[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59647-59648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23558]


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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: Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0174.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 18.
    Average Hours per Response: License application, 40 hours; data 
protection plan, 10 hours; plan describing how the licensee will comply 
with data collection restrictions, 5 hours; operations plan for 
restricting collection or dissemination of imagery of Israeli 
territory, data flow diagram and final imaging system specifications 
document, operational quarterly report, 3 hours each; satellite sub-
systems drawings, public summary for a licensed system, preliminary 
design review, critical design review, foreign agreement notification, 
spacecraft operational information submitted when a spacecraft becomes 
operational, notification of deviation in orbit or spacecraft 
disposition, notification of any operational deviation, notification

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of planned purges of information to the National Satellite Land Remote 
Sensing Data Archive, notification of the demise of a system or a 
decision to discontinue system operations, 2 hours each; notification 
of a binding launch services contract and notification of completion of 
pre-ship review, 1 hour each; license amendment and annual operational 
audit, 10 hours each; annual compliance audit, 8 hours.
    Burden Hours: 552.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current 
information collection.
    NOAA has established requirements for the licensing of private 
operators of remote-sensing space systems. The information in 
applications and subsequent reports is needed to ensure compliance with 
the Land Remote-Sensing Policy Act of 1992 and with the national 
security and international obligations of the United States. The 
requirements are contained in 15 CFR part 960.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, quarterly and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: September 24, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23558 Filed 9-26-13; 8:45 am]
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