[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29629-29630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12565]
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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
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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: Application Forms for Membership on a National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0397.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 520.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 520.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension
Section 315 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445a)
allows the Secretary of Commerce to establish one or more advisory
councils to provide advice to the Secretary regarding the designation
and management of national marine sanctuaries. Advisory councils are
individually chartered for each sanctuary to meet the needs of that
sanctuary. Once an advisory council has been chartered, the sanctuary
superintendent starts a process to recruit members for that council by
providing notice to the public and requesting interested parties to
apply for the available seat(s) (e.g., Research, Education) and
position(s) (i.e., council member or alternate). The information
obtained through this application process will be used to determine the
qualifications of the applicant for membership on the sanctuary
advisory council.
Two application forms are currently associated with this
information collection: (a) National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Application form; and (b) National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Youth Seat Application form. These application forms are currently
being revised to ensure consistency between forms, as well as clarify
the information and supplemental materials to be submitted by
applicants. Application form instructions will specify requirements
imposed upon the agency when reviewing applicants as potential council
members or alternates, including the need to assess potential conflicts
of interest (or other issues) and the applicant's status as a federally
registered lobbyist. Specific questions posed to applicants will be
reordered, reworded and, at times, condensed to improve the
organization of applicant responses and, thereby, simplify the
applicant review process.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; not-for-profit
institutions; business or other for-profit organizations; Federal
government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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: May 19, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-12565 Filed 5-21-15; 8:45 am]
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