Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Nomination Process for National Marine Sanctuaries, 51021 [2020-18060]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Nomination Process for
National Marine Sanctuaries
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 11,
2020, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
Title: Nomination Process for National
Marine Sanctuaries.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0682.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Average Hours per Response: 115
hours per nomination and 8 hours for
additional information.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 591.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of an existing information
collection necessary to provide the
American public an opportunity to
nominate marine areas which the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) may consider
for designation as a national marine
sanctuary, under the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act. This sanctuary
nomination process, as finalized on June
13, 2014 (79 FR 33851), accepts
proposals generated and driven by local
and regional community groups and
coalitions; these groups are responsible
for submitting all information in
support of their respective nominations.
NOAA began accepting new sanctuary
nominations in 2014, after an OMB
Control Number for this information
collection was confirmed.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
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Frequency: Once, with follow-up
requests for more information possible.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0682.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Emergency Beacon
Registrations
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before October 19, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
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reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0295 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to LT
Aaron D. Colohan, Operations Support
Officer, NOAA/NESDIS/SARSAT,
NSOF. E/SPO53 4231 Suitland Rd.,
Suitland, MD 20746, (301–817–4757),
OPS.SARSAT@NOAA.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The United States, Canada, France,
and Russia operate the Search and
Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
(COSPAS/SARSAT), a satellite system
with equipment that can detect and
locate ships, aircraft and individuals in
distress if an emergency radio beacon is
being carried. This system is used to
detect digitally encoded signals in the
406.000–406.100 MHz range, coming
from these emergency beacons. The
406.000–406.100 MHz beacons transmit
a unique identifier, making possible the
ability to combine previously collected
data associated with that beacon and
transmit this vital data along with the
beacon’s position to the appropriate
rescue coordination center.
Persons buying 406.000–406.100 MHz
emergency radio beacons are required to
register them with NOAA prior to
installation. These requirements are
contained in Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) regulations at 47
CFR 80.1061, 47 CFR 87.199 and 47 CFR
95.1402.
The registration data is used to
facilitate a rescue and to suppress the
costly consequences of false alarms,
which if unsuppressed would initiate
the launch of a rescue mission and
thereby deplete limited resources and
possibly result in the loss of lives. This
is accomplished through the use of the
data provided to the rescue forces from
the beacon registration database
maintained by the NOAA’s United
States Mission Control Center (USMCC)
for Search and Rescue, to contact the
distressed person(s) or alternate party
via a phone call or radio broadcast.
Other data provides rescuers with
descriptive material of the element in
distress. The registration information
must be kept up-to-date.
Four registration forms are used. The
EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating
Radio Beacon) form is used for nautical
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Nomination Process for National Marine Sanctuaries
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 11, 2020, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Title: Nomination Process for National Marine Sanctuaries.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0682.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Average Hours per Response: 115 hours per nomination and 8 hours
for additional information.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 591.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of an existing
information collection necessary to provide the American public an
opportunity to nominate marine areas which the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may consider for designation as a
national marine sanctuary, under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
This sanctuary nomination process, as finalized on June 13, 2014 (79 FR
33851), accepts proposals generated and driven by local and regional
community groups and coalitions; these groups are responsible for
submitting all information in support of their respective nominations.
NOAA began accepting new sanctuary nominations in 2014, after an OMB
Control Number for this information collection was confirmed.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government; Federal
government.
Frequency: Once, with follow-up requests for more information
possible.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0682.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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