Notice2025-10936
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, South Florida 2026 Survey
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Published
June 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10936]
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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; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, South Florida 2026
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. This notice pertains to an individual survey under
the approved collection of information for Socioeconomics of Coral Reef
Conservation. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on January 5, 2024 during a 60-day comment period and on April
15, 2024, during an additional 30-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments with respect to
the South Florida survey.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation, South Florida
2026 Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0646.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [Revision of an approved information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 667 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension to the
currently approved collection of information, OMB Control Number 0648-
0646, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and
implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. This previously approved
information collection assists NOAA in the administration of the
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which was established
by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) under the authority
of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq. This
act authorizes CRCP to, among other things, conserve and restore the
condition of United States coral reef ecosystems and enhance public
awareness, understanding, and appreciation of coral reefs and coral
reef ecosystems and their ecological and socioeconomic value. In
accordance with its mission goals, NOAA developed a survey to track
relevant information regarding each jurisdiction's population, social
and economic structure, the benefits of coral reefs and related
habitats, the impacts of society on coral reefs, and the impacts of
coral management on communities. The survey is repeated in each
jurisdiction every five to seven years in order to provide longitudinal
data and information for managers to effectively conserve coral reefs
for current and future generations.
The purpose of this information collection is to obtain human
dimensions information from residents in South Florida. Specifically,
NOAA is seeking information on behaviors and activities related to
coral reefs, as well as information on perceptions of coral reef
conditions and attitudes toward specific reef conservation activities.
The survey has a core set of questions that are asked across all
jurisdictions to allow for information to be tracked over time and
across jurisdictions. To account for geographical, cultural and
linguistic differences between jurisdictions, the survey questions
include items that are specific to the local context and developed
based on jurisdictional partner feedback.
We intend to use the information collected through this instrument
for research purposes, as well as for measuring and improving the
results of our reef protection programs. Because many of our efforts to
protect reefs rely on education and changing attitudes toward reef
protection, the information collected will allow CRCP to ensure that
programs are designed appropriately at the start, future program
evaluation efforts are as successful as possible, and outreach efforts
are targeting the intended recipients with useful information.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Every 5-7 years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
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 0648-0646.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-10936 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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