[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4446-4447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2033]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 012403B]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation, Planning, 
Protection, and Restoration.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0459.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,520.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 hours for development of a plan; and 
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 
(16 U.S.C. 1456d.). 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,

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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; and 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 23, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-2033 Filed 1-28-03; 8:45 am]
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