[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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