[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 71982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28469]


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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 Uses.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 4,600.
    Average Hours per Response: Resident interviews, 1 hour; visitor 
screening surveys, 5 minutes; visitor interviews, 35 minutes, 
expenditure mail-back surveys for residents and visitors, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 2,550.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information 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.
    We will conduct surveys of visitors to Puerto Rico and residents of 
Puerto Rico who use the coral reef ecosystems to estimate the amount 
and type of use, their spending while undertaking coral reef use 
activities, the economic value of reef attributes (e.g. water clarity/
visibility, coral abundance and diversity, fish and invertebrate 
abundance and diversity, and opportunity to see large wildlife) and how 
economic value changes with changes in reef attributes.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: November 28, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-28469 Filed 12-3-14; 8:45 am]
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