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distribution and timing of sea turtle
occurrence along the U.S. West Coast,
which will accordingly support its
mission to conserve and protect
threatened and endangered sea turtle
populations. In the future, the SWFSC
plans to merge this collection with a
broader information collection that will
encompass all NOAA Citizen Science
projects.
II. Method of Collection
Sea turtle sightings information
would be collected on an opportunistic
and voluntary basis via a fillable
questionnaire posted on the SWFSC’s
website. A QR code will be printed on
multiple NOAA sea turtle outreach
materials (e.g., brochures) to direct the
public to this website. In the future, the
SWFSC may expand data collection to
the iNaturalist mobile application.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(new information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Approximately 132 submissions per
year (one respondent could report
multiple sea turtle sightings).
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: There will be no cost to the
public.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Endangered Species
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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
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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; Economic Surveys of the
Commercial and Charter Fishing
Sectors of Federally Managed
Fisheries
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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. 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 February 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. 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. Joe
Terry, Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East-West Hwy., Bldg.
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(858) 454 –2547, joe.terry@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The Office of Science and Technology
is sponsoring this collection. Economic
surveys will be conducted for the
commercial and charter fishing sectors
of federally managed fisheries of the
United States.
The requested information will
include different components of
operating costs/expenditures, earnings,
employment, ownership, vessel
characteristics, effort/gear descriptors,
employment, and demographic
information. The information will be
collected from the owners and operators
of fishing vessels that participated in the
commercial and/or charter fishing
sectors, where the vessels that
participated in the charter sector
include guide boats, 6-pack boats,
charter boats, commercial passenger
fishing vessels, and party/head boats.
A variety of laws, Executive Orders
(E.O.s), and NOAA Fisheries strategies
and policies include requirements for
economic data and the analyses they
support. When met adequately, those
requirements allow better-informed
conservation and management decisions
on the use of living marine resources
and marine habitat in federally managed
fisheries. Obtaining these data improves
the ability of NOAA Fisheries and the
Regional Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) to monitor, explain and
predict changes in the economic
performance and impacts of federally
managed fisheries. Measures of
economic performance include costs,
earnings, and profitability (net revenue);
productivity and economic efficiency;
capacity; economic stability; the level
and distribution of net economic
benefits to society; and market power.
The economic impacts include sector,
community or region-specific and
national employment, sales, valueadded, and income impacts. Economic
data are required to support more than
a cursory effort to comply with or
support the following laws, E.O.s, and
NOAA Fisheries strategies and policies:
1. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA)
2. The Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA)
3. The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
4. The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA)
5. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
6. E.O. 12866 (Regulatory Planning and
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7. E.O. 13771 (Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs)
8. E.O. 12898 (Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and LowIncome Populations)
9. E.O. 13840 (Ocean Policy to Advance
the Economic, Security, and
Environmental Interests of the
United States)
10. The NOAA Fisheries Guidelines for
Economic Reviews of Regulatory
Actions
11. The NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan
2019–2022 (Strategic Plan)
12. The NOAA Fisheries EcosystemBased Fishery Management (EBFM)
Road Map
13. The NOAA Fisheries National
Bycatch Reduction Strategy
14. NOAA’s Catch Share Policy
Data collections will focus each year
on a different set of fisheries. This cycle
of data collection will facilitate
economic data being available and
updated for all federally managed
fisheries.
There will be an effort to coordinate
the data collections in order to reduce
the additional burden for those who
participate in multiple fisheries. To
further reduce the burden, the requested
information for a specific fishery will be
limited to that which is not available
from other sources. Participation in
these data collections will be voluntary.
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by
mail, internet, phone, video call, and inperson interviews. Where feasible,
survey respondents will have the option
to respond to an on-line survey. If
phone and in-person interviews are not
feasible or not desired by the potential
respondents, the information will be
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (a
new collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households and business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,052.
Estimated Time per Response: 55
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,464.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
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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 Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Broadband Grant Programs Public
Virtual Listening Sessions
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meetings.
AGENCY:

The National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) will host
broadband grant program public virtual
listening sessions in connection with
the five new broadband grant programs
authorized and funded by the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:
The Broadband Equity, Access, and
Deployment Program; the Enabling
Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure
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Programs, which include the State
Digital Equity Planning Grant Program,
State Digital Equity Capacity Grant
Program, and Digital Equity Competitive
Grant Program. These public virtual
listening sessions are designed to collect
stakeholder input to help inform
program development and
implementation.
DATES: NTIA will hold the public virtual
listening sessions based on the
following schedule:
1. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act Broadband Programs Public Virtual
Listening Session #1: Wednesday,
December 15, 2021, from 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (ET);
2. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act Broadband Programs Public Virtual
Listening Session #2: Wednesday,
January 12, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m.
ET;
3. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act Broadband Programs Public Virtual
Listening Session #3: Wednesday,
January 26, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m.
ET;
4. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act Broadband Programs Public Virtual
Listening Session #4: Wednesday,
February 9, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m.
ET; and
5. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act Broadband Programs Public Virtual
Listening Session #5: Wednesday,
February 23, 2022, from 2:30–4:00 p.m.
ET.
ADDRESSES: These listening sessions
will be hosted via NTIA’s virtual
platform and conducted as a live public
listening session. NTIA will post the
registration information on its
BroadbandUSA website at https://
broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/
latest-events.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maci Morin, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 4872, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4884;
email: BroadbandForAll@ntia.gov.
Please direct media inquiries to NTIA’s
Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002;
email press@ntia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Pub. L. 117–58) authorized and funded
five new broadband grant programs to
be administered by NTIA: The
Broadband Equity, Access, and
Deployment Program; the Enabling
Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure
Program; and the Digital Equity Act
Programs, which include the State
Digital Equity Planning Grant Program,
State Digital Equity Capacity Grant

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