[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 54554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22708]
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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: Regional Economic Data Collection Program for Southwest
Alaska.
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,602.
Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
Burden Hours: 600.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
Regional or community economic analysis of proposed fishery
management policies is required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and
Executive Order 12866, among others. To satisfy these mandates and
inform policymakers and the public of the likely regional economic
impacts associated with fishery management policies, appropriate
economic models and the data to implement them are needed. Much of the
data required for regional economic analysis of Southwest Alaska
fisheries are either unavailable or unreliable. Accurate fishery-level
data on employment, labor income, and expenditures in the Southwest
Alaska fishery and related industries are not generally available but
are needed to estimate the role of fisheries and effects of fishery
policies on local, regional and national economies. The Southwest
region for this survey includes six boroughs and census areas (BCAs)--
Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Bristol Bay
Borough, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, and Kodiak
Island Borough.
In 2007-2008, a similar data collection project was administered
for the Southwest Alaska region by obtaining 2006 annual data. However,
that data is now outdated and incomplete. In the proposed survey, 2013
or 2014 annual data for important regional economic variables will be
collected from fish harvesting and seafood processing businesses
operating in the region (2012 data on these variables will be collected
if more recent vessel landings and processed products data are not
available at the time the data collection begins). The data will be
used to develop Southwest regional and BCA-level models that will
provide more reliable impact estimates and significantly improve
policymakers' ability to assess effects on fishery-dependent
communities in Southwest Alaska. A departure from the prior survey
effort is that more information will be collected this time on the
source locations of business expenditures by catcher vessels and
seafood processors. The survey will be conducted one time only.
A mail survey will be used to collect data on employment, labor
income, and expenditures from owners of 2,731 catcher vessels whose
boats delivered fish to Southwest Alaska processors. Key informant
interviews will be conducted to gather additional information from 30
seafood processors, including catcher-processor and floating processor
vessels, and 20 local businesses that supply inputs to regional fish
harvesters and seafood processors. The interviews will be used to
determine relative expenditures for inputs made in nine geographical
areas--(1) each of the six BCAs within the Southwest region, (2) non-
Southwest Alaska region, (3) West Coast, and (4) the rest of US and
elsewhere. Personal interviews with input suppliers will gather
additional information on (i) the level of supplier sales to regional
seafood industry businesses, and (ii) the portion of business
expenditures for labor and non-labor inputs that were made in each of
the above nine geographical areas.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: One time.
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: September 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-22708 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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