Notice2025-04454
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12709-12710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04454]
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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; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity 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
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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 16, 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: Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal
Funding Opportunity Applicants.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 10 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,360.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a renewal of a currently
approved information collection through the Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Funding Opportunity 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 et seq.) 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 not revised since 2021.
NOAA increased the anticipated burden response time to complete the
questionnaire based on feedback from recent respondents. Respondents
indicated that a burden of 10 hours more accurately reflected the true
response time compared to the previously cited 3 hours per response.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321
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 0648-0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-04454 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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