[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75143-75144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30535]


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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: Jones and NOAA Awards Nominations.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0598.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 13.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.
    Burden Hours: 13.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    The 1990 reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) 
authorized an awards program to ``implement a program to promote 
excellence in coastal zone management by identifying and acknowledging 
outstanding accomplishments in the field.'' As authorized in Section 
314 of the CZMA, the Walter B. Jones Memorial Awards recognize three 
categories of excellence: Coastal Steward of the Year, Excellence in 
Local Government, and Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study. 
The CZMA authorizes NOAA to conduct public ceremonies to acknowledge 
such awards, which allows NOAA to fund invitational travel and purchase 
awards for the Jones Awards.
    In conjunction with the Walter B. Jones Memorial Awards, NOAA 
instituted several additional categories of awards, to recognize 
additional contributions to ocean and coastal resource management, 
including Volunteer of the Year, Nongovernmental Organization of the 
Year, Excellence in Promoting Cultural and Ethnic Diversity (in honor 
of Secretary Ronald Brown), Excellence in Business Leadership, and the 
Susan Snow Cotter Award for Excellence in Ocean and Coastal Resource 
(NOAA re-named this award in honor of Susan Snow Cotter in 2007).
    As part of conducting the awards program, NOAA will distribute a 
``Call for Nominations'' to representatives from Federal, state, local 
and nongovernmental organizations and Members of Congress that work in, 
are knowledgeable of or benefit from, ocean and coastal resource 
management.

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Revision: The call for nominations brochure was digitalized in 2012 and 
is now emailed to NOAA constituents and available during the nomination 
period at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/programs/ocrm/jones-noaa-awards.html.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal governments; not-for-profit 
institutions; federal government.
    Frequency: Biannually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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 [email protected].

    Dated: December 14, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30535 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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