[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26150]


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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: NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program 
National Evaluation System.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 6,919.
    Average Hours per Response: Grantee questionnaires, 1 hour; teacher 
questionnaires, 30 minutes; teacher nonresponse questionnaires, 5 
minutes.
    Burden Hours: 3,519.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The NOAA Office of Education's Bay Watershed Education and Training 
(B-WET) program seeks to contribute to NOAA's mission by supporting 
education efforts to create an environmentally literate citizenry with 
the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to protect watersheds and 
related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. B-WET currently 
funds projects in seven regions (California, Chesapeake Bay, Great 
Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the Pacific Northwest). 
B-WET proposes to create an across-region, internal evaluation system 
to provide ongoing feedback on program implementation and outcomes to 
ensure maximum quality and efficiency of the B-WET program. The 
evaluation system will be sustained by B-WET staff with occasional 
assistance from an outside contractor.
    B-WET awardees and the awardees' professional development teacher-
participants will be asked to voluntarily complete an online survey 
form to provide evaluation data. One individual from each awardee 
organization will be asked to complete a form once per year of the 
award, and the teacher participants will be asked to complete one form 
at the end of their professional development program. In addition, B-
WET seeks approval of an item bank that awardees can choose to use to 
construct surveys for youth participants (ages 10-17) in B-WET-funded 
programs.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits; 
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: October 18, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-26150 Filed 10-23-12; 8:45 am]
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