Notice2024-10908
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Mariculture Economic Benchmark Survey
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Published
May 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 43384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10908]
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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; Alaska Mariculture Economic Benchmark Survey
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 February 21, 2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce
Title: Alaska Mariculture Economic Benchmark Survey
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [new information collection].
Number of Respondents: 80.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 60 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new collection of
information. Alaska was recently named an Aquaculture Opportunity Area
(AOA) under NOAA Fisheries to determine geographic areas that are
environmentally, socially, and economically suitable to support
commercial aquaculture operations. The purpose of this data collection
is to gather economic data from current growers that hold an Aquatic
Farming permit under the Alaska Department of Fish & Game to establish
a benchmark economic report that presents economic measures
(profitability, breakeven price, etc.) and operations (average stocking
density, kelp line depth and separation, etc.) spatially.
The data collected from this survey will be used by NOAA economists
to generate a benchmark report that states spatial economic
information, internal reports on the spatial economic suitability of an
Alaskan mariculture operation, and external publications on the
financial and environmental risks. These reports will be published on
NOAA's website and be publicly accessible for stakeholders,
researchers, and other members of the public.
Stakeholders (current and prospective growers) are requesting
economic information to help secure small business loans to establish
new growing operations and expand current production and describe the
economics of opening and operating a mariculture farm in Alaska.
Additionally, the economic data provided from this collection will help
determine the spatial economic suitability requested from the AOA
project. NOAA will use the information provided in the survey to
generate a bio economic model that can be simulated under various
financial and environmental scenarios. Examples of financial and
environmental scenarios include the impact to profitability from
subsidies for reductions in seed costs, price floors, and reduced
transportation costs from a new production facility and impact to
growth and mortality rates from increasing surface water temperatures,
dissolved oxygen (DO), and other water parameters and other
environmental events such as harmful algae blooms (HAB) or severe
storms.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; Farms.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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 the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-10908 Filed 5-16-24; 8:45 am]
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