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Frequency: Recurring during lifespan
of an award on quarterly submission
schedule.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
to receive and maintain CHIPS Act
funding.
Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022
(Division A of Pub. L. 117–167) (the
Act).
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
or the OMB Control Number 0693–
XXXX.
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; Application Forms for
Membership on a National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
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
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. This notice pertains to
a requested revision and extension of
the approved collection of information
for national marine sanctuary advisory
council applications. The purpose of

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this 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 September 30, 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–
0397 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
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 Sage
Riddick, National Advisory Council
Coordinator, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway,
SSMC4, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, MD
20910, (240) 560–3365, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision and
extension of an approved information
collection. Section 315 of the National
Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16
U.S.C. 1445a) allows the Secretary of
Commerce to establish one or more
advisory councils to advise and make
recommendations to the Secretary
regarding the designation and
management of national marine
sanctuaries. Executive Order 13178
(December 4, 2000) similarly established
a Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council
pursuant to the NMSA for the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral
Reef Ecosystem Reserve. Councils are
individually chartered for each site, or
for the sanctuary system, to meet its
specific needs. Once an advisory
council has been chartered, a sanctuary
superintendent starts a process to
recruit members for that council by
providing notice to the public and
requesting interested parties to apply for
the available seat(s) (e.g., Research,
Education) and position(s) (i.e., council
member or alternate). The information
obtained through this application
process will be used to determine the
qualifications of the applicant for
membership on the advisory council.
Two application forms are currently
associated with this information
collection: (a) National Marine
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Application form; and (b) National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Youth Seat Application form.
Application form instructions will
specify requirements imposed upon the
agency when reviewing applicants as
potential council members or alternates.
Questions posed to applicants have
been reviewed and an additional two
questions are being added to solicit
information on eligibility for a potential
stipend program to decrease financial
barriers to joining advisory councils. An
additional section for demographic
questions is also being added to include
the newly updated Statistical Policy
Directive No. 15: Standards for
Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting
Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity and
Recommendations on the Best Practices
for the Collection of Sexual Orientation
and Gender Identity Data on Federal
Statistical Surveys, and to learn more
about our applicants. Existing questions
may be reordered, reworded, and at
times, condensed to improve the
organization of applicant responses and,
thereby, simplify the applicant review
process. We do not believe that such
revisions to the application would
appreciably change the average annual
number of respondents or the reporting
burden for the information requirements
supporting solicitation of new advisory
council members. To request and obtain
a copy of the proposed application
forms without charge, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
II. Method of Collection
Complete applications may be
submitted electronically via email (with
attachments), by mail, online
application, or by facsimile
transmission.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0397.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
900.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,125 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $450.00.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445a).

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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,
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 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; Alaska Saltwater Sportfishing
Economic Survey
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

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impact of our information collection
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 OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before September 30, 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–
0639 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
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 Dr.
Russel Dame, Industry Economist,
NOAA/NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way
NE, Bldg. 4, Seattle, WA 98115–6349,
(206) 526–4432, russel.a.dame@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for reinstatement with
changes of a previously approved
information collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) previously collected survey
data in 2007, 2012, and 2017 for
conducting economic analyses of
marine sport fishing in Alaska. These
surveys were necessary to understand
the factors that affect marine
recreational fishing and its economic
value. Relative to the previously
approved information collection, this
information collection focuses on
collecting data from a subset of the
Alaska saltwater angler population
targeted in previous collections,
specifically all Alaska saltwater anglers
fishing by charter boat rather than all
Alaska saltwater anglers. The focus on
charter anglers excludes anglers who
fish from a private boat or from shore.
The focus on the charter angler
subpopulation is due to that population
being of primary concern for fishery
managers. Charter anglers fishing for
federally-regulated Pacific halibut are
subject to different regulations and
management actions compared with
other Alaska saltwater anglers. Harvest
regulations (e.g., daily bag limits) for the
unguided (non-charter) sector for Pacific
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for decades and are unlikely to change
in the foreseeable future. Charter fishing
for halibut in Alaska, on the other hand,
has experienced a number of important
changes that affect both charter anglers
and the charter fishing businesses
providing charter fishing services. The
proposed data collection is needed to
improve estimates of fishing trip values
and fishing behavior potentially affected
by changes in federal recreational
fisheries off Alaska, including recent
declines in populations of Pacific
halibut and subsequent measures to
manage harvest in the Alaska
recreational charter fishing sector.
Numerous questions in the survey have
been updated to better reflect, and
understand the effects of, recent changes
in Alaska marine recreational fisheries.
The Federal Government is
responsible for the management of the
Pacific halibut sport fishery off Alaska,
while the State of Alaska manages the
salmon sport fisheries (Chinook, coho,
sockeye, chum, and pink), as well as
several other saltwater sport fisheries.
The updated survey’s scope covers
marine sport charter fishing for Pacific
halibut, salmon, and other popular
marine sport species in Alaska (e.g.,
lingcod and rockfish). The data
collected from the survey will be used
to update estimates of the demand for
and value of Pacific halibut fishing to
charter anglers and to analyze how the
type of fish caught, fishery regulations,
and other factors affect fishing values
and anglers’ decisions to participate in
Alaska marine charter fishing activities.
The economic information provided
from the survey will help inform fishery
managers about the economic values of
Alaska marine charter halibut fisheries
and the changes to participation in these
fisheries with proposed regulations.
II. Method of Collection
Data will be collected through a pushto-web survey. A random sample of
sport anglers who have fished in Alaska
via a charter or for-hire boat will be
mailed instructions and a personalized
URL or QR code to access and complete
the password protected web-based
survey. Follow-ups to the initial mailing
will be done to encourage a response
from those who have not completed the
survey. Among the follow-up efforts
will be a postcard reminder, a second
mailing, and a telephone or email
contact with non-responding license
holders for whom we have telephone
numbers or email addresses to
encourage response and gather data for
assessing non-response behavior.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0639.

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