[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77076-77077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27361]


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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; Economic Valuation of Natural and Nature-Based Infrastructure

    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 September 22, 2022 (87 FR 57868) 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: Economic Valuation of Natural and Nature-Based 
Infrastructure.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0788.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension.
    Number of Respondents: Focus groups: 48; Questionnaire: 6,500.
    Average Hours per Response: Focus groups: 1 hour; Questionnaire: 20 
minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,215.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act) and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), this request 
is for a revision and extension of an information collection. This 
information collection will focus on a different geographical location 
(Gulf of Mexico (GoM)). Therefore, this is a request for focus groups 
to help guide any revisions necessary to the survey instrument. Upon 
completion of these focus groups, a revision will be submitted for the 
revised survey instrument. Also, NOAA is revising the title of this 
collection from Economic Analysis of Shoreline Treatment Options for 
Coastal New Hampshire to Economic Valuation of Natural and Nature-Based 
Infrastructure to better describe this collection.''
    The National Ocean Service (NOS) proposes to collect data on the 
opinions, values, and attitudes of GoM residents relative to natural 
and nature-based infrastructure for the purpose of shoreline 
stabilization or habitat restoration. Respondents (age 18 years and 
older) will be randomly sampled from households in GoM coastal 
counties. This information will be used by NOAA, state and local 
decision-makers, and others to assess the value, benefits, and 
perceived efficacy of federal investments in habitat restoration and/or 
climate adaptation projects that use natural or nature-based 
infrastructure. NOAA has a vested interest in the potential use of 
natural and nature-based infrastructure, from many perspectives, 
including as it relates to the resilience, well-being, and 
sustainability of coastal communities.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: This is a one-time information collection for this 
region, although the collection may be deployed to other regions in the 
future.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) 
and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the

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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 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 0648-0788.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2022-27361 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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