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NWS specifically, cannot determine if it
has met its mission of saving lives and
property, propose societal impact
performance metrics, nor demonstrate if
progress or improvements have been
made, as outlined in the Weather
Research and Forecasting Innovation
Act of 2017. This effort aims to advance
the Tornado Warning Improvement and
Extension Program (TWIEP)’s goal to
‘‘reduce the loss of life and economic
losses from tornadoes through the
development and extension of accurate,
effective, and timely tornado forecasts,
predictions, and warnings, including
the prediction of tornadoes beyond one
hour in advance (Pub. L. 115–25)’’. This
work addresses NOAA’s 5-year Research
and Development Vision Areas (2020–
2026) Section 1.4 (FACETs). The
Weather and Society Survey also
advances the findings of the National
Academy of Science 2012 report,
‘‘Assessment of the NWS Modernization
Program’’, in reference to NWS’ ‘‘chain
of events associated with a tornado
warning’’ (p52). This effort also
advances the NWS Strategic Plan (2019–
2022) ‘‘Transformative Impact-Based
Decision Support Services (IDSS) and
Research to Operations and Operations
to Research (R2O/O2R).’’ Furthermore,
the Survey furthers the NWS Weather
Ready Nation (WRN) Roadmap (2013)
Sections 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.8, and
3.1.4.
This information would be collected
at the Cooperative Institute for
Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
(CIMMS) and the University of
Oklahoma’s Center for Risk and Crisis
Management (CRCM), who has
developed data collection instruments
that would allow for more routine and
longitudinal data collection, as the data
will be collected on an annual basis.
Furthermore, this team has developed
interactive ‘‘dashboards’’, or tools, to
visualize the aggregated data.
Respondents include adults (age 18+)
who reside in the United States,
recruited by survey companies that
maintain large panels of people who
sign up to complete internet surveys,
such as Qualtrics and Survey Sampling
International. Respondents will be
asked questions about the ways they
have received, interpreted, and
responded to NWS information,
forecasts, and warnings for severe,
tropical, and winter weather hazards.
Questions about preparedness for
specific hazards such as heat waves,
tornadoes, and drought may also be
included. This data collection serves
many purposes, including gaining a
better understanding of how key factors
within a given population, or
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and across different groups; the ability
to detect gradual trends or abrupt
changes in those factors over time or in
response to particular events; and the
potential to explore possible
correlations and causal relationships
with other observed variables of
interest. These data will be used by the
OSTI in NWS to develop a baseline and
performance metrics to improve the
information and services it provides and
to help members of the weather
enterprise answer basic questions about
the people in the communities they
serve, which is a necessary step towards
customizing and improving risk
communication, education, and
decision support to meet the
characteristics of the community,
including those in vulnerable
populations. The information collected
will help identify differences and best
practices between communities and
assist NWS in developing new
education and risk communication
strategies. The survey data and its
associated dashboard will serve as
interactive tools to allow NWS
forecasters, partners, and policymakers
to access and explore data for training
and performance evaluation purposes.
II. Method of Collection
The primary method of data
collection will be a web-based survey
interface. Specific questions in the
surveys determine how members of the
U.S. public receive, comprehend, and
respond to severe, tropical, and winter
weather related information.
Furthermore, these survey items will be
translated to Spanish.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (New
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes each for the Severe Weather
Survey, Tropical Weather Survey, and
Winter Weather Survey.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: None.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. Ch. 111,
Weather Research and Forecasting
Information.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
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information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; High Seas Fishing Permit
Application, Logbook Reporting and
Vessel Marking
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this

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notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before October 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0304 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Christopher Rogers, Chief, International
Fisheries Division, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), at 1315 East-West
Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone:
301–427–8350 or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The NMFS Office of International
Affairs and Seafood Inspection collects
information about United States (U.S.)
vessels that fish on the high seas (waters
beyond the U.S. exclusive economic
zone). Such vessels are required to
possess a fishing permit issued under
the authority of the High Seas Fishing
Compliance Act (HSFCA). Applicants
for this permit must submit information
(including a photo) to identify their
vessels, and about owners and operators
of the vessels, and intended fishing
areas and fishing gear. The information
submitted on the application is used to
process permits and to maintain a
register of U.S. vessels authorized to fish
on the high seas.
Implementing regulations for the
HSFCA also require vessels be marked
for identification and enforcement
purposes. Vessels must be marked in
three locations (port and starboard sides
of the deckhouse or hull, and on a
weatherdeck) with their official number
or radio call sign. Additional regulatory
requirements include reporting on
fishing activities and transshipments,
notification of fishing trips for
embarking observers (if selected), and
operating a vessel monitoring system
including power up and power down
notifications. Finally, vessel operators
may make requests for NMFS to
authorize new fisheries (fishing gear,
fishing area, target species) for U.S.
vessels operating on the high seas.

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These requirements apply to all U.S.
vessels fishing on the high seas.
Information on U.S. high seas fishing
catch and effort is reported to the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations as authorized under the
HSFCA.
II. Method of Collection
Owners or operators of high seas
fishing vessels must submit electronic
permit applications (including vessel
photo) via the NMFS online permitting
system. Vessel operators submit logbook
pages/transshipment notices/
declarations to NMFS by email.
Notifications for observer coverage and
power down/power up of vessel
monitoring systems are submitted via
email. Requests for authorizing new
fisheries on the high seas are submitted
via letter/email. No information is
submitted for the vessel marking
requirement. The markings are only
displayed on the vessel.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0304.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes per electronic vessel permit
application including uploading a
vessel photograph; for logbook reports,
6 minutes per day for days fish are
caught, 1 minute per day for days when
fish are not caught; 45 minutes (15
minutes for each of 3 locations) for
vessel markings; 5 minutes for advance
notices of transshipment and 10
minutes for transshipment reports; 5
minutes for power up/power down
notifications for enhanced mobile
transceiver units; 5 minutes to notify
NMFS of a fishing trip to allow for
observer coverage; and 30 minutes to
prepare/submit requests to authorize a
new fishery on the high seas.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 302.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $162,919.
Respondent’s obligation: Mandatory
(voluntary for new fishery authorization
requests).
Legal Authority: HSFCA (Pub. L. 104–
43) codified at 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
allow the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
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the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Geophysical Surveys
Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the
Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letter of
Authorization.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
Regulations for Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Geophysical
Surveys Related to Oil and Gas
Activities in the Gulf of Mexico,
notification is hereby given that a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) has been issued
to Telesis Geophysical Services, LLC

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