Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 53165 [2014-21300]

Download as PDF rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 173 / Monday, September 8, 2014 / Notices Washington, DC 20425. Letters can also be sent via email to bdelaviez@ usccr.gov. Send letters of interest for the Michigan Advisory Committee or Wisconsin Advisory Committees to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Midwestern Regional Office, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603. Letter can also be sent via email to callen@usccr.gov. Send letters of interest for the Texas Advisory Committee to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 North Los Angeles St., Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Letter can also be sent via email to atrevino@usccr.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mussatt, Chief, Regional Programs Unit, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 353–8311. Questions can also be directed via email to dmussatt@usccr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, Massachusetts, Texas, and Wisconsin State Advisory Committees (SAC) are statutorily mandated advisory committees of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1975a. Under the charter for the SACs, the purpose is to provide advice and recommendations to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) on a broad range of civil rights matters in its respective state that pertain to alleged deprivations of voting rights or discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or the administration of justice. SACs also provide assistance to the Commission in its statutory obligation to serve as a national clearinghouse for civil rights information. The SAC consists of not more than 19 members, each of whom will serve a two-year term. Members serve as unpaid Special Government Employees who are reimbursed for travel and expenses. To be eligible to be on a SAC, applicants must be residents of the respective state and have demonstrated expertise or interest in civil rights issues. The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress in 1957 to focus on matters of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. Its mandate is to: • Investigate complaints from citizens that their voting rights are being deprived, • Study and collect information about discrimination or denials of equal protection under the law, • Appraise federal civil rights laws and policies, VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:14 Sep 05, 2014 Jkt 232001 • Serve as a national clearinghouse on discrimination laws, • Submit reports and findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress, and • Issue public service announcements to discourage discrimination. The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be appointed a member of the Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, Massachusetts, Texas, or Wisconsin Advisory Committee covered by this notice to send a letter of interest and a resume to the respective address above. Dated in Chicago, IL, on September 2, 2014. David Mussatt, Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 53165 Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Dated: September 3, 2014. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2014–21300 Filed 9–5–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P [FR Doc. 2014–21229 Filed 9–5–14; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILLING CODE P Foreign-Trade Zones Board DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Order No. 1946] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 62 Under Alternative Site Framework Brownsville, Texas 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 provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Application Cover Sheet. OMB Control Number: 0693–XXXX. Form Number(s): N/A Type of Request: Regular. Number of Respondents: 100. Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. Burden Hours: 100. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) serves as the coordinating agency for the SBIR program. It directs the agency implementation of SBIR, reviews progress, and reports annually to Congress on its operation. The information collected in the Cover Sheet provides identifying information and demographic data for use in NIST’s annual report to the SBA on the program. The technical abstract is used in prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse by providing a method to compare similar applications to other agency SBIR programs. The abstract and potential commercial applications of successful applicants are posted on the agency Web site. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Frequency: Annually. PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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) (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; Whereas, the Brownsville Navigation District, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 62, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B–103–2013, docketed 12–04–2013) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of Cameron County, Texas, within and adjacent to the Brownsville Customs and Border Protection port of entry, to renumber a 71-acre portion of Site 1 as Site 5, and to categorize FTZ 62’s existing Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as magnet sites; Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (78 FR 73823, 12–09–2013) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to reorganize FTZ 62 under the ASF is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
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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 provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 
Application Cover Sheet.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): N/A
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 100.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) serves 
as the coordinating agency for the SBIR program. It directs the agency 
implementation of SBIR, reviews progress, and reports annually to 
Congress on its operation.
    The information collected in the Cover Sheet provides identifying 
information and demographic data for use in NIST's annual report to the 
SBA on the program. The technical abstract is used in prevention of 
fraud, waste, and abuse by providing a method to compare similar 
applications to other agency SBIR programs. The abstract and potential 
commercial applications of successful applicants are posted on the 
agency Web site.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 3, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21300 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-13-P
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