Civil & Administrative

NOAA seeks comments on Ocean Enterprise business survey

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

NOAA plans to continue a web-based survey of companies and organizations that provide ocean measurement, observation, forecasting services, infrastructure, or use IOOS data for commercial and specialized purposes. The survey is meant to measure the size, value, and growth of the U.S. Ocean Enterprise over time. Businesses, research organizations, and other entities connected to IOOS data may be asked to provide information. Comments on the proposed information collection are due by August 3, 2026, and should not include confidential or sensitive business information.

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Key Changes

  • NOAA seeks approval to continue an existing web-based survey of the U.S. Ocean Enterprise
  • The survey targets employers and organizations that provide or use IOOS-related services, infrastructure, and data
  • Public comments on the information collection are due by August 3, 2026

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Interested persons submitting comments on the proposed NOAA information collection must ensure comments are received by NOAA on or before August 3, 2026, to be considered.

persons or entities submitting comments
Comments must be received on or before August 3, 2026
reporting
low

Persons submitting comments should send written comments to [email protected] and reference OMB Control Number 0648-0712 in the subject line.

persons or entities submitting comments
On submission of comments
reporting
medium

Persons submitting comments must not include Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information, because comments will generally be posted publicly without change.

persons or entities submitting comments
On submission of comments
prohibition

Affected Parties

ocean measurement and forecasting businessesorganizations using IOOS data+1 more…

Tags

NOAA,information collection,ocean data