[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 072902D]


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 emergency provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation, Planning, 
Protection, or Restoration.
    Form Number(s): None
    OMB Approval Number: None
    Type of Request: Emergency.
    Burden Hours: 1,520.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 hours for the development of a 
Coastal and Estuarine Conservation Program Plan; 10 hours for a project 
application and checklist.
    Needs and Uses: The FY 2002 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations 
Act directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and 
Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) to protect important areas 
that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, 
or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion, and to issue 
guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for grant awards. 
The guidelines establish procedures for eligible applicants, who choose 
to participate in the program, to use when developing state 
conservation plans, proposing or soliciting projects under this 
program, applying for funds and carrying out projects under this 
program in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the 
program. NOAA also has, or is given, authority under the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, annual appropriations or other authorities, to issue 
funds to coastal states and localities for planning, conservation, 
acquisition, protection, restoration, or construction projects. This 
information collection will enable NOAA to implement the CELCP, under 
its current or future authorization, and facilitate the review of 
similar projects under different, but related authorities.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: One-time.
    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 Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 
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 by August 9, 2002 to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: July 25, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-19464 Filed 7-31-02; 8:45 am]
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