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relationship, explore other trust models,
review reports and various documents
and identify recommendations from
previous studies, and consider the
nature and scope of necessary audits of
the Department’s trust administration
systems. The Secretarial Commission’s
charter requires the Commission to
provide well-reasoned and factually
based recommendations for potential
improvements to the existing
management and administration of the
trust administration system. The
Commission is committed to early
public engagement and welcomes your
participation in these important
meetings.
DATES: The Commission’s Webinar
meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and end at
4 p.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2012.
Attendance is open to the public, but
limited space is available. Members of
the public who wish to attend must
RSVP by August 10, 2012, by registering
at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/
register/876785297. Instructions for
joining the Webinar will be emailed
after registration occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Designated Federal Official, Lizzie
Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy
Secretary, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Room 6119,
Washington, DC 20240; or email to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
President Obama’s commitment to
fulfilling this nation’s trust
responsibilities to Native Americans,
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
appointed five members to serve on the
Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust
Administration and Reform, established
under Secretarial Order No. 3292, dated
December 8, 2009. The Commission will
play a key role in the Department’s
ongoing efforts to empower Indian
nations and strengthen nation-to-nation
relationships.
The Commission will complete a
comprehensive evaluation of the
Department’s management and
administration of the trust assets within
a two-year period and offer
recommendations to the Secretary on
how to improve in the future. The
Commission will:
(1) Conduct a comprehensive
evaluation of the Department’s
management and administration of the
trust administration system;
(2) Review the Department’s provision
of services to trust beneficiaries;
(3) Review input from the public,
interested parties, and trust
beneficiaries, which should involve
conducting a number of regional
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(4) Consider the nature and scope of
necessary audits of the Department’s
trust administration system;
(5) Recommend options to the
Secretary for improving the
Department’s management and
administration of the trust
administration system based on
information obtained from the
Commission’s activities, including
whether any legislative or regulatory
changes are necessary to permanently
implement any suggested
improvements; and
(6) Consider the provisions of the
American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994
providing for the termination of the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians, and make
recommendations to the Secretary
regarding termination.
The following items will be on the
agenda:
• Trust Commission Operations:
• Review, discussion, and approval of
June 2012 meeting minutes;
• Updates on action items from June
2012 meeting;
• Report on Commission outreach
since June;
• Discussion of preliminary, draft
Commission recommendations;
• Discussion of Commission
Subcommittee progress and products;
• Review of and discussion of
September meeting agenda topics and
related outreach activities;
• Review action items of resulting from
Webinar call; and
• Public comments.
Written comments may be sent to the
Designated Federal Official listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. To review all related
material on the Commission’s work,
please refer to http://www.doi.gov/
cobell/commission/index.cfm. All
meetings are open to the public.
Dated: July 19, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY:

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Notice of an extension of an
Information Collection (1028–0089),
Mineral Resources Program’s (MRP)
Mineral Resource External Research
Program (MRERP).

ACTION:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
information collection request (ICR) for
renewal of the currently approved
paperwork requirements for the Mineral
Resources Program’s (MRP) Mineral
Resource External Research Program
(MRERP). This notice provides the
public and other Federal agencies an
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these project
narrative and report requirements. This
collection is scheduled to expire on
August 31, 2012.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before August 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of Interior via
email [[email protected]];
or fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission as 1028–0089.
Please also submit a copy of your
comments to the USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 807,
Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–7199
(fax); or [email protected] (email); and
reference Information Collection 1028–
0089 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jeff L. Doebrich by mail
at U.S. Geological Survey, 913 National
Center, Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
VA 20192 or by telephone at 703–648–
6103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mineral Resource External
Research Program (MRERP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0089.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: Through the MRERP, the
MRP of the USGS offers an annual
competitive grant and/or cooperative
agreement opportunity to universities,
State agencies, Tribal governments or
organizations, and industry or other
private sector organizations. Applicants
must have the ability to conduct
research in topics related to nonfuel
mineral resources and that meet the
goals of the MRP. The MRERP will
consider all research-based proposals
that address one of the long-term goals
of the Mineral Resources Program, as
SUMMARY:

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defined in the current USGS Energy and
Minerals Science Strategy (http://
pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1072/of20121072.pdf). These are: (1) Understand
fundamental Earth processes forming
mineral resources, (2) understand the
environmental behavior of mineral
resources and their waste products, (3)
provide inventories and assessments of
mineral resources, (4) understand the
effects of mineral development on
natural resources, and (5) understand
the availability and reliability of mineral
resource supplies. Furthermore, annual
research priorities are provided as
guidance for applicants to consider
when submitting proposals. Annual
research priorities are determined by
USGS MRP management. Since its
initiation in 2004, the MRERP has
awarded more than $2.8 million to 48
different research projects across the
country.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing
regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We
intend to release the project abstracts
and primary investigators for awarded/
funded projects only.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number and
Description of Respondents:
Approximately 35 research scientists
from universities, State agencies, Tribal
governments or organizations, and
industry or other private sector
organizations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 40.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1580.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
expect to receive approximately 35
applications, each taking the applicant
approximately 40 hours to complete.
This includes the time for project
conception and development, proposal
writing and reviewing, and submitting
proposal narrative through Grants.gov
(totaling 1,400 burden hours). We
anticipate awarding an average of 5
grants per year. The award recipients
must submit a final technical report. We
estimate that it will take approximately
36 hours to complete and submit each
report (totaling 180 hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
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Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: To comply with the
public consultation process, on April
27, 2012 we published a Federal
Register notice (77 FR 25193)
announcing our intent to submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. In that notice we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on
June 26, 2012. We did not receive any
public comments in response to the
notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on: (1)
Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
Dated: July 16, 2012.
Ione Taylor,
Associate Director, Energy and Minerals, and
Environmental Health.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1202–03
(Preliminary)]

Xanthan Gum From Austria and China
Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigations, the United
States International Trade Commission
(Commission) determines, pursuant to
section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act), that there
is a reasonable indication that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
from Austria and China of xanthan gum,
provided for in subheading 3913.90.20
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, that are alleged to be
sold in the United States at less than fair
value (LTFV).2
Pursuant to section 207.18 of the
Commission’s rules, the Commission
also gives notice of the commencement
of the final phase of its investigations.
The Commission will issue a final phase
notice of scheduling, which will be
published in the Federal Register as
provided in section 207.21 of the
Commission’s rules, upon notice from
the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) of affirmative preliminary
determinations in the investigations
under section 733(b) of the Act, or, if the
preliminary determinations are
negative, upon notice of affirmative
final determinations in the
investigations under section 735(a) of
the Act. Parties that filed entries of
appearance in the preliminary phase of
the investigations need not enter a
separate appearance for the final phase
of the investigations. Industrial users,
and, if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level,
representative consumer organizations
have the right to appear as parties in
Commission antidumping and
countervailing duty investigations. The
Secretary will prepare a public service
list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives,
who are parties to the investigations.
Background
On June 5, 2012, a petition was filed
with the Commission and Commerce by
CP Kelco U.S., Atlanta, GA, alleging that
an industry in the United States is
materially injured or threatened with
material injury by reason of LTFV

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1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 Commissioner Deanna Tanner Okun did not
participate in these investigations.

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