OMB approves
this one-time study to allow the agency to identify end-users of
agency data. The agency is asked to provide OMB with a summary of
the survey results. It the sponsors want to characterize how
different user groups interact with different types of data, the
sponsors will need to develop a sampling methodology that
facilitates calculation of population summary statistics and submit
a new information collection request to OMB for approval.
Inventory as of this Action
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This request is for a new information
collection to better understand the awareness, application and gaps
of existing socioeconomic data in the US-affiliated Pacific island
region. This data collection may be repeated every four to five
years in order to provide updated relevant information. The Coral
Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), developed under the authority of
the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-562; 16 U.S.C.
6401 et seq.), launched the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
(NCRMP) in 2012. The goal of the NCRMP is to track socioeconomic
and biophysical changes to better coral reef management. NRCMP
monitors island level changes among the US-affiliated islands in
the Pacific, including Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa. Additionally, over the past 20 years,
numerous socioeconomic surveys and assessments have been conducted
in the West Pacific. These include monitoring of regional fisheries
by NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
and site-based socioeconomic assessments supported by the
CRCP-supported Socioeconomic Monitoring for Coastal Management in
the Pacific Island Region (SEM-Pasifika), the Pacific Islands
Managed and Protected Areas Community (PIMPAC) and conservation and
resource management partners. Recently efforts have been made to
find ways to integrate social and biophysical monitoring to better
inform ecosystem-based management decisions and to safeguard the
ecological and social systems of island communities. This data
collection will help synthesize the disparate data collection
efforts to make recommendations for a coordinated long-term
socioeconomic monitoring program.
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:
(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;
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.