49784 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Notices 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for revision. 

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 will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the collection of information including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (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 appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Comments may 

be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting 

Director, Program Development and 

Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078, Fax: (202) 

720–8435 or email: Thomas.Dickson@

wdc.usda.gov. 

Title: Water and Waste Loan and 

Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0121. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: USDA Rural Development, 

through the Rural Utilities Service, is 

authorized by Section 306 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to 

make loans to public agencies, nonprofit 

corporations, and Indian Tribes to fund 

water and waste disposal projects 

serving the most financially needy rural 

communities through the Water and 

Waste Disposal loan and grant program. 

Financial assistance should result in 

reasonable user costs for rural residents, 

rural businesses, and other rural users. 

The program is limited to rural areas 

and small towns with a population of 

10,000 or less. The Water and Waste 

Loan and Grant Program is administered 

through 7 CFR part 1780. The items 

covered by this collection include forms 

and related documentation to support a 

loan application. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

789. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 44,323 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, Fax: (202) 

720–8435 or email: MaryPat.Daskal@

wdc.usda.gov. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Christopher A. McLean, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

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Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Complaint of 

Employment Discrimination Based on 

Sexual Orientation Against the 

Department of Commerce 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Civil Rights, Commerce. 

Title: Complaint of Employment 

Discrimination Based on Sexual 

Orientation against the Department of 

Commerce. 

OMB Control Number: 0690–0024. 

Form Number(s): CD–545. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Burden Hours: 10. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Use: Pursuant to Executive 

Order 11478 and Department of 

Commerce Administrative Order (DAO) 

215–11, an employee or applicant for 

employment with the Department of 

Commerce who alleges that he or she 

has been subjected to discriminatory 

treatment based on sexual orientation by 

the Department of Commerce or one of 

its sub-agencies, must submit a signed 

statement that is sufficiently precise to 

identify the actions or practices that 

form the basis of the complaint. 

Through use of this standardized form, 

the Office of Civil Rights proposes to 

collect the information required by the 

Executive Order and DAO in a uniform 

manner that will increase the efficiency 

of complaint processing and trend 

analyses of complaint activity. 

The DOC received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register on April 14, 

2017 (82 FR 17968). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA Submission@

omb.emp.gov or faxed to (202) 395– 

5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

Office of Civil Rights; Submission for 

OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Complaint of Employment 

Discrimination Against the Department 

of Commerce 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Civil Rights, Commerce. 

Title: Complaint of Employment 

Discrimination against the Department 

of Commerce. 

OMB Control Number: 0690–0015. 

Form Number(s): CD–498, 498–A. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 700. 

Average Hours per Response: 350. 

Burden Hours: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

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information collection. Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC) regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106 

require that a person alleging 

discriminatory treatment by a federal 

agency must submit a signed statement 

that is sufficiently precise to identify the 

general actions or practices that form 

the bases of the complaint. Although 

complainants are not required to use the 

proposed form to file their complaints, 

the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) strongly 

encourages its use to ensure complete 

and accurate case processing and data 

collection. 

The DOC received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register on April 14, 

2017 (82 FR 17968). 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

First Responder Network Authority 

[Docket Number: 160429380–6380–02] 

RIN 0660–XC025 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for the East Region of the 

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband 

Network 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The First Responder Network 

Authority (‘‘FirstNet’’) announces the 

availability of the Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

East Region (‘‘Final PEIS’’). The Final 

PEIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

nationwide public safety broadband 

network in the East Region 

(Connecticut, Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 

Virginia). 

ADDRESSES: The Final PEIS is available 

for download from www.regulations.gov 

FIRSTNET–2017–0007. See Chapter 22 

of the Final PEIS for the complete 

distribution list. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Final PEIS, 

contact Amanda Goebel Pereira, NEPA 

Coordinator, First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192, (571) 665– 

6072. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96, 

Title VI, 126 Stat. 256 (codified at 47 

U.S.C. 1401 et seq.)) (the ‘‘Act’’) created 

and authorized FirstNet to take all 

actions necessary to ensure the building, 

deployment, and operation of an 

interoperable, nationwide public safety 

broadband network (‘‘NPSBN’’) based 

on a single, national network 

architecture. The Act meets a 

longstanding and critical national 

infrastructure need, to create a single, 

nationwide network that will, for the 

first time, allow police officers, fire 

fighters, emergency medical service 

professionals, and other public safety 

entities to effectively communicate with 

each other across agencies and 

jurisdictions. The NPSBN is intended to 

enhance the ability of the public safety 

community to perform more reliably, 

effectively, and safely; increase 

situational awareness during an 

emergency; and improve the ability of 

the public safety community to 

effectively engage in those critical 

activities. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347) 

(‘‘NEPA’’) requires federal agencies to 

undertake an assessment of 

environmental effects of their proposed 

actions prior to making a final decision 

and implementing the action. NEPA 

requirements apply to any federal 

project, decision, or action that may 

have a significant impact on the quality 

of the human environment. NEPA also 

establishes the Council on 

Environmental Quality (‘‘CEQ’’), which 

issued regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (see 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508). Among other 

considerations, CEQ regulations at 40 

CFR 1508.28 recommend the use of 

tiering from a ‘‘broader environmental 

impact statement (such as a national 

program or policy statements) with 

subsequent narrower statements or 

environmental analysis (such as 

regional or basin wide statements or 

ultimately site-specific statements) 

incorporating by reference the general 

discussions and concentrating solely on 

the issues specific to the statement 

subsequently prepared.’’ 

Due to the geographic scope of 

FirstNet (all 50 states, the District of 

Columbia, and five territories) and the 

diversity of ecosystems potentially 

traversed by the project, FirstNet elected 

to prepare five regional PEISs. The five 

PEISs are divided into the East, Central, 

West, South, and Non-Contiguous 

Regions. The East Region consists of 

Connecticut, Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 

Virginia. The Final PEIS analyzes 

potential impacts of the deployment and 

operation of the NPSBN on the natural 

and human environment in the East 

Region, in accordance with FirstNet’s 

responsibilities under NEPA. Now that 

this PEIS has been completed and once 

a Record of Decision (ROD) has been 

signed, the proposed FirstNet projects 

can begin to submit the site-specific 

environmental documentation to 

determine if the proposed project has 

been adequately evaluated in the PEIS 

or whether it instead warrants a 

Categorical Exclusion, an 

Environmental Assessment, or an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Amanda Goebel Pereira, 

NEPA Coordinator, First Responder Network 

Authority. 

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