Notice2022-04353
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Southwest Fisheries Science Center Sea Turtle Sightings
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Published
March 2, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04353]
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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; Southwest Fisheries Science Center Sea Turtle Sightings
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 during a 60-day comment period on December 6, 2021.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Commerce.
Title: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Sea Turtle Sightings.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular. New information collection.
Number of Respondents: 132.
Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 11 hours.
Needs and Uses: NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)
is sponsoring a new information collection under the Endangered Species
Act for the purpose of collecting data on West Coast sea turtle
sightings from members of the public. The data collected would include:
Date of the sighting, time of the sighting, sea turtle species (if
known), behavior, estimated size, geographic location, photos (if
taken), and the public respondent's email address (used to ask follow-
up questions if necessary). This information would be used by the
SWFSC's Marine Turtle Ecology & Assessment Program to monitor the
distribution and timing of sea turtle occurrence along the U.S. West
Coast, which will accordingly support its mission to conserve and
protect threatened and endangered sea turtle populations.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act.
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 the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-04353 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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