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take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 21,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Shannon Sprague, NOAA
Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn
Avenue, Suite 207, Annapolis, MD
21403, 410–267–5664 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Agreement of 2014 requires monitoring
of progress towards the environmental
literacy goal: ‘‘Enable students in the
region to graduate with the knowledge
and skills needed to act responsibly to
protect and restore their local
watersheds.’’ NOAA, on behalf of the
Chesapeake Bay Program, will ask the
state education agencies for Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia, and the District of Columbia to
survey their local education agencies
(LEAs) to determine: (1) LEA capacity to
implement a comprehensive and
systemic approach to environmental
literacy education, (2) student
participation in Meaningful Watershed
Educational Experiences during the
school year, (3) sustainability practices
at schools, and (4) LEA needs for
improving environmental literacy
education programming. LEAs
(generally school districts, in some cases
charter school administration) are asked
to complete the survey on the status of
their LEA on a set of key indicators for
the four areas listed above. One
individual from each LEA is asked to
complete this survey once every two
years.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents will submit their
information electronically on web-based
survey forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.

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Type of Review: Regular (request for a
new information collection).
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
government (local education agencies);
Not-for-profit organizations (charter
schools).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The survey will be distributed to
approximately 983 local education
agencies.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,106 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for 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
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: December 16, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–30757 Filed 12–20–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Conflict of Interest
Disclosure for Nonfederal Government
Individuals Who Are Candidates To
Conduct Peer Reviews
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general

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public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 21,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Michael Liddel (301) 427–
8139 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved collection.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) issued government-wide
guidance to enhance the practice of peer
review of government science
documents. OMB’s Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (‘‘Peer
Review Bulletin’’ or PRB) (available at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
memoranda/fy2005/m05-03.pdf)
establishes minimum peer review
standards for influential scientific
information that Federal agencies intend
to disseminate.
The Peer Review Bulletin also directs
Federal agencies to adopt or adapt the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
policy for evaluating conflicts of interest
when selecting peer reviewers who are
not Federal government employees
(federal employees are subject to
Federal ethics requirements). For peer
review purposes, the term ‘‘conflicts of
interest’’ means any financial or other
interest which conflicts with the service
of the individual because it could: (1)
Significantly impair the individual’s
objectivity; or (2) create an unfair
competitive advantage for any person or
organization. NOAA has adapted the
NAS policy and developed two
confidential conflict disclosure forms
which the agency will use to examine
prospective reviewers’ potential
financial conflicts and other interests
that could impair objectivity or create
an unfair advantage. One form is for
peer reviewers of studies related to
government regulation and the other
form is for all other influential scientific
information subject to the Peer Review
Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has
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Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for
potential reviewers of scientific
laboratories.
The forms include questions about
employment as well as investment and
property interests and research funding.
Both forms also require the submission
of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to
collect this information from potential
peer reviewers who are not government
employees when conducting a peer
review pursuant to the PRB. The
information collected in the conflict of
interest disclosure is essential to
NOAA’s compliance with the OMB
PRB, and helps to ensure that
government studies are reviewed by
independent, impartial peer reviewers.
II. Method of Collection
Forms may be downloaded from the
Internet and are fillable and signable
electronically or manually. They may be
submitted, along with the Curriculum
Vitae, via email or regular mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0567.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
321.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 161.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.

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IV. Request for 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
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.

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Dated: December 16, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–30724 Filed 12–20–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice announces a
public meeting of the Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee (Committee). The Committee
provides advice to the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information and
the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) on
spectrum management policy matters.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
January 25, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Verizon Technology and Policy
Center, 1300 I St NW., Suite 500 East,
Washington, DC 20005. Public
comments may be mailed to the
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 4600, Washington,
DC 20230, or emailed to dreed@
ntia.doc.gov.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Reed, Designated Federal
Officer, at (202) 482–5955 or dreed@
ntia.doc.gov; and/or visit NTIA’s Web
site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
category/csmac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Committee provides
advice to the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and
Information on needed reforms to
domestic spectrum policies and
management in order to: License radio
frequencies in a way that maximizes
public benefits; keep wireless networks
as open to innovation as possible; and
make wireless services available to all
Americans. See Charter at http://
www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/
publications/csmac_2015_charter_
renewal_2–26–15.pdf.
This Committee is subject to the
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(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and is
consistent with the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration Act, 47 U.S.C. 904(b).
The Committee functions solely as an
advisory body in compliance with the
FACA. For more information about the
Committee visit: http://
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
Matters to Be Considered: The
Committee provides advice to the
Assistant Secretary to assist in
developing and maintaining spectrum
management policies that enable the
United States to maintain or strengthen
its global leadership role in the
introduction of communications
technology, services, and innovation;
thus expanding the economy, adding
jobs, and increasing international trade,
while at the same time providing for the
expansion of existing technologies and
supporting the country’s homeland
security, national defense, and other
critical needs of government missions.
The Committee will hear the response of
NTIA to the Committee’s
recommendations provided at the end of
the last session in August 2016, as well
as discuss the questions it will address
this session. NTIA intends to post a
detailed agenda on its Web site prior to
the meeting, at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
category/csmac. To the extent that the
meeting time and agenda permit,
members of the public may speak to or
otherwise address the Committee
regarding the agenda items. See Open
Meeting and Public Participation Policy,
available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
category/csmac.
Time and Date: The meeting will be
held on January 25, 2017, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. The meeting time
and agenda are subject to change. The
meeting will be available via two-way
audio link and may be webcast. Please
refer to NTIA’s Web site, at http://
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac, for
the most up-to-date meeting agenda and
access information.
Place: The meeting will be held at the
Verizon Technology and Policy Center,
1300 I St NW., Suite 500 East,
Washington, DC 20005. Public
comments may be mailed to Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 4600, Washington,
DC 20230.
The meeting will be open to the
public and members of the press on a
first-come, first-served basis, as space is
limited. The public meeting is
physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Individuals requiring
accommodations, such as sign language

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