Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection Instrument, 39220-39221 [2023-12768]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Economic Development Administration

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39220-39221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12768]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection 
Instrument

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 5, 2022 (87 FR 39806) during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.
    Title: Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection 
Instrument.
    OMB Control Number: New information collection.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Frequency: 332 award recipients 
will respond to the electronic survey. Of these, 30 award recipients 
will also participate in a phone interview. This will be a one-time 
survey and interview.
    Estimated Average Hours per Response: Two hours for the electronic 
survey and 0.75 hours for each phone interview.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 664 hours for the electronic survey and 
22.5 hours for the phone interviews.
    Needs and Uses: To effectively administer and monitor its economic 
development assistance programs, EDA collects certain information from 
applications for, and recipients of EDA investment assistance. The 
purpose of this notice is to seek comments from the public and other 
Federal agencies on a request for a new information collection for 
recipients of awards under the EDA American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 
Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation. This is aligned with ensuring 
that Federal travel, tourism and outdoor recreation investments are 
evidence-based and data-driven, and accountable to participants and the 
public.
    This survey will collect baseline data from awardees that will lay 
the foundation for a future evaluation of EDA's investments in travel, 
tourism, and outdoor recreation. The survey questions will fall into 
two categories: project activities and corresponding specific metrics. 
The categories of project activities include the following:

--Planning and Assessment Activities
--Expanding the Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Economy
--Increasing Quality of Visitation
--Stakeholder Outreach
--Developing New Products
--Marketing

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--Workforce Training, Skills Training and Certifications
--Equity Focused Activities

    Affected Public: Recipients of ARPA Travel, Tourism and Outdoor 
Recreation awards: These include (i) District Organization of an EDA-
designated Economic Development District (EDD); (ii) Indian Tribe or a 
consortium of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, county, city, or other 
political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a 
State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure 
development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (iv) 
institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of 
higher education; or (v) public or private non-profit organization or 
association acting in cooperation with officials of a general purpose 
political subdivision of a State.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-12768 Filed 6-14-23; 8:45 am]
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