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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: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Economic Survey.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 4,200.
Average Hours per Response: 25
minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,750.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection.
The population of Cook Inlet beluga
whales in the Cook Inlet of Alaska is
one of five distinct population segments
in United States (U.S.) waters. It was
listed as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act on October 22,
2008 (73 FR 62919), and Critical Habitat
was designated in a final rule published
on April 11, 2011 (76 FR 20180). The
public benefits associated with
protection actions for the Cook Inlet
beluga whale are substantially the result
of the non-consumptive value people
attribute to such protection. This
includes active use values associated
with being able to view beluga whales
and passive use, or ‘‘existence,’’ values
unrelated to direct human use. No
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empirical estimates of these values for
Cook Inlet beluga whales are currently
available, but this information is needed
for decision makers to more fully
understand the trade-offs involved in
evaluating population recovery
planning alternatives and to
complement other information available
about the costs, benefits, and impacts of
alternative plans.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) plans to conduct a survey of
Alaska households to collect data for
estimating non-consumptive economic
benefits associated with changes in
extinction risk resulting from protection
actions for the Cook Inlet beluga whale.
The analysis NMFS completed prior to
designating Critical Habitat for Cook
Inlet beluga whales described nonconsumptive benefits in limited
qualitative terms only. Adding
empirical data about non-consumptive
benefits remains the most significant
gap to enabling a complete and balanced
economic analysis. The results from this
survey should be useful to NMFS and
the public in the future as NMFS
considers various actions under the
recovery planning process for Cook Inlet
beluga whales. Any future regulatory
actions would include analyses of costs
and benefits of the proposed measures
as well as opportunities for public
input.
During 2011, NMFS fielded a pilot
version of the survey to a small number
of households, primarily to evaluate the
survey administration procedures prior
to sending the survey out to a larger and
more representative sample. The results
of this pretest indicated the need to
make minor adjustments to the survey
administration (e.g., timing of mailings
and telephone calls), which will be
incorporated in the data collection to
which this notice pertains.
This notice revises a previously
published notice that had indicated a
survey of larger scope (77 FR 32928).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Jennifer Jessup,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
JJessup@doc.gov).
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.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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ACTION:
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et seq.), the Economic Development
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Accordingly, EDA has initiated
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of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Economic Survey.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 4,200.
Average Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,750.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
The population of Cook Inlet beluga whales in the Cook Inlet of
Alaska is one of five distinct population segments in United States
(U.S.) waters. It was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species
Act on October 22, 2008 (73 FR 62919), and Critical Habitat was
designated in a final rule published on April 11, 2011 (76 FR 20180).
The public benefits associated with protection actions for the Cook
Inlet beluga whale are substantially the result of the non-consumptive
value people attribute to such protection. This includes active use
values associated with being able to view beluga whales and passive
use, or ``existence,'' values unrelated to direct human use. No
empirical estimates of these values for Cook Inlet beluga whales are
currently available, but this information is needed for decision makers
to more fully understand the trade-offs involved in evaluating
population recovery planning alternatives and to complement other
information available about the costs, benefits, and impacts of
alternative plans.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) plans to conduct a
survey of Alaska households to collect data for estimating non-
consumptive economic benefits associated with changes in extinction
risk resulting from protection actions for the Cook Inlet beluga whale.
The analysis NMFS completed prior to designating Critical Habitat for
Cook Inlet beluga whales described non-consumptive benefits in limited
qualitative terms only. Adding empirical data about non-consumptive
benefits remains the most significant gap to enabling a complete and
balanced economic analysis. The results from this survey should be
useful to NMFS and the public in the future as NMFS considers various
actions under the recovery planning process for Cook Inlet beluga
whales. Any future regulatory actions would include analyses of costs
and benefits of the proposed measures as well as opportunities for
public input.
During 2011, NMFS fielded a pilot version of the survey to a small
number of households, primarily to evaluate the survey administration
procedures prior to sending the survey out to a larger and more
representative sample. The results of this pretest indicated the need
to make minor adjustments to the survey administration (e.g., timing of
mailings and telephone calls), which will be incorporated in the data
collection to which this notice pertains.
This notice revises a previously published notice that had
indicated a survey of larger scope (77 FR 32928).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
JJessup@doc.gov).
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.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-09168 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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