[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1587]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Commercial 
Space Launch Range User Requirements

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and 
proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to the attention of Paula Trimble, Technology Policy 
Analyst, Office of Space Commercialization, (202) 482-4574. In 
addition, written comments may be sent via e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collected would allow the DOC Office of Space 
Commercialization (DOC/OSC) and the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) to follow the terms of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the 
U.S. Air Force to ensure consideration of commercial space launch range 
users' needs in the Air Force's range modernization planning. Air Force 
endorsement of this arrangement, and industry support for the process 
expressed through FAA's FACA-compliant Commercial Space Transportation 
Advisory Committee (COMSTAC), are highly significant, because this is 
the first time these parties have all agreed to a single formal 
communication channel for commercial range requirements. Based on 
experience with response to a preliminary October 2001 Federal Register 
(FR) information request, respondents to subsequent biannual FR 
solicitations are expected to be less than ten in number and to include 
the three companies that currently launch vehicles from the two major 
federal ranges, one or more new companies that may be planning to 
initiate launch services there, and one or more non-profit or state 
government entities electing to comment on range needs.

II. Method of Collection

    Responses would normally be submitted as hard copy to the DOC/OSC 
and FAA docket addresses specified in the Federal Register 
announcement. Only for responses sent to FAA would the option be 
available to submit comments electronically, via the Internet to the 
FAA website address specified in the announcement.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0692-0009.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; state, local, or tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 70.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $0.

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 will 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, e.g., the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or 
included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: January 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-1587 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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