Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Implementation of Vessel Speed Restrictions To Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales, 88375-88376 [2023-28121]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2023 / Notices agencies and whose views and input you believe you can share with the panel. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Individuals Selected for Committee Membership Upon selection and agreement to serve on the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System Advisory Committee, one becomes a Special Government Employee (SGE) of the United States Government. An SGE is an officer or employee of an agency who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform temporary duties, with or without compensation, for not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days, either on a fulltime or intermittent basis. After the membership selection process is complete, applicants who are selected to serve on the Committee must complete the following actions before they can be appointed as a Committee member: (a) Background Check (on-line Background Check process and fingerprinting conducted through NOAA Office of Human Capital Services); and (b) Confidential Financial Disclosure Report: As an SGE, one is required to file annually a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report to avoid involvement in a real or apparent conflict of interest. One may find the Confidential Financial Disclosure Report at the following website: https://www.usoge.gov/forms/ form_450.aspx. Privacy Act Statement Authority. The collection of information concerning nominations to the IOOS AC is authorized under the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. and its implementing regulations, 41 CFR part 102–3, and in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (Privacy Act) 5 U.S.C. 552a. Purpose. The collection of names, contact information, resumes, professional information, and qualifications is required in order for the Under Secretary to appoint members to the IOOS AC. Routine Uses. NOAA will use the nomination information for the purpose set forth above. The Privacy Act of 1974 authorizes disclosure of the information collected to NOAA staff for work-related purposes and for other purposes only as set forth in the Privacy Act and for routine uses published in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/DEPT–11, Candidates for Membership, Members, and Former Members of Department of Commerce Advisory Committees, available at https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/ PrivacyAct/SORNs/dept-11.html, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Dec 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 the System of Records Notice COMMERCE/DEPT–18, Employees Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies, available at https:// www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/ SORNs/DEPT-18.html. Disclosure. Furnishing the nomination information is voluntary; however, if the information is not provided, the individual would not be considered for appointment as a member of the IOOS AC. Krisa M. Arzayus, Deputy Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Office, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. 2023–28125 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 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; Implementation of Vessel Speed Restrictions To Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales 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 September 22, 2023 (88 FR 65367) during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce. Title: Implementation of Vessel Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales. OMB Control Number: 0648–0580. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a current information collection. Number of Respondents: 3,624. PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 88375 Average Hours per Response: Five minutes for safety deviation logbook entry; one hour for electronic survey; two hours and 30 minutes for focus groups. Total Annual Burden Hours: 674. Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is requesting renewal of a currently approved collection of information. On October 10, 2008, NMFS published a final rule with regulations (0648–AS36) implementing seasonal speed restrictions along the east coast of the U.S. to reduce the incidence and severity of vessel collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales (73 FR 60173). The final rule contained a mandatory collection-of-information requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Specifically, 50 CFR 224.105(c) requires a logbook entry to document that a deviation from the speed limit was necessary for safe maneuverability under certain conditions. On November 18, 2021, the information collection was revised to include a voluntary survey of vessel operators to evaluate their ability and willingness to: (1) comply with North Atlantic right whale mandatory speed restrictions, and (2) cooperate with voluntary speed reduction efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales, which are promoted through NMFS outreach efforts. NOAA collects information from two types of vessels (pleasure yachts and large ocean-going vessels) in two different areas of the North Atlantic right whales’ range using voluntary online surveys and small focus groups. The surveys collect information about vessel operators’ time spent on the water, experience and knowledge about large whales, knowledge of North Atlantic vessel strike reduction efforts, opinions about these whales and conservation efforts, and their preferred means of receiving information. Results from this information collection will be used to develop effective outreach to these vessel communities, with the long-term goal of improving the communities’ compliance with mandatory measures and cooperation with voluntary measures that support North Atlantic right whale vessel strike reduction conservation efforts. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit organizations. Frequency: Logbook: As needed; Surveys and Focus Groups: Once Respondent’s Obligation: Logbook entries are required to lawfully deviate from the speed regulations; survey is voluntary. E:\FR\FM\21DEN1.SGM 21DEN1 88376 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2023 / Notices Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; and Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361 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 0648–0580. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–28121 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Technology Advisory Committee Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on January 8, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC or Committee) will hold an in-person public meeting at the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters with options for the public to attend virtually. At this meeting, the TAC will discuss digital assets and blockchain technology, cybersecurity, and emerging and evolving technologies. DATES: The meeting will be held on January 8, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please note that the meeting may end early if the TAC has completed its business. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by January 15, 2024. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. You may submit public comments, identified by ‘‘Technology Advisory Committee,’’ through the khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Dec 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 CFTC website at https:// comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online process on the website. If you are unable to submit comments online, contact Anthony Biagioli, Designated Federal Officer, via the contact information listed below to discuss alternate means of submitting your comments. Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC website, https://www.cftc.gov. Dated: December 18, 2023. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AGENCY: Anthony Biagioli, TAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2600 Grand Boulevard, Suite 210, Kansas City, MO 64108; (816) 960–7722; or abiagioli@ cftc.gov. [FR Doc. 2023–28126 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Air Force [Docket ID: USAF–2023–HQ–0016] Proposed Collection; Comment Request Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Air Force (USAF) announces a proposed public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection and seeks public meeting will be open to the public with comment on the provisions thereof. seating on a first-come, first-served Comments are invited on: whether the basis. Members of the public may also proposed collection of information is listen to the meeting by telephone by necessary for the proper performance of calling a domestic or international toll the functions of the agency, including or toll-free number to connect to a live, whether the information shall have listen-only audio feed. Call-in practical utility; the accuracy of the participants should be prepared to agency’s estimate of the burden of the provide their first name, last name, and proposed information collection; ways affiliation. to enhance the quality, utility, and Domestic Numbers: +1 669 254 5252, clarity of the information to be +1 646 964 1167, +1 646 828 7666, +1 collected; and ways to minimize the 551 285 1373, +1 669 216 1590, +1 415 burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use 449 4000, 833 568 8864 (Toll Free), or of automated collection techniques or 833 435 1820 (Toll Free). International Numbers: Will be posted other forms of information technology. DATES: Consideration will be given to all at https://cftc-gov.zoomgov.com/u/ comments received by February 20, abv5ZYUUGp. 2024. Call-In/Webinar ID: 161 668 0789. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Pass Code/Pin Code: 339674. identified by docket number and title, Members of the public may also view by any of the following methods: a live webcast of the meeting via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// https://www.cftc.gov website. The www.regulations.gov. Follow the meeting agenda may change to instructions for submitting comments. accommodate other TAC priorities. For Mail: Department of Defense, Office of agenda updates, please visit https:// the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense www.cftc.gov/About/Advisory for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Committees/TAC#:∼:text= Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, The%20Technology Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– %20Advisory%20Committee 1700. %20(TAC,of%20technology Instructions: All submissions received %20in%20the%20markets. must include the agency name, docket After the meeting, a transcript of the number and title for this Federal meeting will be published through a Register document. The general policy link on the CFTC’s website, https:// for comments and other submissions www.cftc.gov. Persons requiring special from members of the public is to make accommodations to attend the meeting these submissions available for public because of a disability should notify the viewing on the internet at https:// contact person above. www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any (Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(2).) PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21DEN1.SGM 21DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88375-88376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28121]


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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; Implementation of Vessel Speed Restrictions To Reduce the 
Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales

    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 September 22, 2023 (88 FR 65367) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Implementation of Vessel Speed Restrictions to Reduce the 
Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0580.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 3,624.
    Average Hours per Response: Five minutes for safety deviation 
logbook entry; one hour for electronic survey; two hours and 30 minutes 
for focus groups.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 674.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is 
requesting renewal of a currently approved collection of information. 
On October 10, 2008, NMFS published a final rule with regulations 
(0648-AS36) implementing seasonal speed restrictions along the east 
coast of the U.S. to reduce the incidence and severity of vessel 
collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales (73 FR 60173). 
The final rule contained a mandatory collection-of-information 
requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Specifically, 
50 CFR 224.105(c) requires a logbook entry to document that a deviation 
from the speed limit was necessary for safe maneuverability under 
certain conditions. On November 18, 2021, the information collection 
was revised to include a voluntary survey of vessel operators to 
evaluate their ability and willingness to: (1) comply with North 
Atlantic right whale mandatory speed restrictions, and (2) cooperate 
with voluntary speed reduction efforts to protect North Atlantic right 
whales, which are promoted through NMFS outreach efforts. NOAA collects 
information from two types of vessels (pleasure yachts and large ocean-
going vessels) in two different areas of the North Atlantic right 
whales' range using voluntary online surveys and small focus groups. 
The surveys collect information about vessel operators' time spent on 
the water, experience and knowledge about large whales, knowledge of 
North Atlantic vessel strike reduction efforts, opinions about these 
whales and conservation efforts, and their preferred means of receiving 
information. Results from this information collection will be used to 
develop effective outreach to these vessel communities, with the long-
term goal of improving the communities' compliance with mandatory 
measures and cooperation with voluntary measures that support North 
Atlantic right whale vessel strike reduction conservation efforts.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: Logbook: As needed; Surveys and Focus Groups: Once
    Respondent's Obligation: Logbook entries are required to lawfully 
deviate from the speed regulations; survey is voluntary.

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    Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 
and Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361 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 0648-0580.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-28121 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

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