Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 11977 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,050. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours 

per for hire operation, 20 minutes per 

on-site interview of passengers, 20 

minutes per importance-satisfaction/

knowledge, attitudes and perceptions 

mail back, and 20 minutes for the 

expenditure mail back. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 733. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

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 2, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05019 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Economic Value of 

the Reduction in the Risk of Whale 

Strikes in the Channel Islands National 

Marine Sanctuary 

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 4, 2015. 

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 JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Vernon R. (Bob) 

Leeworthy, (301) 713–7261 or 

Bob.Leeworthy@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

NOAA is sponsoring a class project at 

the Bren School of Management & 

Science at the University of California, 

Santa Barbara to estimate the market 

and non-market economic values 

associated with the reduction in risk of 

whale strikes by different scenarios of 

changes in traffic lanes and/or vessel 

speeds for major commercial vessels 

operating in the region of southern 

California where the Channel Islands 

National Marine Sanctuary is located. 

NOAA will conduct surveys of the for 

hire operations that take people out for 

non-consumptive recreation to watch 

whales or other wildlife to obtain total 

use by type of activity (e.g., whale 

watching, and other wildlife 

observation) and the spatial use by type 

of activity. Information will also be 

obtained on costs-and-earnings of the 

operations and demographic 

information on owner/captains and 

crews. Surveys will also be conducted 

of the passengers aboard the for hire 

operation boats to obtain their market 

and non-market economic use values for 

the reduction in the risk of whale 

strikes. Additional information will be 

obtained on importance-satisfaction 

ratings of key natural resource 

attributes, facilities and services along 

with demographic profiles of 

passengers. 

II. Method of Collection 

For the for hire operations, a team of 

students will go to the operations offices 

and collect the information. For the 

passengers, surveys will be conducted at 

the docks after the completion of their 

whale watching trip. Self-addressed, 

postage paid mail back questionnaires 

will be used for importance-satisfaction 

ratings and whale watching trip 

expenditures. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 25 

for-hire operations and 500 individuals. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours 

per for-hire operation; 20 minutes each 

per on-site interview of passengers, 

importance-satisfaction mail-back and 

expenditure mail-back. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 367: For-hire operations, 50 

hours; on-site survey of passengers, 167 

hours; importance-satisfaction mailback, 83 hours; expenditure mail-back, 

67 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

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: February 27, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05003 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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