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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 24, 2009 / Notices

Agenda: On December 15, 2009, the
DoD Task Force on the Prevention of
Suicide by Members of the Armed
Forces will receive briefings from
Service experts and others related to
their procedures on investigations
within the safety and risk management
areas. Task Force members will also
receive briefings on the processes used
by the Services in conducting suicide
investigations.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as
amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.140
through 102–3.165 and subject
availability of space, the DoD Task
Force on the Prevention of Suicide by
Members of the Armed Forces meeting
December 15, 2009 is open to the
public. Any member of the public
wishing to provide input to the Task
Force on the Prevention of Suicide by
Members of the Armed Forces should
submit a written statement in
accordance with 41 CFR 102–3.140(c)
and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, and the
procedures described in this notice.
Written statement should be not longer
than two type-written pages and must
address the following detail: The issue,
discussion, and a recommended course
of action. Supporting documentation
may also be included as needed to
establish the appropriate historical
context and to provide any necessary
background information.
Individuals desiring to submit a
written statement may do so through the
Board’s Designated Federal Officer
(DFO) at the address under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. However, if the
written statement is not received at least
10 calendar days prior to the meeting,
which is subject to this notice, then it
may not be provided to or considered by
the Task Force on the Prevention of
Suicide by Members of the Armed
Forces until the next open meeting.
The DFO will review all timely
submissions with the Task Force on the
Prevention of Suicide by Members of
the Armed Forces Co-Chairpersons, and
ensure they are provided to members of
the Task Force before the meeting that
is subject to this notice. After reviewing
the written comments, the CoChairpersons and the Designated
Federal Officer may choose to invite the
submitter of the comments to orally
present their issue during an open
portion of this meeting or at a future
meeting.
The DFO, in consultation with the
Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide
by Members of the Armed Forces CoChairpersons, may, if desired, allot a
specific amount of time for members of
the public to present their issues for
review and discussion by the Task Force

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on the Prevention of Suicide by Member
of the Armed Forces.
Additional information, agenda
updates, and meeting registration are
available online at the Defense Health
Board Web site, http://www.ha.osd.mil/
dhb. The public is encouraged to
register for the meeting. If special
accommodations are required to attend
(sign language, wheelchair accessibility)
please contact Ms. Severine Bennett at
(202) 374–5755 or
bennett_severine@bah.com by December
1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Col.
JoAnne McPherson, Executive
Secretary, DoD Task Force on Suicide
Prevention by Members of the Armed
Forces, Three Skyline Place, 5201
Leesburg Pike, Suite 400, Falls Church,
Virginia 22041, (703) 824–7007, Fax:
(703) 824–3832,
JoAnne.Mcpherson@pentagon.af.mil.
Written statements may be sent to the
mailing address under this caption, emailed to: dhb@ha.osd.mil, or faxed to:
(703) 681–3317.
Dated: November 19, 2009.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9–28173 Filed 11–23–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 5001–06–P

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review—
Evaluation of EAC Educational
Products; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: On September 8, 2009, the
EAC published a notice in accordance
with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. EAC
announced an information collection
and sought public comment on the
provisions thereof. The EAC, pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(iii), intends to
submit this proposed information
collection (Evaluation of EAC
Educational Products) to the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget
for approval. The Evaluation of EAC
Educational Products (Evaluation) asks
election officials questions concerning
the effectiveness, use, and overall
satisfaction with the educational
products by State and local election
officials. The results of the evaluation
will be used internally as a decisionmaking tool to guide the EAC’s
determination about future updates and
reprints of these work products. Section

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202 of HAVA requires EAC to serve as
a national clearinghouse and resource
for the compilation of information
related to the administration of Federal
elections. Section 202(3) authorizes EAC
to conduct studies and to carry out other
duties and activities to promote the
effective administration of Federal
elections.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on
December 24, 2009.
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 of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. The
information collection tool is available
on the EAC Web site (http://
www.eac.gov).
Additional Information: Please note
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection, but may respond after 30
days. Comments on the proposed
information collection should be
submitted to OMB within 30 days of
this notice. Comments should be sent to
the attention of Alex Hunt, Desk Officer
for the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503. Comments sent to OMB
should also be sent to EAC at
producteval@eac.gov.
Obtaining a Copy of the Surveys and
Focus Group Protocol: To obtain a free
copy of the surveys and focus group
protocol: (1) Access the EAC Web site at
http://www.eac.gov; (2) write to the EAC
(including your address and phone
number) at U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, 1225 New York Avenue,
NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC
20005, ATTN: Educational Products
Evaluation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Karen Lynn-Dyson or Ms. Shelly
Anderson at (202) 566–3100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: Evaluation of
EAC Educational Products; OMB
Number Pending.
Needs and Uses: This proposed
information collection activity is

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necessary to meet requirements of the
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002
(42 U.S.C. 15301). This data collection
effort is authorized under the Help
America Vote Act (HAVA). Section 202
of HAVA requires EAC to serve as a
national clearinghouse and resource for
the compilation of information and
review of procedures with respect to the
administration of Federal elections.
Section 202(3) authorizes EAC to
conduct studies and to carry out other
duties and activities to promote the
effective administration of Federal
elections. Since 2004, the EAC has
issued guidance on various topics to
assist State and local election officials in
managing and administering elections.
This guidance includes a number of
management guidelines, best practices,
and other related reports. The specific
products to be evaluated include:
Effective Designs for the Administration
of Federal Elections (Ballot Designs);
Successful Practices—Poll Worker
Recruitment, Training, and Retention; A
Guidebook to Recruiting College Poll
Workers; State Poll Worker
Requirements Compendium; Election
Management Guidelines; Quick Start
Guides; Election Terminology Glossaries
in Six Languages; and A Voter’s Guide
to Federal Elections. The Evaluation
Contractor will conduct an evaluation of
the effectiveness, use, and overall
satisfaction with the aforementioned
products by State and local election
officials. The results of the evaluation
will be used internally as a decisionmaking tool to guide the EAC’s
determination about future updates and
reprints of these work products. The
evaluation will include the use of
surveys and focus groups.
There is one online survey for local
election officials and one online survey
for State election officials. Each survey
is estimated to take 40 minutes to
complete.
Affected Public (Respondents): State
governments, the District of Columbia,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, and the United States
Virgin Islands, and local entities.
Affected Public: State and local
government.
Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Burden per Response: 40
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,000 hours.
Frequency: One-time data collection.
There will be three focus groups held
with approximately 10 participants per
group. Each focus group meeting is
expected to last one and one-half hours.
Affected Public: Local government.
Number of Respondents: 30.

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Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Burden per Response: 1.5
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 45 hours.
Frequency: One-time data collection.
The following categories of
information will be requested of local
and State election officials via the
surveys and focus groups:
• Familiarity with the EAC
educational products;
• Use of EAC educational products;
• The impact of having used EAC
educational products on administrative
and/or election processes; and,
• Recommendations for improving
existing products and/or creation of
additional products.
Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
[FR Doc. E9–28104 Filed 11–23–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: December 18,
2009. Comments and motions to
intervene may be filed electronically via
the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii)(2008) and the
instructions on the Commission’s
website under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If
unable to be filed electronically,
documents may be paper-filed. To
paper-file, an original and eight copies
should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. For more
information on how to submit these
types of filings please go to the
Commission’s Web site located at
http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about
this project can be viewed or printed on
the eLibrary link of Commission’s Web
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–11480) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, call toll-free
1–866–208–3372.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–28116 Filed 11–23–09; 8:45 am]

[Project No. 11480–017]

Haida Corporation, Haida Energy, Inc.;
Notice of Application for Transfer of
License and Soliciting Comments and
Motions To Intervene

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

November 17, 2009.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

On November 6, 2009, Haida
Corporation (transferor) and Haida
Energy, Inc. (transferee) filed an
application for transfer of license of the
Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project
located on Reynolds Creek, near the
town of Hydaburg, on Prince of Wales
Island, in southeast Alaska.
Applicants seek Commission approval
to transfer the license for the Reynolds
Creek Hydroelectric Project from the
transferor to the transferee.
Applicant Contact: Transferor: Mr.
Alvin Edenshaw, President, Haida
Corporation, P.O. Box 89, Hydaburg, AK
99922, (907) 230–8780. Mr. Donald H.
Clarke, Law Offices of GKRSE, 1500 K
Street, NW., Suite 330, Washington, DC
20005, (202) 408–5400.
Transferee: Mr. Alvin Edenshaw,
President, Haida Energy, Inc., P.O. Box
89, Hydaburg, AK 99922, (907) 230–
8780. Mr. Robert Grimm, President,
Alaska Power & Telephone Company,
P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA
98368, (360) 385–1733. Mr. Donald H.
Clarke, Law Offices of GKRSE, 1500 K
Street, NW., Suite 330, Washington, DC
20005, (202) 408–5400.
FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
(202) 502–6778.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Project No. 13583–000]

Crane & Company; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
November 17, 2009.

On September 3, 2009, Crane &
Company filed an application, pursuant
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Byron Weston Dam No. 2 Hydroelectric
Generation Project No. 13583, to be
located on the East Branch of the
Housatonic River, in Berkshire County,
Massachusetts.
The proposed project would consist
of: (1) The existing 30-foot-high, 75-footlong Byron Weston Dam No. 2; (2) an
existing 1.2-acre impoundment with a
normal water surface elevation of 1,112
feet mean sea level; (3) a new turbine
and generator with a capacity of 175
kilowatts; (4) a new trash rack; (5) a
refurbished 6-foot-diameter penstock
and a new 15-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter
penstock; (6) an existing 27-by-29-foot,
four-story powerhouse; (7) an existing

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