[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 72 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20120-20121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on January 25, 2021 (86 FR 6876) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0646.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 9,840.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes (0.33 hours).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,280 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for the revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection under OMB Control Number 
0648-0646. The information collection is part of the National Coral 
Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which was established by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation 
Program (CRCP) under the authority of the Coral Reef Conservation Act 
of 2000. The CRCP was created to safeguard and ensure the welfare of 
the coral reef ecosystems along the coastlines of America's states and 
territories. In accordance with its mission goals, NOAA developed a 
survey to track relevant information regarding each jurisdiction's 
population, social and economic structure, the benefits of coral reefs 
and related habitats, the impacts of society on coral reefs, and the 
impacts of coral management on communities. The survey is repeated in 
each jurisdiction every five to seven years in order to provide 
longitudinal data and information for managers to effectively conserve 
coral reefs for current and future generations.
    The purpose of this information collection is to obtain human 
dimensions information from residents in the seven United States (U.S.) 
jurisdictions containing coral reefs: Florida, U.S. Virgin Islands 
(USVI), Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Specifically, NOAA 
is seeking information on the behaviors and activities related to coral 
reefs, as well as information on perceptions of coral reef conditions 
and attitudes toward specific reef conservation activities. Each survey 
has a core set of questions that are the same for all jurisdictions to 
allow for information to be tracked over time. To account for 
geographical, cultural and linguistic differences between 
jurisdictions, the survey questions include items that are specific to 
the local context and developed based on jurisdictional partner 
feedback.
    We intend to use the information collected through this instrument 
for research purposes, as well as for measuring and improving the 
results of our reef protection programs. Because many of our efforts to 
protect reefs rely on education and changing attitudes toward reef 
protection, the information collected will allow CRCP to ensure that 
programs are designed appropriately at the start, future program 
evaluation efforts are as successful as possible, and outreach efforts 
are targeting the intended recipients with useful information.
    Pursuant to a request from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), this collection of information is being revised to restructure 
these surveys as a hybrid-generic collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 5-7 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the

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following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function and 
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0648-0646.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-07821 Filed 4-15-21; 8:45 am]
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