30872 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Information Collection Activities; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; SURF Fellow Housing 

Application 

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 on January 26, 

2022, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Commerce. 

Title: SURF Fellow Housing 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0084. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 220. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 110 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

collection is to gather information 

requested on behalf of the NIST 

Summer Undergraduate Research 

Fellowship (SURF) Program for both 

Gaithersburg and Boulder locations. 

Students participating in the program 

receive a fellowship which includes 

lodging arranged by the agency. To 

coordinate the lodging, information is 

submitted by accepted students which 

require lodging during the program 

dates. The student information is 

utilized for roommate matching based 

on gender and common interests. The 

information includes identification of 

accepted laboratory, housing 

requirement (yes or no), first name, last 

name, dates requesting housing, gender, 

roommate identification, name of 

academic institution of enrollment, 

preferences (night owl, early bird, 

neatness, smoking,), and special 

requests. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

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 0693–0084. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10917 Filed 5–19–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC010] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Site 

Characterization Surveys Offshore 

From Massachusetts to New Jersey for 

Vineyard Northeast, LLC 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments on proposed authorization 

and possible Renewal. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from Vineyard Northeast, LLC (Vineyard 

Northeast) for authorization to take 

marine mammals incidental to marine 

site characterization surveys offshore 

from Massachusetts to New Jersey, 

including the area of Commercial Lease 

of Submerged Lands for Renewable 

Energy Development on the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lease Areas OCS–A 

0522 and OCS–A 0544 (Lease Areas) 

and potential offshore export cable 

corridor (OECC) routes to landfall 

locations. Pursuant to the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS 

is requesting comments on its proposal 

to issue an incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA) to incidentally take 

marine mammals during the specified 

activities. NMFS is also requesting 

comments on a possible one-time, oneyear renewal that could be issued under 

certain circumstances and if all 

requirements are met, as described in 

Request for Public Comments at the end 

of this notice. NMFS will consider 

public comments prior to making any 

final decision on the issuance of the 

requested MMPA authorizations and 

agency responses will be summarized in 

the final notice of our decision. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than June 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. Written 

comments should be submitted via 

email to ITP.Esch@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25 

megabyte file size. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted online at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

national/marine-mammal-protection/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-otherenergy-activities-renewable without 

change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carter Esch, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8421. 

Electronic copies of the application and 

supporting documents, as well as a list 

of the references cited in this document, 

may be obtained online at: 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case 

of problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) 

of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) 

direct the Secretary of Commerce (as 

delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 


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