[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 6921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2105]


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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 Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: BEES Please.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0036.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,875.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours Per Response: 62 hours and 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Building for Environmental and Economic 
Sustainability (BEES) Please is a voluntary program to collect data 
from product manufacturers to scientifically evaluate their products' 
environmental performance using the BEES software. These data include 
product-specific materials use, energy consumption, waste, and 
environmental releases. BEES evaluates these data, translates them into 
decision-enabling results, and delivers them in a visually intuitive 
graphical format.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: January 31, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-2105 Filed 2-5-08; 8:45 am]
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