[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 75971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30977]


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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: Economic Value of Puerto Rico's Coral Reef Ecosystems for 
Recreation/Tourism.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 64.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a regular submission (new 
collection).
    NOAA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have 
entered a partnership to estimate the market and non-market economic 
values of Puerto Rico's coral reef ecosystems. Estimates will be made 
for all ecosystem services for the Guanica Bay Watershed and for 
recreation-tourism for all of Puerto Rico's coral reef ecosystems.
    The required information is to conduct focus groups to help in 
designing the full surveys of visitors and residents of Puerto Rico. 
The four focus groups; two visitor and two resident focus groups, will 
be used to address the attributes of coral reef ecosystems that people 
may consider important, and the levels of the attributes to be valued. 
Attributes would include natural attributes such as water clarity/
visibility, coral cover and diversity, and fish abundance and 
diversity. In addition, issues such as crowded conditions or number of 
other users that users (e.g. SCUBA divers, snorkelers, recreational 
fishers, and wildlife viewers) see while doing their activities on the 
reefs will be evaluated. This set of focus groups will be conducted one 
time only.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    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: December 19, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30977 Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]
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