Marine Debris Program Grant Applicant Webinar(s)

OMB Control Number 0690-0038

Expiration Date: 7/31/2026

Public Burden Statement

A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0690-0038. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 2 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the NOAA Marine Debris Program at 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, Attn: MaryLee Haughwout or MaryLee.Haughwout@noaa.gov

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under 5 U.S.C. § 301 (Departmental regulations), 5 U.S.C. § 552a (Records maintained on individuals), 15 U.S.C. § 1512 (Powers and duties of Department), 44 U.S.C. § 2904 (General responsibilities for records management).

Purpose: An individual’s permission is required for the collection of names, location, email contact information, and organization affiliation. The collection of this information is encouraged for the webinar registration to best tailor the information to attendees and provide information to registrants.

Routine Uses: NOAA will use this information for the purpose set forth above and the information may be used consistent with all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/DEPT-23, Information Collected Electronically in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs.. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) to be shared among Department staff for work-related purposes.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, if the information is not provided or if the individual does not consent to the routine uses of the information described in this Statement, the individual would not receive webinar reminders or follow up information. Proceeding with the process constitutes consent for NOAA to collect the information and conduct the routine uses of the information described in this Statement.

Information requested:

• Email

• First name

• Last name

• Please select which region(s) your potential application for funding will work in (multiple choice):

  • Great Lakes (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and western New York)

  • Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)

  • Mid-Atlantic (eastern New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia)

  • Southeast (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia)

  • Florida

  • Caribbean (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

  • Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas)

  • California

  • Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington)

  • Alaska

  • Pacific Islands (Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands)

  • Freely Associated States to the United States (Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)

  • All of the above - Nationally

  • Unknown at this time

• Organization name

• Organization type (multiple choice)

  • State government

  • Local government

  • Tribal government

  • Territory government

  • Institute of higher education

  • Nonprofit organization

  • Commercial (for-profit) organization

  • Other

• Please list any questions regarding the application process or general application content for the NOAA Marine Debris Program Grants Team. We will try to address as many of the relevant submitted questions as possible during the webinar. If you have a project-specific question, please attend the webinar and if your question is not answered, please email your question to grants.marinedebris@noaa.gov.