Notice2023-05023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Preferences for Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Midwest
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Published
March 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, is proposing a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15455-15456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05023]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23BD009AV0100; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Preferences for Climate
Adaptation Strategies in the Midwest
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to David Fulton, U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 216 Hodson Hall, 1980
Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7d3d4d1f7c2c4d0c499d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cf8fffadce9effbefb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1028-NEW
Adaption Strategies in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact David Fulton by mail at U.S. Geological Survey,
Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 216 Hodson Hall,
1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ce8efeaccf9ffebffa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1571767355606672663b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone at 612-625-5256. Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How the agency might minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: We propose to collect information to better understand
public preferences for climate adaptation strategies in the Midwestern
United States. We plan to survey up to 1,000 individual residents in
each of the following eight states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The survey will gather
information on people's perceptions of climate-change impacts,
preferences for climate-adaptation strategies to address specific
impacts, and whether the level of the respondent's support for
adaptation strategies changes when they are
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provided information about the outcomes of strategies. We will also
collect sociodemographic and behavioral information, as well as other
characteristics, from study participants to understand the factors that
correlate with support for climate-adaptation strategies. This
information will help us understand what social-psychological factors
influence acceptability of climate adaptation strategies as well as how
acceptability might be impacted by communication about the benefits of
the strategies. Data will be collected using a web-based survey
administered at the University of Minnesota. Participants will be
randomly assigned to 4 different treatment or control surveys in which
the benefits of the different climate-adaptation strategies will be
framed differently. We are designing the study to understand how the
framing of benefits from the strategies might influence support for the
strategies. We will use information from this study to develop
recommendations for engaging the public and stakeholders in developing
climate-change adaptation management strategies.
Title of Collection: Preferences for Climate Adaptation Strategies
in the Midwest.
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households residing in
1 of 8 midwestern states.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 8,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,667 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
John D. Thompson,
Deputy Chief, Cooperative Research Units, Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S.
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2023-05023 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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