Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, U.S. Virgin Islands 2025 Survey, 66686-66687 [2024-18396]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66686-66687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18396]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, U.S. Virgin Islands 
2025 Survey

    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. This notice pertains to an individual survey under 
the approved collection of information for Socioeconomics of Coral Reef 
Conservation. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on January 5, 2024 during a 60-day comment period and on April 
15, 2024 during an additional 30-day comment period. This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments with respect to the U.S. 
Virgin Islands survey.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, U.S. Virgin 
Islands 2025 Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0646.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular [This is a request for revision and 
extension.]
    Number of Respondents: 1,125.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes (0.33 hours).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 375 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension to an 
approved collection of information, OMB Control Number 0648-0646, under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and implementing 
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. This previously-approved information 
collection assists NOAA in the administration of the National Coral 
Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which was established by the NOAA 
Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) under the authority of the Coral 
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 16

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U.S.C. 6401 et seq. This act authorizes CRCP to, among other things, 
conserve and restore the condition of United States coral reef 
ecosystems and enhance public awareness, understanding, and 
appreciation of coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems and their 
ecological and socioeconomic value. In accordance with its mission 
goals, NOAA developed a survey to track relevant information regarding 
each jurisdiction's population, social and economic structure, the 
benefits of coral reefs and related habitats, the impacts of society on 
coral reefs, and the impacts of coral management on communities. The 
survey is repeated in each jurisdiction every five to seven years in 
order to provide longitudinal data and information for managers to 
effectively conserve coral reefs for current and future generations.
    The purpose of this information collection is to obtain human 
dimensions information from residents in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
Specifically, NOAA is seeking information on the behaviors and 
activities related to coral reefs, as well as information on 
perceptions of coral reef conditions and attitudes toward specific reef 
conservation activities. The survey has a core set of questions that 
are asked across all jurisdictions to allow for information to be 
tracked over time and across jurisdictions. To account for 
geographical, cultural and linguistic differences between 
jurisdictions, the survey questions include items that are specific to 
the local context and developed based on jurisdictional partner 
feedback.
    We intend to use the information collected through this instrument 
for research purposes, as well as for measuring and improving the 
results of our reef protection programs. Because many of our efforts to 
protect reefs rely on education and changing attitudes toward reef 
protection, the information collected will allow CRCP to ensure that 
programs are designed appropriately at the start, future program 
evaluation efforts are as successful as possible, and outreach efforts 
are targeting the intended recipients with useful information.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 5-7 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
    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 or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0646.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-18396 Filed 8-15-24; 8:45 am]
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