Notice2021-20486
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants
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Published
September 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52642-52643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20486]
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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; Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance 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 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 June 8, 2021 (86 FR 30445) during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants.
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OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [Revision and extension of a current
information collection.].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,208 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection through the Environmental
Compliance Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance 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. 4321-4370) 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 revised to (1) remove repetitive
questions; (2) revise specific questions to use plain language; and (3)
add 18 new questions that would be helpful to a wider range of NOAA
programs.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government.
Frequency: Required when responding to a NOFO.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321-
4370).
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 0648-0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-20486 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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