[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25378]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Average Hours per Response: One to three hours.
Burden Hours: 3,000.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection. The National Environmental
Policy Act (``NEPA''; 42 U.S.C. 4321-4370) requires federal agencies to
complete an environmental analysis for all major federal actions,
including funding non-federal projects through federal financial
assistance awards where Federal participation in the funded activity is
expected to be significant. This Environmental Compliance Questionnaire
for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Financial
Assistance Applicants (Questionnaire) is used by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collect information about
proposed activities for NEPA and other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed projects, such as federal
consultations. The Questionnaire is used in conjunction with NOAA
Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). Applicants are required to
provide only the information from this Questionnaire that is specified
in the FOA to which they are applying. The FOA may present these
questions in one of two ways: (1) The applicable questions can be
inserted directly into the FOA with reference to the OMB Control Number
(0648-0538) for this form; or (2) The FOA can specify which questions
(e.g. 1, 2) an applicant must answer, with the entire OMB-approved
Questionnaire attached to the FOA. This Questionnaire has been revised
to (1) remove repetitive questions; (2) revise specific questions to
use plain language instead of NEPA-specific language; and (3) add
questions that would be helpful to a wider range of NOAA programs. The
revision reduced the overall number of questions by 22.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; state, local, or
tribal government; and federal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: October 1, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-25378 Filed 10-5-15; 8:45 am]
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