Sea Grant Program Application Requirements for Grants, for Sea Grant Fellowships, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, and for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Sea Grant I

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form NOAA 90-1 Sea Grant Program Control Form - Institutions and individuals Form and Instruction	Modified
Form NOAA 90-4 Sea Grant Program Budget - institutions and individuals Form	Modified
Form NOAA 90-2 Sea Grant Program Project Record form - institutions Form and Instruction	Modified
0362 30d frn 122217_60704.pdf Supplementary Document	2017-12-22
0362 FRN pub 082517_40563.pdf Supplementary Document	2017-12-22
2017 PRA comments received and responses.xlsx Supplementary Document	2017-12-21
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES 2018.docx Supplementary Document	2017-12-21
0362 rev_ext ss 121517.docx Supporting Statement A	2017-12-21

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
4366	Sea Grant Program Control Form - Institutions and individuals Form and Instruction	Modified
183784	Sea Grant Fellowship Application Instruction	Modified
183783	Application for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Regional Consortium Instruction	Unchanged
183781	Sea Grant Program Budget - institutions and individuals Form	Modified
183779	Sea Grant Program Project Record form - institutions Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0362	ICR Reference No: 201712-0648-006
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201410-0648-014
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Sea Grant Program Application Requirements for Grants, for Sea Grant Fellowships, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, and for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Sea Grant I
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/15/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/22/2017
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2021	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2018
Responses	2,091	0	2,091
Time Burden (Hours)	879	0	857
Cost Burden (Dollars)	998	0	998

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Abstract: Applications are required for the designation of a public or private institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency as a Sea Grant college or Sea Grant institution. Applications are also required in order to be awarded a Sea Grant Fellowship, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Grant monies are available for funding activities that help attain the objectives of the Sea Grant Program. In addition to the SF-424 and other standard grant application requirements, up to three additional forms are required with a grant application. These are the 90-1 Sea Grant Control Form, used to identify the organizations and personnel who would be involved in the grant; the 90-2 Project Summary Form, which collects summary data on projects; and the 90-4 Sea Grant Budget Form, which provides more budget detail than the SF-424A.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 33 USC 1121 - 1131 Name of Law: Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 40563	08/25/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 60704	12/22/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 5

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Sea Grant Program Project Record form - institutions	NOAA 90-2, 90-2	Sea Grant Program Project Record Form ,   Project Summary SHORT form
Sea Grant Program Budget - institutions and individuals	NOAA 90-4, 90-4	Sea Grant Program Budget Form ,   Budget form in WORD
Sea Grant Program Control Form - Institutions and individuals	NOAA 90-1	Sea Grant Control.
Application for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Regional Consortium
Sea Grant Fellowship Application

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	2,091	2,091	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	879	857	0	22	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	998	998	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Program changes: Making the 90-2 form easier to use by removing non-required questions, and automating the summation of certain fields in the 90-4 form so the respondent doesn't have to calculate and fill them out, are estimated to save about 600 minutes in reporting burden. Adding one new question to the 90-2 form to meet a NOAA reporting requirement, and requesting semi-quantitative information about project topic areas from a small number of respondents to better characterize those projects (where before we only asked what topic areas applied), are estimated to add about 1300 minutes of reporting burden. The net result is an increase of 2 minutes for the form, or a total of 22 hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $95,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 12/22/2017

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