[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 56444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23451]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation, Planning, 
Protection, or Restoration.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0459.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Average Hours per Response: Plans, 120 hours to develop, 35 hours 
to revise or update; project application and checklist, 20 hours; semi-
annual and annual reporting, 5 hours each.
    Burden Hours: 1,410.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The FY 2002 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act directed 
the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land 
Conservation Program (CELCP) to protect important coastal and estuarine 
areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, 
historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion, 
and to issue guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for 
grant awards. The guidelines establish procedures for eligible 
applicants who choose to participate in the program to use when 
developing state conservation plans, proposing or soliciting projects 
under this program, applying for funds, and carrying out projects under 
this program in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the 
program. Guidelines for the CELCP can be found on NOAA's Web site at: 
http://www.coast.noaa.gov/czm/landconservation/ or may be obtained upon 
request via the contact information listed above. The CELCP was 
reauthorized in under P.L. 111-111, the Omnibus Public Lands Management 
Act, as a component of the Coastal Zone Management Act. NOAA also has, 
or is given, additional authority under the Coastal Zone Management 
Act, annual appropriations or other authorities, to issue funds to 
coastal states, localities or other recipients for planning, 
conservation, acquisition, protection, restoration, or construction 
projects. The required information enables NOAA to implement the CELCP, 
under its current or future authorization, and facilitate the review of 
similar projects under different, but related, authorities.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: One time, semi-annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 15, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-23451 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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