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2024, NAIAC Meeting Comments’’ to 

naiac@nist.gov by 5 p.m. eastern Time, 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024. NIST will 

not accept comments accompanied by a 

request that part or all of the comment 

be treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. Therefore, do not submit 

confidential business information or 

otherwise sensitive, protected, or 

personal information, such as account 

numbers, Social Security numbers, or 

names of other individuals. 

Virtual Admittance Instructions: The 

meeting will be broadcast virtually via 

web conference. Registration is required 

to view the web conference. Instructions 

to register will be made available on 

NAIAC Meeting Information website. 

Registration will remain open until the 

conclusion of the meeting. 

In-Person Admittance Instruction: 

Limited space is available on a firstcome, first-served basis for anyone who 

wishes to attend in person. Registration 

is required for in-person attendance. 

Registration details will be posted at 

NAIAC Meeting Information website. 

Registration for in-person attendance 

will close at 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02086 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–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; Assessing Public 

Preferences and Values To Support 

Coastal and Marine Management 

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 August 25, 

2023 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Assessing Public Preferences 

and Values to Support Coastal and 

Marine Management. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: Focus 

groups: 96; Surveys: 6,282. 

Average Hours per Response: Focus 

groups: 1 hour; Surveys: 12 minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,528.48. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new information collection, which will 

include focus groups and pre-test to 

help guide revisions necessary to the 

survey instrument, to directly support 

decision-makers with the National 

Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The 

proposed data collection involves 

surveying randomly selected residents 

(aged 18 years and older) from 

households in counties surrounding the 

NERRs. The purpose of this information 

collection is to obtain data on the 

opinions, values, attitudes, and 

behaviors of visitors to NOS-special 

places, as well as residents from 

surrounding areas. The initial surveys 

will be conducted for the Chesapeake 

Bay National Estuarine Research 

Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR–VA), 

Weeks Bay NERR (WBNERR), and 

Grand Bay NERR (GNDNERR), and the 

survey will be repeated regularly in 

other NERRs based on information 

needs and budget. 

The NERRS is a Federal-State 

partnership program for the 

stewardship, education, and research of 

unique estuarine sites. This data 

collection supports the NERRS’ vision 

of establishing healthy estuaries and 

coastal watersheds where human and 

ecological communities thrive. The 

NERRS has identified five priority 

research areas, including a focus on 

social science and economic processes 

within each NERR site. However, 

limited data exist characterizing 

stakeholder activities, attitudes, 

knowledge, and preferences, including 

their spatial aspects. Gathering such 

data is essential for effective 

management of stakeholder groups, 

regulatory proposals, and resource 

management decisions. 

Designated in 1986, WBNERR is 

located along the eastern shore of 

Mobile Bay in Baldwin County, 

Alabama. CBNERR–VA, designated in 

1991, comprises four reserve sites 

within the York River in the southern 

Chesapeake Bay subregion. Finally, 

GNDNERR was established in 1999 and 

is located in the Grand Bay Savannah 

Complex along the Mississippi-Alabama 

state line in Jackson County, 

Mississippi. All three NERRS prioritize 

public access and responsible use to 

protect ecosystems, identifying public 

sites, minimizing conflicts, and 

evaluating visitor use. Therefore, 

information is needed on who uses 

these NERR sites, their motivations, 

management preferences, and why some 

do not visit. This data supports 

conservation and management goals, 

strengthens decision-making, increases 

capacity, and extends education and 

outreach. It is also required by NOAA to 

meet objectives related to ocean and 

coastal planning and management. The 

data benefits state and local officials as 

well. 

NOAA’s mission is to provide 

science, service and stewardship for, 

among other activities, management of 

the nation’s oceans and coasts. NOAA 

supports ‘‘comprehensive ocean and 

coastal planning and management’’ in 

order to facilitate use of oceans and 

coasts, while also ensuring ‘‘continued 

access to coastal areas, sustained 

ecosystems, maintained cultural 

heritage, and limited cumulative 

impacts.’’ NOAA is subject to and 

supports mandates of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C. 

1452 (303)(2)(D)), which encourages the 

wise use of coastal resources, including 

energy activity. The CZMA also 

encourages the inclusion and 

participation of the public in carrying 

out the tenets of the act (16 U.S.C. 1452 

(303)(4)). The National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1502.6) 

mandates federal agencies to use social 

science data to assess the impacts of 

federal actions on the human 

environment. Consequently, up-to-date 

sociological data is needed to support 

federal agency obligations under each of 

these acts. 

Finally, NOAA is responding to 

Executive Orders 13707 and 13985. 

Executive Order 13707, Using 

Behavioral Science Insights to Better 

Serve the American People, requests 

federal agencies to, among other actions: 

‘‘identify policies, programs, and 

operations where applying behavioral 

science insights may yield substantial 

improvements in public welfare, 

program outcomes, and program cost 

effectiveness’’ and ‘‘develop strategies 

for applying behavioral science insights 

to programs and, where possible, 

rigorously test and evaluate the impact 

of these insights.’’ Executive Order 

13985, On Advancing Racial Equity and 

Support for Underserved Communities 

Through the Federal Government, 

requires the federal government to 

allocate resources ‘‘in a manner that 


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increases investment in underserved 

communities, as well as individuals 

from those communities.’’ 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: This is a one-time 

information collection for this region, 

although the collection may be 

deployed to other regions in the future. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Coastal Zone 

Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C. 

1452 (303)(2)(D)), National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 

CFR 1502.6). 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02141 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JS–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; Transshipment Requirements 

Under the Commission for the 

Conservation and Management of 

Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean 

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 Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before April 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0649 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 Emily 

Reynolds, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

NOAA Fisheries, 1845 Wasp Blvd., 

Bldg. #176, Honolulu, HI 96818, (808)– 

725–5039, emily.reynolds@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) has issued regulations 

under authority of the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 

Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 

U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the 

obligations of the United States under 

the Convention on the Conservation and 

Management of Highly Migratory Fish 

Stocks in the Western and Central 

Pacific Ocean (Convention), including 

implementing the decisions of the 

Commission for the Conservation and 

Management of Highly Migratory Fish 

Stocks in the Western and Central 

Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission). 

The regulations include requirements 

for the owners and operators of U.S. 

vessels to: (1) complete and submit a 

Pacific Transshipment Declaration form 

for each transshipment that takes place 

in the area of application of the 

Convention (Convention Area) of highly 

migratory species caught in the 

Convention Area, (2) submit notice to 

the WCPFC Executive Director 

containing specific information at least 

36 hours prior to each transshipment on 

the high seas in the Convention Area, 

(3) in the event that a vessel anticipates 

a transshipment where an observer is 

required, provide notice to NMFS at 

least 72 hours before leaving port of the 

need for an observer, (4) complete and 

submit a U.S. Purse Seine Discard form 

within 48 hours after any discard, (5) 

submit daily purse seine fishing effort 

reports; (6) submit a notice to a contact 

designated by NMFS in the event of a 

serious illness, assault, harassment, 

intimidation or threat to a WCPFC 

observer; and (7) submit notice to obtain 

a WCPFC observer for a purse seine 

vessel departing from American Samoa. 

The information collected from these 

requirements is used by NOAA and the 

Commission to help ensure compliance 

with domestic laws and the 

Commission’s conservation and 

management measures, and are 

necessary in order for the United States 

to satisfy its obligations under the 

Convention. There are no changes to 

this collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents must submit some of the 

information by mail or in person via 

paper forms and must submit other 

information electronically by fax or 

email. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0649. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

203. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Transshipment Report: 60 minutes; 

Notice for Transshipment: 15 minutes; 

Pre-trip Notification for Observer 

Placement: 1 minute; Purse Seine 

Discard Report: 30 minutes; Purse Seine 

Fishing Activity Information: 10 

minutes; Observer Safety Notification: 5 

minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Purse 

Seine Vessels requesting a WCPFC 

observer: 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 959. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $5,494. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 

6901 et seq. 

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, 


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