[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 71622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27387]


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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; Submission of Conservation Efforts To Make Listings 
Unnecessary Under the Endangered Species Act

    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 September 22, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
    Title: Submission of Conservation Efforts To Make Listings 
Unnecessary Under the Endangered Species Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0466.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 2,500 hours to complete each agreement 
or plan that has the intention of making listing unnecessary; 320 hours 
to conduct monitoring for successful agreements; and 80 hours to 
prepare a report for successful agreements.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,900.
    Needs and Uses: Submissions of information under this collection 
pertain to the Policy for Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts 
When Making Listing Decisions (see 68 FR 15100, March 28, 2003). 
Information is used by NMFS when determining whether species warrant 
listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), or may warrant listing 
as threatened or endangered. Information is also used to evaluate the 
implementation and effectiveness of conservation efforts.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; State, 
local or tribal Governments.
    Frequency: 1 per year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: ESA (16 U.S.C. 1533).
    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 0648-0466.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-27387 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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