# 2025-11069: NOAA Wants More Data on Sick and Stranded Marine Mammals

2025-11069, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Marine Mammal Health MAP Data Forms, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-06-16, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 15, 2025. (as of 2026-11-02).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11069
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Marine Mammal Health MAP Data Forms
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 25240
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 15, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

NOAA Wants More Data on Sick and Stranded Marine Mammals

## Summary

NOAA is updating and extending its Marine Mammal Health MAP data forms to keep track of sick or stranded marine mammals like whales and seals. This helps protect these animals by understanding their health and causes of illness or death. If you want to share your thoughts, send comments by August 15, 2025—no cost or big hassle involved!

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- Eight new Marine Mammal forms required: cost, medium. If you are a participant in the U.S. National Marine Mammal Stranding or Entanglement Response Networks, NOAA is replacing and expanding the previous forms and adding eight new Marine Mammal Health MAP forms (a three-page Marine Mammal Report--Basic Data Form plus Morphometrics, Live Animal Evaluat…
- Estimated respondent burden hours: cost, high. NOAA estimates 400 respondents and sets time-per-form estimates (e.g., 60 minutes for the Basic Data Form; 10 minutes Morphometrics; 45 minutes Live Animal Evaluation; 45 minutes Dead Animal Examination; 10 minutes Histopathology; 30 minutes Samples Collected; 30 minutes Sample Analysis Results; 30…
- Small paper-submission cost charged: cost, low. NOAA estimates an annual cost to the public of $117.42 specifically for paper Marine Mammal Report--Basic Data Form submissions. This cost estimate applies to paper submissions only.
- Electronic submission options reduce burden: benefit, medium. You may submit forms online through the NMFS National Marine Mammal Stranding Database (preferred), by batch upload, or via an Application Programming Interface (API). NOAA says batch upload and API are expected to streamline submissions and significantly reduce burden for organizations that use th…
- Submission is mandatory under MMPA: cost, medium. Submission of these forms is mandatory for participants under the Marine Mammal Protection Act authorities and the Stranding Agreement or other authorization; the information collection is being revised and extended under OMB Control Number 0648-0178. NOAA is accepting public comment on the ICR unt…

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## Sources
- [2025-11069 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11069/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2025-11069 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11069.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11069 (as of 2026-11-02).