Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants, 12709-12710 [2025-04454]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Barry
Clifford, Branch Chief—Data Processing
and Quality, NOAA Fisheries—Greater
Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office,
(978)–281–9148, barry.clifford@
noaa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for the renewal of an
approved information collection. The
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office (GARFO), under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act (Atlantic
Coastal Act) the New England Fishery
Management Council (the Council) and
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (the Commission) are
responsible for conservation and
management of marine fishery resources
off the east coast. NOAA’s National
Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS)
enacts complementary regulations to
Council and Commission actions.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
that conservation and management
measures must prevent overfishing
while achieving, on a continuing basis,
the optimum yield from each fishery.
These measures must be based on the
best scientific information available.
The Atlantic Coastal Act oversees
coastal fishery resources that migrate, or
are widely distributed, across the
jurisdictional boundaries of two or more
of the Atlantic States and Federal
Government.
The use of vessel logbooks are
essential tools in the management of
fishery resources. Section 303(a)(5) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifically
identifies the kinds of data to be
collected for fishery management plans
(FMPs), and the GARFO obtains much
of this data through the logbooks, a web
application, and vessel monitoring
system (VMS) (which is approved under
the 0648–0212 information collection)
data. Logbooks are also known as Vessel
Trip Reports (VTRs).
International, federal, state, and local
fishery management authorities
recognize the value of logbook data and
use the data as a part of their
management systems. Resulting data are
used by economists, biologists, and
managers to develop, monitor, and
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enforce controls on fishery harvests.
Mandatory logbook reporting
requirements are applied to all vessels
permitted under the Atlantic mackerel,
squid, butterfish, Atlantic sea scallop,
Atlantic surf clam, ocean quahog,
Northeast (NE) multispecies, monkfish,
summer flounder, scup, black sea bass,
Atlantic bluefish, spiny dogfish,
Atlantic herring, tilefish, red crab, skate,
and American lobster FMPs. If a vessel
is permitted in more than one of these
fisheries, only one report needs to be
submitted to fulfill reporting
requirements for all species.
The information collected using
logbooks will be used by several offices
of NMFS, the U.S. Coast Guard, the
Councils and Commission, and state
fishery agencies. The information is
used to develop, implement, and
monitor fishery management strategies.
Logbook data serve as inputs for a
variety of uses, including biological
analyses and stock assessments,
regulatory impact analyses, quota
allocation selections and monitoring,
economic profitability profiles, trade
and import tariff decisions, allocation of
grant funds among states, and analysis
of ecological interactions among
species. Additionally, the data serve and
important means to facilitate
enforcement and mitigate the impacts of
interactions between fixed fishing gear
and endangered whales. NMFS would
be unable to fulfill the majority of its
scientific research and fishery
management missions without these
data.
II. Method of Collection
Data is collected electronically using
software applications submitted over
the internet.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0212.
Form Number(s): 88–30, 88–140.
Type of Review: Regular Submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,927.
Estimated Time per Response: Vessel
Trip Reports: VTRs are estimated at 4
minutes per response. Lobster VTRs
estimated at 5 minutes per response.
Shellfish VTR estimated at 4 minutes
per response. Fish Online web
application estimated at 4 minutes per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,154 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
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Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act.
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,
Departmental PRA Compliance 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; Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants
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
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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 August 16,
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: Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 10
hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,360.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
renewal of a currently approved
information collection through the
Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants
(Questionnaire). This Questionnaire is
used by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to
collect information about proposed
activities for the purpose of complying
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (‘‘NEPA,’’ 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
and other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed
activities. NEPA requires federal
agencies to complete an environmental
analysis for all major federal actions,
including funding non-federal activities
through federal financial assistance
awards where federal participation in
the funded activity is expected to be
significant. The Questionnaire is used in
conjunction with NOAA Notices of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific
questions to which an applicant must
respond in one of three ways: (1) the
applicable questions are inserted
directly into the NOFO with reference to
the OMB Approval Number (0648–0538)
for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify
which questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant
must answer, with the entire OMBapproved Questionnaire attached to the
NOFO; or (3) applicants to be
recommended for funding will be
required to answer relevant questions
from the Questionnaire. The federal
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program officer will determine which
questions are relevant to each specific
applicant. Answers must be provided
before the application can be submitted
for final funding approval. This
Questionnaire has been not revised
since 2021.
NOAA increased the anticipated
burden response time to complete the
questionnaire based on feedback from
recent respondents. Respondents
indicated that a burden of 10 hours
more accurately reflected the true
response time compared to the
previously cited 3 hours per response.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 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 0648–0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold a webinar,
which is open to the public.
The online meeting will be held
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 8:30 a.m.
to 12 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time or
until business for the day is completed.
DATES:
This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements, will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
pcouncil.org) or contact him at (503)
820–2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2409.
The
purpose of this HMSAS webinar is to
discuss relevant topics on the Pacific
Council’s April 2025 meeting agenda
and potentially prepare supplemental
reports for these items.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XE781]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
pcouncil.org; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 14, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
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; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants
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
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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
August 16, 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: Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 10 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,360.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a renewal of a currently
approved information collection through the Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants (Questionnaire). This
Questionnaire is used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to collect information about proposed activities
for the purpose of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act
(``NEPA,'' 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed activities. NEPA requires federal
agencies to complete an environmental analysis for all major federal
actions, including funding non-federal activities through federal
financial assistance awards where federal participation in the funded
activity is expected to be significant. The Questionnaire is used in
conjunction with NOAA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific questions to which an applicant
must respond in one of three ways: (1) the applicable questions are
inserted directly into the NOFO with reference to the OMB Approval
Number (0648-0538) for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify which
questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant must answer, with the entire OMB-
approved Questionnaire attached to the NOFO; or (3) applicants to be
recommended for funding will be required to answer relevant questions
from the Questionnaire. The federal program officer will determine
which questions are relevant to each specific applicant. Answers must
be provided before the application can be submitted for final funding
approval. This Questionnaire has been not revised since 2021.
NOAA increased the anticipated burden response time to complete the
questionnaire based on feedback from recent respondents. Respondents
indicated that a burden of 10 hours more accurately reflected the true
response time compared to the previously cited 3 hours per response.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321
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 0648-0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-04454 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-12-P
