Proposed Collection; Comment Request
| Published date | 29 April 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 22639 |
| Record Number | 2021-08986 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Corps Of Engineers |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 81 (Thursday, April 29, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 81 (Thursday, April 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22639-22640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08986]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers
[Docket ID: USA-2021-HQ-0007]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Information collection notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces a proposed public information
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments
are invited on: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on respondents, including through
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 28,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: The Department of Defense (DoD) cannot receive written
comments at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be
sent electronically to the docket listed above.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Charleston District, 69 Hagood Ave, Charleston, SC 29412,
ATTN: George Ebai, or call 843-329-8068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Puerto Rico Beach
Recreation Value and Benefits Surveys; OMB Control Number 0710-XXXX.
Needs and Uses: The purpose of this study is to employ necessary
methods of welfare economics for analyzing the net economic value of
beach re-nourishment. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Principle
and Guidelines stipulates that when beach visitation exceeds the
750,000 annual visitation threshold, contingent valuation (CV) or
travel cost method (TCM) are the required metrics for measuring
benefits accruing from recreation. This study will produce empirical
estimates of economic value of beach replenishment, focusing on
recreation value, how recreation value varies with programmatic
attributes, and economic impacts stemming from changes in recreation
and recreation value. This study will employ utility-theoretic micro-
econometric models, with revealed and stated preference data, and will
focus on San Juan, Puerto Rico. This project is being undertaken under
the authority for the Puerto Rico Coastal Study and the San Juan Metro
Area, Puerto Rico Study is Section 204 of the River and Harbor Act of
1970, Public Law 91-611, which authorizes the Secretary of the Army,
acting though the Chief of Engineers, to prepare plans for the
development, utilization and conservation of water and related land
resources of drainage basins and coastal areas in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico. The initial project scope also included data collection in
Dade County FL, Pinellas County FL, Collier County FL, and Folly Beach
SC. The COVID-19
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pandemic prohibited the USACE from collecting the necessary information
onsite. An alternative data source was found for those counties, but
these data do not provide information on Puerto Rico beaches. Thus, the
project scope has been modified to assess beach visitation and erosion
management preferences for both Puerto Rico residents and U.S. visitors
to Puerto Rico.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Annual Burden Hours: 512.5
Number of Respondents: 2050
Responses per Respondent: 1
Annual Responses: 2050
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes
Frequency: On occasion.
Eligible respondents for this survey are individuals 18 years of
age or older that reside in Puerto Rico or have taken a trip to the
Caribbean since 2016. Puerto Rico residents comprise the target
population for the domestic survey. The majority of international
tourist visits to Puerto Rico (in excess of 90%) originate in the
United States, so our tourism sample focuses on US households that have
taken a trip to the Caribbean since 2016. We are utilizing on online
panel of respondents that is managed using scientific sampling
properties to provide a rotating panel of respondents that closely
resemble the population of interest. If approved, the survey will be
administered online to a total of 2,050 beach recreationists,
consisting of 1,050 responses from citizens of Puerto Rico and 1,000
from US tourists that travel to Puerto Rico via air or cruise.
Dated: April 26, 2021.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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