[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2409-2410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00536]
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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: Analysis of and Participation in Ocean Exploration Video
Products.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0748.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved
collection).
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 664 hours.
Needs and Uses: This collection is revised to add two new forms
resulting in an increased number of respondents (1,000), responses
(1,400), and burden hours (16).
It is important to address the needs of the shore-based scientists
and public to
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maintain a high level of participation. We use voluntary surveys to
identify the needs of users of data and best approaches to leverage
expertise of shore-based participants for meaningful public engagement
focused on ocean exploration. This information collection consists of
four forms. (1) Sailing Contact Information (new). This form is sent to
the few scientists that directly sail on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.
The ship's operational officer needs certain information such as: If a
sailing individual has securely submitted their proper medical
documents to NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, if the
person is up to date with required security documents such as a
passport, if the ship is traveling to a foreign port, or any dietary
restrictions so that the person will be served food that is safe. (2)
Okeanos Explorer Participation Assessment. This voluntary form is sent
to the scientists that sailed on any Okeanos Explorer cruise funded by
NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research to record any feedback
they wish to provide to the office about their experience. The office
uses their feedback in assessments for improving the utility and
experience of these scientific guests sailing on the Okeanos Explorer.
(3) EX Collaboration Tools Feedback (new). This voluntary form is sent
to members of the marine scientific community at the beginning of a
fiscal year to ask if members would like to participate in any of the
upcoming cruises and to what degree, such as simply asking to be
included in emailed updates or if they want to be on a direct line to
the ship for remotely operated vehicle dive operations. (4) Citizen
Scientist. This voluntary form is available to general members of the
public and is used for members to improve the annotation efforts when
watching short video clips of 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
Affected Public: Targeted towards the greater ocean exploration
community Individuals or households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions; Federal government.
Frequency: EX Collaboration Tools Feedback: annually; all other
forms are on occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Sailing Contact Information: Required to
obtain or retain benefits; all other forms are voluntary.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-00536 Filed 1-14-20; 8:45 am]
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