[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 25666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: National Ocean Recreational Expenditure (NORE) Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 12,701.
    Average Hours per Response: Non-participants in ocean activities, 2 
minutes; Participants in ocean activities, 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 2,449.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new information collection.
    Consistent with Executive Order 13547: Stewardship of our Oceans, 
our Coasts and our Great Lakes, and NOAA's Next Generation Strategic 
Plan, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) plans to collect 
data to estimate expenditures on recreational activities in the U.S. 
that interact with marine resources falling within the scope of NMFS' 
public trust responsibilities. These activities may include but are not 
limited to: Wildlife watching (for example, whales or dolphins) from a 
boat or from shore; kayaking or canoeing in fish habitat areas such as 
estuaries and sloughs; and snorkeling or scuba diving on fish 
aggregating devices such as ship wrecks. The survey will help enhance 
NMFS' understanding of the economic implications of its public trust 
responsibilities as they relate to non-fishing recreational activities. 
The data collected may also provide information useful for the purposes 
of marine spatial planning. Measures of economic performance that may 
be supported by this data collection include the following: (1) 
Contribution to net national benefit; and (2) contribution to regional 
economic impacts (income and employment).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time or every two months for up to one year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 Commerce, Room 6616, 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 [email protected].

    Dated: May 2, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-10954 Filed 5-4-11; 8:45 am]
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