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Vol. 84, No. 1 

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Survey of Uses of NOAA 

Ecological Forecasting Products in 

Western Lake Erie, the Gulf of Mexico, 

and Chesapeake Bay. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (request for 

a new information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 600. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 150. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new information collection. 

In recent years, harmful algal blooms 

(HABs) and waterborne pathogens such 

as Vibrio vulnificus have caused major 

health, ecological, and economic 

concerns. HABs and other waterborne 

pathogens can lead to a number of 

impacts including impaired drinking 

water, reduced recreational 

opportunities, and human health 

impacts from either ingesting affected 

fish/water or contact with the bloom. To 

better serve the public and its 

stakeholders, NOAA has developed 

forecasts of HABs extent and severity in 

the western Lake Erie and in the Gulf of 

Mexico and is finalizing development of 

a forecast for Vibrio vulnificus in 

Chesapeake Bay. These forecast 

products are designed to provide 

stakeholders and the public with 

information that can be used to make 

better decisions that would mitigate the 

impacts of HABs and waterborne 

pathogens. 

This request is for a set of related 

surveys to collect information on how 

stakeholders use NOAA’s ecological 

forecast products in western Lake Erie, 

the Gulf of Mexico (the western shore of 

Florida and the Texas coastline), and 

Chesapeake Bay. The surveys are 

designed to collect similar information 

from the public and other stakeholders 

across the three geographic regions 

covered by the forecast products. The 

information from these surveys will 

assist NOAA in understanding how 

stakeholders, including the public, 

would use the forecast products. This 

information will help NOAA further 

improve upon research, development, 

and delivery of forecast products nationwide. 

For western Lake Erie and the Gulf of 

Mexico, NOAA plans two related 

surveys in each region. First, NOAA 

will collect information from the public 

on how using the information in the 

forecast products would affect decisions 

related to fishing, swimming and 

boating. A companion survey would ask 

charter boat operators on Lake Erie how 

information in the forecast would affect 

their decisions regarding fishing 

operations. These activities (fishing, 

swimming and boating) reflect the types 

of activities likely to be affected by 

HABs in each area. Drinking water is 

also at risk in Lake Erie due to HABs, 

but NOAA has information on how 

drinking water facilities respond to 

HABS and is also discussing use of the 

forecast products with a small (fewer 

than 10) number of drinking water 

facilities. 

For Chesapeake Bay, NOAA would 

implement one survey focused on 

recreational swimmers. The primary 

risk posed by Vibrio vulnificus is 

through contact with the bacterium; 

thus, NOAA determined that focusing 

on recreational swimmers use of the 

forecast product would be the most 

productive approach. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 21, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28356 Filed 12–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Greater Atlantic 

Region Logbook Family of Forms 

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 March 4, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to James StCyr, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Office, Analysis & Program 

Support Division, Data Processing & 

Quality Branch, 55 Great Republic Dr, 

Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281–9369 

or james.stcyr@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

current information collection. Under 

the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 


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