[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22153-22154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11008]


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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: Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 3.
    Needs and Uses: This questionnaire is needed to ensure that all 
projects supported by NOAA through grants or other financial assistance 
awards comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA 42 
U.S.C. 4321-4347), the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) 
Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508), and NOAA 
Administrative Order (NAO) 216-6. The NEPA and CEQ implementing 
regulations require that an environmental analysis be completed for all 
major Federal actions significantly affecting the environment. In order 
to determine NEPA compliance requirements for a project being funded by 
NOAA, NOAA must assess information which can only be provided

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by the Federal financial assistance applicant.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to retain or obtain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395-5887.
    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 7845, 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 Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11008 Filed 5-11-09; 8:45 am]
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