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households; State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1387 Sec. 

118. 

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 Information 

Collection Request. 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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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; Green Sturgeon 4(d) Rule 

Take Exceptions and Exemptions 

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 September 19, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0613 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 Susan 

Wang, Fishery Biologist, NMFS West 

Coast Region, 501 West Ocean 

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 

90802, Susan.Wang@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension, 

without change, of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Section 4(d) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA) authorizes 

the Secretary of Commerce to adopt 

regulations determined to be necessary 

and advisable for the conservation of 

species listed as threatened. Such 

regulations may include any or all of the 

prohibitions described in section 9(a)(1) 

of the ESA. As the agency with 

jurisdiction over the Southern Distinct 

Population Segment of North American 

green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris; 

hereafter, ‘‘Southern DPS’’), the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA’s) National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

determined that protective regulations 

(a ‘‘4(d) rule’’) are necessary and 

advisable for the conservation of the 

Southern DPS after it was listed as a 

threatened species in April 2006. 

Protective regulations under section 4(d) 

of the ESA were promulgated for the 

species on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30714) 

(the final ESA 4(d) Rule) and codified at 

50 CFR 223.210. To comply with the 

ESA and the protective regulations, 

entities must obtain take authorization 

prior to engaging in activities involving 

take of Southern DPS fish unless the 

activity is covered by an exception or 

exemption. ‘‘Take’’ is defined as to 

harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, 

wound, kill, trap, capture or collect, or 

to attempt to engage in any such 

conduct. Certain activities described in 

the ‘‘exceptions’’ provision of 50 CFR 

223.210(b) are not subject to the take 

prohibitions if they adhere to specific 

criteria and reporting requirements. 

Under the ‘‘exemption’’ provision of 50 

CFR 223.210(c), the take prohibitions do 

not apply to scientific research, 

scientific monitoring, and fisheries 

activities conducted under an approved 

4(d) program or plan; similarly, take 

prohibitions do not apply to tribal 

resource management activities 

conducted under a Tribal Plan for 

which the requisite determinations 

described in 50 CFR 223.210(c)(3) have 

been made. 

To ensure that activities qualify under 

exceptions to or exemptions from the 

take prohibitions, local, state, and 

federal agencies, non-governmental 

organizations, academic researchers, 

and private organizations are asked to 

voluntarily submit detailed information 

regarding their activity on a schedule to 

be determined by National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff. This 

information is used by NMFS to (1) 

track the number of Southern DPS fish 

taken as a result of each action; (2) 

understand and evaluate the cumulative 

effects of each action on the Southern 

DPS; and (3) determine whether 

additional protections are needed for 

the species, or whether additional 

exceptions may be warranted. NMFS 

designed the criteria to ensure that 

plans meeting the criteria would 

adequately limit effects on threatened 

Southern DPS fish, such that additional 

protections in the form of a federal take 

prohibition would not be necessary and 

advisable. 


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II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include email of electronic 

forms, and mail and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0613. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government; Federal government; 

business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

58. 

Estimated Time per Response: Written 

notification describing research, 

monitoring or habitat restoration 

activities, 40 hours; development of 

fisheries management and evaluation 

plans or state 4(d) research programs, 40 

hours; reports, 5 hours; development of 

a tribal fishery management plan, 20 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,760. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $200. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Endangered Species 

Act. 

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. 2022–15340 Filed 7–18–22; 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; Improving 

Knowledge About NWS Forecaster 

Core Partner Needs for Reducing 

Vulnerability to Compound Threats in 

Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Amid 

COVID–19 

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 September 19, 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– 

xxxx 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 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). 

Compound hazards, like tornadoes and 

flash floods (called TORFFs), are a 

significant issue for risk communication 

and are common in landfalling tropical 

cyclones. Currently, NOAA lacks data 

and data collection instruments that 

articulate and explain how emergency 

managers and broadcast meteorologists 

receive, interpret, and respond to NWS 

prediction information about these 

compound hazards before and during 

landfalling tropical cyclones, like 

Hurricane Ida. Furthermore, NOAA 

lacks adequate knowledge about how 

these risks are best communicated 

during COVID–19, when it is important 

for those who are most vulnerable to 

adjudicate their risks of exposure to 

both severe weather and COVID–19. 

Such knowledge about compound 

weather hazards would be particularly 

useful for NWS forecasters who 

communicate risk information to their 

colleagues in emergency management 

and broadcast meteorology (hereafter 

‘‘partners’’), especially when 

information about sheltering practices, 

evacuation, and vulnerability can be 

complicated by exposure to public 

health threats and bilingual needs. 

Without this type of information 

about how partners grapple with the 

communication of compound hazards 

amid the pandemic, NOAA, and 

specifically the NWS, 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 goal to collaborate across sectors on 

‘‘research necessary to enhance the 

integration of social science knowledge 

into weather forecast and warning 

processes, including to improve the 

communication of threat information 

necessary to enable improved severe 

weather planning and decision making 

on the part of individuals and 

communities (Pub. L. 115–25)’’. This 

work addresses NOAA’s 5-year Research 

and Development Vision Areas (2020– 

2026) Section 1.4 (FACETs). This effort 

also advances the NWS Strategic Plan 

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