[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2962-2963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00276]


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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: Educational Partnership Program (EPP), Ernest F. Hollings 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship 
Program, Recruitment, Training, and Research Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0568.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,754.
    Average Hours per Response: Student Performance Achievement 
Reporting

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(SPAR) database form, 8; undergraduate application form, 600; reference 
forms, 1200; alumni update form, 200.
    Burden Hours: 7,822.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
current information collection.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office 
of Education (OEd) collects, evaluates and analyzes student data for 
the purpose of selecting successful candidates, and for generating 
reports and news articles to communicate the success of its program. 
The OEd requires applicants to its undergraduate scholarship programs 
to complete an application in order to be considered. The application 
package requires two faculty and/or academic advisors to complete a 
NOAA student scholar reference form in support of the scholarship 
application. NOAA OEd student scholar alumni are also requested to 
provide information to NOAA for internal tracking purposes. NOAA OEd 
grant recipients are required to update the student tracker database 
with the required student information. There is also a revised alumni 
form whose use has extended to two more of the programs. The collected 
student data supports NOAA OEd's program performance measures. The Dr. 
Nancy Foster Scholarship Program and the NMFS Recruiting, Training, and 
Research Program also collect student data for their programs and are 
also covered by this notice.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    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: January 5, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00276 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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