[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13958-13959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06604]


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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.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Economic Value of Wildlife Viewing Passengers in Stellwagen 
Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Screening survey, 2 minutes; full 
survey, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 568.
    Needs and Uses: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is 
currently in the process of updating the 2010 Management Plan, and has 
identified a lack of baseline socioeconomic information on ocean 
recreation businesses. The information is not available to assess the 
possible economic benefits of marine wildlife protection to the local 
economy, or the potential impact on ocean recreation businesses. The 
type of data targeted for this collection; that is, user demographic 
profiles, importance/satisfaction of wildlife viewing trips and 
expenditures of trips that involve wildlife viewing has never been 
collected in this region. Thus, current information on the importance/
satisfaction of marine wildlife viewing and the expenditures generated 
from these activities is needed. The primary focus for the survey will 
be to gather data on the non-consumptive, importance/satisfaction and 
expenditures of marine wildlife viewing passengers. Specifically, 
researchers will collect data to help determine the contribution of 
marine wildlife watching passengers to the economy in the Stellwagen 
Bank region. Expenditures will be used in IMPLAN to estimate the 
economic contributions of the activity (jobs, income, GDP and value-
added).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Once or twice during a three-year period.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
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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: March 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-06604 Filed 3-30-18; 8:45 am]
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