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1Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012, Public Law 112–96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012) (Act) 

(codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 

2 47 U.S.C. 1424, 1426(b)(1). 

3 47 U.S.C. 1426(b)(1)(A)–(D). 

4 47 U.S.C. 1442(a). 

5 47 U.S.C. 1422(b)(2)(B). 

stages of planning and development. 

This agenda item will include 

presentations from various companies 

as well as BOEM staff, and time for 

questions and discussion. The 

committee plans to discuss 2018 

Council priorities related to habitat and 

recommend specific priorities to the 

Council. They will also review recent 

Plan Development Team (PDT) activity 

related to the Deep-Sea Coral 

Amendment, with a focus on 

development and analysis of broad zone 

Option 7 as discussed at the June 2017 

Council meeting. Provide guidance for 

additional work. The committee will 

review recent PDT activity related to the 

Clam Dredge Framework. Provide 

guidance for development of 

management alternatives using updated 

habitat and clam survey data. They also 

plan to discuss if there are any habitatrelated fishery regulations that could be 

eliminated, improved, or streamlined. 

Several recent Executive Orders have 

been issued about streamlining current 

regulations, and NOAA is seeking 

public input on the efficiency and 

effectiveness of current regulations and 

whether they can be improved. Other 

business may be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

978–465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 12, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19645 Filed 9–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request; State 

and Local Implementation Grant 

Program 2.0 Reporting Requirements 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 14, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, (202) 482– 

0336, Department of Commerce, Room 

6612, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at 

PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instruments and instructions should be 

sent to Michael Dame, Program Director, 

State and Local Implementation Grant 

Program, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4078, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at 

mdame@ntia.doc.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In February 2012, the Middle Class 

Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(Act) was enacted.1 The Act meets a 

long-standing national priority and 

infrastructure need to create a single, 

interoperable, nationwide public safety 

broadband network (NPSBN) that allows 

law enforcement officers, fire fighters, 

emergency medical service 

professionals, and other public safety 

officials to effectively communicate 

with each other across agencies and 

jurisdictions. Public safety responders 

have long been hindered in their ability 

to respond in a crisis situation because 

of incompatible communications 

networks and often outdated 

communications equipment. Therefore, 

the design and deployment of this 

NPSBN established by the Act is critical 

to provide emergency responders the 

ability to communicate on a secure, 

reliable, and dedicated interoperable 

network during emergencies and to use 

technology to improve response time, 

keep communities safe, and save lives. 

The Act established the First 

Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) 

as an independent authority within the 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) and 

authorized it to take all actions 

necessary to ensure the design, 

construction, and operation of a 

nationwide NPSBN, based on a single, 

national network architecture.2

FirstNet’s responsibilities are, at a 

minimum, to ensure nationwide 

standards for the use of and access to 

the network; issue open, transparent, 

and competitive requests for proposals 

(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain 

the network; encourage these RFPs to 

leverage, to the maximum extent 

economically desirable, existing 

commercial wireless infrastructure to 

speed deployment of the network; and 

oversee contracts with non-federal 

entities to build, operate, and maintain 

the network.3

The Act also charged NTIA with 

establishing a grant program, the State 

and Local Implementation Grant 

Program (SLIGP), to assist state, 

regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions 

with identifying, planning, and 

implementing the most efficient and 

effective means to use and integrate the 

infrastructure, equipment, and other 

architecture associated with the NPSBN 

to satisfy the wireless broadband and 

data services needs of their 

jurisdictions.4 NTIA awarded an initial 

$116.5 million in grant funds to 54 state 

and territorial recipients between July 

2013 and June 2014. 

The Act’s framework contemplates 

that FirstNet closely coordinates its 

activities with state, regional, tribal, and 

local governments and imposed a 

statutory requirement that FirstNet 

consult with these entities as it takes all 

actions necessary to build, deploy, and 

operate the NPSBN.5 Specifically, the 

Act requires FirstNet to consult with 

state, regional, tribal, and local 

governments about the distribution and 

expenditure of any amounts required to 

carry out its responsibilities to plan, 

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6 47 U.S.C. 1426(c)(2)(B); 47 U.S.C. 1442(d). 

build, operate, and maintain the 

NPSBN. 

Additionally, the Act specifies that 

these required consultations occur 

between FirstNet and the single point of 

contact (SPOC) that the state designated 

in its original SLIGP grant application.6

The original SLIGP award provided 

recipients needed funding to support 

their engagement in consultations as 

required of FirstNet under the Act. 

SLIGP 2.0 

With an available balance of up to 

$43.4 million from the original SLIGP 

fund of $116.5 million, NTIA will 

continue to provide funding through 

SLIGP 2.0 grants to assist State, regional, 

tribal, and local jurisdictions to engage 

effectively with FirstNet and provide it 

with information needed to continue 

with planning the NPSBN and the 

deployment of the Radio Access 

Network (RAN) in an effective and 

timely manner, as required by the Act. 

To ensure effective grant oversight 

and management, SLIGP developed a 

quarterly performance progress report 

(PPR) form for recipients to complete as 

part of post-award monitoring 

throughout the period of performance of 

the SLIGP 2.0 grant. The PPRs are 

critical to the success of the program 

and provide key insights into how grant 

funds are being used. Recipients are 

asked to report on progress toward 

program priority areas, which include, 

individuals sent to broadband 

conferences, staff hired, contracts 

executed, governance meetings held, 

and stakeholder events convened, as 

well as financial expenditures by cost 

category. NTIA seeks Office of 

Management Budget (OMB) approval of 

this form. NTIA will use the collection 

of information to ensure that SLIGP 2.0 

grant recipients are effectively 

monitored and evaluated against the 

core purposes of the program 

established by the Act. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper format. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State, regional, local 

and tribal government organizations. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

Average Time per Response: 12.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $121,212. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 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. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds services to 

the Procurement List that will be 

provided by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes product(s) and/or service(s) from 

the Procurement List previously 

furnished by such agencies. 

DATES: Date added to and deleted from 

the Procurement List: October 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

715, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy B. Jensen, Telephone: (703) 603– 

7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 5/26/2017 (82 FR 24308–24309) 

and 6/30/2017 (82 FR 29852), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices of proposed additions 

to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the services and impact of the additions 

on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the services listed 

below are suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will provide the 

services to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to provide the 

services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following services 

are added to the Procurement List: 

Service Type: Janitorial Service 

Mandatory for: U.S. Census Bureau, National 

Processing Center, 1201 E 10th Street, 

Jeffersonville, IN 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Rauch, Inc., 

New Albany, IN 

Contracting Activity: Dept of Commerce/ 

Bureau of the Census 

Service Type: Mail Management Support 

Service 

Mandatory for: 

U.S. Navy, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center 

Norfolk, Naval Support Activity, 700 

Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 

U.S. Navy, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center 

Norfolk, Naval Support Activity, 5450 

Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: NewView 

Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Navy, 

NAVSUP Flt Log Ctr Norfolk 

Deletions 

On 8/11/2017 (83 FR 37577), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notice of proposed deletions 

from the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

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