[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81369-81370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25848]


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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; Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument Permit 
Application and Reports for Permits

    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 August 28, 2023 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: Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument 
Permit Application and Reports for Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0548.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 411.
    Average Hours per Response: Conservation and Management and 
Education (``general'' permits), 5 hours; Special Ocean Use permits, 10 
hours; Native Hawaiian Practices permits, 8 hours; Recreation permits, 
6 hours; permit modification requests and final reports, 10 hours; and 
annual reports, 5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,343.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) is 
sponsoring the information collection as described herein. ONMS manages 
national marine sanctuaries pursuant to the purposes and policies of 
the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA, 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). 
President Bush established the Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine 
National Monument (Monument) through Presidential Proclamation 8031 
(Proclamation) dated June 15, 2006, (71 FR 36443, June 26, 2006) under 
the authority of the Antiquities Act (Act) (54 U.S.C. 320301). The 
Proclamation reserves all lands and interests in lands owned or 
controlled by the Government of the United States in the Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), including emergent and submerged lands and 
waters, out to a distance of approximately 50 nautical miles (nmi) (93 
km) from the islands. The boundaries of the Monument as described in 
Presidential Proclamation 8031 are 100 miles (160 km) wide and extend 
approximately 1200 miles (1931 km) around coral islands, seamounts, 
banks, and shoals. The area includes the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, the Midway Atoll National Wildlife 
Refuge, the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and the Battle 
of Midway National Memorial.
    The Proclamation includes restrictions and prohibitions regarding 
activities in the Monument consistent with the authority provided by 
the Act. The Proclamation prohibits access to the Monument except when 
passing through the Monument without interruption or as allowed via 
permit. Vessels passing through the Monument without interruption are 
required to notify NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service upon 
entering into and leaving the Monument. Pursuant to the Proclamation, 
individuals wishing to access the Monument to conduct certain regulated 
activities must first apply for and be granted a permit. Applicants 
must also certify compliance with certain vessel monitoring system 
requirements.
    The information submitted in permit applications will, in general, 
be used at the time the application is submitted to make a final 
decision on the application. Some of the information may also be used 
subsequent to the initial decision making to inform management actions 
or decision making. For example, a survey of a

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project location by one permit applicant may be used by the agency in 
the future to respond to a vessel grounding in the same area in 
addition to facilitating the agency's decision on that application. 
Information submitted in a report will be used to periodically assess 
the permittee's compliance with permit terms and conditions and to 
assist in evaluating the appropriateness of the permitted activity.
    Affected Public: Individuals, non-profit institutions; Federal, 
State, local, government, Native Hawaiian organizations; business or 
other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion. Permittees are required to submit a summary 
report due 30 days after the expiration of their permit; and an annual 
report due by December 31st for each year their permit is active.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 
16 U.S.C. 742f, 16 U.S.C. 742l; 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
    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 0648-0548.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-25848 Filed 11-21-23; 8:45 am]
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