Notice2024-25677
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard Solicitation for Revisions
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Published
November 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87858-87859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25677]
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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; Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Solicitation for Revisions
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 26, 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: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Solicitation for Revisions.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0799.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 100.
Average Hours Per Response: 1.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Needs and Uses: NOAA's Office of Coastal Management (OCM) is
proposing a renewal of the information collection that allows
interested parties to submit requests for revisions to update the
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS). CMECS
was approved by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) in August
2012 and provides a national standard for consistent descriptions of
coastal and marine ecological features. The primary uses of CMECS are
in mapping and classifying the geological, physical, biological, and
chemical components of the environment. Among other applications, the
CMECS framework can be used to integrate data from disparate sources,
facilitate comparisons among sites, and organize data for regional
assessment. Since its publication in 2012, the CMECS has been used to
characterize habitats ranging from coastal wetlands
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and estuaries to the deep ocean and at local to global scales. Benefits
of CMECS include: data collected by different sensors and methods can
be integrated into a single database; all the physical, biological, and
chemical-forcing functions that collectively determine a habitat type
can be captured; and the system has the flexibility to accommodate new
units as additional information becomes available.
The CMECS was developed as a dynamic standard to allow periodic
revisions to continue to meet the needs of the user community and as
such, the CMECS can be updated to accommodate the requirements of
evolving scientific practices, technology, and coastal and marine
resource management. The review process allows the CMECS to retain its
consistency, credibility, and rigor through periodic reviews and an
orderly, authoritative, and transparent updating process as required by
the Federal Geographic Data Committee. Anyone can propose changes,
which can include minor edits, such as grammatical or typographical
corrections, clarifications of definitions and meaning, or more
substantial changes to the hierarchy within components. The CMECS
Implementation Group, through the Office for Coastal Management, has
determined it is necessary to initiate the dynamic standard process to
revise the CMECS. We are soliciting recommendations for revisions to
the CMECS through a form to be posted on the CMECS website. All
recommendations collected will be reviewed and revisions will be made
to the CMECS to reflect those recommendations found to be valuable for
implementation of the CMECS and supportive of the user community needs.
Affected Public: Coastal scientists and managers throughout the
United States responsible for characterization of coastal and marine
habitats or ecosystems more broadly. This may include academia; non-
governmental organizations; State, Local or Tribal government; Federal
government; and for profit environmental support businesses.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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 0648-0799.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-25677 Filed 11-4-24; 8:45 am]
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