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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 147 / Monday, August 3, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Socioeconomics of Commercial
Fishers and For Hire Diving and Fishing
Operations in the Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 80.
Average Hours per Response: 3.
Burden Hours: 240.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.)
authorizes the use of research and
monitoring within National Marine
Sanctuaries (NMS). In 1996, the Flower
Gardens Bank National Marine
Sanctuary (FGBNMS) was added to the
system of NMS via 15 CFR part 922,
subpart L. In 2001, Stetson Bank was
added in a revision of 15 CFR part 922.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Act
(NMSA) specifies that each NMS should
revise their management plans on a fiveyear cycle. The FGBNMS has begun the
management plan review process. The
NMSA also allows for the creation of
Sanctuary Advisory Councils (SACs).
SACs are comprised of representatives
of all NMS stakeholders. Management
Plan Review (MPR) is a public process
and the SACs, along with a series of
public meetings, are used to help scope
out issues in revising the management
plans and regulations. SAC Working
Groups are often used to evaluate
management or regulatory alternatives.
In the current MPR for the FGBNMS,
two major issues have emerged:
Boundary expansion and research-only
areas. In addition, several new or
modified regulations are being
considered to meet specific needs for
diver safety and resource protection (no
anchoring/mooring buoy use
requirement and a more stringent
pollution discharge regulation).
To address each of these issues, a
socioeconomic panel composed of
NOAA staff and social scientists from
other agencies, or from universities, will
develop information and tools to assess
the socioeconomic impacts of
management strategies and regulatory
alternatives. The information and tools
developed in this process will also
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provide the necessary information for
meeting agency requirements for
socioeconomic impact analyses under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), Executive Order 12086
(Regulatory Impact Review) and an
Initial and Final Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (impacts on small businesses).
The first step in the assessment process
will be to interview three key sanctuary
user groups—commercial fishers, for
hire recreational dive operations and for
hire recreational fishing operations
(charter and party/head boat
operations)—with questions focusing
on: (1) General information, economic
information and trip costs; and (2)
knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of
sanctuary management strategies and
regulations.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: July 28, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) Observer Programs’
Information That Can Be Gathered Only
Through Questions.
OMB Control Number: None.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 4,323.
Average Hours per Response: One
hour and 20 minutes, including predeployment information, information
gathered directly from captain/crew
during trips, reimbursement requests
and observer evaluations.
Burden Hours: 17,455.
Needs and Uses: NOAA’s National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
deploys fishery observers on United
States commercial fishing vessels and to
fish processing plants in order to collect
biological and economic data. NMFS
has at least one observer program in
each of its six Regions. These observer
programs provide the only reliable or
most effective method for obtaining
information that is critical for the
conservation and management of living
marine resources. Observer programs
primarily obtain information through
direct observations by employees or
agents of NMFS or through nonstandardized oral communication in
connection with such direct
observations; and such collections are
not generally subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). However,
observer programs also collect the
following information that requires
clearance under the PRA: (1)
Standardized questions of fishing vessel
captains/crew or fish processing plant
managers/staff, which include gear and
performance questions, safety questions,
and trip costs, crew size and other
economic questions; (2) questions asked
by observer program staff/contractors to
plan observer deployments; (3) forms
that are completed by observers and that
fishing vessel captains are asked to
review and sign; (4) questionnaires to
evaluate observer performance; (5)
information used to ensure that the data
for a specific trip are not provided to an
individual (e.g., fisherman) who does
not have authority to obtain that data
under the confidentiality requirements
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and/or the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA); and (6)
information on reimbursement forms.
NMFS has received PRA clearances for
the second and fourth types of
collections for some observer programs
(OMB Control Numbers 0648–0423 and
0648–0202 for deployment questions,
and 0648–0550 and 0648–0536 for
observer evaluations); those burden
hours are now included in this national,
comprehensive PRA submission.
The information collected will be
used to: (1) Monitor catch and bycatch;
(2) understand the population status
and trends of fish stocks and protected
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Socioeconomics of Commercial Fishers and For Hire Diving and
Fishing Operations in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 80.
Average Hours per Response: 3.
Burden Hours: 240.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C.
1431, et seq.) authorizes the use of research and monitoring within
National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS). In 1996, the Flower Gardens Bank
National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) was added to the system of NMS via
15 CFR part 922, subpart L. In 2001, Stetson Bank was added in a
revision of 15 CFR part 922.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) specifies that each NMS
should revise their management plans on a five-year cycle. The FGBNMS
has begun the management plan review process. The NMSA also allows for
the creation of Sanctuary Advisory Councils (SACs). SACs are comprised
of representatives of all NMS stakeholders. Management Plan Review
(MPR) is a public process and the SACs, along with a series of public
meetings, are used to help scope out issues in revising the management
plans and regulations. SAC Working Groups are often used to evaluate
management or regulatory alternatives. In the current MPR for the
FGBNMS, two major issues have emerged: Boundary expansion and research-
only areas. In addition, several new or modified regulations are being
considered to meet specific needs for diver safety and resource
protection (no anchoring/mooring buoy use requirement and a more
stringent pollution discharge regulation).
To address each of these issues, a socioeconomic panel composed of
NOAA staff and social scientists from other agencies, or from
universities, will develop information and tools to assess the
socioeconomic impacts of management strategies and regulatory
alternatives. The information and tools developed in this process will
also provide the necessary information for meeting agency requirements
for socioeconomic impact analyses under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12086 (Regulatory Impact Review) and
an Initial and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (impacts on small
businesses). The first step in the assessment process will be to
interview three key sanctuary user groups--commercial fishers, for hire
recreational dive operations and for hire recreational fishing
operations (charter and party/head boat operations)--with questions
focusing on: (1) General information, economic information and trip
costs; and (2) knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of sanctuary
management strategies and regulations.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: July 28, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-18366 Filed 7-31-09; 8:45 am]
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