[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 26014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10048]


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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; Protocol for Access to Tissue Specimen Samples From the 
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank

    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 January 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Protocol for Access to Tissue Specimen Samples from the 
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0468.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Average Hours per Response: National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank 
Tissue Request Form, 3 hours; National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank Form, 
45 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 98.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this collection of information is to 
enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to 
allow the scientific community the opportunity to request tissue 
specimen samples from the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB), 
as well as for tissue samples to be submitted. This information 
collection is being renewed to enable the Marine Mammal Health and 
Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) of NOAA to assemble information on 
all specimens submitted to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology's National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (Bank), which 
includes the NMMTB.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal government; Federal government.
    Frequency: Reporting (on occasion).
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Under 16 U.S.C. 1421f section 407(d)(1) of the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act, the NMFS must establish criteria for 
access to marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB and make those available 
for public comment and review.
    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 0648-0468.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-10048 Filed 5-11-21; 8:45 am]
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