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reserve is able to offer programming for 

K–12 students that provides for a 

continuity of content across the entire 

academic experience of local students. 

The reserve’s Coastal Training 

Program works with decision-makers, 

appointed leaders, and their staff to 

preserve the Apalachicola Bay and River 

by offering formal trainings, skillbuilding opportunities, tools, and 

technical assistance. These resources 

enable these groups to continue to 

implement sound policies based on 

science that protect the environment. 

Regular engagement with decisionmakers strengthens partnerships, 

furthers the reserve’s assessment of 

needs, and forges positive working 

relationships to increase stewardship 

and resilience throughout the reserve. 

The Apalachicola Research Reserve is 

a complex of independently managed 

subunits that support an array of 

recreational and commercial activities 

and are impacted by water use policies 

of three states. This updated 

management plan aligns with similar 

plans being implemented by the landmanaging partners within and adjacent 

to the reserve boundaries. Although the 

reserve boundaries are not changing in 

this management plan update, a 

possible future boundary expansion is 

in preliminary discussions with 

partners. Also, in 2020, the reserve 

completed the redesignation process for 

the Apalachicola Biosphere region as 

part of the United Nations Educational, 

Scientific, and Cultural Organization 

(UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere 

program. The revised management plan, 

once approved, would serve as the 

guiding document for the 234,715-acre 

(950 sq. km) research reserve for the 

next five years. 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management analyzes the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

approval of this draft revised 

management plan in accordance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq., and the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508). The 

public is invited to comment on the 

draft revised management plan. NOAA 

will take these comments into 

consideration in deciding whether to 

approve the draft revised management 

plan in whole or in part. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 

CFR 921.33. 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

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 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: 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 February 26, 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– 

0744 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 Dr. 

Theresa L Goedeke, Supervisory Social 

Scientist, 1305 East-West Hwy., SSMC 

4, Silver Spring, MD 2091, Email: 

theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, Ph: (240) 

653–9143. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for revision to an 

existing information 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. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information will be collected with a 

combination of mail recruitment with 

push-to-web and mail-back survey 

instruments. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0744. 


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Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular Submission. 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,665. 

Estimated Time per Response: Focus 

groups: 1 hour; Questionnaire: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,286. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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). 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Public 

Wireless Supply Chain Innovation 

Fund Grant Program 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 

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 October 4, 

2023 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), Commerce. 

Title: Public Wireless Supply Chain 

Innovation Fund Grant Program Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0660–0053. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Revision of a current 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 18 hours for 

Baseline and Performance Progress 

Reports; 100 hours for Budget 

Submission Form. 

Average Hours Per Response: 33.22. 

Burden Hours: 1,856 hours. 

Needs and Uses: With this 

information collection, NTIA will be 

able to monitor the grant recipients’ 

spending habits and activities. In the 

absence of collecting this information, 

NTIA would fail to evaluate the grant 

recipients’ progress toward the grant 

program priority areas and program 

goals. Moreover, without these reports, 

the grants could be the subject of waste, 

fraud, and abuse of Federal funds. 

Therefore, it is necessary for NTIA to 

collect information using the 

Performance Progress Report (PPR) form 

and Baseline Report. 

For the budget submission form, 

NTIA intends to use the information 

collected (1) to evaluate whether an 

applicant is eligible for a grant; (2) to 

evaluate applications by peer/expert 

reviewers against objective criteria; and 

(3) to collect corroborative information, 

as applicable, from applicants deemed 

highly qualified. NTIA also intends to 

use information collected from the 

application as baseline information after 

award of the grant to evaluate the 

grantee’s progress toward completion of 

the objectives for which the grant was 

made. 

Affected Public: Grant award 

recipients consisting of for-profit 

companies, non-profit companies, 

institutions of higher education, 

industry groups, and consortia 

including two or more such entities. 

Frequency: One-time (Baseline and 

Budget Submission Forms) and biannual (Performance Progress Report). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Section 9202(a)(1) of 

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021, Pub. L. 116–283, 134 

Stat. 3388 (Jan. 1, 2021). 

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 either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0660–0053. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Commerce Spectrum Management 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Call for applications to serve on 

a Federal advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) is seeking 

applications to serve on the Department 

of Commerce Spectrum Management 

Advisory Committee (‘‘CSMAC’’ or 

‘‘committee’’) for a two-year term. The 

CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant 


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