[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48829-48830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20083]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Socio-economics of Whale Watching in the Channel Islands 
Region: Survey of Whale Watching Passengers.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,560.
    Average Hours per Response: On-site survey, 20 minutes; mail-back 
survey, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 654.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    NOAA is sponsoring a class project at the Bren School of Management 
& Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara to estimate 
the market and non-market economic values associated with the reduction 
in risk of whale strikes by different scenarios of changes in traffic 
lanes and/or vessel speeds for major commercial vessels operating in 
the region of southern California where the Channel Islands National 
Marine Sanctuary is located. Surveys will be conducted of the 
passengers aboard the for hire operation boats to obtain their market 
and non-market economic use values for the reduction in the risk of 
whale strikes. Additional information will be obtained on importance-
satisfaction ratings of key natural resource attributes, facilities and 
services along with demographic profiles of passengers. This survey is 
a companion piece to a survey of the for-hire operators, approved under 
OMB Control No. 0648-0717, approved on 7/1/2015.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.

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    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: August 11, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20083 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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