[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51125-51126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19809]


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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; Evaluation of Public Visitors' Experience at the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Centers and Exhibits

    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 19 April 2021 (86 FR 20367) during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Evaluation of Public Visitors' Experience at the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Centers and Exhibits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0582.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 8,265.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 minutes.

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    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,102.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) is 
requesting revision and extension of a currently approved information 
collection. This information collection is revised to include the 
collection instruments approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0777, 
after which that control number will be discontinued. The title of this 
collection is being changed to encompass both collections.
    The evaluation of visitor demographics, experiences, and opinions 
about visitor centers and exhibits is needed to support the 
conservation, education, and management goals of ONMS to strengthen and 
improve the stewardship, sustainable use, and protection of natural, 
cultural, and historical resources. Under the jurisdiction of ONMS and 
to satisfy legal mandates, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) is authorized to conduct evaluations, such as 
this information collection, under the American Innovation and 
Competitiveness Act (section 314(c)) to ensure education programs have 
measurable objectives and milestones as well as clear, documented 
metrics for evaluating its programs.
    For example, the Mokup[amacr]papa Discovery Center (Center) is an 
outreach arm of Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument 
that reaches more than 75,000 people each year in Hilo, Hawai`i. The 
Center was created almost two decades ago to help raise support for the 
creation of a national marine sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian 
Islands. Since that time, the area has been proclaimed a marine 
national monument and the main messages we are trying to share with the 
public have changed to better reflect the new monument status, UNESCO 
World Heritage status, and the joint management by the three co-
trustees of the monument.
    ONMS recently updated its Strategic Plan and has identified a lack 
of information on the effectiveness of its education, outreach, and 
communications initiatives as they relate to sanctuary/monument visitor 
centers, exhibits (permanent or traveling/temporary), kiosks, and 
educational programming conducted by its visitor centers and partner 
facilities.
    We therefore are seeking to determine if people visiting ONMS' 
visitor centers and exhibits are receiving our new messages by 
conducting an optional exit survey. ONMS is requesting to conduct a 
survey to evaluate patron acuity to determine successful concept 
attainment. Conducting thorough evaluations will aid in vital decisions 
regarding exhibit renovation, new exhibits, interpretation programs, 
and educational content.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time every three years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: National Marine Sanctuary Act.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the 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 0648-0582.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
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