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households; State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1387 Sec.
118.
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 Information
Collection Request. 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; Green Sturgeon 4(d) Rule
Take Exceptions and Exemptions
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. 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 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0613 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 Susan
Wang, Fishery Biologist, NMFS West
Coast Region, 501 West Ocean
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802, Susan.Wang@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension,
without change, of a currently approved
information collection.
Section 4(d) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA) authorizes
the Secretary of Commerce to adopt
regulations determined to be necessary
and advisable for the conservation of
species listed as threatened. Such
regulations may include any or all of the
prohibitions described in section 9(a)(1)
of the ESA. As the agency with
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green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris;
hereafter, ‘‘Southern DPS’’), the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA’s) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
determined that protective regulations
(a ‘‘4(d) rule’’) are necessary and
advisable for the conservation of the
Southern DPS after it was listed as a
threatened species in April 2006.
Protective regulations under section 4(d)
of the ESA were promulgated for the
species on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30714)
(the final ESA 4(d) Rule) and codified at
50 CFR 223.210. To comply with the
ESA and the protective regulations,
entities must obtain take authorization
prior to engaging in activities involving
take of Southern DPS fish unless the
activity is covered by an exception or
exemption. ‘‘Take’’ is defined as to
harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture or collect, or
to attempt to engage in any such
conduct. Certain activities described in
the ‘‘exceptions’’ provision of 50 CFR
223.210(b) are not subject to the take
prohibitions if they adhere to specific
criteria and reporting requirements.
Under the ‘‘exemption’’ provision of 50
CFR 223.210(c), the take prohibitions do
not apply to scientific research,
scientific monitoring, and fisheries
activities conducted under an approved
4(d) program or plan; similarly, take
prohibitions do not apply to tribal
resource management activities
conducted under a Tribal Plan for
which the requisite determinations
described in 50 CFR 223.210(c)(3) have
been made.
To ensure that activities qualify under
exceptions to or exemptions from the
take prohibitions, local, state, and
federal agencies, non-governmental
organizations, academic researchers,
and private organizations are asked to
voluntarily submit detailed information
regarding their activity on a schedule to
be determined by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff. This
information is used by NMFS to (1)
track the number of Southern DPS fish
taken as a result of each action; (2)
understand and evaluate the cumulative
effects of each action on the Southern
DPS; and (3) determine whether
additional protections are needed for
the species, or whether additional
exceptions may be warranted. NMFS
designed the criteria to ensure that
plans meeting the criteria would
adequately limit effects on threatened
Southern DPS fish, such that additional
protections in the form of a federal take
prohibition would not be necessary and
advisable.

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II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0613.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government;
business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
58.
Estimated Time per Response: Written
notification describing research,
monitoring or habitat restoration
activities, 40 hours; development of
fisheries management and evaluation
plans or state 4(d) research programs, 40
hours; reports, 5 hours; development of
a tribal fishery management plan, 20
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,760.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $200.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Endangered Species
Act.

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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

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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; Improving
Knowledge About NWS Forecaster
Core Partner Needs for Reducing
Vulnerability to Compound Threats in
Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Amid
COVID–19
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. 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 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
xxxx 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 Nicole
Kurkowski, R2O Team Lead, DOC/
NOAA/NWS/OSTI, 1325 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
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301.427.9104, nicole.kurkowski@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This is a request for a new collection
of information.
The data collection is sponsored by
DOC/NOAA/National Weather Service
(NWS)/Office of Science and
Technology Integration (OSTI).
Compound hazards, like tornadoes and
flash floods (called TORFFs), are a
significant issue for risk communication
and are common in landfalling tropical
cyclones. Currently, NOAA lacks data
and data collection instruments that
articulate and explain how emergency
managers and broadcast meteorologists
receive, interpret, and respond to NWS
prediction information about these
compound hazards before and during
landfalling tropical cyclones, like
Hurricane Ida. Furthermore, NOAA
lacks adequate knowledge about how
these risks are best communicated
during COVID–19, when it is important
for those who are most vulnerable to
adjudicate their risks of exposure to
both severe weather and COVID–19.
Such knowledge about compound
weather hazards would be particularly
useful for NWS forecasters who
communicate risk information to their
colleagues in emergency management
and broadcast meteorology (hereafter
‘‘partners’’), especially when
information about sheltering practices,
evacuation, and vulnerability can be
complicated by exposure to public
health threats and bilingual needs.
Without this type of information
about how partners grapple with the
communication of compound hazards
amid the pandemic, NOAA, and
specifically the NWS, 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 goal to collaborate across sectors on
‘‘research necessary to enhance the
integration of social science knowledge
into weather forecast and warning
processes, including to improve the
communication of threat information
necessary to enable improved severe
weather planning and decision making
on the part of individuals and
communities (Pub. L. 115–25)’’. This
work addresses NOAA’s 5-year Research
and Development Vision Areas (2020–
2026) Section 1.4 (FACETs). This effort
also advances the NWS Strategic Plan
(2019–2022) ‘‘Transformative Impact-

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