[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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