Notice2023-12768
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection Instrument
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Published
June 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentEconomic Development Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39220-39221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12768]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection
Instrument
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 July 5, 2022 (87 FR 39806) during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.
Title: Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Data Collection
Instrument.
OMB Control Number: New information collection.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Estimated Number of Respondents and Frequency: 332 award recipients
will respond to the electronic survey. Of these, 30 award recipients
will also participate in a phone interview. This will be a one-time
survey and interview.
Estimated Average Hours per Response: Two hours for the electronic
survey and 0.75 hours for each phone interview.
Estimated Burden Hours: 664 hours for the electronic survey and
22.5 hours for the phone interviews.
Needs and Uses: To effectively administer and monitor its economic
development assistance programs, EDA collects certain information from
applications for, and recipients of EDA investment assistance. The
purpose of this notice is to seek comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on a request for a new information collection for
recipients of awards under the EDA American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation. This is aligned with ensuring
that Federal travel, tourism and outdoor recreation investments are
evidence-based and data-driven, and accountable to participants and the
public.
This survey will collect baseline data from awardees that will lay
the foundation for a future evaluation of EDA's investments in travel,
tourism, and outdoor recreation. The survey questions will fall into
two categories: project activities and corresponding specific metrics.
The categories of project activities include the following:
--Planning and Assessment Activities
--Expanding the Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Economy
--Increasing Quality of Visitation
--Stakeholder Outreach
--Developing New Products
--Marketing
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--Workforce Training, Skills Training and Certifications
--Equity Focused Activities
Affected Public: Recipients of ARPA Travel, Tourism and Outdoor
Recreation awards: These include (i) District Organization of an EDA-
designated Economic Development District (EDD); (ii) Indian Tribe or a
consortium of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, county, city, or other
political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a
State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure
development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (iv)
institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of
higher education; or (v) public or private non-profit organization or
association acting in cooperation with officials of a general purpose
political subdivision of a State.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-12768 Filed 6-14-23; 8:45 am]
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