82 FR 27693 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Limits of Acceptable Change Study: Surveys in the Northeast Reserves and Culebra Island, Puerto Rico

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 115 (June 16, 2017)

Page Range		27693-27694
FR Document		2017-12461

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-12461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Limits of 
Acceptable Change Study: Surveys in the Northeast Reserves and Culebra 
Island, Puerto Rico

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at pracomments@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Chris Jeffrey, National Centers for Coastal Ocean 
Science, 1305 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, Telephone 
number (240) 533-0354, email: chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for a new information collection.
    The Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), developed under the 
authority of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, is responsible 
for programs intended to enhance the conservation of coral reefs. We 
intend to use the information collected through this instrument for 
conducting a characterization project utilizing a limits of acceptable 
change (LAC) framework that encompasses the Puerto Rico Northeast 
Marine Corridor (NMC) as a continuous management area, addressing the 
following subjects across the area and within individual natural 
reserves to create the information base required to promote effective 
management: Biophysical conditions, social conditions, stakeholder 
identification, stakeholder uses and use patterns, stakeholder 
knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, and stakeholder and resource use 
conflicts. The study will build on past work conducted with 
stakeholders on natural resources and social indicators in the region, 
developing a social conditions baseline. Social conditions will be 
characterized via a series of stakeholder participation protocols, 
which will result in stakeholder identification, use and use patterns, 
knowledge, attitudes, and belief, and use conflicts. It will engage the 
four, main NMC stakeholders: Commercial fishers; commercial water 
operators; recreational boaters, and visitors. All commercial fishers 
and commercial water operators in the region will be surveyed with an 
in-person questionnaire. Recreational boaters will be reached by 
sending out an internet/email survey questionnaire sent to all vessel 
registrants. Visitors in the NMC will be surveyed using an intercept 
survey administered twice a month at a ferry location and via self-
administered surveys disseminated by commercial water operators. It is 
expected that these multi-pronged approaches will provide the 
information necessary to complete a stakeholder characterization for 
the NMC that can be applied to evaluate LAC conditions and trends.

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II. Method of Collection

    Information will be collected through the internet, email and in 
person, on paper.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: June 12, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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II. Method of Collection SUMMARY: The Department of economic benefits of maritime heritage
Information will be collected through Commerce, as part of its continuing protection to the local economy, or the
the internet, email and in person, on effort to reduce paperwork and potential impact on marine and Great
paper. respondent burden, invites the general Lakes recreation businesses. The type of
public and other Federal agencies to data targeted for this collection; that is,
III. Data take this opportunity to comment on information on expenditures, main
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx. proposed and/or continuing information purpose for their trip, knowledge,
Form Number(s): None. collections, as required by the attitudes and perceptions of divers
Type of Review: Regular submission Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. towards maritime heritage resources and
(request for a new information DATES: Written comments must be the sanctuary/proposed sanctuary.
collection). submitted on or before August 15, 2017. Thus, current economic information on
Affected Public: Individuals or ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments the importance of dive and SCUBA
households. to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental operations to the local tourism industry
Estimated Number of Respondents: is required. The primary focus for the
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
3,000. survey will be to gather data on the non-
Estimated Time per Response: 30 Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW., consumptive, market value of diving on
minutes. maritime heritage resources.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). Specifically, researchers will collect
Hours: 1,500. data to determine the contribution of
Estimated Total Annual Cost to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or divers to the economy of marine
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
copies of the information collection heritage resources in sanctuaries and
costs.
instrument and instructions should be proposed sanctuaries.
IV. Request for Comments directed to Dr. Danielle Schwarzmann II. Method of Collection
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 240–533–0705 or
the proposed collection of information On-site interviews will be completed.
danielle.schwarzmann@noaa.gov.
is necessary for the proper performance Sanctuary staff or representatives will
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: contact each dive operation and survey
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have I. Abstract passengers aboard the dive boats at the
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the end of their trip. An on-site survey will
This request is for a new information
agency’s estimate of the burden be supplemented by either mailback
collection to benefit resource managers
(including hours and cost) of the follow-up surveys or on-line surveys for
in sanctuaries and proposed sanctuaries
proposed collection of information; (c) data like expenditures and importance-
(minimum of two sites) that protect
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and satisfaction ratings that cannot be done
marine heritage resources. Maritime
clarity of the information to be face-to-face.
heritage preserves and protects valuable
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the historical, cultural and archaeological III. Data
burden of the collection of information resources within coastal, marine and
on respondents, including through the OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Great Lake environments. Maritime Form Number: None.
use of automated collection techniques heritage resources include prehistoric Type of Review: Regular submission
or other forms of information sites, shipwrecks and naval battlefields. (request for a new information
technology. The National Ocean Service (NOS) collection).
Comments submitted in response to proposes to collect information from Affected Public: Individuals or
this notice will be summarized and/or passengers aboard dive and SCUBA households.
included in the request for OMB operations to ascertain the operator Estimated Number of Respondents:
approval of this information collection; knowledge, attitudes and perceptions 1,200.
they also will become a matter of public towards the sanctuary or proposed Estimated Time per Response: 15–20
record. sanctuary and the number of person- minutes on-site plus 15–20 minutes for
Dated: June 12, 2017. days of diving in the sanctuary/ expenditure survey (mail or on-line) and
Sarah Brabson, proposed sanctuary and the larger 10 minutes for an importance-
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. region at a minimum of two sites. satisfaction (mail or on-line). At most,
[FR Doc. 2017–12461 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am] Up-to-date socioeconomic data is this will be 50 minutes per completed
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needed to support the conservation and survey (includes the three modules)
management goals of marine heritage Estimated Total Annual Burden
resources and to satisfy legal mandates Hours: 1,000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE under the National Marine Sanctuaries Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), Endangered Public: Other than burden hours there
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), will be no cost to the public.
Administration Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). National IV. Request for Comments
Proposed Information Collection; Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
Comment Request: Socioeconomics of 4321), Executive Order 12866 (E.O. the proposed collection of information
Maritime Heritage Divers in National is necessary for the proper performance
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12866), and other pertinent statutes.
Marine Sanctuaries and Proposed The Office of National Marine of the functions of the agency, including
Sanctuaries Sanctuaries (ONMS) has a data gap in whether the information shall have
AGENCY: National Oceanic and the economic value of maritime heritage practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), resources. The information is about agency’s estimate of the burden
Commerce. person-days and economic value of (including hours and cost) of the
diving on maritime heritage sites is not proposed collection of information; (c)
ACTION: Notice.
available to assess the possible ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Written comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 2017.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Chris Jeffrey, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, Telephone number (240) 533-0354, email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 27693

82 FR 27693 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Limits of Acceptable Change Study: Surveys in the Northeast Reserves and Culebra Island, Puerto Rico

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