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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 138 / Thursday, July 22, 2021 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Marine Sanctuary
Permits
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 February 19,
2021 (86 FR 10249) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: National Marine Sanctuary
Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0141.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 424.
Average Hours per Response: General
permits and authorizations, 1 hour and
30 minutes; special use permits, 8
hours; archaeological research permits,
13 hours; baitfish permits, 40 minutes;
permit amendments and certifications,
30 minutes; voluntary registrations, 15
minutes; appeals, 24 hours; Tortugas
access permits, 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2149.25.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection by the
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
(ONMS). ONMS manages national
marine sanctuaries pursuant to the
purposes and policies of the National
Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA, 16
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
National marine sanctuary regulations
at 15 CFR part 922 list specific activities
that are prohibited in national marine
sanctuaries. These regulations also state
that otherwise prohibited activities may
be conducted if a permit is issued by
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persons desiring a permit must submit
an application, and anyone obtaining a
permit is generally required to submit
one or more reports on the activity
allowed under the permit. The
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 15 CFR part 922 form
the basis for this collection of
information.
This information is required by
ONMS to protect and manage sanctuary
resources. The permit application
collects information about the proposed
activities, the methods proposed to be
used, the potential effects to sanctuary
resources, and information on the
regulatory review criteria at 15 CFR part
922. ONMS uses this information to
evaluate whether the proposed activities
are consistent with the purposes and
policies of the NMSA, the purposes for
which the sanctuary was designated,
and the implementing regulations at 15
CFR part 922.
Changes to this information collection
include revisions to the permit
application and instructions to improve
clarity. The estimated number of
permits issued per year also changed
from 555 to 424. This is based on an
estimated five additional permits from
the designation of the Mallows Bay—
Potomac River National Marine
Sanctuary (84 FR 50736; Sept. 26, 2019),
five additional permits from the
designation of Wisconsin Shipwreck
Coast National Marine Sanctuary
(WSCNMS) (86 FR 32737, June 23,
2021); the correction of a mathematical
error that increased the total burden
hours for baitfish permits; and a
reduction of 141 permits per year
because ONMS is no longer issuing
lionfish removal permits in Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary. Other
revisions made to the application and
applicant instructions were to improve
the quality of information initially
collected and to make the permit
process more efficient.
Affected Public: Individuals; Business
or other for-profit organizations; Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Marine
Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
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

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following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. 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 0648–0141.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Seattle
Multimodal Project at Colman Dock in
Washington State
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of Renewal
incidental harassment authorization.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued a Renewal
incidental harassment authorization
(IHA) to the Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
to incidentally harass, by Level B
harassment only, marine mammals
incidental to construction activities
associated with the Seattle Multimodal
Project at Colman Dock in Seattle,
Washington State.
DATES: This Renewal IHA is valid from
August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Fowler, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the original
application, Renewal request, and
supporting documents (including NMFS
Federal Register notices of the original
proposed and final authorizations, and
the previous IHA), as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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