[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04353]


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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; Southwest Fisheries Science Center Sea Turtle Sightings

    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 during a 60-day comment period on December 6, 2021. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, Commerce.
    Title: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Sea Turtle Sightings.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular. New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 132.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 11 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) 
is sponsoring a new information collection under the Endangered Species 
Act for the purpose of collecting data on West Coast sea turtle 
sightings from members of the public. The data collected would include: 
Date of the sighting, time of the sighting, sea turtle species (if 
known), behavior, estimated size, geographic location, photos (if 
taken), and the public respondent's email address (used to ask follow-
up questions if necessary). This information would be used by the 
SWFSC's Marine Turtle Ecology & Assessment Program to monitor the 
distribution and timing of sea turtle occurrence along the U.S. West 
Coast, which will accordingly support its mission to conserve and 
protect threatened and endangered sea turtle populations.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act.
    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 the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-04353 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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