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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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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: Alaska Observer Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0318.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 423.
Average Hours per Response: 8 hr to
review and 1 hr to submit candidate
college transcripts and statements,
Observer provider; 1 hr for Observer
training registration; 7 minutes for
Observer briefing registration; 7 minutes
each for Projected observer assignment
and Observer deployment/logistics
report; 5 minutes for Physical
examination verification; 30 minutes
each for Observer debriefing
registration, Observer provider contracts
and Industry Request for Assistance in
Improving Observer Data Quality Issues;
12 minutes for Certificates of insurance;
1 hr for Other reports and Request for
electronic monitoring as exemption for
observer coverage; 60 hr for Observer
provider permit application; 30 minutes
for Observer provider invoice copies; 15
minutes each for Update to provider
information, Observer declaration and
deployment system (ODDs), Observer
fee calculation and submittal and
Notification of one-time election of
observer coverage; 4 hours for Observer
appeal.
Burden Hours: 2,643.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The North Pacific Groundfish and
Halibut Observer Program (Observer
Program) plays a critical role in the
conservation and management of Bering
Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of
Alaska groundfish and halibut fisheries.
Five observer contracting companies
provide observer services (see https://
www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/observer_
providers.htm) . Observers collect
biological samples and fisherydependent information on total catch
and interactions with protected species.
Managers use data collected by
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observers to monitor quotas, manage
groundfish and prohibited species
catch, and document and reduce fishery
interactions with protected resources.
Scientists use observer-collected data
for stock assessments and marine
ecosystem research.
All sectors of the groundfish fishery,
including vessels less than 60 feet
length overall and the commercial
halibut sector, are now included in the
Observer Program. The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) has the
flexibility to decide when and where to
deploy observers based on a
scientifically defensible deployment
plan reviewed annually by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council.
The Observer Program places all vessels
and processors in the groundfish and
halibut fisheries off Alaska into one of
two observer coverage categories: a full
coverage category and a partial coverage
category.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Annually, weekly and on
occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: November 4, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–28434 Filed 11–6–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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: Southeast Region Permit Family
of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0205.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 13,909.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 6,086.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
This request is for a revision to the
existing reporting requirements that are
currently approved under OMB Control
No. 0648–0205, Southeast Region
Permit Family of Forms, in association
with the upcoming final rule,
Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)
0648–BB02, Amendment 9 to the 2006
Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) (Amendment 9), developed
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801.
The final rule, RIN 0648–BB02, would
implement a number of Atlantic shark
and smoothhound shark management
measures and would establish an
effective date for previously-adopted
smoothhound shark management
measures finalized in Amendment 3 to
the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS
FMP (Amendment 3) and the 2011 Final
Rule to Modify the Retention of
Incidentally-Caught Highly Migratory
Species in Atlantic Trawl Fisheries.
Among these previously-adopted
smoothhound shark management
measures is a commercial smoothhound
shark permit requirement. The
commercial smoothhound shark
permitting requirement contained in
this rule would become effective at a
date specified after approval of this
revision request.
In April 2011, NMFS submitted a PRA
change request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to add
the commercial smoothhound shark
permit to the existing HMS permit PRA
package (OMB Control No. 0648–0327).
OMB subsequently approved the change
request to add the Federal commercial
smoothhound shark permit to the HMS
permit PRA package in May 2011. In
July 2015, the commercial smoothhound
shark permit was removed from the
HMS permit PRA package (OMB Control
No. 0648–0327) with the intention of
transferring it to the Southeast Region
Permit Family of Forms. This revision
seeks to add this permit to OMB Control
No. 0648–0205, because the SERO
Permits Office will administer the
smoothhound shark permit. The
revision also addresses a new permit fee
of $25 ($10 if issued in conjunction with
another SERO-administered permit)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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: Alaska Observer Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0318.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 423.
Average Hours per Response: 8 hr to review and 1 hr to submit
candidate college transcripts and statements, Observer provider; 1 hr
for Observer training registration; 7 minutes for Observer briefing
registration; 7 minutes each for Projected observer assignment and
Observer deployment/logistics report; 5 minutes for Physical
examination verification; 30 minutes each for Observer debriefing
registration, Observer provider contracts and Industry Request for
Assistance in Improving Observer Data Quality Issues; 12 minutes for
Certificates of insurance; 1 hr for Other reports and Request for
electronic monitoring as exemption for observer coverage; 60 hr for
Observer provider permit application; 30 minutes for Observer provider
invoice copies; 15 minutes each for Update to provider information,
Observer declaration and deployment system (ODDs), Observer fee
calculation and submittal and Notification of one-time election of
observer coverage; 4 hours for Observer appeal.
Burden Hours: 2,643.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
The North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (Observer
Program) plays a critical role in the conservation and management of
Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish and halibut
fisheries. Five observer contracting companies provide observer
services (see https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/observer_providers.htm) .
Observers collect biological samples and fishery-dependent information
on total catch and interactions with protected species. Managers use
data collected by observers to monitor quotas, manage groundfish and
prohibited species catch, and document and reduce fishery interactions
with protected resources. Scientists use observer-collected data for
stock assessments and marine ecosystem research.
All sectors of the groundfish fishery, including vessels less than
60 feet length overall and the commercial halibut sector, are now
included in the Observer Program. The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) has the flexibility to decide when and where to deploy observers
based on a scientifically defensible deployment plan reviewed annually
by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. The Observer Program
places all vessels and processors in the groundfish and halibut
fisheries off Alaska into one of two observer coverage categories: a
full coverage category and a partial coverage category.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually, weekly and on occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: November 4, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-28434 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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