Economic Value of Puerto Rico's Coral Reef Ecosystems for Recreation/Tourism Uses

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Visitors - full survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
APPENDIX_D_Pretest_Results.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2016-07-26	Available
SS_SummaryofChangesRequest_0648_0713.doc	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2016-07-26	Available
Attachment_E_Literature_Review.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2015-03-27	Available
ATTACHMENT_C_Focus_Group_Report.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2014-12-04	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
214148	Visitors - Pretest	Other-Forms, instructions, correespondence	Unchanged
214146	Visitors - full survey	Form and Instruction	Modified
214145	Residents - pretest	Other-Forms, instructions, correspondence	Removed
214143	Resident surveys - full survey	Other-Forms, instructions, correspondence	Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0713	ICR Reference No: 201607-0648-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201412-0648-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Economic Value of Puerto Rico's Coral Reef Ecosystems for Recreation/Tourism Uses
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/26/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/26/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2018	04/30/2018	04/30/2018
Responses	5,175	0	802
Time Burden (Hours)	1,469	0	352
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This study is about Puerto Rico's coral reef ecosystems and will estimate the use of the reefs by activity and region; spending associated with the reef use and corresponding economic impact on the Puerto Rican economy in terms of sales/output, value-added, income and employment; the non-market economic use value and how that value changes with changes in user and reef characteristics; importance-satisfaction ratings for 25 natural resource attributes, facilities and services; and special local and national issues. Separate surveys of residents and visitors to Puerto Rico who use Puerto Rico's coral reef ecosystems for recreation-tourist activities will be the population sampled. A pre-test is first required to assist with dollar bid amounts for the non-market economic valuation questions and for estimating the percents of the populations that use coral reef ecosystems. Using pre-test results, the final bid amounts and sample sizes will be determined for the full surveys. The Internet Survey was not successful and will be replaced with an On-site Survey. The On-site Survey asks all the same questions, except the non-market economic value choice questions were reduced from four choices per respondent to two choices to reduce time burden. Also, the expenditure and importance-satisfaction questions were moved to the Airport Survey as mailbacks. They were already mailbacks as secondary back-ups to the Internet Survey for visitors that did not join the Internet Panel; now they are the primary source of this information. 2. Total burden hours for the Visitor Survey changes were due to a combination of decreases for the on-site airport survey and increases in the on-site survey outside the airports. We reduced the number of airport surveys required to obtain enough recruits into the Internet Survey from 1,500 per season to 750 per season. With two seasons that is a reduction from 3,000 to 1,500 of these 5-minute responses. Also, we were not able to obtain funding for the Puerto Rico segment, so those hours have been removed.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 33 USC 1342 Name of Law: Clean Water Act
   US Code: 16 USC 1456c Name of Law: Coastal Zone Management Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 1631	01/09/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 71982	12/04/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Residents - pretest	NA, NA	On-site resident questionnaire ,   Resident expenditure mailback survey
Visitors - full survey	NA	Vistor airport intercept survey, mail-back expenditure and satisfaction surveys and on-site survey
Visitors - Pretest	NA, NA, NA, NA	Visitor internet panel ,   Airport visitor survey ,   Visitor satisfaction survey ,   Visitor expenditure surveiy
Resident surveys - full survey	NA	Resident survey for full information collection

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	5,175	802	0	0	4,373	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,469	352	0	0	1,117	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Overall, the full visit or survey increased from 900 to 1,319 hours. 5. Due to lack of funding, we are not able to do the pre-test or the full survey for the Residents of Puerto Rico, so we are dropping this from the current request. This results in a decrease in our overall burden hour request from 2,200 hours to 1,319 hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $94,520

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 07/26/2016

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