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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; National Marine Sanctuary
Permits
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
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the approved collection of information
for national marine sanctuary permits.
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 July 15, 2024.
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–
0141 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 Sophie
De Beukelaer, National Permit
Coordinator, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 99 Pacific
Street, Building 455A, Monterey, CA
93940, 831–583–8755, and
sophie.debeukelaer@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection by the Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS).
ONMS manages national marine
sanctuaries pursuant to the purposes
and policies of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
National marine sanctuary regulations
at 15 CFR part 922 list specific activities
that are prohibited in national marine
sanctuaries. These regulations also state
that otherwise prohibited activities may
be conducted if a permit is issued by
ONMS. Persons desiring a permit must
submit an application (note that
requests for baitfish permits and
Tortugas Ecological Reserve North
Access permits require contacting
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
and do not require a completed ONMS
permit application), and anyone
obtaining a permit is generally required
to submit one or more reports on the
activity allowed under the permit. The
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 15 CFR part 922 form
the basis for this collection of
information.
This information is required by
ONMS to protect and manage sanctuary
resources. The permit application
collects information about the proposed
activities, the methods proposed to be
used, the potential effects to sanctuary
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regulatory review criteria at 15 CFR part
922. ONMS uses this information to
evaluate whether the proposed activities
are consistent with the goals and
objectives of the sanctuary and the
purposes and policies of the NMSA.
Changes to this information collection
include revisions to the permit
application and instructions to collect
information about small businesses to
better assess the types of entities
engaged in permitting activities. The
estimated number of permits issued per
year also changed from 424 to 567 to
reflect the additional estimated permit
numbers if the various proposed
national marine sanctuary designations
are finalized. In particular, this is based
on adding an estimated fifteen
additional permits and about 59
certifications for the proposed Chumash
Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (88
FR 58123, August 25, 2023), an
estimated five additional permits for the
proposed designation of the National
Marine Sanctuary for the Pacific Remote
Islands (88 FR 23624; April 18, 2023),
an estimated five additional permits for
proposed Lake Ontario National Marine
Sanctuary (88 FR 3334, January 19,
2023), an estimated five additional
permits for proposed Lake Erie
Quadrangle National Marine Sanctuary
(88 FR 32198, July 18, 2023), an
estimated nine permits for the proposed
sanctuary in the Hudson Canyon area
(87 FR 38387, June 8, 2022), and
increasing the numbers of amendments
and Tortugas access permits to reflect
more recent average permit numbers.
The number of baitfish permits was
diminished by 35 permits and Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary plans
to phase out the bait fishing permits
over the next three years (87 FR 42800,
July 18, 2022).
II. Method of Collection
Depending on the permit being
requested, an application, reports, and
telephone calls may be required from
applicants. Applications and reports can
be submitted via email, fax, or
traditional mail. Applicants are
encouraged to use electronic means to
apply for permits and submit reports
whenever possible.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0141.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households; not-for-profit institutions;
Federal Government; State, local, or
Tribal government.

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Estimated Number of Respondents:
567.
Estimated Time per Response:
General permits and authorizations, 1
hour and 30 minutes; special use
permits, 8 hours; historical resources
permits, 13 hours; baitfish permits, 25
minutes; permit amendments and
certifications, 30 minutes; voluntary
registrations, 15 minutes; appeals, 24
hours; Tortugas access permits, 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,307.75.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: There are no capital/start-up or
ongoing operation/maintenance costs
associated with this information
collection. The submission of
information under this collection is
primarily via email, phone, or fax and
does not result in additional costs to the
public.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
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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

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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; Resident Perceptions of
Offshore Wind Energy Development
Off the Oregon Coast and Along the
Gulf of Mexico
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 December
27, 2023 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Resident Perceptions of
Offshore Wind Energy Development off
the Oregon Coast and Along the Gulf of
Mexico.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0744.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (Revision).
Number of Respondents:
Oregon—Focus groups: 48;
Questionnaire: 4,569.
Gulf of Mexico (TX and LA)—Focus
groups: 64; Questionnaire: 4,925.
Total—Focus Groups: 112;
Questionnaire: 9,494.
Average Hours per Response:
Focus groups: 1 hour; Questionnaire:
20 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours:
Oregon: 1,571.
Gulf of Mexico (TX and LA): 1,705.66.
Total: 3,276.66.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
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collection. Pursuant to E.O. 14057
(Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean
Energy Industries and Jobs Through
Federal Sustainability), the Outer
Continental Shelf Land Act, the
National Environmental Policy Act, and
the Coastal Zone Management Act, the
requested revision will expand the
existing data collection, which is
currently focused on coastal Oregon, by
adding a new geographical location,
specifically, coastal Texas and
Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) held its first
leasing auction for the Gulf of Mexico in
August 2023. BOEM finalized four Wind
Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of
Mexico in October 2023. Outside of
official public engagement forums,
preferences about offshore wind energy
development generally remain unknown
for members of the public, as well as for
groups who may not perceive
themselves as stakeholders. Failure to
gain the perspective of communities
regarding potential benefits or impacts
is problematic, particularly when latent
stakeholders to local projects emerge
late in the planning process.
The National Ocean Service (NOS)
proposes to expand collection of data on
the opinions, values, and attitudes
relative to offshore wind energy
development to coastal residents of
Texas and Louisiana along the Gulf of
Mexico in addition to coastal Oregon.
Respondents (age 18 years and older)
will be randomly sampled from
households in 39 coastal counties in
Texas and Louisiana. This information
will be used by NOAA, BOEM, and
others to understand what is important
to communities; understand how
differing values and perceptions across
communities influence local receptivity
to proposed development; and improve
communication efforts targeted to
residents, enabling agencies to more
effectively and efficiently direct
outreach and community inclusion
activities. NOAA has a vested interest in
offshore wind energy development,
from many perspectives, including as it
relates to the resilience, well-being, and
sustainability of coastal communities.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: NOAA’s
Programmatic Authority—Integrated
Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Act (33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); BOEM’s
Programmatic Authority—Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1346).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.

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