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reserve is able to offer programming for
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continuity of content across the entire
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The reserve’s Coastal Training
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4321 et seq., and the Council on
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of NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508). The
public is invited to comment on the
draft revised management plan. NOAA
will take these comments into
consideration in deciding whether to
approve the draft revised management
plan in whole or in part.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15
CFR 921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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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; Resident Perceptions of
Offshore Wind Energy Development
Off the Oregon Coast and Along the
Gulf of Mexico
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 February 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0744 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 Dr.
Theresa L Goedeke, Supervisory Social
Scientist, 1305 East-West Hwy., SSMC
4, Silver Spring, MD 2091, Email:
theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, Ph: (240)
653–9143.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Abstract
This is a request for revision to an
existing information collection.
Pursuant to E.O. 14057 (Executive Order
on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries
and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability), the Outer Continental
Shelf Land Act, the National
Environmental Policy Act, and the
Coastal Zone Management Act, the
requested revision will expand the
existing data collection, which is
currently focused on coastal Oregon, by
adding a new geographical location,
specifically, coastal Texas and
Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) held its first
leasing auction for the Gulf of Mexico in
August 2023. BOEM finalized four Wind
Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of
Mexico in October 2023. Outside of
official public engagement forums,
preferences about offshore wind energy
development generally remain unknown
for members of the public, as well as for
groups who may not perceive
themselves as stakeholders. Failure to
gain the perspective of communities
regarding potential benefits or impacts
is problematic, particularly when latent
stakeholders to local projects emerge
late in the planning process.
The National Ocean Service (NOS)
proposes to expand collection of data on
the opinions, values, and attitudes
relative to offshore wind energy
development to coastal residents of
Texas and Louisiana along the Gulf of
Mexico in addition to coastal Oregon.
Respondents (age 18 years and older)
will be randomly sampled from
households in 39 coastal counties in
Texas and Louisiana. This information
will be used by NOAA, BOEM, and
others to understand what is important
to communities; understand how
differing values and perceptions across
communities influence local receptivity
to proposed development; and improve
communication efforts targeted to
residents, enabling agencies to more
effectively and efficiently direct
outreach and community inclusion
activities. NOAA has a vested interest in
offshore wind energy development,
from many perspectives, including as it
relates to the resilience, well-being, and
sustainability of coastal communities.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected with a
combination of mail recruitment with
push-to-web and mail-back survey
instruments.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0744.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
9,665.
Estimated Time per Response: Focus
groups: 1 hour; Questionnaire: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,286.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: NOAA’s
Programmatic Authority—Integrated
Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Act (33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); BOEM’s
Programmatic Authority—Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1346).
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Public
Wireless Supply Chain Innovation
Fund Grant Program Forms
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 October 4,
2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), Commerce.
Title: Public Wireless Supply Chain
Innovation Fund Grant Program Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0660–0053.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 18 hours for
Baseline and Performance Progress
Reports; 100 hours for Budget
Submission Form.
Average Hours Per Response: 33.22.
Burden Hours: 1,856 hours.
Needs and Uses: With this
information collection, NTIA will be
able to monitor the grant recipients’
spending habits and activities. In the
absence of collecting this information,
NTIA would fail to evaluate the grant
recipients’ progress toward the grant
program priority areas and program
goals. Moreover, without these reports,
the grants could be the subject of waste,
fraud, and abuse of Federal funds.
Therefore, it is necessary for NTIA to
collect information using the
Performance Progress Report (PPR) form
and Baseline Report.
For the budget submission form,
NTIA intends to use the information
collected (1) to evaluate whether an
applicant is eligible for a grant; (2) to
evaluate applications by peer/expert
reviewers against objective criteria; and
(3) to collect corroborative information,
as applicable, from applicants deemed
highly qualified. NTIA also intends to
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use information collected from the
application as baseline information after
award of the grant to evaluate the
grantee’s progress toward completion of
the objectives for which the grant was
made.
Affected Public: Grant award
recipients consisting of for-profit
companies, non-profit companies,
institutions of higher education,
industry groups, and consortia
including two or more such entities.
Frequency: One-time (Baseline and
Budget Submission Forms) and biannual (Performance Progress Report).
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Section 9202(a)(1) of
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021, Pub. L. 116–283, 134
Stat. 3388 (Jan. 1, 2021).
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 0660–0053.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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National Telecommunications and
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Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Call for applications to serve on
a Federal advisory committee.
AGENCY:
The National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) is seeking
applications to serve on the Department
of Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee (‘‘CSMAC’’ or
‘‘committee’’) for a two-year term. The
CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant
SUMMARY:
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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; Resident Perceptions of Offshore Wind Energy Development Off
the Oregon Coast and Along the Gulf of Mexico
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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 February 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0744 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 Dr. Theresa L Goedeke, Supervisory Social Scientist, 1305 East-West
Hwy., SSMC 4, Silver Spring, MD 2091, Email: [email protected],
Ph: (240) 653-9143.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision to an existing information
collection. Pursuant to E.O. 14057 (Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean
Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability), the Outer
Continental Shelf Land Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and
the Coastal Zone Management Act, the requested revision will expand the
existing data collection, which is currently focused on coastal Oregon,
by adding a new geographical location, specifically, coastal Texas and
Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its first leasing
auction for the Gulf of Mexico in August 2023. BOEM finalized four Wind
Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico in October 2023. Outside of
official public engagement forums, preferences about offshore wind
energy development generally remain unknown for members of the public,
as well as for groups who may not perceive themselves as stakeholders.
Failure to gain the perspective of communities regarding potential
benefits or impacts is problematic, particularly when latent
stakeholders to local projects emerge late in the planning process.
The National Ocean Service (NOS) proposes to expand collection of
data on the opinions, values, and attitudes relative to offshore wind
energy development to coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana along
the Gulf of Mexico in addition to coastal Oregon. Respondents (age 18
years and older) will be randomly sampled from households in 39 coastal
counties in Texas and Louisiana. This information will be used by NOAA,
BOEM, and others to understand what is important to communities;
understand how differing values and perceptions across communities
influence local receptivity to proposed development; and improve
communication efforts targeted to residents, enabling agencies to more
effectively and efficiently direct outreach and community inclusion
activities. NOAA has a vested interest in offshore wind energy
development, from many perspectives, including as it relates to the
resilience, well-being, and sustainability of coastal communities.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected with a combination of mail
recruitment with push-to-web and mail-back survey instruments.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0744.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular Submission. Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,665.
Estimated Time per Response: Focus groups: 1 hour; Questionnaire:
20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,286.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: NOAA's Programmatic Authority--Integrated Coastal
and Ocean Observation System Act (33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); BOEM's
Programmatic Authority--Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1346).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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