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submitted directly to NMFS (see
ADDRESSES) by the end of the comment
period (see DATES).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 24, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Conflict of Interest
Disclosure for Non-Federal
Government Individuals Who Are
Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews
Required by the OMB Peer Review
Bulletin
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 July 26,
2024, 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: Conflict of Interest Disclosure
for Non-Federal Government
Individuals Who are Candidates to
Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the
OMB Peer Review Bulletin.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0567.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 321.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes each: Conflict of Interest
Disclosure For General Scientific and
Technical Studies and Assistance; and
Conflict of Interest Disclosure For
Studies Related to Government
Regulation.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 161.
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Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
collection.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) issued government-wide
guidance to enhance the practice of peer
review of government science
documents. OMB’s Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (‘‘Peer
Review Bulletin’’ or PRB) (available at
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/
omb/memoranda_fy2005_m05-03/)
establishes minimum peer review
standards for influential scientific
information that Federal agencies intend
to disseminate.
The Peer Review Bulletin also directs
Federal agencies to adopt or adapt the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
policy for evaluating conflicts of interest
when selecting peer reviewers who are
not Federal government employees
(federal employees are subject to
Federal ethics requirements). For peer
review purposes, the term ‘‘conflicts of
interest’’ means any financial or other
interest which conflicts with the service
of the individual because it could: (1)
significantly impair the individual’s
objectivity; or (2) create an unfair
competitive advantage for any person or
organization. NOAA has adapted the
NAS policy and developed two
confidential conflict disclosure forms
which the agency will use to examine
prospective reviewers’ potential
financial conflicts and other interests
that could impair objectivity or create
an unfair advantage. One form is for
peer reviewers of studies related to
government regulation and the other
form is for all other influential scientific
information subject to the Peer Review
Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has
been adapted by NOAA’s Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for
potential reviewers of scientific
laboratories.
The forms include questions about
employment as well as investment and
property interests and research funding.
Both forms also require the submission
of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to
collect this information from potential
peer reviewers who are not government
employees when conducting a peer
review pursuant to the PRB. The
information collected in the conflict of
interest disclosure is essential to
NOAA’s compliance with the OMB
PRB, and helps to ensure that
government studies are reviewed by
independent, impartial peer reviewers.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
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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 0648–0567.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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; Submission of Conservation
Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary
Under the Endangered Species Act
National Oceanic and
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 a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
extension of an information collection
must be received on or before November
29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
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0466 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 Lisa
Manning, Ecologist, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East West Hwy,
Bldg. SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3282, Phone: 301–427–8466 or
Lisa.Manning@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Office of Protected Resources,
is sponsoring a request for extension of
a currently approved information
collection.
Under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), determinations whether to list
species as endangered or threatened
must be based on the best scientific and
commercial data available and after
taking into account those efforts, if any,
being made by any State or foreign
nation (or any of their political
subdivisions) to protect the particular
species. On March 28, 2003, NMFS and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the
‘‘Services’’) announced a final policy on
the criteria the Services will use to
evaluate certain conservation efforts by
States, Tribes, and other non-Federal
entities when making listing
determinations under the ESA (68 FR
15100). The conservation efforts usually
involve the development of a
conservation plan or agreement,
procedures for monitoring the
effectiveness of the plan or agreement,
and an annual report.
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II. Method of Collection
NMFS does not require, but does
accept, conservation plans and reports
electronically. NMFS has not developed
a form to be used for submission of
plans or reports. In the past, NMFS has
made plans and annual reports from
States available through the internet and
plans to continue this practice.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0466.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; State, Local or
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 2,500
hours to complete each agreement or
plan that has the intention of making
listing unnecessary; 320 hours to
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conduct monitoring for successful
agreements; and 80 hours to prepare a
report for successful agreements.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,900.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $100.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: ESA (16 U.S.C. 1533).
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 information
collection request. 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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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Hilcorp Alaska,
LLC Production Drilling Support in
Cook Inlet, Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
AGENCY:
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) to
incidentally harass marine mammals
during production drilling support
activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
DATES: This authorization is effective
from September 24, 2024 through
September 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-oil-and-gas. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reny Tyson Moore, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
proposed or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA
is provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of the species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
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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; Submission of Conservation Efforts To Make Listings
Unnecessary Under the Endangered Species Act
AGENCY: National Oceanic and 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 a request for extension of a currently approved
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
extension of an information collection must be received on or before
November 29, 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-
[[Page 79529]]
0466 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 Lisa Manning, Ecologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
East West Hwy, Bldg. SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282, Phone: 301-
427-8466 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected
Resources, is sponsoring a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), determinations whether to
list species as endangered or threatened must be based on the best
scientific and commercial data available and after taking into account
those efforts, if any, being made by any State or foreign nation (or
any of their political subdivisions) to protect the particular species.
On March 28, 2003, NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the
``Services'') announced a final policy on the criteria the Services
will use to evaluate certain conservation efforts by States, Tribes,
and other non-Federal entities when making listing determinations under
the ESA (68 FR 15100). The conservation efforts usually involve the
development of a conservation plan or agreement, procedures for
monitoring the effectiveness of the plan or agreement, and an annual
report.
II. Method of Collection
NMFS does not require, but does accept, conservation plans and
reports electronically. NMFS has not developed a form to be used for
submission of plans or reports. In the past, NMFS has made plans and
annual reports from States available through the internet and plans to
continue this practice.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0466.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; State,
Local or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 2,500 hours to complete each agreement
or plan that has the intention of making listing unnecessary; 320 hours
to conduct monitoring for successful agreements; and 80 hours to
prepare a report for successful agreements.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,900.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $100.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: ESA (16 U.S.C. 1533).
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 information collection request. 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. 2024-22370 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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