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NMFS has concluded that there is no
new information suggesting that our
analysis or findings should change from
those reached for the 2023 IHA. This
includes consideration of the slight
increase in estimated abundance of six
stocks and slight decrease in estimated
abundance of three stocks. Based on the
information contained here and in the
referenced documents, NMFS has
determined the following: (1) the
required mitigation measures would
effect the least practicable impact on
marine mammal species or stocks and
their habitat; (2) the authorized takes
would have a negligible impact on the
affected marine mammal species or
stocks; (3) the authorized takes
represent small numbers of marine
mammals relative to the affected stock
abundances; (4) Vineyard Northeast’s
activities would not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on taking
for subsistence purposes as no relevant
subsistence uses of marine mammals are
implicated by this action; and (5)
appropriate monitoring and reporting
requirements are included.

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National Environmental Policy Act
This action is consistent with
categories of activities identified in
Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental
take authorizations with no anticipated
serious injury or mortality) of the
Companion Manual for NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6A, which do
not individually or cumulatively have
the potential for significant impacts on
the quality of the human environment
and for which we have not identified
any extraordinary circumstances that
would preclude this categorical
exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS
determined that the issuance of the
initial IHA qualified to be categorically
excluded from further NEPA review.
NMFS has determined that the
application of this categorical exclusion
remains appropriate for this renewal
IHA.
Endangered Species Act
Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that each
Federal agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure
ESA compliance for the issuance of
IHAs, NMFS Office of Protected
Resources consults internally whenever
we propose to authorize take for
endangered or threatened species.
NMFS has authorized the incidental
take of five species of marine mammals

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which are listed under the ESA,
including the North Atlantic right, fin,
sei, blue, and sperm whale, and has
determined that this activity falls within
the scope of activities analyzed in
NMFS GARFO’s programmatic
consultation regarding geophysical
surveys along the U.S. Atlantic coast in
the three Atlantic Renewable Energy
Regions (completed June 29, 2021;
revised September 2021).
Renewal
NMFS has issued a renewal IHA to
Vineyard Northeast for the take of
marine mammals incidental to
conducting marine site characterization
surveys offshore from Massachusetts to
New Jersey in the BOEM Lease Areas
OCS–A 0522 and OCS–A 0544 and
associated OECC routes, from July 27,
2024, through July 26, 2025.
Dated: July 25, 2024.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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; StormReady, TsunamiReady,
TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady
Supporter & Weather-Ready Nation
Ambassador Application Forms
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 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
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Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0419 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 Doug
Hilderbrand, 1325 East West Hwy.,
Bldg. SSMC2, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3283, (301) 713–1768, ext. 170, or
douglas.hilderbrand@noaa.gov for
StormReady and Weather-Ready
Ambassadors and to Greg Schoor, 1325
East West Hwy., Bldg. SSMC2, Silver
Spring, MD 20910–3283, (301) 427–
9848, or gregory.m.schoor@noaa.gov for
TsunamiReady.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for extension and
revision of an existing information
collection.
The National Weather Service (NWS)
established the StormReady program in
1999 and the TsunamiReady program in
2002 to help communities, counties,
Indian nations, universities and
colleges, military bases, government
sites, commercial enterprises and other
groups reduce the potential for weatherrelated and tsunami hazards through
advanced planning, education and
awareness. The program encourages
communities to take a new, proactive
approach to improving local hazardous
weather operations by providing
emergency managers with clear-cut
guidelines on how to improve their
hazardous weather operations. By
participating in this program, local
agencies earn recognition for their
jurisdiction by meeting guidelines
established by the NWS in partnership
with federal, state, and local emergency
management professionals. Information
and details on the StormReady and
TsunamiReady programs are located at
https://www.weather.gov/stormready/
and https://www.weather.gov/tsunami
ready/.
A Supporter is an organization,
business, facility, or local government
entity actively engaged in weather safety
and preparedness that is unable to meet
all the requirements of the full
StormReady or TsunamiReady program.
Sites may be eligible based on the
bylaws of the local NWS StormReady
Advisory Board and endorsement of
local emergency management. A local
StormReady Advisory Board has final
approval for Supporter designation.
StormReady/TsunamiReady are
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guidance and incentive to officials
interested in improving their hazardous
weather operations. The government
will use the information collected by the
StormReady/TsunamiReady application
to determine whether a community has
met all of the guidelines to receive
StormReady/TsunamiReady recognition.
NOAA requests revision to the title of
the collection to include The WeatherReady Nation AmbassadorTM program
which is being added as a new
information collection to this control
number. The Weather-Ready Nation
(WRN) AmbassadorTM is a program of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), designed to
strengthen partnerships with external
organizations toward building
community resilience in the face of
increasing vulnerability to extreme
weather, climate, and water events.
Organizations can apply for WeatherReady Nation AmbassadorTM
recognition. This program recognizes
NOAA partners who are improving the
nation’s readiness, responsiveness, and
overall resilience against extreme
weather, water, and climate events. As
a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador,
partners commit to working with NOAA
and other Ambassadors to strengthen
national resilience against extreme
weather.

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II. Method of Collection

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.

The information is collected via a
digital or paper form. The forms are
accessible on the internet in PDF.
Requirements are verified by NWS staff
via an in person or virtual site visit.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.

III. Data

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OMB Control Number: 0648–0419.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular [Revision and
extension of a current information
collection].
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
700 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour:
StormReady and TsunamiReady
Application, StormReady Supporter
Application Form, and TsunamiReady
Supporter Application Form. 15
minutes: Weather-Ready Ambassador
Application Form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,275 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: None.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: None.

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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; Marine Recreational Fishing
Expenditure Survey
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

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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 NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0693 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 Sabrina
Lovell, Economist, Office of Science and
Technology, NMFS, 1315 East West
Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel:
(301) 427–8153 or sabrina.lovell@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision and
extension of an approved information
collection.
As specified in the MagnusonStevenson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act of 1996 (and
reauthorized in 2007), NMFS is required
to enumerate the economic impacts of
the policies it implements on fishing
participants and coastal communities.
The objective of the survey is to collect
information on marine (saltwater)
recreational fishing trip expenditures
and durable good expenditures made by
marine recreational anglers. The survey
has two parts which may be conducted
either jointly during the same calendar
year or in separate years. The trip
expenditure portion will ask anglers
about the expenses incurred on their
most recent marine recreational fishing
trip. The durable goods portion will ask
anglers about their purchases of durable
goods such as fishing gear, boats,
vehicles, and second homes over a 12
month period. The expenditure data
collected in this regular survey is
widely used by both federal, state, and
non-governmental organizations for
research and analysis regarding the
economic importance and contributions
of marine recreational fishing to each
coastal state and nationwide. The

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