Notice2023-17375
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for NOAA Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Projects
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Published
August 14, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55014-55015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17375]
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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; Generic Clearance for NOAA Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing
Projects
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 August 26, 2022 (87 FR 52511) 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: Generic Clearance for NOAA Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing
Projects.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (a new collection).
Total anticipated respondents: 672,000.
Average Minutes per Response: 9.3.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3.5 million.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a new generic clearance for
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) citizen science
and crowdsourcing (CSC) projects, which require OMB approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. Once approved, this clearance will allow NOAA
to:
1. Increase its ability be responsive to the Citizen Science and
Crowdsourcing Act (15 U.S.C. 3724), as well as the other laws,
Executive Orders (EOs) and Federal policies or plans, which authorize
and/or support NOAA's CSC Projects;
2. Come into compliance with the PRA more rapidly and efficiently;
and, therefore.
3. Obtain additional scientific information and be able to continue
to use previously obtained scientific information that support its
mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, ocean,
and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to
conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
NOAA relies on scientific information. CSC projects allow NOAA to
collect qualitative and quantitative data that help inform scientific
research and monitoring, validate models or tools, support STEM
learning, and enhance the quantity and quality of data collected to
support NOAA's mission. NOAA would use the information gathered under
this generic clearance to support the activities listed above and that
might provide unprecedented avenues for conducting breakthrough
research.
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The information collected under this generic clearance would be
from voluntary participants who actively seek to participate on their
own initiative through an open and transparent process (NOAA would not
require participation and often would not select participants) and the
data would be available to support the scientific research (including
assessments, tools, models, etc.) of NOAA and its partners. Its
partners include states, tribal or local entities, business or other
for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit institutions or
organizations. In collaborating with other federal agencies and/or non-
federal entities, NOAA could sponsor citizen science or crowdsourcing
projects to collect information that supports its mission.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government; Federal government; and Farms.
Frequency: Ongoing with an average of about 33 responses per
respondent each year.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act; 16 U.S.
Code 742f(c); DOC's DAO 202-311; Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (CGSA);
Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA); Digital Coast Act (DAC); Endangered
Species Act (ESA); Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control
Act (HABHRCA); Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(MSA); Marine Debris Act (MDA); Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA);
National Environmental Education Act (NEEA); National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA); National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA); Ocean and
Coastal Mapping Integration Act (OCMIA); Organic Act of 1890 (OA);
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (WRFIA); 15 U.S.C. ch.
9: (National Weather Service).
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 Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-17375 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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