[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 10888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03240]


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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 30, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    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: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
Office of Protected Resources, is sponsoring a request for extension of 
a currently approved information collection.
    Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), determinations whether to 
list species as endangered or threatened must be based on the best 
scientific and commercial data available and after taking into account 
those efforts, if any, being made by any State or foreign nation (or 
any of their political subdivisions) to protect the particular species. 
On March 28, 2003, NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the 
``Services'') announced a final policy on the criteria the Services 
will use to evaluate certain conservation efforts by States, Tribes, 
and other non-Federal entities when making listing determinations under 
the ESA (68 FR 15100). The conservation efforts usually involve the 
development of a conservation plan or agreement, procedures for 
monitoring the effectiveness of the plan or agreement, and an annual 
report.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; State, 
local or tribal governments.
    Frequency: One 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,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-03240 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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