Notice2021-15560
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Marine Sanctuary Permits
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Published
July 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15560]
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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; National Marine Sanctuary Permits
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 February 19, 2021 (86 FR 10249) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: National Marine Sanctuary Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0141.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 424.
Average Hours per Response: General permits and authorizations, 1
hour and 30 minutes; special use permits, 8 hours; archaeological
research permits, 13 hours; baitfish permits, 40 minutes; permit
amendments and certifications, 30 minutes; voluntary registrations, 15
minutes; appeals, 24 hours; Tortugas access permits, 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2149.25.
Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection by the Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS). ONMS manages national marine sanctuaries
pursuant to the purposes and policies of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (NMSA, 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
National marine sanctuary regulations at 15 CFR part 922 list
specific activities that are prohibited in national marine sanctuaries.
These regulations also state that otherwise prohibited activities may
be conducted if a permit is issued by ONMS. For most types of permits,
persons desiring a permit must submit an application, and anyone
obtaining a permit is generally required to submit one or more reports
on the activity allowed under the permit. The recordkeeping and
reporting requirements at 15 CFR part 922 form the basis for this
collection of information.
This information is required by ONMS to protect and manage
sanctuary resources. The permit application collects information about
the proposed activities, the methods proposed to be used, the potential
effects to sanctuary resources, and information on the regulatory
review criteria at 15 CFR part 922. ONMS uses this information to
evaluate whether the proposed activities are consistent with the
purposes and policies of the NMSA, the purposes for which the sanctuary
was designated, and the implementing regulations at 15 CFR part 922.
Changes to this information collection include revisions to the
permit application and instructions to improve clarity. The estimated
number of permits issued per year also changed from 555 to 424. This is
based on an estimated five additional permits from the designation of
the Mallows Bay-- Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary (84 FR 50736;
Sept. 26, 2019), five additional permits from the designation of
Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS) (86 FR
32737, June 23, 2021); the correction of a mathematical error that
increased the total burden hours for baitfish permits; and a reduction
of 141 permits per year because ONMS is no longer issuing lionfish
removal permits in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Other
revisions made to the application and applicant instructions were to
improve the quality of information initially collected and to make the
permit process more efficient.
Affected Public: Individuals; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1431 et
seq.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0648-0141.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-15560 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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