[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance of the following proposal for collection 
of information under the emergency provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Advanced Technology Program (ATP).
    Form Number(s): NIST-1262 and NIST-1263.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0009.
    Type of Review: Emergency.
    Burden Hours: 32,000.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Average Hours per Response: 40.
    Needs and Uses: The ATP is a competitive cost sharing program 
designed to assist United States businesses pursue high-risk, enabling 
technologies with the potential for significant commercial payoff and 
widespread benefits for the nation. The ATP provides multi-year funding 
through the use of cooperative agreements to single companies and to 
industry-led joint ventures. In order to participate, proposals must be 
submitted addressing the ATP selection criteria. The information is 
used to perform the requisite technical, business, and budgetary 
reviews of the proposals to determine if awards should be granted.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
educational institutions, not-for-profit institutions, individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 by March 28, 2007 to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 
Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167 or via the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: March 1, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-3880 Filed 3-5-07; 8:45 am]
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