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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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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. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0304 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 

Christopher Rogers, Chief, International 

Fisheries Division, Office of 

International Affairs and Seafood 

Inspection, National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), at 1315 East-West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 

301–427–8350 or email: 

christopher.rogers@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The NMFS Office of International 

Affairs and Seafood Inspection collects 

information about United States (U.S.) 

vessels that fish on the high seas (waters 

beyond the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone). Such vessels are required to 

possess a fishing permit issued under 

the authority of the High Seas Fishing 

Compliance Act (HSFCA). Applicants 

for this permit must submit information 

(including a photo) to identify their 

vessels, and about owners and operators 

of the vessels, and intended fishing 

areas and fishing gear. The information 

submitted on the application is used to 

process permits and to maintain a 

register of U.S. vessels authorized to fish 

on the high seas. 

Implementing regulations for the 

HSFCA also require vessels be marked 

for identification and enforcement 

purposes. Vessels must be marked in 

three locations (port and starboard sides 

of the deckhouse or hull, and on a 

weatherdeck) with their official number 

or radio call sign. Additional regulatory 

requirements include reporting on 

fishing activities and transshipments, 

notification of fishing trips for 

embarking observers (if selected), and 

operating a vessel monitoring system 

including power up and power down 

notifications. Finally, vessel operators 

may make requests for NMFS to 

authorize new fisheries (fishing gear, 

fishing area, target species) for U.S. 

vessels operating on the high seas. 

These requirements apply to all U.S. 

vessels fishing on the high seas. 

Information on U.S. high seas fishing 

catch and effort is reported to the Food 

and Agriculture Organization of the 

United Nations as authorized under the 

HSFCA. 

II. Method of Collection 

Owners or operators of high seas 

fishing vessels must submit electronic 

permit applications (including vessel 

photo) via the NMFS online permitting 

system. Vessel operators submit logbook 

pages/transshipment notices/ 

declarations to NMFS by email. 

Notifications for observer coverage and 

power down/power up of vessel 

monitoring systems are submitted via 

email. Requests for authorizing new 

fisheries on the high seas are submitted 

via letter/email. No information is 

submitted for the vessel marking 

requirement. The markings are only 

displayed on the vessel. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0304. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

600. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes per electronic vessel permit 

application including uploading a 

vessel photograph; for logbook reports, 

6 minutes per day for days fish are 

caught, 1 minute per day for days when 

fish are not caught; 45 minutes (15 

minutes for each of 3 locations) for 

vessel markings; 5 minutes for advance 

notices of transshipment and 10 

minutes for transshipment reports; 5 

minutes for power up/power down 

notifications for enhanced mobile 

transceiver units; 5 minutes to notify 

NMFS of a fishing trip to allow for 

observer coverage; and 30 minutes to 

prepare/submit requests to authorize a 

new fishery on the high seas. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 302. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $162,919. 

Respondent’s obligation: Mandatory 

(voluntary for new fishery authorization 

requests). 

Legal Authority: HSFCA (Pub. L. 104– 

43) codified at 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

allow 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB325] 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Geophysical Surveys 

Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, its implementing 

regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA 

Regulations for Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Geophysical 

Surveys Related to Oil and Gas 

Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, 

notification is hereby given that a Letter 

of Authorization (LOA) has been issued 

to Telesis Geophysical Services, LLC 


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