# 2026-16394: NOAA Diving Paperwork Up for OMB Review: Dive into Bureaucracy

2026-16394, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Diving Program, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2026-08-12, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 13, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16394
- As of: 2026-08-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16394
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Diving Program
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 52046
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 13, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-13
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-19

## In one line

NOAA Diving Paperwork Up for OMB Review: Dive into Bureaucracy

## Summary

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

- NOAA Divers Must Submit Medical Exams: cost, medium. If you are a NOAA diver (including NOAA employees, contractors, or volunteers), you must submit an initial diving physical to the NOAA Diving Medical Officers and provide annual medical documentation to remain authorized to dive. If you do not meet the medical or documentation requirements, you may…
- Time and Financial Burden on Respondents: cost, low. NOAA estimates 141 respondents will respond to this collection, with per-response times ranging from 1 minute to 2 hours and a total estimated annual burden of 336 hours. The estimated total annual cost to the public is $11,700 (upper bound) and would be approximately $1,750 if all respondents have…

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## Sources
- [2026-16394 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16394/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-16394 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16394.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16394 (as of 2026-08-19).