[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 39990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16530]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Survey of Hawaii Resident Resource Users' Knowledge, 
Attitudes and Perceptions of Coral Reefs in Two Hawaii Priority Sites.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 133.
    Needs and Uses: The United States (U.S.) Coral Reef Task Force 
(USCRTF) was established in 1998 by Executive Order 13089 to lead and 
coordinate U.S. efforts to address the threats facing coral reefs. The 
Hawaii Coral Reef Working Group (CRWG), composed of key state and 
federal partners involved in coral reef management, was established 
through a local charter to provide guidance to the State of Hawaii's 
coral program and to prioritize sites to implement specific ridge-to-
reef management activities. Priority sites are areas where coral reef 
ecosystems of high biological value are threatened but have strong 
potential for improvement with management intervention. The current two 
priority sites in Hawaii are South Kohala on the Big Island (Pelekane 
Bay-Puako-Anaeho`omalu Bay, Hawai`i) and West Maui (Ka`anapali-
Kahekili, Maui). At both sites, multiple partners are collaborating to 
produce conservation action plans to conserve resources and human uses.
    The Human Dimensions Research Program at NOAA Fisheries Pacific 
Islands Fisheries Science Center is initiating a survey to support 
development of these conservation action plans, including management 
actions in watersheds and in the coral reef ecosystems in the two 
priority sites. The purpose of this survey is to identify resident 
users' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding coral reef and 
watershed conditions and alternative management strategies to protect 
resources at the two priority sites.
    Information from this survey is needed to inform the conservation 
action planning process initiated by the State of Hawaii Department of 
Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Aquatic Resources (HDAR) 
and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) at the South Kohala site and to inform 
conservation and watershed planning being implemented by HDAR, The U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, and other partners at the West Maui site. 
Managers have indicated a more immediate need for information at the 
South Kohala site; therefore, we will conduct the survey there first 
and the survey at West Maui afterwards. The information gained from the 
survey will provide priority site managers with essential information 
about the population of resident users who can both threaten reef 
health and play a key role in stewardship of reef resources. 
Conservation planners will gain information about the threats and 
status of coral reefs from the resident users who interact most with 
those systems, and help managers identify topics for public outreach 
and education. A representative study of resident users' knowledge, 
attitudes, and perceptions will supplement broader public input into 
the conservation planning processes at the sites.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: July 2, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-16530 Filed 7-5-12; 8:45 am]
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