Proposed Information Collection; Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development: Public Attitudes, Values, and Implications for Tourism and Recreation; Comment Request, 37348-37349 [2014-15346]

Download as PDF 37348 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [OMB Control Number 1010—New; MMAA104000] Proposed Information Collection; Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development: Public Attitudes, Values, and Implications for Tourism and Recreation; Comment Request Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: 60-day notice. AGENCY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns a new survey on the potential impacts of Atlantic offshore wind energy development on coastal tourism and recreation. DATES: Submit written comments by September 2, 2014. ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on this ICR to Arlene Bajusz, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 381 Elden Street, HM– 3127, Herndon, VA 20170 (mail); or arlene.bajusz@boem.gov (email); or 703–787–1209 (fax). Please reference 1010—New in your comment and include your name and return address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Bajusz, Office of Policy, SUMMARY: Regulations, and Analysis at arlene.bajusz@boem.gov or (703) 787– 1025 for a copy of the survey questions. For more information on the survey, contact Brian Krevor, Office of Renewable Energy Programs at brian.krevor@boem.gov or (703) 787– 1340. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 1010-New. Title: Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development: Public Attitudes, Values, and Implications for Tourism and Recreation. Abstract: Under the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331– 1356), BOEM is responsible for conducting OCS lease sales and for monitoring and mitigating adverse impacts that might be associated with offshore energy development. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 13201 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases, easements, and rights-of-way for offshore renewable energy activities in Federal waters, such as offshore wind power development. In fulfilling these responsibilities, BOEM must take into consideration the impacts of OCS activities on recreational and cultural resources. While we have seen significant interest in offshore wind power development in recent years, the absence of baseline data for specific areas along the Atlantic coast and the absence of a broader regional study on tourism and wind power have made it difficult to identify and analyze the potential impacts of offshore wind development on coastal tourism and recreation. Additional information on these potential impacts will contribute to better planning and decision-making for BOEM and other stakeholders, including other Federal agencies and State and local governments. Under a cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior, the University of Delaware will conduct a survey to assess the impact of offshore wind power projects on coastal recreation and tourism from Massachusetts to South Carolina. The survey will gauge public perceptions of offshore wind energy projects and how development could impact future recreation and visitation choices. BOEM will use this information, along with other economic and environmental information, in our offshore wind decision-making process and marine spatial planning efforts. States and coastal communities will use the information for local coastal planning efforts. The data collection will be done by an internet-based survey. There are two versions of the survey: One for participants (people who have visited an East coast beach in the last 3 years) and one for nonparticipants (those who have not visited a beach within the last 3 years). The nonparticipant survey is a subset of the participant survey. The survey includes questions about wind projects being located at a beach as well as demographic questions. Frequency: One time. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Description of Respondents: Individuals. Estimated Number of Annual Respondents and Hour Burden: 527. Annual number of responses Activity Completion time per response (minutes) Total annual burden hours 1,400 360 20 10 467 60 Totals .................................................................................................................................... emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Participant Survey ........................................................................................................................ Nonparticipant Survey ................................................................................................................. 1,760 ........................ 527 Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Nonhour Cost Burden: None. Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated to respond. Comments: We invite comments concerning this information collection on: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:00 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 • Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; • The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information; • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to OMB. Public Availability of Comments: Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM 01JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Notices While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: June 23, 2014. Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis. [FR Doc. 2014–15346 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–457 and 731– TA–1153 (Review)] Certain Tow-Behind Lawn Groomers and Parts Thereof From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain tow-behind lawn groomers and parts thereof from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission; 1 to be assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is July 31, 2014. Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission by September 15, 2014. For further information concerning the conduct of this proceeding and rules of general application, consult the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 1 No response to this request for information is required if a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) number is not displayed; the OMB number is 3117–0016/USITC No. 14–5–316, expiration date June 30, 2017. Public reporting burden for the request is estimated to average 15 hours per response. Please send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:00 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 205–1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https:// www.usitc.gov). The public record for this proceeding may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background.—On August 3, 2009, the Department of Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of certain tow-behind lawn groomers and parts thereof from China (74 FR 38395–38397 and 74 FR 38399–38401). The Commission is conducting reviews to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. It will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to this notice of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews. The Commission’s determinations in any expedited reviews will be based on the facts available, which may include information provided in response to this notice. Definitions.—The following definitions apply to these reviews: (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is within the scope of the five-year reviews, as defined by the Department of Commerce. (2) The Subject Country in these reviews is China. (3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original determinations, the Commission defined a single Domestic Like Product encompassing the continuum of certain tow-behind lawn groomers and parts thereof within Commerce’s scope of the investigations. (4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of the product. In its original determinations, the Commission defined the Domestic PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37349 Industry as all domestic producers of certain tow-behind lawn groomers and parts thereof. The Commission also determined that circumstances warranted the exclusion of certain domestic producers from the Domestic Industry as a related party. (5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping and countervailing duty orders under review became effective. In these reviews, the Order Date is August 3, 2009. (6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or through its selling agent. Participation in the proceeding and public service list.—Persons, including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer organizations, wishing to participate in the proceeding as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of the Commission’s rules, no later than 21 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the proceeding. Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission five-year reviews are advised that they may appear in a review even if they participated personally and substantially in the corresponding underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same underlying investigation. The Commission’s designated agency ethics official has advised that a five-year review is not the same particular matter as the underlying original investigation, and a five-year review is not the same particular matter as an earlier review of the same underlying investigation for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 207, the post employment statute for Federal employees, and Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008). Consequently, former employees are not required to seek Commission approval to appear in a review under Commission rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the corresponding underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same underlying investigation was pending when they were Commission employees. For further ethics advice on this matter, contact Carol McCue Verratti, Deputy Agency Ethics Official, at 202–205–3088. E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM 01JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-15346]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[OMB Control Number 1010--New; MMAA104000]


Proposed Information Collection; Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy 
Development: Public Attitudes, Values, and Implications for Tourism and 
Recreation; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-day notice.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inviting comments on a 
collection of information that we will submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information 
collection request (ICR) concerns a new survey on the potential impacts 
of Atlantic offshore wind energy development on coastal tourism and 
recreation.

DATES: Submit written comments by September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on this ICR to Arlene Bajusz, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, 381 Elden Street, HM-3127, Herndon, VA 20170 (mail); or 
arlene.bajusz@boem.gov (email); or 703-787-1209 (fax). Please reference 
1010--New in your comment and include your name and return address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Bajusz, Office of Policy, 
Regulations, and Analysis at arlene.bajusz@boem.gov or (703) 787-1025 
for a copy of the survey questions. For more information on the survey, 
contact Brian Krevor, Office of Renewable Energy Programs at 
brian.krevor@boem.gov or (703) 787-1340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1010-New.
    Title: Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development: Public Attitudes, 
Values, and Implications for Tourism and Recreation.
    Abstract: Under the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331-1356), BOEM is responsible for conducting OCS lease sales 
and for monitoring and mitigating adverse impacts that might be 
associated with offshore energy development. The Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 13201 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 
to issue leases, easements, and rights-of-way for offshore renewable 
energy activities in Federal waters, such as offshore wind power 
development. In fulfilling these responsibilities, BOEM must take into 
consideration the impacts of OCS activities on recreational and 
cultural resources. While we have seen significant interest in offshore 
wind power development in recent years, the absence of baseline data 
for specific areas along the Atlantic coast and the absence of a 
broader regional study on tourism and wind power have made it difficult 
to identify and analyze the potential impacts of offshore wind 
development on coastal tourism and recreation. Additional information 
on these potential impacts will contribute to better planning and 
decision-making for BOEM and other stakeholders, including other 
Federal agencies and State and local governments.
    Under a cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of the 
Interior, the University of Delaware will conduct a survey to assess 
the impact of offshore wind power projects on coastal recreation and 
tourism from Massachusetts to South Carolina. The survey will gauge 
public perceptions of offshore wind energy projects and how development 
could impact future recreation and visitation choices. BOEM will use 
this information, along with other economic and environmental 
information, in our offshore wind decision-making process and marine 
spatial planning efforts. States and coastal communities will use the 
information for local coastal planning efforts.
    The data collection will be done by an internet-based survey. There 
are two versions of the survey: One for participants (people who have 
visited an East coast beach in the last 3 years) and one for 
nonparticipants (those who have not visited a beach within the last 3 
years). The nonparticipant survey is a subset of the participant 
survey. The survey includes questions about wind projects being located 
at a beach as well as demographic questions.
    Frequency: One time.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents and Hour Burden: 527.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                                   Annual number     time per      Total annual
                            Activity                               of responses      response      burden hours
                                                                                     (minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participant Survey..............................................           1,400              20             467
Nonparticipant Survey...........................................             360              10              60
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................................           1,760  ..............             527
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    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Nonhour Cost Burden: None.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated 
to respond.
    Comments: We invite comments concerning this information collection 
on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them 
in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we 
will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to 
OMB.
    Public Availability of Comments: Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time.

[[Page 37349]]

While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: June 23, 2014.
Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2014-15346 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P
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