[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7616-7617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 011901A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Management and Oversight of the National Estuarine Research 
Reserve System.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0121.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 14,180.
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2,000 hours for a management plan; 
2,000 hours for a site nomination; 15 hours for an annual report/work 
plan; and 2 hours for a categorical exclusion checklist, for comments 
from a state Historic Preservation Office, for a preliminary 
engineering report for projects involving construction, or for a 
Federal Consistency Certification.
    Needs and Uses: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System

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consists of carefully-selected estuarine areas of the U.S. that are 
designated, preserved, and managed for research and educational 
purposes. Information is needed from states to review proposed 
designations. Sites selected must develop management plans. Grantees 
must submit annual work plans/reports.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion, annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 17, 2001
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-2121 Filed 1-23-01; 8:45 am]
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