[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37455-37456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15950]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 061803I]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted 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: Socioeconomic Monitoring Program for the Florida Keys 
National Marine Sanctuary.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0409.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 420.
    Number of Respondents: 70.
    Average Hours Per Response: 3 hours for a commercial fishing panel 
response; and 10 hours for a dive shop log.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this information collection is to 
obtain socioeconomic monitoring information in the Florida Keys 
National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). In 1997, regulations became 
effective that created a series of ``no take zones'' in the FKNMS. 
Monitoring programs are used to test the ecological and socioeconomic 
impacts of the ``no take zones''. Two voluntary data collection efforts 
support the socioeconomic monitoring program.
    The first collection involves a set of panels on commercial fishing 
operations, where commercial fishermen will be interviewed to assess 
financial performance and assess the impacts of Sanctuary regulations. 
Information on catch, effort, revenues, and operating and capital costs 
will be obtained to do financial performance analysis. Information on 
socioeconomic factors for developing profiles of the commercial 
fishermen such as age, sex, education level, household income, marital 
status, number of family members, race/ethnicity, percent of income 
derived from fishing, percent of income derived from study area, and 
years of experience in fishing will be gathered to compare panels with 
the general commercial fishing population. The data will be collected 
annually.
    The second collection will monitor recreational for-hire operations 
through the use of dive logs for estimating use in the ``no take 
areas'' versus other areas for snorkeling, scuba diving, and glass-
bottom boat rides. Volunteers will collect the logbooks monthly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annual, recordkeeping.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of

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Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230 (or via the Internet at [email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-15950 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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