Draft Update to the Comprehensive Plan, 57582-57583 [2016-19986]

Download as PDF 57582 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2016 / Notices name, email address, home address, phone number, date of birth, gender, marital status and basic demographic information such as whether the individual is married, a veteran, a small business owner, a parent or a student. Use of the system, and contribution of personal information, is completely voluntary. B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 10,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Total annual responses: 10,000. Hours per Response: .05. Total Burden Hours: 500. C. Public Comments Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090– 0304, USA.gov and All Related Subdomains, in all correspondence. Dated: August 18, 2016. Steve Grewal, Deputy Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–20107 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–34–P GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL [Docket No. 108232016–1111–05] Draft Update to the Comprehensive Plan Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf States Act (RESTORE Act or Act) (33 U.S.C. 1321(t) and note), the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) requests comments on the proposed draft of its Comprehensive Plan Update (Plan update). The Plan update is intended to provide strategic sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 Aug 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 guidance for future Council restoration activities, and to position the Council to most effectively use future funds for Gulf ecosystem restoration. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please send questions by email to frcomments@ restorethegulf.gov, or contact Will D. Spoon at (504) 239–9814. Additional information can also be found on the Web site at www.RestoreTheGulf.gov. DATES: The deadline for public and Tribal comments on this Plan update is October 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft Plan update may be submitted through one of these methods: • Electronic Web site Submission: Through the following Web site:www.RestoreTheGulf.gov. • Email: By email to: frcomments@ restorethegulf.gov. • Mail/Commercial Delivery: By surface mail to: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, Attention: Draft Comprehensive Plan Update Comments, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, Suite 1117, New Orleans, LA 70130. In general, the Council will make such comments available for public inspection and copying on its Web site, www.RestoreTheGulf.gov without change, including any business or personal information provided, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. All comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, will be part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. You should only submit information that you wish to make publicly available. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Copies of the draft Plan update are available at the following office during regular business hours: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, Suite 1117, New Orleans, LA 70130. Electronic versions of the draft Plan update can be viewed and downloaded at www.RestoreTheGulf.gov. Background and Summary: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill led to 2012 passage of the RESTORE Act, which directs 80 percent of associated civil and administrative Clean Water Act penalties to ecosystem restoration, economic recovery, and tourism promotion in the Gulf Coast region. To administer a portion of these funds, the RESTORE Act established the Council, comprised of principals from the five Gulf Coast States and six federal agencies. One of the Council’s primary responsibilities is to develop and update a Comprehensive Plan to restore the PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ecosystem and the economy of the Gulf Coast region. The Council approved an Initial Comprehensive Plan in August 2013. Since that time, there have been important developments that warrant a Plan update; the resolution of civil claims against BP has provided clarity regarding the amount and timing of funds available to the Council. Additionally, the Council is now also in a position to develop a Ten-Year Funding Strategy, as required by the RESTORE Act. The Council has also gained valuable knowledge during the process of developing and approving (on December 9, 2015) the first set of foundational restoration activities in its Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL). The process of developing the FPL was a tremendous success for the Council. The Council benefited greatly from public input during this process. To learn as much as it could from this first round of funding decisions, the Council also conducted a retrospective review of the FPL process and published a Lessons Learned and Path Forward Summary Report, which helped identify and reinforce important lessons applicable to future Council activities. This draft Plan update does not identify specific restoration activities; that is the purpose of future FPLs and State Expenditure Plans (SEPs), described in more detail in the draft Plan update. Rather, the Plan update is intended to improve Council decisions by: • Ensuring consistency with the Priority Criteria referenced in the Act; • Reinforcing the Council’s goals, objectives and commitments; • Setting forth a Ten-Year Funding Strategy, including a Council vision for ecosystem restoration; • Increasing collaboration among Council members and partner restoration programs; • Refining the process for ensuring that the Council’s decisions are informed by the best available science; and • Improving the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of Council actions. Public input on the Council’s previous activities has helped shape this draft Plan update. The Council is committed to continuously improving and adapting in response to new information and feedback, and looks forward to hearing the views of all stakeholders on this draft Plan update. E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2016 / Notices Public and Tribal Meetings on the Draft Plan Update In addition to the comment opportunities discussed above, the Council will also hold a number of public and Tribal meetings across the Gulf to hear from the public and Tribes regarding this draft Plan update. The locations, dates, and times for the public meetings can be found at www.RestoreTheGulf.gov. Legal Authority: The statutory program authority for the draft Plan update is found at 33 U.S.C. 1321(t). Will D. Spoon, Program Analyst, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. [FR Doc. 2016–19986 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–58–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ‘‘Eisenberg Center Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance.’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2016 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ received no substantive comments. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 22, 2016. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@ omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 Aug 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project Eisenberg Center Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 AHRQ’s Generic Clearance to collect information from users of work products and services initiated by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science (Eisenberg Center). Since September 2008, the Eisenberg Center has been operated by Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), located in Houston, Texas. AHRQ is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, improve patient safety, decrease medical errors, and broaden access to essential services (see 42 U.S.C. 299). The Eisenberg Center, funded by AHRQ, is an innovative effort aimed at improving communication of findings to a variety of audiences (‘‘customers’’), including consumers, clinicians, and health care policymakers. The Eisenberg Center compiles research results into a variety of useful formats for customer stakeholders. This research has the following goals: (1) Conduct research into effective communication of research findings in order to improve the usability and rapid incorporation of findings into medical practice and decision making. (2) Conduct research into effective strategies for disseminating evidencebased products, tools, and resources to consumers, clinicians, and other health care professionals, and policymakers. (3) Evaluate outcomes reported by clinicians and other health care professionals resulting from participation in continuing medical education (CME) initiatives and activities. (4) Conduct research into factors associated with successful collaboration between AHRQ and partnering institutions and organizations in synthesizing, translating, and disseminating evidence-based research. Clearance is being requested to cover a three-year period in which differing numbers of information collections concerning products and research activities may be conducted within each contract year. The collections proposed include activities to assist in the development of materials to be disseminated through the Eisenberg Center and to provide feedback to PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57583 AHRQ on the extent to which these products meet customer needs. These materials include documents that summarize and translate the findings of research reports for various decisionmaking audiences, such as consumers, clinicians, or policymakers. The summaries are designed to help these decision makers use research evidence to maximize the benefits of health care, minimize harm, and optimize the use of health care resources. In addition, each year of the contract a unique research project will be undertaken to study successful approaches to disseminating AHRQ products in various health care settings and clinical environments. Also each year the Eisenberg Center will develop one interactive decision aid for clinical problems identified from selected research reports. The intent is for the decision aid to increase the customer’s knowledge of the health condition, options, and risk/benefits; lead to greater assurance in making a decision; increase the congruence between values and choices; and enhance involvement in the decision making process. Information collections conducted under this generic clearance are not required by regulation and will not be used to regulate or sanction customers. Data collections will be entirely voluntary, and information provided by respondents will be combined and summarized so that no individually identifiable information will be released. This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, Baylor College of Medicine, pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct and support research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care, including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of health care services and with respect to quality measurement and improvement. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2). Method of Collection The data collections listed below will be implemented to achieve project goals. Note: Assessments such as interviews and surveys are here denoted formative if conducted prior to product development or determination of dissemination channels; usability testing or pretesting if conducted while reviewing a draft product, proposed dissemination approach, or other proposed content/strategy; and evaluation if conducted for summative evaluation or to assess satisfaction after the product has been in use or the dissemination campaign, learning activity, or other initiative undertaken. E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57582-57583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19986]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No. 108232016-1111-05]


Draft Update to the Comprehensive Plan

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Resources and Ecosystems 
Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the 
Gulf States Act (RESTORE Act or Act) (33 U.S.C. 1321(t) and note), the 
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) requests comments on 
the proposed draft of its Comprehensive Plan Update (Plan update). The 
Plan update is intended to provide strategic guidance for future 
Council restoration activities, and to position the Council to most 
effectively use future funds for Gulf ecosystem restoration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please send questions by email to 
frcomments@restorethegulf.gov, or contact Will D. Spoon at (504) 239-
9814. Additional information can also be found on the Web site at 
www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.

DATES: The deadline for public and Tribal comments on this Plan update 
is October 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft Plan update may be submitted through 
one of these methods:
     Electronic Web site Submission: Through the following Web 
site:www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.
     Email: By email to: frcomments@restorethegulf.gov.
     Mail/Commercial Delivery: By surface mail to: Gulf Coast 
Ecosystem Restoration Council, Attention: Draft Comprehensive Plan 
Update Comments, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, Suite 
1117, New Orleans, LA 70130.
    In general, the Council will make such comments available for 
public inspection and copying on its Web site, www.RestoreTheGulf.gov 
without change, including any business or personal information 
provided, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone 
numbers. All comments received, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, will be part of the public record and subject to 
public disclosure. You should only submit information that you wish to 
make publicly available.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Copies of the draft Plan update are 
available at the following office during regular business hours: Gulf 
Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 
Poydras Street, Suite 1117, New Orleans, LA 70130. Electronic versions 
of the draft Plan update can be viewed and downloaded at 
www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.
    Background and Summary: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill led to 2012 
passage of the RESTORE Act, which directs 80 percent of associated 
civil and administrative Clean Water Act penalties to ecosystem 
restoration, economic recovery, and tourism promotion in the Gulf Coast 
region. To administer a portion of these funds, the RESTORE Act 
established the Council, comprised of principals from the five Gulf 
Coast States and six federal agencies. One of the Council's primary 
responsibilities is to develop and update a Comprehensive Plan to 
restore the ecosystem and the economy of the Gulf Coast region.
    The Council approved an Initial Comprehensive Plan in August 2013. 
Since that time, there have been important developments that warrant a 
Plan update; the resolution of civil claims against BP has provided 
clarity regarding the amount and timing of funds available to the 
Council. Additionally, the Council is now also in a position to develop 
a Ten-Year Funding Strategy, as required by the RESTORE Act. The 
Council has also gained valuable knowledge during the process of 
developing and approving (on December 9, 2015) the first set of 
foundational restoration activities in its Initial Funded Priorities 
List (FPL).
    The process of developing the FPL was a tremendous success for the 
Council. The Council benefited greatly from public input during this 
process. To learn as much as it could from this first round of funding 
decisions, the Council also conducted a retrospective review of the FPL 
process and published a Lessons Learned and Path Forward Summary 
Report, which helped identify and reinforce important lessons 
applicable to future Council activities.
    This draft Plan update does not identify specific restoration 
activities; that is the purpose of future FPLs and State Expenditure 
Plans (SEPs), described in more detail in the draft Plan update. 
Rather, the Plan update is intended to improve Council decisions by:
     Ensuring consistency with the Priority Criteria referenced 
in the Act;
     Reinforcing the Council's goals, objectives and 
commitments;
     Setting forth a Ten-Year Funding Strategy, including a 
Council vision for ecosystem restoration;
     Increasing collaboration among Council members and partner 
restoration programs;
     Refining the process for ensuring that the Council's 
decisions are informed by the best available science; and
     Improving the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency 
of Council actions.
    Public input on the Council's previous activities has helped shape 
this draft Plan update. The Council is committed to continuously 
improving and adapting in response to new information and feedback, and 
looks forward to hearing the views of all stakeholders on this draft 
Plan update.

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Public and Tribal Meetings on the Draft Plan Update

    In addition to the comment opportunities discussed above, the 
Council will also hold a number of public and Tribal meetings across 
the Gulf to hear from the public and Tribes regarding this draft Plan 
update. The locations, dates, and times for the public meetings can be 
found at www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.
    Legal Authority: The statutory program authority for the draft Plan 
update is found at 33 U.S.C. 1321(t).

Will D. Spoon,
Program Analyst, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
[FR Doc. 2016-19986 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-58-P
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