[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 31808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11073]


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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 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: Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Nonfederal Government 
Individuals Who Are Candidates to Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the 
OMB Peer Review Bulletin.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 150.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
issued the Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (``Peer 
Review Bulletin'' or PRB), directing federal agencies to adopt or adapt 
the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) policy for evaluating conflicts 
of interest when selecting peer reviewers who are not federal 
government employees. NOAA has adapted the NAS policy and developed two 
conflict disclosure forms which the agency will use to examine 
prospective reviewers' potential financial conflicts and other 
interests that could impair objectivity or create an unfair advantage. 
One form is for peer reviewers of studies related to government 
regulation and the other form is for peer reviewers of any other 
influential scientific information subject to the Peer Review Bulletin. 
The forms include questions about employment as well as investment and 
property interests and research funding. The information collected in 
the conflict of interest disclosure is essential to NOAA's compliance 
with the OMB PRB, and helps to ensure that government studies are 
reviewed by independent, impartial peer reviewers.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 4, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-11073 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
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