Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 12, 2008 / Notices 46873 

All attendees are required to submit 

their name, time of arrival, e-mail 

address and phone number to Ms. 

Breitberg. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

James M. Turner, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–18618 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Application Form 

for Membership on a National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council 

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 October 14, 

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 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Karen M. Brubeck, 206–842–

6084 or karen.brubeck@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Section 315 of the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445a) 

allows the Secretary of Commerce to 

establish one or more advisory councils 

to provide advice to the Secretary 

regarding the designation and 

management of national marine 

sanctuaries. The councils are 

individually chartered for each 

sanctuary to meet the needs of the 

sanctuary. Once a council has been 

chartered, the sanctuary manager starts 

a process to recruit members for that 

Council by providing notice to the 

public and requesting interested parties 

to apply for the available seats. 

II. Method of Collection 

An application form and guidelines 

for a narrative submission must be 

submitted to the sanctuary manager. 

Submissions may be made 

electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0397. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 500 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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: August 7, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18550 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Federal Consistency Appeal by Mr. G. 

Walter Swain 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (Commerce). 

ACTION: Notice of closure—

administrative appeal decision record. 

SUMMARY: This announcement provides 

notice that the decision record has been 

closed for an administrative appeal filed 

with the Department of Commerce by 

Mr. G. Walter Swain. 

DATES: The decision record for the 

administrative appeal of Mr. G. Walter 

Swain was closed on August 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Materials from the appeal 

record are available at the Internet site 

http://www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm and 

at the Office of the General Counsel for 

Ocean Services, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Street, Attorney-Advisor, 

NOAA Office of General Counsel for 

Ocean Services, via e-mail at 

thomas.street@noaa.gov, or at 301–713–

7390. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 4, 2008, Mr. G. Walter Swain 

filed notice of an appeal with the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), 

pursuant to the Coastal Zone 

Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 

U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and implementing 

regulations found at 15 CFR Part 930, 

Subpart H. Mr. Swain appealed an 

objection by the State of Delaware in the 

proposed construction of a marina and 

associated structures at the confluence 

of Cedar Creek and Mispillion River, in 

Milford, Delaware. 

Mr. Swain requested that the 

Secretary override Delaware’s objection 

based upon an alleged threshold 

deficiency in the objection and on the 

grounds that the project is consistent 

with the objectives of the CZMA or 

otherwise necessary in the interest of 

national security. Decisions for CZMA 

administrative appeals are based on 

information contained in a decision 

record. Under the CZMA, the decision 

record must close no later than 220 days 

after notice of the appeal was first 

published in the Federal Register. See 

16 U.S.C. 1465; 15 CFR 930.130. The 

CZMA requires that a notice be 

published in the Federal Register 

indicating the date on which the 

decision record has been closed. See 16 

U.S.C. 1465(b); 15 CFR 930.130. 

Consistent with this deadline, the Swain 

appeal decision record was closed on 

August 12, 2008. No further 

information, briefs or comments will be 

considered in deciding this appeal. 

Additional information about the 

Swain appeal and the CZMA appeals 

process is available from the 


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