[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15455-15456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05023]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX23BD009AV0100; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Preferences for Climate 
Adaptation Strategies in the Midwest

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, is 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to David Fulton, U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota 
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 216 Hodson Hall, 1980 
Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, or by email to [email protected]. Please 
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1028-NEW 
Adaption Strategies in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact David Fulton by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 
Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 216 Hodson Hall, 
1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, or by email at [email protected], 
or by telephone at 612-625-5256. Individuals in the United States who 
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may 
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require 
approval. We may not conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on 
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This 
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements 
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public 
understand our information collection requirements and provide the 
requested data in the desired format.
    We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How the agency might minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    Comments you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information 
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While 
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: We propose to collect information to better understand 
public preferences for climate adaptation strategies in the Midwestern 
United States. We plan to survey up to 1,000 individual residents in 
each of the following eight states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The survey will gather 
information on people's perceptions of climate-change impacts, 
preferences for climate-adaptation strategies to address specific 
impacts, and whether the level of the respondent's support for 
adaptation strategies changes when they are

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provided information about the outcomes of strategies. We will also 
collect sociodemographic and behavioral information, as well as other 
characteristics, from study participants to understand the factors that 
correlate with support for climate-adaptation strategies. This 
information will help us understand what social-psychological factors 
influence acceptability of climate adaptation strategies as well as how 
acceptability might be impacted by communication about the benefits of 
the strategies. Data will be collected using a web-based survey 
administered at the University of Minnesota. Participants will be 
randomly assigned to 4 different treatment or control surveys in which 
the benefits of the different climate-adaptation strategies will be 
framed differently. We are designing the study to understand how the 
framing of benefits from the strategies might influence support for the 
strategies. We will use information from this study to develop 
recommendations for engaging the public and stakeholders in developing 
climate-change adaptation management strategies.
    Title of Collection: Preferences for Climate Adaptation Strategies 
in the Midwest.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households residing in 
1 of 8 midwestern states.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 8,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8,000.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 20 minutes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,667 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

John D. Thompson,
Deputy Chief, Cooperative Research Units, Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S. 
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2023-05023 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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