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requests and final reports, 10 hours; and
annual reports, 5 hours.
Burden Hours: 1,343.
Needs and Uses: President Bush
established the Papaha¯naumokua¯kea
Marine National Monument
(Monument) by issuing Presidential
Proclamation 8031 (Proclamation) on
June 15, 2006, (71 FR 36443, June 26,
2006) under the authority of the
Antiquities Act (Act) (16 U.S.C. 431).
The Proclamation reserves all lands and
interests in lands owned or controlled
by the Government of the United States
in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
(NWHI), including emergent and
submerged lands and waters, out to a
distance of approximately 50 nautical
miles (nmi) from the islands. The
boundaries of the Monument as
described in Presidential Proclamation
8031 are 100 miles wide and extend
approximately 1200 miles around coral
islands, seamounts, banks, and shoals.
The area includes the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem
Reserve, the Midway Atoll National
Wildlife Refuge, the Hawaiian Islands
National Wildlife Refuge, and the Battle
of Midway National Memorial.
The Proclamation includes
restrictions and prohibitions regarding
activities in the Monument consistent
with the authority provided by the Act.
The Proclamation prohibits access to the
Monument except when passing
through the Monument without
interruption or as allowed under a
permit issued by the agencies. Vessels
passing through the Monument without
interruption are required to notify the
agencies upon entering into and leaving
the Monument. Individuals wishing to
access the Monument to conduct certain
regulated activities must first apply for
and be granted a permit issued by the
agencies pursuant to the Proclamation.
Applicants must also certify compliance
with certain vessel monitoring system
requirements.
The information submitted in permit
applications will, in general, only be
used at the time the application is
submitted to make a final decision on
the application. Some of the information
may also be used subsequent to the
initial decision making to inform
management actions or decision
making. For example, a survey of a
project location by one permit applicant
may be used by the agencies in the
future to respond to a vessel grounding
in the same area in addition to
facilitating the agencies’ decision on
that application. Information submitted
in a report will be used to periodically
assess the permittee’s compliance with
permit terms and conditions and to
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assist in evaluating the appropriateness
of the permitted activity.
Affected Public: Individuals, nonprofit institutions; Federal, State, local,
government, Native Hawaiian
organizations; business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Permittees are required to
submit a summary report due 30 days
after the expiration of their permit; and
an annual report due by 12/31 for each
year their permit is active.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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The
webinar meeting will begin at 10 a.m.
Registration information will be posted
on the Council’s website at https://
safmc.net/safmc-meetings/currentadvisory-panel-meetings/ as it becomes
available.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Amendment 11 to the Shrimp Fishery
Management Plan for the South
Atlantic Region
The draft regulatory amendment
addresses transit provisions for shrimp
vessels through federal waters that are
closed to shrimp harvest due to cold
weather. Advisory panel members will
receive an overview of the amendment
from Council staff, discuss, and provide
recommendations as appropriate.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days
prior to the public meeting.
Note: The times and sequence
specified in this agenda are subject to
change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a joint advisory panel
meeting.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a joint meeting of its Law
Enforcement Advisory Panel, Deepwater
Shrimp Advisory Panel, and Shrimp
Advisory Panel via webinar to discuss
proposed management action in Shrimp
Amendment 11.
DATES: The webinar meeting will be
held on January 17, 2020, at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Council address: South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll
free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUMMARY:
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Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Environmental Literacy
Indicator Tool
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before February 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
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at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Shannon Sprague, NOAA
Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn
Avenue, Suite 207, Annapolis, MD
21403, 410–267–5664 or
shannon.sprague@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool
(ELIT) was developed to monitor public
school districts’ capacity and progress
towards meeting the environmental
literacy goal of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Agreement (https://
www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/
ChesapeakeBayWatershedAgreemenet
FINAL.pdf): ‘‘Enable every student in
the region to graduate with the
knowledge and skills to act responsibly
to protect and restore their local
watershed.’’ The signatories of the
Agreement included the mayor of the
District of Columbia and the governors
of the states of Delaware, Maryland,
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
West Virginia. The general statutory
authority for this program is the
National Environmental Policy Act, 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
NOAA, on behalf of the Chesapeake
Bay Program, will ask the state
education agencies for Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia, and the District of Columbia to
survey their local education agencies
(LEAs) to determine: (1) LEA capacity to
implement a comprehensive and
systematic approach to environmental
literacy education, (2) student
participation in Meaningful Watershed
Educational Experiences during the
school year, (3) sustainability practices
at schools, and (4) LEA needs for
improving environmental literacy
education programming. LEAs
(generally school districts, in some cases
charter school administration) are asked
to complete the survey on the status of
their LEA on a set of key indicators for
the four areas listed above. One
individual from each LEA is asked to
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complete this survey once every two
years.
In addition to monitoring progress on
the environmental literacy goal of the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement,
the information collected will inform
several Chesapeake Bay Program partner
agencies’ work to support the school
districts’ environmental literacy
education efforts.
The results of the biennial ELIT
survey will be analyzed and reported to
the internal stakeholders of the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Participating states will receive a
summarized report of findings for the
full watershed, a summary of findings
for their state, and comparisons of
results between states. These aggregated
results will be used by the state agencies
to understand progress of their school
districts over time, and to inform
decision-making about strategies and
priorities for future work with school
districts.
The biennial reporting will also be
used by the Chesapeake Bay Program to
understand progress of school districts
in the watershed, understand
differences between jurisdictions, and
guide strategy for providing targeted
support in each state.
State agencies and other stakeholders
will also have access to the responses of
each public school district, which they
will use to customize outreach and
support to a particular school district,
based on their status and needs.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents will submit their
information electronically on web-based
survey forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0753.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
government (local education agencies);
Not-for-profit organizations (charter
schools).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
983.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,106.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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
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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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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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: Estuary Habitat Restoration
Program Inventory.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0479.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 6.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
for each new project; 2 hours for
updates.
Burden Hours: 18.
Needs and Uses: The Estuary
Restoration Act (ERA) of 2000 (Act) was
signed into law in November 2000 and
makes restoring our nation’s estuaries a
national priority by leveraging limited
federal resources with state, local, and
private funding. As part of the Act, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) is required to
develop and maintain a database of
estuary restoration projects. The
purpose of the database is to provide
information to improve restoration
methods, provide information for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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 comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written or on-line comments must be
submitted on or before February 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the
internet
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at [email protected]). All comments received are part of the public
record. Comments will generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Shannon Sprague, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn
Avenue, Suite 207, Annapolis, MD 21403, 410-267-5664 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool
(ELIT) was developed to monitor public school districts' capacity and
progress towards meeting the environmental literacy goal of the 2014
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement (https://www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/ChesapeakeBayWatershedAgreemenetFINAL.pdf): ``Enable every
student in the region to graduate with the knowledge and skills to act
responsibly to protect and restore their local watershed.'' The
signatories of the Agreement included the mayor of the District of
Columbia and the governors of the states of Delaware, Maryland, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The general statutory
authority for this program is the National Environmental Policy Act, 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
NOAA, on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Program, will ask the state
education agencies for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia, and the District of Columbia to survey their local education
agencies (LEAs) to determine: (1) LEA capacity to implement a
comprehensive and systematic approach to environmental literacy
education, (2) student participation in Meaningful Watershed
Educational Experiences during the school year, (3) sustainability
practices at schools, and (4) LEA needs for improving environmental
literacy education programming. LEAs (generally school districts, in
some cases charter school administration) are asked to complete the
survey on the status of their LEA on a set of key indicators for the
four areas listed above. One individual from each LEA is asked to
complete this survey once every two years.
In addition to monitoring progress on the environmental literacy
goal of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the information
collected will inform several Chesapeake Bay Program partner agencies'
work to support the school districts' environmental literacy education
efforts.
The results of the biennial ELIT survey will be analyzed and
reported to the internal stakeholders of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Agreement. Participating states will receive a summarized report of
findings for the full watershed, a summary of findings for their state,
and comparisons of results between states. These aggregated results
will be used by the state agencies to understand progress of their
school districts over time, and to inform decision-making about
strategies and priorities for future work with school districts.
The biennial reporting will also be used by the Chesapeake Bay
Program to understand progress of school districts in the watershed,
understand differences between jurisdictions, and guide strategy for
providing targeted support in each state.
State agencies and other stakeholders will also have access to the
responses of each public school district, which they will use to
customize outreach and support to a particular school district, based
on their status and needs.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents will submit their information electronically on web-
based survey forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0753.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal government (local
education agencies); Not-for-profit organizations (charter schools).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 983.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,106.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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