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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Health Certificate for the Export
of Live Crustaceans, Finfish, Mollusks,
and Related Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0278.
Summary Of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate
pests or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The AHPA is contained in Title X,
Subtitle E, Sections 10401–18 of Public
Law 107–171, May 13, 2002, the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002. The Animal and Plant Health
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information regarding the import health
requirements of other countries for
animals and animal products exported
from the United States.
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complete an export health certificate
before exporting any live crustaceans
and their gametes, live finfish, and their
gametes, or live mollucks and their
gametes, if requested by the importing
country. The certificate will be
completed by an accredited veterinarian
with assistance from the producer, and
must be signed by the accredited
veterinarian and endorsed by APHIS as
the competent Federal authority who
certifies the health status of the
shipment being exported. The health
certificate identifies the names of the
species being exported from the U.S.,
their age and weights, and whether they
are cultured stock or wild stock; their
place of origin, their country of
destination and the date and method of
transport. If this information were not
collected, or collected less frequently,
export trade would decrease. These
certificates allow APHIS to address the
increasing health attestations of
importing countries with minimal
burden to the public.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 69.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 1,020.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—An Assessment of
the Roles and Effectiveness of
Community-Based Organizations in
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is a new collection for the Food
and Nutrition Service to describe the
roles of community-based organizations
(CBOs) in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), and to
assess if, and how, the use of CBOs to
conduct SNAP applicant interviews has
impacted SNAP program outcomes such
as timeliness, payment error rates,
access, and client satisfaction.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before July 13,
2012.
ADDRESSES: 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 burden
estimate for the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
and (d) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments may be sent to:
Steven Carlson, Office of Research and
Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Steven Carlson at (703) 305–2576 or
via email to
Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments
will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations,gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Steven Carlson at
703–305–2017. Information requests
submitted through email should refer to
the title of this proposal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: An Assessment of the Roles and
Effectiveness of Community-based
Organizations in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Form Number: Not Applicable.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined.
Type of Request: New collection of
information.
Abstract: To provide more timely and
efficient services to the growing number
of applicants to SNAP, State and local
SNAP offices are partnering with CBOs
that have the capacity to provide
application assistance and conduct
applicant interviews for SNAP. FNS has
approved these partnerships as part of a
demonstration of ‘‘Community Partner
Interviewer Projects.’’ Although these
projects have existed for several years,
they have never been fully evaluated. To
assess the impact of these SNAP–CBO
partnerships on SNAP program
outcomes, FNS is seeking to collect data
from the five States that are
participating in the demonstration.
The overarching goal of this study is
to determine whether the use of CBOs
to conduct SNAP applicant interviews
has an impact on SNAP program
performance, and if so, what the nature
of that impact is. Specific program
outcomes of interest include efficiency,
payment accuracy and client
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satisfaction. Additionally, FNS is
interested in gathering information
about variations among the partnering
CBOs in terms of who they serve, what
services they offer, how they provide
SNAP related services, and the nature of
their partnerships with local SNAP
offices. To address these questions, FNS
has specified the following objectives:
1. Describe the CBOs conducting
SNAP interviews and the nature of their
partnerships with State and local SNAP
agencies.
2. Describe the response of State
SNAP staff to the involvement of CBOs
in conducting applicant interviews.
3. Describe the response of CBO
interviewers to their involvement with
SNAP.
4. Describe how the experiences of
SNAP applicants who are interviewed
by CBO staff compare to the experiences
of SNAP applicants who are
interviewed by SNAP staff.
5. Describe the services that the CBOs
offer.
6. Document the impacts of CBOs
conducting SNAP interviews on
program outcomes.
The information collection plan for
this study includes interviews with: (1)
State SNAP directors; (2) CBO directors;
(3) local SNAP office directors and
SNAP staff who train or supervise CBO
partners on SNAP policies and
application procedures; (4) CBO site
directors and staff who are responsible
for conducting SNAP applicant
interviews; and (5) SNAP participants
who were interviewed by SNAP or CBO
staff at the time of application or
recertification for SNAP. FNS will use
the information collected from these
sources to evaluate whether the
Community Partner Interviewer Projects
have helped to improve SNAP access
and performance, as well as to
document the ways in which the
projects have been implemented in
different States (e.g., with specific
populations or in specific types of
partners).
FNS’ data collection strategy aims to
maximize both efficiency and data
quality. The interviews with State SNAP
Directors and CBO Directors will be
conducted by telephone and will last no
more than 1 hour. Following the
telephone interviews, FNS seeks to
conduct site visits to local SNAP offices
and nearby CBO locations in each State.
The site visits will provide the
opportunity to conduct in-person
interviews with local SNAP office
directors, SNAP staff, local CBO site
directors and CBO staff who have been
trained to conduct SNAP applicant
interviews.
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In addition to the telephone and inperson interviews, FNS will request two
administrative files from each State.
One file will be used to analyze program
outcomes such as timeliness and
payment error rates. The other file will
include records of SNAP participants
who were interviewed at a local SNAP
office or a partner CBO within the
timeframe of the demonstration project.
This file will be used to select the
sample for a client satisfaction survey.
Affected Public: State and local
government; business-not-for-profit
institutions; individuals or households.
Respondent groups identified include:
(1) State SNAP Directors; (2) employees
from selected local SNAP offices; (3)
CBO Directors; (4) CBO staff; and (5)
SNAP participants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents is 2,620 across all 5 States.
This estimate includes: Completed
telephone surveys with 2,500 SNAP
participants (500 per State, but will
recruit 750 per State to account for
nonrespondents and ensure the targeted
number is obtained); 5 telephone
interviews with SNAP Directors (1 per
State); 10 telephone interviews with
CBO Directors (2 per State); 20 inperson interviews with local SNAP
office directors (1 per office, with 4
offices per State); 20 in-person
interviews with employees of local
SNAP offices (1 per office, with 4 offices
per State); 20 in-person interviews with
local CBO site directors; 40 interviews
with local CBO site staff/interviewers (2
per office, 4 offices per State); and
requests for administrative data from 5
State SNAP personnel in charge of
information technology (IT)/data (1 per
State).
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Each respondent will be
asked to respond once.
Estimated Time per Respondent: The
burden estimate for State SNAP
Directors is 1.25 hours, and the burden
estimate for CBO directors is 1.0 hour,
including time to prepare for and
complete the interview. For local SNAP
office directors and local CBO site
directors, the burden estimate is 1.5
hours, including time for scheduling the
site visit, completing the interview, and
coordinating the schedules of office staff
to be interviewed. For SNAP office and
CBO site staff, the burden estimate is 1.0
hour each. The burden estimate for
SNAP participants to complete a survey
is 0.3 hours (20 minutes), including
time to review the advance letter,
schedule an appointment, and complete
the interview.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The total estimated
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burden on respondents is 750 hours for
the SNAP participant surveys, 130
hours for State and CBO directors and
staff members, and 45 hours for State
SNAP IT staff (for providing
administrative data files) for a total of
925 hours. See table below for a
complete breakdown of burden hours.
In addition, we estimate that 625 SNAP
participants will be contacted but will
decline participation in the survey. The
burden estimate associated with these
non-respondents, not shown in the
table, is .08 hours each, for a total of 50
hours of burden on non-respondents.
BURDEN ESTIMATES FOR RESPONDENTS
Type of respondent
Type of instrument
Number of respondents
State SNAP Director ..
Local SNAP Agency
Director.
Telephone interview ...
In person interview .....
Local SNAP Agency
Staff.
In person interview .....
CBO Director ..............
Telephone interview ...
Local CBO Site Director.
In person interview .....
Local CBO Staff .........
In person interview .....
Adults (18+ years of
age).
Adults (18+ years of
age).
State SNAP IT Staff ...
Telephone survey
questionnaire.
Telephone survey
questionnaire.
Administrative data file
5 .................................
20 (1 per office, 4 offices per State, 5
states).
20 (1 per office, 4 offices per State, 5
States).
10 (2 per State, 5
States).
20 (1 per office, 4 offices per State, 5
states).
40 (2 per office, 4 offices per State, 5
States).
2,500 (500 per State)
(completed).
1,250 (250 per State)
(Nonrespondent).
5 .................................
Total ....................
.....................................
3,870 ..........................
Dated: May 8, 2012.
Robin Bailey, Jr.,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Study of the Food
Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations (FDPIR)
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
proposed information collections. This
is a new information collection in
which Food and Nutrition Service seeks
an updated description of Food
Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations (FDPIR) participants and
programs, and a better understanding of
why FDPIR participation has been
declining. This study will provide
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national estimates of participating
households as well as estimates for large
subgroups, such as households with
elderly participants. For a sample of
Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) or
State-administered FDPIR programs,
participating households will be
selected for data collection. Data
collection will consist of case record
reviews (abstracting standard eligibility
information for all household members)
and, for each selected household,
interviews with the person who applied
for FDPIR assistance (noted as the Head
of Household on some forms) or his/her
proxy. Site visits will be conducted to
a subset of the ITOs or Stateadministered programs to obtain
qualitative information on program
operations and experiences of FDPIR
participants and eligible
nonparticipants. Site visit data
collection will include interviews with
Tribal leaders, FDPIR administrators
and staff, and other service providers;
visits to FDPIR enrollment sites,
warehouses, and distribution sites; and
discussion groups with FDPIR
participants and eligible
nonparticipants. Information obtained
will provide updated information on
FDPIR participants and program
operations and will be used by FNS to
inform decisions regarding program
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burden per
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Total
responses
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750
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926.04
administration and to identify ways to
make the program more beneficial to
participants.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: 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 of the proposed 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 those who are to respond, including
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments, identified by the title of
the information activity, may be sent to
Steven Carlson, Office of Research and
Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service/
USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments
may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Steven Carlson at 703–305–
2576 or via email to Steve.Carlson@fns.
usda.gov. Comments will also be
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--An Assessment of the Roles and Effectiveness of
Community-Based Organizations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for
the Food and Nutrition Service to describe the roles of community-based
organizations (CBOs) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP), and to assess if, and how, the use of CBOs to conduct SNAP
applicant interviews has impacted SNAP program outcomes such as
timeliness, payment error rates, access, and client satisfaction.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before
July 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: 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 burden estimate for the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, and (d) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected.
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Written comments may be sent to: Steven Carlson, Office of Research
and Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Steven
Carlson at (703) 305-2576 or via email to Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to https://www.regulations,gov, and follow the online instructions
for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Steven
Carlson at 703-305-2017. Information requests submitted through email
should refer to the title of this proposal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: An Assessment of the Roles and Effectiveness of Community-
based Organizations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Form Number: Not Applicable.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined.
Type of Request: New collection of information.
Abstract: To provide more timely and efficient services to the
growing number of applicants to SNAP, State and local SNAP offices are
partnering with CBOs that have the capacity to provide application
assistance and conduct applicant interviews for SNAP. FNS has approved
these partnerships as part of a demonstration of ``Community Partner
Interviewer Projects.'' Although these projects have existed for
several years, they have never been fully evaluated. To assess the
impact of these SNAP-CBO partnerships on SNAP program outcomes, FNS is
seeking to collect data from the five States that are participating in
the demonstration.
The overarching goal of this study is to determine whether the use
of CBOs to conduct SNAP applicant interviews has an impact on SNAP
program performance, and if so, what the nature of that impact is.
Specific program outcomes of interest include efficiency, payment
accuracy and client satisfaction. Additionally, FNS is interested in
gathering information about variations among the partnering CBOs in
terms of who they serve, what services they offer, how they provide
SNAP related services, and the nature of their partnerships with local
SNAP offices. To address these questions, FNS has specified the
following objectives:
1. Describe the CBOs conducting SNAP interviews and the nature of
their partnerships with State and local SNAP agencies.
2. Describe the response of State SNAP staff to the involvement of
CBOs in conducting applicant interviews.
3. Describe the response of CBO interviewers to their involvement
with SNAP.
4. Describe how the experiences of SNAP applicants who are
interviewed by CBO staff compare to the experiences of SNAP applicants
who are interviewed by SNAP staff.
5. Describe the services that the CBOs offer.
6. Document the impacts of CBOs conducting SNAP interviews on
program outcomes.
The information collection plan for this study includes interviews
with: (1) State SNAP directors; (2) CBO directors; (3) local SNAP
office directors and SNAP staff who train or supervise CBO partners on
SNAP policies and application procedures; (4) CBO site directors and
staff who are responsible for conducting SNAP applicant interviews; and
(5) SNAP participants who were interviewed by SNAP or CBO staff at the
time of application or recertification for SNAP. FNS will use the
information collected from these sources to evaluate whether the
Community Partner Interviewer Projects have helped to improve SNAP
access and performance, as well as to document the ways in which the
projects have been implemented in different States (e.g., with specific
populations or in specific types of partners).
FNS' data collection strategy aims to maximize both efficiency and
data quality. The interviews with State SNAP Directors and CBO
Directors will be conducted by telephone and will last no more than 1
hour. Following the telephone interviews, FNS seeks to conduct site
visits to local SNAP offices and nearby CBO locations in each State.
The site visits will provide the opportunity to conduct in-person
interviews with local SNAP office directors, SNAP staff, local CBO site
directors and CBO staff who have been trained to conduct SNAP applicant
interviews.
In addition to the telephone and in-person interviews, FNS will
request two administrative files from each State. One file will be used
to analyze program outcomes such as timeliness and payment error rates.
The other file will include records of SNAP participants who were
interviewed at a local SNAP office or a partner CBO within the
timeframe of the demonstration project. This file will be used to
select the sample for a client satisfaction survey.
Affected Public: State and local government; business-not-for-
profit institutions; individuals or households. Respondent groups
identified include: (1) State SNAP Directors; (2) employees from
selected local SNAP offices; (3) CBO Directors; (4) CBO staff; and (5)
SNAP participants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is 2,620 across all 5 States. This estimate includes:
Completed telephone surveys with 2,500 SNAP participants (500 per
State, but will recruit 750 per State to account for nonrespondents and
ensure the targeted number is obtained); 5 telephone interviews with
SNAP Directors (1 per State); 10 telephone interviews with CBO
Directors (2 per State); 20 in-person interviews with local SNAP office
directors (1 per office, with 4 offices per State); 20 in-person
interviews with employees of local SNAP offices (1 per office, with 4
offices per State); 20 in-person interviews with local CBO site
directors; 40 interviews with local CBO site staff/interviewers (2 per
office, 4 offices per State); and requests for administrative data from
5 State SNAP personnel in charge of information technology (IT)/data (1
per State).
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Each respondent will
be asked to respond once.
Estimated Time per Respondent: The burden estimate for State SNAP
Directors is 1.25 hours, and the burden estimate for CBO directors is
1.0 hour, including time to prepare for and complete the interview. For
local SNAP office directors and local CBO site directors, the burden
estimate is 1.5 hours, including time for scheduling the site visit,
completing the interview, and coordinating the schedules of office
staff to be interviewed. For SNAP office and CBO site staff, the burden
estimate is 1.0 hour each. The burden estimate for SNAP participants to
complete a survey is 0.3 hours (20 minutes), including time to review
the advance letter, schedule an appointment, and complete the
interview.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The total estimated
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burden on respondents is 750 hours for the SNAP participant surveys,
130 hours for State and CBO directors and staff members, and 45 hours
for State SNAP IT staff (for providing administrative data files) for a
total of 925 hours. See table below for a complete breakdown of burden
hours. In addition, we estimate that 625 SNAP participants will be
contacted but will decline participation in the survey. The burden
estimate associated with these non-respondents, not shown in the table,
is .08 hours each, for a total of 50 hours of burden on non-
respondents.
Burden Estimates for Respondents
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Average burden
Type of respondent Type of instrument Number of respondents Frequency of Total per response Total burden
response responses (in hours) (in hours)
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State SNAP Director.................. Telephone interview..... 5...................... 1 5 1.25 6.25
Local SNAP Agency Director........... In person interview..... 20 (1 per office, 4 1 20 1.5 30
offices per State, 5
states).
Local SNAP Agency Staff.............. In person interview..... 20 (1 per office, 4 1 20 1 20
offices per State, 5
States).
CBO Director......................... Telephone interview..... 10 (2 per State, 5 1 10 1 10
States).
Local CBO Site Director.............. In person interview..... 20 (1 per office, 4 1 20 1.5 30
offices per State, 5
states).
Local CBO Staff...................... In person interview..... 40 (2 per office, 4 1 40 1 40
offices per State, 5
States).
Adults (18+ years of age)............ Telephone survey 2,500 (500 per State) 1 2,500 .3 750
questionnaire. (completed).
Adults (18+ years of age)............ Telephone survey 1,250 (250 per State) 1 1,250 .05 1.04
questionnaire. (Nonrespondent).
State SNAP IT Staff.................. Administrative data file 5...................... 3 15 5 45
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Total............................ ........................ 3,870.................. .............. 3,880 .............. 926.04
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Dated: May 8, 2012.
Robin Bailey, Jr.,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-11589 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
