Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits, 4450-4451 [2014-01482]

Download as PDF 4450 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 18 / Tuesday, January 28, 2014 / Notices Timeframe for Recruitment and Applications Mission recruitment will be conducted in an open and public manner, including publication in the Federal Register, posting on the Commerce Department trade mission calendar on www.export.gov, the Trade Americas Web page at https://export.gov/ tradeamericas/index.asp, and other Internet Web sites, press releases to the general and trade media, direct mail and broadcast fax, notices by industry trade associations and other multiplier groups and announcements at industry meetings, symposia, conferences, and trade shows. Recruitment for the mission will begin immediately and conclude no later than Friday, April 4, 2014. The U.S. Department of Commerce will review applications and make selection decisions on a rolling basis until the maximum of 30 participants are selected. After April 4, 2014, companies will be considered only if space and scheduling constraints permit. U.S. Trade Americas Team Contact Information David Royce, U.S. Export Assistance Center—Fort Worth, TX, David.Royce@ trade.gov, Tel: 817–684–5354. Diego Gattesco, U.S. Export Assistance Center—Wheeling, WV, Diego.Gattesco@trade.gov, Tel: 304– 243–5493. Caribbean Region Contact Information Isabella Cascarano, Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service—Dominican Republic, Isabella.Cascarano@trade.gov. Maria Elena Portorreal, Regional Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service—Dominican Republic, Maria.Portorreal@trade.gov. Elnora Moye, Trade Program Assistant. [FR Doc. 2014–01519 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:45 Jan 27, 2014 Jkt 232001 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 March 31, 2014. 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 JJessup@doc.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586– 7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This request is for extension of a currently approved information collection. The king and Tanner crab fisheries in the exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska, are managed under the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). The North Pacific Fishery Management Council prepared the FMP under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under the FMP. Regulations implementing the FMP and all amendments to the Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program) appear at 50 CFR part 680. Program details are found at: https://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ regs/680/default.htm. The CR Program balances the interests of several groups who depend on the crab fisheries. The CR Program addresses conservation and management issues associated with the previous derby fishery, reduces bycatch and associated discard mortality, and increases the safety of crab fishermen by ending the race for fish. Share allocations to harvesters and processors, together with incentives to participate in fishery cooperatives, increases efficiencies, provides economic stability, and facilitates compensated reduction of excess capacities in the harvesting and processing sectors. Community interests are protected by Western Alaska Community Development Quota allocations and regional landing and processing PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 requirements, as well as by several community protection measures. The NMFS established the CR Program as a catch share program for nine crab fisheries in the BSAI, and assigned quota share (QS) to persons and processor quota share (PQS) to processors based on their historic participation in one or more of these nine crab fisheries during a specific period. The CR Program components include QS allocation, PQS allocation, individual fishing quota (IFQ) issuance, and individual processing quota (IPQ) issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, arbitration system, monitoring, economic data collection, and cost recovery fee collection. II. Method of Collection Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. Methods of submittal include online, email of electronic forms, mail, and facsimile transmission of paper forms. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0648–0514. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently approved collection). Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,988. Estimated Time per Response: Annual application for crab IFQ permit, application for Crab IPQ permit, application to become an eligible crab community organization (ECCO), 150 minutes each; application for an Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit, Right of first refusal (ROFR) contracts and waivers, 1 hour each; annual application for Crab Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ and application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit, BSAI Crab Rationalization Program Quota Share Beneficiary Designation Form, 30 minutes; application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit and application for Federal crab vessel permit (FCVP) 21 minutes each; application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer, application for transfer of crab IFQ, application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO, Application to transfer crab QS or PQS, application for Annual Exemption from Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements, Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report (North or South Response Report), 2 hours each; ECCO Annual E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 18 / Tuesday, January 28, 2014 / Notices report and appeal of denial to NMFS decisions, 4 hours each; application for transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives, electronic, 5 minutes, nonelectronic, 2 hours; application to Transfer Crab IPQ, electronic, 1 hour; non-electronic, 2 hours; CDQ notification of community representative, 5 hours; application for exemption from CR Crab North or South Region Delivery Requirements and North or South Region Delivery Exemption Report, 20 hours each. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,257. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $4,920 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: January 22, 2014. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2014–01482 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Public Meeting on the Proposed Heeia Site for a National Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawaii The Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. AGENCY: ACTION: Public meeting notice. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:45 Jan 27, 2014 Jkt 232001 The Office of Planning, Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program and the University of Hawaii with the support of the Estuarine Reserves Division of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comments on the preliminary recommendation that the Heeia estuary be proposed for designation as a National Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawaii. DATES: The meeting will be held on February 27, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Governor Samuel Wilder King Intermediate School Dining Room, 46– 155 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This will be the second public meeting held regarding the State’s preliminary recommendation that the Heeia estuary in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, be proposed for designation as a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). A previous meeting was held on January 9, 2014. These meetings are held in compliance with NOAA regulations at 15 CFR Part 921 for the selection, designation and management of NERRs. The views of interested persons and organizations on the proposed site recommendation are solicited, and may be expressed to the State of Hawaii orally during the meeting and/or in written statements to the Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management Program, Attn: NERRS, P.O. Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804. An informational presentation on the Heeia Estuary and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. All comments received at the meeting will be considered in a formal nomination by the state to NOAA. All comments provided to NOAA will be shared with the State of Hawaii as part of the site selection process. The NERRS is a federal-state partnership that is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The system protects more than 1.3 million acres of estuarine habitat for long-term research, monitoring, education and stewardship throughout the coastal United States. Established by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1451–1466 each reserve is managed by a lead state agency or university, with input from local partners. NOAA provides funding and national programmatic guidance. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4451 The NERR site selection effort is a culmination of several years of local, grassroots support for a Hawaii NERR. The recommendation of the Heeia site follows a public solicitation and site proposal evaluation process. Federal, state, and county agency representatives and estuarine experts evaluated site proposals and recommended to the State that Heeia be considered as the preferred site. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Erica H. Seiden, Acting Chief, NOAA’s Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/ ORM2, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone: 301–563–1172. Please email comments to: hawaii.nerr.comments@noaa.gov by March 7, 2014. Persons with disabilities please contact Leo Asuncion at the Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management Program by February 18, 2014 to make arrangements. Phone: 808–587–2846. Dated: January 17, 2014. Christopher C. Cartwright, Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management. [FR Doc. 2014–01578 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Title: Native American Tribal Insignia Database. Form Number(s): None. Agency Approval Number: 0651– 0048. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Burden: 3 hours annually. Number of Respondents: 3 responses per year. Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that a recognized Native American tribe will require an average of 45 minutes (0.75 hours) to complete a request to record an official insignia, including time to prepare the E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4450-4451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01482]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region 
Crab Permits

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 March 31, 2014.

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 JJessup@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586-7008 or 
patsy.bearden@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    The king and Tanner crab fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska, are managed under the 
Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and 
Tanner Crabs (FMP). The North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
prepared the FMP under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act as amended in 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska 
under the FMP. Regulations implementing the FMP and all amendments to 
the Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program) appear at 50 CFR part 
680. Program details are found at: https://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/regs/680/default.htm.
    The CR Program balances the interests of several groups who depend 
on the crab fisheries. The CR Program addresses conservation and 
management issues associated with the previous derby fishery, reduces 
bycatch and associated discard mortality, and increases the safety of 
crab fishermen by ending the race for fish. Share allocations to 
harvesters and processors, together with incentives to participate in 
fishery cooperatives, increases efficiencies, provides economic 
stability, and facilitates compensated reduction of excess capacities 
in the harvesting and processing sectors. Community interests are 
protected by Western Alaska Community Development Quota allocations and 
regional landing and processing requirements, as well as by several 
community protection measures.
    The NMFS established the CR Program as a catch share program for 
nine crab fisheries in the BSAI, and assigned quota share (QS) to 
persons and processor quota share (PQS) to processors based on their 
historic participation in one or more of these nine crab fisheries 
during a specific period. The CR Program components include QS 
allocation, PQS allocation, individual fishing quota (IFQ) issuance, 
and individual processing quota (IPQ) issuance, quota transfers, use 
caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections for Gulf of Alaska 
groundfish fisheries, arbitration system, monitoring, economic data 
collection, and cost recovery fee collection.

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include online, email of electronic forms, mail, 
and facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,988.
    Estimated Time per Response: Annual application for crab IFQ 
permit, application for Crab IPQ permit, application to become an 
eligible crab community organization (ECCO), 150 minutes each; 
application for an Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit, Right 
of first refusal (ROFR) contracts and waivers, 1 hour each; annual 
application for Crab Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ and application for 
Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit, BSAI Crab Rationalization 
Program Quota Share Beneficiary Designation Form, 30 minutes; 
application for Crab IFQ Hired Master Permit and application for 
Federal crab vessel permit (FCVP) 21 minutes each; application for 
eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer, application 
for transfer of crab IFQ, application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ to or 
from an ECCO, Application to transfer crab QS or PQS, application for 
Annual Exemption from Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West 
Region Delivery Requirements, Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder 
Report (North or South Response Report), 2 hours each; ECCO Annual

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report and appeal of denial to NMFS decisions, 4 hours each; 
application for transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives, 
electronic, 5 minutes, non-electronic, 2 hours; application to Transfer 
Crab IPQ, electronic, 1 hour; non-electronic, 2 hours; CDQ notification 
of community representative, 5 hours; application for exemption from CR 
Crab North or South Region Delivery Requirements and North or South 
Region Delivery Exemption Report, 20 hours each.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,257.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $4,920 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: January 22, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01482 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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