[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4864-4865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1798]


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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 Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic 
Sustainability) Please.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0036.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,875.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours per Response: 62 hours and 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Building for Environmental and Economic 
Sustainability (BEES) Please is a voluntary program to collect data 
from product manufacturers so that the environmental performance of 
their products may be evaluated scientifically using the BEES software. 
These data include product-specific materials use, energy consumption, 
waste, and environmental releases. BEES evaluates these data, 
translates them into decision-enabling results, and delivers

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them in a visually intuitive graphical format.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 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, OMB Desk Officer, Jasmeet Seehra, FAX Number (202) 395-5167, or 
[email protected]).

    Dated: January 24, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-1798 Filed 1-26-11; 8:45 am]
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