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activities occurring within three months
prior to its generation. The purpose of
this report is to provide background
information on each crab fishery, the
products generated by each fishery, and
position of those products in the
marketplace; discuss the historical
division of wholesale revenue; and
provide the methods for predicting
wholesale prices before the fishery
occurs.
The Contract Arbitrator Report
documents arbitration proceedings if
they occur within a fishery.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 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 0648–0516.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Marine Mammal Stranding
Reports/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report/Human Interaction
Data Sheet
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
SUMMARY:
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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 April 8, 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–
0178 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 Stephen
Manley, Biologist, Office of Protected
Resources, 1315 East West Highway,
#13604, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301)
427–8476 or stephen.manley@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a 1-year extension
of this previously approved data
collection. An extension is requested in
order to provide time for the program
office to address revisions to the
collection pursuant to a recent law.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA), the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), who has
delegated responsibility under this Act
to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, is
charged with the protection and
management of marine mammals and is
responsible for collecting information
on marine mammal strandings, which
will be compiled and analyzed, by
region, to monitor species, numbers,
conditions, and causes of illnesses and
deaths of stranded animals. The
Secretary is also responsible for
collection of information on other life
history and reference level data,
including marine mammal tissue
analyses, that would allow comparison
of the causes of illness and deaths in
stranded marine mammals by physical,
chemical, and biological environmental
parameters.
In addition, determinations must be
made on the sustainability of population
stocks, on the impact of fisheries and
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other human activities on marine
mammals and endangered species, and
on the health of marine mammals and
related environmental considerations.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) has the responsibility to
carry out these mandates.
Section 402(b) of the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1421a) requires the Secretary to
collect and update information on
strandings. It further provides that the
Secretary shall compile and analyze, by
region, the species, numbers,
conditions, and causes of illnesses and
deaths in stranded marine mammals.
Section 404 (a) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1421c) mandates that the Secretary
respond to unusual marine mammal
mortality events. Without a historical
baseline provided by marine mammal
information collected from strandings,
detection of such events could be
difficult and the investigation could be
impeded. Section 401(b) of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1421) requires NMFS to
facilitate the collection and
dissemination of reference data on the
health of marine mammal populations
in the wild and to correlate health with
physical, chemical, and biological
environmental parameters. In order to
perform this function, NMFS must
standardize data collection protocols for
health and correlations. Data and
samples collected from stranded
animals are a critical part of the
implementation of this mandate of the
MMPA.
Specifically, the data from the Marine
Mammal Stranding Report (MMSR)
forms provide NMFS with information
on the morphology, life history, biology,
general health, health and stranding
trends, causes of mortality, and
distribution of marine mammal species.
These data provide information which
may help in making assessments on the
status of population stocks. Recording
data on gross mortalities may serve as
an indicator that a particular population
is impacted, threatened or at increased
risk, and when provided in a timely
manner, aid in dynamic management
practices. Stranding data also provide
an important baseline for detecting and
monitoring the impacts of
environmental phenomena, such as El
Nin˜o and Harmful Algal Blooms
(HABs). Minor edits to the current
version of the form are proposed,
including beginning to collect live,
entangled large whale data in this data
collection and streamlining the
confidence codes.
The Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report (MMRDR) provides
NMFS with information on the
disposition of animals brought in for
rehabilitation, the success of medical
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treatment, and the number of animals
released. This information will assist
the Agency in tracking marine mammals
that move into captive display and in
the monitoring of rehabilitation and
release. The data will also be used to
assess the burden on stranding network
centers. This form will be filled out only
in the case of live-stranded marine
mammals. The form will be required
from rehabilitation centers in all five
NMFS Regions. Each of the NMFS
regions approves and issues a Letter of
Agreement (LOA) or other form of
agreement to marine mammal
rehabilitation centers under § 112(c) of
the MMPA, which allows the Secretary
to enter into agreements in order to
fulfill the general purposes of the Act,
and under § 403 of the MMPA, which
provides specific authority to enter into
such stranding response agreements.
These data will be monitored as part of
the Rehabilitation Facilities Inspection
(RFI) program. No changes are proposed
to this form.
The Human Interaction Data Sheet
will provide NMFS with consistent and
detailed information on signs of human
interaction in stranded marine
mammals. This form also includes a
subjective section that allows the
examiner to evaluate the likelihood that
human interaction contributed to the
stranding of the animal. This
information will assist the Agency in
tracking resource conflicts and will
provide a solid scientific foundation for
conservation and management of marine
mammals. With a better understanding
of interactions, appropriate measures
can be taken to resolve conflicts and
stranding data are the best source of
information regarding the occurrence of
different types of human interaction. No
changes are proposed for this form.
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II. Method of Collection
Paper applications, electronic reports,
and telephone calls are required from
participants, and methods of submittal
include internet through the NMFS
National Marine Mammal Stranding
Database; facsimile transmission of
paper forms; or mailed copies of forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0178.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: State governments;
not-for-profit institutions; business or
other for-profits organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes for Stranding Reports and
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Rehabilitation Disposition Forms; 45
minutes for the Human Interaction Data
Sheet.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,600.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $203.45.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA).
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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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; State
Service Commission Support Grants
Application
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Corporation for National and
Community Service (operating as
AmeriCorps) is proposing to reinstate
and revise an information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by April
8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov (preferred
method).
(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps,
Attention Arminda Pappas, 250 E Street
SW, Washington, DC, 20525.
(3) By hand delivery or by courier to
the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail
address given in paragraph (2) above,
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through regulations.gov. For this
reason, please do not include in your
comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information.
If you send an email comment, your
email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comment that
may be made available to the public,
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arminda Pappas, (202) 606–6659, or by
email at apappas@americorps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: State Service
Commission Support Grant Application.
OMB Control Number: 3045–0099.
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Organizations and State governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,820.
Abstract: This information collection
is for the application in AmeriCorps’
online grant application system,
eGrants, which applicants must use to
respond to AmeriCorps Commission
Support Grant funding opportunities.
With this reinstatement, the application
is being revised to delete the
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; Marine Mammal Stranding Reports/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report/Human Interaction Data Sheet
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 April 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0178 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 Stephen Manley, Biologist, Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East
West Highway, #13604, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 427-8476 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a 1-year extension of this previously approved
data collection. An extension is requested in order to provide time for
the program office to address revisions to the collection pursuant to a
recent law. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), who has delegated responsibility
under this Act to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, is charged with the
protection and management of marine mammals and is responsible for
collecting information on marine mammal strandings, which will be
compiled and analyzed, by region, to monitor species, numbers,
conditions, and causes of illnesses and deaths of stranded animals. The
Secretary is also responsible for collection of information on other
life history and reference level data, including marine mammal tissue
analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and
deaths in stranded marine mammals by physical, chemical, and biological
environmental parameters.
In addition, determinations must be made on the sustainability of
population stocks, on the impact of fisheries and other human
activities on marine mammals and endangered species, and on the health
of marine mammals and related environmental considerations. NOAA's
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has the responsibility to
carry out these mandates.
Section 402(b) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421a) requires the Secretary
to collect and update information on strandings. It further provides
that the Secretary shall compile and analyze, by region, the species,
numbers, conditions, and causes of illnesses and deaths in stranded
marine mammals. Section 404 (a) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421c) mandates
that the Secretary respond to unusual marine mammal mortality events.
Without a historical baseline provided by marine mammal information
collected from strandings, detection of such events could be difficult
and the investigation could be impeded. Section 401(b) of the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1421) requires NMFS to facilitate the collection and
dissemination of reference data on the health of marine mammal
populations in the wild and to correlate health with physical,
chemical, and biological environmental parameters. In order to perform
this function, NMFS must standardize data collection protocols for
health and correlations. Data and samples collected from stranded
animals are a critical part of the implementation of this mandate of
the MMPA.
Specifically, the data from the Marine Mammal Stranding Report
(MMSR) forms provide NMFS with information on the morphology, life
history, biology, general health, health and stranding trends, causes
of mortality, and distribution of marine mammal species. These data
provide information which may help in making assessments on the status
of population stocks. Recording data on gross mortalities may serve as
an indicator that a particular population is impacted, threatened or at
increased risk, and when provided in a timely manner, aid in dynamic
management practices. Stranding data also provide an important baseline
for detecting and monitoring the impacts of environmental phenomena,
such as El Ni[ntilde]o and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Minor edits to
the current version of the form are proposed, including beginning to
collect live, entangled large whale data in this data collection and
streamlining the confidence codes.
The Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report (MMRDR)
provides NMFS with information on the disposition of animals brought in
for rehabilitation, the success of medical
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treatment, and the number of animals released. This information will
assist the Agency in tracking marine mammals that move into captive
display and in the monitoring of rehabilitation and release. The data
will also be used to assess the burden on stranding network centers.
This form will be filled out only in the case of live-stranded marine
mammals. The form will be required from rehabilitation centers in all
five NMFS Regions. Each of the NMFS regions approves and issues a
Letter of Agreement (LOA) or other form of agreement to marine mammal
rehabilitation centers under Sec. 112(c) of the MMPA, which allows the
Secretary to enter into agreements in order to fulfill the general
purposes of the Act, and under Sec. 403 of the MMPA, which provides
specific authority to enter into such stranding response agreements.
These data will be monitored as part of the Rehabilitation Facilities
Inspection (RFI) program. No changes are proposed to this form.
The Human Interaction Data Sheet will provide NMFS with consistent
and detailed information on signs of human interaction in stranded
marine mammals. This form also includes a subjective section that
allows the examiner to evaluate the likelihood that human interaction
contributed to the stranding of the animal. This information will
assist the Agency in tracking resource conflicts and will provide a
solid scientific foundation for conservation and management of marine
mammals. With a better understanding of interactions, appropriate
measures can be taken to resolve conflicts and stranding data are the
best source of information regarding the occurrence of different types
of human interaction. No changes are proposed for this form.
II. Method of Collection
Paper applications, electronic reports, and telephone calls are
required from participants, and methods of submittal include internet
through the NMFS National Marine Mammal Stranding Database; facsimile
transmission of paper forms; or mailed copies of forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0178.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: State governments; not-for-profit institutions;
business or other for-profits organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 400.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes for Stranding Reports and
Rehabilitation Disposition Forms; 45 minutes for the Human Interaction
Data Sheet.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,600.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $203.45.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
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.
[FR Doc. 2024-02506 Filed 2-6-24; 8:45 am]
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