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Monday, July 16, 2012
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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July 10, 2012.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) Whether the 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 burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Economic Research Service
Title: Survey on Rural Community
Wealth and Health Care Provision.
OMB Control Number: 0536–NEW.
Summary of Collection: Health care
services is one of the largest and most
rapidly growing industries in rural
America, and adequate provision of
health care services is critical for
achieving economic development and
improved well-being of rural people. In
many rural communities, the health care
services sector is the largest employer,
and rapid growth in this sector is
occurring and likely will continue,
especially as the Baby-Boom generation
retires. Provision of adequate health
care services may be a key factor
attracting retirees and other migrants to
rural areas, contributing to rural growth
and prosperity. Despite recent growth
and potential for continued growth in
this sector, many rural communities
suffer from poor access to health care
services, especially because of the
limited supply of health care
professionals.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Economic Research Service will collect
information using a survey on the assets
and investments of rural communities
and their influence on recruitment and
retention of rural health care providers,
and on the effects of rural health care
provision on economic development of
rural communities. The survey will be
collected by telephone from individuals,
including rural health care providers
and community leaders, in 150 rural
communities. If the information is not
collected, research and knowledge on
the roles rural communities play in
recruiting and retaining health care
providers will remain limited.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or household; State, Local
or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,865.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
In connection with its continued
analysis of effective safety performance
indicators for major accident prevention
and to release preliminary findings on
the use of indicators offshore as part of
the agency’s investigation of the
Macondo well blowout, explosion, and
fire in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S.
Chemical Safety Board is holding a two
day public hearing entitled ‘‘Safety
Performance Indicators,’’ on Monday,
July 23, 2012, and Tuesday, July 24,
2012, in Houston, Texas. The hearing
will be held from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. both
days at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located
at 1200 Louisiana Street in the Imperial
West Auditorium. The hearing is free
and open to members of the public.
The hearing will bring together
international regulators, union
representatives and industry groups to
discuss how companies and regulators
use safety metrics to manage risks and
drive continuous safety improvements.
The CSB’s Board Members and
Macondo investigation team will hear
testimony from leading safety experts
from high hazard industry sectors
within the U.S. and internationally,
including representatives from the
United Kingdom, Australia, and
Norway. Throughout the proceedings,
CSB Board Members, staff and the
public will have opportunities to ask
questions of the panelists. The hearing
will be available via webcast. All
proceedings will be videotaped and
subsequently transcribed.
The first day of the hearing will focus
on the downstream refining and
petrochemical sectors. It will feature a
presentation by CSB staff on the Board’s
evaluation of the American Petroleum
Institute’s (API) Recommended Practice
for Process Safety Performance
Indicators for the Refining and
Petrochemical Industries (ANSI/API RP
754). API RP 754 was developed in
response to a CSB recommendation
resulting from the agency’s investigation
into the BP Texas City refinery fire and
explosion that killed 15 workers and
injured 180 others. The CSB found that
effective safety performance indicators
for major accident prevention were not
being used to drive safety
improvements. The lessons learned
from other high hazard industries with
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advanced indicator programs will also
be discussed during the first day of the
hearing.
The second day will include a
presentation by CSB staff on
preliminary findings of the agency’s
Macondo incident investigation on the
use of safety indicators and major
accident prevention. Evidence will be
presented on the way safety was
managed at Macondo and the influence
of the regulator in driving safety
performance offshore.
All staff presentations are preliminary
and are intended solely to allow the
Board to consider in a public forum the
issues and factors involved in this case.
No factual analyses, conclusions or
findings presented by staff should be
considered final until approved by the
Board.
Please notify CSB if a translator or
interpreter is needed, at least 5 business
days prior to the public meeting. For
more information, please contact Hillary
J. Cohen at hillary.cohen@csb.gov at the
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board at (202)–261–7600,
or visit our Web site at: www.csb.gov.
The CSB is an independent Federal
agency charged with investigating
industrial accidents that result in the
release of extremely hazardous
substances. The agency’s board
members are appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. CSB
investigations look into all aspects of
accidents, including physical causes
such as equipment failure as well as
inadequacies in regulations, industry
standards, and safety management
systems.
Daniel Horowitz,
Managing Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1838]
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Reorganization and Expansion of
Foreign-Trade Zone 202 Under
Alternative Site Framework Los
Angeles, CA
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Board adopted the
alternative site framework (ASF) (74 FR
1170, 01/12/2009; correction 74 FR
3987, 01/22/2009; 75 FR 71069–71070,
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11/22/2010) as an option for the
establishment or reorganization of
general-purpose zones;
Whereas, the Board of Harbor
Commissioners of the City of Los
Angeles, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone
202, submitted an application to the
Board (FTZ Docket 9–2012, filed 02/09/
2012) for authority to reorganize and
expand under the ASF with a service
area of Orange County and portions of
Los Angeles and San Bernardino
Counties, California, within and
adjacent to the Los Angeles-Long Beach
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
port of entry, FTZ 202’s Site 9 would be
renumbered to create new Sites 30 and
31, Sites 1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14, 20 and 22
would be categorized as magnet sites,
Sites 2, 5, 9, 12, 15, 19, 25, 27–28 and
30–31 would be categorized as usage
driven sites, Sites 16, 24 and 26 would
be removed from the zone project, and
the grantee proposes one new usagedriven site (Site 29);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (77 FR 8804–8805, 02/15/2012)
and the application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendation of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to reorganize FTZ 202
under the alternative site framework is
approved, subject to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard
2,000-acre activation limit for the
overall general-purpose zone project, to
a five-year ASF sunset provision for
magnet sites that would terminate
authority for Sites 4, 7, 10–11, 14, 20
and 22 if not activated by July 31, 2017,
and to a three-year ASF sunset
provision for usage-driven sites that
would terminate authority for Sites 2, 5,
9, 12, 15, 19, 25, 27–31 if no foreignstatus merchandise is admitted for a
bona fide customs purpose by July 31,
2015.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
July 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matter of: Humane Restraint,
Inc., 912 Bethel Circle, Waunakee, WI
53597, Respondent; Order Relating To
Humane Restraint, Inc
The Bureau of Industry and Security,
U.S. Department of Commerce (‘‘BIS’’),
has notified Humane Restraint, Inc. of
Wanakee, WI (‘‘HR’’), of its intention to
initiate an administrative proceeding
against HR pursuant to Section 766.3 of
the Export Administration Regulations
(the ‘‘Regulations’’),1 and Section 13(c)
of the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’),2 through
the issuance of a Proposed Charging
Letter to HR that alleged that HR
committed 32 violations of the
Regulations. Specifically, these charges
are:
Charges 1–27 15 CFR 764.2(a)—
Engaging in Prohibited Conduct by
Exporting Various Restraint Devices
Without the Required Government
Authorizations
On 27 occasions between on or about
April 10, 2006 and on or about August
8, 2008, HR engaged in conduct
prohibited by the Regulations by
exporting various restraint devices,
including, but not limited to, strait
jackets, bed restraints, and wrist and
ankle restraints, items subject to the
Regulations, classified under Export
Control Classification Number
(‘‘ECCN’’) 0A982, controlled for Crime
Control reasons, and valued at
approximately $14,697, from the United
States to Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea,
Taiwan, and the United Kingdom
without the Department of Commerce
licenses required by Section 742.7(a) of
the Regulations. In so doing, HR
committed 27 violations of Section
764.2(a) of the Regulations.
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR Parts 730–
774 (2012). The charged violations occurred in
2006–2008. The Regulations governing the
violations at issue are found in the 2006–2008
versions of the Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR
Parts 730–774 (2006–2008)). The 2012 Regulations
set forth the procedures that apply to this matter.
2 50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401–2420 (2000). Since
August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the
President, through Executive Order 13222 of August
17, 2001 (3 CFR 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has
been extended by successive Presidential Notices,
the most recent being that of August 12, 2011 (76
FR 50661 (Aug. 16, 2011)), continues the
Regulations in effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701,
et seq.).
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
In connection with its continued analysis of effective safety
performance indicators for major accident prevention and to release
preliminary findings on the use of indicators offshore as part of the
agency's investigation of the Macondo well blowout, explosion, and fire
in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is holding a two
day public hearing entitled ``Safety Performance Indicators,'' on
Monday, July 23, 2012, and Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Houston, Texas.
The hearing will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel located at 1200 Louisiana Street in the Imperial West
Auditorium. The hearing is free and open to members of the public.
The hearing will bring together international regulators, union
representatives and industry groups to discuss how companies and
regulators use safety metrics to manage risks and drive continuous
safety improvements.
The CSB's Board Members and Macondo investigation team will hear
testimony from leading safety experts from high hazard industry sectors
within the U.S. and internationally, including representatives from the
United Kingdom, Australia, and Norway. Throughout the proceedings, CSB
Board Members, staff and the public will have opportunities to ask
questions of the panelists. The hearing will be available via webcast.
All proceedings will be videotaped and subsequently transcribed.
The first day of the hearing will focus on the downstream refining
and petrochemical sectors. It will feature a presentation by CSB staff
on the Board's evaluation of the American Petroleum Institute's (API)
Recommended Practice for Process Safety Performance Indicators for the
Refining and Petrochemical Industries (ANSI/API RP 754). API RP 754 was
developed in response to a CSB recommendation resulting from the
agency's investigation into the BP Texas City refinery fire and
explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others. The CSB found
that effective safety performance indicators for major accident
prevention were not being used to drive safety improvements. The
lessons learned from other high hazard industries with
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advanced indicator programs will also be discussed during the first day
of the hearing.
The second day will include a presentation by CSB staff on
preliminary findings of the agency's Macondo incident investigation on
the use of safety indicators and major accident prevention. Evidence
will be presented on the way safety was managed at Macondo and the
influence of the regulator in driving safety performance offshore.
All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to
allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors
involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings
presented by staff should be considered final until approved by the
Board.
Please notify CSB if a translator or interpreter is needed, at
least 5 business days prior to the public meeting. For more
information, please contact Hillary J. Cohen at hillary.cohen@csb.gov
at the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202)-261-
7600, or visit our Web site at: www.csb.gov.
The CSB is an independent Federal agency charged with investigating
industrial accidents that result in the release of extremely hazardous
substances. The agency's board members are appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects
of accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as
well as inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety
management systems.
Daniel Horowitz,
Managing Director.
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