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submissions clearly indicate the time 

period to which they apply. In the 

interest of transparency in our reporting, 

classified information will not be 

accepted. Where applicable, information 

submitted should indicate its source or 

sources, and copies of the source 

material should be provided. If primary 

sources are utilized, such as research 

studies, interviews, direct observations, 

or other sources of quantitative or 

qualitative data, details on the research 

or data-gathering methodology should 

be provided. Please see the TVPRA List, 

EO List, and TDA report for a complete 

explanation of relevant terms, 

definitions, and reporting guidelines 

employed by DOL. Per our standard 

procedures, submissions will be 

published on the ILAB Web page at 

https://www.dol.gov/ilab/submissions/. 

This notice is a general solicitation of 

comments from the public. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 19 day of 

October 2017. 

Martha Newton, 

Deputy Undersecretary for International 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23319 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–2018–002] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension 

request. 

SUMMARY: NARA proposes to request an 

extension from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) of 

approval to collect information from 

individuals requesting a research card. 

People must have a research card to use 

original archival records in a NARA 

facility. We invite you to comment on 

certain aspects of this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: We must receive written 

comments on or before December 26, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to 

Paperwork Reduction Act Comments 

(MP), Room 4100, National Archives 

and Records Administration, 8601 

Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740– 

6001, or email them to tamee.fechhelm@

nara.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone 

at 301–837–1694, or by email at 

tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov, with 

requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting statement. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite 

the public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on information collections we 

propose to renew. We submit proposals 

to renew information collections first 

through a public comment period and 

then to OMB for review and approval 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.). We invite comments and 

suggestions on one or more of the 

following points: (a) Whether the 

proposed information collection is 

necessary for NARA to properly perform 

its functions, including whether the 

proposed information collection will 

have practical utility; (b) our estimate of 

the information collection’s burden on 

respondents; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information we propose to collect; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden on 

respondents of collecting the 

information, including through use of 

information technology; and (e) whether 

this collection affects small businesses. 

We will summarize any comments you 

submit and include the summary in our 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this notice, NARA 

solicits comments concerning the 

following information collection: 

Title: Researcher Application. 

OMB number: 3095–0016. 

Agency form number: NA Form 

14003. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit, 

not-for-profit institutions, Federal, State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

15,967. 

Estimated time per response: 8 

minutes. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2,129 hours. 

Abstract: The information collection 

is prescribed by 36 CFR 1254.8. The 

collection is an application for a 

research card. Respondents are 

individuals who wish to use original 

archival records in a NARA facility and 

we request their name, address, contact 

information, and information about the 

research purpose and the records they 

wish to access. NARA uses the 

information to screen individuals, to 

identify which types of records they 

should use, and to allow further contact. 

Swarnali Haldar, 

Executive for Information Services/CIO. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23446 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given that the National Council 

on the Humanities will meet to advise 

the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 

with respect to policies, programs and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions; to review applications for 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 

Act of 1965 and make recommendations 

thereon to the Chairman; and to 

consider gifts offered to NEH and make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 16, 2017, from 

10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., and Friday, 

November 17, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 

adjourned. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 400 7th Street 

SW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; 

(202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@neh.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Council on the Humanities is 

meeting pursuant to the National 

Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951–960, as 

amended). The Committee meetings of 

the National Council on the Humanities 

will be held on November 16, 2017, as 

follows: The policy discussion session 

(open to the public) will convene at 

10:30 a.m. until approximately 11:00 

a.m., followed by the discussion of 

specific grant applications and programs 

before the Council (closed to the public) 

from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The 

following Committees will meet in the 

NEH offices: 

Digital Humanities. 

Education Programs. 

Federal/State Partnership. 


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Preservation and Access/Challenge 

Grants. 

Public Programs. 

Research Programs. 

The plenary session of the National 

Council on the Humanities will convene 

on November 17, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in 

the Conference Center at Constitution 

Center. The agenda for the morning 

session (open to the public) will be as 

follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Acting Chairman’s Remarks 

2. Assistant Chairman for Programs’ 

Remarks 

3. Presentation 

4. Congressional Affairs Report 

5. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Digital Humanities 

b. Education Programs 

c. Federal/State Partnership 

d. Preservation and Access 

e. Challenge Grants 

f. Public Programs 

g. Research Programs 

The remainder of the plenary session 

will be for consideration of specific 

applications and therefore will be 

closed to the public. 

As identified above, portions of the 

meeting of the National Council on the 

Humanities will be closed to the public 

pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 

552b(c)(6) and 552b(c)(9)(b) of Title 5 

U.S.C., as amended. The closed sessions 

will include review of personal and/or 

proprietary financial and commercial 

information given in confidence to the 

agency by grant applicants, and 

discussion of certain information, the 

premature disclosure of which could 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination pursuant to the 

authority granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

April 15, 2016. 

Please note that individuals planning 

to attend the public sessions of the 

meeting are subject to security screening 

procedures. If you wish to attend any of 

the public sessions, please inform NEH 

as soon as possible by contacting Ms. 

Katherine Griffin at (202) 606–8322 or 

kgriffin@neh.gov. Please also provide 

advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations, including for a sign 

language interpreter. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Elizabeth Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23416 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 27, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2018–024 

1. Applicant: Joseph A. Covi, University 

of North Carolina at Wilmington, 

Department of Biology and Marine 

Biology, Wilmington, NC 28403. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The application proposes to enter 

four Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

(ASPAs) on King George Island, South 

Shetland Islands, Antarctica for the 

purposes of collecting small sediment 

samples from freshwater lakes and 

ephemeral ponds. The applicant would 

enter ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula; 

ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula; ASPA 150, 

Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 

171 Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula. 

The applicant plans to access the 

ASPAs by boat and on foot. Up to six 

sediment samples will be collected near 

the shoreline or from an inflatable boat 

from each of up to eight lakes and eight 

ephemeral ponds in total. Sediment core 

samples may be taken through holes 

drilled in the ice cover, as applicable. 

The applicant and agents will adhere to 

the management plans for each of the 

ASPAs that they propose to enter. 

Location 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands, Antarctica; ASPA 125, Fildes 

Peninsula; ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula; 

ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; 

and ASPA 171 Narebski Point, Barton 

Peninsula. 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

January 23, 2018–March 1, 2019. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23361 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 27, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 


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