National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7507 [2016-02904]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 7507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02904]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Socioeconomics of Ocean Guardian Schools--An Office of the 
National Marine Sanctuaries Educational Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,583.
    Average Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 861.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection to 
provide benefit throughout the sanctuary system and specifically our 
sites that work with Ocean Guardian Schools. The National Ocean Service 
(NOS) proposes to collect information from parents and teachers about 
the attitudes and preferences and economic value they receive from 
being involved with an Ocean Guardian school.
    Up-to-date socioeconomic data is needed to support the further 
development and improvement of Ocean Guardian Schools. These schools 
receive funding from the NOAA Office of Education and the Office of 
National Marine Sanctuaries. Schools may apply for funding up to five 
years. A number of schools have continued their Ocean Guardian School 
projects after the five years. From 2010-2015, the total funding 
received by 71 schools was $544,315.
    Although the costs and sources of funding are known, there is 
limited information known about the economic value participants place 
on this program and the economic value created by these schools and 
their many activities. Currently, there is no information available 
that provides estimates of the value of education programs like Ocean 
Guardian to parents and teachers. Ocean Guardian Schools receive 
funding to develop projects to help protect the ocean in the future and 
promote ocean conservation and stewardship. Projects include recycling, 
beach clean-up days, installing rain barrels, installing wildlife 
structures, composting, and energy reduction.
    The types of data targeted for this collection are: attitudes and 
preferences towards the projects and student involvement, importance 
of/satisfaction with the program and attributes of the program, extent 
of reach (are parents aware of their student's involvement and are they 
too learning about ocean stewardship), level of teacher, student, 
parent and administrative involvement, and teachers' and parents' 
willingness to pay. The primary focus for the survey will be to gather 
data on parents' and teachers' willingness to pay for this program. 
Specifically, researchers will collect data to determine the economic 
value teachers, administrators and parents place on this program. The 
information collected will help to inform Ocean Guardian Schools about 
areas for improvement and the value that their programs create for the 
community.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: February 9, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-02904 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am]
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