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been dismissed or otherwise resolved. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

protest, please be aware that your entire 

protest, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. ch. 3) 

David W. Ginther, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02699 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRSS–EQD–RPB—NPS00; 

PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000; PPWONRADE1; OMB 

Control Number 1024–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; National Park Service 

Scenic Valuation Study 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, 

the National Park Service (NPS) are 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 9, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be sent to the NPS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR– 

ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive, (MS 

244) Herndon, VA 20171, VA 20191 

(mail); or phadrea_ponds@nps.gov 

(email). Please reference Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

Number ‘‘1024–NEW (Scenic 

Valuation)’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Heather Best, 

Economist, at heather_best@nps.gov 

(email) or 970–420–3153 (telephone). 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1024–NEW (Scenic Valuation) in the 

subject line of your comments. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point of 

contact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed ICR that is described below. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) is the collection necessary for 

the proper functions of the NPS; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

NPS enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the NPS 

minimize the burden of this collection 

on the respondents, including through 

the use of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is authorized by 54 U.S.C. 100701 

and the System Unit Resource 

Protection Act (54 U.S.C. 100721) to 

collect information that can be used to 

assess the economic value of lost or 

damaged resources. Currently, the NPS 

does not have any valuation estimates 

for quantifying the loss of scenic 

resources due to intentional or 

accidental actions. The NPS 

Environmental Quality Division will 

request approval to conduct a short onsite survey followed by a mail-back 

survey to determine the economic value 

associated with the preservation 

(avoided loss) of scenic resources within 

NPS units from intentional or accidental 

loss. Data from the study will be used 

by the NPS to provide parks with 

estimates of economic losses to park 

visitors associated with damages to park 

scenic resources. 

Title of Collection: National Park 

Service Scenic Valuation Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1024–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,326 (3360 on-site 

respondents, 756 non-response 

respondents,1210 mail-back survey 

respondents). 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies between 2 and 15 

minutes (5 min. on-site survey, 2 min. 

non-response survey, 15 min. mail-back 

survey). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 608 hrs. (280 hrs. on-site 

survey; 25 hrs. non-response survey; 

303 hrs. mail-back survey). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor nor is a person required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Phadrea Ponds, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02725 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[OMB Control Number 1010–NEW; Docket 

ID: BOEM–2024–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Cook Inlet Recreation and 

Tourism Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) proposes a new information 

collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

BOEM no later than April 9, 2024. 


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ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this ICR by mail to the BOEM 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166; or by email to anna.atkinson@

boem.gov. Please reference Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

Number 1010–NEW in the subject line 

of your comments. You may also view 

and comment on the ICR and its related 

documents by searching the docket 

number BOEM–2024–0007 at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Atkinson by email at 

anna.atkinson@boem.gov, or by 

telephone at 703–787–1025. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside of the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps BOEM assess 

the impact of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand BOEM’s information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

BOEM solicits comments on the 

proposed ICR described below. BOEM is 

especially interested in public 

comments addressing the following 

issues: (1) is the collection necessary to 

the proper functions of BOEM; (2) what 

can BOEM do to ensure that this 

information is processed and used in a 

timely manner; (3) is the burden 

estimate accurate; (4) how might BOEM 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(5) how might BOEM minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including minimizing the 

burden through the use of information 

technology? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

BOEM will include or summarize each 

comment in its ICR to OMB for approval 

of this information collection. You 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information 

included in your comment—may be 

made publicly available. 

In order for BOEM to consider 

withholding from disclosure your 

personally identifiable information, you 

must identify, in a cover letter, any 

information contained in your comment 

that, if released, would constitute a 

clearly unwarranted invasion of your 

privacy. You must also briefly describe 

any possible harmful consequences of 

the disclosure of information, such as 

embarrassment, injury, or other harm. 

Note that BOEM will make available for 

public inspection, in their entirety, all 

comments submitted by organizations 

and businesses, or by individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of organizations or 

businesses. 

Even if BOEM withholds your 

information in the context of this ICR, 

your comment is subject to the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA). If your 

comment is requested under FOIA, your 

information will only be withheld if 

BOEM determines that one of the FOIA 

exemptions to disclosure applies. Such 

a determination will be made in 

accordance with the Department’s FOIA 

regulations and applicable law. 

BOEM protects proprietary 

information in accordance with FOIA 

and the Department’s implementing 

regulations. 

Title of Collection: Cook Inlet 

Recreation and Tourism Survey. 

Abstract: Natural resource-based 

recreation in the marine and coastal 

environments of Cook Inlet, Alaska, 

offers numerous economic, cultural, 

environmental, health, educational, and 

quality-of-life benefits. Recreation and 

tourism play a vital role in supporting 

local economies, preserving cultural 

heritage, promoting environmental 

stewardship, and improving the wellbeing of both residents and visitors. The 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

charges BOEM with managing the 

energy and mineral resources of the 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for 

protection of marine and coastal 

environments that support human lives 

and society. Additionally, to ensure the 

scientific integrity of its National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

assessments, BOEM requires reliable 

data and information to evaluate the 

extent to which its activities adversely 

affect the human environment (40 CFR 

1502.23). As defined in 40 CFR 1508.1, 

the effects on the human environment 

evaluated in NEPA assessments include 

social and economic impacts, as well as 

the ecological, aesthetic, historic, 

cultural, and health effects. 

BOEM intends to conduct a research 

study of outdoor recreation and tourism 

in the Cook Inlet OCS Planning Area 

and adjacent coastal areas (i.e., the study 

area). BOEM seeks updated baseline 

information on the nature, distribution, 

and seasonality of outdoor recreation 

and tourism in the study area, and the 

relative preferences and values for these 

activities. BOEM would use this 

information to determine how 

stakeholders and the recreational and 

tourism economy may be affected by 

potential future oil, gas, renewable 

energy, and other energy exploration 

and development activities. This study 

would help BOEM identify any 

appropriate mitigation strategies to 

address potential adverse effects of its 

activities on recreation and tourism in 

the study area. Altogether, the study 

would enable BOEM to develop more 

rigorous and thorough environmental 

analyses during any NEPA processes 

related to future Cook Inlet OCS energy 

and mineral activities. 

Specifically, this information 

collection would involve primary data 

collection (following ICR approval by 

OMB) to elicit information on: (a) 

activities and attributes contributing to 

the value of recreational experiences; (b) 

expenditures related to recreational 

activities; and (c) how these things 

differ across the region and different 

user groups (residents and visitors). The 

primary research would provide 

meaningful insight regarding the 

influence of energy development on 

recreation and tourism (e.g., by 

comparing areas in the Upper Cook Inlet 

with existing energy infrastructure to 

other areas in Cook Inlet without any 

energy infrastructure). The study also 

would document user attitudes 

regarding how recreation and tourism 

may be affected by different energy 

development-related activities (e.g., 

noise, space use conflicts, spill risks, 

aesthetic effects of infrastructure, and 

vessel traffic). 

The study’s primary research design 

would include three components: focus 

groups, cognitive interviews, and onsite 

intercept surveys. The focus groups and 

cognitive interviews would be used to 

develop and pretest a draft survey, first 

in a group setting (focus groups) and 

then in a one-on-one interview setting 

(cognitive interviews). The final onsite 

intercept surveys would be 

administered at approximately two 

dozen sites in the study area during the 

primary recreation season from May to 

October. Potential respondents would 

be approached as they arrive to or 

depart from a site and invited to fill out 

the survey. 


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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

2 88 FR 88365 (December 21, 2023), 88 FR 88578 

(December 22, 2023). 

3The Commission also finds that imports subject 

to Commerce’s affirmative critical circumstances 

determinations are not likely to undermine 

seriously the remedial effect of the antidumping or 

countervailing duty orders on gas powered pressure 

washes from China. 

1. Focus Groups—To inform survey 

development, BOEM would conduct 

focus groups with recreationists in the 

study area. The recreationists would 

identify their preferred coastal- and 

marine-related recreation sites; why 

they choose their preferred sites; the 

differences they perceive between sites 

near existing energy infrastructure (in 

portions of the Upper Cook Inlet) to 

sites that are not near any energy 

infrastructure, and the recreational 

quality of those sites; what they like 

about their recreational experiences 

around Cook Inlet; what they do not like 

about the Cook Inlet sites they avoid; 

how offshore energy exploration and 

development activities may affect their 

recreation site choice and experience; 

and other related issues. 

2. Cognitive Interviews—The findings 

of the focus groups would be used to 

develop a draft survey instrument. 

BOEM would then conduct 25 cognitive 

interviews to test and refine the survey. 

Specifically, the interviews would test if 

the survey is working as expected. 

Factors relevant to that determination 

include evaluating if questions are 

easily understood, how respondents 

formulate their answers, whether 

response categories are exhaustive and 

mutually exclusive, and other similar 

issues. 

3. Onsite Intercept Surveys—BOEM 

expects the final survey would cover 

topics such as recreational destinations, 

frequency of use in the past 12 months, 

recreation trip-related expenditures, 

preferences for recreation site attributes, 

attitudes about and recreation 

behavioral responses to offshore energy 

exploration and development, and 

demographics. Surveys would be 

administered at a range of sites, 

including at some hub cities, smaller 

communities, public lands, visitor 

centers, seaports, airports, and marinas. 

Because the surveys would be 

administered between May and October, 

a potential respondent may be 

intercepted on more than one occasion. 

If a respondent clarifies that they have 

already taken the survey, they would 

not be asked to take it again. 

OMB Control Number: OMB Control 

Number 1010–NEW. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Participants in the focus groups and 

cognitive interviews would be members 

of the public who have engaged in 

coastal or marine recreation in the study 

area in the past year. Respondents to the 

surveys would be members of the public 

engaged in coastal or marine 

recreational activities in the study area. 

Members of the public would consist of 

a mixture of local, State, and out-ofState residents. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 565: 40 focus group 

participants, 25 cognitive interview 

participants, and 500 completed 

surveys. The focus group questions 

would be semi-structured and openended. Survey questions would be 

primarily discrete choice and closedended with minimal open-ended 

questions. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 90 minutes per focus group 

participant, 45 minutes per cognitive 

interview participant, and 12 minutes 

per survey participant. (BOEM 

anticipates that the survey would 

comprise approximately 30 questions 

with each question taking about 20–30 

seconds to complete on average.) 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 60 hours for focus 

groups, 18.75 hours for cognitive 

interviews, and 100 hours for survey; 

total of 178.75 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: There is no non-hour cost 

burden associated with this collection. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Karen Thundiyil, 

Chief, Office of Regulations, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02694 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4340–98–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–684 and 731– 

TA–1597 (Final)] 

Gas Powered Pressure Washers From 

China 

Determinations 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject investigations, the United 

States International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of gas powered pressure washers from 

China, provided for in subheadings 

8424.30.90 and 8424.90.90 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, that have been found by 

the U.S. Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) to be sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) 

and subsidized by the government of 

China.2 3

Background 

The Commission instituted these 

investigations effective December 30, 

2022, following receipt of petitions filed 

with the Commission and Commerce by 

FNA Group, Inc., Pleasant Prairie, 

Wisconsin. The Commission scheduled 

the final phase of the investigations 

following notification of preliminary 

determinations by Commerce that 

imports of gas powered pressure 

washers from Vietnam were being sold 

at LTFV within the meaning of section 

733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)) 

and that imports of gas powered 

pressure washers from China were being 

subsidized by the government of China 

within the meaning of section 703(b) of 

the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)). Notice of 

the scheduling of the final phase of the 

Commission’s investigations and of a 

public hearing to be held in connection 

therewith was given by posting copies 

of the notice in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, Washington, DC, and by 

publishing the notice in the Federal 

Register on June 22, 2023 (88 FR 40865). 

The Commission conducted its hearing 

through written testimony and video 

conference on August 24, 2023. All 

persons who requested the opportunity 

were permitted to participate. 

The investigation schedules became 

staggered when Commerce did not 

postpone its final determination for the 

antidumping duty investigation 

regarding gas powered pressured 

washers from Vietnam, while it did 

postpone the final determinations for 

the antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigations regarding gas 

powered pressure washers from China. 

On October 13, 2023, the Commission 

issued a final affirmative determination 

in its antidumping duty investigation of 

gas powered pressure washers from 

Vietnam (88 FR 71885, October 18, 

2023). Following notification of final 

determinations by Commerce that 

imports of gas powered pressure 

washers from China were being sold at 

LTFV within the meaning of section 

735(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(a)) 


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