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submitted directly to NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES) by the end of the comment 

period (see DATES). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22248 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–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; Conflict of Interest 

Disclosure for Non-Federal 

Government Individuals Who Are 

Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews 

Required by the OMB Peer Review 

Bulletin 

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 July 26, 

2024, 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: Conflict of Interest Disclosure 

for Non-Federal Government 

Individuals Who are Candidates to 

Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the 

OMB Peer Review Bulletin. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0567. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 321. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes each: Conflict of Interest 

Disclosure For General Scientific and 

Technical Studies and Assistance; and 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure For 

Studies Related to Government 

Regulation. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 161. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) issued government-wide 

guidance to enhance the practice of peer 

review of government science 

documents. OMB’s Final Information 

Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (‘‘Peer 

Review Bulletin’’ or PRB) (available at 

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/ 

omb/memoranda_fy2005_m05-03/) 

establishes minimum peer review 

standards for influential scientific 

information that Federal agencies intend 

to disseminate. 

The Peer Review Bulletin also directs 

Federal agencies to adopt or adapt the 

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 

policy for evaluating conflicts of interest 

when selecting peer reviewers who are 

not Federal government employees 

(federal employees are subject to 

Federal ethics requirements). For peer 

review purposes, the term ‘‘conflicts of 

interest’’ means any financial or other 

interest which conflicts with the service 

of the individual because it could: (1) 

significantly impair the individual’s 

objectivity; or (2) create an unfair 

competitive advantage for any person or 

organization. NOAA has adapted the 

NAS policy and developed two 

confidential conflict disclosure forms 

which the agency will use to examine 

prospective reviewers’ potential 

financial conflicts and other interests 

that could impair objectivity or create 

an unfair advantage. One form is for 

peer reviewers of studies related to 

government regulation and the other 

form is for all other influential scientific 

information subject to the Peer Review 

Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has 

been adapted by NOAA’s Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for 

potential reviewers of scientific 

laboratories. 

The forms include questions about 

employment as well as investment and 

property interests and research funding. 

Both forms also require the submission 

of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to 

collect this information from potential 

peer reviewers who are not government 

employees when conducting a peer 

review pursuant to the PRB. The 

information collected in the conflict of 

interest disclosure is essential to 

NOAA’s compliance with the OMB 

PRB, and helps to ensure that 

government studies are reviewed by 

independent, impartial peer reviewers. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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 0648–0567. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22366 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–12–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; Submission of Conservation 

Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

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 a 

request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

extension of an information collection 

must be received on or before November 

29, 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– 


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