Notice2021-14354
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Economic Analysis of Shoreline Treatment Options for Coastal New Hampshire
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July 6, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35495-35496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14354]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Economic Analysis of Shoreline Treatment Options for Coastal
New Hampshire
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on April 26, 2021 (86 FR 22034) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Economic Analysis of Shoreline Treatment Options for Coastal
New Hampshire.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0788.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [revision of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 2,701.
Average Hours per Response: Pretest--17 minutes; Full survey--20
minutes; Non-response survey--5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 824.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a revision to information
collection 0648-0788, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) National Center for Coastal Ocean Science
(NCCOS). This collection will benefit the NOAA, Office of Coastal
Management (OCM), and decision-makers on the state and local level in
New Hampshire. NOAA will collect economic data pursuant to the Coastal
Zone Management Act (CZMA) and Digital Coastal Act.
The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission (CRHC) was
established by the State Legislature through RSA 483-E on July 2, 2013.
The purpose of the Commission, as stated in the law, is to ``recommend
legislation, rules and other actions to prepare for projected sea-level
rise and other coastal watershed hazards such as storms, increased
river flooding and storm water runoff, and the risks such hazards pose
to municipalities and the state assets in New Hampshire.'' Further, in
carrying out this charge, the Commission is specifically directed to
``review National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other
scientific agency projections of coastal storm inundation and flood
risk to determine the appropriate information, data, and property
risks'' to incorporate into its recommendations.
In 2016, the CRCH recommended the development of a ``comprehensive,
integrated New Hampshire Coastal Shoreline Management Plan (CSMP) that
presents general priorities for coastal shoreline management, as well
as site-specific and place-based strategies including, where
appropriate, protection, adaptation, and abandonment.'' Following a New
Hampshire Shoreline Management workshop organized by GBNERR in 2014 and
consistent with CRHC Recommendation BL6, NHCP has prioritized living
shoreline assessment and implementation in its five-year strategy to
enhance coastal management (309 Strategy, 2015) and set a longer term
goal to develop a Tidal Shoreline Management Plan (TSMP) for New
Hampshire.
The National Ocean Service (NOS) proposes to collect economic data
to document perceived effects of weather and climate events and
adaptation strategies, to assess probable public benefits that would be
derived from shoreline treatment options within coastal New Hampshire,
and to establish a baseline for future monitoring of NOAA's success in
meeting its mandates and obligations.
Respondents will be randomly sampled from households (1) within New
Hampshire, (2) within block groups in Maine adjacent to the Piscataqua
River, and (3) within block groups in Massachusetts adjacent to the
Hampton-Seabrook Estuary. Questions will explore such issues as
participation in recreational activities, familiarity with weather and
climate effects and adaptation methods, sense of place, and opinions on
shoreline treatment options. No PII will be collected. The final
collection will support the development of a CSMP for New Hampshire as
well as provide information to help inform local coastal zone
management and planning.
Upon analysis of the pre-test data and guidance from experts in
survey methodology, the following changes were made to enhance
understanding, response rate, and to minimize respondent burden:
<bullet> Question 4: ``suffered damage'' has been replaced with
``been damaged'' to avoid potential bias an increase data quality.
<bullet> Questions 7a/8a: ``coastal flooding'' has been replaced
with ``flooding'' to not exclude riverine flooding.
<bullet> Questions 7a/8a, 7b/8b: ``flooding damage'' and
``shoreline erosion damage'' were replaced with ``damage from
flooding'' and ``damage from shoreline erosion'' to improve
understanding.
<bullet> Questions 14h and 14i were removed based on pre-test
results to reduce burden without decreasing data quality.
<bullet> Questions 16-21 originally asked respondents to indicate
their preference to six unique policy options, but now respondents are
asked to compare three sets of unique policy options. Pre-test results
suggested that respondents would prefer to compare policies rather than
rate them individually, and comparing three sets of policy options
should reduce burden while increasing data quality.
<bullet> Question 22b: This question is now asked after each policy
comparison instead of once to improve data quality.
<bullet> Question 22f: ``a public vote or referendum'' was replaced
with ``being considered by the New Hampshire legislature'' to convey
the same information, but using region-specific terminology, which
should increase data quality.
<bullet> Question 22: An additional statement was added to capture
potentially invalid responses due to ``scenario rejection,'' which
should increase data quality.
<bullet> Question 23: The question and response option phrasings
have been updated to reflect the modified choice experiment.
<bullet> Question 30: The year has been updated from 2019 to 2020
when asking about the previous year's household income.
<bullet> A question has been added to ask how long the respondent
has been a
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resident of their current state. Respondents who have recently moved
within their state may have different opinions than those who have
recently moved from out-of-state, so this additional question should
increase data quality.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: This information collection request may be viewed
at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0788.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-14354 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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