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The required information enables
NOAA to track, evaluate and report on
coastal and marine habitat restoration
and demonstrate accountability for
federal funds. This information is used
to populate a database of NOAA-funded
habitat restoration, debris prevention
and removal, and barrier removal
projects. The database, with its robust
querying capabilities, is instrumental to
provide accurate and timely responses
to NOAA, Department of Commerce,
Congressional and Constituent
inquiries. It also facilitates reporting by
NOAA on the Government Performance
and Results Act ‘‘acres restored’’
performance measure. Grant recipients
are required by the NOAA Grants
Management Division to submit
periodic performance reports and a final
report for each award; this collection
stipulates the information to be
provided in these reports.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic fillable forms or paper forms.
Methods of submittal include email of
electronic forms, or mailing of paper
forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0472.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; state, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
250.
Estimated Time per Response: Semiannual reports, 7 hours, 45 minutes;
final reports, 12 hours, 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,145.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
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or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 6, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–5774 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Marine
Recreational Information Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 8, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Rob Andrews, (301) 482–
1805 or Rob.Andrews@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision of a
current information collection.
Marine recreational anglers are
surveyed to collect catch and effort data,
fish biology data, and angler
socioeconomic characteristics. These
data are required to carry out provisions
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended,
regarding conservation and management
of fishery resources.
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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. Amendments
to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) require the development of an
improved data collection program for
recreational fisheries. To meet these
requirements, NOAA Fisheries has
designed and tested new approaches for
sampling and surveying recreational
anglers. Revision: A mail survey that
samples from a residential address
frame will be implemented to collect
data on the number of marine
recreational anglers and the number of
recreational fishing trips. This survey
will replace the Coastal Household
Telephone Survey, which has
traditionally been used to collect
recreational fishing effort data. In
addition, the sampling and estimation
procedures for the access-point angler
intercept survey have been revised to
ensure better coverage and
representation of recreational fishing
activity.
This revision also eliminates several
data collections that were implemented
to test revised sampling procedures. The
following data collections will be
eliminated: Longitudinal Sampling for
Coastal Household Telephone Survey, a
Directory Frame Telephone Survey of
Licensed Marine Recreational Anglers,
the Angler Diary Recruitment Screening
Questionnaire, and Biological Data
Collection.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected through
mail surveys and on-site intercept
interviews.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0052.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
611,282.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for mail surveys of anglers, and
5 minutes for intercepted anglers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 66,239 (12,745 new).
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
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whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 5, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–5698 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XB068
Availability of Report: California
Eelgrass Mitigation Policy
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS is providing this notice
in order to allow other agencies and the
public an opportunity to review and
provide comments on the proposed
adoption of the California Eelgrass
Mitigation Policy (CEMP) by NMFS
Southwest Region (SWR) Habitat
Conservation Division (HCD). The intent
of the CEMP is to help ensure consistent
and effective mitigation of unavoidable
impacts to eelgrass habitat throughout
the SWR. The CEMP is a unified policy
document for SWR–HCD, based on the
highly successful implementation of the
Southern California Eelgrass Mitigation
Policy, which has improved mitigation
effectiveness since its initial adoption in
1991. This policy is needed to ensure
effective, statewide eelgrass mitigation
and will help ensure that unavoidable
impacts to eelgrass habitat are fully and
appropriately mitigated. It is anticipated
that the adoption and implementation of
this policy will provide for enhanced
success of eelgrass mitigation in
California. Given the success of the
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Southern California Eelgrass Mitigation
Policy, the California Eelgrass
Mitigation Policy reflects an expansion
of the application of this policy with
minor modifications to ensure a high
standard of statewide eelgrass
management and protection. The CEMP
will supersede the Southern California
Eelgrass Mitigation Policy for all areas
of California upon its adoption.
DATES: Public comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m., Pacific
standard time May 8, 2012. All
comments received before the due date
will be considered before finalizing the
CEMP.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the CEMP
may be submitted by mail to the
National Marine Fisheries Service, 777
Sonoma Avenue, Suite 325, Santa Rosa,
CA 95409, Attn: California Eelgrass
Mitigation Policy Comments. Comments
may also be sent via facsimile to (707)
578–3435. Comments may also be
submitted electronically via email to
SWR.CEMP@noaa.gov. All comments
received will become part of the public
record and will be available for review
upon request.
The reports are available at https://
swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/or by calling the
contact person listed below or by
sending a request to
Korie.Schaeffer@noaa.gov. Please
include appropriate contact information
when requesting the documents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Korie Schaeffer, at 707–575–6087.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eelgrass
species are seagrasses that occur in the
temperate unconsolidated substrate of
shallow coastal environments, enclosed
bays, and estuaries. Seagrass habitat has
been lost from temperate estuaries
worldwide (Duarte 2002, Lotze et al.
2006, Orth et al. 2006). While both
natural and human-induced
mechanisms have contributed to these
losses, impacts from human population
expansion and associated pollution and
upland development is the primary
cause (Short and Wyllie-Echeverria
1996). Throughout California, human
activities including, but not limited to,
urban development, recreational
boating, and commercial shipping
continue to degrade, disturb, and/or
destroy important eelgrass habitat. For
example, dredging and filling; shading
and alteration of circulation patterns;
and watershed inputs of sediment,
nutrients, and unnaturally concentrated
or directed freshwater flows can directly
and indirectly destroy eelgrass habitats.
The importance of eelgrass both
ecologically and economically, coupled
with ongoing human pressure and
potentially increasing degradation and
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loss from climate change, highlights the
need to protect, maintain, and where
feasible, enhance eelgrass habitat.
Vegetated shallows that support
eelgrass are considered a special aquatic
site under the 404(b)(1) guidelines of the
Clean Water Act (40 CFR 230.43).
Pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), eelgrass is designated as
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for various
federally-managed fish species within
the Pacific Coast Groundfish and Pacific
Coast Salmon Fisheries Management
Plans (FMP) (PFMC 2008). Eelgrass is
also considered a habitat area of
particular concern (HAPC) for various
species within the Pacific Coast
Groundfish FMP. An HAPC is a subset
of EFH; these areas are rare, particularly
susceptible to human-induced
degradation, especially ecologically
important, and/or located in an
environmentally stressed area.
The mission of NMFS SWR–HCD is to
conserve, protect, and manage living
marine resources and the habitats that
sustain them. Eelgrass is a habitat of
particular concern relative to
accomplishing this mission. Pursuant to
the EFH provisions of the MSA, the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA),
and obligations under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as a
responsible agency, NMFS Southwest
Region annually reviews and provides
recommendations on numerous actions
that may affect eelgrass resources
throughout California, the only state
within NMFS SWR that supports
eelgrass resources. Section 305(b)(1)(D)
of the MSA requires NMFS to
coordinate with, and provide
information to, other Federal agencies
regarding the conservation and
enhancement of EFH. Section 305(b)(2)
requires all Federal agencies to consult
with the NMFS on all actions or
proposed actions authorized, funded, or
undertaken by the agency that may
adversely affect EFH. Under section
305(b)(4) of the MSA, NMFS is required
to provide EFH Conservation
Recommendations to Federal and state
agencies for actions that would
adversely affect EFH (50 CFR 600.925).
NMFS makes its recommendations with
the goal of avoiding, minimizing, or
otherwise compensating for adverse
effects to EFH. When impacts to NMFS
trust resources are unavoidable, NMFS
may recommend compensatory
mitigation to offset those impacts. In
order to fulfill its consultative role,
NMFS may also recommend, inter alia,
the development of mitigation plans,
habitat distribution maps, surveys and
survey reports, progress milestones,
monitoring programs, and reports
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[FR Doc No: 2012-5698]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Marine
Recreational Information Program
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 8, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Rob Andrews, (301) 482-1805 or
Rob.Andrews@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision of a current information collection.
Marine recreational anglers are surveyed to collect catch and
effort data, fish biology data, and angler socioeconomic
characteristics. These data are required to carry out provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.), as amended, regarding conservation and management of
fishery resources.
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. Amendments to the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) require
the development of an improved data collection program for recreational
fisheries. To meet these requirements, NOAA Fisheries has designed and
tested new approaches for sampling and surveying recreational anglers.
Revision: A mail survey that samples from a residential address frame
will be implemented to collect data on the number of marine
recreational anglers and the number of recreational fishing trips. This
survey will replace the Coastal Household Telephone Survey, which has
traditionally been used to collect recreational fishing effort data. In
addition, the sampling and estimation procedures for the access-point
angler intercept survey have been revised to ensure better coverage and
representation of recreational fishing activity.
This revision also eliminates several data collections that were
implemented to test revised sampling procedures. The following data
collections will be eliminated: Longitudinal Sampling for Coastal
Household Telephone Survey, a Directory Frame Telephone Survey of
Licensed Marine Recreational Anglers, the Angler Diary Recruitment
Screening Questionnaire, and Biological Data Collection.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected through mail surveys and on-site
intercept interviews.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0052.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (revision of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 611,282.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes for mail surveys of
anglers, and 5 minutes for intercepted anglers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 66,239 (12,745 new).
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including
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whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of
the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 5, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-5698 Filed 3-8-12; 8:45 am]
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