[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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