[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 215 (Monday, November 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57625-57626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26920]


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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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (HMEP) Program Application 
Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,344.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Average Hours per Response: 112.
    Needs and Uses: The objective of the NIST Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership Program (HMEP) is to enhance productivity, 
technological performance, and strengthen the global competitiveness of 
small- and medium- sized U.S.-based manufacturing firms.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State or local 
government; consortia of not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
    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 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 Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: November 4, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-26920 Filed 11-6-09; 8:45 am]
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