[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48829-48830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20083]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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: Socio-economics of Whale Watching in the Channel Islands
Region: Survey of Whale Watching Passengers.
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,560.
Average Hours per Response: On-site survey, 20 minutes; mail-back
survey, 15 minutes.
Burden Hours: 654.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
NOAA is sponsoring a class project at the Bren School of Management
& Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara to estimate
the market and non-market economic values associated with the reduction
in risk of whale strikes by different scenarios of changes in traffic
lanes and/or vessel speeds for major commercial vessels operating in
the region of southern California where the Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary is located. Surveys will be conducted of the
passengers aboard the for hire operation boats to obtain their market
and non-market economic use values for the reduction in the risk of
whale strikes. Additional information will be obtained on importance-
satisfaction ratings of key natural resource attributes, facilities and
services along with demographic profiles of passengers. This survey is
a companion piece to a survey of the for-hire operators, approved under
OMB Control No. 0648-0717, approved on 7/1/2015.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
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Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: August 11, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20083 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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