[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 95 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21349-21350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08818]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second
notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal
Register, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.
DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received by June 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The full submission may be found at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725 17th Street NW, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, and
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, or send email
to [email protected]; telephone: 703-292-7556. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, which is accessible
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including Federal
holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless the collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to the points
of contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Title of Collection: Antarctic emergency response plan and
environmental protection information.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0180.
Abstract: The NSF, pursuant to the Antarctic Conservation Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (``ACA'') regulates certain non-
governmental activities in Antarctica. The ACA was amended in 1996 by
the Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act. On September 7,
2001, NSF published a final rule in the Federal Register (66 FR 46739)
implementing certain of these statutory amendments. The rule requires
non-governmental Antarctic expeditions using non-U.S. flagged vessels
to ensure that the vessel owner has an emergency response plan. The
rule also requires persons organizing a non-governmental expedition to
provide expedition members with information on their environmental
protection obligations under the Antarctic Conservation Act.
Expected Respondents. Respondents may include non-profit
organizations and small and large businesses. The majority of
respondents are anticipated to be U.S. tour operators, currently
estimated to number eighteen.
Burden on the Public. The Foundation estimates that a one-time
paperwork and recordkeeping burden of 40 hours or less, at a cost of
$500 to $1,400 per respondent, will result from the emergency response
plan requirement contained in the rule. Presently, all respondents have
been providing expedition members with a copy of the Guidance for
Visitors to the Antarctic (prepared and adopted at the Eighteenth
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting as Recommendation XVIII-1).
Because this Antarctic Treaty System document satisfies the
environmental protection information requirements of the rule, no
additional burden shall result from the environmental information
requirements in the proposed rule.
Dated: May 13, 2025.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2025-08818 Filed 5-16-25; 8:45 am]
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