Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits, 23461-23462 [2016-09245]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23461-23462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09245]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska American 
Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
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 June 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW.,

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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 Bearden, NMFS Alaska Region, (907) 586-7008 or 
patsy.bearden@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Council developed 
regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the American Fisheries 
Act (AFA) to govern commercial fishing for Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands Management Area (BSAI) pollock according to the requirements of 
the AFA. These regulations are necessary to achieve the AFA's objective 
of decapitalization and rationalization of the BSAI pollock fishery.
    With exceptions noted below, all participants in the AFA pollock 
fishery are already permitted and the permits are issued with an 
indefinite expiration date. The permanent AFA permits are: AFA catcher 
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA mothership, and AFA inshore 
processor. The permit exceptions are issued annually--the inshore 
vessel cooperative permit and inshore vessel contract fishing permit. 
In addition, the AFA vessel replacement application may be submitted to 
NMFS at any time.

II. Method of Collection

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

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0393.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular (extension of a current information 
collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 134.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes for Application for AFA 
Permit Application: Rebuild, Replace, or Remove Vessel; 2 hours for 
Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit; 4 hours 
for Vessel Contract Fishing Notification; 8 hours for Application for 
Approval as an Entity Eligible to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon 
PSC Allocation; 15 minutes for Application to Transfer of Bering Sea 
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 444.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $271 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: April 18, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09245 Filed 4-20-16; 8:45 am]
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