[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60933-60934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19191]


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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; Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Forms

    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

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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, 2022 (87 FR 79279) during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, new information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 323.
    Average Hours Per Response: Impacted Person Reporting Preference 
Form and SASH.
    Data Collection Form: 1 hour; Workplace Culture Survey: 30 minutes; 
Ocean Acidification.
    Post-Cruise Survey: 10 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 237.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new information collection.
    This information collection will be used to document elements of 
the sexual assault/sexual harassment (SASH) response and/or reporting 
process and comply with procedures set up to effectively manage 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Workplace 
Violence Prevention and Response (WVPR). Under 33 U.S.C. 894, NOAA is 
required to establish a mechanism by which sexual assault and sexual 
harassment can be reported on a Restricted and Unrestricted basis. 
Further, Congress directs NOAA to reference Department of Defense (DoD) 
policy and procedures in the standup of our SASH response program. WVPR 
requires various Intake forms to document a victim's election of a 
Restricted or Unrestricted Report of sexual assault or sexual 
harassment, as well as document that the details of each reporting 
option have been properly communicated with the victim. WVPR has 
modeled its forms after the DoD sexual assault/sexual harassment forms 
in accordance with guidance by Congress. NOAA may also use this 
collection to survey federal employees, contractors, affiliates, 
interns, volunteers, or other individuals who work in or visit NOAA-
occupied facilities, vessels, or aircraft to determine their 
perceptions of incidents of SASH, pursuant to NOAA Administrative Order 
(NAO) 202-1106, Section 5.01e.
    Affected Public: Individuals employed by NOAA, including affiliates 
and contractors.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 894.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-19191 Filed 9-5-23; 8:45 am]
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