Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program Laboratory Application for Assessment and Recognition, 43657-43658 [2011-18362]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2011 / Notices produced in the United States, or, if not, marketed under the name of a U.S. firm and have at least 51 percent U.S. content of the value of the finished product or service. Selection Criteria for Participation: Selection will be based on the following criteria: • Suitability of the company’s products or services to the market. • Applicant’s potential for business in Turkey and in the region, including likelihood of exports resulting from the mission. • Consistency of the applicant’s goals and objectives with the stated scope of the mission. Referrals from political organizations and any documents containing references to partisan political activities (including political contributions) will be removed from an applicant’s submission and not considered during the selection process. Timeframe for Recruitment and Applications Mission recruitment will be conducted in an open and public manner, including posting on the Commerce Department trade missions calendar—https://www.trade.gov/trademissions—and other Internet websites, publication in domestic trade publications and association newsletters, direct outreach to internal clients and distribution lists, posting in the Federal Register, and announcements at industry meetings, symposia, conferences, and trade shows. Recruitment for the mission will begin immediately and conclude no later than October 17, 2011. The U.S. Department of Commerce will review all applications immediately after the deadline. We will inform applicants of selection decisions as soon as possible after the deadline. Applications received after this date will be considered only if space and scheduling constraints permit. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: wreier-aviles on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with NOTICES U.S. Commercial Service Ankara, Turkey Serdar Cetinkaya, Senior Commercial Specialist, U.S. Embassy—Ankara, Tel: +90 (312) 457–7278 or 457–7203, Fax: +90 (312) 457–7302, E-mail: Serdar.Cetinkaya@trade.gov. U.S. Commercial Service Bakersfield, California Glen Roberts, Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center Bakersfield, Tel: 661– VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Jul 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 637–0136, Fax: 661–637–0156, E-mail: Glen.Roberts@trade.gov. Elnora Moye, Commercial Service Trade Mission Program, U.S. Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. 2011–18360 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program Laboratory Application for Assessment and Recognition National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 19, 2011. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Dereck Orr, Program Manager for Public Safety Communications, NIST’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards, Building 1, Room 2209, Boulder, CO 80305; 303– 497–5400 (or via the Internet at dereck.orr@nist.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Abstract The September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina made apparent the need for public safety radio systems to interoperate, regardless of who manufactured the equipment. In response, and per Congressional direction, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43657 CAP) to improve public safety confidence in purchasing land mobile radio (LMR) equipment built to Project 25 LMR (P25) standards. Especially those P25 standards related to improving interoperability between different manufacturer’s radio systems. The NIST/DHS P25 CAP is the system that will improve the conformance, performance and interoperability of LMR used by public safety personnel. The P25 CAP is a voluntary system that provides a mechanism for the recognition of testing laboratories based on internationally accepted standards. It identifies competent laboratories through assessments by trained Laboratory Assessment Teams and promotes the acceptance of compliant test results from these laboratories. Information collected through this process is to establish the suitability of applying laboratories, confirm equipment as meeting P25 standards, and gather basic business information. II. Method of Collection The application is available on the DHS SAFECOM program Web site (https://www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/ rdonlyres/0E12BFA9-B541-4CD6-83CC66EDED0CCB73/0/ P25CAPLaboratoryApplication.pdf) in Adobe PDF format. The form can be completed on-line or by hand and submitted via facsimile, e-mail, or mail to the designated official listed on the application. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0693–0053. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently approved information collection). Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; and state, local, or tribal government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 10. Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $50. 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 E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1 43658 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2011 / Notices 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 also will become a matter of public record. Dated: July 15, 2011. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–18362 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XA540 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notification of fee percentage. AGENCY: NMFS publishes a notification of a 1.23-percent fee for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations with the fee percentage for the 2011/2012 crab fishing year so they can calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees that must be submitted by July 31, 2012. DATES: The Crab Rationalization Program Registered Crab Receiver permit holder is responsible for submitting the fee liability payment to NMFS on or before July 31, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabrielle Aberle or Gretchen Harrington, 907–586–7228. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: wreier-aviles on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with NOTICES Background NMFS Alaska Region administers the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program (Program) in the North Pacific. Fishing under the Program began on August 15, 2005. Regulations implementing the Program can be found at 50 CFR part 680. The Program is a limited access system authorized by section 313(j) of VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Jul 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Program includes a cost recovery provision to collect fees to recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of the Program. NMFS developed the cost recovery provision to conform to statutory requirements and to partially reimburse the agency for the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of the Program. Section 313(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provided supplementary authority to section 304(d)(2)(A) and additional detail for cost recovery provisions specific to the Program. The cost recovery provision allows collection of 133 percent of the actual management, data collection, and enforcement costs up to 3 percent of the ex-vessel value of crab harvested under the Program. Additionally, section 313(j) requires the harvesting and processing sectors to each pay half the cost recovery fees. Catcher/processor quota share holders are required to pay the full fee percentage for crab processed at sea. A crab allocation holder generally incurs a cost recovery fee liability for every pound of crab landed. The crab allocations include Individual Fishing Quota, Crew Individual Fishing Quota, Individual Processing Quota, Community Development Quota, and the Adak community allocation. The Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit holder must collect the fee liability from the crab allocation holder who is landing crab. Additionally, the RCR permit holder must collect his or her own fee liability for all crab delivered to the RCR. The RCR permit holder is responsible for submitting this payment to NMFS on or before the due date of July 31, in the year following the crab fishing year in which landings of crab were made. The dollar amount of the fee due is determined by multiplying the fee percentage (not to exceed three percent) by the ex-vessel value of crab debited from the allocation. Specific details on the Program’s cost recovery provision may be found in the implementing regulations at 50 CFR 680.44. Fee Percentage Each year, NMFS calculates and publishes in the Federal Register the fee percentage according to the factors and methodology described in Federal regulations at § 680.44(c)(2). The formula for determining the fee percentage is the ‘‘direct program costs’’ divided by ‘‘value of the fishery,’’ where ‘‘direct program costs’’ are the direct PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 program costs for the Program for the previous fiscal year, and ‘‘value of the fishery’’ is the ex-vessel value of the catch subject to the crab cost recovery fee liability for the current year. Fee collections for any given year may be less than, or greater than, the actual costs and fishery value for that year, because, by regulation, the fee percentage is established in the first quarter of a crab fishery year based on the fishery value and the costs of the prior year. Using this fee percentage formula, the estimated percentage of costs to value for the 2010/2011 fishery was 1.23 percent. Therefore, the fee percentage will be 1.23 percent for the 2011/2012 crab fishing year. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109– 241; Pub. L. 109–479. Dated: July 18, 2011. Emily H. Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2011–18456 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee; Public Meetings Department of Commerce, National Ocean Service, (NOAA). ACTION: Notice of open meetings. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given of two meetings via web conference call of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (Committee). The web conference calls are open to the public, and participants can dial in to the calls. Participants who choose to use the web conferencing feature in addition to the audio will be able to view the presentations as they are being given. Members of the public wishing to listen in should contact Denise Ellis-Hibbett at the email or telephone number below for the call-in number and passcode. DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, from 1 to 3 p.m. E.S.T., and on Tuesday, August 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. E.S.T. These times and the matters to be considered described below are subject to change. Please refer to the web page listed below for the most up-to-date meeting agenda and supporting materials. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held via web conference calls. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Wenzel, Acting Designated SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43657-43658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18362]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Project 25 
Compliance Assessment Program Laboratory Application for Assessment and 
Recognition

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 19, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at dHynek@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Dereck Orr, Program Manager for Public Safety 
Communications, NIST's Office of Law Enforcement Standards, Building 1, 
Room 2209, Boulder, CO 80305; 303-497-5400 (or via the Internet at 
dereck.orr@nist.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina made apparent the 
need for public safety radio systems to interoperate, regardless of who 
manufactured the equipment. In response, and per Congressional 
direction, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the Project 25 
Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) to improve public safety 
confidence in purchasing land mobile radio (LMR) equipment built to 
Project 25 LMR (P25) standards. Especially those P25 standards related 
to improving interoperability between different manufacturer's radio 
systems. The NIST/DHS P25 CAP is the system that will improve the 
conformance, performance and interoperability of LMR used by public 
safety personnel. The P25 CAP is a voluntary system that provides a 
mechanism for the recognition of testing laboratories based on 
internationally accepted standards. It identifies competent 
laboratories through assessments by trained Laboratory Assessment Teams 
and promotes the acceptance of compliant test results from these 
laboratories. Information collected through this process is to 
establish the suitability of applying laboratories, confirm equipment 
as meeting P25 standards, and gather basic business information.

II. Method of Collection

    The application is available on the DHS SAFECOM program Web site 
(https://www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/rdonlyres/0E12BFA9-B541-4CD6-83CC-66EDED0CCB73/0/P25CAPLaboratoryApplication.pdf) in Adobe PDF format. 
The form can be completed on-line or by hand and submitted via 
facsimile, e-mail, or mail to the designated official listed on the 
application.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0693-0053.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; Federal government; and state, local, or 
tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $50.

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

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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 also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: July 15, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18362 Filed 7-20-11; 8:45 am]
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