[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21970]


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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: National Estuaries Restoration Inventory.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0479.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Average Hours per Response: Entry of new projects into inventory 
database, 4 hours; updates to existing projects, 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 103.
    Needs and Uses: Collection of estuary habitat restoration project 
information (e.g., location, habitat type, goals, status, monitoring 
information) will be undertaken in order to populate a restoration 
project database mandated by the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000. The 
database is intended to provide information to improve restoration 
methods, provide the basis for required reports to Congress, and track 
estuary habitat acreage restored. Estuary habitat restoration project 
information will be submitted by habitat restoration project managers 
through an interactive Web site, and will be accessible to the public 
via the Internet for data queries and project reports.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: September 8, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21970 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]
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