 

Performance Track Corporate Leader 

designation. 

On March 16, 2009, EPA 

Administrator Lisa P. Jackson issued a 

memorandum halting the Performance 

Track Program. The Administrator’s 

memorandum was followed by a 

memorandum from Chuck Kent, 

Director, Office of Policy Economics, 

and Innovation, dated March 25, 2009, 

which provided more details about the 

termination, including that the low 

priority for routine inspections 

incentive is no longer in effect. This 

notice announces that EPA’s decision to 

terminate the Performance Track 

Program is effective as of the date of this 

publication, and provides public notice 

that the low priority for routine 

inspections incentive for Performance 

Track facilities is hereby terminated. 

Dated: May 11, 2009. 

Marcia E. Mulkey, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of 

Policy, Economics and Innovation. 

[FR Doc. E9–11272 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority, Comments Requested 

May 5, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments by July 13, 2009. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at 202–395–5167, or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your comments by e-mail send 

them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

To view a copy of this information 

collection request (ICR) submitted to 

OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review’’, (3) 

click the downward-pointing arrow in 

the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box and (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the title 

of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, 

if there is one) and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number to view detailed 

information about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, send an e-mail 

to Judith B. Herman at 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0259. 

Title: Section 90.263, Substitution of 

Frequencies Below 25 MHz. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 35 

respondents; 35 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 

11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 18 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting requirement) of this 

information collection. The Commission 

is reporting a decrease of 12 total annual 

burden hours since this information 

collection was last submitted to OMB in 

2006 for review and approval. The 

reason for the decrease is fewer 

respondents (now 35 respondents rather 

than 60 in 2006). Thus, the total annual 

burden hours has been adjusted now to 

18 total annual burden hours. 

Section 90.263 requires applicants 

proposing operations in certain 

frequency bands below 25 MHz to 

submit precise information concerning 

transmitter output power, type and 

directional characteristics, if any, and 

the antenna, and the minimum 

necessary hours of operation. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0264. 

Title: Section 80.413, On-board 

Station Equipment Records. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,000 

respondents; 1,000 responses. 


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Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4, 

303, 307(e), 309 and 332 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the recordkeeping requirement) of this 

information collection. There is no 

change in the hourly burden estimate. 

Section 80.413 requires the licensee of 

an on-board station to keep equipment 

records which show: (1) The ship name 

and identification of the on-board 

station; (2) the number of and type of 

repeater and mobile units used on-board 

the vessel; and (3) the date the type of 

equipment which is added or removed 

from the on-board station. 

The information is used by FCC 

personnel during inspections and 

investigations to determine what mobile 

units and repeaters are associated with 

on-board stations aboard a particular 

vessel. If this information were not 

collected, no means would be available 

to determine if this type of radio 

equipment is authorized or who is 

responsible for its operation. 

Enforcement and frequency 

management programs would be 

negatively affected. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0297. 

Title: Section 80.503, Cooperative Use 

of Facilities. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

State, local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 100 

respondents; 100 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 16 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4, 

303, 307(e), 309, and 332 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,600 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the recordkeeping requirement) of this 

information collection. There is no 

change in the hourly burden estimate. 

Section 80.503 states that a person 

engaged in the operation of one or more 

commercial transport vessels or 

government vessels may receive 

maritime mobile service from a private 

coast station or a marine utility station 

on shore even though not the licensee 

of the private coast station or the marine 

utility station. Restrictions on 

cooperative arrangements are as follows: 

(1) Foreign persons must be the 

licensees of the radio stations installed 

on board their vessels. 

(2) The licensee of a private coast 

station or marine utility station on shore 

may install ship radio stations on board 

United States commercial transport 

vessels of other persons. In each case 

these persons must enter into a written 

agreement verifying that the ship station 

licensee has the sole right of control of 

the ship stations, that the vessel 

operators must use the ship stations 

subject to the orders and instructions of 

the coast station or marine utility station 

on shore, and that the ship station 

licensee will have sufficient control of 

the ship station to enable it to carry out 

its responsibilities under the ship 

station license. 

(a) Cooperative arrangements are 

limited concerning cost and charges as 

follows: 

(1) The arrangement must be established 

on a non-profit, cost-sharing basis by written 

contract. A copy of the contract must be kept 

with the station records and made available 

for inspection by Commission 

representatives. 

(2) Contributions to capital and operating 

expenses are to be prorated on an equitable 

basis among all persons who are parties to 

the cooperative arrangement. Records which 

reflect the cost of the service and its nonprofit, cost-sharing nature must be 

maintained by the licensee of the station and 

made available for inspection by Commission 

representatives. 

The information is used by FCC 

personnel during inspection and 

investigations to insure compliance 

with applicable rules. If this information 

were not available, enforcement efforts 

could be hindered, frequency 

congestion in certain bands could 

increase, and the financial viability of 

some public coast radiotelephone 

stations could be threatened. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0387. 

Title: Sections 15.201(d), 15.211, 

15.213, and 15.221, On-Site Verification 

of Field Disturbance Sensors. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 200 

respondents; 200 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 18 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 

301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), 303(r), 303(s), 

304, and 307 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,600 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $40,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Applicants may request that information 

be withheld from public inspection 

pursuant to 47 CFR 0.457(d) for trade 

secrets which may be submitted to the 

Commission as part of the 

documentation of test results. No other 

assurance of confidentiality are 

provided to respondents. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting and/or recordkeeping 

requirements) of this information 

collection. There is no change in the 

burden estimates. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0441. 

Title: Section 90.621, Selection and 

Assignment of Frequencies and Section 

90.693, Grandfathering Provisions for 

Incumbent Licensees. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

State, local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 20 

respondents; 20 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 


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authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 154 

and 309(j) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 30 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $2,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting and/or recordkeeping 

requirements) of this information 

collection. There is a change in the 

number of respondents since this was 

last submitted to OMB for approval. The 

estimated number of respondents has 

decreased by 980 fewer respondents; 

and 1,470 hourly burden reduction 

adjustments. The Commission is also 

reporting a $98,000 annual cost decrease 

since the 2006 submission. 

Section 90.621(b)(4) allows stations to 

be licensed at distances less than those 

prescribed in the Short-Spacing 

Separation Table where applicants 

‘‘secure a waiver’’. Applicants seeking a 

waiver in these circumstances are still 

required to submit with their 

application an interference analysis, 

based upon any of the generallyaccepted terrain-based propagation 

models, demonstrating that co-channel 

stations would receive the same or 

greater interference protection than 

provided in the Short-Spacing 

Separation Table. 

Section 90.621(b)(5) permits stations 

to be located closer than the required 

separation, so long as the applicant 

provides letters of concurrence 

indicating that the applicant and each 

co-channel licensee within the specified 

separation agree to accept any 

interference resulting from the reduced 

separation between systems. Applicants 

are still required to file such 

concurrence letters with the 

Commission. Additionally, the 

Commission did not eliminate filings 

required by provisions such as 

international agreements, its 

environmental (National Environmental 

Protection Act (NEPA)) rules, its 

antenna structure registration rules, or 

quiet zone notification/filing 

procedures. 

Section 90.693 requires that 800 MHz 

incumbent Specialized Mobile Radio 

(SMR) service licensees ‘‘notify the 

Commission within 30 days of any 

changes in technical parameters or 

additional stations constructed that fall 

within the short-spacing criteria.’’ It has 

been standard practice for incumbents 

to notify the Commission of all changes 

and additional stations constructed in 

cases where such stations are in fact 

located less than the required 70 mile 

distance separation, and are therefore 

technically ‘‘short-spaced’’, but are in 

fact fully compliant with the parameters 

of the Commission’s Short-Spacing 

Separation Table. 

The Commission uses this 

information to determine whether to 

grant licenses to applicants making 

‘‘minor modifications’’ to their systems 

which do not satisfy mileage separation 

requirements pursuant to the ShortSpacing Separation Table. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–11209 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby 

given of the final approval of proposed 

information collections by the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board) under OMB delegated 

authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB 

Regulations on Controlling Paperwork 

Burdens on the Public). Board-approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instrument(s) 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Federal Reserve may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Acting Federal Reserve Board 

Clearance Officer—Cynthia Ayouch— 

Division of Research and Statistics, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 

(202–452–3829). 

OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed 

—Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

Final approval under OMB delegated 

authority of the extension for three 

years, without revision of the following 

reports: 

1. Report title: The Senior Loan 

Officer Opinion Survey on Bank 

Lending Practices. 

Agency form number: FR 2018. 

OMB control number: 7100–0058. 

Frequency: Up to six times a year. 

Reporters: Large U.S. commercial 

banks and large U.S. branches and 

agencies of foreign banks. 

Annual reporting hours: 1,008 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

2 hours. 

Number of respondents: 84. 

Small businesses are not affected. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (12 

U.S.C. 225a, 248(a)(2), and 3105(c)(2)) 

and is given confidential treatment (5 

U.S.C. 552 (b)(4)). 

Abstract: The FR 2018 is conducted 

with a senior loan officer at each 

respondent bank, generally through a 

telephone interview, up to six times a 

year. The purpose of the survey is to 

provide qualitative and limited 

quantitative information on credit 

availability and demand, as well as 

evolving developments and lending 

practices in the U.S. loan markets. 

Consequently, a portion of the questions 

in each survey typically covers special 

Topics of timely interest. There is the 

option to survey other types of 

respondents (such as other depository 

institutions, bank holding companies, or 

other financial entities) should the need 

arise. The FR 2018 survey provides 

crucial information for monitoring and 

understanding the evolution of lending 

practices at banks and developments in 

credit markets. 

Current Actions: On February 26, 

2009, the Federal Reserve published a 

notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 

8794) requesting public comment for 60 

days on the extension, without revision, 

of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion 

Survey. The comment period for this 

notice expired on April 27, 2009. No 

comments were received. 

2. Report title: Senior Financial 

Officer Survey. 

Agency form number: FR 2023. 

OMB control number: 7100–0223. 

Frequency: Up to four times a year. 

Reporters: Large commercial banks. 

Annual reporting hours: 240 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

1 hour. 

Number of respondents: 60. 

Small businesses are not affected. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary 

(U.S.C. 225a, 248(a), and 263). It has 

been anticipated that most, if not all, of 

the information to be collected on the 

FR 2023 would be exempt from 


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