Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Contingent Valuation Surveys To Assess Value of Selected Hurricane Sandy Restoration Efforts in New York and New Jersey, 63086-63087 [2014-25054]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / Notices
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 December 22,
2014.
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 and instructions should be
directed to Amber Himes-Cornell, 206–
526–4221 or amber.himes@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
National Ocean Service (NOS) and
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
Alaska Fisheries Science Center propose
to collect data on non-economic values
related to subsistence salmon fishing
and use in Alaska. Data are needed to
support Natural Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA) and resource
restoration analysis and activities.
NRDA is a legal process to determine
the type and amount of restoration
needed to compensate the public for
harm to natural resources and their
human uses that occur as a result of an
oil spill or other hazardous substance
release. Through the NRDA process,
NOAA and co-trustees identify the
extent of natural resource injuries and
the amount and type of restoration
required to restore public trust resources
to baseline conditions.
For this study, researchers have
developed a survey instrument to
quantify non-economic values,
including (1) the value subsistence
fishing adds to an individual or
community’s way of life, (2) the value
of the subsistence resources in cultural
or religious practices, roles, language,
knowledge and skill transfer and (3) the
value of the subsistence resources
harvested. Alaska, with an abundance of
natural and energy resources that are colocated with subsistence harvesting
grounds, is a logical place for NOAA to
develop assessment tools. This pilot
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project tests a set of survey questions for
their ability to provide NOAA with
adequate information to assess noneconomic values of subsistence resource
harvest that might be damaged by a
hazardous substance release event. We
focus on Alaska’s subsistence salmon
fishery because of its size, geographic
range, and significance to multiple types
of communities, families and individual
commercial, recreational, and
subsistence fishermen. We further focus
on subsistence use of salmon because of
its importance to rural residents and
Alaska Natives who rely on natural
resources for food, shelter, clothing, the
maintenance of cultural traditions, and
other aspects of Alaskan Native life. The
data collection is expected to take place
between fall 2015 and spring 2016.
II. Method of Collection
Members of the research team will
administer a questionnaire in person in
an interview-style setting with each
respondent.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 450.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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
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.
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Dated: October 16, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Ocean and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Contingent
Valuation Surveys To Assess Value of
Selected Hurricane Sandy Restoration
Efforts in New York and New Jersey
National Ocean and
Atmospheric Administration,
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 December 22,
2014.
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 and instructions should be
directed to Pete Wiley, NOAA Office for
Coastal Management, 1305 East West
Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301–
563–1141, peter.wiley@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
Superstorm Sandy caused significant
damage to the New York and New Jersey
coast. There are numerous ongoing and
planned projects to repair the damage
caused by the storm. The Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act of 2012 provided
NOAA with funding to assess the
ecosystem service values associated
with restoration options being
considered in the wake of Sandy. Two
geographic areas that were particularly
impacted by the Storm were the
Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in
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New Jersey and Jamaica Bay in New
York. Under this collection effort, the
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
will implement a contingent valuation
survey to assess the value of the
ecosystem services that will be
generated by restoration projects being
implemented in both areas. Data will be
collected from individuals who reside
in the New York and New Jersey areas.
NOAA will implement two separate
surveys: One for each geographic area.
There are a number of restoration
projects that are ongoing in the Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge and in Jamaica
Bay. After reviewing the scope and
focus of many of those restoration
projects, NOAA has decided to focus on
two specific projects. For the Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge, NOAA will
focus on the work being done under a
$15 million project being conducted by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The
Forsythe project will focus on restoring
and enhancing the salt marsh at the
Refuge to act as a natural protection
from storms and to act as a habitat for
wildlife. In assessing ecosystem service
benefits for the Forsythe restoration
work, NOAA will focus on the value of
the salt marsh for storm protection,
habitat, and recreation, as well as other
possible ecosystem services.
The Jamaica Bay area has a number of
planned and ongoing projects. NOAA
has decided to focus on work being
conducted at Spring Creek Park on the
northern point of Jamaica Bay. The
restoration work at the park will involve
improving habitat and storm and flood
protection. NOAA will focus on the
associated ecosystem services from
habitat improvements and the added
storm and flood protection.
NOAA is currently contacting and
working with partners and stakeholders
at each site to ensure the relevancy of
this work.
II. Method of Collection
NOAA will collect these data using a
web-based survey instrument and will
be using an online panel. The panel will
consist of individuals who reside in the
two areas. A number of firms maintain
online panels to use in survey efforts.
These firms recruit individuals to be
part of the panels and target their
recruitment efforts to develop panels
that are representative of the general
population. Individuals who are part of
these panels have agreed to participate
in online surveys. To access the panel,
NOAA will contract with one of the
firms who maintains an online panel.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 134 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in capital and reporting/
recordkeeping costs.
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
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: October 16, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–25054 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Catcher Processor
Socio-Cultural Study
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.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
submitted on or before December 22,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 66165,
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 and instructions should be
directed to Amber Himes-Cornell, (206)
526–4221 or amber.himes@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
Historically, changes in fisheries
management regulations have been
shown to result in impacts to
individuals within the fishery. An
understanding of social impacts in
fisheries—achieved through the
collection of data on fishing
communities, as well as on individuals
who fish—is a requirement under
several federal laws. Laws such as the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and the Magnuson- Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA) (as amended 2007) describe
such requirements. The collection of
this data not only helps to inform legal
requirements for the existing
management actions, but will inform
future management actions requiring
equivalent information.
Fisheries rationalization programs
have an impact on those individuals
participating in the affected fishery, as
well as their communities and may also
have indirect effects on other fishery
participants. The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council is considering the
implementation of a new, yet to be
defined, rationalization program for the
Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fishery.
A data collection was conducted in
2014 (OMB Control No. 0648–0685) to
obtain relevant socio-cultural
information about current participants
in most sectors of this fishery.
The proposed data collection
complements this 2014 effort by
collecting comparable information from
individuals participating in the catcher
processor fleet that operates in the
North Pacific. The data collected will be
used to develop a baseline description
of the catcher processor sector operating
in the North Pacific that can be used to
analyze impacts that future fisheries
management changes, such as the new
bycatch management changes being
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Contingent
Valuation Surveys To Assess Value of Selected Hurricane Sandy
Restoration Efforts in New York and New Jersey
AGENCY: National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, 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 December 22,
2014.
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 and instructions should
be directed to Pete Wiley, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, 1305
East West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-563-1141,
peter.wiley@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information collection.
Superstorm Sandy caused significant damage to the New York and New
Jersey coast. There are numerous ongoing and planned projects to repair
the damage caused by the storm. The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act
of 2012 provided NOAA with funding to assess the ecosystem service
values associated with restoration options being considered in the wake
of Sandy. Two geographic areas that were particularly impacted by the
Storm were the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in
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New Jersey and Jamaica Bay in New York. Under this collection effort,
the NOAA Office for Coastal Management will implement a contingent
valuation survey to assess the value of the ecosystem services that
will be generated by restoration projects being implemented in both
areas. Data will be collected from individuals who reside in the New
York and New Jersey areas. NOAA will implement two separate surveys:
One for each geographic area.
There are a number of restoration projects that are ongoing in the
Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge and in Jamaica Bay. After reviewing
the scope and focus of many of those restoration projects, NOAA has
decided to focus on two specific projects. For the Forsythe National
Wildlife Refuge, NOAA will focus on the work being done under a $15
million project being conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Forsythe project will focus on restoring and enhancing the salt
marsh at the Refuge to act as a natural protection from storms and to
act as a habitat for wildlife. In assessing ecosystem service benefits
for the Forsythe restoration work, NOAA will focus on the value of the
salt marsh for storm protection, habitat, and recreation, as well as
other possible ecosystem services.
The Jamaica Bay area has a number of planned and ongoing projects.
NOAA has decided to focus on work being conducted at Spring Creek Park
on the northern point of Jamaica Bay. The restoration work at the park
will involve improving habitat and storm and flood protection. NOAA
will focus on the associated ecosystem services from habitat
improvements and the added storm and flood protection.
NOAA is currently contacting and working with partners and
stakeholders at each site to ensure the relevancy of this work.
II. Method of Collection
NOAA will collect these data using a web-based survey instrument
and will be using an online panel. The panel will consist of
individuals who reside in the two areas. A number of firms maintain
online panels to use in survey efforts. These firms recruit individuals
to be part of the panels and target their recruitment efforts to
develop panels that are representative of the general population.
Individuals who are part of these panels have agreed to participate in
online surveys. To access the panel, NOAA will contract with one of the
firms who maintains an online panel.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 400.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 134 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in capital and reporting/
recordkeeping costs.
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 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: October 16, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25054 Filed 10-21-14; 8:45 am]
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