[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77453-77454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30180]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: The Ocean Enterprise: A study of U.S. business activity in 
ocean measurement, observation and forecasting.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Average Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 125.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection 
supported by Section 12302(3) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System Act (ICOOS Act) part of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11). The survey is voluntary.
    NOAA's National Ocean Service is requesting approval of a Web-based 
survey of employers who provide either services or infrastructure to 
the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) or organizations that add 
value to the IOOS data and other outputs by tailoring them for specific 
end uses. The purpose of the survey and overall project is to gather 
data to articulate the collective and derived value of the IOOS 
enterprise, and to create a profile of businesses and organizations who 
are involved with providing services or utilizing the data for other 
specific end uses. This is the first survey of its kind on a national 
scale. The project is funded by NOAA and is being conducted on its 
behalf by the contractor, ERISS Corporation. The project contract spans 
three years with the first portion of the contract mainly involved with 
researching and selecting appropriate businesses to include in the 
study database. The Web survey will be the main data collection piece 
of the project and is necessary in order to collect demographic, 
financial, and functional information for each organization with 
regards to their involvement with IOOS. The final deliverable of this 
project is an analytic report detailing the findings of the web survey 
and the analysis of the employer database.
    The marine technology industry is an important partner and 
stakeholder within IOOS; however, without the baseline that this study 
will provide, IOOS is unable to articulate its collective and derived 
value. The results will demonstrate the size and economic impact of 
IOOS data to the United States marine ocean sector. That information 
can be used to understand the value of export sales and the 
identification of potential growth and/or new international markets 
which would further the Department of Commerce

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(DOC) strategic goal for better environment intelligence and translate 
into better programs by the DOC International Trade Administration in 
ocean observing industries in international trade.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1beb8a3b0aea284939c988282989e9fb19e9c93df949e81df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6e9eff4e7f9f5d3c4cbcfd5d5cfc9c8e6c9cbc488c3c9d688c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a> or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: December 19, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-30180 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]
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