[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 12921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04211]


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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 Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands 2024 Survey

    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 and again on April, 16, 2021 (86 FR 20120) during a 30-
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, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands 2024 Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0646.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision to an existing information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,600.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes (0.33 hours).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 533 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision to a currently 
approved hybrid-generic information collection under OMB Control Number 
0648-0646. This request adds materials for jurisdictional 
implementation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
(CNMI).
    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 Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 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. The 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 survey 
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.
    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 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. 2023-04211 Filed 2-28-23; 8:45 am]
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