[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 45093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18855]


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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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Education, Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and Ernest F. Hollings 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0568.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Number of Respondents: 3,484.
    Average Hours per Response: Graduate sciences and undergraduate 
student applications, 8 hours; references and alumni updates, 1 hour; 
student tracker database updates, 16 hours.
    Burden Hours: 11,328.
    Needs and Uses: Under the authority of section 4002 of the America 
COMPETES Act, Public Law 110-69, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) Office of Education (OEd) collects, evaluates and 
assesses student data and information for the purpose of selecting 
successful candidates, generating internal NOAA reports and articles to 
demonstrate the success of its scholarship programs. The OEd requires 
applicants to its student scholarship programs to complete an 
application for NOAA undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs. 
Part of the application package requires completion of a NOAA student 
scholar reference form in support of the scholarship application, by 
academic professors/advisors. NOAA OEd student scholar alumni are also 
requested to provide information to NOAA for internal tracking 
purposes. NOAA OEd grantees are required to update the student tracker 
database with the required student information. In addition, the 
collected student data supports NOAA OEd's program performance 
measures.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, state, local and tribal 
government, not-for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits and 
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 6616, 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: July 28, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-18855 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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