[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 35440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15010]


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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 Teacher-At-Sea Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0283.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 375.
    Average Hours Per Response: Applications, one hour and 15 minutes; 
follow-up reports, 2 hours; recommendations, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 309.
    Needs and Uses: Consistent with the support for research and 
education under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 32 1440) 
and other coastal and marine protection legislation, NOAA provides 
educators an opportunity to gain first-hand experience with field 
research activities through the Teacher-at-Sea Program. Through this 
program, educators spend up to 3 weeks at sea on a NOAA research 
vessel, participating in an on-going research project with NOAA 
scientists. The application solicits information from interested 
educators: basic personal information, teaching experience and ideas 
for applying program experience in their classrooms, plus two 
recommendations and a NOAA Health Services Questionnaire required of 
anyone going to sea. Once educators are selected and participate on a 
cruise, they write a report detailing the events of the cruise and 
ideas for classroom activities based on what they learned while at sea. 
These materials are then made available to other educators so they may 
benefit from the experience, without actually going to sea themselves. 
NOAA does not collect information from this universe of respondents for 
any other purpose.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 17, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-15010 Filed 6-21-10; 8:45 am]
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