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occur for approximately 69 days.
Furthermore, San Francisco Bay is a
highly industrialized area, so animals
are likely tolerant or habituated to
anthropogenic disturbance, including
low level vibratory pile driving
operations, and noise from other
anthropogenic sources (such as vessels)
may mask construction related sounds.
There is no anticipated effect on annual
rates of recruitment or survival of
affected marine mammals.
Based on the analysis contained in
this notice, the proposed IHA notice (76
FR 66274, October 26, 2011), and the
IHA application, and taking into
consideration the implementation of the
mitigation and monitoring measures,
NMFS has determined that the Port’s
proposed pile driving activities will
result in the incidental take of small
numbers of marine mammals, by Level
B harassment only, and that the total
taking from will have a negligible
impact on the affected species or stocks.
Impact on Availability of Affected
Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals implicated by this
action.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
No marine mammal species listed
under the ESA are anticipated to occur
within the action area. Therefore,
section 7 consultation under the ESA is
not required.
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National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as implemented by
the regulations published by the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), and NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6, NMFS
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) to consider the direct, indirect, and
cumulative effects to marine mammals
and other applicable environmental
resources resulting from issuance of a
one-year IHA and the potential issuance
of future authorizations for incidental
harassment for the ongoing project.
NMFS made a finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) and the EA and FONSI
are available on the NMFS Web site
listed in the beginning of this document
(see ADDRESSES).
Dated: March 29, 2012.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Computer and
Internet Use Supplement to the Census
Bureau’s Current Population Survey
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce.
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: Submit comments on or before
June 4, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–
0336, Department of Commerce, Room
6612, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or
via the Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information
collection instrument and instructions
should be directed to Rafi Goldberg,
Telecommunications Policy Analyst,
Office of Policy Analysis and
Development, NTIA, at (202) 482–1880
or RGoldberg@ntia.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA)
proposes to add 12 questions to the U.S.
Census Bureau’s October 2012 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. Collecting current, systematic,
and comprehensive information on
broadband use and non-use by U.S.
1 See https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/
files/20091217-recovery-act-investmentsbroadband.pdf (last viewed January 30, 2012).
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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 costeffective responses.
The Census Bureau (‘‘the Bureau’’) is
widely regarded as a superior collector
of data based on its centuries of
experience and its scientific methods.
Collection of NTIA’s requested
broadband usage data, moreover, will
occur in conjunction with the Bureau’s
scheduled October 2012 Current
Population Survey (CPS), thereby
significantly reducing the potential
burdens on the Bureau and on surveyed
households. Questions on broadband
and Internet use have been included in
ten previous CPS surveys.
The U.S. government has an
increasingly pressing need for
comprehensive broadband data. The
General Accountability Office (GAO),
NTIA, and the FCC have issued reports
noting the lack of useful broadband
adoption 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 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
looks to Census Bureau data as an
important input into their inter-country
benchmark analyses. Modifying the
October CPS to include NTIA’s
requested broadband data will allow the
Commerce Department and NTIA to
respond to congressional concerns and
directives, and to work with the OECD
on its broadband methodologies with
more recent data. The change to this
reinstatement will be a revised set of
computer and Internet usage survey
questions.
II. Method of Collection
Personal visits and telephone
interviews, using computer-assisted
telephone interviewing and computerassisted personal interviewing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0660–0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(Reinstatement with change of a
previously approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
54,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,700.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012–
0020, by any of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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 also will be a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 30, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
Petition for Classification of ‘‘BeeSafe
System’’ as an Anti-Entrapment
System Under the Virginia Graeme
Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (‘‘VGB
Act’’)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or
‘‘We’’) has received a petition (CP 12–
1) requesting that the Commission
initiate rulemaking to determine that the
‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is equally effective
as, or better than, the systems designed
to prevent entrapment listed in the
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa
Safety Act (‘‘VGB Act’’). We invite
written comments concerning the
petition.1
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments on the petition by
June 4, 2012.
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SUMMARY:
1 The
Commission voted 3–0–1 to publish this
Federal Register notice. Chairman Tenenbaum
abstained from voting.
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Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
To ensure timely processing of
comments, the Commission is no longer
accepting comments submitted by
electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the
following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions),
preferably in five copies, to: Office of
the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone (301) 504–7923.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
petition number for this rulemaking. All
comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
electronically. Such information should
be submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone (301) 504–6833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1404(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the VGB Act requires
that each public pool and spa in the
United States with a single main drain
other than an unblockable drain be
equipped, at a minimum, with one or
more of the following anti-entrapment
devices or systems: (I) Safety vacuum
release system; (II) Suction-limiting vent
system; (III) Gravity drainage system;
(IV) Automatic pump shut-off system;
(V) Drain disablement; or (VI) any other
system determined by the Commission
to be equally effective as, or better than,
these systems at preventing or
eliminating the risk of injury or death
associated with pool drainage systems.
15 U.S.C. 8003(c)(1)(A)(ii). The
Commission has received
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correspondence from Bonnie Snow and
Teri Snow (‘‘petitioners’’), dated
February 13, 2012, requesting that the
Commission initiate rulemaking to
determine that the ‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is
equally effective as, or better than,
systems designed to prevent entrapment
listed in 1406(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I)–(V) of the
VGB Act. We are docketing this request
as a petition under the Consumer
Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2056 and
2058.
Petitioners offer information in
support of their claim that the BeeSafe
System is equally effective as, or better
than, the systems designed to prevent
entrapment listed in the VGB Act. They
assert that the most defining feature of
their system is the presence of long
tubes, which they claim empty if they
become blocked. For this reason,
petitioners state, the ‘‘BeeSafe System is
better alone than with an SVRS [suction
vacuum release system] or back-up
breaker.’’ Petitioners also describe that
through the design of the BeeSafe
system, they have eliminated the
possibility of the entire cover going
missing. They state that if the smaller,
winterizing lid were to go missing, any
tubes that became blocked would empty
the water into the built-in sump and any
suction at the surface would be released
when this happened. They compare this
action to a hydraulic switch, claiming
that the action is ‘‘as fast or faster than
any of the breaker secondary systems
currently on the market.’’
By this notice, the Commission seeks
comments concerning this petition.
Interested parties may obtain a copy of
the petition and submission on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia12/
petition/beesafe.pdf, by writing or
calling the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923. Copies of the petition are also
available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in
the Commission’s Public Reading Room,
Room 419, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD, or from the
Commission’s Web site at:
www.cpsc.gov.
Dated: March 29, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Computer and
Internet Use Supplement to the Census Bureau's Current Population
Survey
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Commerce.
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: Submit comments on or before June 4, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce,
Room 6612, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230 (or via the Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information collection instrument and
instructions should be directed to Rafi Goldberg, Telecommunications
Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA, at
(202) 482-1880 or RGoldberg@ntia.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) proposes to add 12 questions to the U.S. Census Bureau's October
2012 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. Collecting current, systematic, and
comprehensive information on broadband use 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 January 30,
2012).
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The Census Bureau (``the Bureau'') is widely regarded as a superior
collector of data based on its centuries of experience and its
scientific methods. Collection of NTIA's requested broadband usage
data, moreover, will occur in conjunction with the Bureau's scheduled
October 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS), thereby significantly
reducing the potential burdens on the Bureau and on surveyed
households. Questions on broadband and Internet use have been included
in ten previous CPS surveys.
The U.S. government has an increasingly pressing need for
comprehensive broadband data. The General Accountability Office (GAO),
NTIA, and the FCC have issued reports noting the lack of useful
broadband adoption 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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) looks to Census Bureau data as an important
input into their inter-country benchmark analyses. Modifying the
October CPS to include NTIA's requested broadband data will allow the
Commerce Department and NTIA to respond to congressional concerns and
directives, and to work with the OECD on its broadband methodologies
with more recent data. The change to this reinstatement will be a
revised set of computer and Internet usage survey questions.
II. Method of Collection
Personal visits and telephone interviews, using computer-assisted
telephone interviewing and computer-assisted personal interviewing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0660-0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (Reinstatement with change of a
previously approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 54,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,700.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
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 also will be a matter of public record.
Dated: March 30, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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