[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 47 (Friday, March 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 14081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05177]


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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; Weather Modification Activities Reports

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 22, 2020 (85 FR 83523) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Weather Modification Activities Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0025.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 17-4 and 17-4A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours per Response: 60 minutes per initial report; 30 
minutes per interim or final report.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's 
Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR)/Weather Program Office is 
conducting this information collection pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
Public Law 92-205. This law requires that all non-federal weather 
modification activities (e.g., cloud seeding) in the United States 
(U.S.) and its territories be reported to the Secretary of Commerce 
through NOAA. This reporting is critical for gauging the scope of these 
activities, for determining the possibility of duplicative operations 
or of interference with another project, for providing a database for 
checking atmospheric changes against the reported activities, and for 
providing a single source of information on the safety and 
environmental factors used in weather modification activities in the 
U.S. Two forms are collected under this OMB Control Number: One prior 
to and one after the activity. The requirements are detailed in 15 CFR 
part 908. This data is used for scientific research, historical 
statistics, international reports and other purposes.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion (Beginning and end of projects).
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Public Law 92-205, Weather Modification Reporting 
Act of 1972.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0025.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-05177 Filed 3-11-21; 8:45 am]
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