[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8678-8679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03136]


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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: Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 32,958.
    Average Hours per Response: Trip expenditures intercept survey, 5 
minutes; mail trip expenditure survey, 8 minutes; mail durable goods 
survey, 15 minutes; Highly Migratory Species durable goods and trip 
expenditure survey, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 3,804.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new collection of 
information.
    The objective of the survey is to collect information on both trip 
expenditures and annual durable goods expenditures made by marine 
recreational anglers. The survey will be conducted in two parts. The 
first part of the survey, planned for 2014, will ask anglers about 
their purchases of durable goods such as fishing gear, boats, vehicles, 
and second homes. The second part, planned for 2016, will ask anglers 
about the expenses incurred on their most recent marine recreational 
fishing trip. As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 2007), 
NMFS is required to enumerate the economic impacts of the policies it 
implements on fishing participants and coastal communities. The 
expenditure data collected in this survey will be used to estimate the 
economic contributions and impacts of marine recreational fishing to 
each coastal state and nationwide.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].

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    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: February 10, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03136 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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