[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5620]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 030502A]


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: Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0145.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 40.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours Per Response: 20.
    Needs and Uses: The Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act requires 
applicants for an exploration license to submit information for NOAA to 
make a determination as to the applicants eligibility to meet the 
provisions of the legislation. Information will be used to determine 
the financial, environmental and technological eligibility of the 
applicant to meet the requirements of the Act to conduct exploration 
activities. Licensees are required to submit annual reports.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency :Annually, recordkeeping
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: February 28, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-5620 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
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