Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Day 8 to 10 Forecast Focus Groups, Interviews and Survey, 21981-21982 [2017-09518]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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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 Region Crab Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 575.
Average Hours 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, 15 hours; 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, 1 hour; 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
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.
Burden Hours: 3,007.
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Needs and Uses: 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. The 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.
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.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
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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: May 8, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Day 8 to 10
Forecast Focus Groups, Interviews
and Survey
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 July 10, 2017.
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 pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Kate Quigley, (843) 327–
1114 or kate.quigley@ecs-federal.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection of
information.
The objective of the web-based focus
groups, phone interviews, and online
survey is to collect information on the
current use of NOAA’s National
Weather Service (NWS) Weather
Prediction Center (WPC) products,
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including probabilistic forecasts
focusing on the 8 to 10 day timeframe,
as well as forecast needs. The web-based
focus groups and phone interviews will
ask participants to explain their survey
responses. This information will help
create better 8 to 10 day weather
forecast products used by the National
Weather Service (NWS) to protect lives
and property.
II. Method of Collection
The primary data collection vehicles
will be internet-based surveys, webbased focus groups, and telephone
interviews. Telephone interviews may
be employed to supplement and verify
survey responses.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Members of the
public.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500–700 for the survey, 30 for the focus
groups, and 20 for the phone interviews.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes for the survey, 3–4 hours for
the focus groups, and two hours for the
phone interviews.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 350 hours for the survey, 120
hours for the focus groups, and 20 hours
for the phone interviews.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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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.
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Dated: April 28, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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: Cost Earnings Survey of Mariana
Archipelago Small Boat Fleet.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 280.
Average Hours per Response: 45
minutes.
Burden Hours: 210.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) proposes to collect information
about fishing expenses and catch
distribution (the share of fish that is
sold, retained for home consumption,
directed to customary exchange, etc.) for
the Mariana Archipelago small boatbased reef fish, bottomfish, and pelagics
fisheries with which to conduct
economic analyses that will improve
fishery management in those fisheries;
satisfy NMFS’ legal mandates under
Executive Order 12866, the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the
Endangered Species Act, and the
National Environmental Policy Act; and
quantify achievement of the
performances measures in the NMFS
Strategic Operating Plans. Respondents
will include small boat fishers in
Mariana Archipelago (Guam and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands) and their participation in the
economic data collection will be
voluntary. These data will be used to
assess how fishermen will be impacted
by and respond to regulations likely to
be considered by fishery managers.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
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Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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: Preliminary Case Study
Assessing Economic Benefits of Marine
Debris Reduction.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 13,864.
Average Hours per Response:
Intercept survey, 4–10 minutes; mail
survey, 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 881.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection.
The National Ocean Service, Office of
Response and Restoration, Marine
Debris Program is sponsoring this data
collection. The Marine Debris Program
was created under the 2006 ‘‘Marine
Debris Research, Prevention, and
Reduction Act’’ (33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.)
which was reauthorized in 2012 as the
‘‘Marine Debris Act Amendments of
2012’’ (H.R. 1171) as part of the Coast
Guard Maritime Transportation Act
(H.R. 2838). Among other activities, the
bill requires NOAA ‘‘. . . to address the
adverse impacts of marine debris on the
United States economy . . .’’ To that
aim, the proposed data collection will
support the goals of a larger study
whose purpose is to develop a regional
economic model to estimate the value to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Day 8 to 10
Forecast Focus Groups, Interviews and Survey
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 July 10, 2017.
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 pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Kate Quigley, (843) 327-1114 or federal.com">kate.quigley@ecs-federal.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection of information.
The objective of the web-based focus groups, phone interviews, and
online survey is to collect information on the current use of NOAA's
National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC)
products,
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including probabilistic forecasts focusing on the 8 to 10 day
timeframe, as well as forecast needs. The web-based focus groups and
phone interviews will ask participants to explain their survey
responses. This information will help create better 8 to 10 day weather
forecast products used by the National Weather Service (NWS) to protect
lives and property.
II. Method of Collection
The primary data collection vehicles will be internet-based
surveys, web-based focus groups, and telephone interviews. Telephone
interviews may be employed to supplement and verify survey responses.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Members of the public.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500-700 for the survey, 30 for the
focus groups, and 20 for the phone interviews.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes for the survey, 3-4 hours
for the focus groups, and two hours for the phone interviews.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 350 hours for the survey, 120
hours for the focus groups, and 20 hours for the phone interviews.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 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 28, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-09518 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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