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IHA and determined that the effects of 

issuing an IHA to the Navy for the 

taking of Steller sea lions incidental to 

construction activities are consistent 

with those described in the opinion. 

The September 29, 2011 Biological 

Opinion remains valid and this 

proposed MMPA authorization provides 

no new information about the effects of 

the action, nor does it change the extent 

of effects of the action, or any other 

basis to require reinitiation of the 

opinion. Therefore, the September 29, 

2011 Biological Opinion meets the 

requirements of section 7(a)(2) of the 

ESA and implementing regulations at 50 

CFR 402 for both the Navy construction 

action, as well as our proposed action to 

issue an IHA under the MMPA, and no 

further consultation is required. NWR 

will issue a new ITS and append it to 

the 2011 Biological Opinion upon 

issuance of the IHA, if appropriate. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

The Navy prepared an Environmental 

Impact Statement and issued a Record 

of Decision for this project. We acted as 

a cooperating agency in the preparation 

of that document, and reviewed the EIS 

and the public comments received and 

determined that preparation of 

additional NEPA analysis was not 

necessary. We subsequently adopted the 

Navy’s EIS and issued our own Record 

of Decision for the issuance of the first 

IHA on July 6, 2012. 

We have reviewed the Navy’s 

application for a renewed IHA for 

ongoing construction activities for 

2013–14 and the 2012–13 monitoring 

report. Based on that review, we have 

determined that the proposed action 

follows closely the previous IHA and 

does not present any substantial 

changes, or significant new 

circumstances or information relevant to 

environmental concerns which would 

require preparation of a new or 

supplemental NEPA document. 

Therefore, we have preliminarily 

determined that a new or supplemental 

Environmental Assessment or EIS is 

unnecessary, and will, after review of 

public comments determine whether or 

not to reaffirm our 2012 ROD. The 2012 

NEPA documents are available for 

review at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ 

permits/incidental.htm. 

Proposed Authorization 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, we propose to authorize 

the take of marine mammals incidental 

to the Navy’s wharf construction 

project, provided the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

Dated: May 16, 2013. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0020] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; CPSC National 

Awareness Survey 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC or Commission) is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

certain information by the agency. 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (PRA), federal agencies are 

required to publish notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information and 

to allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. This notice 

solicits comments on a generic 

clearance to conduct national awareness 

surveys regarding the CPSC and CPSC 

activities. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by July 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013– 

0020, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. The Commission 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, as described above. 

Written Submissions: Submit written 

submissions in the following way: Mail/ 

Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, 

or CD–ROM submissions), preferably in 

five copies, to: Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If furnished at all, such 

information should be submitted in 

writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2013–0020, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. A copy of the draft survey is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket No. CPSC–2013–0020, 

Supporting and Related Materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact: Robert H. 

Squibb, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or 

by email to: rsquibb@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal 

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. Accordingly, the CPSC is 

publishing notice of the proposed 

collection of information set forth in 

this document. 

A. National Awareness Survey 

The Commission is authorized under 

section 5(a) of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to 

conduct studies and investigations 

relating to the causes and prevention of 

deaths, accidents, injuries, illnesses, 

other health impairments, and economic 

losses associated with consumer 

products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the 

Commission may conduct research, 

studies, and investigations on the safety 

of consumer products or test consumer 

products and develop product safety 

test methods and testing devices. To 

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efficiently with the public regarding 

information related to consumer 

product safety, such as product recalls 

and the reporting of hazardous 

incidents, the Commission must 

evaluate current awareness and 

benchmark changes in public awareness 

brought about through agency efforts. 

Using a national awareness survey 

(NAS), the Commission will benchmark 

current levels of awareness and, through 

two proposed surveys each year, 

measure changes in awareness. As 

agency staff acquires data, the CPSC’s 

Office of Communications will adjust its 

communications plans to increase the 

effectiveness of the Commission’s 

efforts. The Commission is seeking a 

generic clearance approval from OMB to 

streamline the process for approval of 

subsequent surveys which may be need 

to be adjusted or modified to obtain the 

most relevant awareness data. 

The first two national awareness 

surveys will provide baseline data on 

the awareness of the agency, the CPSC’s 

programs, and recalls—information 

about which there currently is relatively 

little systematic data collection. 

Periodic surveys will be conducted with 

new respondents at intervals to be 

determined by agency resources and 

needs. Analysis of subsequent surveys 

will assess changes in awareness. 

Additional surveys also will provide 

assessment of the effects of temporal 

events, such as product recalls with 

wide media coverage, or seasonal use of 

fireworks or Christmas tree lights. To 

gauge the extent of the public’s 

awareness of the agency and its 

activities, the NAS will measure 

awareness of sources for product safety 

information, awareness of procedures 

for hazardous incident reporting, and 

awareness of product recall enforcement 

activity. In addition, the CPSC will learn 

how awareness varies with key 

respondent characteristics, such as age, 

or whether there are children in the 

household. 

With the information obtained 

through the NAS, the CPSC intends to 

adjust its communications efforts to 

achieve a greater impact on consumer 

behavior. The CPSC’s activities aim to 

serve a broad range of consumers with 

differing needs. Reaching all target 

audiences requires varying 

communications approaches. The 

survey is designed to assess which 

audiences are being reached and which 

messages are being communicated 

effectively. Results will indicate which 

messages and methods of 

communication require further 

development. For example, awareness 

in households with children ages 5 and 

younger is expected to be different from 

awareness in households comprising 

only seniors. The need to include 

diverse respondents necessitates 

contacting a large number of households 

to obtain adequate sample sizes for all 

key subpopulations. 

The first two survey data collections 

will be conducted with sufficient 

numbers and at different time points to 

establish baseline estimates of consumer 

awareness and use of CPSC services. 

The data also may be used to support 

other aspects of agency operations and 

communications programs. 

The survey will be administered using 

a computer-assisted telephone interview 

(CATI) system, in a secure location, to 

which only authorized personnel have 

access. The interview will be conducted 

using a random (cell and landline) 

telephone number dialing protocol. 

Interviewers will collect data from a 

randomly selected adult member of each 

household. Participation is voluntary, 

and all responses will be confidential. 

The operators dialing and conducting 

the survey are trained interviewers. The 

initial screening is short, taking less 

than a minute at the longest. The brevity 

of the screening will reduce the burden 

to nonparticipants. Respondents who 

are aware of the CPSC will be presented 

with 23 substantive questions. Those 

who are not familiar with the agency 

will be presented with 18 substantive 

questions. All participants will be asked 

13 demographic questions and be 

invited to participate in a brief followup phone discussion to provide context 

and detail on the CPSC and product 

safety information awareness. No more 

than nine respondents will actually 

participate in follow-up discussions. 

Follow-up topics and questions will be 

based on baseline results. To minimize 

respondent burden, the CATI system 

will ensure that interviewers ask each 

respondent survey items appropriate for 

the respondent’s level of awareness 

only. The system’s automatic survey 

control also will produce status reports 

to allow ongoing monitoring of the 

survey’s progress. The CATI scheduler 

will be used to route telephone numbers 

to interviewers, maintain a schedule of 

callback appointments, and reschedule 

unsuccessful contact attempts to an 

appropriate day and time. 

B. Burden Hours 

The telephone interview will take 

approximately 15¥20 minutes to 

complete. Each cognitive interview will 

take approximately 1 hour; and each 

usability test will also take 

approximately 1 hour. The survey will 

be administered twice a year with 640 

respondents for each survey. Follow-up 

interviews with nine respondents for 

each round will take approximately 30 

minutes (0.5 hours) each. The total 

annual burden hours for respondents is 

estimated to be 455.9 hours. The hourly 

cost is estimated to be $51.03 (U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer 

Costs for Employee Compensation,’’ 

December 2012, Table 9, total 

compensation for all management, 

professional, and related workers in 

goods-producing private industries: 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Accordingly, 

the estimated total annual cost burden 

to all respondents is $23,264.58 (455.9 

hours × $51.03, or $23,264.58). 

The annual cost to the federal 

government is estimated to be the cost 

of administering the survey ($162,952), 

plus $3,976, based on 6 days of staff 

time (3 days for each survey) at an 

average level of GS–14 step 5 

(($119,238/.692) ÷ 2080 total hours per 

year) × 48 hours per year), using a 69.2 

percent ratio of wages and salary to total 

compensation (from Table 1 of the 

September 2012 Employer Costs for 

Employee Compensation, published by 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics). 

Therefore, total estimated cost to the 

government is $162,951.94 plus $3,976 

in government labor costs for the first 

round of surveys and, without initial 

set-up costs in subsequent years, about 

$130,000, plus about $3,976 for two 

surveys per year in future years to be 

adjusted for inflation. 

C. Request for Comments 

The CPSC invites comments on these 

topics: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of CPSC’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: May 16, 2013. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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