[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 22364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9608]


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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: Certification Requirements for NOAA's Hydrographic Product 
Quality Assurance Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0507.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial application, documentation to 
accompany an item submitted for certification, and request for 
reconsideration of a NOAA decision, 4 hours each; inquiries, 1 hour 
each.
    Burden Hours: 16.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a regular submission 
(extension) of a current information collection.
    NOAA was mandated to develop and implement a quality assurance 
program under which the Administrator may certify privately-made 
hydrographic products. NOAA has established procedures by which 
hydrographic products are proposed for certification; by which 
standards and compliance tests are developed, adopted, and applied for 
those products; and by which certification is awarded or denied. The 
application and recordkeeping requirements at 15 CFR 996 are basis for 
this collection of information.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 [email protected].

    Dated: April 15, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-9608 Filed 4-20-11; 8:45 am]
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