[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 48959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19967]


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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: Evaluation of Interpretative Signs Located Along the 
California Coastline Part of the California Signage Plan Initiative.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Average Hours per Response: 7 to 8 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 50.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The California Signage Plan is an organized and systematic way to 
develop and install graphic signs along the California coastline and 
inland that interpret the natural and cultural resources of a 
particular location and its connection to the sanctuaries located 
within California. To date, a strategic approach to evaluating 
interpretive signs produced by the Office of National Marine 
Sanctuaries has not been developed; therefore, we do not know if the 
messages we are trying to convey to our audiences are effective. We are 
proposing to conduct an online and onsite survey of approximately 400 
visitors to the locations where signs are currently installed. The 
questions outlined in the survey examine the public's use of the signs, 
understanding of the signs' content, understanding and awareness of 
protected areas/zones and how those messages are portrayed in 
regulatory signs, demographics of the target audience, interest in 
alternate sources of interpretive content, perception of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries identity, and awareness of the national marine 
sanctuary system.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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: August 9, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-19967 Filed 8-14-12; 8:45 am]
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