[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66686-66687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18396]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, U.S. Virgin Islands
2025 Survey
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. This notice pertains to an individual survey under
the approved collection of information for Socioeconomics of Coral Reef
Conservation. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on January 5, 2024 during a 60-day comment period and on April
15, 2024 during an additional 30-day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public comments with respect to the U.S.
Virgin Islands survey.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, U.S. Virgin
Islands 2025 Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0646.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [This is a request for revision and
extension.]
Number of Respondents: 1,125.
Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes (0.33 hours).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 375 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension to an
approved collection of information, OMB Control Number 0648-0646, under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and implementing
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. This previously-approved information
collection assists NOAA in the administration of the National Coral
Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which was established by the NOAA
Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) under the authority of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 16
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U.S.C. 6401 et seq. This act authorizes CRCP to, among other things,
conserve and restore the condition of United States coral reef
ecosystems and enhance public awareness, understanding, and
appreciation of coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems and their
ecological and socioeconomic value. In accordance with its mission
goals, NOAA developed a survey to track relevant information regarding
each jurisdiction's population, social and economic structure, the
benefits of coral reefs and related habitats, the impacts of society on
coral reefs, and the impacts of coral management on communities. The
survey is repeated in each jurisdiction every five to seven years in
order to provide longitudinal data and information for managers to
effectively conserve coral reefs for current and future generations.
The purpose of this information collection is to obtain human
dimensions information from residents in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Specifically, NOAA is seeking information on the behaviors and
activities related to coral reefs, as well as information on
perceptions of coral reef conditions and attitudes toward specific reef
conservation activities. The survey has a core set of questions that
are asked across all jurisdictions to allow for information to be
tracked over time and across jurisdictions. To account for
geographical, cultural and linguistic differences between
jurisdictions, the survey questions include items that are specific to
the local context and developed based on jurisdictional partner
feedback.
We intend to use the information collected through this instrument
for research purposes, as well as for measuring and improving the
results of our reef protection programs. Because many of our efforts to
protect reefs rely on education and changing attitudes toward reef
protection, the information collected will allow CRCP to ensure that
programs are designed appropriately at the start, future program
evaluation efforts are as successful as possible, and outreach efforts
are targeting the intended recipients with useful information.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Every 5-7 years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0646.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-18396 Filed 8-15-24; 8:45 am]
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