Proposed Information Collection: Beachgoer and Vessel Surveys, 91946-91948 [2016-30353]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Proposed Information Collection:
Beachgoer and Vessel Surveys
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will
ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a collection of
information to support ocean
observation planning and management
on public lands and waters. The
respondents will be recreationists
visiting public and private Gulf Coast
beaches, and coastal and offshore vessel
(boat) operators in the Gulf of Mexico
region. The BOEM invites public
comments on this proposed collection.
A Federal agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Please submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 703–787–
1209.
Electronic mail: anna.atkinson@
boem.gov.
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Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1010–XXXX’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Rex Caffey, Louisiana State University,
Center for Natural Resource Economics
& Policy, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; email:
rcaffey@agcenter.lsu.edu; or phone:
225–578–2393.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information
collection that the BOEM plans to
submit to OMB for approval. The
Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
I. Abstract
BOEM manages the exploration and
development of oil, natural gas and
other minerals and renewable energy
alternatives on the nation’s Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). Section 1346
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (OCSLA) mandates the conduct of
environmental and socioeconomic
studies needed for the assessment and
management of environmental impacts
on the human, marine, and coastal
environments which may be affected by
oil and gas, renewable energy, or other
mineral development. Section 1345 of
OCSLA authorizes the use of
cooperative agreements with affected
States to meet the requirements of
OCSLA, which may include, but not be
limited to, the sharing of information,
the joint utilization of available
expertise, the facilitating of permitting
procedures, joint planning and review,
and the formation of joint surveillance
and monitoring arrangements to carry
out applicable Federal and State laws,
regulations, and stipulations relevant to
the OCS operations both onshore and
offshore.
This data collection effort is necessary
in order to monetarily value benefits of
coastal and oceanic data collected in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as part of the Gulf
of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing
System (GCOOS). Information on the
economic value of regional ocean
observations is critical for sustained
public and private support for the
GCOOS, especially as the costs of
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operation and maintenance for ocean
monitoring systems are questioned in
Federal, State, and private budgetary
processes.
The data collection effort is part of a
cooperative agreement between the
Environmental Studies Program (ESP) of
the BOEM and the Louisiana Coastal
Marine Institute (CMI) at Louisiana
State University (LSU). The objective of
the ESP is to support research in topics
that serve the public interest of safe and
environmentally sound energy
production and meet the goals of the
BOEM.
The GCOOS is a regional ocean
observing system consisting of Federal,
State, and local infrastructure. The
system provides a wide array of sciencebased data to both public and private
sector decision makers tasked with the
management of human-built
infrastructure, centers of population,
and environmental and natural
resources in the southeastern United
States. As a component of the U.S.
Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS), the overall goal of GCOOS is to
provide the science-based biological,
chemical, and physical data, along with
the appropriate analytic tools, that are
needed by society to address important
short- and long-term management
problems associated with marine
industrial operations (marine
transportation, oil and gas exploration
and production), coastal hazards
(offshore obstructions, pollutant spill
tracking, conditions for offshore
operations), public health and safety
(forecasting harmful algal bloom
movement, search and rescue), healthy
ecosystems, and water quality. The
information provided through GCOOS
supports the policy mandates and
objectives of a number of Federal
agencies, including the BOEM, National
Marine Fisheries Service,
Environmental Protection Agency, and
the U.S. Geological Survey.
The information collection will be led
by researchers at Louisiana State
University and Mississippi State
University, who will conduct two
surveys to assess the impact of an
improved and expanded GCOOS. The
surveys will gauge public perceptions of
coastal and ocean-related data and
information products and how
improvements to these could impact
future recreation, boating, and weatherrelated preparation/evacuation choices.
This information collection request
covers two proposed surveys, which
collect necessary data from residents of
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
and Florida. This information is not
otherwise available.
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We will use the information from
these surveys to gauge public
perceptions of coastal and oceanic data
collected in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as
part of the GCOOS, and to estimate how
improvements and expansions of the
GCOOS could affect future recreation,
boating, and hurricane preparation/
evacuation choices.
A Beachgoers Survey will be utilized
to gauge preferences for, and valuation
of, GCOOS-derived information to
inform coastal access via land. A Vessel
Survey will gauge the associated
preferences and values of GCOOS
information for informing decisionmaking for coastal and marine boating.
The data collection for the Beachgoers
Survey will be conducted using an
internet-based survey, administered to
members of the GfK Custom Research
Knowledge Panel. No personally
identifiable information will be
collected. The survey will cover
beachgoers, and is divided into three
parts. The first part is an introduction
wherein the purpose of the survey is
discussed, highlighting the cooperating
agencies, institutions and organizations,
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
and a privacy statement. Respondents
will be screened for those who have
made a trip to a Gulf beach in the last
12 months. Another question will
inquire about one’s beach activities,
which is used to help categorize beach
use.
The second part of the survey
introduces the beach conditions
monitoring system and Web site
currently available for select beaches in
Florida, and asks questions about which
beach conditions are most important to
respondents when visiting or planning a
visit to a beach. It then proposes a
hypothetical program that would
expand the beach conditions monitoring
Web site to a larger set of beaches across
all five Gulf Coast states. Following the
introduction of the hypothetical
program, respondents will be asked
whether they would be willing to
support the proposed expanded
program if it were to cost a randomlyassigned amount of money per
household to provide it, using standard
contingent-valuation methods. The third
section closes with a series of
demographic and general awareness
questions.
Data collection for the Vessel Survey
will be conducted using both postal and
Internet surveying, depending on
respondent preference. This survey will
cover a representative sample of
registered vessel owners in the five Gulf
Coast states. The first part will
introduce the purpose of the survey,
highlighting the cooperating agencies,
institutions and organizations, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and
a privacy statement. Basic information
on the respondent’s coastal and marine
boating history in the last 12 months
will then be requested. These questions
will address necessary information
related to the primary vessel utilized
and associated type and duration of
activities (e.g. fishing, sailing, research,
etc.).
The second part of the survey gauges
respondent use of specific types of
ocean monitoring information (current
observations and forecasted conditions),
and their preference for general
categories of GCOOS-based information.
A follow-up question proposes a
hypothetical program that would
expand the GCOOS infrastructure by
40%. Following the introduction of the
hypothetical program, respondents will
be asked whether they would be willing
to support the proposed expanded
program if it were to cost a randomlyassigned amount of money per
household to provide it, using standard
contingent-valuation methods. The third
section of this survey closes with some
basic demographics from the
participants. No personally identifiable
information will be collected.
II. Data
The following information pertains to
this request:
Title: GCOOS Beachgoers and Vessel
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: This is a new
collection; 1010–XXXX.
Description of Respondents: Generalpopulation beachgoers and coastalmarine vessel owners/operators in the
five Gulf Coast states.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: These would
be one-time collections, which would
take place over a 1–2 month collection
period.
Estimated Annual Responses: 1,100
completed Beachgoers Survey
responses, 4,138 non-response and
dropout Beachgoers Survey responses;
1,066 completed Vessel Survey
responses, 4,014 non-response and
dropout Vessel Survey responses; total
of 10,318 estimated responses.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: We
estimate the estimated burden of
response to be 15 minutes for completed
surveys and 3 minutes for nonresponse/dropout responses, for a total
of 950 estimated annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs:
There is no non-hour cost burden
associated with this collection.
The estimated burdens are itemized in
the following table:
Type of response
Number of
responses
Time per
response
(minutes)
Total hours
(Col. B ×
Col. C/60
minutes)
A.
B.
C.
D.
1100
4138
1066
4014
15
3
15
3
275
207
267
201
Total ......................................................................................................................................
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Beachgoer Survey: Complete respondents .................................................................................
Beachgoer Survey: Non-respondents and drop-outs ..................................................................
Vessel Survey: Complete respondents .......................................................................................
Vessel Survey: Non-respondents and drop-outs ........................................................................
10318
........................
950
III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (4)
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ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information.
Agencies must also estimate the nonhour cost burdens to respondents or
recordkeepers resulting from the
collection of information. Therefore, if
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you have costs to generate, maintain,
and disclose this information, you
should comment and provide your total
capital and startup costs or annual cost
components or annual operation,
maintenance, and purchase of service
components. You should describe the
methods you use to estimate major cost
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factors, including system and
technology acquisition, expected useful
life of capital equipment, discount
rate(s), and the period over which you
incur costs. Capital and startup costs
include, among other items, computers
and software you purchase to prepare
for collecting information, monitoring,
and record storage facilities. You should
not include estimates for equipment or
services purchased: (a) Before October 1,
1995; (b) to comply with requirements
not associated with the information
collection; (c) for reasons other than to
provide information or keep records for
the Government; or (d) as part of
customary and usual business or private
practices. We will summarize written
responses to this notice and address
them in our submission for OMB
approval. Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. We will
include or summarize each comment in
our request to OMB to approve this IC.
As a result of your comments, we will
make any necessary adjustments to the
burden in our submission to OMB.
Public Disclosure Statement: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information
collection that the BOEM plans to
submit to OMB for approval. The
Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
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.
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: December 9, 2016.
Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Regulation, and
Analysis.
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Drug Enforcement Administration
[Docket No. DEA–392]
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled
Substances Application: Research
Triangle Institute
ACTION:
Notice of application.
Registered bulk manufacturers of
the affected basic classes, and
DATES:
applicants therefore, may file written
comments on or objections to the
issuance of the proposed registration in
accordance with 21 CFR 1301.33(a) on
or before February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Attention: DEA Federal
Register Representative/DRW, 8701
Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia
22152.
The
Attorney General has delegated her
authority under the Controlled
Substances Act to the Administrator of
the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), 28 CFR 0.100(b). Authority to
exercise all necessary functions with
respect to the promulgation and
implementation of 21 CFR part 1301,
incident to the registration of
manufacturers, distributors, dispensers,
importers, and exporters of controlled
substances (other than final orders in
connection with suspension, denial, or
revocation of registration) has been
redelegated to the Assistant
Administrator of the DEA Diversion
Control Division (‘‘Assistant
Administrator’’) pursuant to section 7 of
28 CFR part 0, appendix to subpart R.
In accordance with 21 CFR
1301.33(a), this is notice that on March
13, 2015, Research Triangle Institute,
Kenneth S. Rehder, Hermann Building,
East Institute Drive, P.O. Box 12194,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27709–2194 applied to be registered as
a bulk manufacturer of the following
basic classes of controlled substances:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Controlled substance
Drug code
Marihuana ................................................................................................................................................................
Tetrahydrocannabinols ............................................................................................................................................
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The company will manufacture
marihuana (7360) and
tetrahydrocannabinols (7370) for use by
their researchers under the above-listed
controlled substances as Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for
clinical trials.
In reference to drug code (7370) the
company plans to bulk manufacture a
synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol. No
other activity for this drug code is
authorized for this registration.
Dated: December 3, 2016.
Louis J. Milione,
Assistant Administrator.
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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 17, 2017.
[OMB Number 1121—NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection
Comments Requested; New Collection:
Death in Custody Reporting Act
Collection
Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance will
be submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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SUMMARY:
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If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Chris Casto, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, 810 Seventh Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20531 (email:
DICRAComments@usdoj.gov; telephone:
202–616–6500).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[17XM1917XD/MMLL100000/MD1EV0000.AAX00]
Proposed Information Collection: Beachgoer and Vessel Surveys
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a collection of information to support ocean
observation planning and management on public lands and waters. The
respondents will be recreationists visiting public and private Gulf
Coast beaches, and coastal and offshore vessel (boat) operators in the
Gulf of Mexico region. The BOEM invites public comments on this
proposed collection. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by
February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronic mail.
Mail: Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 703-787-1209.
Electronic mail: anna.atkinson@boem.gov.
Please indicate ``Attn: 1010-XXXX'' regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rex Caffey, Louisiana State
University, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy, Baton
Rouge, LA 70803; email: rcaffey@agcenter.lsu.edu; or phone: 225-578-
2393.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, require that interested members of the public and affected
agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information collection
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information collection that the BOEM plans to
submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
I. Abstract
BOEM manages the exploration and development of oil, natural gas
and other minerals and renewable energy alternatives on the nation's
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Section 1346 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) mandates the conduct of environmental and
socioeconomic studies needed for the assessment and management of
environmental impacts on the human, marine, and coastal environments
which may be affected by oil and gas, renewable energy, or other
mineral development. Section 1345 of OCSLA authorizes the use of
cooperative agreements with affected States to meet the requirements of
OCSLA, which may include, but not be limited to, the sharing of
information, the joint utilization of available expertise, the
facilitating of permitting procedures, joint planning and review, and
the formation of joint surveillance and monitoring arrangements to
carry out applicable Federal and State laws, regulations, and
stipulations relevant to the OCS operations both onshore and offshore.
This data collection effort is necessary in order to monetarily
value benefits of coastal and oceanic data collected in the U.S. Gulf
of Mexico, as part of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
(GCOOS). Information on the economic value of regional ocean
observations is critical for sustained public and private support for
the GCOOS, especially as the costs of operation and maintenance for
ocean monitoring systems are questioned in Federal, State, and private
budgetary processes.
The data collection effort is part of a cooperative agreement
between the Environmental Studies Program (ESP) of the BOEM and the
Louisiana Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) at Louisiana State University
(LSU). The objective of the ESP is to support research in topics that
serve the public interest of safe and environmentally sound energy
production and meet the goals of the BOEM.
The GCOOS is a regional ocean observing system consisting of
Federal, State, and local infrastructure. The system provides a wide
array of science-based data to both public and private sector decision
makers tasked with the management of human-built infrastructure,
centers of population, and environmental and natural resources in the
southeastern United States. As a component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS), the overall goal of GCOOS is to provide the
science-based biological, chemical, and physical data, along with the
appropriate analytic tools, that are needed by society to address
important short- and long-term management problems associated with
marine industrial operations (marine transportation, oil and gas
exploration and production), coastal hazards (offshore obstructions,
pollutant spill tracking, conditions for offshore operations), public
health and safety (forecasting harmful algal bloom movement, search and
rescue), healthy ecosystems, and water quality. The information
provided through GCOOS supports the policy mandates and objectives of a
number of Federal agencies, including the BOEM, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
The information collection will be led by researchers at Louisiana
State University and Mississippi State University, who will conduct two
surveys to assess the impact of an improved and expanded GCOOS. The
surveys will gauge public perceptions of coastal and ocean-related data
and information products and how improvements to these could impact
future recreation, boating, and weather-related preparation/evacuation
choices. This information collection request covers two proposed
surveys, which collect necessary data from residents of Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. This information is not
otherwise available.
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We will use the information from these surveys to gauge public
perceptions of coastal and oceanic data collected in the U.S. Gulf of
Mexico, as part of the GCOOS, and to estimate how improvements and
expansions of the GCOOS could affect future recreation, boating, and
hurricane preparation/evacuation choices.
A Beachgoers Survey will be utilized to gauge preferences for, and
valuation of, GCOOS-derived information to inform coastal access via
land. A Vessel Survey will gauge the associated preferences and values
of GCOOS information for informing decision-making for coastal and
marine boating.
The data collection for the Beachgoers Survey will be conducted
using an internet-based survey, administered to members of the GfK
Custom Research Knowledge Panel. No personally identifiable information
will be collected. The survey will cover beachgoers, and is divided
into three parts. The first part is an introduction wherein the purpose
of the survey is discussed, highlighting the cooperating agencies,
institutions and organizations, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
and a privacy statement. Respondents will be screened for those who
have made a trip to a Gulf beach in the last 12 months. Another
question will inquire about one's beach activities, which is used to
help categorize beach use.
The second part of the survey introduces the beach conditions
monitoring system and Web site currently available for select beaches
in Florida, and asks questions about which beach conditions are most
important to respondents when visiting or planning a visit to a beach.
It then proposes a hypothetical program that would expand the beach
conditions monitoring Web site to a larger set of beaches across all
five Gulf Coast states. Following the introduction of the hypothetical
program, respondents will be asked whether they would be willing to
support the proposed expanded program if it were to cost a randomly-
assigned amount of money per household to provide it, using standard
contingent-valuation methods. The third section closes with a series of
demographic and general awareness questions.
Data collection for the Vessel Survey will be conducted using both
postal and Internet surveying, depending on respondent preference. This
survey will cover a representative sample of registered vessel owners
in the five Gulf Coast states. The first part will introduce the
purpose of the survey, highlighting the cooperating agencies,
institutions and organizations, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
and a privacy statement. Basic information on the respondent's coastal
and marine boating history in the last 12 months will then be
requested. These questions will address necessary information related
to the primary vessel utilized and associated type and duration of
activities (e.g. fishing, sailing, research, etc.).
The second part of the survey gauges respondent use of specific
types of ocean monitoring information (current observations and
forecasted conditions), and their preference for general categories of
GCOOS-based information. A follow-up question proposes a hypothetical
program that would expand the GCOOS infrastructure by 40%. Following
the introduction of the hypothetical program, respondents will be asked
whether they would be willing to support the proposed expanded program
if it were to cost a randomly-assigned amount of money per household to
provide it, using standard contingent-valuation methods. The third
section of this survey closes with some basic demographics from the
participants. No personally identifiable information will be collected.
II. Data
The following information pertains to this request:
Title: GCOOS Beachgoers and Vessel Surveys.
OMB Control Number: This is a new collection; 1010-XXXX.
Description of Respondents: General-population beachgoers and
coastal-marine vessel owners/operators in the five Gulf Coast states.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: These would be one-time collections, which
would take place over a 1-2 month collection period.
Estimated Annual Responses: 1,100 completed Beachgoers Survey
responses, 4,138 non-response and dropout Beachgoers Survey responses;
1,066 completed Vessel Survey responses, 4,014 non-response and dropout
Vessel Survey responses; total of 10,318 estimated responses.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: We estimate the estimated burden of
response to be 15 minutes for completed surveys and 3 minutes for non-
response/dropout responses, for a total of 950 estimated annual burden
hours.
Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: There is no non-hour cost burden
associated with this collection.
The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table:
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Time per Total hours
Type of response Number of response (Col. B x Col.
responses (minutes) C/60 minutes)
A. B. C. D.
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Beachgoer Survey: Complete respondents.......................... 1100 15 275
Beachgoer Survey: Non-respondents and drop-outs................. 4138 3 207
Vessel Survey: Complete respondents............................. 1066 15 267
Vessel Survey: Non-respondents and drop-outs.................... 4014 3 201
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Total....................................................... 10318 .............. 950
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III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the
information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimates; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated means of
collection of the information.
Agencies must also estimate the non-hour cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of
information. Therefore, if you have costs to generate, maintain, and
disclose this information, you should comment and provide your total
capital and startup costs or annual cost components or annual
operation, maintenance, and purchase of service components. You should
describe the methods you use to estimate major cost
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factors, including system and technology acquisition, expected useful
life of capital equipment, discount rate(s), and the period over which
you incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other items,
computers and software you purchase to prepare for collecting
information, monitoring, and record storage facilities. You should not
include estimates for equipment or services purchased: (a) Before
October 1, 1995; (b) to comply with requirements not associated with
the information collection; (c) for reasons other than to provide
information or keep records for the Government; or (d) as part of
customary and usual business or private practices. We will summarize
written responses to this notice and address them in our submission for
OMB approval. Please note that the comments submitted in response to
this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize
each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. As a result of
your comments, we will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in
our submission to OMB.
Public Disclosure Statement: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501-3521, require that interested members of the public and affected
agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information collection
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information collection that the BOEM plans to
submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
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. 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: December 9, 2016.
Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Regulation, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2016-30353 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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