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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 30, 

2024 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: StormReady, TsunamiReady, 

TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady 

Supporter & Weather-Ready Nation 

Ambassador Application Forms 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0419. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular [Revision 

and extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 700 per year. 

Average Hours per Response: 

StormReady and TsunamiReady 

Application: 1 hour. 

StormReady Supporter Application 

Form: 1 hour. 

TsunamiReady Supporter Application 

Form: 1 hour. 

Weather-Ready Ambassador 

Application Form: 0.25 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 625 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: 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 weather-related 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/ 

tsunamiready/. 

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 

voluntary programs that provide 

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. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

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 0648–0419. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE298] 

Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment Open Ocean 

Trustee Implementation Group Draft 

Restoration Plan 4 and Environmental 

Assessment: Fish and Water Column 

Invertebrates and Sea Turtles 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Deepwater Horizon 

(DWH) natural resource Trustees for the 

Open Ocean Trustee Implementation 

Group (Open Ocean TIG) have prepared 

the Draft Restoration Plan 4 and 

Environmental Assessment: Fish and 

Water Column Invertebrates (FWCI) and 

Sea Turtles (RP4/EA). The Draft RP4/EA 

proposes alternatives to help restore fish 

and water column invertebrates and sea 

turtles impacted by the DWH oil spill. 

The Draft RP4/EA evaluates twelve 

restoration alternatives under the Oil 

Pollution Act (OPA), including criteria 

set forth in the OPA Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment (NRDA) 

regulations, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

its implementing regulations. A No 

Action Alternative is also evaluated 

pursuant to the NEPA. The total 

estimated cost to implement the Open 

Ocean TIG’s 10 preferred alternatives is 

approximately $210,020,000. The Open 

Ocean TIG invites the public to 

comment on the Draft RP4/EA. 

DATES: 

Submitting Comments: The Open 

Ocean TIG will consider public 

comments on the Draft RP4/EA received 

on or before December 16, 2024. 

Public Webinar: The Open Ocean TIG 

will host two public webinars to 

facilitate public review and comment on 

the Draft RP4/EA. The webinar dates, 

times, and registration links are as 

follows: 

• Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 

1–2 p.m. Eastern Time. Register at: 


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register/7244601192809206361. 

• Wednesday, November 20, 2024 

from 5–6 p.m. Eastern Time. Register at: 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/7473782296991218265. 

After registering, participants will 

receive a confirmation email with 

instructions for joining the webinar and 

how to make comments during the 

webinar. Shortly after the webinar 

concludes, the presentation material 

will be posted on the web at https://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/open-ocean. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may view 

and download the Draft RP4/EA at 

https://www.gulfspillrestoration

.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/open-ocean. 

You may also request a flash drive 

containing the Draft RP4/EA (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments on the Draft RP4/EA 

by either of the following methods: 

• Website: https://

parkplanning.nps.gov/OOTIGRP4. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Gulf Restoration Office, 1875 Century 

Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30345. To be 

considered, mailed comments must be 

postmarked on or before the comment 

deadline given in DATES. 

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 can 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration—Laurie Rounds, NOAA 

Restoration Center, (850) 378–1263, 

openocean.TIG@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

On April 20, 2010, the mobile 

offshore drilling unit Deepwater 

Horizon, which was drilling a well for 

BP Exploration and Production, Inc. 

(BP), experienced a significant 

explosion, fire and subsequent sinking 

in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the 

release of millions of barrels of oil and 

other discharges into the Gulf. Under 

the authority of the OPA, designated 

Federal and state Trustees, acting on 

behalf of the public, assessed the 

injuries to natural resources and 

prepared the Deepwater Horizon Oil 

Spill Final Programmatic Damage 

Assessment and Restoration Plan and 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS), 

and the Record of Decision for the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final 

Programmatic Damage Assessment and 

Restoration Plan and Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (ROD), which sets forth the 

governance structure and process for 

DWH restoration planning under the 

OPA NRDA regulations. On April 4, 

2016, the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Louisiana 

entered a Consent Decree resolving civil 

claims by the Trustees against BP. 

The Open Ocean TIG, which is 

composed of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Environmental Protection Agency, the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

selects and implements restoration 

projects under the Open Ocean TIG’s 

management authority in accordance 

with the Consent Decree. The Final 

PDARP/PEIS, ROD, Consent Decree, and 

information on the DWH Trustees can 

be found at https://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-planning/gulf-plan. 

Background 

On June 1, 2023, the Open Ocean TIG 

issued a notice of solicitation on the 

Gulf Spill Restoration website 

requesting project ideas for FWCI and 

Sea Turtles Restoration Types as 

described in the Final PDARP/PEIS. On 

June 25, 2024, the TIG announced on 

the Gulf Spill Restoration website that 

they reviewed project idea submissions 

and were initiating drafting of the RP4/ 

EA which tiers from the Final PDARP/ 

PEIS and would include a reasonable 

range of restoration project alternatives 

for the FWCI and Sea Turtle Restoration 

Types. 

Overview of the Open Ocean TIG Draft 

RP4/EA 

In the Draft RP4/EA, the Open Ocean 

TIG analyzes a reasonable range of 12 

project alternatives and, pursuant to the 

NEPA, a No Action alternative for each 

Restoration Type. Two of the 

alternatives are not preferred by the TIG 

at this time. Funding to implement any 

of the alternatives ultimately selected by 

the Open Ocean TIG would come from 

the FWCI and Sea Turtles Restoration 

Types and Monitoring and Adaptive 

Management allocations. The reasonable 

range of project alternatives evaluated 

by the TIG are listed below: 

• Return ’Em Right: Species and Area 

Expansion (Reduction of Postrelease 

Mortality from Barotrauma in Gulf of 

Mexico Reef Fish Recreational 

Fisheries) (preferred); 

• Next Generation Fishing (preferred); 

• Communication Networks and 

Mapping Tools to Reduce Fish Mortality 

(preferred); 

• Reduction of Diverse Threats to 

Fish and Water Column Invertebrates 

(preferred); 

• Education and Stewardship 

Partnerships with Charter Anglers 

(preferred); 

• Communication, Adaptive 

Management, Planning, and Integration 

(preferred); 

• Reduction in Fish Post-Release 

Mortality from Depredation (nonpreferred); 

• Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat 

Protection Expansion in Florida (Long 

Term Nesting Habitat Protection for Sea 

Turtles) (preferred); 

• Gulf-Wide Sea Turtle Bycatch 

Reduction (preferred); 

• Gulf-Wide Sea Turtle Vessel Strike 

Reduction (preferred); 

• Gulf-Wide Sea Turtle Stranding 

Network and Emergency Response 

Enhancements (preferred); and 

• Kemp’s Ridley Nesting 

Enhancement in Mexico (nonpreferred). 

The total estimated cost to implement 

the ten preferred alternatives is 

approximately $210,020,000. 

Next Steps 

After the public comment period 

ends, the Open Ocean TIG will consider 

and address all substantive comments 

received before making a final decision 

on which, if any, alternatives to fund 

and implement. A Final RP4/EA and 

Finding of No Significant Impact, as 

appropriate, identifying the selected 

alternatives will be made publicly 

available. 

Administrative Record 

The Administrative Record for the 

Draft RP4/EA can be viewed 

electronically at https://www.doi.gov/ 

deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord under 

the folder 6.5.2.2.4. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

OPA of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), its 

implementing NRDA regulations found 

at 15 CFR part 990, and the NEPA of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its 

implementing regulations found at 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508. 


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Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Carrie Diane Robinson, 

Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 

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SUMMARY: The NSA hereby gives notice 

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revocable, non-assignable, partially 

exclusive, license to practice the 

following Government-Owned 

invention as described and claimed in 

United States Patent Number, 8,799,339 

Device for and Method of Measuring 

Similarity Between Sets. 

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including evidence and argument that 

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would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 United States Code 

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Regulations (CFR) 404.7. 

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

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Savage Road, Suite 6843, Fort George G. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, Department 

of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Science Board (DSB) will 

take place. 

DATES: Closed to the public Wednesday, 

November 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The address of the closed 

meeting is Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4075 

Wilson Blvd., #300, Arlington, VA 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571–0081 

(Voice), (703) 697–1860 (Facsimile), 

elizabeth.j.kowalski.civ@mail.mil, 

(Email). Mailing address is Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140. Website: 

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. The most 

up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the website. 

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meeting is being held under the 

provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, 

United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 

Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’), 5 U.S.C. 

552b (commonly known as the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’), 

and title 41 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of 

the DSB is to provide independent 

advice and recommendations on matters 

relating to the DoD’s scientific and 

technical enterprise. The objective of 

the meeting is to obtain, review, and 

evaluate classified information related 

to the DSB’s mission. The DSB will 

convene to deliberate and vote on 

classified findings and 

recommendations. 

Agenda: The meeting will begin on 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 

10:00 a.m. Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DFO, 

and Dr. Eric Evans, Chair of the DSB, 

will provide opening remarks and a 

classified overview of the objectives of 

the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced 

Capabilities for Potential Future 

Conflict. Next, the DSB will deliberate 

on updating the classified findings and 

recommendations of the 2024 Summer 

Study on Advanced Capabilities for 

Potential Future Conflict. The DSB will 

then vote on the updated classified 

findings and recommendations. The 

meeting will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. 

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with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.140 through 102–3.165, the DoD has 

determined that the DSB meeting will 

be closed to the public. Specifically, the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering, in consultation with 

the DoD Office of the General Counsel, 

has determined in writing that the 

meeting will be closed to the public 

because it will consider matters covered 

by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The 

determination is based on the 

consideration that it is expected that 

discussions throughout will involve 

classified matters of national security 

concern. Such classified material is so 

intertwined with the unclassified 

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without defeating the effectiveness and 

meaning of the overall meetings. To 

permit the meeting to be open to the 

public would preclude discussion of 

such matters and would greatly 

diminish the ultimate utility of the 

DSB’s findings and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Defense and to the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering. 

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with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

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regarding its mission or in response to 

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not received at least three calendar days 

prior to the meeting, which is the 

subject of this notice, then it may not be 

provided to or considered by the DSB 

until a later date. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

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