[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14024]


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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; Generic Clearance for Marine Recreational Information Program: 
Design & Field Test Studies

    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 April 10, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce
    Title: Generic Clearance for Marine Recreational Information 
Program: Design & Field Test Studies
    OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [new information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 46,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: Surveys five minutes, Cognitive 
interviews one hour, focus groups one hour, and panel designs fifteen 
minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,375.
    Needs and Uses: This request is to initiate a new information 
collection using a generic clearance to allow the Marine Recreational 
Information Program to develop, test, and improve its surveys and 
methodologies. Marine recreational anglers are surveyed to collect 
catch and effort data, fish biology data, and angler socioeconomic 
characteristics. This request is part of an on-going initiative to 
improve MRIP surveys as mandated by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852) and the Modernizing 
Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (16 U.S.C. 1881) and 
recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and 
Medicine. Marine recreational fishing catch and effort data are 
collected through a combination of mail surveys, telephone surveys and 
on-site intercept surveys with recreational anglers. The procedures 
utilized to this effect will include but are not limited to experiments 
with levels of incentives for various types of survey operations, focus 
groups, cognitive laboratory activities, pilot testing, exploratory 
interviews, experiments with questionnaire design, and usability 
testing of electronic data collection instruments.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852) and the Modernizing Recreational 
Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (16 U.S.C. 1881).
    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 the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-14024 Filed 6-25-24; 8:45 am]
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