[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70955-70956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27738]
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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: Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument
Permit Application and Reports for Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0548.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 411.
Average Hours per Response: Research, Conservation and Management
and Education (``general'' permits), 5 hours; Special Ocean Use
permits, 10 hours; Native Hawaiian Practices permits, 8 hours;
Recreation permits, 6 hours; permit amendment
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requests and final reports, 10 hours; and annual reports, 5 hours.
Burden Hours: 1,343.
Needs and Uses: President Bush established the
Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument (Monument) by
issuing Presidential Proclamation 8031 (Proclamation) on June 15, 2006,
(71 FR 36443, June 26, 2006) under the authority of the Antiquities Act
(Act) (16 U.S.C. 431). The Proclamation reserves all lands and
interests in lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United
States in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), including emergent
and submerged lands and waters, out to a distance of approximately 50
nautical miles (nmi) from the islands. The boundaries of the Monument
as described in Presidential Proclamation 8031 are 100 miles wide and
extend approximately 1200 miles around coral islands, seamounts, banks,
and shoals. The area includes the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral
Reef Ecosystem Reserve, the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, the
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and the Battle of Midway
National Memorial.
The Proclamation includes restrictions and prohibitions regarding
activities in the Monument consistent with the authority provided by
the Act. The Proclamation prohibits access to the Monument except when
passing through the Monument without interruption or as allowed under a
permit issued by the agencies. Vessels passing through the Monument
without interruption are required to notify the agencies upon entering
into and leaving the Monument. Individuals wishing to access the
Monument to conduct certain regulated activities must first apply for
and be granted a permit issued by the agencies pursuant to the
Proclamation. Applicants must also certify compliance with certain
vessel monitoring system requirements.
The information submitted in permit applications will, in general,
only be used at the time the application is submitted to make a final
decision on the application. Some of the information may also be used
subsequent to the initial decision making to inform management actions
or decision making. For example, a survey of a project location by one
permit applicant may be used by the agencies in the future to respond
to a vessel grounding in the same area in addition to facilitating the
agencies' decision on that application. Information submitted in a
report will be used to periodically assess the permittee's compliance
with permit terms and conditions and to assist in evaluating the
appropriateness of the permitted activity.
Affected Public: Individuals, non-profit institutions; Federal,
State, local, government, Native Hawaiian organizations; business or
other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Permittees are required to submit a summary report due
30 days after the expiration of their permit; and an annual report due
by 12/31 for each year their permit is active.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to 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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-27738 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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