90 FR 52 pgs. 12709-12710 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 52Pages: 12709 - 12710
Pages: 12709, 12710FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-04454 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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; Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants
[top] 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
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for NOAA Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current information collection].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 10 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,360.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a renewal of a currently approved information collection through the Environmental Compliance Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Funding Opportunity Applicants (Questionnaire). This Questionnaire is used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collect information about proposed activities for the purpose of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA," 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and other environmental compliance requirements associated with proposed activities. NEPA requires federal agencies to complete an environmental analysis for all major federal actions, including funding non-federal activities through federal financial assistance awards where federal participation in the funded activity is expected to be significant. The Questionnaire is used in conjunction with NOAA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific questions to which an applicant must respond in one of three ways: (1) the applicable questions are inserted directly into the NOFO with reference to the OMB Approval Number (0648-0538) for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify which questions ( e.g., 1, 2) an applicant must answer, with the entire OMB-approved Questionnaire attached to the NOFO; or (3) applicants to be recommended for funding will be required to answer relevant questions from the Questionnaire. The federal program officer will determine which questions are relevant to each specific applicant. Answers must be provided before the application can be submitted for final funding approval. This Questionnaire has been not revised since 2021.
NOAA increased the anticipated burden response time to complete the questionnaire based on feedback from recent respondents. Respondents indicated that a burden of 10 hours more accurately reflected the true response time compared to the previously cited 3 hours per response.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 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 0648-0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-04454 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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