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2024, NAIAC Meeting Comments’’ to
[email protected] by 5 p.m. eastern Time,
Tuesday, February 20, 2024. NIST will
not accept comments accompanied by a
request that part or all of the comment
be treated confidentially because of its
business proprietary nature or for any
other reason. Therefore, do not submit
confidential business information or
otherwise sensitive, protected, or
personal information, such as account
numbers, Social Security numbers, or
names of other individuals.
Virtual Admittance Instructions: The
meeting will be broadcast virtually via
web conference. Registration is required
to view the web conference. Instructions
to register will be made available on
NAIAC Meeting Information website.
Registration will remain open until the
conclusion of the meeting.
In-Person Admittance Instruction:
Limited space is available on a firstcome, first-served basis for anyone who
wishes to attend in person. Registration
is required for in-person attendance.
Registration details will be posted at
NAIAC Meeting Information website.
Registration for in-person attendance
will close at 5 p.m. eastern time on
Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Assessing Public
Preferences and Values To Support
Coastal and Marine Management
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 August 25,
2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
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Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Assessing Public Preferences
and Values to Support Coastal and
Marine Management.
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Number of Respondents: Focus
groups: 96; Surveys: 6,282.
Average Hours per Response: Focus
groups: 1 hour; Surveys: 12 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,528.48.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection, which will
include focus groups and pre-test to
help guide revisions necessary to the
survey instrument, to directly support
decision-makers with the National
Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The
proposed data collection involves
surveying randomly selected residents
(aged 18 years and older) from
households in counties surrounding the
NERRs. The purpose of this information
collection is to obtain data on the
opinions, values, attitudes, and
behaviors of visitors to NOS-special
places, as well as residents from
surrounding areas. The initial surveys
will be conducted for the Chesapeake
Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR–VA),
Weeks Bay NERR (WBNERR), and
Grand Bay NERR (GNDNERR), and the
survey will be repeated regularly in
other NERRs based on information
needs and budget.
The NERRS is a Federal-State
partnership program for the
stewardship, education, and research of
unique estuarine sites. This data
collection supports the NERRS’ vision
of establishing healthy estuaries and
coastal watersheds where human and
ecological communities thrive. The
NERRS has identified five priority
research areas, including a focus on
social science and economic processes
within each NERR site. However,
limited data exist characterizing
stakeholder activities, attitudes,
knowledge, and preferences, including
their spatial aspects. Gathering such
data is essential for effective
management of stakeholder groups,
regulatory proposals, and resource
management decisions.
Designated in 1986, WBNERR is
located along the eastern shore of
Mobile Bay in Baldwin County,
Alabama. CBNERR–VA, designated in
1991, comprises four reserve sites
within the York River in the southern
Chesapeake Bay subregion. Finally,
GNDNERR was established in 1999 and
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Complex along the Mississippi-Alabama
state line in Jackson County,
Mississippi. All three NERRS prioritize
public access and responsible use to
protect ecosystems, identifying public
sites, minimizing conflicts, and
evaluating visitor use. Therefore,
information is needed on who uses
these NERR sites, their motivations,
management preferences, and why some
do not visit. This data supports
conservation and management goals,
strengthens decision-making, increases
capacity, and extends education and
outreach. It is also required by NOAA to
meet objectives related to ocean and
coastal planning and management. The
data benefits state and local officials as
well.
NOAA’s mission is to provide
science, service and stewardship for,
among other activities, management of
the nation’s oceans and coasts. NOAA
supports ‘‘comprehensive ocean and
coastal planning and management’’ in
order to facilitate use of oceans and
coasts, while also ensuring ‘‘continued
access to coastal areas, sustained
ecosystems, maintained cultural
heritage, and limited cumulative
impacts.’’ NOAA is subject to and
supports mandates of the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C.
1452 (303)(2)(D)), which encourages the
wise use of coastal resources, including
energy activity. The CZMA also
encourages the inclusion and
participation of the public in carrying
out the tenets of the act (16 U.S.C. 1452
(303)(4)). The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1502.6)
mandates federal agencies to use social
science data to assess the impacts of
federal actions on the human
environment. Consequently, up-to-date
sociological data is needed to support
federal agency obligations under each of
these acts.
Finally, NOAA is responding to
Executive Orders 13707 and 13985.
Executive Order 13707, Using
Behavioral Science Insights to Better
Serve the American People, requests
federal agencies to, among other actions:
‘‘identify policies, programs, and
operations where applying behavioral
science insights may yield substantial
improvements in public welfare,
program outcomes, and program cost
effectiveness’’ and ‘‘develop strategies
for applying behavioral science insights
to programs and, where possible,
rigorously test and evaluate the impact
of these insights.’’ Executive Order
13985, On Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities
Through the Federal Government,
requires the federal government to
allocate resources ‘‘in a manner that

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increases investment in underserved
communities, as well as individuals
from those communities.’’
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: This is a one-time
information collection for this region,
although the collection may be
deployed to other regions in the future.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C.
1452 (303)(2)(D)), National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1502.6).
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
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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; Transshipment Requirements
Under the Commission for the
Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
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AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

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requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before April 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0649 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 Emily
Reynolds, Fishery Policy Analyst,
NOAA Fisheries, 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Bldg. #176, Honolulu, HI 96818, (808)–
725–5039, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection. National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) has issued regulations
under authority of the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the
obligations of the United States under
the Convention on the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (Convention), including
implementing the decisions of the
Commission for the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission).
The regulations include requirements
for the owners and operators of U.S.
vessels to: (1) complete and submit a
Pacific Transshipment Declaration form
for each transshipment that takes place
in the area of application of the
Convention (Convention Area) of highly
migratory species caught in the
Convention Area, (2) submit notice to
the WCPFC Executive Director
containing specific information at least
36 hours prior to each transshipment on
the high seas in the Convention Area,
(3) in the event that a vessel anticipates
a transshipment where an observer is
required, provide notice to NMFS at
least 72 hours before leaving port of the
need for an observer, (4) complete and
submit a U.S. Purse Seine Discard form
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submit daily purse seine fishing effort
reports; (6) submit a notice to a contact
designated by NMFS in the event of a
serious illness, assault, harassment,
intimidation or threat to a WCPFC
observer; and (7) submit notice to obtain
a WCPFC observer for a purse seine
vessel departing from American Samoa.
The information collected from these
requirements is used by NOAA and the
Commission to help ensure compliance
with domestic laws and the
Commission’s conservation and
management measures, and are
necessary in order for the United States
to satisfy its obligations under the
Convention. There are no changes to
this collection.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must submit some of the
information by mail or in person via
paper forms and must submit other
information electronically by fax or
email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0649.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
203.
Estimated Time per Response:
Transshipment Report: 60 minutes;
Notice for Transshipment: 15 minutes;
Pre-trip Notification for Observer
Placement: 1 minute; Purse Seine
Discard Report: 30 minutes; Purse Seine
Fishing Activity Information: 10
minutes; Observer Safety Notification: 5
minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Purse
Seine Vessels requesting a WCPFC
observer: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 959.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $5,494.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
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,

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