[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12921-12922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04199]


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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; NOAA Teacher at Sea Program

    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

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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 
November 4, 2022 (87 FR 66658) during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0283.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Number of Respondents: 375.
    Average Hours per Response: Application: 1 hr. 15 min; 
Recommendations: 15 minutes; NOAA Health Services Questionnaire and 
Tuberculosis Screening Document: 45 minutes; Follow-up Report: 2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 781.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    NOAA provides educators an opportunity to gain first-hand 
experience with field research activities through the Teacher at Sea 
Program. Through this program, educators spend up to 3 weeks at sea on 
a NOAA research vessel, participating in an ongoing research project 
with NOAA scientists. The application solicits information from 
interested educators including: basic personal information, teaching 
experience, and ideas for applying program experience in their 
classrooms, plus two recommendations and a NOAA Health Services 
Questionnaire required of anyone selected to participate in the 
program.
    Once educators are selected and participate on a cruise, they write 
a report detailing the events of the cruise and ideas for classroom 
activities based on what they learned while at sea. These materials are 
then made available to other educators so they may benefit from the 
experience, without actually going to sea by themselves. This 
collection supports NOAA's mission by providing educators an 
opportunity to gain first-hand experience with field research 
activities through the Teacher at Sea Program.
    NOAA does not collect information from this universe of respondents 
for any other purpose than to determine which educators will 
participate in the NOAA Teacher at Sea Program.
    Affected Public: Individuals--Educators.
    Frequency: Once a year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    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 0648-0283.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04199 Filed 2-28-23; 8:45 am]
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