83 FR 48599 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Uses of NOAA Ecological Forecasting Products in Western Lake Erie, the Gulf of Mexico, and Chesapeake Bay

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 187 (September 26, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-20850

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Uses 
of NOAA Ecological Forecasting Products in Western Lake Erie, the Gulf 
of Mexico, and Chesapeake Bay

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 November 26, 
2018.

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 [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA National Ocean Service, National 
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305 East West Hwy., Rm 8325, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910 (240) 533-0303, and [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for a new information collection.
    In recent years, harmful algal blooms (HABs) and waterborne 
pathogens such as Vibrio vulnificus have caused major health, 
ecological, and economic concerns. HABs and other waterborne pathogens 
can lead to a number of impacts including impaired drinking water, 
reduced recreational opportunities, and human health impacts from 
either ingesting affected fish/water or contact with the bloom. To 
better serve the public and its stakeholders, NOAA has developed 
forecasts of HABs extent and severity in the western Lake Erie and in 
the Gulf of Mexico and is finalizing development of a forecast for 
Vibrio vulnificus in Chesapeake Bay. These forecast products are 
designed to provide stakeholders and the public with information that 
can be used to make better decisions that would mitigate the impacts of 
HABs and waterborne pathogens.
    This request is for a set of related surveys to collect information 
on how stakeholders use NOAA's ecological forecast products in western 
Lake Erie, the Gulf of Mexico (the western shore of Florida and the 
Texas coastline), and Chesapeake Bay. The surveys are designed to 
collect similar information from the public and other stakeholders 
across the three geographic regions covered by the forecast products. 
The information from these surveys will assist NOAA in understanding 
how stakeholders, including the public, would use the forecast 
products. This information will help NOAA further improve upon 
research, development, and delivery of forecast products nation-wide.
    For western Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA plans two 
related surveys in each region. First, NOAA will collect information 
from the public on how using the information in the forecast products 
would affect decisions related to fishing, swimming and boating. A 
companion survey would ask charter boat operators on Lake Erie how 
information in the forecast would affect their decisions regarding 
fishing operations. These activities (fishing, swimming and boating) 
reflect the types of activities likely to be affected by HABs in each 
area. Drinking water is also at risk in Lake Erie due to HABs, but NOAA 
has information on how drinking water facilities respond to HABS and is 
also discussing use of the forecast products with a small (fewer than 
10) number of drinking water facilities.
    For Chesapeake Bay, NOAA would implement one survey focused on 
recreational swimmers. The primary risk posed by Vibrio vulnificus is 
through contact with the bacterium; thus, NOAA determined that focusing 
on recreational swimmers use of the forecast product would be the most 
productive approach.

II. Method of Collection

    NOAA plans to collect these data using an online data collection 
firm to select public samples and administer the survey via the 
internet. For the charter boat surveys, NOAA will work with charter 
boat associations in the Lake Erie and Gulf of Mexico areas to 
distribute the survey link to their memberships. Data collection will 
focus on a small sample of drinking water and natural resource 
managers, public health officials, charter boat operators, and the 
public. NOAA is not concerned with collecting statistically 
representative data at this time as the limited sampling will 
adequately address how the public may use the data from the 
aforementioned HAB and pathogen forecasts.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.

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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in capital and reporting/
recordkeeping 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: September 20, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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B. Nomination Procedures for proposed and/or continuing information improve upon research, development,
Appointments to the SEDAR Pool collections, as required by the and delivery of forecast products nation-
Member tenure will be for 5 years. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. wide.
Nominations are sought for terms DATES: Written comments must be For western Lake Erie and the Gulf of
beginning early in 2019 and expiring in submitted on or before November 26, Mexico, NOAA plans two related
2024. Nomination packages should 2018. surveys in each region. First, NOAA
include: ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments will collect information from the public
1. The name, address, phone number, to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental on how using the information in the
and email of the applicant or nominee; Paperwork Clearance Officer, forecast products would affect decisions
2. A description of the applicant’s or Department of Commerce, Room 6616, related to fishing, swimming and
nominee’s interest in Atlantic shark 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, boating. A companion survey would ask
stock assessments or the Atlantic shark Washington, DC 20230 (or via the charter boat operators on Lake Erie how
fishery; internet at pracomments@doc.gov). information in the forecast would affect
3. A statement of the applicant’s or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
their decisions regarding fishing
nominee’s background and/or Requests for additional information or operations. These activities (fishing,
qualifications; and copies of the information collection swimming and boating) reflect the types
4. A written commitment that the instrument and instructions should be of activities likely to be affected by
applicant or nominee shall participate directed to Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA HABs in each area. Drinking water is
actively and in good faith in the tasks National Ocean Service, National also at risk in Lake Erie due to HABs,
of the SEDAR Pool, as requested. Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305 but NOAA has information on how
East West Hwy., Rm 8325, Silver Spring, drinking water facilities respond to
C. Meeting Schedule
MD 20910 (240) 533–0303, and HABS and is also discussing use of the
Individual members of the SEDAR forecast products with a small (fewer
Pool meet to participate in stock lonnie.gonsalves@noaa.gov.
than 10) number of drinking water
assessments at the discretion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
facilities.
Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS. I. Abstract For Chesapeake Bay, NOAA would
Stock assessment timing, frequency, and implement one survey focused on
This request is for a new information
relevant species will vary depending on recreational swimmers. The primary
collection.
the needs determined by NMFS and In recent years, harmful algal blooms risk posed by Vibrio vulnificus is
SEDAR staff. In 2019, NMFS intends to (HABs) and waterborne pathogens such through contact with the bacterium;
conduct a benchmark assessment for as Vibrio vulnificus have caused major thus, NOAA determined that focusing
Atlantic blacktip sharks. In 2020, NMFS health, ecological, and economic on recreational swimmers use of the
intends to begin a research track concerns. HABs and other waterborne forecast product would be the most
assessment for the hammerhead shark pathogens can lead to a number of productive approach.
complex. During an assessment year, impacts including impaired drinking
meetings and meeting logistics will be II. Method of Collection
water, reduced recreational
determined according to the SEDAR opportunities, and human health NOAA plans to collect these data
Guidelines. All meetings are open for impacts from either ingesting affected using an online data collection firm to
observation by the public. fish/water or contact with the bloom. To select public samples and administer
Dated: September 20, 2018. better serve the public and its the survey via the internet. For the
Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, stakeholders, NOAA has developed charter boat surveys, NOAA will work
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable forecasts of HABs extent and severity in with charter boat associations in the
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. the western Lake Erie and in the Gulf of Lake Erie and Gulf of Mexico areas to
[FR Doc. 2018–20940 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am] Mexico and is finalizing development of distribute the survey link to their
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P a forecast for Vibrio vulnificus in memberships. Data collection will focus
Chesapeake Bay. These forecast on a small sample of drinking water and
products are designed to provide natural resource managers, public
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE stakeholders and the public with health officials, charter boat operators,
information that can be used to make and the public. NOAA is not concerned
National Oceanic and Atmospheric better decisions that would mitigate the with collecting statistically
Administration impacts of HABs and waterborne representative data at this time as the
pathogens. limited sampling will adequately
Proposed Information Collection; This request is for a set of related address how the public may use the
Comment Request; Survey of Uses of surveys to collect information on how data from the aforementioned HAB and
NOAA Ecological Forecasting stakeholders use NOAA’s ecological pathogen forecasts.
Products in Western Lake Erie, the forecast products in western Lake Erie,
Gulf of Mexico, and Chesapeake Bay III. Data
the Gulf of Mexico (the western shore of
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Florida and the Texas coastline), and OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Chesapeake Bay. The surveys are Form Number(s): None.
Commerce. designed to collect similar information Type of Review: Regular submission
from the public and other stakeholders (new information collection).
ACTION: Notice.
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across the three geographic regions Affected Public: Individuals or
SUMMARY: The Department of covered by the forecast products. The households; business or other for-profit
Commerce, as part of its continuing information from these surveys will organizations.
effort to reduce paperwork and assist NOAA in understanding how Estimated Number of Respondents:
respondent burden, invites the general stakeholders, including the public, 600.
public and other Federal agencies to would use the forecast products. This Estimated Time per Response: 15
take this opportunity to comment on information will help NOAA further minutes.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden outlines of the ecosystem that should be foreign countries, and some U.S. states,
Hours: 150 hours. created to provide those protections. have articulated distinct visions for how
Estimated Total Annual Cost to DATES: Comments must be received by to address privacy concerns, leading to
Public: $0 in capital and reporting/ 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on a nationally and globally fragmented
recordkeeping costs. October 26, 2018. regulatory landscape. Such
ADDRESSES: Written comments fragmentation naturally disincentivizes
IV. Request for Comments innovation by increasing the regulatory
identified by Docket No. 180821780–
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 8780–01 may be submitted by email to costs for products that require scale. The
the proposed collection of information privacyrfc2018@ntia.doc.gov. Comments Administration hopes to articulate a
is necessary for the proper performance submitted by email should be machine- renewed vision, one that reduces
of the functions of the agency, including readable and should not be copy- fragmentation nationally and increases
whether the information shall have protected. Written comments also may harmonization and interoperability
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the be submitted by mail to the National nationally and globally.
agency’s estimate of the burden Further, changes in the way personal
Telecommunications and Information
(including hours and cost) of the information is used by organizations,
Administration, U.S. Department of
proposed collection of information; (c) and how users interact with the
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and products and services with which they
NW, Room 4725, Attn: Privacy RFC,
clarity of the information to be frequently engage, have increased the
Washington, DC 20230.
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the belief that users are losing control over
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: their personal information. As seen in
burden of the collection of information
Travis Hall, Telecommunications Policy data collected by the National
on respondents, including through the
Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and Telecommunications and Information
use of automated collection techniques
Development, National Administration (NTIA), at least a third
or other forms of information
Telecommunications and Information of online households have been deterred
technology.
Administration, U.S. Department of from certain forms of online activity,
Comments submitted in response to
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue such as financial transactions, due to
this notice will be summarized and/or
NW, Room 4725, Washington, DC privacy and security concerns.1 The
included in the request for OMB
20230; telephone: 202–482–3522; email: Administration takes these concerns
approval of this information collection;
thall@ntia.doc.gov. seriously and believes that users should
they also will become a matter of public For media inquiries: Anne Veigle,
record. be able to benefit from dynamic uses of
Director, Office of Public Affairs, their information, while still expecting
Dated: September 20, 2018. National Telecommunications and organizations will appropriately
Sarah Brabson, Information Administration, U.S. minimize risks to users’ privacy. Risk-
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. Department of Commerce, 1401 based flexibility is therefore at the heart
[FR Doc. 2018–20850 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am] Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4897, of the approach the Administration is
BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) requesting comment on in this RFC. We
482–7002; email: press@ntia.doc.gov. are mindful of the potential impact of a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: solution on small and mid-sized
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE businesses, and we will be looking for
I. Background
solutions that support their continued
National Telecommunications and The U.S. Department of Commerce ability to innovate and support
Information Administration (Department) requests comment on economic growth.
ways to advance consumer privacy The United States has a history of
[Docket No. 180821780–8780–01] while protecting prosperity and providing strong protections for privacy
innovation. Every day, individuals dating back to 1789, with the drafting of
RIN 0660–XC043 interact with an array of products and our Bill of Rights, including the Fourth
Developing the Administration’s services, many of which have become Amendment. The United States also has
Approach to Consumer Privacy integral to their daily lives. Often, been a leader in developing privacy
especially in the digital environment, norms, be it through the development of
AGENCY: National Telecommunications these products and services depend on what ultimately became known as the
and Information Administration, U.S. the collection, retention, and use of Fair Information Practice Principles
Department of Commerce. personal data about their users. Users (FIPPs) in the 1970’s, or through the
ACTION: Notice; request for public must therefore trust that organizations strongest privacy enforcement regime in
comments. will respect their interests, understand the world. For users of products and
what is happening with their personal services in several sectors (e.g.,
SUMMARY: On behalf of the U.S. data, and decide whether they are healthcare, education, financial
Department of Commerce, the National comfortable with this exchange. Trust is services), specific laws cover how
Telecommunications and Information at the core of the United States’ privacy organizations handle personal
Administration (NTIA) is requesting policy formation. Through this Request information. Where no sector-specific
comments on ways to advance for Comment (RFC), the Administration laws apply, the Federal Trade
consumer privacy while protecting will determine the best path toward Commission (FTC) has the authority to
prosperity and innovation. NTIA is protecting individual’s privacy while ensure that organizations are not
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seeking public comments on a proposed fostering innovation. deceiving consumers or operating
approach to this task that lays out a set The time is ripe for this unfairly. In all respects, the United
of user-centric privacy outcomes that Administration to provide the
underpin the protections that should be leadership needed to ensure that the 1 NTIA Blog, ‘‘Most Americans Continue to Have

produced by any Federal actions on United States remains at the forefront of Privacy and Security Concerns, NTIA Survey
Finds’’ (Aug. 20, 2018), https://www.ntia.doc.gov/
consumer-privacy policy, and a set of enabling innovation with strong privacy blog/2018/most-americans-continue-have-privacy-
high-level goals that describe the protections. A growing number of and-security-concerns-ntia-survey-finds.

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Action		Notice.
Dates		Written comments must be submitted on or before November 26, 2018.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305 East West Hwy., Rm 8325, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (240) 533-0303, and [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 48599

83 FR 48599 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Uses of NOAA Ecological Forecasting Products in Western Lake Erie, the Gulf of Mexico, and Chesapeake Bay

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