12942 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 9, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Defining Target 

Levels for Ecosystem Components: A 

Socio-Ecological Approach 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 May 9, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Karma Norman, (206) 302– 

2418 or Karma.Norman@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This notice is for the request of a new 

information collection. 

The creation of the Puget Sound 

Partnership (PSP) allowed for a group of 

private and public entities, local 

citizens, tribes and businesses to begin 

to collectively work toward restoring the 

ecological health of the Puget Sound. 

With the PSP’s inception, the Puget 

Sound ecosystem has become a national 

example of ecosystem-based 

management (EBM) implementation. 

The Partnership Action Agenda 

indentified 80 near-term actions that are 

required for ecosystem recovery. These 

actions, however, will require specific 

performance measures. 

Ecosystems can contain numerous 

species, and a mean level of species 

placement within a predator/prey chain 

or food web can serve as an ecological 

indicator. Similarly, measures of 

relative biodiversity may provide 

indications of ecological health and 

therefore function as ecological 

indicators. Such indicators can facilitate 

Ecosystem-based Management, when 

target levels for indicators exist. Because 

targets are an expression of the desired 

state of the ecosystem, establishing 

targets must include both ecological 

understanding and societal values. This 

project will develop a unique approach 

for identifying scientifically rigorous 

ecosystem targets that explicitly 

considers social perspectives. For this 

reason, the Northwest Fisheries Science 

Center seeks to conduct social norm 

analyses which involve a survey of 

Puget Sound community stakeholders. 

Stakeholders will be asked, via 

telephone survey, a series of general 

questions regarding their views on the 

Puget Sound environment and the 

desirability of a range of potential 

ecosystem conditions for the Puget 

Sound. 

A random digit dial phone survey will 

be conducted. The survey will be 

voluntary, and contacted individuals 

may decline to participate. Respondents 

will be asked to respond to statements 

regarding their perceptions of the health 

of the Puget Sound. Demographic and 

employment information will be 

collected so that responses can be 

organized based on a stakeholder 

typology. This survey is essential 

because data on social norms, values 

and beliefs in the Puget Sound region 

are sparse; yet, they are critical to the 

development of sound ecosystem health 

targets. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents will be contacted via 

telephone for administration of the 

survey. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 250. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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: March 4, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5358 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA222 

Gulf Spill Restoration Planning; 

Meeting Location Correction for Public 

Scoping Meetings for the 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Deepwater Horizon 

Oil Spill; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public scoping 

meetings; correction. 

SUMMARY: In a March 2, 2011, Federal 

Register notice, the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) announced the public 

scoping meeting dates, times, and 

locations for the Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. There 

have been location changes for the 

meeting in Pensacola, FL, Spanish Fort, 

AL, Houma, LA, and Morgan City, LA. 

No other information in the notice 

published on March 2, 2011 has 

changed. 

DATES: The public scoping meetings in 

Pensacola, FL and Mobile, AL will begin 

at 7:30 p.m. (local time) and doors will 

open at 6:30 p.m. The public meetings 

in Houma, LA and Morgan City, LA will 

start at 6:30 p.m. (local time) and open 

doors at 5:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NOAA—Brian Hostetter at 

888.547.0174 or by e-mail at 

gulfspillcomments@noaa.gov; 


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