95-18939. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39352-39354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18939]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of 

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information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Application for Export License.
    Agency Form Number: BXA 622P.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0005.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 11,763 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 28,211.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 20 and 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The information provided in the export license 
application is used as the basis for decisions to grant licenses for 
export of goods and technology that are controlled for reasons of 
national security and foreign policy.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Project License Procedure.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 323 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 107.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Project License Procedure is one of several 
special licenses established by BXA which authorize multiple shipments 
under a single license. It is a license used for the export of 
commodities and or technical data needed for large-scale overseas 
operations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Short Supply Regulations Petroleum (Crude Oil).
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0027.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Burden: 144 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 24.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The export of U.S. domestic crude oil is restricted 
by five separate but overlapping statutes. The information collected in 
support of license applications for crude oil is used by licensing 
officers to determine the exporter's compliance with these statutes.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Commodity Classification and Information Requests.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0048.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 3,661 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 7,321.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Exporters may request BXA's assistance in 
determining whether an export transaction requires a license or whether 
or not the exporter has chosen the appropriate commodity 
classification. In order to provide assistance, BXA needs certain 
information so that correct guidance can be provided.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Special Chemical License Procedure.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0067.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 556 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 1 and 15 hours depending on 
the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: BXA requires validated licenses for the export of 
precursor chemicals and certain dual-use equipment. To reduce the 
paperwork on exporters, BXA established a special procedure that allows 
U.S. exporters to make multiple shipments under one license. The 
information provided is used to make sure that all parties involved in 
the transaction are reputable and that proliferation controls are 
strictly observed.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Small-Craft Facility Questionnaire.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA 77-1.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0021.
    Burden: 266 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 8 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Ocean Service (NOS) produces charts 
and publications that help ensure safe navigation on the nation's 
waterways. To meet the needs of recreational boaters, small-craft 
nautical charts are produced that contain information on marinas. NOS' 
requests marina operators to update information on the services 
provided as charts are revised.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Cooperative Charting Program.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA 77-4 and 77-5.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0022.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 45,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000 (on average 5 responses per 
respondent).
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is used by members of the U.S. 
Power Squadrons and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to report observed 
needs for chart corrections. The information received is used by NOAA 
in maintaining and preparing the nautical charts that are used 
throughout the nation by recreational boaters and commercial vessels 
for safe navigation.
    Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Coastal Zone Management Program Administrative Grants.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0119.
    Burden: 5,899.
    Number of Respondents: 34.

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    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 10 and 480 hours depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Coastal zone management grants provide funds to 
states and territories to implement federally-approved coastal zone 
management plans and develop assessment documents and multi-year 
strategies. Information is used to determine if activities achieve 
national coastal management and enhancement objectives and if states 
are adhering to their approved plans.
    Affected Public: State government.
    Frequency: Quarterly, semi-annually, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Management and Oversight of the National Estuarine Research 
Reserves System.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0121.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 10,400.
    Number of Respondents: 19.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 1 hour and 2,012 depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Grant funds are available to states to establish 
estuarine research reserves. Other funds are available for research 
within these areas. Applications are necessary to determine 
eligibility, and reports are necessary to track the use of Federal 
funds.
    Affected Public: State government, individuals, non-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: National Marine Sanctuary Permits.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0141.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 426 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 248.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 30 minutes and 2 hours 
depending on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses:The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 
Act, provides for the establishment of National Marine Sanctuaries. The 
intended effect is to protect the conservation, recreational, 
ecological, historical, research, educational and aesthetic qualities 
of these special areas. Individuals who wish to conduct research or 
other regulated activities in a National Marine Sanctuary must submit 
an application for a permit. NOAA reviews the request to ensure that 
the activity is appropriate for a Sanctuary. Persons issued permits are 
required to submit activity reports.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions, non-for-profit institutions, federal, state, local and 
tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Application for Designation as a Sea Grant College or 
Regional Consortia.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0147.
    Burden: 20 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Sea Grant College Act, as amended by 
Public Law 94-461, provides for the designation of eligible 
institutions as Sea Grant Colleges or Consortia if certain criteria are 
met. Applications desiring such a designation must provide an outline 
of their capabilities and the reasons why they wish to be designated. 
The information is used for designation decisions.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Final Regulations for Deep Seabed Mining Commercial 
Recovery.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0170.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 1 hour.
    Number of Respondents:None at this time.
    Avg Hours Per Response: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Regulations have been issued that contain the 
requirements for applications for permits for the commercial recovery 
of manganese nodules from the deep seabed under the Deep Seabed Hard 
Mineral Resources Act. Although no applications are anticipated in the 
near future, the regulations have been issued so that business persons 
know what the application requirements will entail.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0269.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 1,517 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 13 but with multiple submissions.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Varies depending on the requirements but 
ranges between 10 and 160 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
requested that the National Marine Fisheries Service implement the 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program. This program is 
intended to help provide stable, long-term employment in disadvantaged 
communities by guaranteeing them a definite proportion of pollock, 
halibut, and sablefish resources. The information provided through the 
application process is used to determine the community's eligibility 
for this program and to make allocation decisions. Quota monitoring 
reporting requirements are also in place.
     Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 24, 1995
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-18939 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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