Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; State and Local Implementation Grant Program 2.0 Closeout Documentation, 20862-20863 [2019-09766]
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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act Provisions; General
Provisions for Domestic Fisheries;
Application for Exempted Fishing
Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The NMFS Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, has made a
preliminary determination that an
Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. This
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
five commercial lobster vessels to
participate in a lobster growth and
abundance study, under the direction of
Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries in state waters off the coast of
Massachusetts.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of
this notice to provide interested parties
the opportunity to comment on
Exempted Fishing Permit applications.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on MA DMF Lobster Study EFP.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on MA DMF Lobster Study
EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries (MA DMF) submitted a
complete renewal application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to
conduct a lobster abundance survey that
Federal regulations would otherwise
restrict. The purpose of this study is to
provide fishery-independent data on
lobster growth and abundance in
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Massachusetts state waters of statistical
areas 514 and 538.
This survey has occurred annually
since 2006 in Massachusetts state
waters. On average, 15,604 lobsters per
year were sampled from 2007–2016. The
EFP would authorize the five
participating vessels to deploy three
standard and three ventless traps per
six-pot trawl. Stations would be
sampled twice per month from June to
October 2019. Sampling trips would
occur after a soak time of 3 to 5 days
and at least one MA DMF scientist
would be on board for the sampling
trips. MA DMF personnel would not be
on board when traps are baited and
deployed. All gear would be Atlantic
Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
compliant. Survey traps will be separate
from each vessel’s commercial lobster
traps and would be tagged as, ‘‘MADMF
Research Traps.’’
All catch during sampling trips would
be retained temporarily to collect
biological data. MA DMF staff may
collect lobster and/or Jonah crab,
including undersized, oversized,
v-notched, and egg-bearing lobsters.
Collected samples would be used for
research projects on growth and
maturity. No catch from the
experimental trips would be landed for
sale.
If approved, MA DMF may request
minor modifications and extensions to
the EFP throughout the study. EFP
modifications and extensions may be
granted without further notice if they
are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any
fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity
would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 8, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request; State
and Local Implementation Grant
Program 2.0 Closeout Documentation
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 July 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, (202) 482–
0336, Department of Commerce, Room
6612, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at
PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instruments and instructions should be
sent to Natalie Romanoff, Program
Director, State and Local
Implementation Grant Program 2.0,
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4078,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at
nromanoff@ntia.gov or phone 202–482–
2236).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (Act) (Pub. L. 112–
96, H.R. 3630, 126 Stat. 156) was
enacted February 22, 2012.1 The Act
meets a long-standing national priority
and critical infrastructure need to create
a single, interoperable, nationwide
public safety broadband network
(NPSBN) that allows law enforcement
officers, fire fighters, emergency medical
service professionals, and other public
safety officials to effectively
communicate with each other across
1 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012, Public Law 112–96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012) (Act)
(codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
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agencies and jurisdictions. Public safety
responders have been hindered in their
ability to respond in a crisis situation
due to incompatible communications
networks and often outdated
communications equipment. Therefore,
the design and deployment of this
NPSBN, established by the Act, is
critical to provide emergency
responders the ability to communicate
on a secure, reliable, and dedicated
interoperable network during
emergencies and to use technology to
improve response time, keep
communities safe, and save lives.
The Act established the First
Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)
as an independent authority within the
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) and
authorized it to take all actions
necessary to ensure the design,
construction, and operation of a
nationwide NPSBN, based on a single,
national network architecture.2
FirstNet’s responsibilities are, at a
minimum, to ensure nationwide
standards for the use of and access to
the network; issue open, transparent,
and competitive requests for proposals
(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain
the network; encourage these RFPs to
leverage, to the maximum extent
economically desirable, existing
commercial wireless infrastructure to
speed deployment of the network; and
oversee contracts with non-federal
entities to build, operate, and maintain
the network.3
The Act also charged NTIA with
establishing a grant program, the State
and Local Implementation Grant
Program (SLIGP), to assist State,
regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions
with identifying, planning, and
implementing the most efficient and
effective means to use and integrate the
infrastructure, equipment, and other
architecture associated with the NPSBN
to satisfy the wireless broadband and
data services needs of their
jurisdictions.4
The Act’s framework outlined that
FirstNet closely coordinates its activities
with State, regional, tribal, and local
governments and imposed a statutory
requirement that FirstNet consult with
these entities as it takes all actions
necessary to build, deploy, and operate
the NPSBN.5 Specifically, the Act
requires FirstNet to consult with state,
regional, tribal, and local governments
about the distribution and expenditure
of any amounts required to carry out its
2 47
U.S.C. 1424, 1426(b)(1).
U.S.C. 1426(b)(1)(A)–(D).
4 47 U.S.C. 1442(a).
5 47 U.S.C. 1422(b)(2)(B).
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responsibilities to plan, build, operate,
and maintain the NPSBN.
Additionally, the Act specifies that
these required consultations occur
between FirstNet and the single point of
contact (SPOC) that the state designated
in its original SLIGP grant application.6
The original SLIGP award provided
recipients with funding to support their
engagement in consultations as required
of FirstNet under the Act.
SLIGP 2.0
In 2013, NTIA originally awarded
$116.5 million in grant funds to 54 state
and territorial recipients between July
2013 and June 2014. The original grants
expired February 28, 2018, and many
recipients spent less than expected,
leaving leftover funds. NTIA leveraged
excess funds of $33.3 million from the
original SLIGP grants to make a second
round of grant awards, SLIGP 2.0. The
SLIGP 2.0 provides funding to assist
State, regional, tribal, and local
jurisdictions to engage effectively with
FirstNet and provide it with information
needed to continue with planning the
NPSBN in an effective and timely
manner, as required by the Act.
SLIGP 2.0 recipients’ periods of
performance are currently scheduled to
end in early 2020. Following the award
end date, recipients will be required to
complete grant closeout activities
within 90 days. The purpose of closeout
is to capture a final account of recipient
activities and how these activities
contributed to overall program goals. To
ensure effective grant oversight and
management, NTIA developed a
closeout report form for SLIGP 2.0
recipients to complete as part of postaward monitoring and closeout
activities at the end of the period of
performance. The closeout report form
serves as a summary of grant-funded
recipient activities over the entire award
period and ensures that recipients
comply with all necessary closeout
procedures. The closeout report form
will ask recipients to aggregate their
cumulative progress toward program
priority areas identified in their
quarterly performance progress reports
(PPRs), including individuals sent to
broadband conferences, staff hired,
contracts executed, governance
meetings held, and stakeholder events
convened. Recipients will also be asked
to report on their cumulative
expenditures throughout the period of
performance in each object class
category, including personnel, fringe,
travel, equipment, materials/supplies,
contractual, other, and indirect costs.
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NTIA will use the collection of
information to monitor and evaluate
how SLIGP 2.0 grant recipients are
achieving the core purposes of the
program established by the Act. The
information collected in the closeout
report form will ensure that final data
effectively assesses the success of SLIGP
2.0 recipients in implementing their
project goals. The publication of this
notice allows NTIA to begin the process
to obtain the approval for the standard
three years.
II. Method of Collection
Recipients will complete the closeout
report and submit the form to the SLIGP
2.0 Program Office via email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State, regional, local,
and tribal government organizations.
Frequency: Once (at the end of the
period of performance).
Number of Respondents: 46.
Average Time per Response: Final
closeout report, 25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,150 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $53.176.
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 will also become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request; State and Local Implementation Grant
Program 2.0 Closeout Documentation
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 July 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, (202) 482-0336,
Department of Commerce, Room 6612, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instruments and instructions
should be sent to Natalie Romanoff, Program Director, State and Local
Implementation Grant Program 2.0, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4078, Washington, DC 20230 (or via email
at [email protected] or phone 202-482-2236).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act)
(Pub. L. 112-96, H.R. 3630, 126 Stat. 156) was enacted February 22,
2012.\1\ The Act meets a long-standing national priority and critical
infrastructure need to create a single, interoperable, nationwide
public safety broadband network (NPSBN) that allows law enforcement
officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service professionals, and
other public safety officials to effectively communicate with each
other across
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agencies and jurisdictions. Public safety responders have been hindered
in their ability to respond in a crisis situation due to incompatible
communications networks and often outdated communications equipment.
Therefore, the design and deployment of this NPSBN, established by the
Act, is critical to provide emergency responders the ability to
communicate on a secure, reliable, and dedicated interoperable network
during emergencies and to use technology to improve response time, keep
communities safe, and save lives.
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\1\ Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public
Law 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012) (Act) (codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401
et seq.).
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The Act established the First Responder Network Authority
(FirstNet) as an independent authority within the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and authorized
it to take all actions necessary to ensure the design, construction,
and operation of a nationwide NPSBN, based on a single, national
network architecture.\2\ FirstNet's responsibilities are, at a minimum,
to ensure nationwide standards for the use of and access to the
network; issue open, transparent, and competitive requests for
proposals (RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain the network; encourage
these RFPs to leverage, to the maximum extent economically desirable,
existing commercial wireless infrastructure to speed deployment of the
network; and oversee contracts with non-federal entities to build,
operate, and maintain the network.\3\
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\2\ 47 U.S.C. 1424, 1426(b)(1).
\3\ 47 U.S.C. 1426(b)(1)(A)-(D).
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The Act also charged NTIA with establishing a grant program, the
State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP), to assist State,
regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions with identifying, planning,
and implementing the most efficient and effective means to use and
integrate the infrastructure, equipment, and other architecture
associated with the NPSBN to satisfy the wireless broadband and data
services needs of their jurisdictions.\4\
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\4\ 47 U.S.C. 1442(a).
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The Act's framework outlined that FirstNet closely coordinates its
activities with State, regional, tribal, and local governments and
imposed a statutory requirement that FirstNet consult with these
entities as it takes all actions necessary to build, deploy, and
operate the NPSBN.\5\ Specifically, the Act requires FirstNet to
consult with state, regional, tribal, and local governments about the
distribution and expenditure of any amounts required to carry out its
responsibilities to plan, build, operate, and maintain the NPSBN.
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\5\ 47 U.S.C. 1422(b)(2)(B).
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Additionally, the Act specifies that these required consultations
occur between FirstNet and the single point of contact (SPOC) that the
state designated in its original SLIGP grant application.\6\ The
original SLIGP award provided recipients with funding to support their
engagement in consultations as required of FirstNet under the Act.
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\6\ 47 U.S.C. 1426(c)(2)(B); 47 U.S.C. 1442(d).
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SLIGP 2.0
In 2013, NTIA originally awarded $116.5 million in grant funds to
54 state and territorial recipients between July 2013 and June 2014.
The original grants expired February 28, 2018, and many recipients
spent less than expected, leaving leftover funds. NTIA leveraged excess
funds of $33.3 million from the original SLIGP grants to make a second
round of grant awards, SLIGP 2.0. The SLIGP 2.0 provides funding to
assist State, regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions to engage
effectively with FirstNet and provide it with information needed to
continue with planning the NPSBN in an effective and timely manner, as
required by the Act.
SLIGP 2.0 recipients' periods of performance are currently
scheduled to end in early 2020. Following the award end date,
recipients will be required to complete grant closeout activities
within 90 days. The purpose of closeout is to capture a final account
of recipient activities and how these activities contributed to overall
program goals. To ensure effective grant oversight and management, NTIA
developed a closeout report form for SLIGP 2.0 recipients to complete
as part of post-award monitoring and closeout activities at the end of
the period of performance. The closeout report form serves as a summary
of grant-funded recipient activities over the entire award period and
ensures that recipients comply with all necessary closeout procedures.
The closeout report form will ask recipients to aggregate their
cumulative progress toward program priority areas identified in their
quarterly performance progress reports (PPRs), including individuals
sent to broadband conferences, staff hired, contracts executed,
governance meetings held, and stakeholder events convened. Recipients
will also be asked to report on their cumulative expenditures
throughout the period of performance in each object class category,
including personnel, fringe, travel, equipment, materials/supplies,
contractual, other, and indirect costs.
NTIA will use the collection of information to monitor and evaluate
how SLIGP 2.0 grant recipients are achieving the core purposes of the
program established by the Act. The information collected in the
closeout report form will ensure that final data effectively assesses
the success of SLIGP 2.0 recipients in implementing their project
goals. The publication of this notice allows NTIA to begin the process
to obtain the approval for the standard three years.
II. Method of Collection
Recipients will complete the closeout report and submit the form to
the SLIGP 2.0 Program Office via email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State, regional, local, and tribal government
organizations.
Frequency: Once (at the end of the period of performance).
Number of Respondents: 46.
Average Time per Response: Final closeout report, 25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,150 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $53.176.
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 will also become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
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