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20910; (301) 427–8401; wendy.piniak@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NOAA Fisheries) proposes to 

revise and extend a currently approved 

information collection designed to 

assess the extent of hook and line 

interactions between recreational 

anglers on piers and other shore-based 

fishing locations and sea turtles. The 

collection comprises an Angler Intercept 

Survey, a Fishing Site Characterization 

Form, a Survey Cover Sheet, and a Sea 

Turtle Incidental Capture Form. The 

Angler Intercept Survey will be verbally 

administered on piers and shore-based 

fishing locations within NOAA 

Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region and 

Southeast Region, and will be 

administered to approximately 20,000 

individual recreational fishermen. The 

respondents will be verbally asked a 

series of questions about their fishing 

practices and observations of sea turtles 

and the interviewer will record their 

answers. The survey will also assess the 

feasibility of an intercept survey for this 

purpose in terms of response rates and 

data collection. The Fishing Site 

Characterization Form will be 

completed by the survey administrator 

at each fishing location and collects 

information on the structure and 

operation of the pier or shore-based 

fishing location. The Site 

Characterization Sheet will be 

completed by the survey administrator 

during each survey period and collects 

information on the environmental 

conditions for that particular day, the 

number of anglers fishing, number of 

lines in the water, and the number of 

surveys completed. Sea Turtle 

Incidental Capture Form will be filled 

out by a Sea Turtle Stranding and 

Salvage Network participant when a 

turtle is incidentally captured, 

regardless of if the capture occurs 

during a specific survey period, and 

collects information on the specific 

interaction with fishing gear. This 

information is necessary to compare to 

the angler survey data, to identify if 

certain factors or fishing practices 

influence the rate of interactions. In this 

extension, minor revisions will be made 

to the Sea Turtle Incidental Capture 

Form to eliminate duplication with 

other sea turtle stranding data collection 

efforts. 

II. Method of Collection 

The survey will be implemented 

through verbal interviews. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0774. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a current 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes for the Fishing Site 

Characterization Form, 5 minutes for the 

Survey Cover Sheet, 10 minutes for the 

Angler Intercept Survey, 5 minutes for 

the Sea Turtle Incidental Capture Form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,134 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $44,237. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Endangered Species 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 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 submitted 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 information collection 

request (ICR). Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, 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 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. 2021–17804 Filed 8–18–21; 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; Weather and Society Survey 

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 October 18, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. 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 Nicole 

Kurkowski, R2O Team Lead, DOC/ 

NOAA/NWS/OSTI, 1325 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 

301.427.9104, nicole.kurkowski@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for a new collection 

of information. 

The data collection is sponsored by 

DOC/NOAA/National Weather Service 

(NWS)/Office of Science and 

Technology Integration (OSTI). 

Currently, NOAA lacks data and data 

collection instruments that articulate 

and explicate how individuals receive, 

interpret, and respond to NOAA 

information, forecasts, and warnings for 

severe, winter, and tropical weather 

hazards. Furthermore, NOAA lacks this 

type of data longitudinally (i.e., 

collected over time). Without this type 

of longitudinal data, NOAA, and the 


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NWS specifically, cannot determine if it 

has met its mission of saving lives and 

property, propose societal impact 

performance metrics, nor demonstrate if 

progress or improvements have been 

made, as outlined in the Weather 

Research and Forecasting Innovation 

Act of 2017. This effort aims to advance 

the Tornado Warning Improvement and 

Extension Program (TWIEP)’s goal to 

‘‘reduce the loss of life and economic 

losses from tornadoes through the 

development and extension of accurate, 

effective, and timely tornado forecasts, 

predictions, and warnings, including 

the prediction of tornadoes beyond one 

hour in advance (Pub. L. 115–25)’’. This 

work addresses NOAA’s 5-year Research 

and Development Vision Areas (2020– 

2026) Section 1.4 (FACETs). The 

Weather and Society Survey also 

advances the findings of the National 

Academy of Science 2012 report, 

‘‘Assessment of the NWS Modernization 

Program’’, in reference to NWS’ ‘‘chain 

of events associated with a tornado 

warning’’ (p52). This effort also 

advances the NWS Strategic Plan (2019– 

2022) ‘‘Transformative Impact-Based 

Decision Support Services (IDSS) and 

Research to Operations and Operations 

to Research (R2O/O2R).’’ Furthermore, 

the Survey furthers the NWS Weather 

Ready Nation (WRN) Roadmap (2013) 

Sections 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.8, and 

3.1.4. 

This information would be collected 

at the Cooperative Institute for 

Mesoscale Meteorological Studies 

(CIMMS) and the University of 

Oklahoma’s Center for Risk and Crisis 

Management (CRCM), who has 

developed data collection instruments 

that would allow for more routine and 

longitudinal data collection, as the data 

will be collected on an annual basis. 

Furthermore, this team has developed 

interactive ‘‘dashboards’’, or tools, to 

visualize the aggregated data. 

Respondents include adults (age 18+) 

who reside in the United States, 

recruited by survey companies that 

maintain large panels of people who 

sign up to complete internet surveys, 

such as Qualtrics and Survey Sampling 

International. Respondents will be 

asked questions about the ways they 

have received, interpreted, and 

responded to NWS information, 

forecasts, and warnings for severe, 

tropical, and winter weather hazards. 

Questions about preparedness for 

specific hazards such as heat waves, 

tornadoes, and drought may also be 

included. This data collection serves 

many purposes, including gaining a 

better understanding of how key factors 

within a given population, or 

organization, vary over time, location, 

and across different groups; the ability 

to detect gradual trends or abrupt 

changes in those factors over time or in 

response to particular events; and the 

potential to explore possible 

correlations and causal relationships 

with other observed variables of 

interest. These data will be used by the 

OSTI in NWS to develop a baseline and 

performance metrics to improve the 

information and services it provides and 

to help members of the weather 

enterprise answer basic questions about 

the people in the communities they 

serve, which is a necessary step towards 

customizing and improving risk 

communication, education, and 

decision support to meet the 

characteristics of the community, 

including those in vulnerable 

populations. The information collected 

will help identify differences and best 

practices between communities and 

assist NWS in developing new 

education and risk communication 

strategies. The survey data and its 

associated dashboard will serve as 

interactive tools to allow NWS 

forecasters, partners, and policymakers 

to access and explore data for training 

and performance evaluation purposes. 

II. Method of Collection 

The primary method of data 

collection will be a web-based survey 

interface. Specific questions in the 

surveys determine how members of the 

U.S. public receive, comprehend, and 

respond to severe, tropical, and winter 

weather related information. 

Furthermore, these survey items will be 

translated to Spanish. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular (New 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes each for the Severe Weather 

Survey, Tropical Weather Survey, and 

Winter Weather Survey. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: None. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. Ch. 111, 

Weather Research and Forecasting 

Information. 

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 

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. 2021–17805 Filed 8–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KE–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; High Seas Fishing Permit 

Application, Logbook Reporting and 

Vessel Marking 

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 


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