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Notices Federal Register

11976 

Vol. 80, No. 43 

Thursday, March 5, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Proposed New Fee Site; 

Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 

108–447) 

AGENCY: Salmon-Challis National 

Forest, USDA Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed new fee site. 

SUMMARY: The Salmon-Challis National 

Forest is proposing to charge fee at the 

Copper Basin Guard Station. This cabin 

includes a $100/night fee and would be 

available for rental from June 1 to 

September 30. Fees are proposed based 

on the level of amenities and services 

provided, cost of operations and 

maintenance, and market assessment. 

The fee will be determined upon further 

analysis and public comment. An 

analysis of nearby rental cabins with 

similar amenities shows that the 

proposed fees are reasonable and typical 

of similar sites in the area. Funds from 

fees would be used for the continued 

operation and maintenance and 

improvements of these rental cabins. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted 

through August 1, 2015. New fees 

would begin May 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Charles A. Mark, Forest 

Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National 

Forest, 1206 S. Challis Street, Salmon, 

ID 83467. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trish Callaghan, Recreation Fee 

Coordinator, 208–756–5115. 

Information about proposed fee changes 

can also be found on the Salmon-Challis 

National Forest Web site: http://www.fs.

usda.gov/scnf. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement 

Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed 

the Secretary of Agriculture to publish 

a six month advance notice in the 

Federal Register whenever new 

recreation fee areas are established. 

Once public involvement is complete, 

these new fees will be reviewed by a 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee prior to a final decision and 

implementation. People wanting reserve 

these cabins would need to do so 

through the National Recreation 

Reservation Service, at 

www.recreation.gov or by calling 1–877– 

444–6777 when it becomes available. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Charles A. Mark, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Economic Value of 

Non-Consumptive Recreation Use 

From Those Accessing the Monterey 

Bay National Marine Sanctuary via For 

Hire Operation Boats 

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 mentoring student interns 

from the Monterey Institute for 

International Studies to estimate the 

market and non-market economic values 

associated with non-consumptive 

recreation uses (e.g., whale watching, 

other wildlife observation, SCUBA 

diving, snorkeling, beach activities, 

surfing, wind-surfing, kite boarding, 

paddle boarding, etc.) in the Monterey 

Bay National Marine Sanctuary 

(MBNMS) for those accessing the 

MBNMS via ‘‘for hire’’ operation boats. 

We will conduct surveys of the for 

hire operations that take people out for 

non-consumptive recreation, to obtain 

total use by type of activity and the 

spatial use by type of activity. 

Information will also be obtained on 

costs-and-earnings of the operations, 

knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of 

sanctuary management strategies and 

regulations, 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 

non-consumptive recreation use and 

how those value change with changes in 

natural resource attribute conditions 

and user characteristics. Additional 

information will be obtained on 

importance-satisfaction ratings of key 

natural resource attributes, facilities and 

services, knowledge, attitudes and 

perceptions of management strategies 

and regulations, and 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 

trips. The on-site survey will obtain 

information on demographic profiles, 

annual number of trips in the MBNMS 

for non-consumptive recreation, and 

their non-market economic use value. 

Self-addressed, postage paid mail back 

questionnaires will be used for 

importance-satisfaction ratings, 

knowledge, attitudes and perceptions, 

and trip expenditures. 

III. Data 

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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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