[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 57 (Monday, March 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15476-15477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5874]


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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: Cooperative Charting Programs.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0022.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,400.
    Number of Respondents: 1,025.
    Average Hours per Response: Chart updating Excel form, 3 hours; 
website reporting, 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: In accordance with 33 U.S.C Sections 883a and b, 
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) produces the official nautical 
charts of the United States. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members report 
observations of changes that require additions, corrections, or 
revisions to nautical charts on the NOAA Form 77-5. The U.S. Power 
Squadrons use a website to report the same information. The information 
provided is used by NOS cartographers to maintain and prepare new 
editions of nautical charts that are used nationwide by commercial and 
recreational navigators.
    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,

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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: March 19, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-5874 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]
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