[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63438-63439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25986]


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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: Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Nonfederal Government 
Individuals Who Are Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0567.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (renewal of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 320.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 160.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of Management and Budget's Final 
Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (``Peer Review Bulletin'' 
or PRB) establishes minimum peer review standards for influential 
scientific information that Federal agencies intend to disseminate. The 
PRB also directs federal agencies to adopt or adapt the National 
Academy of Sciences (NAS) policy for evaluating conflicts of interest 
when selecting peer reviewers who are not Federal government employees 
(Federal employees are subject to Federal ethics requirements which 
address conflict of interest). For peer review purposes, the term 
``conflict of interest'' means any financial or other interest which 
conflicts with the service of the individual because it could: (1) 
Significantly impair the individual's objectivity; or (2) create an 
unfair competitive advantage for any person or organization.
    NOAA has adapted the NAS policy and developed three confidential 
conflict of interest disclosure forms which will be used to examine 
prospective reviewers' potential financial conflicts and other 
interests that could impair objectivity or create an unfair advantage. 
The forms are for peer reviewers of studies related to government 
regulation; peer reviewers of any other influential scientific 
information subject to the Peer Review Bulletin; and potential 
reviewers of scientific laboratories. The forms include questions about 
employment as well as investment and property interests, and research 
funding. All three forms also require the submission of a curriculum 
vitae.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f60667d6e707c5a4d42465c5c4640416f40424d014a405f01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b3432293a24280e19161208081214153b141619551e140b551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a0e2213040f012a0e0509440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d4965544348466d49424e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this

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notice to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450a0c17041a163027282c36362c2a2b052a28276b202a356b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afe0e6fdeef0fcdacdc2c6dcdcc6c0c1efc0c2cd81cac0df81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: October 12, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-25986 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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