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OMB Control No: 0648-0178	ICR Reference No: 202003-0648-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201702-0648-009
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Marine Mammal Stranding Reports / Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report / Human Interaction Data Sheet
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/24/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/26/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2021
Responses	14,600	0	13,950
Time Burden (Hours)	8,675	0	8,238
Cost Burden (Dollars)	230	0	1,112

Abstract: This request is for revision of this previously approved data collection for which approval will expire March 31, 2020. All three of the currently approved forms in this collection (the Stranding Report form, Human Interaction Form, and Rehabilitation Disposition Form) have been slightly modified. Minor edits to the marine mammal stranding form are proposed, including beginning to collect live, entangled large whale data in this data collection, streamlining the confidence codes, collecting data on marine debris and entanglement interactions, and minor textual edits to field names to better match the other two forms. Minor changes are proposed for Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition report, including the collection of all pinniped pups born in rehab (previously was only for pups that survived the first 48 hours). Additionally, minor edits to field names were made to better match the other two forms. Minor changes to field names are proposed for the Human Interaction Data Sheet, to better match the other two forms. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Section 402, the Secretary (i.e., Secretary of Commerce, who has delegated responsibility under this Act to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Fisheries) is responsible for collecting information on strandings which the Secretary will compile and analyze, by region, to monitor species, numbers, conditions, and causes of illnesses and deaths of stranded marine mammals. The Secretary is also responsible for collection of information on other life history and reference level data, including marine mammal tissue analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1421a Name of Law: Marine Mammal Protection Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 68144	12/13/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 16928	03/25/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Human Interaction Data Sheet	N/A
Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report	N/A
Marine Mammal Stranding Report - Level A Data	N/A

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	14,600	13,950	650
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,675	8,238	437
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	230	1,112	-882

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Based on recent submissions, we estimate 14,600 responses per year for all three forms (Stranding Report, Rehabilitation Disposition Forms, and the Human Interaction Data Sheet), an increase of 650 from the last extension. There is an associated increase of 437 hours. This increase is partially due to an increase in the number of strandings, and not a change in the estimated amount of time it will take to fill out the forms. The increase is also partially due to a change in what cases require a Human Interaction Data Sheet. In 2017, when the form was introduced, we proposed that it only be filled out for all species that are listed as Endangered/Threatened, all large whale species, and all stranded cetaceans determined to be code 1, 2, or 3. However, several comments received from the Stranding Network encouraged us to also require it for all code 1, 2 and 3 pinniped cases. Therefore, this estimate has included the 12-year annual average of all code 1, 2, and 3 strandings in the United States. In recent years there has been an increase in cases requiring these forms, mostly attributed to several high profile Unusual Mortality Events (UMEs).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $76,651

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Stephen Manley 301 427-8476

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