[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1274]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 011402A]


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: Data Collection on Marine Protected and Managed Areas.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 5,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order 13158 directs the Department of 
Commerce and the Department of the Interior to work with partners to 
inventory the protection of U.S. ocean and coastal resources by 
developing a national system of marine protected areas. The Departments 
of Commerce and the Interior plan to work closely with state, 
territorial, local, and tribal governments, as well as other 
stakeholders, to identify and inventory the nation's existing marine 
protected and managed areas. Toward this end, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of the Interior 
(DOI) have created a dataform to be used as a survey tool to collect 
and analyze information on these existing sites. This survey will allow 
NOAA and DOI to better understand and evaluate the existing protections 
for marine resources within marine protected and managed areas in the 
United States.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal Government.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 Paperwork 
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 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1274 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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