39282 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 132 / Wednesday, July 9, 2008 / Notices 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2008 Survey of Qualified 

Nonimmigrants. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Burden Hours: 1,502. 

Number of Respondents: 5,300. 

Average Hours per Response: 17 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau is requesting approval to 

conduct a survey of the residents of 

Guam and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as a 

means to estimate the stock of qualified 

nonimmigrants from the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau 

in 2008. According to the Compact of 

Free Association Act, a qualified 

nonimmigrant is defined as ‘‘* * * a 

person, or their children under the age 

of 18, admitted or resident pursuant to 

section 141 of the US–RMI or US–FSM 

Compact or section 141 of the Palau 

Compact who, as of a date referenced in 

the most recently published 

enumeration is a resident of an affected 

jurisdiction.’’ (Pub. L. 108–188, Sec. 

104(e)(2)(B)). 

The Compact of Free Association is a 

joint congressional-executive agreement 

that states that the U.S. will provide 

funds to Guam, CNMI, Hawaii and 

American Samoa for a range of 

development programs and other 

benefits that are necessary due to the inmigration of citizens from the Republic 

of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

States of Micronesia, and the Republic 

of Palau. The Compact of Free 

Association became effective for citizens 

of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

and the Federated States of Micronesia 

in 1986, and for citizens of the Republic 

of Palau in 1994. 

The Compact of Free Association 

Amendments Act of 2003 introduced 

the requirement for an enumeration of 

qualified nonimmigrants to be 

conducted no less frequently than every 

five years in Guam, CNMI, Hawaii and 

American Samoa. In accordance with 

the Compact of Free Association 

Amendments Act of 2003, the Office of 

the Insular Affairs of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior requested the 

U.S. Census Bureau to produce 

estimates of such qualified 

nonimmigrants for 2008. 

The Compact of Free Association 

Amendments Act of 2003 stipulates that 

$30,000,000 will be made available for 

grants to help defray the costs to 

jurisdictions whose health, educational, 

social, or public safety services are 

affected by the increase in qualified 

nonimmigrants from the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. 

To assist in the distribution of funds, an 

enumeration of the jurisdictions that are 

affected must be done no less frequently 

than every five years. 

The proposed survey will collect data 

on place of birth, age, date of birth, sex 

and year of entry for qualified 

nonimmigrants residing in Guam and 

CNMI. Only questions pertaining to the 

needs of the legislation will be asked. 

The questionnaire content and data 

collection procedures will generally 

follow the American Community Survey 

(ACS) and Census 2000 procedures. 

Since data can be obtained for Hawaii 

from the ACS, it is not cost-effective to 

include Hawaii in the survey. Because 

it would be cost prohibitive to design a 

survey resulting in reliable estimates of 

the small number of qualified 

nonimmigrants in American Samoa, the 

estimate for this area will be derived 

from existing Census 2000 data. 

The jurisdictions outlined in Public 

Law 108–188 are American Samoa, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands and the State 

of Hawaii as areas that are to receive 

funds as part of the Compact of Free 

Association Amendments Act of 2003. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Compact of Free 

Association Amendments Act of 2003. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

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 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: July 3, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–15572 Filed 7–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

The Manufacturing Council: Meeting 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council 

will hold a meeting to discuss the 

Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative 

and the Manufacturing 2040 project. 

DATES: July 23, 2008. 

Time: 2 p.m. (e.d.t.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Manufacturing Council Executive 

Secretariat, Room 4043, Washington, DC 

20230 (Phone: 202–482–1369), or visit 

the Council’s Web site at http:// 

www.manufacturing.gov/council. 

Dated: July 2, 2008. 

Kate Sigler, 

Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing 

Council. 

[FR Doc. 08–1421 Filed 7–3–08; 11:38 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Application for 

Commercial Fisheries Authorization 

Under Section 118 of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 8, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

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 


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