30-Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 61 / Thursday, March 29, 2012 / Notices
Dated: March 23, 2012.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency

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[Docket ID: FEMA–2011–0041; OMB No.
1660–0070]

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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, National
Fire Department Census

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable materials,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.

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Name of Committee: National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special
Emphasis Panel; Translational Stroke SEP.
Date: April 18, 2012.
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive
Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Shanta Rajaram, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Branch, Division of Extramural Research,
NINDS/NIH/DHHS/Neuroscience Center,
6001 Executive Blvd., Suite 3208, MSC 9529,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–6033,
Rajarams@mail.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.853, Clinical Research
Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854,
Biological Basis Research in the
Neurosciences, National Institutes of Health,
HHS)
Dated: March 23, 2012.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use. This notice seeks
comments concerning the use of a form
to collect data for the development and
continuation of the National Fire
Department Census.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 1800 South Bell
Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005,
facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or
email address FEMA–InformationCollections-Management@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Department
Census.
Type of information collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0070.

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Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 070–0–0–1, National Fire
Department Census.
Abstract: This collection seeks to
identify fire departments in the United
States to compile and update a database
related to their demographics,
capabilities, and activities. The database
is used to guide programmatic decisions
and provide information to the public
and the fire service.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Average Hour Burden per
Respondent: .27 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,342 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $10,539. The estimated annual cost to
respondents operations and
maintenance costs for technical services
is $0. There are no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
government is $85,770.
Dated: March 22, 2012.
John G. Jenkins, Jr.,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Aircraft Operator Security
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
OMB control number 1652–0003,
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval of an extension of
the currently approved collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on January 26, 2012 (77 FR
4055). TSA has implemented aircraft
operator security standards at 49 CFR
part 1544, which require each aircraft
operator to which this part applies to

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adopt and implement a security
program.
Send your comments by April
30, 2012. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson, Office of Information
Technology, TSA–11, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598–0011;
telephone (571) 227–3616; email
joanna.johnson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation is
available at www.reginfo.gov. Therefore,
in preparation for OMB review and
approval of the following information
collection, TSA is soliciting comments
to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

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Information Collection Requirement
Title: Aircraft Operator Security.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0003.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Aircraft Operators.
Abstract: 49 CFR part 1544 requires
aircraft operators to maintain, update,
and comply with TSA-approved
comprehensive security programs to
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property traveling on their flights
against acts of criminal violence and air
piracy, and the introduction of
explosives, incendiaries, or weapons
aboard an aircraft. These programs and
related records are subject to TSA
inspection.
Number of Respondents: 801.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 1,918,371 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, March 27,
2012.
Joanna Johnson,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2522–12; DHS Docket No. USCIS
2012–0007]
RIN 1615–ZB12

Designation of Syrian Arab Republic
for Temporary Protected Status
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Through this notice, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announces that the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary) has
designated the Syrian Arab Republic
(Syria) for Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) for a period of 18 months,
effective March 29, 2012 through
September 30, 2013. Under section
244(b)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C.
1254a(b)(1), the Secretary is authorized
to grant TPS to eligible nationals of
designated foreign states or parts of such
states (or to eligible aliens having no
nationality who last habitually resided
in such states) upon finding that such
states are experiencing an ongoing
armed conflict, an environmental
disaster, or extraordinary and temporary
conditions that prevent nationals from
returning in safety.
This designation allows eligible
Syrian nationals (and aliens having no
nationality who last habitually resided
in Syria) who have both continuously
resided in and been continuously
physically present in the United States
since March 29, 2012 to be granted TPS.
This notice also describes the other
eligibility criteria applicants must meet.
Individuals who believe they may
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may apply within the 180-day
registration period that begins on March
29, 2012. They may also apply for
Employment Authorization Documents
(EADs) and for travel authorization. In
this notice, DHS also sets forth the
procedures for nationals of Syria (or
aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in Syria) to apply for
TPS and EADs with U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS).
DATES: This designation of Syria for TPS
is effective on March 29, 2012 and will
remain in effect through September 30,
2013. The 180-day registration period
for eligible individuals to submit TPS
applications begins March 29, 2012, and
will remain in effect through September
30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• For further information on TPS,
including guidance on the application
process and additional information on
eligibility, please visit the USCIS TPS
Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/tps.
You can find specific information about
this designation of Syria for TPS by
selecting ‘‘TPS Designated Country—
Syria’’ from the menu on the left of the
TPS Web page.
• You can also contact the TPS
Operations Program Manager at Status
and Family Branch, Service Center
Operations Directorate, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department
of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529–
2060; or by phone at (202) 272–1533
(this is not a toll-free number). Note:
The phone number provided here is
solely for questions regarding this TPS
notice. It is not for individual case
status inquiries.
• Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
can check Case Status Online available
at the USCIS Web site at http://www.
uscis.gov, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–
5283 (TTY 1–800–767–1833).
• Further information will also be
available at local USCIS offices upon
publication of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abbreviations and Terms Used in This
Document
Act—Immigration and Nationality Act
BIA—Board of Immigration Appeals
COI—Independent International Commission
of Inquiry, established pursuant to United
Nations (UN) Human Rights Council
resolution S–17/1 to investigate all alleged
violations of international human rights
law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab
Republic
COI Report—‘‘Report of the Independent
International Commission of Inquiry on the
Syrian Arab Republic,’’ dated 22 February
2012, UN Doc. A/HRC/19/69

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