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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 13, 2019 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Economic Analysis
of Shoreline Treatment Options for
Coastal New Hampshire
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 May 13, 2019.
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 Sarah Gonyo, National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science,
NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Bldg,
SSMC4, Room 9320, 1305 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
Telephone (240) 533–0382 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a pretest of a new
data collection to benefit the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Office of
Coastal Management (OCM), and
decision-makers on the state and local
level in New Hampshire. NOAA will
collect economic data pursuant to the
Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
A change request will follow for the
final collection.
The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and
Hazards Commission (CRHC) was
established by the State Legislature
through RSA 483–E on July 2, 2013. The
purpose of the Commission, as stated in
the law, is to ‘‘recommend legislation,
rules and other actions to prepare for
projected sea-level rise and other coastal
watershed hazards such as storms,
increased river flooding and storm water
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to municipalities and the state assets in
New Hampshire.’’ Further, in carrying
out this charge, the Commission is
specifically directed to ‘‘review National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and other scientific
agency projections of coastal storm
inundation and flood risk to determine
the appropriate information, data, and
property risks’’ to incorporate into its
recommendations.
In 2016, the CRCH recommended the
development of a ‘‘comprehensive,
integrated New Hampshire Coastal
Shoreline Management Plan (CSMP)
that presents general priorities for
coastal shoreline management, as well
as site-specific and place-based
strategies including, where appropriate,
protection, adaptation, and
abandonment.’’ Following a New
Hampshire Shoreline Management
workshop organized by the Great Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve
(GBNERR) in 2014 and consistent with
CRHC Recommendation BL6, the New
Hampshire Coastal Program (NHCP) has
prioritized living shoreline assessment
and implementation in its five-year
strategy to enhance coastal management
(309 Strategy, 2015) and set a longer
term goal to develop a Tidal Shoreline
Management Plan (TSMP) for New
Hampshire.
The National Ocean Service (NOS)
proposes to collect economic data to
document perceived effects of weather
and climate events and adaptation
strategies, to assess probable public
benefits that would be derived from
shoreline treatment options within
coastal New Hampshire, and to establish
a baseline for future monitoring of
NOAA’s success in meeting its
mandates and obligations.
Respondents will be randomly
sampled from households (1) within
New Hampshire, (2) within block
groups in Maine adjacent to the
Piscataqua River, and ( 3) within block
groups in Massachusetts adjacent to the
Hampton-Seabrook Estuary. Questions
will explore such issues as participation
in recreational activities, familiarity
with weather and climate effects and
adaptation methods, sense of place, and
opinions on shoreline treatment
options. No PII will be collected. The
final collection will support the
development of a CSMP for New
Hampshire as well as provide
information to help inform local coastal
zone management and planning.
II. Method of Collection
The data collection will take place
over a five- to nine-month period and
will be comprised of a questionnaire to
be completed by the respondent. The

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data will be collected via a combination
of mail and internet survey instrument.
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:
6,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,000.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Clearance Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
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South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:

The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council will hold a

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