30 Day Notice

50174

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 161 / Monday, August 20, 2012 / Notices

industry regulated by multiple agencies?
If so, how?
5. What are the biggest challenges to
successful implementation of
performance-based regulations in the
U.S. oil and gas industry?
6. How can risk assessment best be
used in performance-based regulations
while still ensuring adequate levels of
safety? If risk assessments are used in a
performance-based regulation, should
acceptable risk levels be established?
7. How have authorities that currently
use performance-based regulatory
models ensured effective oversight (e.g.,
use of metrics, audit programs)?
8. Are there limits to the use of
performance-based regulatory models?
For example, do performance-based
regulatory models increase or decrease
challenges for small businesses in
comparison to prescriptive models? Are
prescriptive components needed/
desirable, and if so, under what
situations?
III. Meeting Format
The meeting will include opening
remarks, presentations by the agencies
and expert speakers, time for public
comments, and closing remarks. The
agencies will discuss their areas of
jurisdiction, regulations and standards,
and efforts in the oil and gas industry.
Expert speakers will discuss the topics
for consideration and issues related to
performance-based regulations. In the
time designated for public comments,
meeting attendees will have an
opportunity to make comments that
provide the agencies with additional
information that may assist them with
their future performance-based
regulatory efforts.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health,
authorized the preparation of this
notice.

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

Notice of Permits Issued Under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
National Science Foundation.
Notice of permits issued under
the Antarctic Conservation of 1978,
Public Law 95–541.

AGENCY:

The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permits issued under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
This is the required notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office,
Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,
SUMMARY:

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Biological Sciences Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science

Jkt 226001

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

ACTION:

[FR Doc. 2012–20058 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am]

16:25 Aug 17, 2012

Dated: August 14, 2012.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–20289 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am]

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 10,
2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.

VerDate Mar<15>2010

Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Biological Sciences Advisory
Committee (#1110).
Date and Time: September 5, 2012,
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; September 6, 2012,
8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1235,
Arlington, VA 22230.
All visitors must contact the
Directorate for Biological Sciences [call
703–292–8400 or send an email message
to [email protected]] at least 24 hours
prior to the meeting to arrange for a
visitor’s badge. All visitors must report
to the NSF visitor desk located in the
lobby at the N. 9th and N. Stuart Streets
entrance on the day of the meeting to
receive a visitor’s badge.
Type of Meeting: OPEN.
Contact Person: Chuck Liarakos,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Room 605,
Arlington, VA 22230 Tel No.: (703) 292–
8400.
Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory
Committee for the Directorate for
Biological Sciences provides advice,
recommendations, and oversight
concerning major program emphases,
directions, and goals for the researchrelated activities of the divisions that
make up BIO.
Agenda: Agenda items will include
the Division of Environmental Biology
Committee of Visitors report,
preliminary reports from the subcommittee on biological data and the
sub-committee on broadening
participation in the biological sciences,
and other matters relevant to the
Directorate for Biological Sciences.

PO 00000

Frm 00097

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
23, 2012, the National Science
Foundation published a notice in the
Federal Register of a permit application
received. The permit was issued on
August 14, 2012 to:
Robert A. Garrott—Permit No. 2013–007.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–20347 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Revision of Information Collection:
Combined Federal Campaign;
Applications
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice
announces that the Office of Personnel
Management intends to submit to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for clearance to revise
an information collection. Combined
Federal Campaign Applications, OMB
Control No. 3206–0131, which include
OPM Forms 1647 A–E, are used to
review the eligibility of national,
international, and local charitable
organizations that wish to participate in
the Combined Federal Campaign. The
proposed revisions reflect changes in
eligibility guidance from the Office of
Personnel Management. On May 15,
2012, we published a 60-day notice and
request for comments. We received no
comments.
We estimate 20,000 responses to this
information collection annually. Each
form takes approximately three hours to
complete. The annual estimated burden
is 60,000 hours.
Comments are particularly invited on:
Whether this information is necessary
for the proper performance of functions
of the Office of Personnel Management,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the appropriate use of technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

SUMMARY:

E:\FR\FM\20AUN1.SGM

20AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 161 / Monday, August 20, 2012 / Notices
Comments on this information
collection should be received within 30
calendar days from the date of this
publication.

DATES:

Send or deliver comments
to—U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management Budget, 725 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Office of Personnel,
Management; or send via electronic mail
to [email protected] or fax
to (202) 395–6974.

ADDRESSES:

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012–20384 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325–46–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Information
Collection 3206–NEW; Questionnaire
for Public Trust Positions (SF 85P) and
Supplemental Questionnaire for
Selected Positions (SF 85P–S)
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.

AGENCY:

30-Day Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

Federal Investigative Services
(FIS), U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) offers the general
public and other federal agencies the
opportunity to comment on an
information collection request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control No. 3206–NEW, for
Questionnaire for Public Trust
Positions, Standard Form 85P (SF 85P)
and Supplemental Questionnaire for
Selected Positions, Standard Form SF
85P–S (SF 85P–S). As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35) as
amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act
(Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is soliciting
comments for this collection. The Office
of Management and Budget is
particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information 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 of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Mar<15>2010

16:25 Aug 17, 2012

Jkt 226001

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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until September 19,
2012. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
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, 725 17th Street NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk
Officer or sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974; and Federal
Investigative Services, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E. Street
NW., Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Lisa Loss or sent via electronic mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the Federal
Investigative Services, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E. Street
NW., Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Lisa Loss or sent via electronic mail to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces that OPM submitted
to OMB a request for review and
clearance of the revised information
collection of information, Questionnaire
for Public Trust Positions, SF 85P and
Supplemental Questionnaire for
Selected Positions, SF 85P–S, which are
housed in a system named e-QIP
(Electronic Questionnaires for
Investigative Processing) and are
information collections completed by
applicants for, or incumbents of, Federal
Civilian Government positions, or
positions in private entities performing
work for the Government under
contract. The collections are used as the
basis of information for background
investigations to establish that such
persons are: Suitable for appointment to
or retention in Federal employment in
a public trust position; fit for
employment or retention in Federal
employment in the excepted service
when the duties to be performed are
equivalent in degree of trust reposed in
the incumbent to a public trust position;

PO 00000

Frm 00098

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

50175

fit to perform work on behalf of the
Federal Government pursuant to a
Government contract, when the duties
to be performed are equivalent in degree
of trust reposed in the individual to a
public trust position; or eligible for
physical and logical access to federally
controlled facilities or information
systems, when the duties to be
performed by the individual are
equivalent to the duties performed by an
employee in a public trust position. For
applicants, the SF 85P and SF 85P–S are
to be used only after a conditional offer
of employment has been made. The SF
85P–S is supplemental to the SF 85P
and is used only as approved by OPM,
for certain positions such as those
requiring carrying of a firearm.
It is estimated that the total number
of respondents for the SF 85P is 112,894
annually. The electronic application
includes branching questions and
instructions which provide for a tailored
collection from the respondent based on
varying factors in the respondent’s
personal history. The burden on the
respondent will vary depending upon
how the information collected relates to
the respondent’s personal history. In an
empirical study, the median of
participant time spent completing the
SF 85P was 155 minutes. Accordingly,
OPM estimates that the annual burden
is 141,118 hours. It is estimated that the
total number of respondents for the SF
85P–S is 11,717 annually. Each SF 85P–
S form takes an estimated 10 minutes to
complete. Accordingly, the estimated
annual burden is 1,953 hours. e-QIP
(Electronic Questionnaires for
Investigations Processing) is a webbased system application that houses
the SF 85P and SF 85P–S. This internet
data collection tool provides faster
processing time and immediate data
validation to ensure accuracy of the
respondent’s personal information. The
e-Government initiative mandates that
agencies utilize e-QIP for all
investigations and reinvestigations. A
variable in assessing burden hours is the
nature of the electronic application. The
electronic application includes
branching questions and instructions
which provide for a tailored collection
from the respondent based on varying
factors in the respondent’s personal
history. Because the question branches,
or expands for additional details, only
for those persons who have indicated,
by their previous answers, that a
particular topic is relevant to them, the
burden on the respondent is reduced
when the respondent’s personal history
demonstrates that he or she has no
pertinent information to provide
regarding that line of questioning.

E:\FR\FM\20AUN1.SGM

20AUN1