Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 16, 2022 / Notices 8801 

the Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy 

(ACMS) and the ‘‘Establishing a 

National Strategy for Mapping, 

Exploring, and Characterizing the U.S. 

EEZ’’ (NOMEC), including the Standard 

Ocean Mapping Protocol (SOMP). 

Navigation services include the data, 

products, and services provided by the 

NOAA programs and activities that 

undertake geodetic observations, gravity 

modeling, coastal and shoreline 

mapping, bathymetric mapping and 

modeling, hydrographic surveying, 

nautical charting, tide and water level 

observations, current observations, 

flooding, resilience, inundation and sea 

level rise, marine and coastal modeling, 

geospatial and LIDAR data, and related 

data and topics. This suite of NOAA 

products and services support safe and 

efficient navigation, the blue economy, 

resilient coasts and communities, and 

the nationwide positioning information 

infrastructure to support America’s 

climate needs and commerce. The Panel 

will hear about the missions and uses of 

NOAA’s navigation, observations and 

positioning services, the value these 

services bring, and what improvements 

could be made. Other matters may be 

considered. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities and there will be sign 

language interpretation. Please direct 

requests for other auxiliary aids to 

Melanie.Colantuno@noaa.gov at least 10 

business days in advance of the 

meeting. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Benjamin K. 

Evans, 

NOAA Director, Office of Coast Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–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; Greater Atlantic Region 

Logbook Family of Forms 

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 April 18, 2022. 

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– 

0212 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 James 

StCyr, Branch Chief, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Office, Analysis & Program 

Support Division, Data Processing & 

Quality Branch, 55 Great Republic Dr., 

Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281–9369 

or james.stcyr@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for revision and 

extension of a current information 

collection. This information collection, 

0648–0212, is sponsored by the Data 

Processing & Quality Branch, which 

falls under the Analysis & Program 

Support Division located at the Greater 

Atlantic Regional Office. Under the 

provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA) National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is 

responsible for management of the 

nation’s marine fisheries. Fishing 

vessels permitted to participate in 

Federally-permitted fisheries in the 

Northeast are required to submit 

logbooks containing catch and effort 

information about their fishing trips. 

The information submitted is needed for 

the management of the fisheries. The 

only change to this collection is that all 

information collected is required to be 

submitted via electronic means. 

II. Method of Collection 

Required information is required to be 

reported electronically (internet). 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0212. 

Form Number(s): 80–30, 80–140. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,160. 

Estimated Time per Response: Vessel 

Trip Report: 5 minutes; Shellfish Log: 

12.5 minutes; Web Forms (Spawning 

Blocks, Monkfish DAS, Exempted 

Fishery Permit (EFP), Herring, Research 

Set-Aside (RSA), and Tilefish): 3 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,069. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 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, 

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 


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8802 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 16, 2022 / Notices 

1See Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) 

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (August 3, 

2021), https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/searchgrants.html (available under the ‘‘Related 

Documents’’ tab). 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03371 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Connecting Minorities 

Communities Pilot Program 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, following the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the 

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. This 

Notice of Information Collection is for 

the Connecting Minorities Communities 

Pilot Program Baseline Report, 

Performance Report and Annual Report. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow for 

60 days of public comment preceding 

the submission of the collection to 

OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before April 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

mail to Jennifer Duane, Director, Grants 

Management, Administration, and 

Compliance, Office of internet 

Connectivity and Growth, National 

Telecommunication and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Room 4887, Washington, DC 

20230, or by email to broadbandusa@

ntia.gov. Please reference CMC Data 

Collection 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 Jennifer 

Duane, Director, Grants Management, 

Administration, and Compliance, via 

email at jduane@ntia.gov; 

broadbandusa@ntia.gov; or via 

telephone at (202) 482–2048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Connecting Minority 

Communities Pilot Program (CMC), 

authorized by the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, 

Title IX, Section 902 (c), Public Law 

116–260, 134 stat. 1182 Dec. 27, 2020) 

(Act), aims to address the lack of 

broadband access, connectivity, 

adoption, and equity to Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities 

(HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and 

Universities (TCUs), and Minority 

Serving Institutions (MSIs), and their 

surrounding anchor communities. NTIA 

will make up to 268,000,000 available 

for federal assistance to eligible entities 

and programs to facilitate educational 

instruction and learning, purchase or 

lease eligible equipment and devices for 

student or patron use and hire and train 

information technology personnel who 

are a part of the eligible anchor 

institution, MBE, or tax-exempt 

501(c)(3) organization. 

On August 3, 2021, NTIA published 

the program’s Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO) on Grants.gov to 

describe the requirements under which 

it will award grants for the CMC.1 The 

NOFO required award recipients to 

submit financial reports, performance 

(technical) reports, and annual reports 

to the NTIA Federal Program Officer 

and the NOAA Grants Officer and 

Grants Specialist. Award recipients 

must follow the reporting requirements 

described in Sections A.01, Reporting 

Requirement, of the Department of 

Commerce Financial Assistance 

Standard Terms and Conditions (dated 

November 12, 2020). Additionally, in 

accordance with 2 CFR part 170, all 

recipients of a federal wared were made 

on or after October 1, 2010, must 

comply with reporting requirements 

under the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act of 

2006 (Pub. L. 109–282). 

NTIA will use the information 

collected from each award recipient to 

effectively administer and monitor the 

grant program to ensure the 

achievement of CMC program purposes 

and account for the expenditure of 

federal funds to deter waste, fraud, and 

abuse. 

II. Method of Collection 

Connecting Minority Communities Pilot 

Program 

Award recipients will submit 

financial and performance reports on a 

semi-annual basis for the periods ending 

March 31st and September 30th of each 

year, and an annual report no later than 

one year after receiving grant funds and 

until they have expended all funds. The 

Baseline Report is a one-time collection 

of information from award recipients 

covering project plans and details about 

key outputs and outcomes that is due 

within 45 days of the issuance of the 

award. NTIA will collect data through 

electronic submission. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 06XX–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): TBD. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Grant award 

recipients consisting of Historically 

Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs); 

Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs); 

Minority-serving institutions (MSIs); or 

consortiums that are led by a 

historically Black college or university, 

Tribal College or University, or 

Minority-serving institution and that 

also include: (a) An MBE; or (b) an 

organization described in section 

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

section 501(a) of such Code). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

183. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 33.22. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17,055.7. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $447,712.13. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, 

Title IX, Section 905, Public Law 116– 

260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 2020). 

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. 


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