[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20851]
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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: Limits of Acceptable Change Study surveys in the Northeast
Reserves and Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 4,273.
Average Hours per Response: Commercial fishers and water operators,
30 minutes; recreational boaters and visitors, 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 777.
Needs and Uses: The Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP),
developed under the authority of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000, is responsible for programs intended to enhance the conservation
of coral reefs. We intend to use the information collected through this
instrument for conducting a characterization project utilizing a limits
of acceptable change (LAC) framework that encompasses the Puerto Rico
Northeast Marine Corridor (NMC) as a continuous management area,
addressing the following subjects across the area and within individual
natural reserves to create the information base required to promote
effective management: Biophysical conditions, social conditions,
stakeholder identification, stakeholder uses and use patterns,
stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, and stakeholder and
resource use conflicts. The study will build on past work conducted
with stakeholders on natural resources and social indicators in the
region, developing a social conditions baseline. Social conditions will
be characterized via a series of stakeholder participation protocols,
which will result in stakeholder identification, use and use patterns,
knowledge, attitudes, and belief, and use conflicts. It will engage the
four, main NMC stakeholders: Commercial fishers; commercial water
operators; recreational boaters, and visitors. All commercial fishers
and commercial water operators in the region will be surveyed with an
in-person questionnaire. Recreational boaters will be reached by
sending out an internet/email survey questionnaire sent to all vessel
registrants. Visitors in the NMC will be surveyed using an intercept
survey administered twice a month at a ferry location and via self-
administered surveys disseminated by commercial water operators. It is
expected that these multi-pronged approaches will provide the
information necessary to complete a stakeholder characterization for
the NMC that can be applied to evaluate LAC conditions and trends.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations;
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: September 20, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20851 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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