[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10746]
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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: Preliminary Case Study Assessing Economic Benefits of Marine
Debris Reduction.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0756.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,600.
Average Hours per Response: On-site intercept, 2 minutes; full
survey, 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 729.
Needs and Uses: This request is for revision of a currently
approved information collection. A pretest was conducted at one site,
and the survey is now being extended to 4 sites.
The National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration,
Marine Debris Program is sponsoring this data collection. The Marine
Debris Program was created under the 2006 ``Marine Debris Research,
Prevention, and Reduction Act'' (33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.) which was
reauthorized in 2012 as the ``Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012''
(H.R. 1171) as part of the Coast Guard Maritime Transportation Act
(H.R. 2838). Among other activities, the bill requires NOAA ``. . . to
address the adverse impacts of marine debris on the United States
economy . . .'' To that aim, the proposed data collection will support
the goals of a larger study whose purpose is to develop a regional
economic model to estimate the value to local economies of increased
spending on recreation and tourism from the reduction or elimination of
marine debris on beaches in seven coastal communities of the
continental U.S. The data collection will consist of on-site sampling
to generate a pool of respondents who will be sent a mail survey that
asks questions related to beach attributes, local beach familiarity,
number of beach trips taken, and ratings of marine debris encountered
while on these trips. Onsite sampling will involve intercepting people
at several beaches in each study area and asking them to participate in
a mail survey. For those willing to take the mail survey, a brief
onsite interview will ask the respondent's name and mailing address, as
well as several demographic questions such as age and education. Those
who do not agree to participate in the mail survey will only be asked
the demographic questions, whether they participated in a single or
multi-day trip, and zip code. A mail-survey mode will be used for the
follow-up questionnaire. The mail survey instrument will combine a
selection of questions from a previously OMB-approved survey instrument
used in Orange County, California with new contingent behavior
questions developed specifically for this study to determine the impact
of the presence of marine debris on respondents' recreation choices.
This data collection will determine the impact of marine debris on
survey respondents' recreation choices at these seven coastal
communities and represents the first component to be undertaken as part
of the larger study.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
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: May 16, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-10746 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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