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including the direction of research and
standards activities. Background
information on the Committee is
available at http://www.nist.gov/
smartgrid/committee.cfm.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
App., notice is hereby given that the
NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee
(SGAC or Committee) will meet in open
session on Thursday, August 17, 2017
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
and Friday, August 18, 2017 from 8:30
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The
meeting will be held in Conference
Room C103, Building 215 (Advanced
Measurement Laboratory), National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899. The primary purposes
of this meeting are to provide updates
on NIST Smart Grid activities and the
intersections with Cyber-Physical
Systems program activities, and to
discuss the NIST Framework and
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards revision and the NIST Smart
Grid research program. The agenda may
change to accommodate Committee
business. The final agenda will be
posted on the Smart Grid Web site at
http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid.
Individuals and representatives of
organizations who would like to offer
comments and suggestions related to the
Committee’s affairs are invited to
request a place on the agenda by
submitting their request to Cuong
Nguyen at [email protected] or
(301) 975–2254 no later than 5:00 p.m.
Eastern time, Thursday, August 3, 2017.
On Friday, August 18, 2017,
approximately one-half hour will be
reserved at the end of the meeting for
public comments, and speaking times
will be assigned on a first-come, firstserve basis. The amount of time per
speaker will be determined by the
number of requests received, but is
likely to be about three minutes each.
Questions from the public will not be
considered during this period. Speakers
who wish to expand upon their oral
statements, those who had wished to
speak but could not be accommodated
on the agenda, and those who were
unable to attend in person are invited to
submit written statements to Mr. Cuong
Nguyen, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical
Systems Program Office, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8200;
telephone 301–975–2254, fax 301–948–
5668; or via email at cuong.nguyen@
nist.gov.
All visitors to the NIST site are
required to pre-register to be admitted.
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must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time,
Thursday, August 3, 2017, in order to
attend. Please submit your full name,
time of arrival, email address, and
phone number to Cuong Nguyen. NonU.S. citizens must submit additional
information; please contact Mr. Nguyen.
Mr. Nguyen’s email address is
[email protected] and his phone
number is (301) 975–2254. For
participants attending in person, please
note that federal agencies, including
NIST, can only accept a state-issued
driver’s license or identification card for
access to federal facilities if such license
or identification card is issued by a state
that is compliant with the REAL ID Act
of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state
that has an extension for REAL ID
compliance. NIST currently accepts
other forms of federal-issued
identification in lieu of a state-issued
driver’s license. For detailed
information, please contact Mr. Nguyen
or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_
affairs/visitor/.
Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Limits of
Acceptable Change Study: Surveys in
the Northeast Reserves and Culebra
Island, Puerto Rico
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Chris Jeffrey, National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 1305
East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3281, Telephone number (240)
533–0354, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The Coral Reef Conservation Program
(CRCP), developed under the authority
of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000, is responsible for programs
intended to enhance the conservation of
coral reefs. We intend to use the
information collected through this
instrument for conducting a
characterization project utilizing a
limits of acceptable change (LAC)
framework that encompasses the Puerto
Rico Northeast Marine Corridor (NMC)
as a continuous management area,
addressing the following subjects across
the area and within individual natural
reserves to create the information base
required to promote effective
management: Biophysical conditions,
social conditions, stakeholder
identification, stakeholder uses and use
patterns, stakeholder knowledge,
attitudes, and beliefs, and stakeholder
and resource use conflicts. The study
will build on past work conducted with
stakeholders on natural resources and
social indicators in the region,
developing a social conditions baseline.
Social conditions will be characterized
via a series of stakeholder participation
protocols, which will result in
stakeholder identification, use and use
patterns, knowledge, attitudes, and
belief, and use conflicts. It will engage
the four, main NMC stakeholders:
Commercial fishers; commercial water
operators; recreational boaters, and
visitors. All commercial fishers and
commercial water operators in the
region will be surveyed with an inperson questionnaire. Recreational
boaters will be reached by sending out
an internet/email survey questionnaire
sent to all vessel registrants. Visitors in
the NMC will be surveyed using an
intercept survey administered twice a
month at a ferry location and via selfadministered surveys disseminated by
commercial water operators. It is
expected that these multi-pronged
approaches will provide the information
necessary to complete a stakeholder
characterization for the NMC that can be
applied to evaluate LAC conditions and
trends.

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II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected through
the internet, email and in person, on
paper.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 12, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request: Socioeconomics of
Maritime Heritage Divers in National
Marine Sanctuaries and Proposed
Sanctuaries
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Dr. Danielle Schwarzmann
240–533–0705 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection to benefit resource managers
in sanctuaries and proposed sanctuaries
(minimum of two sites) that protect
marine heritage resources. Maritime
heritage preserves and protects valuable
historical, cultural and archaeological
resources within coastal, marine and
Great Lake environments. Maritime
heritage resources include prehistoric
sites, shipwrecks and naval battlefields.
The National Ocean Service (NOS)
proposes to collect information from
passengers aboard dive and SCUBA
operations to ascertain the operator
knowledge, attitudes and perceptions
towards the sanctuary or proposed
sanctuary and the number of persondays of diving in the sanctuary/
proposed sanctuary and the larger
region at a minimum of two sites.
Up-to-date socioeconomic data is
needed to support the conservation and
management goals of marine heritage
resources and to satisfy legal mandates
under the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321), Executive Order 12866 (E.O.
12866), and other pertinent statutes.
The Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS) has a data gap in
the economic value of maritime heritage
resources. The information is about
person-days and economic value of
diving on maritime heritage sites is not
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economic benefits of maritime heritage
protection to the local economy, or the
potential impact on marine and Great
Lakes recreation businesses. The type of
data targeted for this collection; that is,
information on expenditures, main
purpose for their trip, knowledge,
attitudes and perceptions of divers
towards maritime heritage resources and
the sanctuary/proposed sanctuary.
Thus, current economic information on
the importance of dive and SCUBA
operations to the local tourism industry
is required. The primary focus for the
survey will be to gather data on the nonconsumptive, market value of diving on
maritime heritage resources.
Specifically, researchers will collect
data to determine the contribution of
divers to the economy of marine
heritage resources in sanctuaries and
proposed sanctuaries.
II. Method of Collection
On-site interviews will be completed.
Sanctuary staff or representatives will
contact each dive operation and survey
passengers aboard the dive boats at the
end of their trip. An on-site survey will
be supplemented by either mailback
follow-up surveys or on-line surveys for
data like expenditures and importancesatisfaction ratings that cannot be done
face-to-face.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 15–20
minutes on-site plus 15–20 minutes for
expenditure survey (mail or on-line) and
10 minutes for an importancesatisfaction (mail or on-line). At most,
this will be 50 minutes per completed
survey (includes the three modules)
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: Other than burden hours there
will be no cost to the public.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

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