Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 181 / Monday, September 21, 2009 / Notices 48057 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey of State 

Research and Development 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Pamela D. Medwid, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Governments Division, 

Washington DC 20233–6800 (or via the 

Internet at 

pamela.d.dutterer@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

continue to conduct the Survey of State 

Research and Development 

Expenditures to measure research and 

development supported and performed 

by State governments in the United 

States. This survey is a joint effort 

between the Census Bureau and the 

National Science Foundation (NSF). 

The NSF Act of 1950 includes a 

statutory charge to ‘‘provide a central 

clearinghouse for the collection, 

interpretation, and analysis of data on 

scientific and engineering resources and 

to provide a source of information for 

policy formulation by other agencies in 

the Federal Government.’’ Under the 

aegis of this legislative mandate, NSF 

and its predecessors have sponsored 

surveys of research and development 

since 1953, including the Survey of 

Industrial Research and Development 

and the Survey of State Research and 

Development Expenditures. 

Items on the survey form include 

research and development expenditures 

according to the source of funding, by 

performer of the work (internal and 

external to State agencies), and by 

character (i.e., basic, applied, or 

developmental). Final results produced 

by NSF contain State and National 

estimates useful to a variety of data 

users interested in research and 

development performance including: 

the National Science Board; the Office 

of Management and Budget; the Office 

of Science and Technology Policy and 

other science policy makers; 

institutional researchers; and private 

organizations. 

II. Method of Collection 

All data are collected electronically 

via an Internet Web form. The 

approximately 500 State government 

agencies surveyed will be assisted 

during the collection period by central 

State coordinators. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0933. 

Form Number: SRD–1. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State Government 

Agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 52 

State coordinators and 500 State 

agencies. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

for every State coordinator and 1.5 

hours for every State agency. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 958. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$19,000. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 

8(b), 161, and 182. Title 15 United States 

Code, Section 1525. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: September 15, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–22509 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR66 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NOAA Fisheries), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

availability of a Routine Road 

Maintenance Program (RMP) that 

Clackamas County, Oregon, has 

submitted pursuant to the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). NOAA Fisheries 

promulgated a protective rule for 14 

threatened salmon and steelhead 

Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs). 

The RMP would affect four ESUs of 

threatened salmonids identified in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The 4(d) 

rule provides for limits on ESA take 

prohibitions for the various activities set 

out in the rule. The RMP addresses the 

limit for routine road maintenance 

activities of any state, city, county or 

port. This Notice serves to notify the 

public of the availability of the 

Clackamas County RMP for review and 

comment before a final approval or 

disapproval is made by NOAA 

Fisheries. 

DATES: Written comments on the draft 

RMP must be received at the 

appropriate address or fax number (see 

ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific 

Standard Time on October 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Dr. Anne Mullan, Habitat 

Conservation Division, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, 

Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97232. 

Comments may also be faxed to (503) 

231–6893. Copies of the entire RMP are 

available online with this title, Best 

Management Practices for Routine Road 

Maintenance Application, at: http:// 

www.clackamas.us/transportation/ 

library.htm. Comments will not be 

accepted if submitted via e-mail or the 

Internet. 

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