[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64394-64395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26975]
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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: Socioeconomics of Guided Wildlife Viewing Operations in
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS).
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 56.
Average Hours per Response: 2.5 hours.
Burden Hours: 140.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
NOAA is mentoring student interns from the Monterey Institute for
International Studies to estimate the market and non-market economic
values associated with non-consumptive recreation uses (e.g. whale
watching, other wildlife observation, SCUBA diving, snorkeling, beach
activities, surfing, wind-surfing, kite boarding, paddle boarding,
etc.) in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) for those
accessing the MBNMS via ``for hire'' operation boats.
We will conduct surveys of the for hire operations that take people
out for non-consumptive recreation, to obtain total use by type of
activity and the spatial use by type of activity. Information will also
be obtained on costs-and-earnings of the operations, knowledge,
attitudes and perceptions of sanctuary management strategies and
regulations, and demographic information on owner/captains and crews.
Surveys will also be conducted of the passengers aboard the for hire
operation boats to obtain their market and non-market economic use
values for non-consumptive recreation use and how those value change
with changes in natural resource attribute conditions and user
characteristics. Additional information will be obtained on importance-
satisfaction ratings of key natural resource attributes, facilities and
services, knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of management strategies
and regulations, and demographic profiles of passengers.
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: October 20, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-26975 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]
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