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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 108 / Friday, June 6, 2025 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Assessing Public
Preferences and Values To Support
Coastal and Marine Management
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 August 25,
2023 during a 60-day comment period
and on February 2nd, 2024 during a 30day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Assessing Public Preferences
and Values to Support Coastal and
Marine Management.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0829.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension to an approved collection of
information.
Number of Respondents:
Questionnaire: 2,534.
Average Hours per Response:
Questionnaire: 10 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 422.3.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision and extension to an approved
collection of information to directly
support decision-makers with the
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System (NERRS). The proposed data
collection involves surveying randomly
selected residents (aged 18 years and
older) from households in counties
surrounding the National Estuarine
Research Reserve (NERR). The purpose
of this information collection is to
obtain data on the opinions, values,
attitudes, and behaviors of visitors to
National Ocean Service (NOS) special
places, as well as residents from
surrounding areas. There are two
surveys within this request: the ‘‘York
River Outdoor Recreation Survey’’ and

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the ‘‘Public Perceptions of Prescribed
Fires.’’ The first survey targets
communities (45 counties and
independent cities) within a one-hour
drive of the York River in Virginia,
which is where the Chesapeake BayVirginia NERR (CBNERR–VA) is
located. The second survey targets
communities in Alabama and
Mississippi’s three coastal counties,
which is where the Grand Bay NERR
(GNDNERR) and Weeks Bay NERR
(WBNERR) are located.
The initial surveys will be conducted
for the Chesapeake Bay NERR in
Virginia (CBNERR–VA), Weeks Bay
NERR (WBNERR), and Grand Bay NERR
(GNDNERR), and the survey will be
repeated regularly in other NERRs based
on information needs and budget.
The NERRS is a Federal-State
partnership program for the
stewardship, education, and research of
unique estuarine sites. This data
collection supports the NERRS’ vision
of establishing healthy estuaries and
coastal watersheds where human and
ecological communities thrive. The
NERRS has identified five priority
research areas, including a focus on
social science and economic processes
within each NERR site. However,
limited data exist characterizing
stakeholder activities, attitudes,
knowledge, and preferences, including
their spatial aspects. Gathering such
data is essential for effective
management of stakeholder groups,
regulatory proposals, and resource
management decisions.
Designated in 1986, WBNERR is
located along the eastern shore of
Mobile Bay in Baldwin County,
Alabama. CBNERR–VA, designated in
1991, comprises four reserve sites
within the York River in the southern
Chesapeake Bay subregion. Finally,
GNDNERR was established in 1999 and
is located in the Grand Bay Savannah
Complex along the Mississippi-Alabama
state line in Jackson County,
Mississippi. All three NERRs prioritize
public access and responsible use to
protect ecosystems, identifying public
sites, minimizing conflicts, and
evaluating visitor use. Therefore,
information is needed on who uses
these NERR sites, their motivations,
management preferences, and why some
do not visit. This data supports
conservation and management goals,
strengthens decision-making, increases
capacity, and extends education and
outreach. It is also required by NOAA to
meet objectives related to ocean and
coastal planning and management. The
data benefits State and local officials as
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NOAA’s mission is to provide
science, service and stewardship for,
among other activities, management of
the nation’s oceans and coasts. NOAA
supports ‘‘comprehensive ocean and
coastal planning and management’’ in
order to facilitate use of oceans and
coasts, while also ensuring ‘‘continued
access to coastal areas, sustained
ecosystems, maintained cultural
heritage, and limited cumulative
impacts.’’ NOAA is subject to and
supports mandates of the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C.
1452 (303)(2)(D)), which encourages the
wise use of coastal resources, including
energy activity. The CZMA also
encourages the inclusion and
participation of the public in carrying
out the tenets of the act (16 U.S.C. 1452
(303)(4)). The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(A)) mandates Federal agencies
to use social science data to assess the
impacts of Federal actions on the
human environment. Consequently, upto-date sociological data is needed to
support Federal agency obligations
under each of these acts.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: This is a one-time
information collection for this region,
although the collection may be
deployed to other regions in the future.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C.
1452 (303)(2)(D)), National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(A)).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
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. 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 0648–0829.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Undersecretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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