Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 27986-27987 [2011-11751]

Download as PDF 27986 Notices Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 93 Friday, May 13, 2011 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency Funding for the Conservation Loan Program; Farm Loan Programs Farm Service Agency, USDA. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: This notice announces that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is no longer accepting direct or guaranteed loan applications for the Conservation Loan (CL) Program because of lack of program funding. DATES: Effective May 13, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie Holman, (202) 690–0756. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) (Pub. L 110–246) authorized the new CL Program. The CL Program was implemented on September 3, 2010, when FSA added the CL Program provisions to the existing direct and guaranteed loan regulations found in 7 CFR parts 761, 762, 764, 765, and 766 through the publication of the CL Program interim rule (75 FR 54005— 54016). CL funds, when available, can be used to implement conservation practices approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, such as the installation of conservation structures; establishment of forest cover; installation of water conservation measures; establishment or improvement of permanent pastures; implementation of manure management; and the adaption of other emerging or existing conservation practices, techniques, or technologies. This notice announces that FSA is no longer accepting direct or guaranteed loan applications for the CL Program mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 12, 2011 Jkt 223001 due to lack of funding. However, conservation projects for authorized loan purposes may be funded through FSA’s direct and guaranteed Farm Ownership and Farm Operating Loan Programs for eligible applicants. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Potential direct loan applicants should contact their FSA State or county office; potential guaranteed loan applicants should contact their lender. Office locations can be found at https:// www.fsa.usda.gov. A notice will be published in the Federal Register announcing the date FSA will resume accepting direct and guaranteed loan applications for the CL Program if funding becomes available. Signed on: May 9, 2011. Bruce Nelson, Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. [FR Doc. 2011–11783 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–05–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Title: Broadband Subscription and Usage Survey (Supplement to Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey). OMB Control Number: 0660–0021. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Emergency submission (revision of a currently approved information collection). Number of Respondents: 54,000. Average Time per Response: 10 minutes. Burden Hours: 9,000. Needs and Uses: NTIA proposes to add 52 questions to the U.S. Census Bureau’s July 2011 Current Population Survey (CPS) in order to gather reliable data on broadband (also known as highspeed Internet) use by U.S. households. President Obama has established a national goal of universal, affordable PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 broadband access for all Americans.1 To that end, the Administration is working with Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and other stakeholders to develop and advance economic and regulatory policies that foster broadband deployment and adoption. Current, systematic, and comprehensive data on broadband access and non-use by U.S. households is critical to allow policymakers not only to gauge progress made to date, but also to identify problem areas with a specificity that permits carefully targeted and cost effective responses. The need for comprehensive broadband data has become more crucial. On February 10, 2011, during a speech in Marquette, Michigan, the President announced his ‘‘national wireless initiative,’’ calling for extending the next (4G) generation of wireless service to 98 percent of the country over the next five years. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), NTIA, and the FCC recently issued reports noting the lack of useful broadband data for policymakers, and Congress passed legislation—the Broadband Data Improvement Act in 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009—wholly or partly in response to such criticisms. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked the United States low in the number of households with broadband access over the past several years despite a period of rapid growth in the technology’s penetration. The OECD looks to Census data as an important input into their inter-country benchmark analyses. Modifying the July 2011 CPS to include NTIA’s requested broadband data questions will allow the Commerce Department and NTIA to inform the President’s new wireless initiative, respond to Congressional concerns and directives, and work with the OECD in analyzing more recent data. Affected Public: Individuals and households. Frequency: Once. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395–5887. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by 1 See https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/ files/20091217-recovery-act-investmentsbroadband.pdf (last viewed May 11, 2010). E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 93 / Friday, May 13, 2011 / Notices calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395–7285, or via the Internet at Dated: May 10, 2011. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–11751 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 31–2011] mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Foreign-Trade Zone 216—Olympia, Washington; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Port of Olympia, grantee of FTZ 216, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/ 09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09); 75 FR 71069–71070, 11/22/10). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on May 9, 2011. FTZ 216 was approved by the Board on August 16, 1996 (Board Order 836, 61 FR 45408, 08/29/1996) and expanded on May 8, 2000 (Board Order 1092, 65 FR 33295, 05/23/2000). The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (283 acres)— within the Port of Olympia terminal at Budd Bay Inlet of Puget Sound, adjacent to Interstate 5, Olympia; Site 2 (800 acres)—Olympia Airport and adjacent industrial park, Olympia; Site 3 (573 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 12, 2011 Jkt 223001 acres)—Marvin Road Industrial area, Interstate 5 and Highway 510, Lacy; Site 4 (109 acres)—Yelm Industrial area, Highway 507 and Highway 510, Yelm; Site 5 (165 acres)—Port of Centralia Industrial Park, within the Port of Centralia, Lewis County; Site 6 (87 acres)—Chehalis Industrial area, adjacent to Interstate 5, Chehalis; Site 7 (269 acres)—within the Port of Chehalis, 321 Maurin Road, Chehalis; Site 8 (39 acres)—Klein/South Prairie Industrial Park, 118 Klein Road, Chehalis; Site 9 (420 acres)—within the Port of Shelton, 21 West Sanderson Way, Shelton; Site 10 (130 acres)—John’s Prairie Industrial Park, 1970 East John’s Prairie Road, Shelton; Site 11 (217 acres)—Bremerton Airport South, within Port of Bremerton complex, 8850 SW State Road 3, Bremerton; Site 12 (312 acres)— Olympia View Industrial Park, Highway 3, Bremerton; and, Site 13 (24 acres)— 67 SW Chehalis Avenue, Chehalis. The grantee’s proposed service area under the ASF would be all of Thurston County and portions of Lewis, Mason and Kitsap Counties, Washington, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation. The proposed service area is within and adjacent to the Olympia U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing zone project to include all of the existing sites except Site 8 as ‘‘magnet’’ sites. No usage-driven sites are being requested at this time. The applicant is also requesting authority to delete Site 8 and remove acreage from Sites 1, 3, 4 and 13, as described in the application. In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Christopher Kemp of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and information presented in the application and case record and to report findings and recommendations to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 12, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 27, 2011. A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27987 Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via https:// www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Christopher Kemp at Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202) 482–0862. Dated: May 9, 2011. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–11844 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–549–502] Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to Final Court Decision Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On February 14, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) sustained the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (CIT) decision in Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co., Ltd. v. United States, Consol Ct. 08– 00380, Slip Op. 10–1 (Ct. Int’l Trade January 4, 2010) (Saha Thai CIT Decision). See Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co., Ltd. v. United States, No. 2010–1220, –1224, 2011 U.S. App. Lexis 2811 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 14, 2011) (Saha Thai CAFC Decision). Because all litigation in this matter has now concluded, the Department of Commerce (Department) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, which covered Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co., Ltd. (Saha Thai) and the period March 1, 2006, through February 28, 2007. See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 61019 (October 15, 2008) (Final Results). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5255 or (202) 482–1391, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27986-27987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11751]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Broadband Subscription and Usage Survey (Supplement to 
Census Bureau's Current Population Survey).
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0021.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission (revision of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 54,000.
    Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 9,000.
    Needs and Uses: NTIA proposes to add 52 questions to the U.S. 
Census Bureau's July 2011 Current Population Survey (CPS) in order to 
gather reliable data on broadband (also known as high-speed Internet) 
use by U.S. households. President Obama has established a national goal 
of universal, affordable broadband access for all Americans.\1\ To that 
end, the Administration is working with Congress, the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC), and other stakeholders to develop and 
advance economic and regulatory policies that foster broadband 
deployment and adoption. Current, systematic, and comprehensive data on 
broadband access and non-use by U.S. households is critical to allow 
policymakers not only to gauge progress made to date, but also to 
identify problem areas with a specificity that permits carefully 
targeted and cost effective responses.
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    \1\ See https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/20091217-recovery-act-investments-broadband.pdf (last viewed May 11, 2010).
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    The need for comprehensive broadband data has become more crucial. 
On February 10, 2011, during a speech in Marquette, Michigan, the 
President announced his ``national wireless initiative,'' calling for 
extending the next (4G) generation of wireless service to 98 percent of 
the country over the next five years. The Government Accountability 
Office (GAO), NTIA, and the FCC recently issued reports noting the lack 
of useful broadband data for policymakers, and Congress passed 
legislation--the Broadband Data Improvement Act in 2008 and the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009--wholly or partly in 
response to such criticisms. The Organization for Economic Cooperation 
and Development (OECD) has ranked the United States low in the number 
of households with broadband access over the past several years despite 
a period of rapid growth in the technology's penetration. The OECD 
looks to Census data as an important input into their inter-country 
benchmark analyses. Modifying the July 2011 CPS to include NTIA's 
requested broadband data questions will allow the Commerce Department 
and NTIA to inform the President's new wireless initiative, respond to 
Congressional concerns and directives, and work with the OECD in 
analyzing more recent data.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395-5887.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by

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calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-7285, or via 
the Internet at

    Dated: May 10, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-11751 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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