63086 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / Notices 

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 December 22, 

2014. 

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 Amber Himes-Cornell, 206– 

526–4221 or amber.himes@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 

National Ocean Service (NOS) and 

National Marine Fisheries Service’s 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center propose 

to collect data on non-economic values 

related to subsistence salmon fishing 

and use in Alaska. Data are needed to 

support Natural Resource Damage 

Assessment (NRDA) and resource 

restoration analysis and activities. 

NRDA is a legal process to determine 

the type and amount of restoration 

needed to compensate the public for 

harm to natural resources and their 

human uses that occur as a result of an 

oil spill or other hazardous substance 

release. Through the NRDA process, 

NOAA and co-trustees identify the 

extent of natural resource injuries and 

the amount and type of restoration 

required to restore public trust resources 

to baseline conditions. 

For this study, researchers have 

developed a survey instrument to 

quantify non-economic values, 

including (1) the value subsistence 

fishing adds to an individual or 

community’s way of life, (2) the value 

of the subsistence resources in cultural 

or religious practices, roles, language, 

knowledge and skill transfer and (3) the 

value of the subsistence resources 

harvested. Alaska, with an abundance of 

natural and energy resources that are colocated with subsistence harvesting 

grounds, is a logical place for NOAA to 

develop assessment tools. This pilot 

project tests a set of survey questions for 

their ability to provide NOAA with 

adequate information to assess noneconomic values of subsistence resource 

harvest that might be damaged by a 

hazardous substance release event. We 

focus on Alaska’s subsistence salmon 

fishery because of its size, geographic 

range, and significance to multiple types 

of communities, families and individual 

commercial, recreational, and 

subsistence fishermen. We further focus 

on subsistence use of salmon because of 

its importance to rural residents and 

Alaska Natives who rely on natural 

resources for food, shelter, clothing, the 

maintenance of cultural traditions, and 

other aspects of Alaskan Native life. The 

data collection is expected to take place 

between fall 2015 and spring 2016. 

II. Method of Collection 

Members of the research team will 

administer a questionnaire in person in 

an interview-style setting with each 

respondent. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

600. 

Estimated Time per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 450. 

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: October 16, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Ocean and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Contingent 

Valuation Surveys To Assess Value of 

Selected Hurricane Sandy Restoration 

Efforts in New York and New Jersey 

AGENCY: National Ocean and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

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 December 22, 

2014. 

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 Pete Wiley, NOAA Office for 

Coastal Management, 1305 East West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301– 

563–1141, peter.wiley@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

Superstorm Sandy caused significant 

damage to the New York and New Jersey 

coast. There are numerous ongoing and 

planned projects to repair the damage 

caused by the storm. The Disaster Relief 

Appropriations Act of 2012 provided 

NOAA with funding to assess the 

ecosystem service values associated 

with restoration options being 

considered in the wake of Sandy. Two 

geographic areas that were particularly 

impacted by the Storm were the 

Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in 

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New Jersey and Jamaica Bay in New 

York. Under this collection effort, the 

NOAA Office for Coastal Management 

will implement a contingent valuation 

survey to assess the value of the 

ecosystem services that will be 

generated by restoration projects being 

implemented in both areas. Data will be 

collected from individuals who reside 

in the New York and New Jersey areas. 

NOAA will implement two separate 

surveys: One for each geographic area. 

There are a number of restoration 

projects that are ongoing in the Forsythe 

National Wildlife Refuge and in Jamaica 

Bay. After reviewing the scope and 

focus of many of those restoration 

projects, NOAA has decided to focus on 

two specific projects. For the Forsythe 

National Wildlife Refuge, NOAA will 

focus on the work being done under a 

$15 million project being conducted by 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 

Forsythe project will focus on restoring 

and enhancing the salt marsh at the 

Refuge to act as a natural protection 

from storms and to act as a habitat for 

wildlife. In assessing ecosystem service 

benefits for the Forsythe restoration 

work, NOAA will focus on the value of 

the salt marsh for storm protection, 

habitat, and recreation, as well as other 

possible ecosystem services. 

The Jamaica Bay area has a number of 

planned and ongoing projects. NOAA 

has decided to focus on work being 

conducted at Spring Creek Park on the 

northern point of Jamaica Bay. The 

restoration work at the park will involve 

improving habitat and storm and flood 

protection. NOAA will focus on the 

associated ecosystem services from 

habitat improvements and the added 

storm and flood protection. 

NOAA is currently contacting and 

working with partners and stakeholders 

at each site to ensure the relevancy of 

this work. 

II. Method of Collection 

NOAA will collect these data using a 

web-based survey instrument and will 

be using an online panel. The panel will 

consist of individuals who reside in the 

two areas. A number of firms maintain 

online panels to use in survey efforts. 

These firms recruit individuals to be 

part of the panels and target their 

recruitment efforts to develop panels 

that are representative of the general 

population. Individuals who are part of 

these panels have agreed to participate 

in online surveys. To access the panel, 

NOAA will contract with one of the 

firms who maintains an online panel. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 134 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in capital and reporting/

recordkeeping 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: October 16, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25054 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Catcher Processor 

Socio-Cultural Study 

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 December 22, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 66165, 

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 Amber Himes-Cornell, (206) 

526–4221 or amber.himes@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

Historically, changes in fisheries 

management regulations have been 

shown to result in impacts to 

individuals within the fishery. An 

understanding of social impacts in 

fisheries—achieved through the 

collection of data on fishing 

communities, as well as on individuals 

who fish—is a requirement under 

several federal laws. Laws such as the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and the Magnuson- Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (MSA) (as amended 2007) describe 

such requirements. The collection of 

this data not only helps to inform legal 

requirements for the existing 

management actions, but will inform 

future management actions requiring 

equivalent information. 

Fisheries rationalization programs 

have an impact on those individuals 

participating in the affected fishery, as 

well as their communities and may also 

have indirect effects on other fishery 

participants. The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council is considering the 

implementation of a new, yet to be 

defined, rationalization program for the 

Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fishery. 

A data collection was conducted in 

2014 (OMB Control No. 0648–0685) to 

obtain relevant socio-cultural 

information about current participants 

in most sectors of this fishery. 

The proposed data collection 

complements this 2014 effort by 

collecting comparable information from 

individuals participating in the catcher 

processor fleet that operates in the 

North Pacific. The data collected will be 

used to develop a baseline description 

of the catcher processor sector operating 

in the North Pacific that can be used to 

analyze impacts that future fisheries 

management changes, such as the new 

bycatch management changes being 

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