[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78210-78211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31464]


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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 Space-Based Data Collection System (DCS) Agreements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0157.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (renewal of an existing 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 415.
    Average Hours per Response: GOES use agreement, two hours and six 
minutes; ARGO use agreement, 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 470.
    Needs and Uses: This notice is for renewal of an existing 
information collection.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates 
two space-based data collection systems (DCS), the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) DCS and the Polar-Orbiting 
Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) DCS, also known as the Argos 
system. NOAA allows users access to the DCS if they meet certain 
criteria. The applicants must submit information to ensure that they 
meet these criteria. NOAA does not approve agreements where there is a 
commercial service available to fulfill the user's requirements.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; 
State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Every three to five years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain/retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance

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Officer, (202) 482-0266, 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: December 10, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-31464 Filed 12-14-10; 8:45 am]
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